God of War

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  1. Hochbichler
    Dec 14, 2022
    8
    God of War is 2022 PC release of the 2018 PS4 highly praised action adventure game. It is the fifth major installment in the long standing God of War series, which up until this game has dealt exclusively with Greek mythology. I am a total newcomer to this series and part of the appeal for me was the new Norse mythology series which started with this game. Now I did not expect any miraclesGod of War is 2022 PC release of the 2018 PS4 highly praised action adventure game. It is the fifth major installment in the long standing God of War series, which up until this game has dealt exclusively with Greek mythology. I am a total newcomer to this series and part of the appeal for me was the new Norse mythology series which started with this game. Now I did not expect any miracles in terms of graphics, but boy was I wrong. The game look stunningly beautiful, super hi-res textures, greater Norse colors and several huge breathtaking animations (mostly in the first parts of the story). In this regard, the game was spotless. It must have been quite a step up in graphics quality from the PS4. Next thing I loved is the lore. Norse mythology appeals to me quite a lot and this game is full of it. Actually that was the thing that brought my attention to the God of War. Obviously the developers bend the mythology here and there to fit their God of War universe (quite a lot actually), but I think it is done with love and I had mostly no problems with it. Next thing is the music, which was great, topical, non intrusive. And all these together make up the atmosphere of the game. Obviously it was fantastic. So far so good right? Well there were a few things I did not like about the game. Now the story as such is not bad, but generally it is a little bit predictable, I do no like that. Before I started playing I thought I would have tough time with the kid, but it was not so bad, Atreus kinda grew on me a little bit. The relationship between him and his father is maybe a little bit one-dimensional given that it is the centerpiece of the whole game. Sometimes the game cannot hide its console roots, for example the controls are really console like, I do not like that. The combat is a bit souls like, also not my favorite way of combat, but not bad either. The map is stupid, you cannot really zoom in or see paths or anything really. And the manual save (probably added for PC only?) did not work for me at all, any time I tried to load a manually saved position, I started at a previous checkpoint regardless. I played on hard difficulty and it was plenty hard for me, I never really thought about trying the highest difficulty. The story and the whole game really, is pretty short and small in size. Marginal horse armor type microtransaction and no SJW bull at all. Wow, I almost did not want to believe that. Good job.

    First few hours really got me, I was thrilled and thought this was gonna become one of my all time favorite. But then it kinda ebbed away and I was left with conflicting feelings, I was entertained but the game initially promised more. It is a pity that it took them four years to release God of War on PC. Like PC version is only an afterthought? As a PC master race, I find this unacceptable. Final Verdict: 83 %    … Expand
  2. MetaKritiker90
    Aug 11, 2023
    10
    One of the very best games ever made. The story, characters, music, combat, everything is just absolutely mindboggingly amazing! One of my absolute favourites.
  3. poezar
    Jan 18, 2022
    10
    I have to admit ,this is my first time playing God of War. This game is still legend until PC release. Good story line ,perfect voice acting and stunning graphics.
  4. Sepherim
    Jun 15, 2023
    9
    God of War sin duda es un paso adelante en la franquicia que eclipsa a los anteriores que, en su mejor caso, eran mediocres. Y es que GoW reinicia en muchos sentidos la franquicia y la cambia profundamente en todos los sentidos. Primero, la historia, ahora importa y tiene interés y no es una sucesión de estupideces por justificar más violencia gratuita sino que hay una evolución deGod of War sin duda es un paso adelante en la franquicia que eclipsa a los anteriores que, en su mejor caso, eran mediocres. Y es que GoW reinicia en muchos sentidos la franquicia y la cambia profundamente en todos los sentidos. Primero, la historia, ahora importa y tiene interés y no es una sucesión de estupideces por justificar más violencia gratuita sino que hay una evolución de personajes, muchos más grises, etc. Además, el tratamiento de la mitología (aún con algunas libertades) es mucho mejor aquí que en lo anterior, lo cual para mi es muy importante. Añadimos a esto una jugabilidad realmente buena, que brilla en todos sus aspectos desde el combate a la exploración, y el juego es realmente redondo. Quizás le habría venido bien algo más de progresión en el árbol de habilidades y esas cosas, llega un punto que si eres un poco completista tienes muchos más puntos de experiencia y dinero del que realmente vas a poder usar jamás. Y sin duda le habría venido bien algo más de variedad de enemigos, aunque los que hay son suficientemente diferentes entre si como para que no se note demasiado. Y tengo sentimientos encontrados con respecto a la región de las nieblas porque no entiendo por qué meter una región a farmear en un juego así, si no es por alargar las horas de juego artificialmente.

    Gráficamente el juego es espectacular, con escenarios y localizaciones muy diversas y que van cambiando con los eventos y unos personajes muy detallados y cuidados desde en sus animaciones de combate a las expresiones faciales, etc. El sonido es igualmente impecable, con una música excelente, unas voces que transmiten un montón y unos efectos de sonido perfectos. Además, al menos en mi partida, no me encontré ningún bug. Eso si, el port a PC debería haber estado algo más optimizado y sin duda no hay justificación que se me ocurra para que no haya una opción para poner el juego a pantalla completa.

    Pero vamos, algunas sombrillas puntuales en lo que es una experiencia excelentísima que realmente vale la pena. Una maravilla de juego. Un 9.    … Expand
  5. AzorAhay
    Dec 30, 2022
    9
    This game is close to perfection, have some little problems like repetitive mobs, couples bosses and end game is just grind. Optimization is good, graphic also good, story enjoyable I will say, don't wait this game will change you're life, but you will enjoy the story and this game.
  6. hileger
    Jan 19, 2023
    8
    Тупо топ не обсирайте деда лучше его аутиста сына ..................................
  7. Megalovirus
    Mar 31, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego con una buena historia 8, música que cumple y ya pone en atmósfera 7, pero vaya será que soy nuevo en los god of war. Pero cuando te dicen que Dios de la guerra piensas en pelear y descuartizar y no resolver puzzles, cargar con un infante molesto,y enemigos cada 20 minutos separados de adivina así otro puzzle. Incluso la pelea del dragon Es una cinemática al 70%.. Esperaba más acción y menos película. No obstante la calidad técnica es buena, el rendimiento, pero tiene muchas características de un juego casual y comercial.… Expand
  8. Sapdvach_MurMur
    Apr 15, 2023
    2
    Перехайпленное уныльцо. Рескин tlou, но с наихудшей боевкой, состоящей чуть менее чем полностью из затыкивания по капле урона нескольких классов бомжей, живущих в мире из помоек, по которым просто так разбросаны сундуки с невнятной прокачкой и клоунской не атмосферной головоломочной системой открытия, от такого сюра и у героев поехала крыша и даже кратос, куда уж до него раздражающемуПерехайпленное уныльцо. Рескин tlou, но с наихудшей боевкой, состоящей чуть менее чем полностью из затыкивания по капле урона нескольких классов бомжей, живущих в мире из помоек, по которым просто так разбросаны сундуки с невнятной прокачкой и клоунской не атмосферной головоломочной системой открытия, от такого сюра и у героев поехала крыша и даже кратос, куда уж до него раздражающему пакостнику, персонаж ни о чем… Expand
  9. tigor91
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    До этого играл на PS4. Решил перепройти на PC. Благо обнавил компьютер. Графон хорош.
    Хорошая история в красивой обертке. Если привык играть в игры с открытым миром, то игра может не пойти (игра жестко коридорного типа).
  10. VikingLord
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Best game I played in the last 10 years can't wait for the next one to come out
  11. BOLVECK
    Feb 19, 2022
    9
    this game is just perfect, glad was released also on PC so other can play it, even when i love the old play style, this new game mechanics are great, graphics are stunting m/
  12. Zinaldo
    Sep 4, 2023
    6
    game-play and combat are extremely boring and like 6th generation games also boss fights are repetitive
    game story is childish and not interesting
    only the game graphics are incredible
  13. the_lion_81090
    Jan 20, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best Game from Sony. I like this game. The graphics are very nice. I hope that all Playstation games come on PC… Expand
  14. Kindlar
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    This game is a triumph on all fronts.

    I had so much fun. The story was moving, and at some points taught this old man how to be a better father. The Norse Mythology was handled in a new and respectful way. The world was just a joy to explore, with beautiful vistas, some terrifying hellscapes. The characters and interaction was excellent. You do not need to have played the first    This game is a triumph on all fronts.

    I had so much fun. The story was moving, and at some points taught this old man how to be a better father.

    The Norse Mythology was handled in a new and respectful way.

    The world was just a joy to explore, with beautiful vistas, some terrifying hellscapes. The characters and interaction was excellent.

    You do not need to have played the first set to enjoy this wonder, but I would recommend watching one of the videos of the story to far.    … Expand
  15. Pipechile1844
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Solo decir que es una obra maestra que volví a rejugar en mi ps5, esperando la 2da entrega
  16. Sanek2018ru
    Jun 27, 2022
    9
    The story is amazing, but in the gameplay no without flaws. PC version gave the game to reveal in stable 60 frames.
  17. apokalipto
    Aug 18, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  18. FirstSpawn
    Mar 22, 2022
    9
    По моему мнению, это одна из лучших игр своего времени!
  19. bar0yka
    Dec 26, 2022
    10
    10 AMK 10 tek kötü yanı bos fightları çeşitli değil .
  20. matee75
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    One of the best videogame experiences for me. It is a truly well-crafted scenery and story with a satisfying and fluid gameplay. Filled with interesting side quests, it took about 40 hours to do everything,except some chests that were left behind. Kudos for the single shot camera. Glad they ported it to PC.
  21. LynnxsSnow
    Aug 4, 2023
    10
    This game is just very awesome. Don't skip it, is a true MUST Play. A new beginning for Kratos, i've hoped that had a third game but... Ragnarok is already here.
  22. RockerKR
    Sep 16, 2022
    9
    Authors made wholesome adventure out of simple task. There were only few significant characters, but every of them was extremely expressive. Variety of skills and abilities made the combat satysfaying. Unfortunately the enemies were repetetive, they just got new skins or could wield other elements. Engaging story kept high pace of action, together with few surprising plot twists madeAuthors made wholesome adventure out of simple task. There were only few significant characters, but every of them was extremely expressive. Variety of skills and abilities made the combat satysfaying. Unfortunately the enemies were repetetive, they just got new skins or could wield other elements. Engaging story kept high pace of action, together with few surprising plot twists made extraordinary expernience. Additionally using of camera movement and angles were on the highest level. It made cutscenes and combat much more epic and amazing. All that makes this game one of the best RPG ever made.… Expand
  23. skdcraw
    Oct 30, 2022
    9
    I finally had the opportunity to play God of War, which I could never play for a long time because I never had a Playstation. I have to say that I am biased towards the game, because there is a Game of the Year issue that we all know. GoW stole Game of the Year from RDR 2. Yes, he stole it. At least that's what I thought. After playing RDR 2, I had never, ever (for a long time at least)I finally had the opportunity to play God of War, which I could never play for a long time because I never had a Playstation. I have to say that I am biased towards the game, because there is a Game of the Year issue that we all know. GoW stole Game of the Year from RDR 2. Yes, he stole it. At least that's what I thought. After playing RDR 2, I had never, ever (for a long time at least) convinced myself that no game could ever be this good. How good could GoW be? As I do in every review, I will examine GoW in 3 stages and try to explain how good a game it is.

    Let's start with the art design first. GoW looks great. Simply great. I have never seen realms in Norse mythology portrayed so beautifully. Nilheim's irritability, Jotunheim's gigantic and sublime portrayed so beautifully that this game. Realms is the first part of the game, of course, but it's not just that. The game looks beyond great indoors, too. Recently, games have been trying to avoid the quality of the coating and give importance to the lighting, aiming to both look beautiful and not put a load on the graphics card. But GoW has better skins that I haven't seen in a long time. Of course, although this upsets players who do not have good graphics cards, you can turn down the settings whenever you want. When we leave painting and go to music, we come across great music again. While the music isn't very characteristic, it's certainly not just epic war music. It was perfect for any music playing situation. The character voiceovers are also absolutely fantastic. It looks like they worked hard on the effects, even though it wouldn't normally be noticeable. Especially how beautiful the sound of that ax moving is.

    Story. As someone who hasn't played previous GoWs, the scenes referring to previous games even got me excited. Even though I didn't play it, I knew what a concept it was after all. I can say that I absolutely appreciate the game as a father-son story. The characters really make sense, nothing is rushed. As his father, we can watch Atreus grow up and change as he learns new things. Well, since we are not such a great father, it turns out to be a pleasant story to follow. However, my favorite part of the story is definitely the last 5 hours of the game. There is also a marvelous finale during this time when the enjoyment of the game is definitely at its maximum. So much so that this finale was made to get people excited for the next game. Although I am not a close follower of the series, I am curious about Ragnarok.

    Let's come to the subject where GoW failed the most compared to the other two categories. By the way, it's still one of the best games in terms of gameplay. However, the most mistakes are seen in the gameplay part. For example, the game's biggest flaw. There is no boss fight in the game. There is, but there is little. So the number of special bosses in the game is very small. However, boss fights are incredibly enjoyable. Normally it's not that bad to kill the same boss multiple times, because you'll see how much he's improved and how much easier he can kill now, but if you're killing that boss 6-7 times it's just boring now. The special bosses of the game are very enjoyable. Tired of the cinematic of the main bosses and looking for a challenge for yourself? Go cut the valkyries. The game is definitely enjoyable in terms of fighting mechanics. Whenever you get bored, you open a new feature and start using it. I'm not even counting shooting arrows with the guy next to you. Most begin to play a critical mission in war. Atreus is such a beautiful piece that for these fights, if you ask in the game, no one will say that he controls 2 people. But yes, we control two people in this game. Although the game does a lot to prevent you from getting bored, unfortunately, the variety of enemies is not enough after a while. However, this is just a minor fault of a very good game. It's not a big criticism.

    GoW is a very enjoyable game. I still don't think it's better than RDR 2, but I used to think it was incomparable. The two games are pretty comparable. Gaming tastes certainly vary from culture to culture. GoW is a very cinematic game. And a more refined game. I mean, you are playing a game and you are aware of it. RDR 2 is almost a simulation. And both are perhaps the best of its kind.    … Expand
  24. gwynbleidd27
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    An absolute masterpiece of a game, combat is fun, story is pretty good and Kratos is a **** badass. This game is **** amazing and surprisingly well optimized at launch. 10/10
  25. cire2k
    Jan 18, 2022
    10
    if all the game can be like this one.. just a masterpiece.. tx to all the person who work on this one that kind of chef d"oeuvre are so rare now ..... tx a lot
  26. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Great game! I've played the previous entries when I was younger (even if I reckon I did not had the age to do that) and I liked it and so, but always thought Kratos was an jerk and never related to him. For me, the previous entries where just an excuse to see gore and boobas on the PS2. But damn, this 2018 entry... I even started to like Kratos after that. Good freaking plot, and theGreat game! I've played the previous entries when I was younger (even if I reckon I did not had the age to do that) and I liked it and so, but always thought Kratos was an jerk and never related to him. For me, the previous entries where just an excuse to see gore and boobas on the PS2. But damn, this 2018 entry... I even started to like Kratos after that. Good freaking plot, and the badass father that Kratos has became kinda reminds me my own freaking badass father.… Expand
  27. vova22379
    Dec 3, 2022
    6
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  28. Dome361
    Jan 15, 2023
    9
    -Story ist gut erzählt
    -Gute Boss fights
    -oft selbes Charaktermodell in den Bossfights
    9/10
  29. piglordofallham
    Mar 5, 2022
    6
    I had heard a great deal of things about the latest installment of "God of War." I heard it was a departure from the original series, a vast retooling of the original mechanics to explore a more story-driven third-person action experience.. and it vastly sucks compared to anything I've touched in the genre. By that I mean, compared to all other action games in the history of action gamesI had heard a great deal of things about the latest installment of "God of War." I heard it was a departure from the original series, a vast retooling of the original mechanics to explore a more story-driven third-person action experience.. and it vastly sucks compared to anything I've touched in the genre. By that I mean, compared to all other action games in the history of action games so far, God of War: Skyrim Edition is the single worst title I've ever played. This isn't because Norse of War is notoriously bad, but because its pompous. Its vain. Its overtly injecting drama into a script that didn't call for one. Its preachy, its shallow, its overall presentation has more in common with a DVD interactive menu than an actual videogame.

    Graphics? Who cares when you can only see in a field 72 degrees around you and are expected to somehow be able to fight multiple enemies in every direction. Granted they are stupid enemies that can be cheesed by axe throwing them to death, and you can even do this to enemies that are outside of aggro range, which is either broken or poorly programmed, but I couldn't tell you which is more hilarious. Dialogue? Who cares how well its delivered when it stinks to high heaven, when every other word out of the blue dwarf is f**k while you're talking to him about upgrading your armor. Who cares about dialogue when the worst sequence in the game is anytime you are locked into a cutscene and are unable to skip it? Who cares about dialogue when scripted events like "walking across the room while carrying a wounded boar as terribly written lines are exchanged" is less fun than buying toilet paper at store?

    The BOY is a terrible, terrible, awful, hideous, stupid, meandering, and woefully misused character. He is most of the reason why I stopped playing. With extremely amazing lines like, "CAN WE GO NOW," or "I BET THIS IS HOW TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE IN THIS ROOM" or "WOW DAD YOU ARE BEING ATTACKED RIGHT NOW THAT'S CRAZY." Wow, what endlessly amazing superfluous and garbage-tier dialogue, which is also on repeat throughout the entire game. Enjoy traipsing through majestic landscapes that only consist of a lake the size of a puddle, a few large rooms, a boss fight (which is always obvious) and then back-tracking through the same section so the level designers can pretend that changing the coat of paint on the walls, opening some doors, or pretending extra trinkets to find are actual reasons to make you play through the same area twice. Puzzles are so dumb my dog wrote them for the game- no really- he actually works for SONY and recently did the lead character design for Alloy in the new "Horizon - Zero Dawn" game. He was hired on as a consultant, because they wanted the main character to appeal more to dogs that might enjoy being able to relate to a dog-faced woman as a lead character.

    Kratos is a stump of a character. I don't know what you could actually do with him in all seriousness. He is basically a self-insert mythological joke of a character, and nobody actually took him as a well meaning or sympathetic character. The old games were more about raunchy, bloody, raw fights with the occasional nudity that most 13 year olds (myself included) absolutely loved. I think they're great distractions, they don't really have a cohesive story, but who cares? They weren't really about that. This new Kratos is painted as some kind of stoic, silent and brooding old dude who can't decide if he hates his obnoxious little brat of a son or actually kind of enjoys his company. If anything at least the comedic side-kick angle has been worked to death now. All-in-all, the game is way to melodramatic, too cutscene heavy and lacks the grit, fun or nudity from the older games. The new axe gets boring after 2 hours, having to mash an extra button so your AI companion actually fires his bow was probably just developers being lazy and the camera is so bad that it caused me to stop playing after 5 hours. Difficulty doesn't feel right on any setting as "baby-mode" story is ridiculously easy, but "Give me slightly above normal" adds more health to every enemy, drawing fights out to a ridiculous degree. Three troll fights in and I honestly couldn't believe it was the exact same fight again- it was like something out of "Batman Arkham Asylum," ironically another game with a slow, boring protagonist who takes up way too much of the screen for me to see what is going on. Sorry about all the money and talent that was wasted on such a mediocre product.    … Expand
  30. kevcap09
    Jan 18, 2022
    10
    I loved this game on my ps4 in full hd at 30fps and it looked gorgeous, but playing it on pc is a hugely better experience.
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#3 Best PC Game of 2022
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    God of War is more or less a game for everyone who is not afraid of action gameplay and appreciates good narrative and production quality. It's also great to watch, so it can be recommended to extended family members over the series. [Issue#317]
  2. GameWatcher
    Feb 24, 2022
    90
    After more than 55 hours spent playing, I’m still awed by just how great God of War is. This is the result of a clear, determined vision, its separate elements harmonizing almost perfectly to deliver an experience that understands the series’ blood-soaked origins but is also not afraid to push it into a more mature and nuanced direction. Kratos and Atreus’ relationship develops naturally as does their understanding of the foreign land they’re journeying through. The story takes its time, never rushing its satisfying reveals, and making way for a set of surprisingly personal boss fights, while the continuous camera shot used throughout the game is a masterstroke in terms of presentation. All this is built around a snappy and responsive combat system that has more depth than you’re initially led to believe. There are more jaw-dropping surprises I didn’t touch upon simply because it’s best that you experience them for yourself. Looking back, aside from the port’s few performance flaws, my only real complaint has to do with Sony taking this long to bring the game to PC.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Feb 20, 2022
    99
    God of War merges all its gameplay elements into one excellent package, dressed in unparalleled direction and amazing storytelling. The scale of the narrative, the divine but always human Kratos, the "boy" who sees everything with childlike enthusiasm, all this offers the player a thrilling story that has at its heart the most human and natural relationship between a parent and his child. Regardless of preference, God of War is a must-see title. Benchmark for each and all its elements and still fresh in 2022.
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