God of War

 PlayStation 4
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 23476 Ratings

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  1. GabFireBR
    Dec 27, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simplesmente uma obra-prima, um dos melhores jogos que já joguei, um ícone da minha época com PS4. É uma obra focada em narrativa com dois personagens em intriga, onde eu me sentia acompanhando uma família em formação, chegava a emocionar em certas partes da história, principalmente quando Kratos solta suas ataduras dos braços e sente o vento raspar a pele antes de terminar sua jornada com Atreus. A ambientação e trilha sonora fazem uma combinação perfeita nesse jogo, que dá um ar de estar literalmente na Mitologia Nórdica, além dos belos gráficos que fizeram eu parar para aproveitar a vista artística por diversos momentos. Em jogabilidade, há uma certa mistura de mecânicas hack and slash com clássico RPG, onde dá para fazer combos, porém há uma necessidade de explorar, coletar recursos e evoluir os dois personagens, forçando eu a explorar cada canto do cenário, aproveitando cada missão e detalhe do jogo. O único defeito que consegui enxergar nessa obra, foi a falta de explicação sobre a passagem de God of War III para esse novo que seria o "IV"!… Expand
  2. AeternaInsomnia
    Nov 30, 2022
    10
    This soft reboot was a brilliant idea. This and Ragnarök are absolute masterpieces. Everyone, from casual to hardcore gamers, should experience this duology.
  3. navarrojpx
    Dec 28, 2021
    10
    A great game, an amazing story, Kratos is the best spartan warrior. I just Love it.
  4. emrekaan
    Dec 29, 2021
    10
    Kesinlikle harika oynanış olsun hikaye olsun hayatımda şuana kadar oynadığım en iyi oyun diyebilirim harikaaa
  5. Nikitawr
    May 3, 2023
    10
    Great game with great story. You can see that writer put their sole in this project. Voice actors are great too. I like to see chemistry between characters.
  6. BroTheHomes
    Jan 2, 2022
    10
    God of War 2018 is an intensely beautiful game that expands greatly on the old God of War games. While the old God of War games are classics and the limitless amount of fun that you get from brutally killing gods brings a new meaning to fun, God of War 2018 takes God of War to a new beautiful stunning height. Instead of a beautiful slasher, it tells a deep and intricate story whileGod of War 2018 is an intensely beautiful game that expands greatly on the old God of War games. While the old God of War games are classics and the limitless amount of fun that you get from brutally killing gods brings a new meaning to fun, God of War 2018 takes God of War to a new beautiful stunning height. Instead of a beautiful slasher, it tells a deep and intricate story while refining combat to be more up to date. The connection between characters, the twists and turns, the pure beauty of the graphics, makes this game an all-timer and elevates the God of War series from a cult classic to an all-time classic. This is a must watch, and a must play for everyone with access to a Playstation console.… Expand
  7. joaopoc1998
    Jan 2, 2022
    10
    One of the best games ever made!!
    The best part of the game is the gameplay, but also have a amazing story.
  8. okanil61
    Jun 14, 2022
    10
    God of War
    Geliştiriciler: SIE Santa Monica Studio, Ready at Dawn, Jetpack Interactive, Daybreak Game Company, Javaground
    Oyun sadece mükemmel. İlk 3 oyunum arasına rahatlıkla girdi.
    Oyuna puanım bir kaç kategoriden oluşmaktadır.
    Oynanış: 100/100
    Efekt ve Atmosfer: 100/100
    Hikaye: 100/100
    Tekrar Oynama Durumu: 100/100
  9. Catharsiuse
    Jan 6, 2022
    10
    Amazing game on all fronts. Tells a great story and backs it up with solid gameplay.
  10. Fransi
    Jan 6, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game of all time. Amazing story, amazing gameplay, just absolutely incredible.… Expand
  11. VegeST
    Apr 10, 2022
    10
    A good reason to buy PS4 (or PS5, concidering what u can afford to yourself). I was afraid, thet Santa Monica created sh%ty RPG about God Of War, but how wrong I was. This game is perfect in every aspect - gameplay, story, graphics and etc. You MUST play God Of War 4.
  12. jonp312
    Jan 7, 2022
    10
    Quite possibly the best gaming experience I have ever had. This game has everything. Great gameplay and amazing story. The closest story to this game I can think of is Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”. An absolute must play.
  13. Parangaritiwi
    Jan 9, 2022
    10
    No spoilers!
    The game is absolutely fantastic, It hits every point possible; the narrative is absolutely well paced, emotional and overall a masterpiece, the graphics are beautiful, the game has amazing art design with vistas that are breathtaking, the characters are so memorable and many times really funny they never disappoint and are super like able, now the most important thing the    No spoilers!
    The game is absolutely fantastic, It hits every point possible; the narrative is absolutely well paced, emotional and overall a masterpiece, the graphics are beautiful, the game has amazing art design with vistas that are breathtaking, the characters are so memorable and many times really funny they never disappoint and are super like able, now the most important thing the gameplay; well the gameplay is like nothing like before, it was revamped from the ground up and yet still managed to feel as good and fun as the previous God of War games, it is absolutely diverse with many types of combos on both your axe and the other iconic weapon, there are also some combos on your hand to hand combat, as well as your rage combat. There are many types of different runic attacks to adapt to, each one unique and offering a different play-style. The combat always feels fast paced and includes some RPG elements that are not annoying to fidget around and absolutely worth checking all types of armors and runes that coincidentally complement each other. The character animations are top notch and voice acting is always on sync with facial animations. This game is the definition of a masterpiece and truly is the best game of all time. The previous games provided amazing gameplay, narrative and graphics for their year releases and are definitely worth a try too, but this game GOW(2018) is exactly the game that no one should ever miss on!    … Expand
  14. darkneesz_
    Jan 12, 2022
    10
    Jogo INCRÍVEL,tudo nesse jogo é perfeito. História,trila sonora, desenvolvimento dos personagens,dublagens.Um game pra se lembrar,e que o Ragnarok venha pra impressionar mais os fãs da franquia do nosso Sinceramente,quem não curte esse game n entende nada de jogos eletrônicos.
  15. Sephiroth1804
    Feb 2, 2022
    10
    Graphics: 9
    Sound: 10
    Gameplay: 10
    Story: 10
    Longevity: 9
    Entertainment: 10

    Total: 10
  16. iRideTheStars
    Jan 14, 2022
    10
    Anyone who can play through God of War for the PS4 and PC and claim this is anything less than 2018's Ocarina of Time and Mass Effect on steroids has lost all credibility with me forever. This is a monumental step forward for every genre of video game across every platform and ANY developer worth a single grain of salt in the ocean needs to cram hours upon hours upon days to trulyAnyone who can play through God of War for the PS4 and PC and claim this is anything less than 2018's Ocarina of Time and Mass Effect on steroids has lost all credibility with me forever. This is a monumental step forward for every genre of video game across every platform and ANY developer worth a single grain of salt in the ocean needs to cram hours upon hours upon days to truly understand why God of War is not just a masterpiece but one of the greatest video games ever released since Ocarina of Time and PONG in the 1970s. Yes I went there, and I don't give a damn because quality of this magnitude doesn't come often, and when it does, hold onto your seats, grab tons of expresso game developers and take notes!

    Not since Mass Effect 2 have characters had such an intensely well developed relationship in a video game. Kratos's relationship with his son Atreus is as heart-warming as it is and gut-wrenching at every twist and turn. The character dynamics fly off the screen and the bosses will play with your psychological heartstrings at every corner. Combat is flawless, music is spellbinding, load times are non existent for what truly feels like the first ever 8K video game release on ANY platform with Earth-shattering visual fidelity and meticulous detail the likes of which no game has ever come close to equaling. Every single object in God of War was designed to bring concentrated joy, wonder and awe to the player, the level of craftsmanship by Santa Monica Studios was always top tier, but this is impeccable.

    Astonishingly well paced and the puzzles seldom detract from combat, if anything they only add intelligence to a shocking bastion of intellect. No egregious or filthy microtransactions, loot boxes or any of modern gamings greedy trappings. Just jaw dropping visuals, near flawless gameplay, a pixel perfect photo mode and everything a player could ever want from a single player experience. God of War isn't a video game, its a blueprint on how EVERY game should look, play, sound & feel across all genres in a decade or the entire industry has reached a peak that it will tumble unceremoniously down from and deservedly so. Santa Monica Studios gave you the secret formula for gaming perfection, its up to you to ensure that with great power comes greater responsibility!

    God of War is a masterpiece, a must purchase, and an experience that will change your view of human potential and video games for the next century.    … Expand
  17. MrParham
    Jan 15, 2022
    10
    There is something special about this game that i always felt when i played it.
    the first fascinating thing about this game is the story, you are so into it that you forget when the time passes. second is the character development, you can definitely see how much Kratos has progressed in life he is now wise and trying to be a good Dad for his son. the father/son friend ship develops as    There is something special about this game that i always felt when i played it.
    the first fascinating thing about this game is the story, you are so into it that you forget when the time passes. second is the character development, you can definitely see how much Kratos has progressed in life he is now wise and trying to be a good Dad for his son. the father/son friend ship develops as time goes and you can physically feel that and how much they care about each other. i have never seen such good characters in any game. i love Chris judge's voice, Jeremy Davies's acting and Sunny's feels of an actual child since he is 10 in this game.
    This game will always be one of my favorite games of all time! cant wait to see GoW: Ragnarok    … Expand
  18. HasanAK
    Jan 16, 2022
    10
    The best game I play in my life, the game play is fantastic and the story 10/10
  19. Mouayehe7e6w8
    Jan 16, 2022
    10
    God of war Is one of the reasons why playstation was dominating throughout the last generation
  20. AleLiquorou
    Jan 16, 2022
    10
    An absolute masterpiece, visuals, music, gameplay and story are all at the pinnacle of what has been accomplished in the videogame industry, a must play.
  21. GoodGamesMatter
    Jan 17, 2022
    10
    DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT LIKE THIS GAME AT ALL, BUT I'M GIVING IT 10/10, SO YOU CAN'T ACCUSE ME IN REVIEW BOMBING, SO FOR THAT REASON ALONE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ WHY I DON'T LIKE IT.

    Let's just start with the fact that, whenever i started playing video games and God of War 2018 happened to be the leading way in video game making and basically most of the games would have been like    DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT LIKE THIS GAME AT ALL, BUT I'M GIVING IT 10/10, SO YOU CAN'T ACCUSE ME IN REVIEW BOMBING, SO FOR THAT REASON ALONE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ WHY I DON'T LIKE IT.

    Let's just start with the fact that, whenever i started playing video games and God of War 2018 happened to be the leading way in video game making and basically most of the games would have been like God of War 2018, i would have choose different hobby. I'm dead serious, if that was the main appeal of gaming, i would have never even cared about video games, that's how much i dislike this game. Or maybe dislike is wrong word, maybe i just don't care about it at all and that would be okay, because there's thousands of games i don't care about, the problem is that God of War is treated by some people as something deep, amazing, innovative, masterpiece, one of the best games of all time, etc. I disagree strongy disagree with all these statements. It just isn't any of these thing, no matter how you look at this game.

    I have a strong feeling that people who hype this game up have never even played actual masterpieces like GTA 4 (2008), Resident Evil 4 (2005), Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 (2010/2018). I can give examples even about "just good" games like for example Days Gone (2019), i enjoy that game about million times more and i think it's way, way more innovative than God of War 2018. Even Final Fantasy 7 Remake is better game than God of War 2018.

    So what's the deal? Why the hype? Is it just people following hype without even caring? With same logic Studios managed to create so big hype for Cyberbug2077, that even when it released as extremely buggy and broken mess, some people still refused to believe that it's bad and some to this day call Cyberpunk 2077 best game of all time, because they just can't handle reality after months (even years) of extreme hype.

    So what really is God of War 2018? It's a game with heavy focus on movie-like long cutscenes (not as bad as Uncharted 4, but still, a lot of cutscenes). Other aspect of this game is extremely simplistic, you just smash 100s of enemies with you EPIC axe. And of course there's boss fights with HUGE enemies, like in literally every modern game (not an issue by the way), just pointing out what this game is. So by that logics, where's Guardians of the Galaxy GOTY? It's basically the same game with guns as weapons. I'm asking that ironically, because none of these imo deserve to be called anything extraordinary, fun? Maybe. Nothing special tho. But here's the thing, these cutscene heavy, hack and slash games were never the reason why i started to play video games. Never. So to put it short, my main issue isn't the fact that these games exist, my issue is that God of War 2018 out of all these games is treated as something extraordinary, better than all the others, not even in same genre, people in general call it best game of all time. That is my issue. In my opinion there are so many better games, way deeper, way more gameplay and less cutscenes and to me it feels like, most of these God of War fans don't even know about these games. So yeah, i'm not angry, i'm just disappointed.    … Expand
  22. Donkeykongs
    May 8, 2022
    10
    If you give this game anything under a 9.9 I don’t trust you actually played it.
  23. cakiihana
    Jan 19, 2022
    10
    精彩的故事 精彩的画面和音效 精彩的游戏性 构筑了梦幻般的北欧神话世界。期待诸神黄昏的来临，也希望能够看到奎托斯和妻子菲的故事。
  24. Feborduqui
    Jan 19, 2022
    10
    Kratos is the best. Atreus, Mimir, Baldur, Freya... my favorite game, i can't wait for Ragnarok
  25. Kxnjin
    Jan 19, 2022
    10
    Brilliant gameplay, story and characters. Kratos is very likely the best protagonist in any video game I've ever played.
  26. Ordnael
    Jan 20, 2022
    10
    É um jogo maravilhoso, sem dúvidas o melhor jogo que joguei na vida.
    Sua gameplay, história, personagens, câmera sem cortes, e sua incrível trilha sonora ajudam a imergir nesta incrível aventura de pai e filho.
  27. KZN-JJ
    Jan 22, 2022
    10
    It's just a must play and even more accessible now that it's on PC. More people can now experience this game and it's beautifully crafted story.
  28. Igli
    Jan 26, 2022
    10
    God of War 2018 its a masterpiece that every playstation owner should have .
  29. Tommey
    Mar 20, 2022
    10
    One of the greatest games of all time. Innovative combat, excellent story, awesome, hectic and engaging boss fights. Kratos and son Atreus make an outstanding father and son example in video games.
  30. Gato_dorado
    Jan 30, 2022
    10
    La historia es muy buena y lo mismo con la jugabilidad.Bueno ya que tenfo que rellenar ¿Te gusto el juego?
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#1 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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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
  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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