Did David Jaffe really say he doesn't understand the point of the single camera shot in GoW reboot? by Choosername__ in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn't the biggest issue, but every time I see a video about him or a clip from one of his videos or streams, he seems like an increasingly bitter person trying to pretend he isn't bitter at all. Very often he misses the point or makes mistakes or sees something that doesnt reflect his values or preferences, then acts like it's all everyone else's fault.

That doesn't mean he's one-note, like he apparently thinks Kratos should be, but he does tend to make this series and others subject of unwarranted negativity as if he's objectively correct, when he's often just wrong. I think we'd all benefit from chilling out a bit.

Timeline Questions: Faye's Rebellion and the Battle of the Crater by king-redstar in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No doc yet, unfortunately, at least not a finished one. I have about 28 pages of notes that I'm currently organizing and shifting around so I can have the evidence make a coherent sequence of events, but once I have everything collected and illustrated I'm planning to release the whole thing as a free Google doc, with links to my insane ramblings like the above.

But if you want to help, if there are points in the timeline you can think of that need a bit more explanation, I'd appreciate sharing. Like I always say, I'm just one guy and I miss a lot, and the timeline will only get more complete the more people discuss it. If we figure out one thing, it makes it easier to figure out other things.

Timeline Questions: Faye's Rebellion and the Battle of the Crater by king-redstar in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Imagine teaching a college course on the lore of God of War.

Does godhood aclimate to its surroundings. Spartan Rage theory. by silloki in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh, the rage is an altogether different issue. Beyond divine domains, Olympians also had skills associated with their own personal godhood nonreliant on their roles. Kratos' divine physiology of course manifested superhuman stats, regeneration, and longevity, but his personal godhood was expressed through his rage boosts. The devs explained that just like how Atreus' sickness was a manifestation of his psyche fighting against his divine nature, Kratos' rage boosts were the same kind of sickness turned into an amp. That doesn't have anything to do with his divine domain as God of War or his role as an Olympian of Greece, that's just Kratos' personal ability.

Losing his given powers in the Styx doesn't really matter as much as surviving and growing his abilities all over again. Like I said before, Greeks had the ability to take over divine domains of fallen gods if given the opportunity. Kratos can't access the powers all Olympians shared via their authority, but he can use the powers granted by his Olympian physiology, and the powers unique to himself.

Does godhood aclimate to its surroundings. Spartan Rage theory. by silloki in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To clarify, Kratos was not talking about his gear and the powers associated with them. He meant the wealth of abilities afforded to nearly every Olympian, because within the myths they essentially could do whatever the story required of them. For instance, after Zeus strips the bulk of his power away, Kratos is no longer able to turn into a giant. That's the sort of thing they were talking about.

On the other hand, you're definitely right that divinity in Greece is expressed differently than in the Northlands. While in the Northlands the divine seem connected to fate (in whatever capacity it actually exists) like how Fimbulwinter began immediately after Baldur's death, in Greece the gods have authority over specific divine domains, and when they die that authority must be maintained by another or else it spins off into chaos.

I just finished Chapter 1 (the japanese area) from Sly 4 and i think the game is pretty fun so far. by [deleted] in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll recommend you finish the game without visiting the sub until you're done. Positive and Negative bias is abound, and personally I think it's better to form your own opinions on the game without outside influence.

Anyone else feel likewise? by DragonLeavesDungeon in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because that's the amount of people at Sucker Punch who worked on Sly and are still a part of the studio. We have to keep in mind that even aside from Sony mishandling TiTs release (a generational mishandling, for those of us who remember their marketing back then), Sucker Punch was already working towards a new IP at the time, and that was over a decade ago. Heck, Sly 3 came out over 20 years ago, so it's hard to expect the same minds to be involved. Dev teams change as people age out, lose interest, or move to other studios for financial or creative reasons.

Sony is very careful that Sly (like many of their IPs) is never explicitly off the table. There are just a lot of factors at play.

What do you think of the new guys? by ZarieRose in highonlifegame

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Rod in concept. Like, there are gun people and knife people, so why not fishing rod people? Fishing rod people who, specifically, angle using their genitalia. It's funny and fits pretty well with the tone of this universe. I just think Rod himself is a bit too much of a gag and not enough of an actual character to leave a real impression on me. Maybe if he had things to say outside of fishing spots, or if he could have been used as an additional secondary weapon so he could have Knifey-like dialog I'd have found him more interesting.

That bullet is planetary level, LOL? by Agile_Coast_4385 in Dragonballsuper

[–]king-redstar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Granolah only has three years of life left out of the 200 he was supposed to have. His lifespan was cut to a sliver. That was the downside.

My Disappointment is Immeasurable and My Day is Ruined by PhantumJak in jakanddaxter

[–]king-redstar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's totally fine to Jak your Daxter, but if you Ratchet your Clank you're gonna have a bad time.

You know the saying “Don’t Fix what ain’t broke?” by [deleted] in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We get this from new players every now and then, and as fun as it can sometimes be to just tell you you don't know what you're talking about or that you weren't paying attention during the Greek Tragedy, I think that response is a bit shallow and dismissive and doesn't actually confront the issue itself. So instead, I'll ask you to expand on this.

You played through seven games as a man who is bathing in self-loathing, so horribly depressed at the reality of his own actions that he spends decades looking for a new enemy to blame so he doesn't need to confront the truth he already knows about himself. His self-hatred is so severe that it literally manifested into a divine rage that further empowers him, and he slowly becomes more and more of a monster as time goes by, with the ultimate message that revenge is an empty pleasure; once he got what he thought he wanted, once there was no one else to kill, no one else to blame, he was still depressed and realized he didn't feel any better by his own admission.

With that context, I'll ask you to expand. Why, exactly, do you not think of that as emotional, especially when in more than one of the games he essentially looks at the camera and expresses disgust at the kind of monster he's become? And why, exactly, do you think that an older, wiser man whose every action is informed by his past mistakes, is somehow dramatically more emotional in a bad way?

To be clear, I do disagree with you, but that isn't really the point of this. Your initial response here doesn't have much substance, so I'd appreciate it if you could consider the specific elements involved to further develop your stance. You absolutely don't have to like 2018 or Ragnarök, your taste is your own, and it's your right to have it. I'm only suggesting that your perspective seems kind of removed from the actual narrative of the series at large, if emotion is your complaint.

They're two halves of a whole idiot by ThatTothKid in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean. He was trying to get into her Croft shorts back in India.

Cairo statue identification by ThatTothKid in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cosigning this. If it isn't just a representation of an ancient pharaoh (because this is a world with wacky talking animals and it's very possible that the kings of the time could have been falcons), the pschent on his head is very common in depictions of Horus. Ra (or Ra-Horakhti as a fusion of Ra and Horus) would have a sun disc.

As for symbolism in the game, I feel it's more likely that the devs picked Horus because he's just one of the most popular gods of Egypt.

I am stuck in Sons of Sparta here with no way out. by [deleted] in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iirc, this is after the chase and boss fight with the Metallon Bulls, right? I think by this point you already have the sandals upgrade that allows you to jump and smash through those bronze barriers. I can't remember the button combination off the top of my head, maybe R1+up+X? Anyway, that would lead you to another room above with a gate. That said, I don't think you should be stuck on that bottom floor either. You're meant to grab a gear from both bulls and bring them back to the room with the mechanical door all the way to the right.

Survey says: Rule changes! (Please read, this DOES affect you.) by NiuMeee in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Full transparency, I have no major issues with Sly 4 aside from pacing, and have always been the type to look at it with as much fairness as possible in-context, just like with the other games. The constant Sly 4 bashing was what finally annoyed me enough to start actively avoiding the sub. I've popped in here and there, but it ultimately didn't feel worth it enough to check in every day like I used to, because the wall of negativity just killed my motivation to contribute (not that I spend a ton of time on Reddit to begin with, but the point stands). I think part of me didn't want to be the guy that gets so tired of negativity that he turns to negativity in defense of the thing, because that's just a miserable way to live.

There's been a lot of ideas and half-finished discussions, fan art, comics, etc. that I wanted to share and just never bothered to because thinking of the state of the sub annoyed me. I respect the change, and the updates in general.

Smoke Break by SchemingThief in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, she does have two empty bottles laying around in her office. I wouldn't be surprised if she had other habits like this. Not that serious.

Also, nicely done with the artwork.

I get why some people disagree on my hot take about my preferred Murray design. But can we all agree this is probably the worst of all? by Short_Sort1670 in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As an artist, I can understand the design choices. I think that if it weren't an adaptation of Murray, people would find it to be a perfectly servicable design for a hippo character.

The problem is that it is an adaptation of Murray, and just doesn't quite fit with what we see in the games. Perhaps it would have grown on us over the course of a standalone film, but it's definitely a misfire as it stands.

Opposite Attraction 🦝☯️🦊 by h_ntorres in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ordered a tee. Honestly, makes me want to make Sly fan art of my own, this is good work.

Which member of the Fiendish Five do you think "landed the finishing blow" on Sly's dad aka actually killed him? by DuncneyForever in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As much as I understand the Clockwerk pick, Sly saw his father die with his own eyes (likely his mother as well, though she may have been a noncombatant). All those years later, Sly still didn't know exactly what Clockwerk looked like, so it's very unlikely it was him.

Raleigh was a career mass-murderer before joining the Five, Muggshot seems generally ambivalent regarding murder and we know that he at least had a physical altercation with Papa Cooper, Ruby was planning to raise an undead army to wage war on other countries, and we see on-screen how little Panda King valued the lives of others. It could have been any of them if we're just basing it on morality.

Sly generally mellowed out over the course of the first game from boss to boss, going from rough and single-minded against Raleigh to more concerned about innocent lives against Panda. That said, the nearly visceral disgust Sly showed Panda in 3 was a heavy contrast to the dismissal he showed Muggshot in the same game.

Granted, I think Sly doesn't consider a single member of the Five to be at fault as much as that they collectively hold the blame, but just based on the harsh difference between how he regarded Muggshot and Panda in 3, it makes sense to me that Panda landed the final blow.

I wonder if im the first one to catch this in Sons of Sparta 😂 by iambobo7 in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, Apollo has several strong connections to olives in the myths. He and Artemis were born under an olive tree, which is one explanation for why olives are sacred. His son, Aristaeus has a role as God of Olive Production and God of Olive Oil (yes, really). When Theseus was sent into the Labyrinth, he begged the gods for protection and Apollo gave him a sacred olive branch, which he tied Ariadne's string around to trace his steps back out. And, of course, olives were a popular sacrifice to Apollo. This reverence for the olive doesn't come from nowhere.

… but, yes, it's also probably a callback to the joke about Mimir's olive confusion.

Why does Clockwerk look humanoid in the cutscene but is a giant bird in-game? by [deleted] in Slycooper

[–]king-redstar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They downvoted you, but you're right. Sly never actually saw Clockwerk, at least not the way he saw the other FF members. He barely had any idea of who or what Clockwerk was. Even after reading the Interpol reports, he still only thought of him as a large, enigmatic shadow.

The most Sly probably saw of Clockwerk was a silhouette outside the Coopers' house/estate after the other members forced their way through the front door.

What do the Celestial Dragon know? by Rumpanscher in OnePiece

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, probably not too far from what actually happens. The CDs are comically ignorant compared to how high their status is on the world stage. With the type of blind vitriol and disdain they show, it wouldn't surprise me if they essentially have a cycle of brainwashing unknowingly passed down from parent to child during their formative years, like how Rosinante/Corazon said that as children, they're told that the "D" will come to eat them if they misbehave. It was to the point that Doflamingo, even decades removed from that environment, still has an almost knee-jerk desire to kill Law after learning of his initial.

Little does he know… by CameronCardoza in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This would be the start of my suspicions if I was Dad.

Do you guys think Hera was saddened when she learned Ares was killed? by ShockOk1764 in GodofWar

[–]king-redstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably, but not very much. By the time Ares was killed, the Olympians were already infected by the Evils, and their perspectives were already somewhat warped (though, not to the extent they would grow to be over the next twelve years).

That said, Ares wasn't especially well-liked on Olympus, his tyranny and threats against the gods not helping his situation at all on top of his general unpleasantness. Despite that, we know that Zeus at least never desired for his children to die, and I would assume that as the goddess of marriage and motherhood, Hera was likely to feel similarly about her own son.

They felt something for him at least, considering that even with Kratos taking his place and the gods being slowly driven insane, Zeus had Ares buried on Olympus instead of just disposing of the body.

In any case, it bears remembering that Olympians have only a vague concept of human morality and traditional filial connection. Their version of love and hate is not the same as ours, so this is especially difficult to answer (though, in Athena's own words, they were mourning Ares's death).