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God of War wins big at DICE Awards 2019

‘The PS4 game won nine of 23 award categories, including Game of the Year’-Polygon

AspiringProGenji1934d ago

Remember when they said RDR2 was gonna beat GoW with the awards?

https://youtu.be/n0iB5i8cCa...

Jin_Sakai1934d ago

After winning the DICE awards today, God of War has now achieved 190 GOTY awards vs. 189 for Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Great to hear. Although both are amazing games!

UltraNova1934d ago

Very very different games with different target audience.

That said, GOW I feel had even less things to complaint about than Zelda did (weapon breaking system etc) so in that regard its the better executed, if you like, game IMHO.

Tear1111934d ago

Keep it in mind, god of war had RDR2 as a competitor while zelda don't.

Ceaser98573611934d ago

Leading are LOU and Witcher 3... with 288 and 293 respectively..

SuperSonic911934d ago (Edited 1934d ago )

@Jin

Everyone can see that the quality of GOWPS4 is many many times better than TLOZBOTW not just in production quality but in terms of "reinventing the wheel".
Just to have a totally different Kratos gameplay that still feels familiar took a whole lot of imagination, and creativity from Sony Santa Monica producing a totally different, fresh, original game with gameplay like no other.

While BOTW maybe a fun game it just an amalgamation of old and existing gameplay mechanics hand picked from other games and bunched up together.

Also in recent times PS4 games are not just about flshy graphics and high production values but about love, brotherhood, real life family values & morals just can't be found in any other platform like Nintendo or Xbox.
PS4 exclusives like GOW, TLOU, Uncharted are like family simulators imparting moral lessons after playing.

That is to me the most important part of gaming now that sets PS4 apart from the others.

Its Sony's goals and intentions to give us valuable and relevant games like Dad of Boy ... not just fun time wasters

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The Wood1934d ago

A very solid game that also deserves its praise. Sadly there were a few people on here that wanted it to win just because it was competing against a Sony exclusive.

KickSpinFilter1934d ago

No it's just a better game. RDR2 is also a great game, but it has it's issues as does GOW.
But as a whole GOW just feels more "right"

Dragonscale1934d ago

@kick, oh yes there were, quite a few actually. They would've even chosen crackdown 3 over gow tbh lol.

Dark_Knightmare21934d ago

Yo I wish ezio would show his self around here just so I can see what excuses he would come up with lol. He campaigned for rdr 2 hard not only here but on resetera also while coming up with asinine theories to why rdr 2 was losing to gow while ignoring the most obvious and clear as day reason and that’s because GOW is the better game.

TGGJustin1934d ago

Is that guy really on here too? He is so annoying on Resetera. Made an account just to dig up any RDR2 award and cry when it wasn't added to the total.

MrVux0001934d ago

Ezio is to busy with the same ol Ezio blabber on Resetera currently...

The Wood1934d ago

There was a discussion with some claiming the game would definitely be better with a jump button. They acted like the creators forgot and omitted it by accident. . Who do I listen too. . The guy holding the trophy or the dude holding his feelings and a keyboard. . . . .

The Wood1934d ago

Well done to all involved with GoW. It's accolades are well deserved.

TGGJustin1934d ago

TLOU vs GTA5 all over again. I said it from the moment I saw how well God of War turned out. It had that Naughty Dog magic about it which is something that franchise never had before. I knew then RDR2 had no chance.

Dark_Knightmare21934d ago

Yeah I haven’t seen him for a little while here but he got into with me when I said gow was going to get most of the goty awards. I know all about his ridiculousness on resetera it sucks that I couldn’t cal him out on it there but I can’t make an account because of my email address for some reason

MrVux0001934d ago

Yup, same here tho i was genuinely shocked how easily people brushed aside even a CONSIDERATION of the thought that God Of War would win. But then i saw the overall sales of RDR 2 vs GOW, then it was clear as day as to why they were like that... more than half of them did not even play the damn game.

XxSPIDEYxX1934d ago

Well Deserved Sony Santa Monica, the game is epic on every level. Definitely one if the best games I've ever played, if not the best.

DaGR8JIBRALTAR1934d ago

Congrats to Santa Monica Studios and Sony!

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God of War Needs to Redefine Kratos' Purpose Clearly and Quickly

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Nacho_Z4d ago

I'm pretty sure it'd be a major mistake having Atreus as the main character in the next GoW. Seems to me like at best people tolerate him and his gameplay sections.

Ideally the story for the next game would be that Atreus has gone missing in Egypt, Kratos gets mad about it, picks up Mimir and goes on a god killing rampage.

Mad_Matt4d ago

If that is an option for the dev team then they need to make it a clean slate. No Atreus, No Mimir. That's what happened when he changed pantheons before. Lets Kratos be in that world. But it will be a difficult task to complete. Kratos and his past demons are getting a bit redundant as far as story telling goes.

Nacho_Z4d ago

Yeah there's not a lot of meat left on the bone story wise. Personally I'd happily accept any goofy reason they could come up with for why Kratos is in Egypt chopping off heads. I'm personally not that bothered about the finer points of the storytelling, although they do it well.

The_Hooligan3d ago

I would still like to have Mimir in the next game. They (devs) can justify it by saying that Mimir wants to gain knowledge about other realms/pantheons. Also, personally I think Alastair Duncan did a great job as Mimir and would love to see the continuation of the small banters Kratos and Mimir had in the past games.

goldwyncq3d ago

The point of Ragnarok's ending is to show that Atreus is his own man now. Having Daddy Kratos save him in Egypt after getting himself into trouble would just undo his entire character development.

Nacho_Z3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

The point was more to do with getting Atreus out of the way rather than him being saved. Let's say he's off on his own adventures then and invent another reason for Kratos to be in Egypt.

Could be that Kratos thinks he's been captured or killed as motivation but at the close of the game it turns out Atreus has been up to his own shady shenanigans.

Lionsguard4d ago

They need to bring back the "God of War" in God of War. I was expecting to unleash hell and fury in Asgard against Thor that they really talked up in the first game but all we got was brooding middle aged dad drunk in a beer hall. Ragnarok was still "good" but I left that game expecting a lot more.

InUrFoxHole4d ago

Tried Rag... just couldn't get into it. Felt like more of the same. I would welcome a Kratos only game again.

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