Summary: <p>New Episodes Every Week.</p><br> <p>Gameplay...has been...revealed...</p><br> <p>...and it is beyond what any sequence of words (in any language) could ever adequately describe the sheer mastercrafted awesomeness of (read: transcends anything I could have hoped for).</p><br> <p>And, you guessed it, the impressions and questions are many and growing:</p><br> <p>That screen shake when you recall the Leviathan Axe tho!</p><br> <p>Will we see Skoll and Hati, the wolves who chase the sun and moon?</p><br> <p>Are the Reavers a Wolf-worshipping cult?</p><br> <p>How about Brok's cosy little torch-lit crafting tent, <strong>and</strong> that insanely awesome Tusked Tapir beast-of-burden?</p><br> <p>And Draugr blood <strong>singes</strong> the surrounding dried grass?!</p><br> <p><strong>The mother's name revealed</strong>?</p><br> <p>What is this exceedingly and incresingly majestic and generous and aweosome masterpiece that awaits us?!</p><br> <p>Join Albert as he breaks down the newly revealed gameplay (and into barely controlled fits of joy, gratitude and appreciation for everyone at Santa Monica Studio - each and every one of you workinf on this are forevermore consummate gangsters of artistic, myth-enriching and interactive design virtuosity), </p><br> <p>Slowed down to 0.5 speed,</p><br> <p>and with frequent lore-dropping/speculation-imbued tangents being taken (as per Interactive Artistry custom), as well as taking a closer look at the emotionally resonant symbolism of the 'Arrow' short film, and reading out all the gameplay impressions from our amazing God Of War community over on reddit.</p><br> <p>Writer Matt Sophos and writer/director Cory Barlog's Twitter interactions with (and expressions of support and positivity towards) the show are also touched on and <strong>thoroughly reciprocated</strong> -</p><br> <p>You and your team are not only evolving genre and medium with this title.</p><br> <p>You're redefining and expanding what truly worthwhile art is, and can be.</p><br> <p>When the truest-to-life artform that is games really taps into and leverages its unique life-paralelling aspect to it's fullest, as Santa Monica Studio are doing,</p><br> <p>A father and son's journey of reconnecting with eachother...</p><br> <p>a story of processing/accepting a mother's death...with a game like this, that is *lived*,</p><br> <p>not merely experienced, by the audience.</p><br> <p>We are not only participants - we are the guiding forces of their growth.</p><br> <p>This profound melding of human condition with human expression - this medium, this game -</p><br> <p>Is what you have made. It is what you exemplify,</p><br> <p>and it is what God of War will massively and significantly advance the growth and evolution of.</p><br> <p>In far fewer words, Thank you all so much!</p><br> <p>As we go forward into the continuing saga of God of War,</p><br> <p>Interactive Artistry will be with you every step of the way, with gratitude, respect and support,</p><br> <p>Always!</p><br> <p>Your next stop - Cygnus' Institution of God Of War & Norse Lore Learning:</p><br> <p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/cygnushd">YouTube (CygnusHD)</a></p><br> <p>• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCWqa1sCBWI&list=PLjtNilRG9rPaWaBvlG6VV8TKo2YzCRW-O">Cygnus' Regularly Updated God Of War Playlist</a></p><br> <p>• <a href="https://twitter.com/cygnus_hd">Twitter.com/Cygnus_HD</a></p><br> <p>Music by <a href="https://twitter.com/bearmccreary">Bear McCreary</a> (Composer, God Of War), his works can be found <a href="http://www.bearmccreary.com">here</a>.</p><br> <p>Norse Lore from the Poetic Edda, as retold by <a href="/godofwarpodcast/episode/update/id/Norse-Mythology.Org">Daniel McCoy</a> (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1533393036/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1533393036&linkCode=as2&tag=norsemytho-20&linkId=6cef7a9dfde665"></a></p>
