NEW GAME + is out today...
I think I'm going to start a new game on hardest for sure. They say their is new armor and upgrade also.
Seemed like a catch, you need to beat the rest of game to be strong enough to hang with Valkries but beating the Valkries gives you the top armor. Got bored rowing a boat for hours and left the other 6 unfinished.Finally hitting some of the game in my back log and jumped into GoW. Never cared for the previous GoW games, just to hack 'n slashy for me, but loving this game. Made my way to the Volcano realm and did the gate challenges there. Made it to the top to fight my first Valkrye and absolutly getting my shit pushed in. Got her down to 1/4 life once on my best run, but some of my runs have ended embarrassingly quick. I can dodge all of her attacks, but one miss step and you're toast. I think I just need to progress the main story for a bit, get the last axe upgrade, upgrade some skills and come back later.
Seemed like a catch, you need to beat the rest of game to be strong enough to hang with Valkries but beating the Valkries gives you the top armor. Got bored rowing a boat for hours and left the other 6 unfinished.
Keep your head up and do not reckon the defeat a reflection of your skill as Kratos the axeman or otherwise. I'm finding a what's what hard to lay out while keeping it spoiler-free, but Muspelheim is a middle-tier confrontation and not a good audition of what's in store or how you size up in comparison.Finally hitting some of the game in my back log and jumped into GoW. Never cared for the previous GoW games, just to hack 'n slashy for me, but loving this game. Made my way to the Volcano realm and did the gate challenges there. Made it to the top to fight my first Valkrye and absolutly getting my shit pushed in. Got her down to 1/4 life once on my best run, but some of my runs have ended embarrassingly quick. I can dodge all of her attacks, but one miss step and you're toast. I think I just need to progress the main story for a bit, get the last axe upgrade, upgrade some skills and come back later.
Keep your head up and do not reckon the defeat a reflection of your skill as Kratos the axeman or otherwise. I'm finding a what's what hard to lay out while keeping it spoiler-free, but Muspelheim is a middle-tier confrontation and not a good audition of what's in store or how you size up in comparison.
Like Fahcough alluded to, the lot of them are the real boss-slayers of the journey so over time, note your runic strengths and then improve your armour and oft-overlooked enchantment game alongside any weaponry. Those Midgard-chambered, IMO, should be your rite of passage to the others and you'll know after an opening flurry whether you've earned the right to be in the same arena. Happy looting upon victory.
Congrats. Feels darn good. *clinkEnded up finally taking her down. Progressed the story quite a bit and got some serious upgrades, got the Blades of Chaos, two-way fast travel(thank god!), and took out one of the weaker Valkrye and got the waist armor and some nice enchantments. Took me a few tries along with a revive stone and 2 blasts of rage, but finally toppled her. Reading up a little bit I don't have access to the final piece, which I'm looking forward to the set.
You and I are on the level because that was the exact arc that got me too; I was in after that come what may. The pensive, homeward rowing mid-storm and then recovery of these artefacts of pain from a past life…vengeance was mine. Cheers. Journey well.As someone who couldn't get into the first arc of GoW, I must say that I got some goosebumps when I went back to the house and picked up his old weapons. This games story telling and ability to bring the feels is really top notch.