God of War (2018) - glitches and observations pt. 1
92Some miscellaneous finds in God of War (2018).
Note: this was played on the unpatched version. Some of these glitches have been fixed with patches since then.
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0:00 - in the unpatched version, it's possible to 'recall' Kratos' axe from a sheath. If you 'recall' and immediately sheathe the axe repeatedly, you can keep recalling the axe again and again at a surprising speed. Each recall can also hurt enemies if Kratos is standing right next to them at a certain angle, making this a weird but inefficient combat tactic.
I've heard from Ragnell that recalling axe when it's sheathed was fixed in some early patch already, though.
0:17 - if you time amulet use at a careful time so that it becomes buffered behind Pause-menu, then switch the amulet to something else, you get to use the amulet without any cooldown. Yes, this is the same motion as when starting the glitch Runic Slide, except with amulet use instead of Runic attacks.
Not sure if this could come in handy as a combat tactic anywhere. The timing is rather precise and fiddling with menus already costs some time that would be potentially saved from having multiple uses of amulet effects.
In addition, this doesn't work with all amulets. For instance, the health and rage regenerating amulets do nothing if you use them like this.
0:56 - it's sometimes possible to leave Atreus behind if you use prompts through walls using the prompt buffer glitch.
When meeting Brok the 1st time, leaving Atreus behind results in the game not progressing at all since the start of the Brok cutscene relies on Atreus being close by. However, this can be fixed by backtracking over the shimmy again and using it again so that Atreus jumps on Kratos' back.
1:56 - an alternative way to save time whenever Kratos' speed is rubberbanded to non-existence is to recall axe and then walk a few steps. For some reason the few steps after a recall are immune rubberbanding, allowing you to slowly walk through an area instead of becoming completely stopped.
This trick also relies on recalling a sheathed axe, so it probably doesn't work on current versions.
2:34 - just for fun, I did a massive leap through the temple in Alfheim using a special climb prompt + prompt buffer glitch. This sent Kratos hanging on nothingness with everything unloaded around him, with a nice view of the corridor he came through from out of bounds.
3:02 - I tested creating a custom cramped space by taking damage while carrying a light crystal around some more, and found two more spots to go Out of Bounds from inside Alfheim. But so far, neither spot is useful.
If you breach the wall near the spot where you create a light bridge to get back to the area with the bowl, there is actually a little bit of invisible floor there. But not enough to get across the whole gap - you most likely either fall out of bounds or on the floor with the light crystal pedestal.
3:48 - how loyal of Atreus to even jump in OoB to try to rescue Kratos' life.
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