Oh, Hey, There's Totally a Leaked God of War: Ascension Trailer [UPDATED]

@TooWalrus said:

@Djratchet said:

Don't know why people are shitting all over this game, even before we see gameplay footage. I for one, am all for more God of War and Kratos.

I think a lot of people aren't down for more God of War with Kratos, that's why they're shitting all over this game. I haven't even gotten around to playing GoW III, and even I feel this way...

Fuck em. Those same people are the ones who bitch about CoD game but will no doubt go and buy it. I like the GoW games because I enjoy the extremely well polished gameplay, the graphics, and the overall world. People are just down on it because it's the hip thing to do. This game will be awesome and well sell millions and those people can bitch and moan all they want.

@hermes said:

Hey, the first game was nothing short of genius.

They explain it better, though: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/no-redeeming-value

That was excellent. Thanks for sharing.

More God of War is a good thing. Can't wait to see more.

Is this game going to involve normal human being Kratos? I wouldn't mind playing through some of that backstory. That's probably be kinda neat.

They're just milking the franchise at this point. Just like GoW3 wasn't quite as good as GoW2, you'll see another drop in quality here. They need to, at the very least, give the series a break for a few years.

God of War is one of my favorite gaming franchises . That being said , I DON'T WANT THIS . : ( Make something fresh . We've already had two God of War prequels . I want a new game thats in the same boat as GOW ...

ugh, what is wrong with you Alex. Enough with these stupid headlines already. They are not funny and never will be.

I guess I am one of those people who is mildly amused by Kratos from time to time, but ultimately ignores all that junk for the gameplay. Oh people.

@outerabiz said:

sweet, cant wait to see actual gameplay

I think we've all seen it...

It's called God of War 3.

; )

More gore and boobies please.

Oh look, a 6th God of War game. Hopefully it's not exactly the same game as the others.

You know what would have been awesome, a game where a new protagonist hunts and kills Kratos. I wonder if the rest of the world is as against this game as much as we all are. Probably not...

@Shrat said:

ugh, what is wrong with you Alex. Enough with these stupid headlines already. They are not funny and never will be.

I agree. His headlines are always so wordy and sarcastic, they usually just come off as unprofessional.

@DoctorWelch said:

@Shrat said:

ugh, what is wrong with you Alex. Enough with these stupid headlines already. They are not funny and never will be.

I agree. His headlines are always so wordy and sarcastic, they usually just come off as unprofessional.

Because Giant Bomb is known for being the utmost, professional website ever right?

@DoctorWelch said:

@Shrat said:

ugh, what is wrong with you Alex. Enough with these stupid headlines already. They are not funny and never will be.

I agree. His headlines are always so wordy and sarcastic, they usually just come off as unprofessional.

Because this site is all about professionalism... now if you don't mind, I'm going to go watch an hour-long video of the crew playing Cards Against Humanity

@Tennmuerti said:

@Moncole said:

@Tennmuerti said:

People care about God of War story enough to make a difference if it's a sequel or prequel? That's cool i guees. Myself only ever played the games for the look and feel of the combat and to see Kratos fuck dudes up.

There are people who care and call it an amazing story.

Yep i said as much. (without the amazing part)Fascinating!

Hey, the first game was nothing short of genius.

They explain it better, though: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/no-redeeming-value

Hey, maybe as a prequel BEFORE he was consumed by rage and anger and betrayal and LACK OF AN INSIDE VOICE, he'll actually have a character with depth, one might say a 'personality', if you will. Beyond the aforementioned LACK OF AN INSIDE VOICE.

@Vegetable_Side_Dish said:

@Vitor said:

@Abyssfull said:

@Shaanyboi said:

Great. Another game for Kratos to run around, act like an angsty teenager, and just kill everything with no purpose or drive beyond "THEY HAVE BETRAYED ME". How...inspired.

I know, right? It was somewhat refreshing to play as someone who walks around with a comically large chip on his shoulder, but 5 games of that ''ARRRRGHDFHDFDGD KILLLL EVERYYYEONNNNE!!'', it gets tiring. In GoW3, Kratos truly succeeded his own level of assholishness... I mean good God (ugh), what a colossal twat. There's a point when an anti-hero stops being an anti-hero and becomes an all around jerk, and GoW3 steam rolled over that point a dozen times over.

Wow, totally thought I was alone in thinking that. The deaths of the Gods in 3 were so gruesome that I actually felt more uncomfortable than empowered when pulling them off and the way they portrayed Kratos, I mean, I totally thought it was some sort of meta-commentary from the devs as to how unlikable he really was.

Unfortunately that gave the new creative director way more credit than was due. I don't usually judge games on the moral message but man, GoW 3 was detestable.

Greek myths can be pretty nasty, and the Gods and demigods are frequently 'douchebags', I thought it fit nicely.
Kratos was so consumed by rage and hatred that by the end of his trilogy he just became a charicature of himself, I mean he eventually

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killed himself because there was nothing left to kill, and to spite the last person he has any relationship with

I don't think they were pushing for him to be a hero at all, he was totally consumed.

killed himself because there was no one left to kill, and to spite the last person he has any sort of relationship with.

Except for that same ending where they try to justify all of Kratos' fucking tantrums over the series by saying "Well... ya see, everyone was consumed by evil. We just didn't mention it. And I guess you then represent 'hope' or something. So... I guess everything you did was a good thing? Yaaaayyy Kratos...!"

I was actually offended at that ending. I could feel the embodiment of my own intelligence crying due to this game thinking that I was that fucking stupid that it could somehow manipulate the context so much as to try and play Kratos off as some kind of savior.

@Ghostiet said:

@Vitor said:

Need to jam a giant cog in a door? Why not shove one of the infinitely respawning enemies into it?

What's that? You'd rather throw in this poor topless girl who's been screaming in fear while being forced forward by you the whole time? For literally no reason other than to be a dick? And then you're going to award me with a Trophy which reads 'I didn't but I wish I did?' Thereby creating some sort of crass rape joke at the expense of this poor girl you just brutally murdered. Because she's topless and teenagers love tits so therefore they'll totally get turned on by that.

... Ugh. Just. Ugh.

I believe it was meant to illustrate how Kratos is really a designated hero, only "heroic" because the gods are also assholes on an arguably bigger scale. People kept forgetting that a lot.

I think there are better ways of doing that then making that joke.

@Ghostiet said:

@Vitor said:

Need to jam a giant cog in a door? Why not shove one of the infinitely respawning enemies into it?

What's that? You'd rather throw in this poor topless girl who's been screaming in fear while being forced forward by you the whole time? For literally no reason other than to be a dick? And then you're going to award me with a Trophy which reads 'I didn't but I wish I did?' Thereby creating some sort of crass rape joke at the expense of this poor girl you just brutally murdered. Because she's topless and teenagers love tits so therefore they'll totally get turned on by that.

... Ugh. Just. Ugh.

I believe it was meant to illustrate how Kratos is really a designated hero, only "heroic" because the gods are also assholes on an arguably bigger scale. People kept forgetting that a lot.

I think there are better ways of doing that then making that joke.

Hey it's that game I've played three times. Can't wait!

@WilliamHenry: Is that a good way to defend a headline that has all the verve of a sarcastic teen ironically saying grace? I like Alex articles but it is what it is dude.

When I read the title, I knew it was Alex...

I've never seen the appeal of the God of War games. Sure, they look pretty good, but gameplaywise... They look like mindless button mashers to me.

@Tennmuerti said:

@hermes said:

@Tennmuerti said:

@Moncole said:

@Tennmuerti said:

People care about God of War story enough to make a difference if it's a sequel or prequel? That's cool i guees. Myself only ever played the games for the look and feel of the combat and to see Kratos fuck dudes up.

There are people who care and call it an amazing story.

Yep i said as much. (without the amazing part)Fascinating!

Hey, the first game was nothing short of genius.

They explain it better, though: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/no-redeeming-value

Sorry i can't in all seriousness consider a couple of minutes at the start and end of a game to be good story. 99% of the actual GoW had nothing to do with story, bar the get pandoras box defeat god premise. And the rest of the GoW games had even less significant story then even that. GoW was a gamplay masterpiece i'll give it that. But if I want a story less shallow then a puddle i'll read a book. I can fully understand people caring about the story. But calling it amazing or even good? o.OArt is subjective and all that, so maybe someone does find GoW story amazing, all one can do is be amazed in return. As far as the video goes.Calling a story genius simply because it adheres to a certain structure "greek tragedy" is laughable. It's the kind of genius that has long since been considered a cliche even in comic books. At least GoW1 had a story, that's true enough.Heh they even atribute story stuff to Jaffe, a game designer who is quite open about his views on the place of story in videogames. Extra Credtis, being s being as pretentious yet as shallow as ever at the same time, nothing new here. Their videos are nice as an introduction to people who have little to no knowledge on the topics/issues, but little beyond that.

Just to clarify, Jaffe was never against story in games, but story in the way of not interactive cutscenes or walls of text/dialogue.

Story in God of War is delivered in several different ways, everything from the puzzles to the character animations is carefully constructed to tell a certain story, a certain setting and a certain mood. To dismiss it because it has few cutscenes is as reductive as saying Half-Life has no story because there are no cutscenes and Freeman doesn't talk.

@WilliamHenry: @Shaanyboi: Go listen to Jeff answer some questions in the Jar videos and maybe you'll understand that cursing occasionally and doing crazy ridiculous stuff is a little different than being unprofessional.

I'm guessing this was originally going to be a Vita game.

@Tennmuerti said:

@hermes said:

@Tennmuerti said:

@Moncole said:

@Tennmuerti said:

People care about God of War story enough to make a difference if it's a sequel or prequel? That's cool i guees. Myself only ever played the games for the look and feel of the combat and to see Kratos fuck dudes up.

There are people who care and call it an amazing story.

Yep i said as much. (without the amazing part)Fascinating!

Hey, the first game was nothing short of genius.

They explain it better, though: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/no-redeeming-value

Sorry i can't in all seriousness consider a couple of minutes at the start and end of a game to be good story. 99% of the actual GoW had nothing to do with story, bar the get pandoras box defeat god premise. And the rest of the GoW games had even less significant story then even that. GoW was a gamplay masterpiece i'll give it that. But if I want a story less shallow then a puddle i'll read a book. I can fully understand people caring about the story. But calling it amazing or even good? o.OArt is subjective and all that, so maybe someone does find GoW story amazing, all one can do is be amazed in return. As far as the video goes.Calling a story genius simply because it adheres to a certain structure "greek tragedy" is laughable. It's the kind of genius that has long since been considered a cliche even in comic books. At least GoW1 had a story, that's true enough.Heh they even atribute story stuff to Jaffe, a game designer who is quite open about his views on the place of story in videogames. Extra Credtis, being s being as pretentious yet as shallow as ever at the same time, nothing new here. Their videos are nice as an introduction to people who have little to no knowledge on the topics/issues, but little beyond that.

Just to clarify, Jaffe was never against story in games, but story in the way of not interactive cutscenes or walls of text/dialogue.

Story in God of War is delivered in several different ways, everything from the puzzles to the character animations is carefully constructed to tell a certain story, a certain setting and a certain mood. To dismiss it because it has few cutscenes is as reductive as saying Half-Life has no story because there are no cutscenes and Freeman doesn't talk.

Shocker!

Oh yea. Who didn't think this was gonna happen. They have a popular series that sells well and makes money. Better drop it start a new series am I right?

@IAmNotBatman said:

Oh look, a 6th God of War game. Hopefully it's not exactly the same game as the others.

That's all they can be.

I think this prequel should be just a social Sim, it would have Kratos chilling at home with the wife and kid, making coffee, going to anger management. watching Xena etc...

am i the only one who finds the woman saying "playstation" at the end of all ps3 trailers annoying? i remember at e3 last year at sony's press conference when they showed off a lot of cool trailers and they all ended with it.

@OleMarthin said:

am i the only one who finds the woman saying "playstation" at the end of all ps3 trailers annoying? i remember at e3 last year at sony's press conference when they showed off a lot of cool trailers and they all ended with it.

Are you twelve? Because Sony has been doing that since 1995.

I really didn't care as much for GOW III as I thought I would. No real interest in this.

I wonder if Kratos gets really angry in this one.

@captainanderson: no i'm 20, i never said that it was a new thing. old ting can still be annoying.

I haven't played any of the God of War games. I don't even have a Playstation. Not saying that if I did have a Playstation, that I wouldn't play them, or this new one for that matter.Looks cool.

@Grognard66 said:

I wonder if Kratos gets really angry in this one.

The suspense...it kills me...

I really didn't want another God of War game.  I felt the series was pretty much complete.  Of course, I'm still going to buy this one.
 
What's interested about this teaser, is that it seems to suggest that we'll be playing as a pre-Blades-of-Chaos Kratos, which could drastically alter the conventional God of War combat flow.  Maybe a good thing?

God of War: Art Not Final

Another sadistic murder fest.

@mordukai said:

@TooWalrus said:

@Djratchet said:

Don't know why people are shitting all over this game, even before we see gameplay footage. I for one, am all for more God of War and Kratos.

I think a lot of people aren't down for more God of War with Kratos, that's why they're shitting all over this game. I haven't even gotten around to playing GoW III, and even I feel this way...

Fuck em. Those same people are the ones who bitch about CoD game but will no doubt go and buy it. I like the GoW games because I enjoy the extremely well polished gameplay, the graphics, and the overall world. People are just down on it because it's the hip thing to do. This game will be awesome and well sell millions and those people can bitch and moan all they want.

I swear, this whole ''label people as CoD players as a derogative to justify your own opinion'' nob rot is like Godwin's law 2.0.

Speaking for myself, I haven't played a single Call of Duty again before. I've maybe put in a few minutes here and there, but I've never completed any of the campaigns, I've never played any CoD MP, and I've never bought a single Call of Duty product. And y'know what? Yeah, CoD is more or less the exact same situation (even if the GoW franchise at least disperse its entries between a few years), and just look at how much hate that gets. I think it's finally high time that GoW starts to receive some of the flak.

There's no denying that the GoW games are technical powerhouses and are extremely polished, but the fuck does that matter when across 5 games now, the only advancement the series has made is with its graphics? The same protagonist, set in yet another prequel (making this a prequel for a bloody prequel)... how I can not be so completely fed up when I've been performing the same few combos for years now... the only difference being there'll maybe be an additional move here or there. For a series like DMC, there's always new weapons try out, or characters even, to help diversify each entry; GoW has alternate weapons, but besides those Lion Gauntlets in GoW3, all alt weapons pale in their effectiveness to the chain blades. You don't get gain unique executions per weapon, and they would often leave you with less options at your disposal overall-like how you can't actually grab enemies with the purple sword in GoW1, or how the spear/shield has half the combo potential in Ghost of Sparta. And just look at GoW3... three new weapons, and two of them are just riffs on the chain blade motif. Laughable.

And fuck right off with that whole ''it's the hip thing to do''. It's not because it's ''hip'' (jesus, I can't believe you actually pulled that one...), it's because the series hasn't progressed at all and we've been stuck with the same character getting pissed off at everything forever. And to hear that we're actually going backwards (again), still with the same character, should be reason enough to understand why so many people are fed up. It's a completely reasonable reaction, and until they release news that proves otherwise (maybe this will be before Kratos receives his chain blades?..), it's one I'm personally going to firmly hold onto. So wipe off all the fanboyism off your monitor and try to exhibit some empathy here.

So it's another prequel?

@Abyssfull: The comments on this thread begs the differ. Also, shitting all over a popular game is very much the hip thing to do. you got a problem with the GOW game don't buy them. I know anything out of the Santa Monica guys will be awesome and will sell millions of copies and no matter how you and anyone else will bitch about is going to change that.

Yawn...

God of War is one of the few action franchises left that I still enjoy so really looking forward to this one. I am a little surprised to see that this game is coming out on the PS3 though. I guess they spent so much money developing GOW3 that they had to find some way to use the tech again.

I'm sure the combat and environments in this game will be amazing but they really need to do something fresh with the story. Kratos being angry just aint gonna cut it.

@mordukai said:

@Abyssfull: The comments on this thread begs the differ. Also, shitting all over a popular game is very much the hip thing to do. you got a problem with the GOW game don't buy them. I know anything out of the Santa Monica guys will be awesome and will sell millions of copies and no matter how you and anyone else will bitch about is going to change that.

...That's my response? You basically retreading exactly what you said in the first place... Tsch. I guess that should a game make millions, we are hereby exempt from any sort of discussion, so says Mr Mordukai. Oh, well!

@mordukai said:

@Abyssfull: The comments on this thread begs the differ. Also, shitting all over a popular game is very much the hip thing to do. you got a problem with the GOW game don't buy them. I know anything out of the Santa Monica guys will be awesome and will sell millions of copies and no matter how you and anyone else will bitch about is going to change that.

So a game is exempt from criticism if it's popular?

What?

@Hailinel said:

@mordukai said:

@Abyssfull: The comments on this thread begs the differ. Also, shitting all over a popular game is very much the hip thing to do. you got a problem with the GOW game don't buy them. I know anything out of the Santa Monica guys will be awesome and will sell millions of copies and no matter how you and anyone else will bitch about is going to change that.

So a game is exempt from criticism if it's popular?

What?

ART.