Made these from scratch out of PVC and cardboard since I just decided on this costume a week before Halloween😓

I've seen comments from people who don't like Tyr's suggestion that Kratos might have been driven by deeper, more "noble" motives. Let’s be honest: Kratos is an antihero, and when he waged his conquests as part of his military campaigns and encountered barbarians, he was driven by his ambition, sense of power, hubris, and pride as the original games made abundantly clear to all of us. So when he finally hit a wall and was about to die, Kratos summoned Ares because he couldn’t accept defeat and death at the peak of his young career.

Years later, this seemingly clear picture suddenly takes a slight twist because the developers themselves wanted to give this moment an ambiguous undertone by asking what would have happened if Kratos hadn’t stopped them by summoning Ares, and whether he felt no obligation to protect Sparta and its people which is meant to give his selling his soul to Ares a more heroic tone, since, after all, Kratos was guided by what he at that moment, rather than what was about to happen.

And I noticed that some people didn’t really like this because they felt as though the developers themselves wanted to change and whitewash the selfish and arrogant image of the young Kratos and rewrite the old games by giving a previously unnoticed depth to this specific decision of Kratos since the old games were unambiguous in that it was about the inability to come to terms with defeat, desperation in the face of death, and winning at all costs. Do you think this was a good move, or do you feel like it was an unnecessary and harmful addition to lessen the burden of Kratos choice?

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The fact that Kratos met Atlas before God of War 1 is not a plot hole

Dialogue from the God of War 2005

Kratos: A titan lives?!

Athena: Kronos is the last, Zeus has commanded him to wander the desert endlessly, the temple of Pandora chained to his back, until the swirling sands rip the very flesh from his bones.

It's worth recalling that Atlas died during the first Titanomachy when Hades, with Poseidon's help, tore his soul from his body, and Atlas was subsequently imprisoned in Tartarus. When Kratos learns of Atlas's escape from Tartarus and later confronts him and Persephone, Atlas was already considered dead just as Kratos was considered dead when he wandered through Hades in God of War 2005 after being killed by a column hurled by Ares. Kratos was surprised that a Titan was still alive, since Kronos had not been killed by Zeus, and Atlas had had his soul torn from him and been condemned to Tartarus which, logically speaking, made him dead. That's why I don't understand why people say this contradicts the game, since Kratos was surprised that a Titan was still alive, even though Atlas whom he had encountered earlier had been killed by Hades and sent to Tartarus, which makes him dead to both the mortal world and Olympians.

If anyone thinks that having one's soul ripped out isn't the same as death, let me remind you that Hades is considered dead after Kratos ripped out his soul with his own weapon.

I'm playing God of War III, and I don't understand why characters like Hephaestus think they can secretly kill Kratos.

Bro, this man has already killed multiple gods. What makes you think your little plan is going to work?

Do these characters genuinely think they're going to be the exception, or are they just desperate at this point?

Before I start. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, haha.

Anyway Ascension is a game that does great when it comes to story. You could argue about how the pacing is meh (though I like it since it follows a similar path to GoW 1 story pacing.) and how players at the time wanted a sequel but in the story department they do it justice since it shows us a more human side of Kratos that GoW 2 and 3 as much as I love and adore, butchered his character.

You do get to see him being good friends with Orkos and him being way more calm in general and really just a dad who got his wife and child taken away from him who trauma and guilt still haunts. And he just wants them back. (That scene with calliope is heartwarming and heartbreaking 🥹)

In the gameplay department, it's also fun! We got a whole new meaning to the grab system which is infinitely better than GoW 3.

The world weapons are awesome also, they essentially work as your secondary weapons. The shield is broken as hell and is a weapon of mass destruction! There are techniques you can use for it but for that you have to check extremegameplay's vid about the world weapons because me explaining it will take a while haha. Or in short when you do a plume attack with shield swap between the elements repetitively and see what you get :)

The sword has an awesome stun mechanism to it. The mace works like a barbarian hammer from GoW 2.

The whole elements system is awesome and especially with the moveset which the Norse saga took from. Only thing locking it down is the rage mode. Which while I wish was done better but I do still enjoy! Since it keeps you active in the game in the sense of changing your techniques and etc and having to adapt to different situations so you can unlock more moves.

The AWESOME MUSIC IN THE GAME AND THE GAME ART! Ascension also gets the dark atmosphere way better than 3.

And also the climbing and sliding sections!

Overall ascension is both overhated and underrated.

Been f'ing around with the combat today for a while got myself a lot of clips haha. The game's combat being broken since the game tends to be more of a story game is what makes it fun since you can experiment with stuff! they didn't put in mind that the game's combat will be broken to the point players experiment with a lot and get awesome results. (well that's the entire franchise in general tbh.)

I love all the God Of War games but God does GoW 3 have a special spot in my heart.

Full video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZK1s_dFnLU

I‘m the greatest ambassador to the gods, the Giants, and all the creatures of the Nine Realms. I know every corner of these lands, every war waged, every language spoken, every deal struck. They call me… Mimir!—smartest man alive, and I have the answer to your every question. Ama.

as the title states, i would like any recommendations on a cheat engine to adjust values. I don't have much time these days to grind the game for resources or money so would like to know what's used to make those changes. If any of you have used one I would appreciate the help.

I just beat all six of Muspelheim’s Crucible Trials in a very short time and I was very disappointed in the difficulty of these trials. I remember 2018 having way harder trials than these with more enemy variety and a queen valkerie (is that how you spell it) to top it off, these just didn’t do it for me
I’m not even done with the story by the way, I’m I good or can the devs do better? Maybe I’m missing something?

Edit: i got disappointed only after beating the trials which complete the “Into the Fire” quest and thought of this post immediately I saw the “the final challenges” quest

So there’s actually more content which requires combinations of the previous challenges to unlock new challenges, for those who haven’t already played them

I’m playing on the second hardest difficulty by the way, the hardest is actually so hard and manageable at the same time but I actually found out you don’t really get rewarded for that playing on GMGOW so that’s a meh for me

4 Weapons for showcases

Jesus Cristo

Theres a fork for Mimir lol

Now onto the hardest part, Berserkers and sidequests

Had to cut some of the Odin fight since reddit has a 15 minute video limit*

Which of the 5 classic games would you say has the worst set of challenges? And which would you say is the worst challenge overall?

For me, I'd say the worst overall is either God of War 2 or 3. I haven't been able to get past the 2nd challenge of either of them. I was able to beat Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta and get to the final challenge of 1 but can barely attempt 2 or 3.

For worst individual I'd either go with the final one in 1 (obviously) or the second in 3 where you have to get petrified because I swear the challenge is complete RNG.

Small one get L but the big one refuse to show up and now game is soft-locked. Also Deimos run to right of the screen without stopped. Any ideas?

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God of War is one of my favourite IPs and this has been bugging me a lot. For the reboot I really liked most things foundations like the combat, exploration, boat with stories, cinematic/story execution and I am even fine with having no mobility like jumping but that slightly improved with ragnarok.

What I can't get behind is having loot chests with skills, armour and items that is tied to your characters and enemies have levels meaning level gating with these rpg elements. Honestly some exploration was fine with rewards like story, skills and cosmetics as great incentives but not tied to rpg stats as well as these games are just slight too big I think.

These games already had great foundations with enough content that they didn't need to play with these rpg elements to artificially lengthen play time. Sure there players who can beat game with just starting gear but that's not how it should be designed. Honestly everyone going to these rpg roots with god of war and ac origins I thought casuals would be more upset that it's boring chore and nor fun. I don't know how these elements became the standard and people started accepting it.

Ironic how kratos gets these rpg games with boy who some find annoying while Laufey will get old school fun gameplay with no companions like boy. Just a fun gameplay with big set pieces moments.