First of all, I want to thank you for dedicating yourself to showing the movesets and attacks in various video games. The truth is this content have greatly facilitated my hobby as a "Character Action historian" when studying their combat mechanics in an orderly manner, have an audiovisual reference of mechanics when offering feedback to indie devs, and even achieved a more accurate approach to the gameplay experience for games that I don't have the opportunity to try first-hand. Thank you so much.
Now as for the game itself, I guess with this I have enough evidence to confirm that my fear came true, the combat formula of the new GoW became a school for other developers, just as it happened in the classic GoW, it was because of its simple mechanics and betting on the visual spectacle to hook the player. And it may sound a little pessimistic and complaining to some, but the truth is I see some justification to offer a better written plot at the cost of worse developed gameplay, especially for this stupid shoulder camera that already makes me bored seeing it everywhere. Which I can understand in Hellblade because of its tone of psychological horror and intention to capture Senua's paranoia and vulnerability, I can't see the logic that would lead to the conclusion that a camera further away which allows me to see where the enemies and the playable character are located on the stage during combat is worse than a shoulder camera that only makes me see more of the character's back than what's happening around me and I have to use arrows or "behind you, brother" to know if an enemy is going to attack me from behind.
@@maximilianoohmke5625 You sad it earlier than me, "Great minds think alike". 😂 On that note, the devs of GOW 2018 copy-pasted, every major, popular, mainstream, western single player game element in existence during the mid 2010's and the over-the-shoulder camera is the result of that. They NEED IT, to: 1st) shove their cinematic walking-&-talk moments in our faces and easily transition into cutscnes without cuts in between; 2nd) to make sure we don't miss the pretty graphics and the detailed generic norse wilderness settings, otherwise we might start to see how boring their game is on it's own, since they replaced the cinematic moment-to-moment action with slow, father-son bla bla bla and some combat in between; 3rd) If the presentation and combat were completely in a proper third-person camera, the gameplay would be indistinguishable from Dark Souls - their main combat "inspiration"; And 4th) So we can transition directly from the over-the-shoulder camera, to the third-person-shooter mode for the Leviathan Axe. The Blades of Chaos grappling hook throw was added to distract from the fact, that besides for axe throws, this mechanic is out of place.
@@maximilianoohmke5625 For all it's faults and controversial design choices, the combat can be very entertaining, despite the infuriating elements. Ragnarök made lots of improvements to the system, making it ways more fluid, less clunky and made every part of it, feel like it _belongs_ there. Every buttom has a purpose and is connected to other actions, like in the older GOW games and not to mention, every element, move and weapon is rooted in the older games and weren't "invented" out of nowhere. Attacks both regular and runic, originates from old moves of Kratos and were "mainstreamed" into his four weapons, rage modes, artifacts and Atreus. That's the most praise-worthy accomplishment for GOW 2018, Ragnarök & Valhalla - *reusing classic elements in a new setting, with them all feeling natural, like it's **_the reflexion_** of all the experiences, both Kratos and players, collected through their adventures in the greek saga.* That's the biggest _positive_ giveaway, I would share to a Action Game Historian, like yourself, Sir.
Thanks Sykioh, you were faster with the video than I could recommend it 😂 Will you also show all Dragons Dogma 2 movesets/skills? Your channel is one of my favorites on youtube, one of your first subscribers 🤝
@IllidanSturmgrimmDeusVult Your support has been with me since the beginning, and I truly appreciate that. Thank you once again. Dragon's Dogma is indeed an amazing game, and I won't miss the sequel for sure.
This kind of reminds me of the Norse god of war games also speaking of God of war do you think you will be able to showcase the move set from God of war Ascencion anytime soon?
@Outlaw7263 GOW Ascension is the only 1 missing😅, let me try and see if I'm able to run the game. If yes then I''ll complete it, finishing the whole GOW series.
"Mom, can we have God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla?" "No, we have God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla at home." *God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla at home:*
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First of all, I want to thank you for dedicating yourself to showing the movesets and attacks in various video games. The truth is this content have greatly facilitated my hobby as a "Character Action historian" when studying their combat mechanics in an orderly manner, have an audiovisual reference of mechanics when offering feedback to indie devs, and even achieved a more accurate approach to the gameplay experience for games that I don't have the opportunity to try first-hand. Thank you so much.
Now as for the game itself, I guess with this I have enough evidence to confirm that my fear came true, the combat formula of the new GoW became a school for other developers, just as it happened in the classic GoW, it was because of its simple mechanics and betting on the visual spectacle to hook the player.
And it may sound a little pessimistic and complaining to some, but the truth is I see some justification to offer a better written plot at the cost of worse developed gameplay, especially for this stupid shoulder camera that already makes me bored seeing it everywhere. Which I can understand in Hellblade because of its tone of psychological horror and intention to capture Senua's paranoia and vulnerability, I can't see the logic that would lead to the conclusion that a camera further away which allows me to see where the enemies and the playable character are located on the stage during combat is worse than a shoulder camera that only makes me see more of the character's back than what's happening around me and I have to use arrows or "behind you, brother" to know if an enemy is going to attack me from behind.
@@maximilianoohmke5625 You sad it earlier than me, "Great minds think alike". 😂
On that note, the devs of GOW 2018 copy-pasted, every major, popular, mainstream, western single player game element in existence during the mid 2010's and the over-the-shoulder camera is the result of that.
They NEED IT, to:
1st) shove their cinematic walking-&-talk moments in our faces and easily transition into cutscnes without cuts in between;
2nd) to make sure we don't miss the pretty graphics and the detailed generic norse wilderness settings, otherwise we might start to see how boring their game is on it's own, since they replaced the cinematic moment-to-moment action with slow, father-son bla bla bla and some combat in between;
3rd) If the presentation and combat were completely in a proper third-person camera, the gameplay would be indistinguishable from Dark Souls - their main combat "inspiration";
And 4th) So we can transition directly from the over-the-shoulder camera, to the third-person-shooter mode for the Leviathan Axe. The Blades of Chaos grappling hook throw was added to distract from the fact, that besides for axe throws, this mechanic is out of place.
@@maximilianoohmke5625
For all it's faults and controversial design choices, the combat can be very entertaining, despite the infuriating elements. Ragnarök made lots of improvements to the system, making it ways more fluid, less clunky and made every part of it, feel like it _belongs_ there.
Every buttom has a purpose and is connected to other actions, like in the older GOW games and not to mention, every element, move and weapon is rooted in the older games and weren't "invented" out of nowhere. Attacks both regular and runic, originates from old moves of Kratos and were "mainstreamed" into his four weapons, rage modes, artifacts and Atreus.
That's the most praise-worthy accomplishment for GOW 2018, Ragnarök & Valhalla - *reusing classic elements in a new setting, with them all feeling natural, like it's **_the reflexion_** of all the experiences, both Kratos and players, collected through their adventures in the greek saga.*
That's the biggest _positive_ giveaway, I would share to a Action Game Historian, like yourself, Sir.
Thanks Sykioh, you were faster with the video than I could recommend it 😂
Will you also show all Dragons Dogma 2 movesets/skills?
Your channel is one of my favorites on youtube, one of your first subscribers 🤝
@IllidanSturmgrimmDeusVult Your support has been with me since the beginning, and I truly appreciate that. Thank you once again. Dragon's Dogma is indeed an amazing game, and I won't miss the sequel for sure.
This kind of reminds me of the Norse god of war games also speaking of God of war do you think you will be able to showcase the move set from God of war Ascencion anytime soon?
Check the channel, I think he has the movesets for the entire series
@XanderGernandez Now that you remind me of ascension, ok, I'll try it now. There are 11 days left before FF7 Rebirth, I'll see what I can do now.
@@sykioh okay thank you.
@@Outlaw7263 I have checked but it wasn't there.
@Outlaw7263 GOW Ascension is the only 1 missing😅, let me try and see if I'm able to run the game. If yes then I''ll complete it, finishing the whole GOW series.
Can you do Evil West? That game looks similar to this ones?
Evil west look a bit similar, i think. I quite enjoy some fast move gun-slinging hack and slash.
Something tells me this will be free on PS+ in the near future.
"Mom, can we have God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla?"
"No, we have God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla at home."
*God of War 2018/Ragnarök/Valhalla at home:*
there are no different completion animations, such a boring battle will get boring after 30 minutes
this game looks bad
i am wait for dogma2 😋
very norse god of war ish
@@manbat4582 more like dollar store God of war
me to wait dogma2
Yeah dragons dogma 2 and rise of the ronin .
And 2 months later, dd2 is absolutely trash and turns out this game is a gem lmao