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God of War Origins |OT| More Kratos in HD
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Not that you asked, but getting stoned is easy.The Xtortionist said:
As you're working through the tower toward Persephone, clear one of the rooms with the stoning rays, and leave at least one ray functional. Then just get stoned, and break out five times. Super quick trophy.
If they put God of War 3 on PSN, I'll pony up for God of War 1 & 2 HD on there as well...as you say, everything on one system.Amir0x said:
The Xtortionist
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jvm said:
I tried that but the things would never stone me. Thought they were broken lol. I'll try it again.
Granger Danger
Member
Now that you mention it, a couple of years down the line I can see them coming out with a collection that includes all five games for the PS3, like the Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii.Amir0x said:
SketchTheArtist
Member
Just finished both games. I had played CHAINS on PSP when it was released and in HD, it looks pretty good but GHOST looks amazing graphically in HD. Better than GOW1 and 2. Not the art direction though, it's really good, but it doesn't achieve what GOW2 was, but graphically, it blows it out of the water.
I really didn't like GOW3, but I have the urge play it again now, we'll see.
I really didn't like GOW3, but I have the urge play it again now, we'll see.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
StevePharma said:
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
CozMick said:
What?
SkylineRKR
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Yeah I bought GoS stand alone (which is possible for non Plusers in Europe, and for only 17 euros) because I already feared Chains would feel dated. Way back then I already thought it wasn't exactly the best God of War game.
By the way, I played GoS on both DTS and DD and it seems that the volume of grunts and slashes is really low compared to the background noise? In cutscenes its okay.
By the way, I played GoS on both DTS and DD and it seems that the volume of grunts and slashes is really low compared to the background noise? In cutscenes its okay.
StevePharma
Member
neojubei said:
No sadly I don't have the necklace. I also wanted those custom blades of ares but they were hella expensive.
Combichristoffersen said:That Kratos statue and limited edition box makes me jelly (I have the rest of the stuff, besides platinum trophies for GoW I and II). You should get the GoW comics and the novelization of GoW I too just to complete the collection
That Kratos statue is so cheesy. It has a button on the back which you can press to make him say some phrases like "I AM THE GOD OF WAR!" and such. Love it. The Special Edition Box looks cool but man, that shit was 250 bucks for a piece of plastic and two games+ 3 carton sleeve soundtracks. You have to be a fan to shell out like that
I read the GoW-comics at a friend of mine who is a comic nut, but I myself don't own them. Wasn't really feeling them either. I can only imagine how GoW1 is novelized. All caps when Kratos speaks for 200 pages lol
And then Kratos entered a circled ring, familiar in design to dozens of other circles he encountered on his trip to Athens.
When his muscular sandalized feet hit the center of the
ring, a flaming wall blocked his progress. A skeleton trollface could be seen
in the flames."WTF IS THIS SHIT!", Kratos uttered, while some Hoplite Soldiers
spawned from the concrete tiles beside him. "UUUAAAARRGHHGH", said Kratos,
when he ripped the body of one Hoplite soldier in half with his bare hands, throwing the remainder into his demonic companions.
Kratos then spammed L1+
of red orbs hit his lips. The skeleton trollface
disappeared and turned into a door. Kratos felt the need to press on, and mashed
To be continued.....
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
StevePharma said:That Kratos statue is so cheesy. It has a button on the back which you can press to make him say some phrases like "I AM THE GOD OF WAR!" and such. Love it. The Special Edition Box looks cool but man, that shit was 250 bucks for a piece of plastic and two games+ 3 carton sleeve soundtracks. You have to be a fan to shell out like that
I read the GoW-comics at a friend of mine who is a comic nut, but I myself don't own them. Wasn't really feeling them either. I can only imagine how GoW1 is novelized. All caps when Kratos speaks for 200 pages lol
And then Kratos entered a circled ring, familiar in design to dozens of other circles he encountered on his trip to Athens.
When his muscular sandalized feet hit the center of the
ring, a flaming wall blocked his progress. A skeleton trollface could be seen
in the flames."WTF IS THIS SHIT!", Kratos uttered, while some Hoplite Soldiers
spawned from the concrete tiles beside him. "UUUAAAARRGHHGH", said Kratos,
when he ripped the body of one Hoplite soldier in half with his bare hands, throwing the remainder into his demonic companions.
Kratos then spammed L1+to win the battle. The sweet sensation
of red orbs hit his lips. The skeleton trollface
disappeared and turned into a door. Kratos felt the need to press on, and mashed
......
To be continued.....
That statue sounds awesomely cheesy. Wonder what it would cost me to get one off eBay. As for the special edition box, it was pretty damn expensive up here too, which is why I didn't bother getting it.
And your version of the GoW novelization is better than the real deal :lol
StevePharma
Member
Combichristoffersen said:
Haha thanks. Those games just inspire your writing you know.
I bought the Kratos doll for about 30 euros in one of those Dutch comic-boutique stores.
So far I'm loving the Collection.
The games both look amazing, and feel great. I beat Chains, and God of War 1, now I'm working on Ghost of Sparta.
I played both on the PSP, and I had always wanted the ability to play them on my TV. This is even better than just wanting to play the PSP versions straight (although I would still love to have Sony release a PSP emulator on the PS Store).
My only gripes about the Collection are the pauses that still occur when transitioning between some areas. I remember it would pause on the PSP, and I assumed that that would be fixed in the disc based release, but sadly, it's not. Unlike the PSP version, the pauses aren't super long, and followed by horrible slowdown.
Speaking of, the framerate is rock solid as well. Very fluid.
I prefer Ghost of Sparta to Chains of Olympus, but I enjoyed replaying Chains. It's been fun so far, playing the series in story order. I'll move on to GoW2 and 3 after Ghost of Sparta.
Don't care for Trophies much, so I'm not sure I'm going to bother going for them. I'm not a fan of hidden trophies either. I understand hiding story spoiler trophies, but not stuff that you probably wouldn't ever think to do, even when just messing around with the game.
The games both look amazing, and feel great. I beat Chains, and God of War 1, now I'm working on Ghost of Sparta.
I played both on the PSP, and I had always wanted the ability to play them on my TV. This is even better than just wanting to play the PSP versions straight (although I would still love to have Sony release a PSP emulator on the PS Store).
My only gripes about the Collection are the pauses that still occur when transitioning between some areas. I remember it would pause on the PSP, and I assumed that that would be fixed in the disc based release, but sadly, it's not. Unlike the PSP version, the pauses aren't super long, and followed by horrible slowdown.
Speaking of, the framerate is rock solid as well. Very fluid.
I prefer Ghost of Sparta to Chains of Olympus, but I enjoyed replaying Chains. It's been fun so far, playing the series in story order. I'll move on to GoW2 and 3 after Ghost of Sparta.
Don't care for Trophies much, so I'm not sure I'm going to bother going for them. I'm not a fan of hidden trophies either. I understand hiding story spoiler trophies, but not stuff that you probably wouldn't ever think to do, even when just messing around with the game.
Jeeeeeeeebus. Really? That's less than 7 days to finish both ... to platinum ... provided you didn't get early access.Wario64 said:
People really have ludicrous amounts of time to play games.
For each child, I estimate that my free time has been cut in half. Thank heavens we stopped with three...
Edit: To be clear, not criticizing anyone in any way. Just marveling at how I simply cannot hang with "real gamers" or whatever.
I am nearly at platinum on Chains. I have a couple of easy things to finish... and the Challenge of the Gods 3, 4, and 5.
Finished both games:
I bought and played through Chains of Olympus on the PSP a couple times. Replaying it this time really hit home how I was more impressed with the fact that I was playing a GoW game on the PSP, than I was at how good a GoW game it was. It was also a very short game (just clocked in at 4 hours).
Ghost of Sparta is the real deal though; It ranks right up with GoW 2 IMO. Read At Dawn should be proud.
I bought and played through Chains of Olympus on the PSP a couple times. Replaying it this time really hit home how I was more impressed with the fact that I was playing a GoW game on the PSP, than I was at how good a GoW game it was. It was also a very short game (just clocked in at 4 hours).
Ghost of Sparta is the real deal though; It ranks right up with GoW 2 IMO. Read At Dawn should be proud.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Started my God mode playthrough of Chains. It's possibly even more of a shitfest slog than God mode in GOW1 and 2. I remember those games had some seriously hard parts on occasion, but in Chains I'm dying during most battles.
The game just isn't designed for this difficulty. Dying in a battle way too often results in having to re-open a door, or traverse the level in some other time consuming way. Then half the time I'm greeted by a mini-cutscene introducing the battle. The checkpoints are generous, but ill-placed if you actually die frequently.
The health chests are also so ill-placed that I basically never enter a fight with full health (I'm lucky if I've got half health), so in a sense I'm being punished twice; once by the tougher enemies and again by a lack of resources. The requirement for progression without constant deaths in battle is basically never get hurt, which defeats the purpose of having a life bar, health chests, and generous checkpoints in the first place.
Better checkpoints and skippable mini-cutscenes would alleviate all my complaints. I can deal with having almost no health all the time, as long as when I die I start the battle over immediately.
I really love the GOW series, so I'm not saying I hate this game or anything. Just had to get this off my chest!
Otherwise, I went into Chains with reasonable expectations, but I really like the way it plays and feels. It's snappy, and the pacing is much more brisk than the other GOW games, which surely accounts in part for its brevity. Ghosts of Sparta clearly looks better, but I feel like it has been strongly influenced by GOW3 (which is good and bad, IMO) while Chains feels very much like GOW1&2.
The game just isn't designed for this difficulty. Dying in a battle way too often results in having to re-open a door, or traverse the level in some other time consuming way. Then half the time I'm greeted by a mini-cutscene introducing the battle. The checkpoints are generous, but ill-placed if you actually die frequently.
The health chests are also so ill-placed that I basically never enter a fight with full health (I'm lucky if I've got half health), so in a sense I'm being punished twice; once by the tougher enemies and again by a lack of resources. The requirement for progression without constant deaths in battle is basically never get hurt, which defeats the purpose of having a life bar, health chests, and generous checkpoints in the first place.
Better checkpoints and skippable mini-cutscenes would alleviate all my complaints. I can deal with having almost no health all the time, as long as when I die I start the battle over immediately.
I really love the GOW series, so I'm not saying I hate this game or anything. Just had to get this off my chest!
Otherwise, I went into Chains with reasonable expectations, but I really like the way it plays and feels. It's snappy, and the pacing is much more brisk than the other GOW games, which surely accounts in part for its brevity. Ghosts of Sparta clearly looks better, but I feel like it has been strongly influenced by GOW3 (which is good and bad, IMO) while Chains feels very much like GOW1&2.
StevePharma
Member
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jvm said:
I did both in 2 days (evenings). If you're accustomed to GoW-controls and the PSP-games it's really really easy.
jvm said:
I guess you spammed the Persian King or Leviathan in COO or the first boss from GOS for it? Pretty much yeah. In GOS you can also go to the combat arena, set your magic to infinite and spawn 6 hoplites with infinite health. Spam D-Pad left until the counter hits 1000 and you're done.
Blood Boal
Member
Yesterday got the last of my 5 platinums (GOW: Ghost of Sparta) and...loved every second of it X3...
Proof (see image below) XDD:
So...yeah my body is ready for GOW:Resurrection whenever they want to make it. (DO IT SANTA MONICA) XD.
Proof (see image below) XDD:
So...yeah my body is ready for GOW:Resurrection whenever they want to make it. (DO IT SANTA MONICA) XD.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I am getting some shitty glitch. I got 4 gorgon´s eyes, after that every suppose to be gorgon´s eye i am getting red and blue orbs in these colorless boxes. I am pretty sure it´s a glitch because i got all of the feature boxes, and got extra magic. I think i have to restart the whole thing
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
augmental said:
I wanted to love the Arms of Sparta, but despite being very powerful they don't feel powerful at all. Zeus' gauntlet was a ton more fun for me. It had great feel, sound, visual effects, and utility. Probably a bit overpowered for normal difficulty, but who cares, it's GOW.
Beam said:I am getting some shitty glitch. I got 4 gorgon´s eyes, after that every suppose to be gorgon´s eye i am getting red and blue orbs in these colorless boxes. I am pretty sure it´s a glitch because i got all of the feature boxes, and got extra magic. I think i have to restart the whole thing
It's not a glitch, it just means you are finding most of the hidden chests. You'll get the last gorgon eye when you are supposed to. This is the way all the GoW games work.
I played through Ghost of Sparta first, and now I am making my way through Chains of Olympus. My expectations were lowered by all of the comments in this thread about CoO being inferior, but I'm actually pretty impressed by it so far. It has that older GOW1 vibe with the polish of GOW2 and Ghost of Sparta, especially in HD.
I can see why people feel that GoS is a more "complete" GOW experience, but the tighter structure of CoO works in its favor IMO. Ghost of Sparta was great, but it did feel like it was dragging after a while. The game just kept throwing you into combat rooms with multiple cyclopes, harpies, and other annoying shit to slow you down.
I can see why people feel that GoS is a more "complete" GOW experience, but the tighter structure of CoO works in its favor IMO. Ghost of Sparta was great, but it did feel like it was dragging after a while. The game just kept throwing you into combat rooms with multiple cyclopes, harpies, and other annoying shit to slow you down.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I really think so. These boxes always give gorgon´s eye or phoenix feather. I already got 6 FF, and i should have gotten 6 GE. 2 colorless boxes gave me red and blue orbs.SaitoH said:
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Alright i will do that. Thanks.Fuzzy said:
augmental
Member
Finished Ghost of Sparta and I have a few questions if you guys can help out:
1) So I thought this game explained Kratos' red markings? It just explains his scar as far as I can tell
2) When going through the game's in game movies via the 'Treasures' section, some of the movies kind of skip at the beginning or flash a garbled mess for a second and then it shows the movie...can anyone else confirm this happening to them? I am just curious if it is just the game or my PS3.
Thanks!
1) So I thought this game explained Kratos' red markings? It just explains his scar as far as I can tell
2) When going through the game's in game movies via the 'Treasures' section, some of the movies kind of skip at the beginning or flash a garbled mess for a second and then it shows the movie...can anyone else confirm this happening to them? I am just curious if it is just the game or my PS3.
Thanks!
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
augmental said:
If you think of his red tattoo, he got that as
a tribute to his brother, as he had a similar birthmark
augmental
Member
So no one has had any issues with the cut scenes in Ghost of Sparta? By 'issues' I mean some slight stuttering when they first start playing or a garbled screen for a second before it plays the cut scene. I noticed this specifically with Ghost of Sparta. I haven't played much of Chains yet.
I realize this doesn't sound like a huge deal but it seemed like the cut scenes were giving my PS3 laser a workout so I am hoping it is normal for the game and not just my PS3 laser losing its gusto.
I realize this doesn't sound like a huge deal but it seemed like the cut scenes were giving my PS3 laser a workout so I am hoping it is normal for the game and not just my PS3 laser losing its gusto.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I can´t believe that these are PSP games. The details are ridiculous.
Xander51
Member
This collection is great. The re-done assets here really put some other HD remakes to shame. I had never played Ghost of Sparta before a couple of days ago and it's incredible.
As to the pauses and issues people are mentioning, I bought the digital version and I'm not having those problems, so I wonder if maybe it has to do with streaming off the Blu-Ray?
As to the pauses and issues people are mentioning, I bought the digital version and I'm not having those problems, so I wonder if maybe it has to do with streaming off the Blu-Ray?
Callibretto
Member
Xander51 said:
wait? they're redoing some assets? I don't bothre buying it because I already beat it on psp. what asset are they redoing for this hd port?
Xander51
Member
Callibretto said:
Yeah, Ready at Dawn still had all the old artwork and so they were able to re-touch it. All of the textures are much higher resolution, and all of the videos were re-compressed in HD. The original games topped out at 1.6 Gigs thanks to UMD, and here Chains of Olympus takes about 7 Gigs and Ghost of Sparta takes about 9 Gigs. They look incredible.