Hello! I went ahead and installed this 'Clean Invisible Armor and Wrist Armor' mod that was on the nexus, and it seemed to work fine. You should be able to download and install this mod (his instructions are in the downloaded zip file on his page), and then load up my save and the invisible armor and invisible wrist armor should be there and able to be equipped. Any of those mods should be able to work with my save--if there are any issues or incompatibilities please let me know and I can try to see if I can fix them somehow.
That I couldn't tell you--I just tried it through my Microsoft Edge and I didn't get an error--but it came from my system so that is hardly surprising. I can promise you it is a direct copy+paste of my game.sav files from my 'C:\Users\Krazzee\Saved Games\God of War\1638' folder, which is my specific, local folder for the game. There has been no tampering or editing of the file, it's a direct copy and paste of my save, and I have not seen any errors pop up on it at any time which is very odd. I went ahead and re-scanned my zip with VirusTotal and here were the results, it showed no malicious items so I am unsure of why your Microsoft Edge generated an error
If you feel uncomfortable using it, I completely understand! However for what it is worth, I can promise you I have nowhere near the knowledge nor malicious will to try and do something untoward with a save file--if it is even possible. It is not an exe or a dll or a runnable item, so it has no real "attack vector" to my knowledge.
I am playing the game for the first time right now, so I am just exploring and going through at my own pace. I am not exactly a completionist; I do like seeing things through to the end and wrapping up any loose ends before proceeding, but if a challenge is extremely difficult, I will not waste time trying to solve it, just move on. So I might end up with 95-97% completion and then I will overwrite my save with this to get everything I missed.
What is the GMGOW+ shield and is it necessary? What are the benefits of NG+? Is it just harder, or does it offer new content?
The GMGOW+ Shield is merely a shield skin, and is the only one this file doesn't include (there are two you get for starting New Game Plus, those aren't included either but are instantly gained when you start ng+, so are kind of technically included lol). You earn it by beating New Game + on the Give Me God of War difficulty (aka GMGOW+). There are two shield skins earned by beating the initial New Game playthrough on Give Me God of War as well, and my save has the option to either load with those two shields skins earned, or not. If you don't pick the GMGOW shield skins and you eventually beat GMGOW+ then you will get all 3 shield skins: the two GMGOW shield skins and the GMGOW+ shield skins.
By the way, New Game or NG refers to the very first, initial playthrough of the game--starting at level 1, aka how this save started. NG+ is a second run through the game, which this save is ready for but has not started--it's set for anyone to load it up and immediately select New Game Plus from the menu (it only appears once you have a completed and applicable save, so you won't see it yet)
New Game+ offers a whole lot more than I can say here, I would recommend reading an article or watching a video summary on gow 2018's new game plus mode specifically. But in summary: you can play through the game with your current kratos with all armor and abilities, and you can unlock new armor sets (like Zeus armor, Ares armor, Cod of War armor, etc.) and + versions of talismans and other items.
Enemies will also be stronger, will have new moves, and new enemies can be in new places. It is super fun, and this save is a solid way to experience that as you need to have gained all of the original items in the first NG playthrough in order to unlock the new items in the NG+ play through, and this save has done that and is ready to go right to new game plus!
NG+ items will be red colored at the top of the item card instead of gold or purple or blue or green, etc., which is how you'll know its a new game plus item.
Because anything Red is from New Game Plus, not original New Game. And this save file very specifically has absolutely nothing from NG+, no Red items of any kind. This is a full, 100% complete file of everything that can be found and upgraded in the first, original New Game playthrough--nothing from New Game Plus (aka Red items).
Edit: I should clarify: this save is for those who want to start a fresh New Game Plus playthrough and earn those red items, like the Zeus and Ares armor, and upgrade them themselves. I could not find a save that was 100% NG complete but had 0 red items, so this is for people like me that don't want to replay the first initial playthrough, and want to experience all the new game plus content only.
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If you feel uncomfortable using it, I completely understand! However for what it is worth, I can promise you I have nowhere near the knowledge nor malicious will to try and do something untoward with a save file--if it is even possible. It is not an exe or a dll or a runnable item, so it has no real "attack vector" to my knowledge.
I hope this helps assuage any concerns!
I am playing the game for the first time right now, so I am just exploring and going through at my own pace. I am not exactly a completionist; I do like seeing things through to the end and wrapping up any loose ends before proceeding, but if a challenge is extremely difficult, I will not waste time trying to solve it, just move on. So I might end up with 95-97% completion and then I will overwrite my save with this to get everything I missed.
What is the GMGOW+ shield and is it necessary? What are the benefits of NG+? Is it just harder, or does it offer new content?
By the way, New Game or NG refers to the very first, initial playthrough of the game--starting at level 1, aka how this save started. NG+ is a second run through the game, which this save is ready for but has not started--it's set for anyone to load it up and immediately select New Game Plus from the menu (it only appears once you have a completed and applicable save, so you won't see it yet)
New Game+ offers a whole lot more than I can say here, I would recommend reading an article or watching a video summary on gow 2018's new game plus mode specifically. But in summary: you can play through the game with your current kratos with all armor and abilities, and you can unlock new armor sets (like Zeus armor, Ares armor, Cod of War armor, etc.) and + versions of talismans and other items.
Enemies will also be stronger, will have new moves, and new enemies can be in new places. It is super fun, and this save is a solid way to experience that as you need to have gained all of the original items in the first NG playthrough in order to unlock the new items in the NG+ play through, and this save has done that and is ready to go right to new game plus!
NG+ items will be red colored at the top of the item card instead of gold or purple or blue or green, etc., which is how you'll know its a new game plus item.
Edit: I should clarify: this save is for those who want to start a fresh New Game Plus playthrough and earn those red items, like the Zeus and Ares armor, and upgrade them themselves. I could not find a save that was 100% NG complete but had 0 red items, so this is for people like me that don't want to replay the first initial playthrough, and want to experience all the new game plus content only.