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lightning attacks, knocking them within the
reach of Kratos and jumping on their backs to
make them easy targets are just a few of the
the boy's moves.
Atreus will be a useful tool in combat, but
he is mainly just support in Kratos' fight across
the land. Fans of God of War's hack-and-slash
action will find what they crave in the new God
of War, but it has undergone some significant
evolutions since Kratos' last fight. The fixed
camera that locked players' perspective into
displaying both the combat arena and the surrounding environment is gone. Instead, God
of War uses a conventional over-the-shoulder
perspective, giving the gameplay a more personal, grounded feel. Speaking of grounded,
the game will not feature a dedicated jump
function. This may sound like an insane omission for the God of War series, but the gameplay's more intimate direction will still reward
players for fluid, dexterous performances.
Creative weapons, interactive environments

God of War uses
a conventional
over-the-shoulder
perspective, giving
the gameplay a
more personal,
grounded feel.
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The Monster
you know...
God of War's monsters might not be
quite the size of the Titans in God of War
III, but some of those we've seen are
just as dangerous:
Troll
This beast was the first massive monster fans saw in the game, wrapping
up God of War's debut gameplay at E3
2016. It would be a costly mistake to
think this creature, who wields a giant
totem stone as a weapon, is a pushover.
The World Serpent
This creature is one of the largest in all
of mythology, said to be long enough
to wrap around the entire Earth. From
what we've seen in trailers, we don't
know that he'll be that long, but he is
on par with some of the biggest monsters in the series.
Soul Eater
This stone-based ogre didn't look particularly threatening, relative to some
of the other monsters we've see, until
Atreus reminded his father that being
killed by one means no afterlife for you.

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