God of War

I think I'm around 8 hours in. Woo boy this game is fantastic.
 
In regards to IGN. Despite being unbiased, they have always been seen as a Playstation leaning site. I don't know about now but, back when Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty worked there, Podcast Beyond was the most popular podcast on the site by miles and the Playstation section was the most visited section by a wide margin.

A apology was definitely warranted in regards to the God of War post. I highly doubt IGN doesn't want to lose any good standing with Microsoft and be left out of exclusive interviews, vids, hands-on etc.
 
Do note though, the two people he @'d were people that he is usually pretty damned chummy with, and possibly even friends with.

I'm honestly still surprised MS hasn't hired Ryan yet.

Yeah he goes way back to the official xbox magazine I believe.
 
In regards to IGN. Despite being unbiased, they have always been seen as a Playstation leaning site. I don't know about now but, back when Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty worked there, Podcast Beyond was the most popular podcast on the site by miles and the Playstation section was the most visited section by a wide margin.

A apology was definitely warranted in regards to the God of War post. I highly doubt IGN doesn't want to lose any good standing with Microsoft and be left out of exclusive interviews, vids, hands-on etc.
EVERY popular multi format gaming site/forums is accused of being fanboys of the most popular console maker brands (Sony/Nintendo)
 
Played 2.5 hours but now heading out of town. First boss fight was brilliant stuff. Playing on normal and thinking that’s a mistake. Little easy. Any opinions on difficulty? Is 2nd hardest comparable to Souls?

I’m playing on Hard and its about the equivalent of a starter dark souls character.
 
I'm an Xbox 1 owner standing outside in the rain while PS4 owners are inside having a party and a warm fire.
 
I'm an Xbox 1 owner standing outside in the rain while PS4 owners are inside having a party and a warm fire.


I feel the same way...even though I have a Pro and this game still unopened wondering how the game will perform without being able to update the game.
 
I'm an Xbox 1 owner standing outside in the rain while PS4 owners are inside having a party and a warm fire.

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You really are. Its soooooo good, couple hours in and easily my GOTY to this point.
 
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I'm an Xbox 1 owner standing outside in the rain while PS4 owners are inside having a party and a warm fire.

No law against you owning a PS4 :) well unless finances are an issue which is totally understandable.
 
I feel the same way...even though I have a Pro and this game still unopened wondering how the game will perform without being able to update the game.

I know your internet speed is slow but do you have a data cap or just don't want to deal with the wait?
 
I have to say one of the things that makes this game so impressive is it's art style, graphically it's high end all around but the little details and the choices they've made really come together nicely. I'm not going to be taking many pics of the game until the photo mode comes out though, don't want to spoil anything for anyone plus you can't really center the characters well with the camera set up for gameplay.
 
So what should I do with armor upgrades? I’m using the starter armor and I’ve just unlocked the realm bridge. Each piece in the shop has a min max value. What’s runic for? Any advice on buying a load out ?
 
My goal is to upgrade everything. So I am doing what I can afford and work my way up. Evenly throughout the upgrades. Oh, and I want to bang the witch
 
My goal is to upgrade everything. So I am doing what I can afford and work my way up. Evenly throughout the upgrades. Oh, and I want to bang the witch

You can’t upgrade all the armor with improvements. You have to chose some positives and negatives. For example you can improve strength but it reduces defense or improve vitality but reduce luck. I haven’t done any upgrades yet because I’m not sure which way to go.
 
So is pro's resolution mode locked 30fps with the day one patch or still some drops? I won't have time to play it for a couple of weeks so I might just wait and see if not.
 
This is the game that I booted up my PS4 Pro again for (well, aside from the odd Persona 5 gameplay every few weeks or so). Just started, about 30 mins in. Pretty darn impressed so far.
 
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Pretty great looking game, only a few graphical hangups but I think just going from overall graphics.. Horizon Zero Dawn still has the best all around graphics on console.

God of War on the otherhand, probably has to have the most remarkable world game/world design ever with the how they manage all of those massive set pieces, no loading, no camera cuts, all seamless etc etc.. I won't spoil anything but the way things chance after that one fight and after you meet snake-bro are pretty remarkable.

So is pro's resolution mode locked 30fps with the day one patch or still some drops? I won't have time to play it for a couple of weeks so I might just wait and see if not.

I'm about 4-5 hours in and framerate isn't really an issue, the drops are there but it's occasionally and even then, not something that's ever going to hinder your gameplay.
 
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