God of War II: wasted glitch potential

[flyalmasters]

now thats what i call a GLITCH... :D

[NICONICER]

Hi, how do you switch so fucking fast between sub weapons? I tried it but it takes me about .5 of a second to switch back to the hammer and I've fallen halfway by then. I can barely do 2 hammer jumps let alone the ones you do. Please help me with a full explanation on how you swtich between sub weapons. Thanks

[AKheon]

Hello. The most important thing that you must remember is that you're in less of a hurry to do the trick than you think. Wait until the weapons screen has faded out, only then press R2 and L1 (in a quick succession). Also read the other replies I've written to comments for this vid, there's more info there.

[JFCalibur88]

Too bad akheon. Would have been nice to swim this early on. But I think it would have had issues later on. The entire first part of this game is centered around a number of phases battling the giant. The speed via a swimming glitch may have been wasted since defeating each of his forms cues the next scene.

I still have trouble doing more than two Hammer raises in the air. Any suggestions?

[AKheon]

Yeah, you most likely wouldn't be able to get by the second Colossus with swimming. But it would've been just for fun.

A way I haven't tested yet is trying to approach the first bathing room outside the walls, but it's too difficult to do it.

It's just a matter of timing. You're in less of a hurry than you think. Wait in the weapons menu a bit. Switch weapons and do MotK only after the weapons menu has completely faded out.

[JFCalibur88]

Thanks. I'll have to test that. had no idea that staying in the menu longer would make a difference. Biggest problem is that when I would exit the menu and press R2 to pull out my sub weapon, the game would act as though I never pressed R2 and then it would just be a blade attack.

i tested you glitch discovery on the foot push thing with Colossus. I can attack him but I can't get anywhere near his wrists to initiate the mini games. I also got two other odd glitches to work. I will email you.

[AKheon]

The game has some sub-weapon glitch which makes real-time switching impossible at some periods. Try this, for example: jump into a damaging platform (like the unslowed millwheel at River of the Forgotten), and instantly change weapons via the weapons menu. When you come back to the game, Kratos can't put sub-weapon active at all for a while.

With mere (first-time) changing it happens too. It could be a different phenomena, though, related to weapon information loading slowly.

[BigVEE]

All very nice, but fruitless in the end. How sad. They did say they were trying harder to 'cockblock' such glitching. (that's the feeling I got anyway) They certaily fucked over the Homerun effect. (twice if you count the CoO Demo) It is what makes finding a way around their safegaurds that much sweeter. Apparently they don't understand that part of their base (the hardcore portion) likes these things...

[AKheon]

It's counterproductive for them to reduce the ways people can play their games. Sure, NURs and stuff like that are a given, but a true pacifist run? Imagine how cool would that be.

[BigVEE]

It would be nice to allow for a great variety of run types in planning. Clearly GoW1's Clone Fight didn't have NUR/NUR+ conditions in mind in the slightest. GoWII had specialty runs in mind for certain but instead of progressively tending to the interest of speedrunners/glitchers, they fought savagely to find ways to reduce it to just beating things to death in a hurry. At least half the game has been broken but GoW1 is just so much better suited to that sort of thing.

Homeruns..my favorite

[addaminsain]

You seem to have a pretty good grasp of the IJ.

Am I right in thinking firing the ballista at the colossus focused his attention on the correct area?

[AKheon]

Yeah, firing the rock at him brings him to the battle mode.

[zxcv017l]

I tried all the possibility to find more swimming glitch but not any successes yet .but if u will find any one then it will be very good for u and game .you will be the first man {best of luck}

[AKheon]

I'm doing my best.

[SapunMan]

1, 2: is the word you're looking for "useless" ?

So, by the looks of 3, 4, 5, a swimming glitch is impossible in GoW II, right?

[kevbew63]

What? Yes you can activate swimming glitches in GoWII.

[SapunMan]

Oh, now I remember. Yes, you're right, I shoudl've thought twice about commenting, sorry. I remember about the one after Euryale's defeat...

[AKheon]

There are a couple of spots we know swimming glitch is possible.