Is this perhaps a sign that it really is time for the leap to the next generation as developers struggle to cram their games into the limitations of the current gen consoles? Or does this suggest perhaps that game testing isn’t doing a sufficient job anymore?
Could it even be that the sheer ambition of some of these games means we have to accept we will get the odd bug?
The Opening Levels that hooked gamers from the outset.
Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.
Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.
GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.
Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.
I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.
lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...
Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.
Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.
My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.
There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.
Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.
If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.
Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.
Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.
If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.
Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.
@Inverno
Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.
But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.
And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.
The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.
There have been plenty of great villains in video games over the years. Now it's time for the VGU crew to name a few of their favorites.
if you want software, you must accept bugs. pretty simple.
I ended up falling off a ledge to a lower level in GOW: Ascension, and for the life of me could not trigger the bridge up above to decay (the only way to get back up). Apparently there was a hole in the invisible wall that I accidentally found.
Had to restart to an earlier chapter. Lame glitch!
I also had problems with the numerous QTE sequences. There's nothing worse then pressing the correct buttons, but not having one button press register and dying as a result.
GOW needed more testing for sure.
I've had a decent amount of issues with game bugs as well, it's now a major factor as to whether I'll buy a game new or not. My last problem was with Borderlands 2, I bought itat midnight release and after about a week got hit with a glitch that eliminated all the badass rank I'd accumulated. This along with Skyrim (another game bought at release, PS3) ACIII and an AWFUL mess with Mass Effect 2 freezing and deleting my saves (took 3 tries before I could get through the game) have pretty much killed any chance of me buying new at release unless it's a Nintendo first party game since I've NEVER had a problem with their games being buggy.
looks like they need infinity ward to clean things up a bit with their outstanding fish ai.
While I didn't experience many huge bugs in the hundreds of hours I've put into Skyrim, the best one by far was the invisible dragon I fought. It only happened once, so that's probably why it was more fun than annoying.
Anyways, as games become more complex we will continue to see bugs/glitches. They go hand in hand with this entertainment medium we enjoy so much. Sometimes they are funny, other times they are infuriating. A team of QA testers will never be able to replicate all of the exact scenarios millions of gamers are going to try (especially in the games with huge worlds).