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DualShockers' Game of the Year 2018 Awards — God of War Takes Home the Gold

DualShockers presents their Game of the Year Awards for 2018, with God of War taking the top spot for both readers' and staff members' picks.

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NarutoFox2002d ago (Edited 2002d ago )

I agree with every game on this list except for State of Decay 2 for best horror game🤔 don't know about that one

lmcontaldi2002d ago

What would you put in that slot? I had a different vote myself, but horror was scarce this year.

NarutoFox2002d ago

Dead Frontier 2 was scary, Call of Cthulhu 2018 version, Vampyr, The Inpatient, The Forest

Skankinruby2002d ago

The Inpatient sucked, breaks my heart to say it but its true

neutralgamer19922002d ago (Edited 2002d ago )

Well deserved fun game to play with Fun being the key word not like RDR2 which goes from realism at the cost of having fun

LucasRuinedChildhood2002d ago (Edited 2002d ago )

With all due respect, couldn't people make the exact same argument against GOW if they didn't like it? I loved GOW's new direction but it definitely isn't a game that was just trying to be fun. It sacrificed some of the traditional and more straightforward "fun" from previous entries for something greater. GOW has much more grounded/realisic combat, it focuses much more on character development and cutscenes, there's more busywork (boat, fast travel, more exploration/wondering, all enemies take way more damage, etc) and it's much slower-paced compared to previous iterations.

Some people may moan about these things. Others, like myself, have immense appreciation for them. It really just comes down to personal preference. The same goes for RDR2. One man's annoying realism is another man's fun.

neutralgamer19922002d ago

I can't say you are wrong I just gave my opinion

6 seconds to Loot a body in RDR2 and during one of the early missions you kill 63 people in one town so now 63 times 6

Same long animation times for skinning animals

A broken or tedious fast travel system only designed to furthure the game length

Thundercat772002d ago

Wow Playstation had a killer 2018.

I think EA and Phil Spencer can now see that single player games are not dead/dying like they implied.

Dark_Knightmare22002d ago (Edited 2002d ago )

And another one and well deserved

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God of War Needs to Redefine Kratos' Purpose Clearly and Quickly

Whatever form the next God of War game takes, it needs to be clear about what role Kratos is playing, lest the franchise lose direction.

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Nacho_Z13d ago

I'm pretty sure it'd be a major mistake having Atreus as the main character in the next GoW. Seems to me like at best people tolerate him and his gameplay sections.

Ideally the story for the next game would be that Atreus has gone missing in Egypt, Kratos gets mad about it, picks up Mimir and goes on a god killing rampage.

Mad_Matt13d ago

If that is an option for the dev team then they need to make it a clean slate. No Atreus, No Mimir. That's what happened when he changed pantheons before. Lets Kratos be in that world. But it will be a difficult task to complete. Kratos and his past demons are getting a bit redundant as far as story telling goes.

Nacho_Z13d ago

Yeah there's not a lot of meat left on the bone story wise. Personally I'd happily accept any goofy reason they could come up with for why Kratos is in Egypt chopping off heads. I'm personally not that bothered about the finer points of the storytelling, although they do it well.

The_Hooligan12d ago

I would still like to have Mimir in the next game. They (devs) can justify it by saying that Mimir wants to gain knowledge about other realms/pantheons. Also, personally I think Alastair Duncan did a great job as Mimir and would love to see the continuation of the small banters Kratos and Mimir had in the past games.

goldwyncq12d ago

The point of Ragnarok's ending is to show that Atreus is his own man now. Having Daddy Kratos save him in Egypt after getting himself into trouble would just undo his entire character development.

Nacho_Z12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

The point was more to do with getting Atreus out of the way rather than him being saved. Let's say he's off on his own adventures then and invent another reason for Kratos to be in Egypt.

Could be that Kratos thinks he's been captured or killed as motivation but at the close of the game it turns out Atreus has been up to his own shady shenanigans.

Lionsguard13d ago

They need to bring back the "God of War" in God of War. I was expecting to unleash hell and fury in Asgard against Thor that they really talked up in the first game but all we got was brooding middle aged dad drunk in a beer hall. Ragnarok was still "good" but I left that game expecting a lot more.

InUrFoxHole13d ago

Tried Rag... just couldn't get into it. Felt like more of the same. I would welcome a Kratos only game again.

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After Death Stranding, Here are 5 Games Apple Should Port to iPhone

Now that Death Stranding has landed on iOS, here are five other PS4-era blockbusters that we'd love to have to play on our iPhones at any time.

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The Best Video Game Reboots of All Time

Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had

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