Game has a message about self improvement

hour and 20 minutes

white

males

pick one

improvement

coming from a youtuber who has no trade skill or experience being a man

He can fuck right off

what is being an inoffensive eunuch

Kratos already have plenty of those things in the original games, especially if we take the PSP spinoffs into account. He didn't need to be an emasculated basedbeard raising his wife's son to grow as a character. In fact his arc was done at the end of GoW3.

game made in an era where:

women are always perfect and deserve free stuff

men must do better, and even when they do, they're rapist virgins

game: agrees

anon: lol u mad?

If it wasn't God of War but a new IP to reflect that no-one making this new series worked on the originals and that it has different values, then no-one would be upset.

self improvement

t.

Video has over 1M views

People in the comments and social media overwhelmingly agree with its message

More games like it will be made as the wheel continues turning in its direction.

Your views are outdated and obsolete. You have already been left behind

I can't believe white men are this pathetic lol.

He looks like he loves his wife's son!

Games like this are why people like Andrew Tate got so popular. GoW made being a cuck look gay af.

I still wonder how much Sony paid for the Söy wordfilter here that was implemented on the nuGoW launch day just to mitigate how hard the series was getting clowned on

I've never played it, isn't the message of the game that Kratos has grown up from being an angry retard who was driven by vengeance and only knew how to destroy (often with tons of collateral) and matured into a father who sees the value in peace and protecting those around him?

Only consoomers care about the message more than gameplay. Gameplay is king, always has been. That's why you call them videogames, you play them and the gameplay for GOW:R is dogshit by any measure

ATREUS! COME, WE MUST TALK ABOUT OUR FEELINGS!
We...must be.....better men. More empathetic, docile role models whom young men can look up to and learn positive masculinity from. When strong independent women, BIPOC of color, gender diverse children and neurodivergent folk speak, we must sit down, listen and learn how to give them a voice and empower them. We will not go back. Now help me prep the bull for your mother.
COME CLOSER, BOI. LET ME TEACH YOU HOW TO CLEAN YOUR MOTHER'S VAGINAL FLUIDS FROM BULLS DICK. NO, YOU HAVE TO GRIP IT WITH YOUR THROAT WHILE DOING SWIRLING MOTIONS WITH YOUR TONGUE. BE BETTER, BOI #HarrisWaltz2024 #NotGoingBack" REPARATIONS FOR MY WIFE'S SON'S FATHER!!

Literally triggered for y e a r s

I don't even play this shit, I just thought it was cooler back when he was angry at zeus guy.

I want games with message about self deprovement

It's so funny how all the little MRA boys mistook debate about "toxic masculinity" as an attack on all masculinity, rather than an attempt to distinguish positive traits from negative ones, and become a better man
they are thick as pigshit

"toxic masculinity"

become a better man

The people who are deciding what these mean in the modern era aren’t the people who should be.

Mental illness is now considered a "masculine trait"

we do need to be better men, but that's too much work so I don't want to

that's because the gamer boys rejected the whole concept, throwing their toys out of the pram
can't set the terms of the debate if you sperg out of it

nope, not even close
what a stupid thing to say

It'll never not be funny that people think a game written by Anthony Burch has anything worthwhile to say about how men should act.

the goys won't accept our cuck-conditioning!!

gamer boys rejected the whole concept

Good

God i want to be pegged so bad....

character development and character assassination is not the same thing

categorize every masculine trait as toxic

categorize things like sucking dick and getting cucked as masculine

prance around on the internet like some kind of faggot while telling men how terrible they are

Nigger.

noooooo

you mustn't think about masculinity through a critical lens, you have to be insecure and worried people will think you're gay at all times

Not even women buys that bullshit giving what kind of men they are attracted to the most, and ain't the "positive traits" masculinity that's for sure.

I agree that lifelong self improvement should be the goal of all men.
Where I split is on the definition of self improvement. For me, self improvement means making sure I'm fit and healthy, looking after my diet and body, constantly learning new skills and knowledge (both for contributing to society and for recreation). That sort of stuff.
However it seems to me like many men sip on the political Kool-Aid too much, and also seem to have a very warped perception of their role in society and relationships (this also applies to many anons on this website, except at the other end of the spectrum). So this leads to an emasculated approach devoid of anything genuinely "progressive", in the true sense of the word.

categorize every masculine trait as toxic

nope, guess again asshat
the homophobia you display is toxic masculinity though, no argument here

women like

racism

men who beat them

men who who are rich

men who manipulate them

men who are taller than them

women do not like

nice men

kind men

gay men

other women

solution

beat women

rape women

beat women again

asshat

Back to plebbit, faggot.

I'm glad that shit flopped when it finally released on Steam.
I've always suspected Sony is fudging their numbers.

soifaggotry

wow, good one. that's me told.

women like twerk, charge dey phone, be bisexual, eat hot chip and lie

great examples of non-toxic masculinity already existed in the 80s, i think people are just annoyed it insists on itself and wants to reinvent the wheel

yup, ditto

Try to glow less next time.

single limp-wristed untermensch samefagging the thread with zesty comebacks

This place is so pozzed now. Feels gay even posting here.

give me manga and anime and books of cool men that are masculine.

it's not genuine it's just aping TLOU and hollywood shit because a. that's all Sony knows how to do anymore apparently and b. they're still fucking mad at Ebert's ghost

nu-gow biggest defender uncucked himself, became a Anon Babblebro, and is currently fucking two women

Seems like a net positive result to me desu.

define "better"

You're literally using Anon Babble. You are a subhuman among sumbhumans calling people subhumans with no self awareness

I am just playing 3 and fuck you.
Kratos is an ashhat and I love him for it. By playing 3 I realize how bad nuKratos is.
The guy is a complete piece of shit and doesn't deserve any kind of redemption.
So you have a character who people who liked him see him now as a basedboy beta male while those who hated him roll their eyes at the attempts to redeem him.
Also fucking Gods is nuGoW are fucking pathetic. They look like average joes. Gods in the OGs actually looked like divine or grotesque beings.
Thor being a fat slob or Odin being a punny grandpa are a far cry of say Ares and Zeus.

This whole thing just makes me think of the difference mens and womens self help books

You must do better, you must improve, it's your mistake which you have to fix

You deserve better, you're perfect as you are, it's not your fault

character in a game has an established personality

make sequel

make him the 100% polar opposite of who he used to be

call it character development

"no, we won't explain what happened to him to cause this change in his personality, btw you're an incel if you see any kind of problem with this"

It's all so tiring.
Even Disney Lucasfilm explained why Luke Skywalker became a sad loser, even if it was a bullshit reason.

I "must" not do anything. If other people want me to engage in a certain type of behavior they need to adequately incentivize me to do so. This pavlov tier language is the hallmark of an NPC. How does becoming woke benefit me?

If Tolkien wrote The Hobbit now, would anons call it pozzed slop because Bilbo relies on his stealthiness and intelligence to defeat his enemies, rather than brute strength?

sometimes men are aggressive in a way that's counterproductive and hurts them and those around them

nu-uh, shut up faggot

The right used to be an intellectual movement, what happened?

yeah, Anon Babble is pretty shit, during the hack I went to other chans, they are better at discussing games. And they ignore shit games like this. But I like the chaos here, and the faggotry is hilarious

Fuck. GoW3 was so good. A quintessential example of a trilogy getting better with each installment.

autistic person doesn't like when things change

more news at 11

who?

Incels

Buzzword that lost all meaning parroted by trannies and their propaganda machine

found the incel

The right used to be an intellectual movement

Is the thread being raided or is it a PJ-ween?

He’s a crying retard faggot who is constantly fooled by others

meh, they call men who fucks regularly incels too so no wonder the word loses all meaningand impact

The right used to be an intellectual movement when it produced people like TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, hasn't been that way since then.

Who thought the main character of "god of war" needed to be concerned about self improvement? He's supposed to be the incarnation of strength and virility, not a role model.

Hang yourself and livestream it. I could use a chuckle.

Joseph Anderson of course, he's /ourguy/.

Shut the fuck and raise Tyrone's baby, kike. Stop promoting weakness.

I bet you could
must be tough, your life

to be a better man you have to stop being a man

No, die subhuman

Left is the same. They lost all credibility when they went against science with cold hard facts, that they wanted to sweep under the rug for the sake of "muh emotions".
This guy is considered to be the second coming of Hitler in lefty circles. Nobel prize winner btw.

youtu.be/HqQ35H8JGEg

this
it's honestly sad

Nigga talking like he is an ancient viking warrior in a videogame board ::skull:: ::skull:: ::skull::

people

nigger literally everyone posting in youtube comments is a bot. even most of the shorts are made by ai. i'm getting bombarded by music with 30 views made by ai.

no he fucking isnt, hes an insufferable hack

no problem with a game having a message
but anyone who consumes that message through a youtuber's "content" is already beyond the message

I wish I was handsome

redditor uses disingenuous dismissal instead of counterargument

more news at 11

They lost all credibility when they went against science

they didn't
you confuse the social attitudes you grew up with science
t. physicist
(btw scientists skew heavily left, wonder why)

female character in a game has an established personality

make sequel

make her the 100% polar opposite of who she used to be

call it character development

"no, we won't explain what happened to her to cause this change in her personality, btw you're an femcel if you see any kind of problem with this"

It's the "we" part of it, it's patronizing.
"we must be better"
no, YOU must be better. don't lump me in with you, you fucking fag, I'm perfectly fine.

Because modern scientists aren't scientists but journalists as the recent scandal about circular references proved.

Tolkien WAS pozzed. He was a bleeding heart liberal who loved jews more than life itself. Bongs are natural slaves

To be better you have to kneel to our idiology

Everything these freaks touch is corrupted and deformed, kill them all

must be nice to just dismiss all of science whenever you feel like
very rational, very smart

this too, i hate how many people are now taught that theres a "correct" way to view something when the beauty of all art is interpretation, everyone can see the same thing in a different way. thats something to be celebrated.
youtube pseuds and 21st century politics have strongarmed the entire population into thinking art is a puzzle that has to be solved, even though thats impossible because you cant have an "objective opinion"

This is so stupid. Transgenderism is a social thing that should be studied just as all social things are. It's fundamentally against the scientific method to be like "well we know there are two sexes, but there are more and more people identifying as different genders. Better just not care about it all and keep narrow mindedly saying that there is only male and female"

Joseph Anderson

/ourguy/.

Bro. No he isn’t.
He has the same problem as Jerma where trannies adore him.

they lost all credibility when they went against science

...

modern scientists aren't scientists

you really don't see the contradiction here
needless to say you've lost all credibility by going against science

I can fix her.

you're just jealous because I have more karma than you, bitch

good thing no straight woman ever got fat
oh wait

That's why gender affirmation surgeries are no longer recommended as a viable option for youths. The science does not support it.

I also blame the music industry culture for contributing to this.

Websites like Genius "explain" the lyrics, and if someone else thinks the literal lyrics have a different subtext or suggest something different to them personally, the default NPC response is not "That's a fascinating alternative perspective, here's what I think...", it's "Actually, the lyrics REAL meaning is <insert here>. Good try though!".

the fatness is far from being the main issue there tbqh

It take effort to be this disingenuous. That or just being a faggot I guess.

cool. Doesn't really have much to do with what I said though

We

I am woke as fuck and I love arguing politics on this board

what is wrong with me, why do I like it so much
feel free to ban me, mods. probably best for everyone

Pretty sure getting fat is the least of her issue tranny bro

I'm not dismissing all science. I'm dismissing the science that isn't science. You're too desperate for attention and the imaginary feeling of winning an internet argument to understand the nuance.
Calling yourself a scientist doesn't make you the entire field of science. There is no contradiction if you take 10 seconds to think about what you're writing before hitting post.

Men already think like that though. Men see Conan the barbarian and think it´s time to hit the gym even though it´s obvious achieving those results is nigh impossible for most. Meanwhile women see the female equivalent and start complaining about how unrealistic and unfair those expectations are.

Striving to become better is pretty relative though. For some it means to perfect their body, for some their craft, for some it means to make more money...

oh please
she'd be hot as fuck if she were still thin
just because you don't like scene girls, gaylord

but there are more and more people identifying as different genders

If this happened organically, then I would agree, but you can find science papers on the influence of media on it both on the US and UK side, and feel free to check who wrote them to make sure that those people are far removed from being on the right side of the political spectrum, because lefties usually do that, they see a research that offers results they personally dont like, and dismiss everything as "rightoid nonsense".
Once the media started astroturfing that shit, the number of people that started coming out as <insert FOTM sexual orientation> increased tenfold. That is not an organic movement. They were literally being corralled by the media .

Neither does your post. Sometimes the answer really is as simple as abnormal and self-destructive brain development or domestic abuse.

bruh that's not scene
that's just ugly subaru outback-driving dyke aesthetic
she looks like she would steer every conversation you have with her towards Roe v Wade

onions cringe

I love him but dont expect a warm response to joms in a god of war thread lol

Yeah this, I'm just sick of this gynocentric bullshit. It's almost impossible to not hate women when this is the message being pushed literally everywhere. The whole concept of incel is just a morally correct way of bullying virgins, which has always been the ultimate goal of women: to put unattractive men down, hell if they could be slaves or not have human rights they would be happy about it.

Masculinity is not for women to define anon. You would be surprised what they consider a good version of masculinity, it's not about you being a good person, it's about what's convenient for them.

BEING A BETTER MAN MEANS VOTING DEMOCRAT YOU CHUD

dey only lie cuz u ain't slappin dem hard enuf

Do we need a scientific study for every fad now? The fact this nonsense only started rising meteorically is proof it's just a fad. There are obviously not "different genders" as they cannot scientifically be proven any more than the kid pretending he's a super hero or the schizo screaming on the street that he has the voice of something in his head. Dressing like a faggot and identifying as thonself doesn't change reality. This "conundrum" was already solved by philosophers in 400 BCE and probably even before that already.

This is why I also respond to questions about women with "How the fuck should I know? Why are you asking a man"? I don't expect or want men to talk on women or vice versa. It's a waste of time. We're better off communicating with the people who will, you know, actually know...

Meant for

The lefts idea of positive masculinity is purely self serving.
To them, good masculinity is when men serve and benefit them. They feel entitled to men's labor, resources, and lives, while women have no duties towards society or men.

Spiderman 2 bombed even harder.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony's numbers were as fake as Enron or Theranos

They can invent whatever they want and there will be people identifying as it in the next months, transgenderism is specially profitable since they can sell you hormones and expensive surgery for life.

They thing about self improvement is the advice has to be useful. Fatherhood stories are actually "trendy" right now about all the lecture style of GoW ruined it.

Because that's literally the whole point of social sciences is to study society. We don't give up on studying dark matter and black holes because much if it can't be scientifically proven. Not everything that is studied is concrete, people will express themselves and that is worth studying. God can't be scientifically proven, yet people still believe in god and we accept it because there's generally no harm in it

hate to break if to you but they're making HRT and stuff illegal so that's just not true. Also the same can be said for literally any disease. Obviously the common cold was engineered by the government to sell more cold medicine, right?

I really hate jews for what they've done but their time is coming soon. I've been a staunch antisemite for a long time and the kinds of opinions that used to make people afraid of being friends with me are now commonly voiced among white men.

Soon guys, soon.

I WILL be a better man
I WILL vote against my self-interest
I WILL eat ze bugs
I WILL pay carbon tax
I WILL uplift minorities while they stab me and loot my home
I WILL get 6 boosters minimum
I WILL raise a black baby
I WILL let my wife party around cause I'm not insecure
I WILL listen to rap music
I WILL hate my race and culture amd ethnicity
I WILL own nothing and I WILL be happy!!!

no only the covid pandemic

Transgenderism is more of a practical solution to a deeper problem, the whole point of it is to make the person feel better because they feel an illness that doesn't let them live happily (gender dysphoria), now, does it work? That's kinda the point, suicide rates don't seem to agree with it, there's more to being transgender than just living your true self, you also become a disgusting freak that most people will look down at, there's no magic button to turn into a cute girl, you don't threat a person with schizophrenia by assuring their delusions are true.

Redditors ruined beards.

It mostly has to do with the fact that it is constantly about "men must be better" even though women are just as capable of being toxic, evil, resentful, and harmful.
I mean the fact that "toxic masculinity" is common lingo yet "toxic femininity" is not just proves my point. I do believe there are douchy dudebro assholes that use intimidation and masculinity as an excuse to be pieces of shit. I also feel like there are MORE women who openly emotionally manipulate and torment people and no one calls them out on it.

If men have to self-improve so do women

It's a humiliation ritual. nothing more. You're going to be marched into the sea at gunpoint one day.

Yep, done. Just like singleplayer games, turn based games, western CRPGs, hero shooters, run and gun games, simulation games, 2D platformers, and 3D platformers.

how do you know the trans suicide rates are from their dysphoria and not from them facing hatred and persecution from people around them?

This shit already failed when Trump got elected, the fucking males for Harris campaign was full of embarrassing moments, of how REAL MEN support women and shit like that, they lost, it's over, nobody wants their shit, they will keep looking for a leftist Joe Rogan so they can groom teenagers but that will never happen, you can't manipulate men as easily as women.

probably because we've never been more tolerant of them than now and they either stay the same or continue to rise, suicide rates for them were pretty low when it was illegal to be one

Repeal the 19th

Don't listen to this we must be better men

I think it's mostly because they have to live in constant pain from dilating, the results are not what they expected, they look ridiculous in a dress, they don't have a functional genitalia anymore and will be in debt forever while taking hormones.
Also, people thinking they're freaks doesn't help, but do you propose we just change how everyone thinks? There has never been a time where people are more accepting of them, it's not only not helping, the suicide rates keep increasing. Is your solution to change all of society instead of not transitioning people?

ork wayz is da best

its so tiring

people inevitably change in time. Homosexuality is more accepted and minorities have more rights, well they did before Trump got into office.

GODDDSSSS
WHERE IS MY WIFE'S SON

Which one was the niggers one? Repeal that while you're at it

Do you think Kratos and Sophitia fucked when he was in soul calibur?

NOOOOOOO YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD COMMIE AND SUPPORT TOTAL EGALITARIANISM AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE OR ELSE YOU'RE NOT A """REAL MAN"""

kwab

Bot? You never even address the actual posts you're responding to, just reading the same script. You're also operating under the assumption that all change is good, people sure did change with the trans shit and now we have a bunch more suicides from it as one example of "change". Life is always changing, it isn't an inherent good in and of itself.

Hamfisted.

How do you know? What does the word mean to you?

the issue is that it's offensive to bring up toxic femininity or even suggest it exists. they only allow one side of the conversation

In a vacuum it's fine. But this message has been beaten to death so unbeleivably hard the last 20 years that it registers now as just nagging.
This is despite the fact men on average are far better (in the way they are talking about) today than in any time of history. Enough already.

The bigger issue is that neither of them exists; shitty personality traits aren't gender exclusive.

This

This but unironically
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_(Greek)