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Vidjagame Apocalypse · February 21, 2026

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01:15:33 - 01:15:47

... Jared, I want to talk to you about a game that was stealthily launched this week. I'm going to call it Sons of War, God of Sparta. I probably got that correct, didn't I? ...

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... is 3D and the character is, I don't want to conjure bug memories in anyone, but is very sprite based because bug is the worst. But Demon Turf was not, Demon Tides is out, I believe, this week. Jared, I want to talk to you about a game that was stealthily launched this week. I'm going to call it Sons of War, God of Sparta. I probably got that correct, didn't I? Yeah, that's sort of close enough. And I'm out of funny, Jared, help me out here, because you actually played this, the Stoney State of Play was this week and the stealth announced, surprise dropped, a brand new 2D God of War game. ...

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01:48:55 - 01:50:14

... So I held off to like do it now with, uh, legends, the legend series, uh, the God of war, speaking of God of war, uh, remasters of all the old games. I'm not sure how no, no, they're remakes, they're like one shout out to UTC Carlson, like you are. ...

01:29:55 - 01:30:35

... It's a good point. David, there has been less David Jaffe and God of War than anything else. Like she stopped at two, right? ...

01:19:37 - 01:20:21

In fact, a sneak peek, a sneak preview of my review, which is going to be up either now or soon, or in an excerpt from the beginning of this review. I have played all of the God of War video games, including that one with the reject your child quick time event, and the crappy mobile game from back in the Bush administration. ...

01:54:26 - 01:55:30

Traditionally these companies take those, they delist those. And I do think that is not permanent. So we don't freak out. Um, but it could be the decade or more, but I, I don't think that's a permanent thing. I think 30 years from now, God of war sex cutscenes in the original game won't, but, but like why remake that? Why put a team behind that with any women on a great, a great, a great time to evaluate. Is this, is this necessary? ...

01:57:09 - 01:57:43

Like forget the, what is a myth other than something that is warped by whatever society time zeitgeist is absorbing. And, uh, listen, it can always be finished. It's already said I'm not going to do some real shit. Honestly, they want to do some real shit. Take a, take on Abraham religions, have, have the real God of war go through. That's what I want. I want Kratos. I want Kratos punching a lot. That's what I want. ...

01:26:29 - 01:27:00

Am I not like as if I was a reviewer, I never use this phrase outside of being a reviewer because it sounds too British, bog standard, bog standard Metroidvania with the game sort of is leaning more on its narrative. The idea that like, hey, it's a new God of War game, what do you want? I think it's leaning on the IP more than it is that narrative like the story it's telling isn't even very like, the interesting parts of the story are few and far between. ...

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