God of War developer Cory Balrog crying to reviews.


For game director Cory Barlog, the past five years have been a real pain in the neck. Making video games is no easy task, and he's been the director of God of War at a time when it's making the most radical change to its formula since its birth of existence.


So when it came time for review embargo, he was understandably nervous. For him the positive feedback from his team wasn't enough to convince him that it'd be successful, he needed to see it for himself.




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At the moment of embargo he flipped his webcam on and started recording his reaction to official reviews. And as we've come to find out the game hasn't just been received well, it's the highest rated new PS4 title in history with a 95% Metacritic average.


Below was his reaction:



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