The much-anticipated, and the last exclusive game of this year’s PS platform, “God of War: Twilight of the Gods” finally went on sale on November 9. Before the release, Sony did not release too much intelligence news. The few previews show scenes, combat mechanics, still familiar taste. On the contrary, the online spoiler video, the general plot of the game, combat details, exposed a clean. “Is this not the 4th generation of large DLC?” I believe that many players after watching the trailer, will say such words
I also pre-ordered the digital version early, after a week of continuous play. Today to briefly talk about some of their experience feelings. First of all, let’s talk about the advantages of the game.
As an exclusive game on the PS platform, the game’s graphics performance level, can only be described as stunning. Although the previous work in the PS4 platform can only run at 30 fps, but God of War 4’s graphics performance has far exceeded the same period of the game. And this new PS5 version of the work, in the next generation of the host function under the auspices. Can maintain in dynamic 4K, 60 frames this specification. Whether it’s the special effects when Qui-Gon unleashes his skills, or the brutal execution method, as well as a mirror to the end of the performance. The actual experience of the game operation, as smooth as silk. The gorgeous and fantastical Nordic nine worlds, the towering mountain peaks in the distance, the clear visible bottom of the lake when boating. All make people immersed in this unreal world beyond measure. This also makes me deeply appreciate that this is the next-generation console first-party game should be the level of graphics.
In addition to the graphics, the game in the battle system, also made further improvements and optimization. On the one hand, the terrain height difference to form a new means of attack, greatly enhancing the mobility of the battle. On the other hand, this time the son Atreus can also be used as a separate main control role. With exclusive skills, equipment, runes. Compared to Qui-Gon’s rough fighting style that favors melee combat, Atreus is more adept at long-range attacks and more flexible in his actions. The teammates accompanying him are no longer limited to Atreus. The two dwarf brothers, Freya, and even the enemy Thor will temporarily join the team to provide help.
And this time, Qui-Gon can use the Chaos Blade in addition to the beginning. Later in the game, a new weapon, the Spear, will be obtained. In addition to unlocking new attack skills, new mechanics have been introduced when solving puzzles. This all makes the game more interesting and diverse in terms of playability and fighting styles.
Compared to its predecessor’s linear and slightly shorter plot process. The overall volume of this game can be said to be a notch up. If you only push the main task, the game’s length of clearance is about 20 hours. Santa Monica is jam-packed with all kinds of rich and fulfilling content in the game world this time. We’ll be opening new side quests and discovering new hidden areas in the side quests. Not to mention the hours-long side quests later on. The game is 100% explored even after passing the level. The production team still gives the player a wealth of hidden content to explore. The previous work because of various restrictions, can not reach the kingdom. In this work, the player can step one by one.
You say that it is true that there is no overturning of the world compared to the previous game. But shouldn’t the sequel have been enhanced and improved on the basis of the previous one? Like “God of War 2” to “God of War 3”, and never as big a change as “God of War 3” to “God of War 2018”. But sadly, the Nordic series was originally intended to make a trilogy. But for some reason, the Nordic story is officially “over” this time.
After talking about the advantages, I’ll spit out some of the problems with the game.
I originally thought that the UI of the 4th generation had been simple enough single. I didn’t expect that the UI of this generation is not going forward but backward, with the word ugly to describe it is not too much. The UI does not affect the overall experience of the game, but as an exclusive game in 2022, the UI as a whole looks poor to say the least.
The last thing is the puzzle system of this game. The original puzzle was added to serve as a spice. Let the player avoid the high-density battle all the time. But because of the exponential increase in the amount of content this time, the proportion of the puzzle link is also more than the previous work. In addition to the newly added combination puzzle, it also makes the steps to solve the puzzle more tedious. The means of solving the puzzle is still relatively single, often only one solution, and most of the solutions are repetitive, so you will naturally feel bored after playing more. And the production team also foresaw this situation in advance. So whether it is in the game settings to allow players to adjust the difficulty, such as lengthening the bell ringing time. Or NPC teammates after a while will be directly prompted. But this all makes the puzzle system become more boring and seem more dispensable.
Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned points. The plot of this work is also relatively slow to unfold, literary drama than the previous work becomes more, mainly around the theme of family. Whether it’s the emotions between Qui-Gon and Atreus father and son, or the two dwarf brothers, Freya and her dead son. Or Odin and his extended family. In addition the big boss battle of this work, but also less than expected to come. As a finished work, “God of War: Twilight of the Gods” should have been more perfect in all aspects. But I don’t know if it’s because of the schedule problem, the final ending is also slightly rushed.
Admittedly, I’ve complained about many things I don’t like about God of War Twilight of the Gods. But as a first-party exclusive game, Santa Monica still carries the face of Sony’s first-party studio. Excellent graphics, more sophisticated one-shot performance, coupled with the unbelievably fast combat. I believe it will make many players, even after many years, will remember this excellent action game