New God of War

Markitron wrote: »

I don't think Ragnarok is even confirmed to be the name, tbh I would be surprised if it is considering how attached that word is to Marvel atm.

Cory Barlog was dropping some hints about the State of Play so I think a cinematic teaser is a good bet at least.

I thought the name was confirmed but you're right, the teaser says Ragnarok is coming and the runes on the symbol say Ragnarok, but it's not confirmed as the name.

Damn, now we're further away than we were 10 minutes ago...

I don't think Marvel using the Ragnarok name would have any impact though. This game is going to feature Thor in a big way regardless, plus the reveal about Atreus from the first games ending, which would be the bigger bridges for people to cross.

Markitron wrote: »

Yea I get your point, IMO this would actually be more of a reason to give it a different title, differentiate where you can and all.

Tbh I don't think Ragnarok will actually occur in this game, I think the game will be set during Fimbulwinter with Ragnarok this ominous inevitable event on the horizon - kinda like the reapers in ME2. The 'Ragnarok is Coming' tagline just reinforced this for me.

Yeah I think the same, this game, even if they do call it Ragnarok, could be about the events which set Ragnarok in motion then the third game is Ragnarok itself.

Ragnarok seems to be *the* big event in Norse God's mythology, so it'd make sense to have it for the third game.

I will take any opportunity to say that this was my PS4 game of the gen, and up in my top 5 games ever. It was perfect to me!

It was great, Im still not fully finished but its great !

Markitron wrote: »

You haven't finished it until you have killed the final Valkyrie. Good look with that!

Btw, after the credits roll, go back to your house.

Im playing on a hard setting, I only just hit level 5 in my gear and just came through Thamurs course and fought the first one.
Zeus on a pogo stick she was hard.

I got the Fire realm gate and beat all the challenges except the valkyrie there, she just faces stomps me with no effort.

Valkyrie's always throw people until you figure out they're achilles heel.

In advance of Ragnorak, I started replaying this a couple of evenings ago. My god it is an astonishingly great game. First time out I kinda blitzed through it but this time around Im really taking my time and exploring everything, some of the set pieces in it are stunning. This or Ghost of Tsushima are my two games of the PS4 era.

From what I can tell on Google, NG+ is increased difficulty, with enemies having some new attack patterns too (including Valkyries), and new side stuff which is harder. You keep things like armour and talisman, and any unlocked abilities, but certain things you get during story mode such as the blades of chaos and some abilities that unlock new areas are locked until you reach them in the story.

I'd say just go with a fresh save, especially if you're worried about needing tutorials for some of the combat etc. The combat and abilities in GOW aren't so deep that it'd make the tutorial section too much of a slog, and even with new game + you'd have to play those sections again as they're built into the story.

Yeah, fresh new save altogether of base game. You're pretty much going to have to go through most of the tutorial stuff again since it's part of the story, and things like blades of chaos are removed until you get them during the story anyway. NG+ means tougher enemies, and keeping armour/currency/skills from your previous game. Doing NG+ doesn't really balance out too well in your favour if you haven't played the game since release.

Good shout on the fresh base game save. I loaded last save and i was about 20 minutes into NG+. I had so many things i had no idea about, resources, runes, etc. Felt much better starting fresh again.

Got this on PC after playing 1,2 and 3 on the old PSs and ehhhhh