God of War Retrospective

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  @Ckoz2829 · 8 years ago

  Fun fact: every God of War game (except the newest one, I haven’t played it yet) has a spiral stair case you go up with the camera pointed top down. You mentioned cinematography and that immediately came to mind.

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• HD

  @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597 · 6 years ago

  Can we just give this man a clap cause this video is almost an hour long and no ads?

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• BU

  @Bullkthx · 5 years ago

  The first 3 main entries to the game are some of my favorite games of all time.  It was fun to play and I personally like that it wasn't overly complex or hard to master the combat system.  To buttress your point on the story, this is the only game series ever that my wife would just watch me play, she would say:"  I want to see what happens next"  generally speaking she does not play or care about video games at all

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• JA

  @jaketno · 6 years ago

  I actually played it for the first time recently and loved it to death honestly. It&apos;s very cathartic and fun being a ruthless killing machine. <br><br>Though I do agree on the tightroping sections being annoying with horrible control. My balance isn&apos;t the best and it just makes me want to go back to slicing things lol<br><br>Also Poseidon&apos;s Rage owns. It&apos;s very DBZ and I love it.

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  @13Johannen · 8 years ago

  It seems everybody forgets about bad parts or never played the first God of War. Great review.

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• AL

  @AlejoConejo-vb8ln · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwSOAxPBahI&amp;t=1601">26:41</a> Kratos&apos; sandals 😂😂😂 attention to detail!

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• WH

  @WhatsUpFella · 8 years ago (edited)

  There’s a part where you say “if it’s not fun, it shouldn’t be in a video game”. I disagree, gaming has the potential to make you feel all sorts of emotions beyond just fun. All art forms have this potential. I agree that for this game in particular the sequence you were discussing doesn’t work in the way they intended but I don’t see the problem with the idea if it had been executed better. <br><br>For example if a game develops a character that you grow to love and then requires the player to kill that character for important thematic reasons using mechanics throughout the game then of course that moment wouldn’t be fun. It would make you feel uncomfortable, sad, or horrified. All of those are perfectly acceptable emotions to feel in a game if executed correctly.

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• TH

  @TheAgentofthesystem · 8 years ago

  The production values in this are incredible, you should be proud of yourself

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• EN

  @EngineEconomics · 8 years ago

  This was really well done man. I see some other comments about some valid criticisms but they don’t take away from the video for me. You were able to speak about a series dear to me without constantly repeating yourself or sounding like you’re reading off of a script. The length of the video feels natural as opposed to stretched out and repetitive. Also showing relevant cutscenes and gameplay was good in keeping viewer attention. I can’t imagine this was easy to piece together, and with such a low sub count this is just working for free with little reward, and I respect that a lot because I can tell this video was important to you. You aren’t a massive channel just making a rinse and repeat video and that’s a great breath of fresh air. I’m definitely subbing and I’m excited to see you do more like this!

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• PO

  @porpy_ · 6 years ago

  Hey man im only about 30 mins into this video but I want to say thank you and that I hope u never stop doing youtube. I just saw that u also made a video about Jak and Daxter (my favorite game to have ever been created due to nostalgia). Channels like this are what keep me living from day to day and appreciate what it is to be living. Thanks so much man for all of ur insane hardwork and sacrificing all ur time. Know that u are appreciated 💙💙💙

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• BU

  @BumLuck · 8 years ago

  Very glad I found this channel. There are plenty of long-form critics on YouTube but few of them go into the necessary depth that such length warrants, or use such well-constructed arguments.

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• MI

  @MidTokerMarius · 5 years ago

  In a alternate universe where arcades didn&apos;t basicly die out this first game would have been an amazing arcade game

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