Making games is really, really hard. We should all know this by now, but no one knows it better than the folks who churn away at them every day. Even uber-polished masterpieces like God of War go through a lot of issues and changes during development, and this video, direct from Sony, highlights some hilarious work-in-progress glitches and bugs.
If you're sensitive to spoilers, you may not want to watch, but this short video is a brilliant look at some of the problems Santa Monica Studio had to face as it brought the game to an amazing standard. From Atreus repeatedly warning of non-existent draugr to a "dance-off" full of animation glitches, this is a brilliant few minutes, and shows Sony isn't afraid to poke fun at itself.
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This was essentially my playthrough of Spider-Man. I dread to think what will happen if my dodgy-ass PS4 tries to play GoW.
@nessisonett you blame the PS4 and not the game? What's up, is your hard drive failing?
That was awesome, thank you for the good laughs!
Wonder if this is the version Shuhei Yoshida played initially when he apparently got really angry 😂
one two kratos is coming for you.3 four better lock your door.5 six you better axe somebody.word up son
kratos the icon.word up son
Just watched the video, that was brilliant!
'Atreus! ATREUS, TO ME! NOW!' 🤣🤣
@Turismo4GT It happens with particularly taxing games. The whole thing died and I had to reinstall the system software. Maybe I need a new hard drive but it definitely feels like it's throttling. The fans come on super loud and lag occurs pretty bad. The thing with Spider-Man is cause of the rendering, models would mess up when it lagged. I've cleaned out the fans but I'm not sure else what to try.
@nessisonett Maybe it could use some new Thermal Paste?
@Alpha Thanks, I'll look into that. If it wasn't out of warranty I'd just get Sony to send me one that actually works.
Note to Bethesda, this is what you LEAVE out of a full release game.
@AdamNovice in Bethesda-speak, these are known as 'features'.
You know, because we must have comedy in our depressing, post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland worlds.
@AdamNovice Bethesda to its employees: ''Did you guys see the latest GOW trailer? Makes Fallout 76 look pretty good. In that case, it's ready to ship!''
Only on PlayStation.
There's a lot if draugr in that wall
@Octane Rogue Bethesda Employee: 'But boss, that game launched months ago, with seemingly no big bugs, yet Santa Monica was putting out a patch nearly every day. Perhaps we should polish up 76 a bit more before we ship, or, ya know delay it until it's better...'
Bethesda Big Boss: 'How DARE you suggest such a thing! YOU'RE FIRED!'
ATREUS! TO ME!
That end bit got me. Amazing.
@AdamNovice 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Fight_Teza_Fight Patched games? 😜
Too soon for a discount.
@Flaming_Kaiser I don’t think Nintendo or MS would put out a video like this.
Sony have no problem poking fun at themselves. It’s pretty cool really.
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