God of War: Laufey Trailer Reaction - Episode 281

About this episode

Matt and Alex react to the God of War: Laufey gameplay trailer and discuss its implications and online criticism.

PlayStation dropped the God of War: Laufey gameplay trailer at State of Play this month, and Matt and Alex were EXCITED. In this episode, they react live to the reveal before unpacking what they saw. From Faye's combat style and the weight behind her character design, to the introduction of antagonists Sekhmet and Begtse, the return of Bear McCreary, and the tantalising threads connecting back to the 2018 game. They also get into the online criticism that followed the trailer, and why it does...

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Alex

Topics covered

• game trailer reaction
• character design
• gameplay analysis
• online criticism
• video game culture

Keywords

• God of War
• Laufey
• trailer reaction
• Faye
• Sekhmet
• Bear McCreary
• State of Play
• video games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PlayStation

Products: God of War: Laufey

Books & works: 2018 game

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