There’s a clear divide between the Kratos that fought against the Greek pantheon and the one who now faces Ragnarok. In the latest entry in Santa Monica Studios’ epic saga, God of War Ragnarok, Kratos seems weaker than he used to be.
Some of the best PS5 games are exclusives like God of War Ragnarok and Astro Bot, but there are some indie highlights as well.
Original Destiny artist Darren Bacon recalls how Bungie reacted to the art style change of Halo 4 by 343 Industries.
Bungie at that time became the most wonderful bunch of hypocrites in the gaming industry. Knowing this now, gosh the entitlement they felt was out of this world.
Nothing like buying yourself from Microsoft because you don't want to be the Halo Studio anymore, and the FIRST THING you do is sign your next IP over to Activision, for a DECADE, while they are in the middle of ousting the heads of Infinity Ward so they can exert even more control over COD while screwing out the devs at IW...
Should've come as no surprise then that Activision gutted the content of Destiny 1 before launch and was a horrible partner through Destiny 2, until history repeated itself and Bungie had to split from Activision only to wind up in the arms of another major conglomerate that also doesn't know how to handle these unmanageable devs.
Tti their credit they praised the technical abilities of 343 and I remember at the time thinking halo 4 was a huge graphical leap above reach everything else was rubbish when I actually got to play it but there was no doubt it looked good for the 360 and is probably the best looking game on the system.
But ultimately I think bungie has always had a leadership problem and going independent ultimately proved this it's only getting worse with studio heads being outed by Sony for abuse allegations seems like all bungies past success has been in spite of management not because of it.
But really I think the bungie we have today is not the same one we had in that Xbox era of Bungie
I liked the artstyle change. For the most part. Something looked worse but most of everything else looked better. Weapons and vehicles for sure. The wraith come to my mind instantly.
And how can they get mad when the bungie changed it with Halo Reach?
I know a lot of people dislike Halo 4’s arts style, but there’s thing about it I like and dislike. Personally, the Halo 4 design of Master Chief’s armour is my favourite depiction of the character’s armour.
An interview with Tymon Smektala (Franchise Director, Dying Light) where I get to ask him as to how Techland was impacted by its DLC story leaks, how the studio has changed after being acquired by Tencent, where he sees the Dying Light franchise going in future, and how he's been able to maintain enthusiasm for the Dying Light franchise since he joined Techland 10-odd years ago. Enjoy!
It's hard to talk about this without delving in spoilers territory, but it is pretty clear that Kratos is trying to hold back every since he arrived in this new realm. There is a fight early on in Ragnarok where Kratos' adversary says that he wants to see the Ghost of Sparta in full old style mode and Kratos does not want to go back to his old days because he is afraid to become his greek self again.
By the end of Ragnarok, though, it is possible to look back and see pretty clearly that even when trying to restrain himself, Kratos still did very well against all his adversaries, so, no, Kratos is not weaker. He is now in some kind of Superman state of mind where he never uses his full power because he would shatter the land around he like he did in Greece, but he still can beat pretty much anyone that stands in his way and refuses his offer to walk away from a fight with the greek God of War
Man has gotten old and been through too much. Haven't beaten the game yet so I don't know what happens but I hope he retires after Ragnarok and Atreus takes over.
i got killed by the first 5 worms that kept attacking me from where i could not see them and I'm a god of War? lol
Kratos is older and in a different realm, I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. Kratos also seems to have more control over his emotions these days; that definitely plays a part in his strength. How old is kratos actually? Does he age slower or like a normal human still?
I think they made Kratos talk a little to much in GoWR. He’s more sensitive than I’d like him to be. I miss the old PS3 era Kratos more.