The most notable aspect of the $39.99 God of War Collection is that the graphics have been re-mastered with anti-aliasing effects -- and now run at 720p at 60 frames-per-second.
That sounds great, but is the difference worth the money if you already own both games? Judge for yourself with these comparison shots between the original and re-mastered versions of the God of War Collection.
Whatever form the next God of War game takes, it needs to be clear about what role Kratos is playing, lest the franchise lose direction.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Wowie Zowee! This is going to rock. The differences are like night and day in certain shots. Thank the lord for some AA. 4x would have been even better but I'll take what I can get at 60fps. This game is really going to show it's strength in motion. Wonderful.
Yeah, i think its worth the buy!
Nice picture!
I don't really care. I never played God of War (they never worked on my fatty PS2) so I never got the chance to play the original copies. So, the graphics wont matter to me. Their touched up in HD? Good, even better for me.
This game can be the opening for Sony to take advantage of re-releasing PS2 classics. Since they don't seem to be offering them as DLC on the PSN Store this is a good alternative. The budget price, owning them as physical media, and remastering them in HD + trophies is a smart move for some easy cash...
San Andreas and Shadow of the Colossus next please.
the tits.
Can't wait till release.