God of War II

[Tale]

I'm not saying platforming, in general. I'm talking about the ridiculously frustrating platforming the first had. Climbing up a rotating cylinder where if you even look at the flat side of a blade out of the corner of your eye you fall down. Or climbing across beams with saws coming at you while Kratos wobbles like he's been drinking all night. Or jumping back and forth 3 bloody times across the same moving platforms and saws, one time from a bad camera angle, and another time on a timer.

Edited February 15, 2007 by Tale

[Aegeri]

I'm not saying platforming, in general. I'm talking about the ridiculously frustrating platforming the first had. Climbing up a rotating cylinder where if you even look at the flat side of a blade out of the corner of your eye you fall down.

 

That was hell, but was a good test of the platforming mechanic up to that point. It wasn't terribly hard, but then again, I'm an obsessive player of platformers (since before even Mario, IE pitfall) and so it's not the worst thing I've ever seen. My friend got driven utterly stupid though.

 

Or climbing across beams with saws coming at you while Kratos wobbles like he's been drinking all night.

I can confirm such segments are in God of War 2 and one in particular looks a bit harder than the first games (You have to avoid burning planks falling down above you).

 

Or jumping back and forth 3 bloody times across the same moving platforms and saws, one time from a bad camera angle, and another time on a timer.

 

Yes, that is also present and in fact you even have to swing using the blades from pieces of broken masonry onto them at times.

 

Both of these I've seen in gametrailers segments that they released. I don't think they'll stick to the stupid rotating blades of clippage death though.

 

Edit: I like these sorts of challenges incidentally. Especially because on hard it means the environment is a pain, the enemies are and so are the bosses. I'm glad I never played through God of War on easy/medium first before getting to certain bosses, or it would have ruined the almost 'old school' vibe I got from having to rote learn certain patterns. Good times.

Edited February 15, 2007 by Aegeri

[Tale]

I got enough of silly, almost cheap, challenges playing Mortal Kombat Trilogy where Shao Khan will occasionally spam that ramming move over and over until you die.

[Darth Keyan]

Oh Yes! Kratos is back

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Not sure if anyone has seen this: it's an example of combat against gryphons while in flight. Unfortunately it's a bit on the low quality side.

 

http://videos.sapo.pt/cw7RbAUzdT1WuARl9wIz

[karka]

Kratos is a bit angry again.

[karka]

Gametrailers.com's video review. Waiting is... hard.

 

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=...wmv&pl=game

[karka]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=73694

 

YAY!

[Azure79]

I was looking through some of the gameplay videos over at gamevideos.com and I was surprised you could take on the

legendary greek hero, Perseus,

as a boss. What made me giddy was that

Perseus had his trademark invisibility helm.

I wonder if Kratos will have many encounters like that.

 

It would make the game very interesting.

[Musopticon?]

Heracles that tries to rape you?

[Azure79]

Heracles that tries to rape you?

 

Not quite what I had in mind.

[Berserk]

I wonder how ultra cheap the end boss will be in this one. Seriously, I broke a controller for the first time in my life when I fought

Ares

and his cascade of death.

[Kor Qel Droma]

One...more...week.

[Calax]

One...more...week.

If you preorder you should get the demo.

[karka]

Gamespot review: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/gamespace/re....php?pid=932295

 

And good news for PSP owners:

 

Foremost amongst Barlog's revelations was new information about the God of War PlayStation Portable game, which was initially revealed by a flyer inside boxed retail copies of God of War II. Unlike fellow PSP fantasy-action-adventure Prince of Persia Revelations, which was merely a reworked version of the console title Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Kratos' first portable adventure will feature an original story.

 

"We're not gonna do a port," emphasized Barlog. "This isn't gonna be God of War I on the PSP, this is gonna be an all new adventure that ties into the overarching story. So if we go on to make a God of War III, the PSP [version] will tie directly into what we're doing in the overall story. ... My big strategy for this entire franchise is that there's never going to be some solo, separated thing. Everything's going to deal with the overall plot."

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_ent...estnews;title;0

Edited March 13, 2007 by karka

[Pope]

Goddammit, I have to wait until April 20th (Stoner's New Year lol)

[Calax]

Goddammit, I have to wait until April 20th (Stoner's New Year lol)

and my friggin birthday...

[Darth Keyan]

I have tried the demo..and it kick ***

 

 

*Spoiler*

 

 

Ine the demo...you are fighting a huge golden statue..that Athena bring to life with her magic

 

[Calax]

"huge golden statue"?

 

It's the friggin Colossus of Rhodes!

[Calax]

boy... this game is certainly a doozie in terms of difficulty again... This will be intersting. (had it for two hours and counting.)

[Pope]

:sad:

 

 

 

Ah well, guess I can finally play that DMC3 SE that's been lying around for months while I wait for GoWII to hit the shelves here...

[Calax]

friggin cyclops' got a power boost. Although the pegasus fights are cool as hell.

[Sargallath Abraxium]

...just finished me second run-through o' GoW 2 an' I's gotta say holy snappin' Hells this li'l beauty be a blast!!...canna wait fer GoW 3!!...

 

 

...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!...

[astr0creep]

My wife bought me the game yesterday.

 

 

Who needs a nextgen console with this game???

 

I mean WOW!

 

 

I LOVE the way they make Kratos lose his powers. Very smart.

 

20/10!!!!

[Azure79]

I got this game yesterday, and I must say it is pretty awesome.

 

I'm pretty sure I know which God will bite the bullet in this one.