Psephos
2010
Neither gameplay nor "story"/setting particularly engaging. Latter seemed like it might be right at the beginning then suddenly was doing something completely different then even more suddenly ended. Not for the first time I declare that this game would make a decent flash game w separated levels... but to string it together and make it #deep ... no
2021
Would be actually incredible if it WORKED : (
2022
I originally started this on January 1st, and eventually gave up like halfway through. I was worried that this was because it was bad. It was in fact because I had replayed GoW 2018 too thoroughly and too recently (ie finally platinum'd it hours before starting this one lol.)
It is actually very good. The story was v good and the playing as Atreus and the spear added some good Variety.
Things I hated:
- Atreus and Thrúd voiced by actual teens or near-teens and then Skjöldr very obviously voiced by a guy who's like 35 doing a teen voice CRINGE and BAD
- Backtracking... to complete things. Paths are so convoluted so that they can have deep convos while you go through the first time, which is fine, then you go back and it's like but how the frick do I get over there. The map does not actually help you navigate.
- On a similar note, the entire Vanaheim crater thing with the switching from day to night and the you have to do X quest you have no idea exists in order to be able to do Y quest that you have already started but it doesn't tell you that, and you have to happen to wander by these 9 things to start the Hunts etc.... bad
- Supporting cast says "hmm what if we did this" too fast like even when I have already started doing that thing lol
It is actually very good. The story was v good and the playing as Atreus and the spear added some good Variety.
Things I hated:
- Atreus and Thrúd voiced by actual teens or near-teens and then Skjöldr very obviously voiced by a guy who's like 35 doing a teen voice CRINGE and BAD
- Backtracking... to complete things. Paths are so convoluted so that they can have deep convos while you go through the first time, which is fine, then you go back and it's like but how the frick do I get over there. The map does not actually help you navigate.
- On a similar note, the entire Vanaheim crater thing with the switching from day to night and the you have to do X quest you have no idea exists in order to be able to do Y quest that you have already started but it doesn't tell you that, and you have to happen to wander by these 9 things to start the Hunts etc.... bad
- Supporting cast says "hmm what if we did this" too fast like even when I have already started doing that thing lol
Rerererererere(?)played on actual PS3, still good
2017
Played the 2nd time and got platinum. The hardest trophy to get was the one that I assume you are supposed to get by accident (lose when boss is almost dead).
This is a very fun game but from time to time I am tempted to think the entire thing is ruined by the fact that things that drop from enemies eventually fade away. Like you can't go past things. WHY would they add that.... see how fast you can get this far over to the right... you can move to the right by killing things ... the reward for killing things is the things they drop ... so why is there this extra layer of nonsense challenge. So fix that for patapon reremastered 8k edition pls.
This is a very fun game but from time to time I am tempted to think the entire thing is ruined by the fact that things that drop from enemies eventually fade away. Like you can't go past things. WHY would they add that.... see how fast you can get this far over to the right... you can move to the right by killing things ... the reward for killing things is the things they drop ... so why is there this extra layer of nonsense challenge. So fix that for patapon reremastered 8k edition pls.
Played on PS3 again my original PS3 with original controller from 2009 which still works fine. Why do new controllers last 5 minutes only this one is 14. -- my first playstation and first PS controller and first PS game (this actual copy even)
I have no idea how many times I've played this as back in the day played the first bits a lot of times without then finishing the rest. I was spooked by the (as it turns out very brief) zombie bits so I actually never beat this game until after I had beaten the second one (possibly multiple times).
A classic
I have no idea how many times I've played this as back in the day played the first bits a lot of times without then finishing the rest. I was spooked by the (as it turns out very brief) zombie bits so I actually never beat this game until after I had beaten the second one (possibly multiple times).
A classic
2022
On this go I played the PS4 version (starting on a PS4 and then almost all of it on a PS5) so as to start afresh and get the trophies more Purely, by beating things without assistance of summoned people or critters. Mostly I did that except for the final boss & godskin duo by the time I got to those I could not be bothered and wanted to get it over with rather than waiting until I could maybe be bothered again. It was fun tho as in several spots, when a boss was difficult, instead of summoning 2 randos to kill it for me, I actually adjusted what I was doing : 0 I respec'd like 5 times such variety
I played most(?) of this last year but I "bounced off" (huehue) at the second Hornet fight. Recently I thought to look up a Strat on the Internet and it took like 6 more tries or something. So I finished the game - but did I ??? 69% apparently
I enjoyed the exploration a lot more than the combat altho the combat was sometimes enjoyable. I HATE!!!!!!! that there are enemies (almost all of them) that both 1. Do attacks AND 2. Do damage just by touching me ... I bump into them and I die . WHY. Particularly infuriating are those enemies who are the same kind of thing as me, and have the same kind of weapon as me, and I take damage if I bump into them, but they're fine...
Once I was almost at the end I couldn't decide how much more to bother with because I kind of wanted to End the game, but I also wanted to see more of it because it is actually cool, and I am not sure how likely it is that I will ever play this again. But Fricking everything is behind a Fricking boss fight that generally are not fun to me... so I just finished it. But then the game is like "u didn't finish it tho lol"
I enjoyed the exploration a lot more than the combat altho the combat was sometimes enjoyable. I HATE!!!!!!! that there are enemies (almost all of them) that both 1. Do attacks AND 2. Do damage just by touching me ... I bump into them and I die . WHY. Particularly infuriating are those enemies who are the same kind of thing as me, and have the same kind of weapon as me, and I take damage if I bump into them, but they're fine...
Once I was almost at the end I couldn't decide how much more to bother with because I kind of wanted to End the game, but I also wanted to see more of it because it is actually cool, and I am not sure how likely it is that I will ever play this again. But Fricking everything is behind a Fricking boss fight that generally are not fun to me... so I just finished it. But then the game is like "u didn't finish it tho lol"
Played the PS3 version again because I thought it would be funny to get the platinum trophy on this one After the ps4 and ps5 versions ... it holds up aside from the 17min loading screens. This or Fallout 4 is the game I have put the most time into ever. I can no longer verify the amount of time from the like 6 times I played PS3 Skyrim back in the day
something about this was just insufferable. or multiple things perhaps. I am glad I did not pay for this. I only played for a very small amount of time but eugh. It was kind of like when I attempted to play Knack tbh.
2014
they could have just not made him Indigenous ...
2014
Played evil version for platinum ... I could write another long rant w examples about how stupid the karma system is.. I do think it is a bit better than in 1 and 2. It is so stupid though. Altho how stupid it is kind of works the best in 1. Idk. Either get rid of it because you just want to make the blue version about a guy who is Edgy but has a Heart of Gold, or put ONE button at the front of the game to play the red story or the blue story , and make them differenter , instead of making them basically the same so you can have the Meaningful Choice to press the blue button or red button at various points throughout. Especially with Reggie this makes it stupid. Surely no one is actually doing a playthrough where they pick some red options and some blue options. There would be no advantage to that. Even the game itself at the end is like "now you should try THE other version"
When I think of it almost everything in this game is better than 1 and 2. It looks very good on PS5 with the unlimited settings or whatever. The variety of elements is kind of fun except that by the time you get to the last couple there's not much point in trying them out. The characters have a lot more to them (while still not being that much lol).
When I think of it almost everything in this game is better than 1 and 2. It looks very good on PS5 with the unlimited settings or whatever. The variety of elements is kind of fun except that by the time you get to the last couple there's not much point in trying them out. The characters have a lot more to them (while still not being that much lol).
2011
This review contains spoilers
Evil playthrough for platinum - similarly to the first game, but perhaps even more annoying because the general level of stupidity of this one is a bit lower, the choices are entirely meaningless (except for the Very Last one, which is different from 1 tbf, this one actually has two endings).
If evil you hunch over and spontaneously grow tattoos and rings and your shirt gets ripped. But in the main missions and non-karma side missions, you act exactly the same, have the exact same lines, etc. Care about your friends etc etc.
Stupid Karma Things Spoilers Rant:
Good side mission: Kill militia guys who are dressed as militia guys
Evil side mission: Kill militia guys who are not dressed as militia guys
More than one evil side mission: Throw a car at a building doing no damage and injuring no one.
Related to this there are a couple moment when being evil, where you engineer a problem and then "pretend" to rescue people from it, to Trick them into liking you. But then other ones such as the carthrowing ones are explicity to get people to Fear you, to keep them on edge etc. This also applies to the general "evil karma opportunities" i.e. "kill everyone all the time. So what is the plan eh
Main mission storm the fort. At issue: whether to use the thing. Good option: Do use the thing, but with blue girl. Evil option: Do use the thing, but with red girl.
Good playthrough: be nice to blue girl
Evil playthrough: be nice to red girl
Neither of them stops being an ally until Right at the end
In the mission where you decide either to free the cops or to burn down a mansion injuring all the hostages (are there any hostages .. idk). The red girl is canonically wrong... she is like don't save the cops they'll turn on you. They do not
Annoying thing: Nix's monsters, of which there seem to be literally 3, (an "army") she gets them whether you help her get them or not, she takes them away whether you help her and use them or not, they get killed offscreen regardless also.
Annoying thing: when you meet John he convinces you to heal the "special woman" by saying omg you have to help her what you want her to die etc. You do not have the option of not being convinced to help. She is invincible ps. And this is the guy leading you to the evil ending ...
Final Annoying thing:
The ending .. there are actually two different endings ... you have to choose between yourself and a few people, the needs of the many etc.
BUT the second you're like hmm now how will I decide, the vaguely interesting moment is undercut by THE STUPID TWIST where red girl is nice, for purposes of revenge cause she loves her "babies" (former actual people mutated into slime beasts), and blue girl is evil for .... just no reason .... just entirely contradicts everything she has done up to this instant
dumb !!
reasonably fun game to play tho obviously I got through it twice in quick succession lol. The relative usefulness of the evil powers as compared to the good powers was better in this game than the first one. But overall the powers and esp. melee were worse.
If evil you hunch over and spontaneously grow tattoos and rings and your shirt gets ripped. But in the main missions and non-karma side missions, you act exactly the same, have the exact same lines, etc. Care about your friends etc etc.
Stupid Karma Things Spoilers Rant:
Good side mission: Kill militia guys who are dressed as militia guys
Evil side mission: Kill militia guys who are not dressed as militia guys
More than one evil side mission: Throw a car at a building doing no damage and injuring no one.
Related to this there are a couple moment when being evil, where you engineer a problem and then "pretend" to rescue people from it, to Trick them into liking you. But then other ones such as the carthrowing ones are explicity to get people to Fear you, to keep them on edge etc. This also applies to the general "evil karma opportunities" i.e. "kill everyone all the time. So what is the plan eh
Main mission storm the fort. At issue: whether to use the thing. Good option: Do use the thing, but with blue girl. Evil option: Do use the thing, but with red girl.
Good playthrough: be nice to blue girl
Evil playthrough: be nice to red girl
Neither of them stops being an ally until Right at the end
In the mission where you decide either to free the cops or to burn down a mansion injuring all the hostages (are there any hostages .. idk). The red girl is canonically wrong... she is like don't save the cops they'll turn on you. They do not
Annoying thing: Nix's monsters, of which there seem to be literally 3, (an "army") she gets them whether you help her get them or not, she takes them away whether you help her and use them or not, they get killed offscreen regardless also.
Annoying thing: when you meet John he convinces you to heal the "special woman" by saying omg you have to help her what you want her to die etc. You do not have the option of not being convinced to help. She is invincible ps. And this is the guy leading you to the evil ending ...
Final Annoying thing:
The ending .. there are actually two different endings ... you have to choose between yourself and a few people, the needs of the many etc.
BUT the second you're like hmm now how will I decide, the vaguely interesting moment is undercut by THE STUPID TWIST where red girl is nice, for purposes of revenge cause she loves her "babies" (former actual people mutated into slime beasts), and blue girl is evil for .... just no reason .... just entirely contradicts everything she has done up to this instant
dumb !!
reasonably fun game to play tho obviously I got through it twice in quick succession lol. The relative usefulness of the evil powers as compared to the good powers was better in this game than the first one. But overall the powers and esp. melee were worse.
2011
Marginally less Stupid than the first game. The characters make slightly more of an attempt at being characters and are therefore completely different from the characters in 1. Thrilling update: dead people no longer blink and look around
The powers are kind of worse tho. Like shooting a ball of lighting is so much less cool than shooting a Bolt of lightning. Alsosome handy default things from 1 are stuck as upgrades in 2. And the slick very slick and cool and Dynamic animations for the melee actually make it way worse cause he just leaps off in a random direction and doesn't hit the guy.
The powers are kind of worse tho. Like shooting a ball of lighting is so much less cool than shooting a Bolt of lightning. Alsosome handy default things from 1 are stuck as upgrades in 2. And the slick very slick and cool and Dynamic animations for the melee actually make it way worse cause he just leaps off in a random direction and doesn't hit the guy.
2009
This review contains spoilers
I was right that I would think the karma system is even stupider on evil playthrough. It is extremely obvious that the good (blue) option is the default choice. Would it have been so terrible if they had just made a game where you are a good guy with zapping powers.
Evil Side Mission: Kill the Cops
Mandatory Story Mission: Help the Cops
Whether evil or good, he still likes his friend and girlfriend and wants to keep them around etc.
You be Maximum Evil and kill everyone you see, but then you sass Kessler for "torturing people"
Evil Side Mission: Help Sasha do Evil Stuff
Main Story Mission: You hate her and call her "a psycho"
Evil Side Mission: Help Sasha do Evil Stuff with the assitance of Reaper Conduits
Reward: Area cleared of enemies (such as reaper conduits)
Evil Side Mission: Kill bad guys because you Hate them and they are your Enemies
Good Side Mission: Kill bad guys because they are going to hurt the innocent
Good Side Mission: Kill the First Sons and the garbage guys, who are fighting each other, with the assistance of police
Evil Side Mission: Kill the First Sons and the garbage guys, who are fighting each other, with the assistance of Reapers
the mission is identical red or blue version ...
Neutral Side Mission With No Effect on Karma: help the clinics get set up so they can heal people
Main Story Mission Where Trish is Strung Up:
Good Version: It was her, you rescue the doctors and she dies
Evil Version: It wasn't her, she was one of the doctors and she dies
IT CHANGES RETROACTIVELY WHO WAS WHERE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU CHOOSE
The ending is also the same regardless of if you evilly activate the ray sphere or goodly try to destroy it. it explodes.
Final thought on good being the default. The evil powers such so much. They are all like eugh so cool and Brutal .. very Evil .. but they're all just like. Instead of one ball of electricity it's 2 and then 5 and then 7 or whatever. But none of the 7 hit anything it doesn't even work. Whereas the good ones are more effective at killing guys (by making them stay still etc)
Dumb !!!
Not a bad game but unless you are trophy hunting just do the Blue version
Evil Side Mission: Kill the Cops
Mandatory Story Mission: Help the Cops
Whether evil or good, he still likes his friend and girlfriend and wants to keep them around etc.
You be Maximum Evil and kill everyone you see, but then you sass Kessler for "torturing people"
Evil Side Mission: Help Sasha do Evil Stuff
Main Story Mission: You hate her and call her "a psycho"
Evil Side Mission: Help Sasha do Evil Stuff with the assitance of Reaper Conduits
Reward: Area cleared of enemies (such as reaper conduits)
Evil Side Mission: Kill bad guys because you Hate them and they are your Enemies
Good Side Mission: Kill bad guys because they are going to hurt the innocent
Good Side Mission: Kill the First Sons and the garbage guys, who are fighting each other, with the assistance of police
Evil Side Mission: Kill the First Sons and the garbage guys, who are fighting each other, with the assistance of Reapers
the mission is identical red or blue version ...
Neutral Side Mission With No Effect on Karma: help the clinics get set up so they can heal people
Main Story Mission Where Trish is Strung Up:
Good Version: It was her, you rescue the doctors and she dies
Evil Version: It wasn't her, she was one of the doctors and she dies
IT CHANGES RETROACTIVELY WHO WAS WHERE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU CHOOSE
The ending is also the same regardless of if you evilly activate the ray sphere or goodly try to destroy it. it explodes.
Final thought on good being the default. The evil powers such so much. They are all like eugh so cool and Brutal .. very Evil .. but they're all just like. Instead of one ball of electricity it's 2 and then 5 and then 7 or whatever. But none of the 7 hit anything it doesn't even work. Whereas the good ones are more effective at killing guys (by making them stay still etc)
Dumb !!!
Not a bad game but unless you are trophy hunting just do the Blue version