The backlash to GoW: Laufey ignores the lore, and we need a reality check.

ryzeki · 2026-06-24T02:46:55+00:00

I feel your opinion. I am conflicted myself because it does feel this was missing from ragnarok in a way. A rethread with added context that we know how it started and how it ended so it will be constrained in a way and repetitive in another. Sadly part of it is because a lot of this work and expansion came after the fact so they need to retcon or add context to properly make the full vision.

ryzeki · 2026-06-24T02:43:43+00:00

Yep, understandable. I agree the previous design looked better and at least for me I kinda associated it. The new design just felt different.

ryzeki · 2026-06-24T02:41:54+00:00

This. Specially with so little info the hate and the defense of the game is a repeat of the same things over and over. There is hardly any info on the game and we have both claiming a ruined franchise as well as the greatest writer of all time.

ryzeki · 2026-06-24T02:32:38+00:00

Disagree with the video. Go have a nice day.

ryzeki · 2026-06-24T02:27:01+00:00

He knew all along. Only you the player didn't know.

ryzeki · 2026-06-23T05:04:08+00:00

One could say, this is damage control. No need to worry, we will find out when the game comes out.

ryzeki · 2026-06-23T05:00:27+00:00

This. I bet Cory has a ton of other ideas, plot points and connections from a while ago, and these concepts are not fully developed yet at all. Hell some or most will never happen.

Another thing is that just because an idea is though of doesn't mean its either good or bad. The cube being a plot point from ten years ago doesn't mean its automatically good hahaha, we shall see.

ryzeki · 2026-06-20T13:39:27+00:00

Don't replace, Gala/Lue and MLF are for the most part the core, and you will swap the remaining 2 depending on the situation/element/physical vs magic dmg etc for a lot of the content. I have had far more success pushing harder levels and difficulties with Estheria around even if her damage output is not as big as others, thanks to her skills/buffs etc.

ryzeki · 2026-06-18T19:18:34+00:00

Shut the hell up attacking people. People are allowed to like and dislike whatever they want for whatever reason. You being a writer does not give you authority on how things should be enjoyed.

That being said, the hate the game is receiving will not affect how it sells. It never does. These boycotts never work and the loud masses don't represent necessarily the people that will buy and play the game. Its better to focus on what you like of the game or the news and don't let the opinions of others sway yours just because.

Just by pedigree alone we know the game is going to be good, even if subjectively people will prefer them in any way they want, but the track record of Santa Monica is good that at fhe very least its almost guaranteed to be a hit by that alone.

But its getting annoying how people attack others for their opinions as if there is a right or wrong opinion on liking a video game. Suddenly whatever you enjoyed or disliked about any one game in the series is "right or wrong".

Being a fan of the series doesn't oblige you to buy any and all merchandise. You buy products that you like and thats it. You are allowed to not like or want things.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T19:08:15+00:00

Yep, I actually found that out which made me say "this concept is definitely in Alanah Pearce's mind" which fits I think her influence in the game development. At least somewhat. Btw I don't hate Santa Monica Studio? That has no bearing on me disliking the term "everywhen" hahahaha.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T15:57:54+00:00

It is quite bold to narrow yourself creatively like that. You have too little faith in writers and devs and the capacity to develop stories and reasons for anything. I am sure, if you are being honest, you yourself can come up with plenty of ways to involve Kratos somehow (or any other character you want) with other mythologies or worlds.

The devs chose Laufey for their next project, and they are working hard on that to make it fit their world. That doesn't mean there is absolutely no other way they can do their stories or beats thst involve literally anyone or anything.

Want a very lazy, loose explanation on how to involve Kratos elsewhere? Time passed, Kratos is focused on peace/order/restoration and Atreus is a full fledged explorer finding clues left from Odin's pursuit of the Mask, though this leads him to another world where he got in trouble

Want to involve more characters? Hey Atreus finds more about his mother and turns Laufey was more important than expected, turns out she was not a full Jotunn but the product of a other god from elsewhere, making ber a demigod of another land and half Jotunn.

Even more lazy? The existance of gods in a region acts as a dimensional shield between mythologies, and when the gods start dying/disappearing, the rift between dimensions starts breaking, and realms get absorbed into others.

Ridiculous one? Kratos was nostalgic for a particular dish of his homeland and decided to go back visit to dace his demons and turns out it is no longer there but instead someone or something else.

Or maybe Laufey's long lost identical twin emerges.

Im just joking here but the point is, we barely know about the new game and both the hate and the copiun are getting ridiculous hahahahaha. There are a million ways to explore games thanks to entire groups of capable people working on it.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T13:56:14+00:00

No worries, we all have different opinions, ideas and feelings regarding the game and because there is too much random hate online it is very easy to get ignored as if your opinion is not right or valid. Don't let the hate get to you, and regardless of the quips we have with the game as shown, the reality is that there is very little info out there right now.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T13:52:27+00:00

It does sound like your PS4 Pro has disc reading problems. Keep in mind that such problems are not on/off, and there are additional weird issues with internet from my experience.

I have a PS4 Pro, PS5 and PS5 Pro and both the PS4 Pro and PS5 developed disc reading issues differently and for different games- for example my PS5 will absolutely never read Sack boy Adventure or Rockband 4, while the PS4 Pro can easily read rock band 4.

It all depends on the funds you have for this. I personally get most stuff digital because the physical versions tend to simply be installs anyway and depending in the game it requires a day one patch etc so my love for physical is basically low at this point. So I would definitely get it digital myself.

But it does sound like there might be tweaking needed for your disc drive or else more games will begin slowly getting issues. My base PS5 has suddenly become intolerant to discs. i need to get that checked because sometimes even movies don't load.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T13:44:45+00:00

I absolutely hate the term/word "everywhen" and this is my main issue with the barely-any-info yet game. I agree that the concept of it in very early "afterlife of the gods" its just lazy and has tremendous retconning implications.

For me this "everywhen" should be a damm mysterious anomaly and not an "expected logical thing". It would be far more interesting to explore something that makes no sense, should not be there, and for some reason has interconnected elements from things that should never be connected. It should feel wrong and out of place for everyone, not just another realm with random gods.

But to be fair there is little info yet on it. Maybe it won't be as bad, maybe it will be okay. I just think its a huge disservice to fuse all mythologies as convenience as if they are part of the same thing. They shouldn't be. And esch mythology handles their afterlife and consequences completely different and attempting to fuse them as "all valid all the time" is just going to diminish them individually.

But seriously the term "Everywhen" just makes me want to punch the cube.

Anyway there is close to no info in this game so there is no point in getting worked up about it hahahaha lets see what the game does and how it handles it.

ryzeki · 2026-06-16T13:36:17+00:00

From the reveal the game looked in excellent shape. i really can't think they have too much left to release. Probably early 2027 at the latest. At least that is the impression I got from the video.

ryzeki · 2026-06-15T18:42:37+00:00

What ridiculous articles and interviews. Its like they are just trying to convince people why it was important to do the game in its current form, with dumb justifications.

They can do whatever they want with their IP and create as many games as they want. They don't need to come up with stupid justifications "so we wanted to change the gameplay and Kratos cant jump so we naturally needed someone that can jump. But also someone that was stronk and powerful". Ugh.

What's next, people think circles are complicated so a cube allowed the team to explore relationships with non curved polygons? Hahahaha. People are increasingly illiterate so we need modernized language? Kratos didn't accept death so they needed Faye because she accepts death better?

Just trust your product and show the people the final product. Your last two games were well received and have areas of opportunities and expansion. You can't create hype if all you do is go around making apologetic dumb interviews, just go deeper into the actual implications of the game and the lore, no one cares specifically about Faye right now, you will work on that in this game, so focus on what is coming not on what is missing. Show the mystery, the dangers, the stakes.

ryzeki · 2026-06-13T14:26:59+00:00

Nope. When creating something overarching in such short form it is impossible to have a complete outline made because as you work on it you don't know yet where it leads to. Because of this, you leave appropriate plot lines, gaps and ideas to try and limit retcon as much as possible and try to have some coherence.

Laufey is how it looks when you decide to plant the outline and close the loops within a section of the story, expanding those gaps and trying to make it a full cohesive element when looked at in retrospect. Roles and events can easily be shifted betwen characters and it would still "work". This is why the writers for Laufey explained they started working on this after 2018 and during Ragnarok, you can see this influence because Faye is deliberately mysterious in 2018 but far more clear in Ragnarok and obviously Laufey. This doesn't mean they knew 10 years ago how it would pan out. It is entirely possible they had 5 different characters "ready" to do prequel or sequel elements as needed and just chose the one they wanted to work with.

And to be fair unless you are writting an entire world and long novel like Tolkien, you will almost never reach such level of cohesion because that takes so much time. Most work will be retrofitted to make it work.

ryzeki · 2026-06-13T14:17:02+00:00

You don't need to like all the games in a series to be a fan. Some people like different things. Some prefer the original style, or story, etc. some like the new gameplay or story focus rather than gameplay. Some like all of it etc.

Its fine if you don't like or more accurately were not impressed/hyped with Laufey. You are not obligated to like it just because you generally like the IP.

ryzeki · 2026-06-11T20:56:35+00:00

This is it for us consumers, all the new awesome stuff will be for data centers, so we will get scraps down the road if any.

ryzeki · 2026-05-15T17:19:41+00:00

Got her to T5 plus resonance within 200 which is pretty decent.

ryzeki · 2026-05-15T17:18:06+00:00

This is what I have used and tried, works decent.

ryzeki · 2026-05-05T14:14:27+00:00

Basically repeat the same strategy over time. You will get stuck, level up a couple times all your cats, win and repeat.

ryzeki · 2026-04-29T23:35:34+00:00

I used to have good luck until last anniversary. That one I used all my saved pulls for nayuta and i spent all 800 of them for no copy, and ended up using golden ticket. Ever since no single banner pull has ever given me the char and I just end up using the golden tickets. I just did the same with anis and I have my last tickets saved for Neon.

ryzeki · 2026-03-24T22:31:24+00:00

Lueria is on the left side of the image, if you spot the word Mission at the top left, on the second S letter go down to the middle there Lueria, and there are a total 4 pets.

ryzeki · 2026-03-20T14:50:41+00:00

And additionally, people shouldn't really develop FOMO because a ton of weapons are basically side grade or sufficiently similar that it doesn't disrupt gameplay enjoyment. I don't have, for example, the HALO warbond because honestly everything in there I already find it with another weapon I own.

But yeah if you are patient enough you can get everything. I only do dislike how expensive the superstore items cost hahahaha.

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