Don't really play games these days, but this and the upcoming Red Dead Redemption are making me seriously think about getting a PS4. Had a look at a few reviews and youtube gamplay highlights and the combat in this seems awesome. Does it flow as well as it looks like it does? Rather jealous of all yous who are playing it already, it looks proper class.
Yeah the combat is good. It gets better the further you go, you unlock the better combos and moves etc
I've gotta say it's rare for a game to put so much together and get it right. The combat is really strong, the two main characters (Kratos and Atreus) are really well done, the writing really shines through as there's this estranged relationship almost, it's like Atreus knows nothing about Kratos and vice versa. But the exchanges in dialogue are brilliant at times. Even the other characters you meet in the world are fantastically crafted. From the huge bosses to the NPC's you wander across. One problem I had with horizon is the NPC's were weak as fuck. They had no character, they were so wooden. Yet the few I've come across so far and I'm probably a quarter of the way through the game are full of character. Once again that's down to the writing and the voice over's.
The world is superbly crafted, with each region having distinctly different enemies, different feel and look. By the looks of things you get to visit Asgard too!
And there's something just beneath the surface here, Atreus knows nothing of Kratos and his past and it's just bursting to come to the fore.
This is Cory Barlog on Kratos' relationship with Atreus:
[There’s this] idea of him not knowing how to do these things, but his son not knowing any different, right? Because [Atreus] wasn’t fully raised by Kratos. [His mother] Faye did a lot of the work initially. [Kratos] was spending a lot of time out in the woods, trying to figure out how to get control of the demons inside of him — the monster inside of him that we, as his creators, allowed to be out all the time.
So we are, in a large portion, were responsible for the fact that [Kratos] is the monster at all times, and now we are in turn taking our responsibility to help him balance these things. The journey is that he’s not very good at it in the beginning, and that’s what’s so fascinating, right? That a young kid, a 10- to 12-year-old child, can teach this guy who’s lived for hundreds of years? Who’s ascended to the throne of the pantheon of Greek gods, and been responsible for the downfall of so many of these deities. He has so much learning to do.
