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#1 Phazevariance
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@rrjim1 said:
@mojito1988 said:
@freedomfreak said:

We finally get a thread about a game that ISN'T God of War, and that gets locked because of the whole blog thing. Yet, here we have another GoW thread.

I was thinking the same thing. If it is a game the mods do not like you cannot have more than one post about it, but if it is God of War it can take up the entire site. The hypocrisy of this place is unreal...

I love God of War as well, (gets sooo much better the deeper in you get) but you would think they would show a bit of consistency with this dying forum in hopes of keeping the last few of us they have left.

Really I'm in several hours and it isn't getting any better yet. Still hate that tiny cursor, it just plain sucks.

I'm probably about half way through now. It is very much a Gears of War game with improved graphics and a better story. The level design and corridor style levels feel GeOW to me though. Not really a comparison I wanted to make. (GOW is the better game obviously).

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Consoles are only now catching up to PC from a decade ago in terms of graphics. Crysis 1 and Ryse looked amazing, but god damn was Ryse a bad game. I would easily sacrifice some graphics for better gameplay and story. However, current games have a lot more interactivity with the environment than games of old.

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I can't get hyped for Sony because they always show animated CGI trailers of games that won't be out for 2-3 years.

Nintendo show games that are out the same year, but from them, i'm really only hoping for some Metroid Prime 4 footage.

MS... no hype if they have nothing new to hype.

PC ... CyberPunk 2077 is probably the hype train i'll ride this year.

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#4  Edited By Phazevariance
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@creepywelps said:

Not finished with it yet, but so far it's still TW3 for me.

Still TW3 for me too.

I also enjoyed BOTW more. Although I enjoy GOW more than Mario Odessey.

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So far, it's been ok. I think it's pretty, but still has those spots where it's quite obviously a game. There is a lots of down time between battles. The fighting feels way more simplified over the previous games, maybe I just don't know how to do different finishers, but to me most of the special finisher are the same 3 or 4 animations over and over again.

I like the level design so far. Graphics are great in many spots. Story ... so far is interesting, let's see where it goes (hoping for twists, not just 'get to the mountain top'.

As for upgrading armor and weapons, i'm not impressed with this part of it. I'm like ... 7 hours in I think, and almost everything I find is not really better than the stuff I had from the start. Like I can upgrade armor, and the elemental addons, but they don't really seem to varied so far. This could change though as I progress further in the game. It's def more like the last of us than GOW1-3.

I'm fine with the new voice actor, and all the audio is pretty spot on. HDR looks amazing! I went into settings and turned it off for a bit, and man the image is flat without it. The boss battles feel way less epic than GOW3. Kratos is just missing that pure rage he used to have I guess, and the bosses are quite a bit smaller in many cases. Personally this is a solid 9.10 for me.

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#6 Phazevariance
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Any game on PS4 pro would run better on the X, but they are locked to Sony's platforms. X1X is the better console hardware wise, hands down, but Sony has those exclusives locked.

Assuming you aren't looking for a high end PC, X1X is the better console to have if you play multiplatform games, which is like 90% of the library of games available on the market. You still need a Ps4 for those exclusive games since they are pretty great too. Real gamers aren't locked to one console.

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Really ....

OP have you played it?

Read reviews?

Seen anything about the story aside from recent footage?

Actually heard the music?

...

I think gamespot needs to have stricter rules on the age for its users, minimum 15 years old please.

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I enjoyed both of those games a whole lot. Hard pressed to choose, but i think W3 edges out over BotW due to the story elements that zelda is lacking.

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#9  Edited By Phazevariance
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9/10 is a good score. From what I've read it has frame stuttering/drops on PS4 (not the pro), and the game/boss fights are easier than previous GOW games. I suspect that's why it earned a 9/10 instead, which is fair.

IGN has a video with differences between PS4 and PS4 pro's 2 modes, and honestly it looks about the same across all of them. That's great since I don't want to upgrade from a ps4 to a pro.

Kind of neat that the game has the camera follow you in 'one shot' from start of game to finish (unless you die of course). So it seamlessly pans between gameplay and cutscene and back to gameplay for the entire game.

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#10  Edited By Phazevariance
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No matter what a PS4 game scores, it will have zero effect on the Xbox.