Got access to the beta which given it isn't that long till release is fairly representative of what to expect. You are a generic muscley soldier and first much choose a God to allign yourself to which minorly affects magic and weapons. From here you go to a load out screen where you can swap spells, weapon and armour as you level up and unlock them. Being purely the multiplayer this has zero of the polish that GOW3 had visually, it does the job but doesn't match the previous games standards. Once you select your mode or Quick start your taken to your loadout screen as the game locates players to compete against.
The arena in the Beta is one based on Hercules who watches as you battle in an empty circular arena. 3-4 times per 5 minute match he will cause a small energy wave to fire out which players have to jump over. Periodically a small room opens which a player can trigger arrow fire from though this too is pretty easily avoided.
Combat is largely the same as single player which means its easy to control though not that deep. The combat is also one of the biggest issues. You can parry attacks if you time it well but the system isn't well implemented for having 3 players simultaneously spamming you. I hadn't expected too much from it as multiplayer in the game seemed a stretch but hoped it might be like a lite version of Power Stone. In practice though this is much more basic and far more boring to play. After this I'll be sure to pin my hopes on the single player, though that doesn't look too hot either at the moment in the vids.
The arena in the Beta is one based on Hercules who watches as you battle in an empty circular arena. 3-4 times per 5 minute match he will cause a small energy wave to fire out which players have to jump over. Periodically a small room opens which a player can trigger arrow fire from though this too is pretty easily avoided.
Combat is largely the same as single player which means its easy to control though not that deep. The combat is also one of the biggest issues. You can parry attacks if you time it well but the system isn't well implemented for having 3 players simultaneously spamming you. I hadn't expected too much from it as multiplayer in the game seemed a stretch but hoped it might be like a lite version of Power Stone. In practice though this is much more basic and far more boring to play. After this I'll be sure to pin my hopes on the single player, though that doesn't look too hot either at the moment in the vids.
I really hope the single player is up to scratch.
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