God of War

 PlayStation 4
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 23476 Ratings

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  1. Elpapu
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    La mayor obra de arte que voy a ver en mucho tiempo, gran jugo y perfecto en todos sentidos. Debería tener 100/10.
  2. rabidmonkfish
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    fantastic game the genuinely exceeded the hype i had which is not something i ever thought would happen again after all the years i've been gaming. Looks fantastic as well.
  3. Tal_Taylor
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    Great game all around the only complaint I have is the fact this game held back to provide a sequel which dissatisfies me as the sequels could be a cash grab. Regardless this game is amazing in its smooth gameplay and raw story that has almost no subliminal political message.
  4. Pedro0016
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    excellent game, managed to make the god of war franchise reborn, good gameplay, good graphics, and a good story, I hope it will have a continuation soon, ID: Pedrolbj
  5. dlambo
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Was totally caught off guard with the quality of this game. This new take on Kratos shows how far gaming as a medium has come. The gameplay is outstanding, the cast of characters are superb, and the story is an emotional ride between an absent father trying to fix a relationship with his son. Can’t wait for the sequel
  6. ZULQARNAIN
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Thanks Cory Barlog for creating the masterpiece :-). Kratos and Atreus amazing and adventurous journey is absolutely spectacular.
  7. Dr_Unk
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    What a great way to bring back such a classic series! The only thing I had an issue with was Niflheim. Other than that, a wonderful game!
  8. armis_GOD
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    God of war is really good. It has phenominal graphics, a story worth playing by every ps4 owner.
  9. JohnBolton1382
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Best game of the PS4 !

    Great story, great soundtrack, great world.
    Best graphics, best game design.

    The series introduce a whole new gameplay, an open-world, cooperative mechanisms with your son. And the result is amazing.

    Nothing more to say.
  10. RealXAlien
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    One of the best recent single player games I’ve played, easily a 10 with great detailed story telling, with great call backs to previous games as well as amazing foreshadowing. Also love the new point of view and combat system, makes it really feel good to play.
  11. Jbwing
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Easily my favorite game of all time. I love everything about it. Great character development and an amazing combat system to go with it. I got the platinum trophy and was still wanting more. I cannot wait for the sequel.
  12. kkimchenyn
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    One of the best PlayStation exclusives. Gameplay, history, music - everything in this game is at an amazingly high level. I can safely say that the Santa Monica studio created a rethinking of the God Of War series, which surpassed its predecessors.
  13. Player10000
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    The world looks stunning and gameplay is fun. The story is intriguing and teaches life lessons. I look forward to the next game.
  14. Blades239879
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    A very well told story of father and son with awesome combat seeing Kratos in this new light is as refreshing as it is interesting
  15. Zephyr711
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    Even though I had no history with the GOW series I found this Game to be one of my all time favourites. A deep and emotional experience with true character development. The Story is touching and told in a way that keeps you on the edge. Graphics, animations and voice acting are top notch. The only thing I have to criticise is the repetitive combat and lack of variety in finisher moves forEven though I had no history with the GOW series I found this Game to be one of my all time favourites. A deep and emotional experience with true character development. The Story is touching and told in a way that keeps you on the edge. Graphics, animations and voice acting are top notch. The only thing I have to criticise is the repetitive combat and lack of variety in finisher moves for some enemies.
    This is a must play for anyone who ones a PS4!    … Expand
  16. daplon
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    El mejor juego al que he jugado hasta la fecha. Es el único juego al que me atrevo a darle un 10. La evolución de esta saga ha sido increible, GoW ha cambido mejorando algo que era muy complicado de mejorar. Tanto la historia, como las animaciones, musica, etc son una maravilla. Lo he disfrutado muchísimo. Ojala haya un GoW 5 para la PlayStation 5, que continue esta historia.
  17. HelixQT
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    액션성, 음향 그리고 그래픽 모두 훌륭하고 스토리마저 수작인 작품...각 분야별로 따지면 9점 정도라고 보지만 모든 부분에서 9점을 받을 수 있는 작품은 걸작이라고 표현해야 한다
  18. JafetMora
    Jun 21, 2018
    10
    Este juego es perfecto, tiene demasiadas sorpresas a lo largo del juego, la jugabilidad es brutal, y la historia ni se diga.
  19. Kerber
    Jun 25, 2020
    8
    Really good game, for Sony already expected Sad Dad style of parentak figure having kid as side kick albeit Kratos is a bit of unlikable character without chemistry with his child (even harsh approach is not transferred well but to me seems more forced) and repetitive combat style but with great overall story and atmosphere and really epic scale adventure.
  20. Hellgates666
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    God of war manages to elevate it's already incredible franchise to new heights with this entry. The introduction of an older, wiser, and more caring Kratos leads to touching and fascinating story telling, as well as a great character dynamic between him and atreus. The gameplay is fun, fast paced, and brutal. The only thing missing was an abundance of boss fights; but the quality of theGod of war manages to elevate it's already incredible franchise to new heights with this entry. The introduction of an older, wiser, and more caring Kratos leads to touching and fascinating story telling, as well as a great character dynamic between him and atreus. The gameplay is fun, fast paced, and brutal. The only thing missing was an abundance of boss fights; but the quality of the few this game has makes up for it, by introducing the best sequences the franchise has ever seen. Must play.… Expand
  21. asael24
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Este juego marco ese momento que salió, estaba en un momento complicado pero siempre tenía la ilusión de jugarlo por las noches, amo su historia y como la conectan con la mitología nórdica, me fascina. Estoy muy emocionado con la secuela que espero la saquen pronto y se siga expandiendo el universo de esta mítica saga, sin contar GoW Ascencion c:
  22. M_Davi
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Me prendeu como poucos. Beira a perfeição: Gráficos incríveis, história inspiradora e expectativa imensa para uma continuação.
  23. sakura96
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    No tiene nada de novedoso pero aun así es genial es todos sus aspectos. Obligación jugarlo.
  24. omglioromg
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The short version
    - Terrible Combat
    - Terrible Story
    - Terrible Game

    Never in my life have I put a review, this is the one and possibly the only review I am going to leave on this website.
    This game is not God of War at all.
    This is not Cratos.
    This game have nothing to do with GOW trillogy.
    I got this game on sale for half price and I STILL feel like I was ripped off.
    The god of war game is known for its hardest mode, which like resident evil 4, this is where the meat of the game is, in normal god of war games you play on normal, learn how the game works, then play on hard, but in this game the game becomes an unplayable glitchy mess.
    The game on "give me a chllange" is too damn easy, I was bored out of my mind for almost 100% of it since it offered no challenge whatsoever.
    Then I switched to hard mode (give me god of war) which is when I realized that the game is nothing but a glitchy mess, enemies killing me with one hit from offscreen where the camera is impossible to pan down, attacks that must have have a terrible hit detection (this is probably due to the game being glitchy, the game doesnt register hits), The axe does nearly no damage I can hit an enemy for hours and see a fraction of a fraction of their health drop,
    The dodge machanic is glitchy = The game has so many framedrops that it is impossible to time the dodge which is 0.1 second long (I tried to swapping to 1080p in the menu and it didnt help. I switched screens to a very cheap screen I have in my house and instantly won impossible battles since the 50 fps 720p screen allowed smooth action ) ,
    Another thing is that the game overheat my ps4 so that he fan becomes load as an airplan and the game doesn't look that good, I have better looking games that has zero effect of overheating (batman, resident evil 4/5 revolation 2 which look fantastic)
    The dodge is trash = The game is grid based meanning you are fighting on little squars and dodge is so tight it sometimes roll and instead of moving you 2-3 mini squars, it doesnt move you at all, meanning after the roll you will die from one hit again and again and again sometimes the roll didn't even give me invulnerable frames and not because I rolled into something, but because the game failed to register my movement.
    The combat is not functioning hence the score zero out of 10
    Now lets talk about the story
    This is copy past the last of us, the creators of this game didn't even want to call Cratos as Cratos, he was meant to have the name Stig and be a whole other person, this game just simply use Cratos as a skin, this is not Cratos, Cratos is a villain, a hardcore killer, he is a scambag, a bad guy. Cratos does what he does because rage consume him to the point that once he couldnt recognize his family, he is a deep well writen humanoid character that has anger issues. The new cratos is a Stig that is now nammed Cratos, he is a carring loving father that is monotone, never get angry, never get passionate about killing, just a survivor. Boring guy that has nothing to do with the original Cratos.
    His son is very very boring too, acting like eliie from the last of us by killing someone then being sad about it, screaming constantly in fights, say "whatever" a million times, he is boring, pointless, I hated every moment I had him on screen, even his fighting style was boring to watch, he has literaly "son button" (go ahead, watch it in the menu that is literaly how the square botton is named) and this is nothing but watching a timer goes down 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second, can shoot another arrow now. And the arrow has low hit rate, this kid is always missing, when I need him to hit an enemy that tries to level up I have to aim the camera so that he knows which enemy I want him to hit, then press square and 90% the times he would miss even though I really need him to hit that arrow to avoid a major battle shift by having enemies leveling up.
    This kid is boring, useless, constantly screaming, having a personality of a robot saying whatever every single minute. I didn't feel like I want him arround at all.
    There are no intresting enemies only trolls and a few dudes with no creativity in how they look or behave, there is no passionate delivery of lines such as when Cratos used to stand his ground telling all the gods he will stop at nothing untill he have his revange, there is no jump button, everything is context sensitive, where in the other games you can and will die during cut scenes, in this game, cutscenes are there to hide the loading screen time, so you are never in danger, lots of talking paths where you are not a allowed to run, with climing which you cant die in which is basicly even more talking sections, the game is more of a movie than a game, you cannot skip cutscenes whatsoever, there is no replay value, The game doesnt worth the half asking price, the game doesn't worth a single dollar.
    This is pure trash.    … Expand
  25. Bossman23
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Amazing game!! One of the best I have ever played. Definitely worth a try. Masterpiece.
  26. gamemaster9897
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    First off, let me start by saying I am a Playstation 4 owner, I do not own an Xbox, however, although I love this game, I do not believe it deserved to win GOTY, I believe Red Dead Redemption 2 should have won it. Now that that`s out of the way, I do love this game, the gameplay is so satisfying, the graphics and the setting of the game is all breathtaking, but for me, in order for a gameFirst off, let me start by saying I am a Playstation 4 owner, I do not own an Xbox, however, although I love this game, I do not believe it deserved to win GOTY, I believe Red Dead Redemption 2 should have won it. Now that that`s out of the way, I do love this game, the gameplay is so satisfying, the graphics and the setting of the game is all breathtaking, but for me, in order for a game to achieve a 10, the story needs to resonate with me, like the way RDR2 did, and God Of War just didn`t do that for me personally, but I still love this game!… Expand
  27. Eulalio
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Melhor combate com arma e escudo da geração. Melhor história já contada na saga.
  28. tomvs123
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    If just by looking at this game, you think that this isn't your kind of game, then you're probably right and should move on.

    I'm into intelligent stories and strategic gameplay, and this game has neither. What is does have is dumb fun and cool ways to kill monsters with an axe and other god-like powers. It's great for the typical Uncharted fan who wants more of a fantasy setting. I    If just by looking at this game, you think that this isn't your kind of game, then you're probably right and should move on.

    I'm into intelligent stories and strategic gameplay, and this game has neither. What is does have is dumb fun and cool ways to kill monsters with an axe and other god-like powers. It's great for the typical Uncharted fan who wants more of a fantasy setting.

    I don't particularly like Uncharted and had my fill of the series after playing only part 4. And after starting up this game, for only a few hours, I found that it's Uncharted 4 all over again, just slightly different. For example: Disposable beautiful environments that you only see once, enemies or climbing sections around every corner for no good story reason, and a threadbare story that's there to make you feel cool/special/powerful without getting in the way of the gameplay.

    I was initially pleased by the dynamic between father (protagonist) and son, with the father being overly strict as to man-up his scrawny mama's boy of a son. Though that gets toned down quickly and I started seeing several instances where the father characteristically should have taught/disciplined his son, but he didn't. I assume the writers didn't want people thinking the protagonist was a total jerk, so they decided to tone down his strictness, at the expense of believability.

    Magical nonsense also happens frequently in the game. I was initially relieved at the introduction of a witch character as I was started to get bored, but she quickly turns into a tool to get you over pits and to new areas. Why she does this makes no logical sense, but in this game, gameplay and progression come before storytelling. And then there's a pair of dwarves that just show up randomly where you happen to be so you can upgrade your equipment. When one was pressed about how he got to a certain place so quickly, he eventually told us that it was because of his secret magic. Again, gameplay is more important than story consistency.

    I got increasingly annoyed by the story and repetitive gameplay that I gave up. If I wasn't an old man, I'd have more patience with and might even enjoy killing monsters over and over, but I don't.    … Expand
  29. Dean9419
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    First God of War game I've played and boi was I impressed. The beauty of this game is its simplistic story telling, incredible graphics, sound design, level design and gameplay with some of the best companion AI I've known. There is a little back and forth segments that disturb the pacing of the story nearly half way through but becomes worth it in the end and is an incredible journeyFirst God of War game I've played and boi was I impressed. The beauty of this game is its simplistic story telling, incredible graphics, sound design, level design and gameplay with some of the best companion AI I've known. There is a little back and forth segments that disturb the pacing of the story nearly half way through but becomes worth it in the end and is an incredible journey start to finish and I cannot wait for a sequel to this.… Expand
  30. Leksel
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    As for me, thats one of the best game for ps4, must play, but consider thats I'm not a fan and have never played this series before
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Universal acclaim - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 118
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  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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