God of War: Ascension - glitches and observations pt. 8
6Some more miscellaneous finds from my recent "glitch run" through this game. Warning, loud volume at 1:55 or so.
I: just to show what it looks like if you miss a tether / grab to a Cyclops.
II: a magic effects glitch that happens if you cast the Ice Magic two times in a row too fast.
III: using air Tether, you are able to break out at some of these R1 examination prompts. You can tell if you have broken out if Kratos is in the hunched idle stance with Blades in hands while the message is showing. You can move Kratos for a short time as the camera zooms out until you lose control of him again. You might be able to create unique break-outs this way if there were any other prompts close by, but so far there is no great use to this glitch.
IV: an R1 examination prompt also interrupts magic casting.
V: you can pick up two world weapons instead of one by pressing R1 repeatedly. It might be a frame precise thing, and serves no purpose.
VI: doing attacks during a world weapon's "sheathe" animation can cause minor glitches. Here's an example of how the Club air attacks become glitchy looking.
(Not on the vid: you can also glitch up opening health / magic chests using a sheathe animation. Force Kratos to sheathe as you start opening the chest, and the chest opens up much faster than normal. Could be a nice speed strategy on NG.)
VII: managed to freeze the Gorgon in a glitchy way, in the middle of its rushing animation. It was frozen without any graphical effects, and the attack continued instantly after it thawed again.
VIII: a strange sound glitch where the audio reverb or something plays super loud for a second. It's official: this game is dangerous to your senses!
IX: Ice Raging the Chimera after cutting off its tail causes a glitchy reaction, whisking both the enemy and Kratos around wildly.
X: doing Ice Magic to Chimera causes the lion's mane texture become translucent, so you can see through it.
XI: Chapter 8's Manticore cinematic QTE part is another place in the game I noticed you can do the strange death collision glitch where you are able to retry right before the "You Are Dead" text appears. This glitch may look strange, but so far it doesn't have many good effects. You can crash the game with it or simply continue playing the game without seeing a thing. Dying while You Are Dead-screen is on causes nothing special to happen? Yep, guess not.
Who knows if this death collision glitch would work anywhere with frame precise timing? But again, it doesn't seem to have much point, so.
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