Wait, this is made by a B-team?

Hey, I'm being referenced now. Awesome. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's the Ready at Dawn team that is working on GoW:A, not the regular Sony Santa Monica team. About 3 years ago, Stig Asmussen said that him and the Santa Monica team were ready to just give the GoW series about a 5 year break, so as not to burn themselves out on the franchise. Now we have Ascension in development. Now I don't think they're flying under the Ready at Dawn banner for this one, but I believe it's the same team. Not that that's a bad thing, but we'll see how well they can develop a console game. The PSP games were alright, though I do have some major issues with Chains of Olympus' controls, and grunt enemies that have attacks that tank through most of your actions except for grabs, but that's another topic. GoW:A seems to be coming along nicely though, but we'll see.
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I said they may not be under the Ready at Dawn banner, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be the same people. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I've been trying to get more info on it, but haven't found much yet. I don't really see what barring my comment has on this game anyway. Whether I'm right or wrong about that doesn't really matter much.

I do know Papy was a designer on previous GoW games, so there's at least one Santa Monica team member who really knows GoW, and can, hopefully, lead the rest of the group properly to making a good GoW game.
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Yeah, you're obviously not understanding what I said.
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It was one off-hand remark. I remembered Stig saying the him and the team were wanting to give GoW a break for about 5 years. Then 3 years later we get Ascension releasing. I figured it might be the RaD team, under the Santa Monica banner, making it. If I'm wrong, fine, I'm wrong.

And I have been trying to get more info on the people who are making this, but I haven't been able to find a credits list anywhere to compare it to GoW3 and Ghost of Sparta's credits. I figure if I can compare GoW:A credits to the credits of those two games, we can get a good idea of whether the game is being made by the normal SM team, or people brought in from RaD.

If anyone can find a credits list of sorts for GoW:A, let me know.
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So I was wrong. It's cool, I'll admit it. For the longest time I didn't follow this game. I felt like maybe they were just trying to milk it, and maybe they are. Though it's been 3 years since the last game, so it's not that bad. They said the multiplayer has been in development for just over two years. This game is simply a vehicle for the multiplayer, which I'm excited for now, but was questioning before I ever got my hands on the beta. I do feel that the single player game is going to suffer because of the multiplayer though, and that's something I feared since I first heard of Ascension. This was the first GoW game I did not get excited for when it was announced. I just felt like it was too early for another, having already had 5 others in the past 7 years or so back when this was revealed.

Anyway, I really did think it was RaD that was making this, considering it is another prequel, and normally that's the team that works on those. Then seeing the Santa Monica name everywhere made me think it was just the RaD team under the SM banner. I'm glad I'm wrong though, RaD's work on CoO was mediocre at best. GoS is a much better game, the controls feel a bit tighter and the dodge isn't complete garbage. But the thought of them making a full console game didn't appease me much, at least not for GoW.
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Hassassiyin posted...

Is Stig working on GOW:A?
I remember him saying something like "If we ever decided to continue Kratos' story, I know exactly how to do it and no one wouldve expected it", shortly after GOW3 release.

Yeah, I remember that too. I think it was in a video you unlock. But I believe he was talking about GoW4. This is just more back story.

And an epic SP has been a staple for ALMOST every GoW. I find Chains to be lacking. The story felt very unfocused. I mean (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!) first it seems as though Morpheus is the main villain, what with turning everything to night and all. Then they go on about Atlus escaping and kidnapping Helios, so you think, "oh, I'm off to kick Atlus' ass, alright." Then you get near the end and suddenly find out it's Persephone all along. You don't even know who the antagonist is until about the last half-hour of the game. What is this, Final Fantasy? Seriously, the story never felt epic till you get to the Elysian Fields. That part of the story, with his daughter and all that, was great, but it was a little too late. And don't get me started on the plot hole of Kratos being the one who has caused Atlus to hold the world on his shoulders. (End of spoilers)

Chains isn't a bad game, but it feels like an average action game to me. I really hope the SP has a better story and gameplay. But I think I'll be ok if it's not, because I'm really after the MP for this one. SP is more of a bonus.
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