God of War

 PlayStation 4
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 23476 Ratings

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  1. 76dic5
    Apr 23, 2018
    0
    A Dark Solul like ridiculous, trivial and with a gameplay for children. Art and poetry are somewhere else.
  2. arthalcy0n
    Apr 21, 2018
    3
    Сейчас бы в 2018 году выпускать игры с геймплеем, где нужно искать артефакты, осматривая каждый угол локаций. С неудобной камерой осматривать каждый угол, всматриваясь в текстуры и искать, как попасть в закрытую область с сундуком. А если ты что-то пропустил и перешел в следующую локацию, то уже не имеешь возможности вернуться назад, хоть снова начинай. И после всего этого драться сСейчас бы в 2018 году выпускать игры с геймплеем, где нужно искать артефакты, осматривая каждый угол локаций. С неудобной камерой осматривать каждый угол, всматриваясь в текстуры и искать, как попасть в закрытую область с сундуком. А если ты что-то пропустил и перешел в следующую локацию, то уже не имеешь возможности вернуться назад, хоть снова начинай. И после всего этого драться с неудобным управлением, бросая кривой топор во врагов и возвращать его. Бои просто ужасные - кое-как прицелился, бросил топор, вернул топор, снова кое-как прицеливаться. Вся игра сводится к собирательству и однотипным боям с одними и теми же врагами. Радует в игре только картинка и отдельно поставленные сцены. Но в целом игра ужасна. Такое даже игрой не назовешь.… Expand
  3. casdas
    Apr 20, 2018
    5
    I will not say this is a bad game at all, but this is not a GoW game at all. Where is the thundering sound track?, Where are the stunning landscapes?, Where are the mighty Titans?, Why is there a child?, Where is the square, square, triangle formula? Where is Kratos? He used to be a tough guy blinded by his vengeance desires. Now is a melancholic dude that keeps saying "I do don´t know".I will not say this is a bad game at all, but this is not a GoW game at all. Where is the thundering sound track?, Where are the stunning landscapes?, Where are the mighty Titans?, Why is there a child?, Where is the square, square, triangle formula? Where is Kratos? He used to be a tough guy blinded by his vengeance desires. Now is a melancholic dude that keeps saying "I do don´t know". Well I know, this is not a GoW game!… Expand
  4. amed_fonseca
    Apr 29, 2018
    6
    El juego estaba muy bien hasta el último parche que arruino la iluminación y genero pixeleo y framerate inestable esperemos que lo corrijan pronto por que la experiencia es muy mala después del último parche.
  5. enigma1990
    Apr 30, 2018
    7
    This is my honest opinion. I had high expectations from the game but it was mediocre at best. The main quest had a good story. It was emotional and made you care about the characters. But once you finish the main quest there's not much to do. I mean there are a few fetch quests, boss battles, and rescue missions but other than that there's not much. The gameplay was solid and the combatThis is my honest opinion. I had high expectations from the game but it was mediocre at best. The main quest had a good story. It was emotional and made you care about the characters. But once you finish the main quest there's not much to do. I mean there are a few fetch quests, boss battles, and rescue missions but other than that there's not much. The gameplay was solid and the combat system was satisfying. The game did punish you and it had the classic GOW formula where you get to point A but you can't unlock point A without item Z. The other thing I didn't like was the back tracking. I found it cumbersome. I understand they were trying something innovative with the no-cut camera and that was fine because there weren't any load screens. But I just found the back tracking annoying. Other than that if you've got 20-25 hours to kill it's a great game.… Expand
  6. Dohmein
    Apr 21, 2018
    4
    Its a gorgeous game no question however its repetitive and full of backtrack but the biggest issue is there is just not enough. Half the game time is puzzles or running back to places when you are able. Not my kind of game for sure. I would rather have more combat than 20 hours of puzzling or trying to figure out silly puzzles and backtracking all over the world.. They could have doneIts a gorgeous game no question however its repetitive and full of backtrack but the biggest issue is there is just not enough. Half the game time is puzzles or running back to places when you are able. Not my kind of game for sure. I would rather have more combat than 20 hours of puzzling or trying to figure out silly puzzles and backtracking all over the world.. They could have done so much more but they chose to make it pretty which I cant knock but pretty over substance never wins. Voice acting is fantastic. Combat is mediocre at best… Expand
  7. teknocat
    Jan 13, 2019
    0
    boring. 1 tedious battle after another, with a few predictable puzzles thrown in. a friend lent it to me for the weekend, took it back on saturday morning. if you are into borning crap, this is for you.
  8. rafinhamilgrau
    Oct 2, 2018
    0
    This franchise, unfortunelaty killed the old traditional gameplay which got many fans from this games. I prefer the Hack and Slash of the older God Of War.
  9. lomira2014
    Apr 23, 2018
    0
    god of war has lost a lot of things. let me list them.
    first, the character. previous series were driven by it's character of Kratos. GoW killed it's character. Kratos somehow became father figure.
    secondly, it doesn't have catchy soundtrack like notorious 'rage of sparta'. this game is colorless tasteless. thirdly whenever I'm getting into combat, conversation starts out of nowhere and    god of war has lost a lot of things. let me list them.
    first, the character. previous series were driven by it's character of Kratos. GoW killed it's character. Kratos somehow became father figure.
    secondly, it doesn't have catchy soundtrack like notorious 'rage of sparta'. this game is colorless tasteless.
    thirdly whenever I'm getting into combat, conversation starts out of nowhere and it inturrupts the concentration. and it was very annoying.
    next up, degraded action elements. in last series kratos was crazy flies every where punishes every thing, like a real warrior. he is now just a normal human. that's what I don't really like
    moving on, there is no more emotional driver. previous season, enemies taunted the principal character, and actually made me really want to punish them. and it never failed to gift me with sweet revenge. there is no more such thing in this game.
    plus, the game has failed to balance the difficulty level.
    I mean I get that GoW franchise had a lot of hype. but tediously simillar monsters make me really want to quit.
    now it's just common aaa action game to be honest    … Expand
  10. akinunver
    Apr 27, 2018
    6
    Finished the game now. Not a bad game at all, but definitely over-hyped and not very deserving of the top scores it got. Fine, a story can be linear and your actions could have practically zero influence on the outcome, but at least linear games have to give you exploration and open side quests option. The linearity of the game is just so frustrating that you are even physically bound inFinished the game now. Not a bad game at all, but definitely over-hyped and not very deserving of the top scores it got. Fine, a story can be linear and your actions could have practically zero influence on the outcome, but at least linear games have to give you exploration and open side quests option. The linearity of the game is just so frustrating that you are even physically bound in your actions: you can park your boat to THIS particular space, you can climb specifically from THIS particular side of the wall, you can fight precisely in THIS limited space and nowhere else, these all pile up into a very anti-climactic experience.

    The story is good, voice acting and graphics are also good, but combat dynamics are very stale, hugely disappointing and repetitive boss fights (oh why don't you like the same EXACT monster in four different elemental states given to you as if new bosses?), upgrades are very static and relationships between characters are under-done, maybe with the exception of Kratos-Atreus. It is as if nobody else lives in the vast world this adventure takes place other than the 5-6 main characters.

    Overall, it took me about 2 days to finish this in medium difficulty and was just so underwhelmed by the whole experience that I didn't even bother to do post-game ending exploration. Linear stories can be done well (see: last of us), but this game isn't one of them - definitely too short and really anti-climactic ending. (wait, the game is finished?)    … Expand
  11. Vpupkinv
    Apr 21, 2018
    6
    This reincarnation of the series is mediocrity at its finest. The game reuses the same mechanics and plot delivery as Uncharted games and Last of Us, shows the same fake open world as Uncharted 4, and completely rips off Souls-like battle system, that does work fine during the battle one-on-one, but is an absolute garbage when there are more the 1 enemy against you. I completely don'tThis reincarnation of the series is mediocrity at its finest. The game reuses the same mechanics and plot delivery as Uncharted games and Last of Us, shows the same fake open world as Uncharted 4, and completely rips off Souls-like battle system, that does work fine during the battle one-on-one, but is an absolute garbage when there are more the 1 enemy against you. I completely don't understand how the game, that delivers ZERO new experience to players, with features and mechanics we've already seen in every other franchise, is scored 10 out of 10 by every magazine. I was raging about TLOZ:BOW getting 10 out 10, but this games beats it. This game is a finest example of a hype, built up by internet incompetence and good job of Sony's PR department.… Expand
  12. DarthPadme
    Apr 20, 2018
    5
    Got this early, played through the whole thing and beat it. It's a good game - not a great game. The story was enjoyable and the combat, while rather one-dimensional (despite what you may read), was still decently fun. I played through on Give me a Challenge mode and it was kind of a slog, with encounters remaining very same-y throughout the end game. They do some interesting things withGot this early, played through the whole thing and beat it. It's a good game - not a great game. The story was enjoyable and the combat, while rather one-dimensional (despite what you may read), was still decently fun. I played through on Give me a Challenge mode and it was kind of a slog, with encounters remaining very same-y throughout the end game. They do some interesting things with the axe and Atreus, but it feels very lacking compared to the variety of all of the previous games in the franchise. I expected more.

    The biggest issue with this game is how the PS4's hardware weighs down the experience. Even on my Pro's "performance mode," the game almost never reaches 60 FPS at all on 1080p, hovering in the 40s most of the time. This is ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE for any game in 2018. The 30 FPS 4K checkerboard mode looks nice when you're standing still, but in motion, the blur and total lack of fidelity and smoothness will give you a headache and totally detract from your experience. I couldn't get past this. The 30 FPS is constantly in your face and unavoidable, and impossible not to notice even if you only own a console and might not know any better. I can only describe it as truly awful.

    This game would be an 8 or even a 9 on PC, but as it is, the games industry is once again held back by the primitive and outdated technology that consistently hamstrings otherwise gems like this one. Such a damn shame. Can't wait to get sold on the rerelease for the PS5 in 2025 which will only offer locked 60 FPS, something we should already have.

    Not impressed, Sony.    … Expand
  13. PopulousWildman
    Apr 20, 2018
    7
    A great game but I don't think it deserves the 10/10 that lots of people give or the 0/10 neither.

    Sadly, it looks way too similar to "modern" and sucessful games like Uncharted, Last of Us, Batman Arkham stuff, The Witcher, and maybe more. Meaning it looks generic at this point, but still great. * Gameplay and mechanics are great, but it's not the God of War from PSX 2 and 3    A great game but I don't think it deserves the 10/10 that lots of people give or the 0/10 neither.

    Sadly, it looks way too similar to "modern" and sucessful games like Uncharted, Last of Us, Batman Arkham stuff, The Witcher, and maybe more. Meaning it looks generic at this point, but still great.

    * Gameplay and mechanics are great, but it's not the God of War from PSX 2 and 3 anymore. Also, doesn't seem to innovate on the"modern third person" formula.
    * Story telling and poetics is nothing impressive but it does it's job. At the same time, this is not the same Kratos that you knew before, full of anger and energetic, that may feel sad for some fans.
    * Graphics are impressive but also nothing that we haven't seen before; And finally,
    * Music and Sound is forgettable, generic, it doesn't add anything to the game.

    Overall, the devs, designer and producer don't seem like they took any risk on the Game Design, which is ok, but also takes away some things that fans would have expected from the franchise.
    For me, it felt like the game was stuck at the beginning and never really progressed.    … Expand
  14. Shahid646
    Apr 23, 2018
    0
    this is not what i was expecting from you Santa Monica. That was trully a disappointment. I've been waiting a long for this game but the games is not something interesting. I wanted to play GOD OF WAR not last of us or Tomb Raider.

    Story is not interesting, boy is not a good companion in the war, subtitles are very small and very difficult to read. And game is not fun to play. Games    this is not what i was expecting from you Santa Monica. That was trully a disappointment. I've been waiting a long for this game but the games is not something interesting. I wanted to play GOD OF WAR not last of us or Tomb Raider.

    Story is not interesting, boy is not a good companion in the war, subtitles are very small and very difficult to read. And game is not fun to play. Games doesnot enguage a gamer. Not fun to play.    … Expand
  15. Frames24
    Mar 26, 2019
    0
    I am very sad that god of war has turned into some soap opera BS that no one cares about, it's a story about a dad that is trying to educate his son in the ways of killing, very murderous game, wouldn't reccommend for small children. framerate is nice with 24 frames very cinematic but that's about it.
  16. lru
    May 2, 2018
    7
    It's fine. Extremely derivative, down to Mimir who probably owes his existence to the Head Lopper comic book series. If you agree with all the critics who think that Last of Us Remastered and the most recent installments in the Uncharted series are the greatest PS4 games of all time, then you'll probably like this. If you're like me and thought that those titles were a little too flashyIt's fine. Extremely derivative, down to Mimir who probably owes his existence to the Head Lopper comic book series. If you agree with all the critics who think that Last of Us Remastered and the most recent installments in the Uncharted series are the greatest PS4 games of all time, then you'll probably like this. If you're like me and thought that those titles were a little too flashy and lacking when it came to actual substance, then this is going to be another title that has little replay value and leaves you wondering, "is that it?"… Expand
  17. Kwekster123
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    Pretty much everything Ive ever wanted from a God of war game. Excellent story, deep combat and great graphics. Great experience from start to finish
  18. cottemann
    May 2, 2018
    7
    Lets get one thing right off the bat, the visuals of this game are incredible. Other things that are great are the boy's mechanics, the leviathan axe, music, and voice acting. By all means this is a great game that sadly at times is quite annoying. One of the great parts of the previous games were the unique and important to the story boss fights...this one 90 percent are trolls. It neverLets get one thing right off the bat, the visuals of this game are incredible. Other things that are great are the boy's mechanics, the leviathan axe, music, and voice acting. By all means this is a great game that sadly at times is quite annoying. One of the great parts of the previous games were the unique and important to the story boss fights...this one 90 percent are trolls. It never gets boring but it just sad that it was handled better in the previous games. While the voice acting is good there needs to be more of it. Especially on the higher difficulties the bosses need more than three lines said over and over and over again. By all means the game is great in terms of story and world building, but sadly some of the finer details after playing this game for a lot of hours make the game annoying rather than incredible fun.… Expand
  19. jukadojensen797
    Apr 20, 2018
    6
    God of War was always a game about visceral combat. The combat system in this game feels like an afterthought and is a huge disappointment. I'm not sure who the target audience is but it isn't typical God of War fans.
  20. YakuzaOyabun
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    COmpletely destroyed the legend.It was a waste of money.Never ever again...
  21. Oma_Kuma
    Apr 26, 2018
    0
    The game has moved away from Hack'n'Slay for unknown reasons and is now just another Diablo (3) clone.
  22. thefather
    Apr 21, 2018
    7
    no time to read all green feedbacks, this is random green feedback

    "Pretty much everything Ive ever wanted from a God of war game. Excellent story, deep combat and great graphics. Great experience from start to finish" God of War without jump sucked very very much, now this is not the dynamic game for witch I bought PS every time , now it is interactive movie! But maybe I am getting    no time to read all green feedbacks, this is random green feedback

    "Pretty much everything Ive ever wanted from a God of war game. Excellent story, deep combat and great graphics. Great experience from start to finish"

    God of War without jump sucked very very much, now this is not the dynamic game for witch I bought PS every time , now it is interactive movie! But maybe I am getting old.
    For graphics and story I will give 6 but gameplay is lagging way behind!    … Expand
  23. harryp
    Apr 26, 2018
    7
    Decent game overall. I had high expectations after reading all of the positive reviews, but unfortunately I can't tell that I'm very impressed with the result. Sure there are some very good elements but certain issues disappointed me. For example, the FPS. Resolution mode can't keep the 30 FPS consistently and performance mode is unlocked which means quite unstable, but still feels muchDecent game overall. I had high expectations after reading all of the positive reviews, but unfortunately I can't tell that I'm very impressed with the result. Sure there are some very good elements but certain issues disappointed me. For example, the FPS. Resolution mode can't keep the 30 FPS consistently and performance mode is unlocked which means quite unstable, but still feels much better that resolution.

    I also can't say that I like the camera and the red/yellow/purple/whatever arrows you get when an enemy is behind you/attacking you. I found some dialog quite boring and repetitive and I also find the menus/map etc not very intuitive.

    In certain areas, it feels that Kratos should be able to walk on a ledge, but no, no luck, you have to go round. A lot of things I could say about it that left me unsatisfied but I want to keep this review short. Please, please don't compare it with gems and true masterpiece games.    … Expand
  24. GAGMR
    May 16, 2018
    6
    This game is NOT a 10/10. Don't believe the hype. You know why? Because it's average in everything but graphics & story. The game play is janky at one moment & perfect the next & hit boxes are broken. You can perfectly dodge an attack & you'll still get hit even though you can tell plain as day it didn't hit you. Then there's the camera. It is awful. Whoever thought it was a goodThis game is NOT a 10/10. Don't believe the hype. You know why? Because it's average in everything but graphics & story. The game play is janky at one moment & perfect the next & hit boxes are broken. You can perfectly dodge an attack & you'll still get hit even though you can tell plain as day it didn't hit you. Then there's the camera. It is awful. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have the camera up Kratos' rear the entire time is a fricking idiot. You WILL get hit by attacks that you can't see & even though there's supposedly an arrow showing incoming attacks, at times it will be off camera & you won't be able to see the arrow. The leveling system is also terrible. It's based on gear & good gear is NOT easy to come by in this game. Progression is slow, very slow. Finding a new piece of gear that's actually good is a painstaking process & even then it becomes obsolete fairly quickly, so don't bother upgrading anything. The difficulty is also an unbalanced mess. It's like they looked at Dark Souls & had NO IDEA WTF Dark Souls was because even when playing this game on normal it's impossible. You better get ready to drop the difficulty down to easy cause that's the only way most people will be able to actually play this game. And don't get me started on "Give me a challenge" mode. It's more like, "Please stick this sharp rusty knife up my ass then gouge out my eyes" mode. Don't even bother trying the "Give me God of War" mode. It's unbalanced to all hell & basically impossible.

    Overall, game is a broken unbalanced mess but the story, characters, world & exploration is top notch & the only reason I'm giving this game a 6/10. Everything else about this game is awful. Progression, combat, leveling, gear, everything else just sucks.    … Expand
  25. IkarugaOne
    Apr 26, 2018
    0
    After playing this game for 5 hours I lost interest in it, it's just not what god of war used to be, I can't understand all the hype about it, Sony you betrayed your biggest fan!
  26. Kimomarudotcom
    Apr 22, 2018
    7
    I'll keep it brief; God of War 2018 is super over-hyped. I'm not sure what fever has gripped certain people over this game. It's beautiful and the controls are great, but it doesn't compare to other more ambitious recent titles. It has a strong narrative and some may find the characters interesting but it is linear and highly scripted, which is tough to forgive in this age. I don'tI'll keep it brief; God of War 2018 is super over-hyped. I'm not sure what fever has gripped certain people over this game. It's beautiful and the controls are great, but it doesn't compare to other more ambitious recent titles. It has a strong narrative and some may find the characters interesting but it is linear and highly scripted, which is tough to forgive in this age. I don't understand the appeal and it's going to take a lot of effort to soldier through the rest of it. I don't get it.… Expand
  27. Phuz
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    For me this was a huge disappointment as my first PS4 game. It made me think I had made a bad console choice. However it turns out it was just a bad game choice. The lead character was really annoying and his actions to toughen up his son felt really forced. The camera and buttons were rubbish. The enemies kept repeating phrases over which got on my nerves. It was just no fun. If you areFor me this was a huge disappointment as my first PS4 game. It made me think I had made a bad console choice. However it turns out it was just a bad game choice. The lead character was really annoying and his actions to toughen up his son felt really forced. The camera and buttons were rubbish. The enemies kept repeating phrases over which got on my nerves. It was just no fun. If you are going to attempt life like graphics and try to make it like you are part of a film, you have to make it a good film. As the gameplay was no fun and if it was a film it would have been a huge flop, it fell at every hurdle for me. I played Beyond Two Souls shortly after this and although it was minimal on the gameplay side it was still immensely enjoyable with very good life like graphics and for the most part good voice acting. So my point is instead of wasting 50 quid on this, get 3 months of PSNow for the same price and a whole ton of awesome games. I find reviewers all seem to like this Hollywood rubbish. Hollywood is like **** pop music. They pump a ton of money in to advertising and sell some over priced turd that they spent the last 6 months sprinkling glitter on. It's s still a turd and will never shine to anyone with a drop of intelligence. Same as they rave about Journey and Flower which arent a patch on Brothers Tale of Two Sons. The Hatsune Miku 2 song demo is more fun than God of War.… Expand
  28. MaXiMuS_54
    Apr 22, 2018
    7
    Combat is too dull for a "God of War" title. You're a God of Boomerangs if anything. RPGs have done everything better except the touchy-good-feeling kid story which is a copy of the Last of Us. This game is not at all a GOAT. Nothing unique is here.
  29. Sandyk
    Apr 22, 2018
    6
    I always wanna to always play GOW3, the settings were appealing to me, but I hade the game control and camera. This one is perfect for me, the game is very similar to Last of Us. However, I struggle to see how this game getting 10/10, don't get me wrong the game is good in every way nut it is just OK. i kind of forcing me to play it, which is not good for a story based game.

    PS The    I always wanna to always play GOW3, the settings were appealing to me, but I hade the game control and camera. This one is perfect for me, the game is very similar to Last of Us. However, I struggle to see how this game getting 10/10, don't get me wrong the game is good in every way nut it is just OK. i kind of forcing me to play it, which is not good for a story based game.

    PS The position cages are no hardy a puzzle and they are annoying as fu..    … Expand
  30. NutZdk
    Apr 29, 2018
    7
    This game was good till I met the valkyries, that just broke the game. Not even sure Im going to finish it entirely now. These fights are SO stupid, been doing them over and over and over. And they rip me a new one in the last seconds before they die - Each and every time. This is just bad game design or some horrific wish to be like dark souls and end up ruining the game because of that.This game was good till I met the valkyries, that just broke the game. Not even sure Im going to finish it entirely now. These fights are SO stupid, been doing them over and over and over. And they rip me a new one in the last seconds before they die - Each and every time. This is just bad game design or some horrific wish to be like dark souls and end up ruining the game because of that. So disappointed, the rest of the game was epic and really well done. Now it means nothing because of the lack of balance in these fights... so stupid. I even put this 2 difficulties down from hardest to get past this stupid fight and I still get killed by 1-2 hits.… Expand
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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 118
  3. Negative: 0 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 13, 2018
    100
    The return of the furious Spartan warrior was made well. God of War is already a great contender for game of the year and you shouldn't miss it. [Issue#285]
  2. CD-Action
    Jul 6, 2018
    100
    Cory Barlog and his team achieved what many thought impossible – despite having changed almost everything Santa Monica managed to preserve that elusive spark that makes God of War game feel like a God of War game. They created one of the defining titles of the current generation and a technical marvel whose stunning beauty in motion words cannot describe. And there’s one more thing. Barlog’s touching reaction to his masterpiece’s scores shows that even in the world of huge budgets, micropayments, loot boxes and sales forecasts there still is a place for artists who pour their hearts into their work. We need someone to remind us of that once in a while. [06/2018, p.38]
  3. GameGrin
    Jun 7, 2018
    95
    Where most games excel in one single area, God of War manages to deliver on every front, providing players with one of the best experiences we’ve seen so far this generation.
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