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Weird day to announce the release.

Sweet!!! I have time to finish the first lol

Prebuy starts tomorrow!

Just slightly over a month to go!

Couple weeks left ... Kinda wish I woulda replayed the prior installment again, oh well.

I replayed 1 recently on easy mode NG + just to refresh.

The previous was the last game I finished. What a great game with the leveling and difficulty options. My real hopes are a Laufey spin off/prequel game. That would be freaking awesome.

I am going to hold off and playing Ragnarok until Christmas. Wife needed an idea on what to get me .. Oh well, I will have to wait for just another 6 weeks. I can do this lol

Kommie wrote:

Watching this, is all I needed to replay, BOI!

https://youtu.be/n12Q2Pj9ESg

CE available again

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/158640809031582...

I've avoided the $70 next-gen tax so far, but this one will be a test of patience. Maybe there will be a minor Black Friday discount.

On GameStop's website for the PS4 version, someone asks if it's a free upgrade and Gamestop responded that it is. It's not. It's a $10 upgrade fee. I haven't seen them backtrack yet.

That's correct. No free upgrade this time around. Confirmed by the Playstation Blog: https://blog.playstation.com/2022/07/06/god-of-war...

Orlandu wrote:

This game is absolutely worth the cost of admission. I doubt there will be any sale for it on BF given its popularity and release time.

I have a jotnar edition preordered but I’m considering canceling. Those damn boxes are too big and I honestly don’t love this franchise that much.

Feeb wrote:

Didn't you hate 2018? I recall you crap talking it a lot.

Kommie wrote:

I didn’t hate it. It was definitely above average. Just hated that it got voted as the greatest game of all time in that vote off IGN? Did. That’s a travesty to gaming.

https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-best-video-game-o...

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Well, yes. Good game but 10 years from now I'm more likely to replay Dark Souls over God of War 2018.

I loved GoW 2018 but in no way should it even be in the top 20 of best games of all time.

MrBean wrote:

Probably combo sales if anything (B2G1, that sort of thing). Shooting for 50ish so it can more or less be a wash on resale. No game is worth $70 to me since there are always a dozen or so others that I can play while waiting.

Feeb wrote:

It's a great game but certainly not the best... Not at all. Never saw these brackets, that's awful.

It is lol.

Maybe I should not have cancelled that preorder.

https://twitter.com/germanstrands/status/158820171...

That's fantastic, can't wait, BOI!

Anyone staying up to play digitally tonight?

Waiting on physical here, and probably until post vacation (heading to Disney this weekend)... sucks, but hoping to get caught up week of Thanksgiving.

Pretty damn pumped.

Disney is way more fun than a video game. Enjoy the trip!

For sure, definitely excited, just bad timing!

Been playing it. So far it is cinematic heavy but lots of bosses. Nothing wrong with it but it’s not the greatest thing ever- yet. Feels like a Norse mythology / True romance mashup with this acting and the lines. Lol.

@MrBean Looks like you might be able to take part in both the Epcot food & wine (and maybe Kenny G or Sugar Ray at the free Epcot concerts if you like either of them) and the Christmas stuff, so pretty good timing! I still miss the school bread from Epcot Norway and catching the Epcot Dennis DeYoung concert on a cold (for Florida) night with hot chocolate. I don't know if they still do it, but Hollywood Studios was completely covered in Christmas lights when I went. The pay separately Christmas parade was definitely worth doing, too.

Food and Wine sounds like a blast.

Oh we're absolutely partaking in the food and wine event!

@Orlandu didn't know about Kenny G and Sugar Ray, will have to see if it works out. My wife made all the plans.

I've been there... 3 times I think. Haven't seen star wars or avatar land yet, pretty pumped for them!

@MrBean If it's like when I went the concerts should be near the back of Epcot (maybe close to Japan?). You line up a little before the show (maybe a half hour) and then it's just general seating. It's not closed off or anything. You can check the schedule for the specific dates you'll be there. Avatar land looks really cool. It's amazing how much stuff they keep adding.

@Feeb It is. Definitely one of my fonder memories.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread! Is the game in pretty good technical shape? I remember the first game didn't need too many patches. Work gets really busy starting in January so it's tempting to jump in now.

Got my Jotnar, holy hell, this is a pretty badass box! Tons of trinkets ... all of which, will stay in the box because I'm out of g'damn room - but Mjolnir found a spot hidden behind my monitor.

This is definitely one of the more impressive CE's I've ever seen. How the box opens, how there are hidden compartments, the quality/look/feel, I'm pretty damn impressed.

I thought I didn't get the Vinyl, nope, hidden! Pretty cool.

Unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmZjL3bmFqs

HOLY CARP...that is glorious!

Against my better judgment I went ahead and bought a copy. I hate to say it but it's kind of boring. Hopefully it'll pick up but so far it's just been a ton of rudimentary puzzles that Sony is terrified of you solving on your own. Between this and Forbidden West it's like they've tried their hardest to prevent a game from getting in the way of the story they want to tell.

HFW was legit annoying with her constantly telling you what to do. Way too much hand holding.

Yeah God of War is way better than HFW. Mimir does eventually give you hints but it's nothing like Aloy talking to herself. Also I just prefer the semi open world aspect of God of War

God of War is definitely a much better game. Mimir and even Atreus are just super quick to chime in on every puzzle. Maybe it's somewhere in the billion accessibility settings, but I couldn't find a way to make them tone it down. Speaking of accessibility so far fighting trash mobs is a lot more enjoyable one down from the base difficulty. They aren't so spongy that way.

They do seem pretty spongy on Normal, I've died quite a bit already.