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Was it Good? - God of War (2005)

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The gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope.
Let's head back to 2005 and replay the game which started it all, the original Kratos adventure through Pandora's temple to find the power to defeat Ares and save Athens.
I'll be critiquing every mechanic and reviewing every cutscene as we ask, God of War, was it actually any good?
Thanks as usual to my very patient Patreon supporters who keep the channel alive.

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@brunohommerding3416
@brunohommerding3416 Жыл бұрын
I always found that ending kinda funny. "The city have been saved" while literally being in flames because a dead god exploded like a thermonuclear bomb right next to it.
@deadlyninja112
@deadlyninja112 Жыл бұрын
Exactly i was like daaaamn he blew up like a nuke
@thechugg4372
@thechugg4372 Жыл бұрын
It really shows the brutality of the times and how worthless a life actually was, really good story telling
@leithaziz2716
@leithaziz2716 Жыл бұрын
"We did it Patrick! We saved the city!"
@fotis3v480
@fotis3v480 Жыл бұрын
@@thechugg4372 nothing has changed nowadays mate lol. In case you were talking about irl.
@mithos92
@mithos92 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the ending of Sonic Adventure. Most buildings were destroyed and the entire city is flooded. Game ends with Tails saying, "all's well that ends well."
@MrDark086
@MrDark086 Жыл бұрын
Poseidons rage comes from Poseidon being not only the god of the seas but also storms, earthquakes, and horses, which also explains the creatures' design for God of War 3's initial boss battles
@TheGoodWillSpreader
@TheGoodWillSpreader Жыл бұрын
and that his temperament in myth wasn't all that different from zeus's when enraged,
@brunohommerding3416
@brunohommerding3416 Жыл бұрын
Yeah its kind of annoying how many people just assume poseidon is ocean water and nothing else. Its not only in God of War that i have seen this comment about poseidon using lighting in one way or another as if it was Zeus exclusive.
@cyrusthegreat3299
@cyrusthegreat3299 Жыл бұрын
That wasn't a horse in GoW 3, u dumbass. Kratos says it himself in Ragnorak. That was a Hippocamp.
@cyrusthegreat3299
@cyrusthegreat3299 Жыл бұрын
@@brunohommerding3416 more annoying is u thinking Posidon was riding a sea horse.
@brunohommerding3416
@brunohommerding3416 Жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat3299 i never even said anything remotely close to that lol
@Judgement_Kazzy
@Judgement_Kazzy Жыл бұрын
Love the order of operations in Kratos' brain when he meets the Oracle. "Kill? No, not supposed to kill this one. Grab tiddy? Tiddy is illusory, can't grab it. Better just stand here and stare in bewilderment"
@TAREEBITHETERRIBLE
@TAREEBITHETERRIBLE Жыл бұрын
*LMFAOO THIS COMMENT WAS ALL OUR EXACT TRAIN OF THOUGHT*
@mrhamburgler480
@mrhamburgler480 Жыл бұрын
noticed this too 😅
@Nameless.4817
@Nameless.4817 20 күн бұрын
Lmfao
@HQ_Default
@HQ_Default Жыл бұрын
As someone trying to develop a game, that "never just one problem" piece of game design is easily one of the most helpful things I've heard in a while. I never really thought about it, but yeah, you're absolutely right. Making the player deal with multiple problems simultaneously is incredibly important, otherwise they're just going through the motions of "If Problem X, do Solution Y". I had not really considered that when making my game, so I'm very glad you brought that up.
@Paul_Ward
@Paul_Ward Жыл бұрын
This is called making the player face dilemmas instead of just problems. A dilemma is two or ore problems that must be overcome at the same time, where there is a sacrifice to be made to overcome them. You want the player to face having to make a sacrifice to tackle these dilemmas but you need to be careful to balance these sacrifices so that it doesn't feel unfair. Good luck with the game - another aspiring dev
@thaddeushill7080
@thaddeushill7080 Жыл бұрын
Yea same er m8
@maxmustermann3938
@maxmustermann3938 Жыл бұрын
I am reminded of BotW. Did we all hate weapon durability? Probably. But thinking about it, that was what gave you another problem. Without it, your answer would always be the most powerful weapon in an encounter, and you'd have no need to explore to restock weapons. The durability encouraged you to try alternate approaches in combat, varieties of weapons and incentivised exploration. In hindsight, it worked great in that game - but in a lot of other games, it doesn't, because all the durability does there is hold you back or annoy you/require some grind, etc.
@derp195
@derp195 9 ай бұрын
​@maxmustermann3938 All valid, but at least for me, durability anxiety took a lot of fun out of it. I just ended up hoarding bows and not wanting to use them. I much preferred the mechanic in fallout (new vegas and/or 3, I don't remember) where they slowly degrade, but can be repaired. In botw, you get like 10 shots and they explode. It l was ridiculous.
@ReverendLeRoux
@ReverendLeRoux 6 ай бұрын
One of the best games I've seen put this into practice in plain black and white so readily readable that anyone could pick up on it is DmC: Devil may Cry. Some enemies can be hurt by any attack, but some enemies require certain weapons or they don't take damage at all. At first you'll encounter a few of them at a time alone, but then they end up getting mixed together. Combat goes from "mash one combo repeatedly to win" to "Use all of your tools all of the time or lose." Make no mistake, the game is still kind of okay at its best, but they showed a really good grasp of game fundamentals.
@joseaca1010
@joseaca1010 Жыл бұрын
One thing i really liked about Pandora's Temple is that the further you go, the less living and dead soldiers you find, implying Kratos is reaching parts of the temple noone else had reached yet
@kvx4862
@kvx4862 Жыл бұрын
I never noticed that! That blew my mind
@khaledbebo9
@khaledbebo9 Жыл бұрын
this game made me love gaming 10x more than I did before playing it, I never even liked its genre before trying it, the fact that nearly 100% of every bit of detail gives hints that its creator thought thoroughly about it always blows my mind, it's like every pixel is there for a reason & nothing is there as just a filler!
@stevengrass6800
@stevengrass6800 Жыл бұрын
Except the moment you needed a specific skull to open a door, you were then the only person to proceed beyond that point
@lErickl
@lErickl 7 ай бұрын
Because Pandora's temple was also a challenge from the gods and those who fail die, and is the reason that guy on the door was "punished" to be the doorkeeper, he failed and fled, so he was punished in that way.
@VictorIV0310
@VictorIV0310 6 ай бұрын
@@lEricklHe was, in fact, the very first to attempt to enter Pandora’s Temple. He failed and was then cursed by the gods to stand guard and watch as future champions try to enter, burning their maimed corpses over the centuries.
@WannaComment2
@WannaComment2 Жыл бұрын
1:16:35 If the dying minotaur hadn't kicked in the door here you wouldn't have been able to progress any further. That's the architect playing some serious 5D chess right there.
@Sassy_Witch
@Sassy_Witch Жыл бұрын
OOPS
@xXGodkidGamerXx
@xXGodkidGamerXx Жыл бұрын
he could have just opened the door, the minotaur broke the chain, remember?
@frostspork6930
@frostspork6930 Жыл бұрын
The character of Kratos being a Greek tragedy fits so well with the setting. Simple back story that was masterfully executed. Brilliant!
@SuBZer0lp
@SuBZer0lp Жыл бұрын
Poseidon's room, with the secret tunnel underwater, was the only puzzle I was unable to solve for two days straight. I remember it was 2007, I was 11 years old, my dad just earned GoW for me after winning a Darts game with his friends ( they were pretty drunk). I had no internet at that time, but I remember that I was able to access a God of War forum at the Internet Caffee where I red about the exit, as there were no youtube tutorials ( I think I was not even aware of youtube platform at that time). Truly unique memories - God of war will forever be in my heart.
@nanangrahman9597
@nanangrahman9597 Жыл бұрын
Man i was stuck on that puzzle too when was little haha
@SuBZer0lp
@SuBZer0lp Жыл бұрын
@@nanangrahman9597 god of war uniting ppl around the globe
@RyanlilmanGamin
@RyanlilmanGamin Жыл бұрын
"If I kill you....I will get health orbs." - Kratos
@vanconojl
@vanconojl Жыл бұрын
Atreus: you only kill those who deserve it! Kratos: *i killed Mother f*ckers for 1 green orb BOY!!!*
@KaiUndMoritz
@KaiUndMoritz Жыл бұрын
He said "YOU LOOK KIND OF PASTY" i think you cant say anything worse to him then that
@thegamingprozone1941
@thegamingprozone1941 Жыл бұрын
Dante: Ooh me too!
@haldir108
@haldir108 Жыл бұрын
It's weird. Throughout the game, he sounds like Kratos, but in the Easter Egg, he sounds like Christopher Judge. It makes no sense.
@thekey1175
@thekey1175 Жыл бұрын
@@KaiUndMoritz that's because hes lathered in the ashes of his dead nuclear family
@AceHammerheart
@AceHammerheart Жыл бұрын
Would love to see God of War 2 and 3 done in the same way, Josh! This was brilliant!
@Jermaine2099
@Jermaine2099 Жыл бұрын
He'd have to rename the series. There's no question at all if those games are good, same for this one actually lol
@senta52
@senta52 Жыл бұрын
yes please.
@epictv5580
@epictv5580 Жыл бұрын
Pretty please
@primusgrant3426
@primusgrant3426 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe this guy is crying, literally crying because the boss fight with Aries was hard, and he liked the understanding that the reason why you fought with the unfamiliar weapon was because the weapon that was taken away from cradles actually came from Aries, that's just pure common sense. Why would I allow someone to kill me if I'm a God with the very weapon that I made, and I have the power to do something about it, and then he was like crying once more about the mechanics fighting Aries was all that you can handle you simply can't handle other stuff getting in the way as you're fighting Aries, he said it himself that he died lots of times so what is all the crying about it's f****** sickening to me.
@ThePandaSupreme
@ThePandaSupreme Жыл бұрын
Yes please
@NourArt02
@NourArt02 Жыл бұрын
I still think GOW1 has the best storytelling in all of GOW games, the flashback storytelling style really work, and it's just a great origin story, and Linda Hunt's narration made it even greater.
@DeathG64
@DeathG64 10 ай бұрын
Which is funny since it has the least story-based environments/backtracking
@Chuckles-kz1kr
@Chuckles-kz1kr Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I can only hope for you to do this type of video essay for not only God of War II but the entire trilogy. This was absalutely awesome and I really do hope you continue to be successful in the future.
@Tr055
@Tr055 6 ай бұрын
God of War is the crowing jewel of the franchise in my opinion
@simon62821
@simon62821 Жыл бұрын
This video ended up just a bit shorter than Christopher Judge’s speech at the game awards
@jaylee8157
@jaylee8157 Жыл бұрын
Fortnite won game of the year award for game play. What the fuck
@StUCaboose
@StUCaboose Жыл бұрын
Judge was the real mvp. He knew Valve was giving away Steamdecks every minute
@Metal-Gear-Moogle
@Metal-Gear-Moogle Жыл бұрын
There are now three different occasions where I've seen him cry like a bitch lol
@theguyinthere
@theguyinthere Жыл бұрын
You funny man.
@saniakshay12
@saniakshay12 Жыл бұрын
Lol true but it was a nice speech and at least he dressed well unlike most of the devs.
@amyrosechaqueta
@amyrosechaqueta Жыл бұрын
Fun fact, if you upgraded the blade of artemis it will make the bridge sword more powerful, I had it at max level and I killed Ares first time because the damage increase is BIG
@GerardoFirestorm
@GerardoFirestorm Жыл бұрын
yeah, the bridge is an artemis sword re skin
@theninjamaster67
@theninjamaster67 Жыл бұрын
That must be why I didn't have nearly as hard a time as he made it sound cause I split all my red orbs among my other weapons rather than only focusing on one so it definitely confused me hearing he struggled with this fight.
@Hecatom
@Hecatom Жыл бұрын
Same. When he said What about the Artemis blade, and why introduce a new mechanic, I was like, mate, that sword is an Artemis Blade reskin. Barely touching that weapon and not upgrading it was why the fight felt so terrible for him
@ino_mation
@ino_mation Жыл бұрын
@@Hecatom Being able to miss that is also itself a bad mechanic. The weapon in the final fight being tied to the progress of another weapon, rather than balanced around a weapon you'd be expected to raise, like the main weapon itself. If you're not in to how it controls, you're going to ignore it, and then be punished at the end of the game for it.
@Spirit_of_Yubel
@Spirit_of_Yubel Жыл бұрын
@@ino_mation Not really. The Final Boss is always meant to be that "Final Test" moment of a game, see how well you know all the tools you have. The Blades of Chaos and the Magic were already tested in the First Ares Fight and during the Phantom Swarm. That leaves the Blade of Artemis style. Like Devil May Cry, God of War gives you a large number of tools and expects the Player to experiment with them. Likewise, the Blade of Artemis (alongside every other spell) only has 3 upgrades, so at the least, the Devs had the idea that people were going to be pouring Orbs into the weapon at least, as opposed to ignoring it. If one did ignore it, then it makes sense that one should be punished, as they aren't willing to experiment. Plus, the Blade of Artemis isn't a terrible weapon by any means. It legit deals more damage than the Blades of Chaos, which can help expedite fights too.
@pileksander2412
@pileksander2412 Жыл бұрын
I heard the narrator say 'Kratos found the memes to destroy the god of war' and it sparked a great image in my head of Kratos printing out the memes on A4 sheets and showing them to Ares
@LukeSparrow221
@LukeSparrow221 Жыл бұрын
Ha! And then Ares holding his face like in the classic painting "The Scream" to then collapse and explode.
@snailthelostcow63
@snailthelostcow63 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe Ares died of cringe. Truly a meme worthy for God of War
@jacksmith3148
@jacksmith3148 Жыл бұрын
"You're too late, Spartan! I've already recovered the seething soyjaks stored within Pandora's Box and depicted you as one of them!"
@ThePhobophile
@ThePhobophile Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why but the fact that you specified the paper size of A4 is funnier to me than anything else lol.
@butchbabytoaster
@butchbabytoaster 10 ай бұрын
If the MGRR writers wrote GOW
@shughan666
@shughan666 Жыл бұрын
I revisited this game last year and finally beat God Mode. I got the phone numbers and tried them for fun; they still worked!
@natediaz1863
@natediaz1863 Жыл бұрын
No mention of the fake out where the game makes you think you have to push Pandora's box all the way to Ares. I thought that was brilliant because it lasts just a little bit too long, just enough to make you worry.
@trivo1216
@trivo1216 Жыл бұрын
He can “ask” Cronos who carries the temple on his back to walk to Athens.
@FeartheKlown
@FeartheKlown Жыл бұрын
I remember that now. I was willing to do it, and when that pillar comes out of nowhere I was so shocked.
@ballad5708
@ballad5708 Жыл бұрын
and then two stupid ass harpies come and take it away with 100 times more ease than someone as inhumanely strong as kratos
@vgman94
@vgman94 Жыл бұрын
@@ballad5708 And they made the box so heavy that it barely moves when you charged your kick, implying it’s insanely heavy. The cutscene adds insult to injury with that one.
@doihavetobeg
@doihavetobeg Жыл бұрын
@@ballad5708 Well, his inhumane strength varies wildly. One moment he's toppling down building sized statues and rotating titan sized temples and the next moment he struggles with detaching a skull/head from a skeleton/rotten corpse :D
@DSzaks
@DSzaks Жыл бұрын
It's kinda amazing how well Judge's and Carson's voices line up for Kratos. They really do sound like the same person in different stages of their life.
@kingstarscream320
@kingstarscream320 Жыл бұрын
People’s voices really don’t change that much from puberty to old age. I mean it changes, but not so much that you’d need a different voice actor necessarily. Judge is great tho.
@igorpedro8995
@igorpedro8995 Жыл бұрын
@@kingstarscream320 to be fair, do we know how much time there is between GoW 3 and GoW 2018 ? Cause people's voice can change between their adulthood and their old age, and Kratos doesn't look like he's being portrayed as a 30/40yo like he did in the first three games. I'd give him a 55-60 years in the 2018 game, or even a little bit older, it looks like they're trying to portray him as a "Zeus" kind of character, the old father figure he didn't have.
@HotDogTimeMachine385
@HotDogTimeMachine385 Жыл бұрын
@@igorpedro8995 It was never really said, but there's some lore on the timeline we get If you want the "historic" route then you can calculate the gap between the Spartan and Norse ages. Really basic math is: Sparta fell around 200 BC and the Norse age/norse religion was between 500 AD to 1000 AD. So Kratos would be millennia old. But probably not. It's much more likely the GoW universe doesn't go by real time. The novelization states Kratos got his blades under the floor for 50 years. Doesn't explain how or when, so that says at least 50 years. The biggest confirmation is at least 150, Freya explicitly stated that the temple of Tyr was submerged for over 150 years and in the temple was a piece of pottery with Kratos on it. Add Atreus to that and spending time with Faye it was 150-200 years in Midgard. GoW 2018 takes place at least 200 after GoW 3.
@mrblack7302
@mrblack7302 Жыл бұрын
Carson was let go because he was not tall enough and muscular. Had nothing to do with his voice
@realamericannegro977
@realamericannegro977 Жыл бұрын
They do not. TC sounds like the Kratos you see in the greek saga. Judges sound like the Kratos you see in that norse saga. Two completely different characters. Greek Kratos is the real one. Norse is different character using the rep and clout of the original.
@BAGGStheAugmented
@BAGGStheAugmented Жыл бұрын
This game blew my mind with how epic it felt back in the day. I have many fond memories of this game when it was released. It was so epic that a lot of my non gamer friends would stop to watch the gameplay whenever they were hanging out. It felt like playing through a cinematic masterpiece.
@mastermill79
@mastermill79 Жыл бұрын
It made me feel as small and as large as I've ever felt.
@Orthane
@Orthane Ай бұрын
I also absolutely love the Soldiers in the background of Pandora's Temple. Some of them looking like Spartans as well, because the Spartans follow Kratos loyally, and when he becomes God of War they are fanatic worshippers. In fact, an easily missed detail is that in God of War 3 despite never actually seeing them in game, the beginning cutscene shows Spartan soldiers fighting the forces of Olympus and even killing a Cyclops. The Spartans are so fanatically loyal to their God of War they will literally follow him to destroy Olympus. In God of War 2 he becomes so furious about being tricked into killing one of his own men and hearing about Zeus destroying Sparta that he won't even attack the Kraken right next to him, just angrily yell at the other Gods. I absolutely love the Spartans in this game and they are a heavily underrated part of the story.
@kalark
@kalark Жыл бұрын
Always love the entries in the "Was it good?" series. Well done! Fantastic video!
@Juliett-A
@Juliett-A Жыл бұрын
No one expects the 3rd boulder.
@Jopovicious
@Jopovicious Жыл бұрын
Love em, but unfortunately it also brings up the nostalgia boomers from their holes -_-'
@CoopsNME
@CoopsNME Жыл бұрын
@@Jopovicious how dare they 🙄
@Jopovicious
@Jopovicious Жыл бұрын
@@CoopsNME Yeah exactly. What kind of mental midget goes around and keeps repeating "everything was better in the old days" ? When literally each genre has gone better over the years -_-'
@CoopsNME
@CoopsNME Жыл бұрын
@@Jopovicious I wouldn't say each genre has gotten better over the years. First person shooters and action adventure games come to mind. Sure, they might *look* better, but with things like battlepasses/microtransactions and trying to integrate game mechanics that keep the gameplay "fresh" can take away from what people loved about those games initially. God of war is obviously an outlier in that regard, as it sacrificed some of its fast paced, linear gameplay for more enriching storytelling and exploration. But things like Call of Duty adding jetpacks and wallrunning or Assassin's Creed adding RTS mechanics, can really take away from what made players pick the game up in the first place. Especially when you throw in something like a battlepass that locks a portion of the game behind a paywall. Obviously there's a case for "rose tinted glasses" where games were nowhere near as good as we may remember them, but it's also important to consider that those games may have been groundbreaking at the time, and not as formulaic or refined as they are today. I just think it's a bit dismissive to say something like "mental midgets" when there's probably not anyone who thinks as single mindedly as you make them out to be.
@mauriciobetimpaesleme8702
@mauriciobetimpaesleme8702 Жыл бұрын
53:50 The story of Pathos Verdes III to me is one the best in the entire series. It is the quintesential Greek Tragedy. The gods ask PV III to create the temple to hide Pandora's box forever, he sacrifices everything for it, even his sanity, his loyalty, his family, his life. He completes the task but in the end it is fruitless, for the gods themselves ask, AND HELP, a mortal to take the box out of temple and use it.
@madmrtvola8606
@madmrtvola8606 Жыл бұрын
But the box was supposed to be recoverable, if by the gods' chosen only, and Pathos acknowledged it in his first message. He actually succeeded in making the temple kill everyone before Kratos. His fatal flaw seems to have been his obsession with uncaring gods and throwing his life away for their sake was his fatal action.
@Fuchsfeuer
@Fuchsfeuer Жыл бұрын
Well unfortunately they made Kratos a demigod from the 2nd Game and is the son of Zeus. Thus, no mortal has ever reached the box.
@YEY0806
@YEY0806 Жыл бұрын
@Fuchsfeuer Well, considering Kratos's feats, how else could he not be a demigod? Also, demigods are still mortal, so a mortal did succeed.
@oscarfriberg7661
@oscarfriberg7661 Жыл бұрын
@@Fuchsfeuer Kratos was the son of Zeus already in the first game. It's revealed in one of the bonus material videos unlocked after finishing the game.
@Topcatyo.
@Topcatyo. Жыл бұрын
@@oscarfriberg7661 There's a funny special feature in God of War 2 where the director talks a bit about working on it, and he mentions how in God of War 2, they sort of retcon that bonus video. I don't remember exactly what the director says, but it's something along the lines of "...and fans are always saying 'Hey, didn't Kratos learn he was Zeus' son in the bonus video from the first game? Why is Kratos learning this again?' My response to them is... uh... I don't care. [hard cut on video]" Gave me a hearty laugh back when I first saw it.
@danielcardoza5177
@danielcardoza5177 6 ай бұрын
“The gods of Olympus have abandoned me” is a cold bar to start a franchise
@loutmouth
@loutmouth Жыл бұрын
Honestly hearing you talk about playing it as a kid brought me back to being 11 years old and somehow figuring all this stuff out. All of the puzzle gameplay is really intuitive and the power fantasy was RAGING! What a great game.
@dungeonseeker3087
@dungeonseeker3087 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit, that grave digger throwback might genuinely be the best bait and switch I've ever seen. I was absolutely sure Krates was gonna die during the game and end up in a coffin, then he died and didn't which confused me and finally they used it as an exit from the underworld which was a situation that never even came into my mind at all. Sheer and utter brilliance.
@theninjamaster67
@theninjamaster67 Жыл бұрын
The twist is even better when you find out the grave digger was Zeus all along.
@rightinthedome9973
@rightinthedome9973 Жыл бұрын
I remember absolutely losing my mind when we climbed out of that hole lol
@jaythomas468
@jaythomas468 Жыл бұрын
Right? Even funnier is the callback to the sea captain in Hades where he sees Kratos and is like, “AHHH NO, NOT YOU AGAIN” before being kicked into the abyss.
@skateplays8880
@skateplays8880 Жыл бұрын
@@theninjamaster67well I’ve only played the first game of the Greek games so far but I’m confused by why Zeus would try to save Kratos, like wasn’t he trying to get rid of him because of the prophecy or did he simply need Kratos to kill ares first before he could act
@WexMajor82
@WexMajor82 Жыл бұрын
@@theninjamaster67 "You will, MY SON"...
@Otamie
@Otamie Жыл бұрын
It´s not such a big deal to break the 180 rule when there is only 1 character on screen. It mostly refers to a moment when 2 characters (or more) are having a conversation/interaction. Then it becomes really hard to figure out where everyone is in the existing space. But I do agree that that cut is very jaring and could use some more smooth motion like in the other segments.
@merlith4650
@merlith4650 Жыл бұрын
not when it's a video game. the 180 rule is arguably more important for a videogame because you are directly interacting with the events on screen. abrupt and drastic transitions in perspective will disorientate the player in relation to the 3D space they are traversing, and even mess up the controls because now the directional inputs no longer lines up with perspective in a way that makes logical sense
@Keandros
@Keandros Жыл бұрын
Behind the Atlas statue is a muse key. There are 3 spots for muse keys. If you get the 2 first ones, the third becomes red orbs. Same for the gorgon eyes and Phoenix feathers. If you miss some, it's still possible to get max hp and mana. But if you get them all early, the chest that would've had them later become red orb chests. It's nice way to accommodate players that missed some secrets, yet reward players that have been exploring everywhere. I also discovered this game in GameStop back in 2005 without knowing anything about the game, nor having heard of it before. I'm a fan for life of this series.
@jaythomas468
@jaythomas468 Жыл бұрын
Yup, that initial demo disc that my boy who worked at GameStop took home was what convinced me I HAD TO GET THIS GAME.
@hvd6199
@hvd6199 Жыл бұрын
fan for life for sure, fantastic fantastic game
@kennykiller
@kennykiller Жыл бұрын
When I first heard of this game it was a mate recommending it a lot, yet I never got it. When I was 28[2013ish] I spent a weekend or two at a different mate's house and his PS2 had both 1 and 2, I asked what they were like and spent ages playing the first when he lent it me as well as the second at his...To this day I still have the GoW1 he lent me cos he never wanted it back... Slight PS never worth gettin a ps3 just to play the later ones so ive only played 1 and 2 since I never saw/see them on PC.
@Parambolumberienriatta
@Parambolumberienriatta 11 ай бұрын
This explains why some chests that should give eyes or feathers gave me orbs. When I first played this game I didn't know it and was pretty frustrated when it happened.
@pedrosilvaproductions
@pedrosilvaproductions 10 ай бұрын
A work colleague from my mom had a bunch of pirated ps2 games back in 2006-7. I never heard of God of War since I only rarely could have access to the internet. I remember me and my sister playing it but the game had a weird bug in the second hydra fight in which it froze. We attempted to re-burn the disk to no avail. But we liked it so much we bought it. I was maybe in 7th grade and was really into the game and have fond memories, my PS2 memory card still has the save from back in 2007. We then bought GoW 2 and were amazed. It was a shame that I beat the second game in the same day, thinking of how bad it was to have a cliff hanger. I eventually played them all, beat them all and have great memories. GoW is actually the first game I ever platinumed on my PS3
@reinoob
@reinoob Жыл бұрын
27:25 That's not just a visual touch, it's to indicate that the soldier tried to jump there because there's a secret if you jump where the soldier is.
@coffeedude
@coffeedude Жыл бұрын
🤯
@ThwipThwipBoom
@ThwipThwipBoom Жыл бұрын
Man the GoW games are so fucking good, every single one of them
@dallinferguson994
@dallinferguson994 Жыл бұрын
@@ThwipThwipBoom Agreed. Even the PSP ones feel substantial and polished
@ElShogoso
@ElShogoso Жыл бұрын
@@ThwipThwipBoom It tells a lot when Ascenscion is the bad GoW game and that one is still better than more than half of the PS3 library.
@guardianvalor962
@guardianvalor962 Жыл бұрын
Do you have to jump on the ledge?
@marctestarossa
@marctestarossa Жыл бұрын
Duuuuude
@bonkiru9818
@bonkiru9818 Жыл бұрын
Say the line, John Strife! "Never just one problem!" Jokes aside thank you for this very good retrospective review, many of the things I didn't even notice when I played the game you pointed out. One hell of a video and well thought out one!
@Zamoxino
@Zamoxino Жыл бұрын
now i know why his content is so enjoyable to watch... cause there is always something happening on my 1st and 2nd monitor
@franklinturtleton6525
@franklinturtleton6525 Жыл бұрын
So GoW was actually inspired by DMC exclusively. The director talked about it in an interview, saying that they never intended to try and out-do devil may cry, only that they loved the game so much and they wanted to make that kind of game.
@morkgin2459
@morkgin2459 Жыл бұрын
But it is not a clone.
@MasterBohne86
@MasterBohne86 Жыл бұрын
@@morkgin2459 it's far from that
@habbababba69420
@habbababba69420 Жыл бұрын
I wish that both new GoW games were also inspired by good games.
@Ronbotnik
@Ronbotnik Жыл бұрын
@@habbababba69420 amen
@diamondhamster4320
@diamondhamster4320 Жыл бұрын
@@habbababba69420 BASED?
@-tHeGaMe-
@-tHeGaMe- Жыл бұрын
It's funny how Josh mentions looking for secrets in out of view areas, mentions the visual of the cross beam but never once thinks to try and jump to it to look for a secret
@signmeupplz
@signmeupplz Жыл бұрын
Noticed this too JUMP TOWARDS IT, JOSH! NO WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
@asdbanz316
@asdbanz316 Жыл бұрын
@@signmeupplz What timestamp?
@asdbanz316
@asdbanz316 Жыл бұрын
27:25? Yeah it was really obvious secret location
@gabbagoo9774
@gabbagoo9774 Жыл бұрын
He also missed one at 23:23 you can see the ladder by where he jumps off of the ball-handed ogre
@raresmacovei8382
@raresmacovei8382 4 ай бұрын
​@@gabbagoo9774That's only a health refill tho
@ageoflove1980
@ageoflove1980 Жыл бұрын
I always like it when games are made in such a way that the player feels like he came up with a solution to a problem himself.
@LadyOfTheEdits
@LadyOfTheEdits 5 ай бұрын
Or she. Girls like gow too
@BAIGAMING
@BAIGAMING Жыл бұрын
I never knew about the phone call secret until now. I really liked the doing the challenges, they unlocked making of videos and the developer comments is really interesting, just like Ratchet and Clank 2's Insomniac Museum.
@vgman94
@vgman94 Жыл бұрын
The Insomniac Museum was so good. I wish more games did things like that.
@you1027
@you1027 Жыл бұрын
That PS2 era really was golden in gaming. The "multiple problems" facet being the secret genome to engaging material is 100%. A couple titles that managed to sink their hooks into me like no others around that time were Eternal Sonata and the first Prototype. They, too, had numerous moving puzzle pieces at all times.
@saltiney8578
@saltiney8578 Жыл бұрын
I was so very dissapointed by prototype, I hated how you got all these cool powers but every power just did like one specific thing, like you cant mix and match the powers into interesting battles its just, This enemy takes claws, this enemy takes swords, this enemy takes hammer. also the idea of a shapeshifter wasnt really realized well either imo Idk one of my biggest dissapointments in gaming was that game.
@mjay6245
@mjay6245 Жыл бұрын
​@Saltiney Man you must have ridiculously high expectations then. Prototype was the shit. Was it perfect? No, but it let you be a shape-shifting God. Even the 2nd one was fun even if just the gameplay, not the story overall.
@makeitthrough_
@makeitthrough_ Жыл бұрын
​@@mjay6245Prototype was incredibly mid, Infamous was much better
@plain_simple_garak
@plain_simple_garak Жыл бұрын
Both Prototype and Eternal Sonata were PS3/Xbox360 games, not PS2
@scenczyk1429
@scenczyk1429 Жыл бұрын
Soul Reaver?
@Zerphses
@Zerphses Жыл бұрын
The secret number absolutely still works. I have “Kratos” saved in my phone, and just called it a few days ago.
@j800r_aswell
@j800r_aswell Жыл бұрын
You successfully commanded nearly two ours of my time and kept my attention the entire time. The game is fantastic, as is your video observation of it. It is now nearly 3am and I have zero regrets.
@ThatPurpleGirl81
@ThatPurpleGirl81 Жыл бұрын
That recorded phone message from Kratos and the dev was so meta and funny. 👏 This isn't the kind of game I would ever play, but watching this video almost makes me want to play it.😅
@Ghost_Drive
@Ghost_Drive Жыл бұрын
And another story to add to the list of "What I thought/heard was the premise was actually a plot twist". Kratos was introduced to me as the guy who killed his family serving Ares, so to see how it was portrayed in the actual game was great. I also like how the game can simultaneously use violence for fun with the incredible gory kills and gameplay, but also seriously in the story. Kratos tearing a head off of a gorgon looked fun. Watching him stab someone in a cutscene felt disturbing. Glad to see why this was a great game!
@Bourikii2992
@Bourikii2992 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's annoying that people fawn over kratos' new portrayal and as if he was only "grr angry man" in the originals.
@zzodysseuszz
@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын
@@Bourikii2992 yeah that’s doing a disservice to who kratos was in those games
@Thunder_Roy
@Thunder_Roy Жыл бұрын
@@Bourikii2992it’s the new video game cinema. The new god of war isn’t a real god of war game. They cut corners. People only care about graphics now. 4K 60fps. Just takes the fun out it. Dark Souls copy
@Bourikii2992
@Bourikii2992 Жыл бұрын
@@Thunder_Roy Yeah it's insane to me that nioh 1 got shit on for enemy variety when GoW4 has like 6 enemy types in the whole game on top of mediocre gameplay.
@xXSamir44Xx
@xXSamir44Xx Жыл бұрын
@@Thunder_Roy Tell me you've never played Dark Souls without telling me you've never played Dark Souls.
@sirpuffball6366
@sirpuffball6366 Жыл бұрын
1:52:51 "if I kill you... I will get health orbs..." This was unreasonably funny
@Valyntin
@Valyntin Жыл бұрын
This has been a very interesting review as someone who never really played the greek god of war series its crazy how similar the base game is to the norse god of war games are, just pure perfection.
@dl_sep666
@dl_sep666 Жыл бұрын
wait till you see the second and third game
@jamesbush6369
@jamesbush6369 Жыл бұрын
This video has inspired me to add many small problems into my life to keep things fun and entertaining. Much appreciated!
@YEY0806
@YEY0806 Жыл бұрын
Actually, the presence of the soldiers within the temple makes sense, as the undead helper confirms that he lets soldiers and other mortal heroes enter the temple only to fail, which leads to his purpose of burning the dead bodies from which he is actively doing now. Also, the soldiers come from Athens, meaning that like Kratos, they also were on the mission to find Pandora's Box to save Athens. It's a great example of indirect storytelling
@kennykiller
@kennykiller Жыл бұрын
I love the boredom in that guy's voice, like he's given the speech about 1000 times before and since they all ended up dead he's all blasé at this point.
@YEY0806
@YEY0806 8 ай бұрын
​@kennykiller, yeah, his basically an undead janitor
@theguyinthere
@theguyinthere Жыл бұрын
Ya know i bought armored core because of your video after 25 years. I used to play the demo with my sister and that's a good moment.
@mohandasjung
@mohandasjung Жыл бұрын
Fromsoft announced a new arma core game o/
@seifer447
@seifer447 Жыл бұрын
​@@mohandasjung Its so exciting.
@Reeartse
@Reeartse Жыл бұрын
My favorite game of all time. It grabbed me at a time when I was done with video games and from the bloody, brutal combat; the well told story and that soundtrack. I have been back in gaming since. Probably play it at least once a year. The following games might be "better" but this felt raw, brutal and can't be topped to me.
@stolensentience
@stolensentience Жыл бұрын
Gow2 was less brutal iyo?
@Drudicta
@Drudicta Жыл бұрын
This, was fantastic. All the memories came rushing back, especially the last 25 minutes of the video. Never got to play the sequels and would love reviews on them that cover the story on top of the gameplay just like this one did. Thank you for showing the cutscenes in full.
@kennethzeranski2833
@kennethzeranski2833 Жыл бұрын
All these years later, I still remember how I struck the final blow on the final phase of the final boss fight....and the game locked up and I had to do it allllllll over again.
@erickschusterdeoliveira2662
@erickschusterdeoliveira2662 Жыл бұрын
at 1:06:03 I'd honestly say that's not unfair, you've already seen that the room is moving and that the spikes were up and are now down that clearly insinuates that they're going back up
@goldmemberpb
@goldmemberpb Жыл бұрын
I died at least 50 times on the Ares fight on god mode. If you don't have all of your magic saved up for the clone fight, that phase is impossible to beat. The entirety of God of war 1 is me thinking " why are there so many trouble spots" playing at that difficulty.
@hillhank1275
@hillhank1275 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your videos in general - especially this one. The first God of War isn't talked about often but you gave it a proper and well presented video and I really enjoyed your thoughts on it
@VioletElite4
@VioletElite4 Жыл бұрын
The og God of War games, Devil May Cry, and Bayonetta, are the reasons why I love combo based action games
@biggusdickus1234
@biggusdickus1234 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the ending of the original God of War game makes it completely understandable why he chooses to go rogue and start invading places. He wants to free himself of his nightmares, to finally have release, and they go "No, you're immortal now. Have fun with those terrible memories forever!"
@Ko700el
@Ko700el Жыл бұрын
not only that but after playing GOD3 (and its theme about hope) you realize that he was """normal""" before the box opened at the first game, gained the power of hope which helped him kill ares, he became "a true monster" at the second game for the reason you just said, meaning he had lost hope, which allowed the evils of the box to consume zeus and provoke his paranoya (gow2 intro The Cycle End Now) .....and in the 3rd game he started to """calm down"" (found hope again) when he met pandora, not only because she was for him a kid but because she symbolized that there is still hope for an end at his path ....which helped him kill zeus...thats why Athena freaked out in the end about the contents of the box, because a power that could controll such grand events events and such powerhouses of people, is something that she would definitely want for herself to exploit....thankfully by then Kratos stopped being "a monster", brought him enough clarity to realize this and killed himself, releasing this power to the realm.
@Truestoned0
@Truestoned0 Жыл бұрын
​@@Ko700el Hope was the dumbest reveal I've ever seen it a video game this brutal but it played nicely into these last 2 games
@booknamebasis
@booknamebasis Жыл бұрын
@@Truestoned0 I mean, hope was literally what was left in Pandora's Box in the myth, so it's nice to see the games incorporating classically known myths into this fabricated one.
@Truestoned0
@Truestoned0 Жыл бұрын
@@booknamebasis oh forsure but I still quite disliked it nonetheless
@booknamebasis
@booknamebasis Жыл бұрын
@@Truestoned0 fair enough
@guidofedeli851
@guidofedeli851 Жыл бұрын
32:24 Onimusha, a game that came out 4 years prior to the first GoW, also had a parry mechanic! It's actually what I tried to "remember" doing as I learned parrying in the souls games.
@kevinschindele4829
@kevinschindele4829 Жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this game came out and I'll never forget how much I loved it. It was this and gta that had me happier than ever growing up
@Muzakality
@Muzakality Жыл бұрын
This was a fascinating video! Much is owed to your masterful presentation, script, and editing here. It was very easy to keep my attention for the entire two hours.
@matthewlongo6404
@matthewlongo6404 Жыл бұрын
This game was damn good and it was insanely good in 2005. It was mind blowing back then.
@weisermetroid7293
@weisermetroid7293 Жыл бұрын
Hey Josh, not sure if anybody else has pointed this out yet, but at around 1:05:40 you talk about the spikes being the first trap in Pandora's Temple which didn't give any hint on being there beforehands. I noticed, though, that before going down and opening the way to the chests, the spikes are already covered in blood hinting at people having been killed by them before. It's still probably way too subtle especially with such a short time given to realize that, but technically there is a giveaway. Just noticed that and thought you might enjoy the observation
@oldfag_adventures
@oldfag_adventures Жыл бұрын
he was probably baiting you to drive engagement. he always leaves one or two stupid things like that in for us to point out, either that or he's not that attentive.
@DemonicRobots
@DemonicRobots Жыл бұрын
@@oldfag_adventures God forbid someone make a mistake or two in an hour and a half video by missing an extremely small detail. Literally the worst.
@oldfag_adventures
@oldfag_adventures Жыл бұрын
@@DemonicRobots idk dude a pattern's a pattern. i've started leaving my hopes at the door when he covers a game i've played because he's just not as attentive. it's one thing to miss something but to bitch about something you didn't even bother to check out is a whole other thing. there's numerous instances especially in the mmo let's plays where he complains about something not being there/being hard to understand but the answer is on screen and he's moused over it at least twice. but no you're right i'm literally the worst for noticing the big flashing light on the screen i should be drawn and quartered for daring to notice it
@Galhamon
@Galhamon Жыл бұрын
I think he more referring to the fact that there isn't an indication as when the spikes will trigger, I know a lot of games used ticking or clicking sounds. It has been way too long since I have play this game so I have no idea anymore if there was any sort of audio clues or not. Part of me wants to say that they did exactly this but also it would make sense that they wanted to force urgency and the need for the player to discovery the solution which was a very large part of this game and hands down still one of my favorite things about it.
@jakelee7083
@jakelee7083 Жыл бұрын
The Sword Bridge has the same basic moves as the Blade of Artemis, so it's not completely different. Someone else mentioned that it could be a punishment for relying too heavily on the weapon that Ares himself gave to you and I kinda like that theory.
@osky516
@osky516 Жыл бұрын
Report the scam artist.
@Hecatom
@Hecatom Жыл бұрын
It not only has the the same basic moves, but if you upgrade the Artemis blade to the max, the last sword has a massive damage bonus, making the fight easier at the end. IIRC, it also has all the move set. The fight felt terrible for Josh for relying only on the 1st weapon, so being a punishment sounds very fitting, lol.
@fleshyindividual3220
@fleshyindividual3220 Жыл бұрын
@@osky516 what?
@eddydrouet1888
@eddydrouet1888 Жыл бұрын
@@fleshyindividual3220 there was probably a bot comment when he made the comment. Luckily it's been removed it seems
@snailthelostcow63
@snailthelostcow63 Жыл бұрын
Man, the game really does love callbacks, huh?
@similow9078
@similow9078 Жыл бұрын
I just came by this video and just to say, it was really really good and a nice opportunity to dig in again into the game. Well done!
@joshbrekke6374
@joshbrekke6374 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done & a great reminder of how fun this one was & still is. It’s been almost 20 years ago now, my how time flies! I forgot all the great aspects of this one. Thanks!
@pizzas4breakfast
@pizzas4breakfast Жыл бұрын
Using Medusas head is always necessary in any area with the imps/harpies. And they give extra red orbs when they fall
@YEY0806
@YEY0806 Жыл бұрын
Ah, an experienced GOW player, truly a rare good thing to hear about finally nowadays amongst the disgused spiteful "players" that clearly never played the previous games before making judgement on them.
@TjM1978
@TjM1978 Жыл бұрын
Also fully upgraded flash freeze is pretty useful
@Bodragous
@Bodragous Жыл бұрын
Sorry Josh but im gonna need this whole series :((((( This was top tier!
@lishuss
@lishuss 5 ай бұрын
I remember when I played this, my mom got angry at me because i kept cursing and shouting at the game during the cliffs of madness and she didnt get why it upset me so much, so she sat down and watched me play. It calmed me down, but it felt cathartic when i hear "What the fuck was that?!" shouted from behind me, when she got pissed off too.
@vinnyvisual
@vinnyvisual Жыл бұрын
Great watch! Really enjoyed it. I would love to see a 2nd and 3rd game. Maybe back to back in one video combined?
@caseywilliams4145
@caseywilliams4145 Жыл бұрын
It was straight up one of the best games of all time still holds strong up to today
@ALMUDDY
@ALMUDDY Жыл бұрын
Heck yeah
@AndresLionheart
@AndresLionheart Жыл бұрын
This is funny. Yesterday I checked Josh's channels because I was wondering where he may have been. Now this comes out.
@kidren50
@kidren50 Жыл бұрын
Dude, S A M E. LoL
@TheSlayer117
@TheSlayer117 Жыл бұрын
Lmfao. same! I missed the guy
@gilleslambert4232
@gilleslambert4232 Жыл бұрын
I was rewatching the Armored Core one when I saw this one come up lol
@MaitreMechant
@MaitreMechant Жыл бұрын
same !
@nakano15
@nakano15 Жыл бұрын
Check his twitter, he made a thread today talking about his absence of making videos and streaming.
@gaminggenius88
@gaminggenius88 Жыл бұрын
Just beat God of War for the first time and watched this video in pieces right after chunks I had beaten. Masterful game and really well done video. Liked and subbed.
@JustSomeDamnGinger
@JustSomeDamnGinger Жыл бұрын
That moment discussed around 1:08:00 is really interesting because they removed the emotional aspect of the sacrifice being a living human in the remaster and replaced him with one of Ares' undead soldiers. And, considering you've killed hundreds of those by this point, you're instead looking forward to getting him into the fire and being done with. I feel it makes it more annoying than tense.
@sikness1924
@sikness1924 Жыл бұрын
If you play in the god difficulty it is a regular human soldier
@fluttercoat3899
@fluttercoat3899 Жыл бұрын
Did they? Played the one that came out on ps3 could've sworn is was still a regular guy, been a number of years though so I could be forgetting
@TheArkhamjester
@TheArkhamjester Жыл бұрын
I adore the ending. namely how ascension to godhood can be an ironic punishement. Becoming the very thing he hates more then himself and now there will be no age or death (non murder at least) to take away his visions. Hell the opening to 2 echoes Ares own actions but that's for another time.
@GuillaumeHuetGH
@GuillaumeHuetGH Жыл бұрын
27:09 Since I know you like nice tutorial mechanics and you might have missed it : Right after you get Medusa's gaze the room if filled with enemies you're supposed to turn to stone. This off course let you learn how to use it by actually using it but there's something special here. It's the only moment in the game where your mana continuously refills. You can see it in the video right after using it, it refills progressively. It avoids the potential frustration of failing to use it properly in the tutorial area and emptying your mana. This particular mechanic became interesting for speedrunners because if you manage to escape the room without killing the enemies, this mechanic is not disabled. Mana keeps on refilling during gameplay, allowing extensive use of magic for faster kills of about everything ;)
@leonpaelinck
@leonpaelinck Жыл бұрын
Damn that's interesting.
@DanielAlejandroFuentesToro
@DanielAlejandroFuentesToro Жыл бұрын
This was awesome, I would love to see a review like this for the other two games
@Medicalguy
@Medicalguy Жыл бұрын
Your commentary and style is so good. I love your videos!
@JuliusCaesar103
@JuliusCaesar103 Жыл бұрын
Kratos saying at the end: "Athena, rid me of the memories that haunt me still" always hits me in the feels, goddamn such an unforgettable moment.
@famguy2101
@famguy2101 Жыл бұрын
Me and my father mustve been exceptions, cause we used the blade of Artemis almost exclusively lol, hits like a truck Also at 1:20:00 that enemy is supposed to be a Satyr, half man half goat, which is a Greek mythological creature
@CesarIsaacPerez
@CesarIsaacPerez Жыл бұрын
I loved the Ares fight. I thought it was memorable and have always wanted to play a game that was nothing but that type of fight vs Different bosses... like a fighting game but in that style.
@Ko700el
@Ko700el 8 ай бұрын
can you imagine the hilarity of kratos instead of being an idiot and pushing the box down in the open, he just opened it immediately upon discovery, grew big and crushed the titan, killing him like a guy on a skateboard...also kudos to Ares, who did the second best spear throw in fictional history
@PankekoTheDragon
@PankekoTheDragon Жыл бұрын
I love the way you review games. It's a nice condensed walkthrough of sorts, a good way to re-experience these games with the lovely commentary and critique you bring, thanks Josh!
@Iris_1217
@Iris_1217 Жыл бұрын
For the chests in the circular room with the spikes... I mean, you literally 'see' the spikes before they retract back into the floor and the gates open. I don't think it's a super deep leap in logic that if you go in there, you'll have to look out for the spikes.
@tasleet
@tasleet Жыл бұрын
We learn something new every day, great voice actors deserve way more recognition! You had me googling immediately when you said 'Kratos is Mace Windu' haha
@bilindshushe2586
@bilindshushe2586 Жыл бұрын
I love what you are doing Josh, thanks. Please hurry up with other releases of God of War.
@thephantomphreak3587
@thephantomphreak3587 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this series. I usually have a hard time with 1+ hour vids but yours are great.
@ssfbob456
@ssfbob456 Жыл бұрын
Me, who just watched a 8+ hour video breaking down Megaman lore:
@epicfail9271
@epicfail9271 Жыл бұрын
When one regularly watches creators like kingk, foxcade, aesiraesthetics, vaatividya, and many more... ez watch. But I understand where you're comin from
@NGRevenant
@NGRevenant Жыл бұрын
try watching the four hour version of dances with wolves
@lucasrodriguez8957
@lucasrodriguez8957 Жыл бұрын
@@ssfbob456 I watch a 7 hour pokemon ruby analysis, twice...
@Coriore445
@Coriore445 Жыл бұрын
The part after you FINALLY get pandoras box and he just yeets a pillar at you had me so mad that i stopped playing and didnt pick it back up for a few months.
@leonpaelinck
@leonpaelinck Жыл бұрын
ironically it got Kratos AND that box faster to athens
@Extreme_Annihilation
@Extreme_Annihilation Жыл бұрын
@@leonpaelinck I wonder how Kratos would have taken the box to Athens if Ares hadn’t killed Kratos like how’d he take the box down the mountain and push it through the sands to finally get there XD
@kennykiller
@kennykiller Жыл бұрын
@@Extreme_Annihilation My question is why the F he didn't just open the thing the second he got it, on reflection the whole Hades bit feels like an unreasonable timesink of more beam quit moments instead of him instantly powering up from the box and going after Ares.
@Extreme_Annihilation
@Extreme_Annihilation Жыл бұрын
@@kennykiller what I feel is Kratos was planning to open it when he left the elevator but he was so depressed and sank into the horrible memories of his past which gave Ares time to throw the pillar and kill him.
@kennykiller
@kennykiller Жыл бұрын
@@Extreme_Annihilation BULLSHIT your just running to the defense of the sunk cost and quit moments
@cavaliothorson7755
@cavaliothorson7755 9 ай бұрын
The Blade of Artemis was so underrated with its heavy slices, and it got buried even further in the last battle sequence with the use of the Blade of the Gods.
@Szuszuro
@Szuszuro Жыл бұрын
I finished GoW 2018 yesterday and wanted to see what the previous games were all about. You're video is fantastically detailed and I can't wait for your take on the latter games in the series. You have such an eye for the smallest bits of game design. It's really admirable. I would love to see you talk about the Prince of Persia games if you've played them. They have a similar vibe to the first GoW and they were pretty solid. Is there any chance of you tackling it on? Cheers from Poland!
@casulscrub5978
@casulscrub5978 10 ай бұрын
God willing, Josh does a video on Sands of Time. Absolutely goated game.
@anglo-saxonconnor817
@anglo-saxonconnor817 Жыл бұрын
The first game that started it all. It is still good to play even today and thanks to it popularity it enable the franchise to still go strong to this very day.
@tyrantravealpha
@tyrantravealpha Жыл бұрын
GOW as a series has always been incredibly strong as a franchise IMHO. The artistic direction, music and the game play are solid stone. The only weakness that is obvious for the franchise is the secondary weapons feel kind of weak in comparison to the main blades. Phenomenal series otherwise
@realamericannegro977
@realamericannegro977 Жыл бұрын
All the old ones are still good in my opinion
@Kris-wo4pj
@Kris-wo4pj Жыл бұрын
@@tyrantravealpha the story also got kinda dumb after awhile. as a teenager it was cool as an adult original games are cringe-y but it explains why i enjoy the new games so much ya can feel like Kratos is finally healing and "growing up".
@Harrinsain
@Harrinsain Жыл бұрын
27:25 there actually is something mechanical going on here. If you jump back towards that beam the guy is lying on once you get to the top of the ladder, you'll find a platform leading to a chest full of red orbs
@MJStier1
@MJStier1 Жыл бұрын
I really like this format, great blend of analysis and let’s play.
@ishaqali5491
@ishaqali5491 Жыл бұрын
What a hit of nostalgia! Wow! Thanks for this video.
@joshuanelson6795
@joshuanelson6795 Жыл бұрын
The Ares boss battle is actually one of my favorites of the franchise. The first phase requires you to use every single one of your abilities to bring him down, the second puts you up against a really challenging gauntlet of clones as you protect your "family" and the third hits you with a curveball that changes up the gameplay mechanics in a really interesting way.
@EnergonCubed
@EnergonCubed Жыл бұрын
Agreed 100 percent.
@astralchaos3441
@astralchaos3441 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, his criticism of the boss is extremely flawed. Why would he want a puzzle mechanic in a boss fight, when the Minotaur was exactly that? Why would he want there to be enemies in the first phase when it's in the second already? What does he mean by there's not much skill involved? It's literally about using all your skills to defeat him. And about the third phase, the regular moveset of the Blade of the Gods is the same as the Artemis blade, and it and if you actually tried out the blade of Artemis, you wouldn't have a problem. It's not a badly designed boss, he just didn't think when he was talking about it
@joshuanelson6795
@joshuanelson6795 Жыл бұрын
@@astralchaos3441 Agreed on all fronts. I really liked the video until he started panning the Ares fight. Enjoyment is all subjective, but his criticisms towards that particular fight didn't land for me at all.
@Ashley6100
@Ashley6100 Жыл бұрын
As someone who spent a stupid amount of time to beat Ares on God Mode... I really, really don't like the Ares fight.
@joshuanelson6795
@joshuanelson6795 Жыл бұрын
@@Ashley6100 I imagine playing at the highest difficulty setting will do that.
@MyNameIsGhost
@MyNameIsGhost Жыл бұрын
Just wanna say ur vids really really helped me get through a hard time and honestly helped transition me from drugs back into a healthier habit with video games. It's a long story but ur vids, ur personality, ur witty nature really does more than u think man. I appreciate u keep doing what u do
@jurtheorc8117
@jurtheorc8117 Жыл бұрын
From a random person on the internet, congratulations on attaining the strength to bring yourself into a better place once more. Wish you and any other that are in similar situations good fortune in further such ventures where needed.
@AcIdBARRY
@AcIdBARRY Жыл бұрын
It's not really the his content that get/got you through a rough time. It's you. You're doing a great job it seems and the content keeps you entertained Wich is nice as well. Wish you all the best :)
@atorthefightingeagle9813
@atorthefightingeagle9813 Жыл бұрын
All power to you, mate.
@switch158
@switch158 Жыл бұрын
The point you make about no camera cut takedowns makes me think of the 2002 ps2 game, Mark of Kri. Kind of an underrated game IMO, I dont see too many people talk about it Edited to add: 1:35:35 you summed up my thoughts on this in the first few sentences. that damn vertical wall IS the part i remember. I'm pretty sure it taught me some anger management skills, because I have never been so furious with a game until that moment. I went from frustrated, to angry, to screaming and cursing, to yelling, to quietly seething, to steadfast determination. TBH, its most of what I remember from this game.
@steveboy35
@steveboy35 Жыл бұрын
Freaks me out to see a detailed breakdown of a masterpiece of a game like this. I beat gow2 before 1 when I was a still a kid. I have no idea how I beat this game.
@kakokapolei123
@kakokapolei123 Жыл бұрын
Replayed this back in the summer after not playing it for a good decade or so. It absolutely still holds up today.
@jaayro
@jaayro Жыл бұрын
Cory Barlog often talked about how, in game design, you work on the final levels first, and the first levels last. This way, your team can create the most bombastic and attention grabbing opening sequences as they gain ideas and skills from the course of development. I know Jaffe was behind GOW1, but I wonder if a similar approach was taken to this game, seeing the difference in complexity and scale between the Hydra and Ares fights.
@karlk5801
@karlk5801 Жыл бұрын
1-on-1 sword combat in a featureless flat bay does seem like the sort of thing you could program on day 1, good point!
@jasonturek6671
@jasonturek6671 Жыл бұрын
The Doom developers said the same thing
@merlith4650
@merlith4650 Жыл бұрын
this ironically sounds like terrible advice for a game design approach though. like, to me that just seems like making things much harder for yourself. it makes it difficult to adjust the phasing when you work yourself backwards from the end, not to mention balancing problems and the fact that the devs "new ideas" can't be too new or otherwise they are going to have to revisit the work they have already done to adjust for these new ideas. and you run into the risk of making the gameplay feel just as backwards as the game design proccess, where you have an incredible introduction only to be a served a lackluster finish. which in my opinion is worse than the alternative of a slow beginning with a climactic ending. a terrible beginning can be ignored, but a terrible conclusion could in many cases ruin the entire experience for people as they will leave the game unsatisfied and potentially feel like their time was wasted. though i guess maybe Cory Barlog really does live by this principle because both of the new GoW suffer from this exact problem where they blow their load too early. in the GoW reboot there is sore lack of boss diversity, Baldur is the best fight in the entire game which clearly the devs knows since they reuse him 2 more times, but you already fight him at the start of the game. the final battle is just the first battle with a few gimmicks on top. *(my comment was originally only going to have 4 more sentences but then i went on a tangent on GoW ragnarok)* GoW Ragnarok however is perhaps the worst offender on this subject. because the opening was to me the best part of the entire game.. and that's a problem.. because that means at no point in the "x" amount of hours i spent on the game was there a moment that lived up to the experience i had at the very beginning (Garm and Nidhogg came close though). when you introduce a game with all your guns blazing, then you set an expection.. an expectation that there will be more experiences like this or even experiences that surpasses it. and when you fail to deliver on those expectations, then the overall game seems dissapointing and overrated in retrospect. something is wrong when you have spent 40 hours on a game and the first thing that comes to mind when you are asked "what were your top 3 fights" is something that only occured in the first 2 hours of it. to me, Ragnarok completely fumbled it's conclusion. it felt rushed, forced and contrived. the entire event of "ragnarok" is just the last 30 minutes or so of the game, with some incredibly contrived writing and you suddenly have a massive army out of nowhere just because the elves "really like freyr". you then fight both Thor and Odin back-to-back, both fights being equally underwhelming compared to the first Thor battle, or even ANY of Baldur's fights. Thor's boss fight being pretty much identical to the first one but nowhere near as cinematic and with only like 1 or 2 new moves that doesn't change it in any meaningful way or for you to approach it differently, while ending on a comically anticlimactic note of Kratos just stabbing Thors hand to the ground. same problem with Odin's fight. it has visually cool moves and concepts. but the execution is lackluster. the biggest "powerplay" Odin ever does during the fight is breaking the tiny circular boss arena into convinient pizza slices. it also didn't help that both bosses are staggerable, and Odin in particular is pretty poorly designed as many of his attacks can be interrupted, which means you absolutely demolish both of them by just turning your brain off and staggerlock them by spamming all your special abilities (even on the harder difficulty)
@garrettvenn9022
@garrettvenn9022 Жыл бұрын
The original God of War was a bolt of lightning upon gaming and did so many things right. I remember watching the BTS videos about it and the choices that were made throughout production to give the game and its main character their "feel", and how glad I was with the final result. God of War is among my top 10 games/franchises largely due to the impact the first game made on me (not only as a gamer, but also as a long-time fan of Greek mythology), and it seems like everything the first game did, the sequel did better (and bigger). For as much praise as God of W4r has garnered (deservedly), Kratos was a compelling character long before he went to Scandinavia. Any critic who wants to be on the bandwagon of calling Kratos "one-dimensional" has clearly never actually played any of the original trilogy at length. And I think it's also disingenuous to heap accolades upon Chris Judge, when TC Carson is the voice that defined this character. Okay, that said, I'm gonna watch this 2-hour video and see how my memories and impressions compare to yours, Josh. I'll say it now though, the answer to your question is: *YES*. 10/10. Okay, here's the [EDIT]: I honestly do not remember getting the Blade of Artemis (or the challenge of Atlas for that matter), and I've beaten this game like 3 times, but to be fair, they were all a *long* time ago. However, I did recognize the moveset as that of the sword you would wield at the end of the game against Ares (and to a lesser extent, as the Blade of Olympus in GoW2). The only thing that bothered me with this review/walkthrough was more of a nerdy nitpick, and that had to do with the mislabeling of certain enemies: Imps = harpies Trolls = Cyclopes And the "Anubis things" were Satyrs. Though you were right in mentioning they were fun to fight; aesthetically, they were my favorite enemies in the game (next to the scythe legionnaires), it's a pity they only show up for the last section of Pandora's Temple. Not a criticism on the quality of the video or yourself, just a gripe.
@arthurenglert3160
@arthurenglert3160 10 ай бұрын
Dude, please continue the reviews of GOW2 and 3, your videos are amazing
@DJ_Khaalis
@DJ_Khaalis Жыл бұрын
I like how he mentioned not being able to show every cutscene due to boobs and then at 19:19 it plays a cutscene that shows boobs anyway.
@Ric_373
@Ric_373 Жыл бұрын
He is pretty selective with censoring them 🤣. Boobs are okay on Medusa, but not on the oracle of Athens. I guess since the oracle doesn't move much it was easier to just put Kratos' face on them.
@AlphaSquadZero
@AlphaSquadZero Жыл бұрын
@@Ric_373 But he does show the Oracle's boobs in a later cut scene
@fireandbombs12
@fireandbombs12 Жыл бұрын
@@Ric_373 There are times when he didn't even censor the oracle.
@GyroEater
@GyroEater Жыл бұрын
I love how Josh calls Cyclops Trolls, Harpies Imps and Satyrs Anubis...es?
@YEY0806
@YEY0806 Жыл бұрын
Cerberuses - Doggos
@bjorn-falkoandreas9472
@bjorn-falkoandreas9472 Жыл бұрын
At 1:30 there is an echo of Holst's Mars. Somebody not only has studied his humanities, they also were quite knowledgeable when it comes to modern orchestral music. Which, I would suggest, settles the age-old argument in games are art. That music was as original as Beethoven using stuff from Haydn and Mozart who in turn quoted he Mannheim Lolcats. This story and this game is a sum of echoes. Tropes which are older than people who think that an image macro is a meme. By thousands of years.
@aDanniTV
@aDanniTV Жыл бұрын
"Something about reflections" hit me hard. I always feel impressed by game reflections.
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