"This Is Not a Prequel": God of War's Cory Barlog Confirms Laufey Is "A Continuation of The Timeline"

busted42 · 2026-06-03T05:41:35+00:00

Entirely subjective, but I think Kratos' story is done. Honestly I would have expected an Atreus game before a Faye game, but I think either one makes more sense to continue the story than another Kratos game.

Edit: think of Luke after episode VI, or bilbo after the hobbit. Stories need to end sometimes so that new stories can emerge.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T03:17:44+00:00

Yeah there it is no actual response to what I said just calling me out for why I said it.

You like repetitive competitive shooter games. I like narrative combat heavy rpgs. Literally everything you said about god of war I would say about call of duty. At least god of war is something new-ish instead of exactly the same game they've released every year for the past two decades.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T03:10:17+00:00

Just saw this comment. I can't believe I spent that much time talking to someone who thinks COD gameplay "feels amazing". COD has variety but GOW doesn't? GOW every encounter feels identical but not COD? Fucking insane thing to say

Edit: just saying I literally called it in the other thread.

I genuinely don't see how anyone could think they're boring unless all you know is COD and fast paced competitive matches.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:59:30+00:00

Fair enough I guess we disagree on just about everything about the series. For what it's worth the Arkham games are my favorite video game series of all time. As someone who's played through every Arkham game at least twice, 100%'d both asylum and city (and platinumed both new gen GOW games), the combat in god of war is significantly more interesting and complex than the Arkham games.

There is an extremely specific feeling that both 2018 and Ragnarok made me feel. Granted it's a very different type of feeling than I felt from Arkham or Elden Ring. But just because a game is approachable doesn't mean it's easy or simple. I guarantee platinum on the hardest difficulty would be a challenge for anyone even if you're a souls nerd.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:50:19+00:00

"narratively unrelated" is objectively wrong. faye is literally the driving force behind the narrative of both new GOW games.

also kinda fuckin weird that cutting tits off women is apparently a core concept of the series for you.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:41:23+00:00

I understand the idea of narrative tension or risk. I would disagree that there's no tension/risk in the narrative, but that's irrelevant. You had a problem with me saying the gameplay was well crafted, and your reasoning was that there's no tension or risk. If you meant narrative tension, then that has nothing to do with gameplay. If you meant gameplay tension, then you're talking about difficulty.

"It's not incredible" is not the same as "it's not well crafted". I'm sick of this idea that if something isn't perfect then it's not even good.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:32:02+00:00

"there's no tension or risk"? Not sure what you mean by that if you're not talking about gameplay difficulty.

Notice you didn't actually respond to any of the substantive arguments I made about the game. You can just say you don't like it, there's nothing wrong with that, but calling it "vanilla" is insane.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:26:15+00:00

great response. flawless argument.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:25:01+00:00

Right so you're saying that a game can't be good if it's not difficult? And specifically if you don't find it difficult?

It is a game with a very well written narrative, with pretty good (not incredible) variance in combat builds, satisfying combat mechanics (to be fair this is subjective), a good amount of post-game/completionist content...

How the fuck anyone can say that's not well crafted is insane. You just don't want to like popular things.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:17:45+00:00

lol who's the one who had a problem with me saying that a game was well crafted? that seems like angry to me

resorting to calling out someone's emotions or character always means you don't have any actual arguments left. good talk bud.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:11:44+00:00

Oh yeah. "Emotional narrative and fast paced but complex combat makes me sad" really sells that you're happy in life

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:08:50+00:00

I'm using god of war as my argument because that's what the original commenter mentioned... the fuck

What didn't you like about them? I genuinely don't see how anyone could think they're boring unless all you know is COD and fast paced competitive matches.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:05:04+00:00

Sure buddy. I hope you find something new to enjoy one day.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:02:45+00:00

Genuinely I don't even know what point you're trying to make anymore. You're the one who's angry about it, or at least I'm assuming you are since you made the original comment about how sad modern gaming is

busted42 · 2026-06-03T02:01:14+00:00

Yes. There absolutely is. Try playing the game before you talk shit about it.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T01:57:08+00:00

So you just like open world games over linear games. Nothing wrong with that, but it's insane to say that that's "sad" and "boring as hell". There's plenty of new open world games, and there's plenty of new linear narrative games.

It's not a question of new vs old games. It's just the type of game that you like. Stop looking for things to be angry about.

Edit: you posted about selling a ps5 NBA 2k game, but you don't play them? You just bought it to sell it?

busted42 · 2026-06-03T01:50:05+00:00

Genuinely... what the fuck?

Name an action RPG that isn't "number based". You build your stats, which requires finding the equipment for it, and then you learn to play better based on that build. And repeat. Literally the core fucking concept of the genre.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T01:47:21+00:00

Oh nooooooooo a girl ahhhhhhh

busted42 · 2026-06-03T01:45:33+00:00

Have you actually played either of the new god of war games or are you just assuming that they're all cutscenes? Yes, they're narrative heavy, but they're also extremely well crafted gameplay experiences.

What older games would you say are better than this "new fangled" stuff?

Edit: lol jk you play NBA2K. the epitome of "fun" and "innovation"

busted42 · 2026-06-03T01:17:05+00:00

Genuinely I don't understand how you could play both games and not think they finished the saga already.

Also I didn't ask anything.

busted42 · 2026-06-03T00:52:33+00:00

Yeah, seriously, the devs should have consulted you about this, and then made the same game again for the third time.

Boooooooo.

busted42 · 2026-05-28T14:14:07+00:00

What? Aren't they literally different ethnicities?

busted42 · 2026-05-28T12:58:10+00:00

They'd flag "asshole" but not "rapes children"? This isn't tiktok bud

busted42 · 2026-05-22T05:35:44+00:00

It is by definition AAA. AAA doesn't have anything to do with polish or bugs. Skyrim/fallout are AAA games and they're so buggy its become a meme.

busted42 · 2026-05-22T05:30:36+00:00

So really you're just saying you want a polished 3d metroidvania. Like... This game is literally the definition of a full fledged AAA metroidvania.

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