God of War

 PlayStation 4
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 23476 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,356 out of 23476
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  1. KirillKutz
    Apr 26, 2018
    10
    My respects to the authors of this game. A great deal of work has been done. Stunning graphics, interesting plot. Only for the sake of this game already have to run to the store and buy ps4. I look forward to continuing. Keep it up!
  2. Zaselim
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    Hmm First I have to say to the people of Metacritic, You should make system where someone check the reviews first. No matter how bad the game is no game deserves a 0 score specially the game like this.
    I don't believe that God Of War is worst than No Man Sky or any other bad game exist, Giving it a 0 like some of the User reviews have is clearly shows that you are a fanboy of other side    Hmm First I have to say to the people of Metacritic, You should make system where someone check the reviews first. No matter how bad the game is no game deserves a 0 score specially the game like this.
    I don't believe that God Of War is worst than No Man Sky or any other bad game exist, Giving it a 0 like some of the User reviews have is clearly shows that you are a fanboy of other side and plainly hating the game. I never liked Zelda or mario (which are a lot and they have to go now) games and still don't but i have never thought of it like a 0 game but in 8ish or 7ish at least because every game has something or anything that attracts you and no one has a right to gave a game like zelda or Last of Us or Uncharted or Mario or God of War or Forza or Gears of War or Halo a 0 on sites like meta because it can hurt the game sales because alot of people dpn't make their opinion but rather make theirs from other's. So few guys who game GOW-PS4 a 0 don't deserve to post their review to a site where their review can hurt the game sales (Even if the game is changed enough to look like a different game if its good then you have to give it a credit for what it does good) not that their review will matter for GOW or any other blockbuster game like Zelda or The Last of Us but still Meta people have to make something or atleast make a review score meter that starts from 5 instead of 0 for which i will be very grateful.

    Now for me the game is master piece, I know graphics doesn't matter if the game is good, but when graphics make the game more immersive, a living breathing world then it makes the game more love able, driven. The game play is also great, I love all of the God Of War series but i like this one more may be because it feels fresh as a God Of War game. The story is so great and relate able to some degree as well. The world is so beautiful and immersive, so far the best looking game i have played and I have played many on my high end PC and resolution doesn't matter if the models have low polygons or average. And yes the game doesn't have 60fps and from PC gamer's perspective it can be well all i can say it hurts more of a pride/ego rather than the play of the game when the game is not multiplayer or a racing game. So i didn't matter to me that on my ps4 pro the game wasn't reaching 60fps well to be fair graphics are more important to me as long as the game is atleast 30fps and i played it on resolution mode and i loved it and still loving it as i started on hard difficulty.
    So all in all it was a great experience which had after a long time, last time i had this much fun with Horizon Zero Dawn before that with Uncharted 4 and before that with Witcher 3 PC.
    So thanks to Sony and the DEVs for making this great and memorable game,    … Expand
  3. MadMax3
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    É incrível como uma série como GOD OF WAR conseguiu se reinventar e trazer uma experiencia totalmente nova para os jogadores, assim como Zelda e Mario a franquia não ficou parada no tempo...um belo trabalho Santa Monica S junto com a Sony!
  4. Tmfwang
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    An extremly good game by an amazing set of developers. The amount of detail is incredible, and the combat feels awesome!
  5. Chizzywack
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    All the Xbox fanboys here bashing the game lol, and to all the god of war fans bashing it guys its a reboot... like seriously do you really want to play the old ones just buy the remastered 3 again. Constructive criticism is fine like a few reviews have that and their points do end up making sense but the people who are downright giving this game a zero or 3... like dude so you're tellingAll the Xbox fanboys here bashing the game lol, and to all the god of war fans bashing it guys its a reboot... like seriously do you really want to play the old ones just buy the remastered 3 again. Constructive criticism is fine like a few reviews have that and their points do end up making sense but the people who are downright giving this game a zero or 3... like dude so you're telling me that you played through the whole game hating it and were like damn man really don't like this game but I'm gonna finish it for sure. Ridiculous.… Expand
  6. GraYsoN_
    Apr 20, 2018
    10
    Its god of war man
    Its perfect
    Gameplay , graphic , story , axe, every thing is amazing
  7. jpacor
    Apr 28, 2018
    5
    As a huge fan of the God of War series and The Last of Us, I was really excited for God of War, and seeing the many perfect score reviews come in made me drop everything to get it at launch. I knew this game would be different, and seemed really cool. Well, I was disappointed... a lot.

    The premise seems interesting, where Kratos ventures to a mountain with his son, Atreus. They clearly    As a huge fan of the God of War series and The Last of Us, I was really excited for God of War, and seeing the many perfect score reviews come in made me drop everything to get it at launch. I knew this game would be different, and seemed really cool. Well, I was disappointed... a lot.

    The premise seems interesting, where Kratos ventures to a mountain with his son, Atreus. They clearly take a page out of The Last of Us' book, but this is much worse. Neither of the two are as likable as Joel or Ellie, and their relationship does not develop as well either. I don't want to sound like I'm comparing too much to another game, but since they clearly used the other game as an inspiration, it's hard not to. It is cool how the game is all in one take, instead of having separate cutscenes, and their are some interesting side characters, but overall the story is not that great or even close to as epic as the older GoW games.

    I thought that the graphics were great, with several beautiful environments and moments, and the voice acting and sound design was excellent as well.

    Now then, the gameplay. I didn't like it, at all. The combat is clunky and dull, where you have very limited weapons and fight repetitive enemy types numerous times. You mainly use one weapon, an axe, but it gets really really old to slash enemies with it, throw it, and do the same finishing moves over and over again. The boss fights aren't that great or exciting, either. I honestly felt like the combat was like the Witcher or Dark Souls, but more boring and repetitive, reminding me of an early PS3 game.There are some complex puzzles, new for a series, that are relatively fun.

    I am just so disappointed by this game, and do not understand the hype, at all. I know people will say those who don't like it is because it isn't like the older games, but it isn't that. I understand that combat isn't supposed to be the only focus anymore, and the game is supposed t include more of the story and have more nuanced, less brutal/graphic violence. But the combat isn't all that exciting, and with a subpar story and characters, there really isn't much here to be excited about. Other reboots or gameplay changes in series, such as Zelda BoTW, Tomb Raider, and MGS 5 have been great, so I was hopeful for this title. But instead, the changes made here are not successful and have created a very vanilla game. I will say that this is the most overrated game on the PS4.    … Expand
  8. RedGlock
    May 19, 2018
    6
    Buen videojuego pero demasiado lento y repetitivo en ciertos momentos, cinematicas demasiado largas en ciertas ocasiones
  9. andybg46
    May 23, 2018
    2
    El juego esta increíblemente sobrevalorado, es un juego con unos gráficos increíbles y ya esta, como película no esta mal pero como videojuego deja mucho que desear, por ejemplo:
    En las plataformas no te puedes caer. ¿¿¿¿¿????
    De hecho no te puedes caer de ningún sitio ni precipicios ni puentes... Los puzzles son ridiculamente faciles. Las muertes viscerales se repiten una barbaridad.    El juego esta increíblemente sobrevalorado, es un juego con unos gráficos increíbles y ya esta, como película no esta mal pero como videojuego deja mucho que desear, por ejemplo:
    En las plataformas no te puedes caer. ¿¿¿¿¿????
    De hecho no te puedes caer de ningún sitio ni precipicios ni puentes...
    Los puzzles son ridiculamente faciles.
    Las muertes viscerales se repiten una barbaridad.
    Las cinematecas demasiado largas
    Las frases absurdas (sobretodo las de atreus)
    La historia no es nada original trillada a mas no poder.
    Pocos bosses y repetidos.
    No es nada regulable...    … Expand
  10. dannygards
    May 23, 2018
    6
    Generally speaking this is the type of game I want - single player, good narrative, action adventure type game. I want to support games like this so bought it day 1, but having now finished it I can only say I am extremely underwhelmed.

    The story was decent enough but I did not connect with it, or the characters in anyway. Graphics are solid but nothing spectacular given that it's a    Generally speaking this is the type of game I want - single player, good narrative, action adventure type game. I want to support games like this so bought it day 1, but having now finished it I can only say I am extremely underwhelmed.

    The story was decent enough but I did not connect with it, or the characters in anyway. Graphics are solid but nothing spectacular given that it's a linear game.

    The level design is painfully repetitive - climb a bit, throw your axe at something, enter an open area, big surprise your ambushed by 5 or 6 bad guys! Then rinse and repeat with bosses thrown in every 2nd or 3rd cycle.

    Combat is my biggest problem. I've played plenty of games with very average combat mechanics (Mass effect, Last of Us) but they've been serviceable. With God of War each encounter was so tedious I am surprised I finished the game.

    The controls are sluggish, the camera and lock on system are messy. Even when dropping down to the default difficulty the enemies are total sponges. Even the most basic enemies take 5-6 hits to finish off so there is no feeling of power or impact in your strikes. In the end each encounter just felt like a joyless grind. It may be that playing Soulsbourne games have ruined other melee games for me however that said, I recently played AC Origins and found the combat there to be decent - far superior to GOW.

    So that's my honest opinion - I am clearly in the minority, but I just can't believe that critics/users scoring this a perfect 10 didn't run into any of the issues I have highlighted.    … Expand
  11. zasham
    Apr 22, 2018
    6
    Not that special and way too over hyped. Also the trend to name a sequel as the first is the most stupid thing in this century.
    Anyway if you never played a GoW it's a good start, but i don't think you will feel comfortable with the first ones since it's still quite different.
  12. abvilla
    May 19, 2018
    1
    Ni la sombra de que lo eran las entregas pasadas... demasiado repetitiva y monótona la jugabilidad... la historia es muy predecible en todo momento.
  13. umbershap
    Apr 24, 2018
    2
    No customization other than some weapon and armor options, too many duplicate mobs, after a while it's get boring. Atreus is really annoying and really don't know who want to babysit a kid like that.
    Overall it's a overrated game for the asking price. Game is linear, no reason to play after you finish the game. It would be ok if it was $30.
  14. Judeah
    Apr 28, 2018
    5
    People too oblivious and just blindly go gaga for this game, crappy dodge mechanic, ridiculous grind in order to progress, or just get roflstomped on enemy bosses. Took a good game and decided to add crap mechanics to at depth gameplay. Stuff that was not needed in the game.
  15. Strumbore
    May 24, 2018
    2
    I stopped playing the game shortly after the "AMAZING FIRST BOSS" because I was too bored with the story and gameplay to go on. The game is very much clinging to the coattails of TLoU, which had the same cheap gimmick (hard-boiled action-dad and his spunky kid) but much, much better writing. I only gave the game a chance in the first place because critics claimed it did somethingI stopped playing the game shortly after the "AMAZING FIRST BOSS" because I was too bored with the story and gameplay to go on. The game is very much clinging to the coattails of TLoU, which had the same cheap gimmick (hard-boiled action-dad and his spunky kid) but much, much better writing. I only gave the game a chance in the first place because critics claimed it did something interesting with Norse mythology. However, I found Kratos' son, Atreus, to be an annoying dispenser of Cliff's Notes and the first boss (who WOULD NOT SHUT UP) to be just another in a long line of GoW pro-wrestlers. Seriously, the first boss was terribly-written.

    The fluid, button-mashing combat that the GoW series is known for is gone in this entry. The camera is too close, attacks too slow, and errors too costly. Combat is slow, walking is slow, everything about the game is just too slow. The game world is beautifully designed but could not save me from being bored by the story and combat. This entry of the series claims to be a mature reinvention of a notoriously campy (despite its subject matter) series. GoW (2018) takes itself much too seriously to still have WWE-reject bosses. Games writers need to push themselves harder to make the actions of their characters (even when motivations are concealed) more realistic. It is good to be different and I am always hopeful to be engaged by a great story and interesting characters, but this game doesn't have any of that for me. I hated the gameplay, was not inspired by the story, and was unmoved by the characters.    … Expand
  16. DadofWar
    May 2, 2018
    2
    Zeer eentonig spel. Ik verveelde me de hele tijd en ik ben boos dat Sony me voor zo'n 70 euro, een bodemloze schaamteloos!
  17. ReviewerWannabe
    Aug 20, 2018
    4
    Yes, the graphics are stunning and the storyline was promising. But the gameplay is not at all what I expected it to be. Very limited moveset and very little variety in the enemies you encounter. All around I was very disappointed with the result of the game.
  18. Jiglord
    Apr 25, 2018
    3
    I've never been a fan of the God of War series but I figured I'd give it a chance. The trailers and reviews had me extremely excited to play the game. When I first put in the game engrossed me with its beautiful graphics, tight game play, and intriguing story. But as the hours wore on the game began to annoy me. The incredibly repetitive fighta began to wear thin on my patience. You fightI've never been a fan of the God of War series but I figured I'd give it a chance. The trailers and reviews had me extremely excited to play the game. When I first put in the game engrossed me with its beautiful graphics, tight game play, and intriguing story. But as the hours wore on the game began to annoy me. The incredibly repetitive fighta began to wear thin on my patience. You fight the same five or six enemy types and then they pallette swap them with new annoying gimmicks. The environmental puzzles are PS2 era garbage. It's 2018 why am I carrying around crystals to place in tedious places. But worst of all the story, while good, starts to hamper the gameplay by needlessly padding the games length. Everytime you accomplish your goal suddenly you need some new mcguffin … Expand
  19. Mindurbidniss
    Oct 3, 2018
    4
    Do you like QTE's? How about unskippable cutscenes? Stiff, janky, slow combat? Then I've got a game you're gonna love! Presenting God of War AKA The Last God of Dark Souls... All jokes aside this game is nothing the hype surrounding it would have you believe. Kratos is now only a "God" in name since he's just grumpy dad #1. None of the brilliantly difficult style of puzzles from the olderDo you like QTE's? How about unskippable cutscenes? Stiff, janky, slow combat? Then I've got a game you're gonna love! Presenting God of War AKA The Last God of Dark Souls... All jokes aside this game is nothing the hype surrounding it would have you believe. Kratos is now only a "God" in name since he's just grumpy dad #1. None of the brilliantly difficult style of puzzles from the older titles transferred to this one. Instead puzzles consist of throw axe, pull switch, retrieve axe. Also those epic level boss fights from the other titles, who needs them? Now you can fight a dozen identical trolls, a few identical rock monsters, and a bro with serious mommy issues. This is not God of War… Expand
  20. Lian117
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    This is not God of war, it has 8 hours only of gameplay and 8 hours of movies, the downgrade in graphics are terrible, the background graphics are bery blurred or with a lot of fog to hide the lack of power for the Ps4 to process it. Very disappointing.
  21. Putrick
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    Pésimo, mucho gráfico pero poco la jugabilidad que caracteriza a un god of war, demasiada cinematica que rompe con la fluidez
  22. Eray
    May 11, 2018
    1
    When compared to previous GOW games it is extremely boring, Main story is very short and mundane, Kratos is far from being a god, enemies are all the same only in different colors, and there are absolutely NO boss fights whatsoever. What happened to old good giant bosses? Fighting system is also a disaster, All in all, everything that made God of War different from other games have beenWhen compared to previous GOW games it is extremely boring, Main story is very short and mundane, Kratos is far from being a god, enemies are all the same only in different colors, and there are absolutely NO boss fights whatsoever. What happened to old good giant bosses? Fighting system is also a disaster, All in all, everything that made God of War different from other games have been ripped off and left us with only another mainstream game which has nothing new to offer. I am totally disappointed with what GOW has become. GOW is dead for me.… Expand
  23. RODIMUS
    May 26, 2018
    4
    Everyone who is a fan. And he went through all the previous parts of GOW, he boldly say that this is not God of War !!! Yes, the graphics sound cool. But nothing else. The mechanics of the game are fatal !!! I am a fan of GOW and not Darksouls or other crap of this type.
  24. hamms710
    May 4, 2018
    3
    I really wanted to like this game...but I don't. I don't like the lack of an open world. I have tried playing this game about 20 times and can't play for more than an hour without getting bored. I know that an open world doesn't equal a good game, but for me in 2018, the lack of an open world equals a not good game. I think it looks really nice but I really HATE being stuck on a path.I really wanted to like this game...but I don't. I don't like the lack of an open world. I have tried playing this game about 20 times and can't play for more than an hour without getting bored. I know that an open world doesn't equal a good game, but for me in 2018, the lack of an open world equals a not good game. I think it looks really nice but I really HATE being stuck on a path. I understand that a lot of people like this game, and more power to them, but for me you need an open map nowadays or I don't want to give you $60.… Expand
  25. Kurt_Rivera
    Aug 22, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра заканчивается спустя час игрового времени. Вы знакомитесь с сюжетом, персонажами, проходите весьма недурственный босс файт и...все. Дальше только рутина. Бэктрекинг, искусственное увеличение сложности с помощью высокоуровневых врагов, которые убивают тебя с одного удара и прочие радости. Хочешь завалить этих ничем не отличающихся от предыдущих скелетов, с уровнем +2 выше твоего? Бегай по локациям, как в жопу ужаленный, и собирай, собирай, собирай...шмот, удары, амулеты и тд и тп...это нереально скучно. А если ты вдруг встречаешь хоть какой то уникальный контент (с освобождением дракона, например), то тебя сразу же обламывают репетативностью. 1) С каких пор Кратос освобождает драконов?! Кратос УБИВАЕТ драконов! Убивать весело! Искать и ломать печати по всей карте в течении 40 минут, чтобы его освободить - вот это НЕ весело! А когда ящер свободен, тебя добивают сообщением! Вы освободили дракона! Вам доступно новое испытание: освободи еще 2-х драконов! Что?!?! Еще минимум два раза пройти через это дерьмо?!?! Ну нееет, ребятки. Диск в коробку, коробку на авито.… Expand
  26. WailingPuma
    Feb 18, 2019
    2
    I'm sorry. its beyond me the general buzz around this game. Yes, it's graphics are impressive, combat is fun... But storyline sucks. If there is a storyline at all. When the game hinted something bigger and better would happen, it didn't. T' was only a feint. It names places you can't travel to, enemies you won't meet. "But there will be a sequel". I surely hope so, because as it is, it'sI'm sorry. its beyond me the general buzz around this game. Yes, it's graphics are impressive, combat is fun... But storyline sucks. If there is a storyline at all. When the game hinted something bigger and better would happen, it didn't. T' was only a feint. It names places you can't travel to, enemies you won't meet. "But there will be a sequel". I surely hope so, because as it is, it's only a half game, and definitely not worthy of GOTY.… Expand
  27. allwititnowsuck
    Jul 30, 2018
    4
    Look guys The Last of Us 2 is out and it's a Dark Souls clone!
    I mean, what happened to Kratos temper? Why is he acting like a some sort of silent monk now...what happened to his arrogance and confidence? Isn't that what made him popular to begin with?The combat is really shallow and underwhelming compared to the firs 3 God of War games(I would say even those two spin off games for PSP    Look guys The Last of Us 2 is out and it's a Dark Souls clone!
    I mean, what happened to Kratos temper? Why is he acting like a some sort of silent monk now...what happened to his arrogance and confidence? Isn't that what made him popular to begin with?The combat is really shallow and underwhelming compared to the firs 3 God of War games(I would say even those two spin off games for PSP and God of War: Ascension had better).Rehashes of boss fights and it gets very repetitive..I finished all other God Of Wars multiple times but im never touching this one again.
    The game has moved away from Hack n Slash for unknown reasons and now is just another Dark Souls wannabe.    … Expand
  28. Killua1997
    Aug 4, 2018
    4
    This is my first entry into the GoW franchise, and I gotta say I'm not impressed at all. I'm not sure how the other GoW games fare, but if they're anything like this one, I'm genuinely surprised as to how this franchise has gotten so popular.

    This game is simply not worth 60 bucks. At its core, GoW is an average parent-child bonding experience that has been integrated far better in    This is my first entry into the GoW franchise, and I gotta say I'm not impressed at all. I'm not sure how the other GoW games fare, but if they're anything like this one, I'm genuinely surprised as to how this franchise has gotten so popular.

    This game is simply not worth 60 bucks. At its core, GoW is an average parent-child bonding experience that has been integrated far better in other games. That being said, the story isn't necessarily bad, it just isn't as amazing as everyone is making it out to be: it's a serviceable narrative that you'll probably stop caring about halfway in.

    The combat mechanics of the game are actually pretty alright, but nothing to write home about. As you progress through the game, you unlock combos that make the game more fun and more intense, but unfortunately you won't fight any interesting foes that'll give you a challenge. Most of the time you fight small humanoid enemies and overgrown trolls; occasionally a good boss battle will pop up, but they are few and far between. Honestly, the combat system of GoW is wasted on horrible enemy design.

    The graphics of the game are impressive, and the scenery is truly mesmerizing, but as you explore you start to notice the world is pretty bland and for the most part not meant to be explored. As people have already mentioned, this game is a simple "go from point A to point B", with few detours along the way. Dungeon puzzles are rather simple and just put in to give the illusion of a well-designed world, when in actuality the extent of these puzzles are "throw your axe to freeze a bridge in place, walk on the bridge, recall your axe, rinse and repeat"

    So, GoW is basically a linear gameplay experience that offers nothing in the way of exploring its world or utilizing its combat system against challenging foes. If you want a game that actually offers a riveting experience filled with challenges and world exploration, try Bloodborne; if you want all that and an interesting narrative, try Witcher 3; if you want all that and the same parent-child bonding experience, play The Last of Us. Heck, I don't understand how GoW is getting so much praise when it does things that have already been done except much worse.    … Expand
  29. GioOneX
    Feb 27, 2019
    0
    Jogo horrível não vale 1 centavo... Mataram a originalidade do jogo. Como podem lançár um game de ação se o personagem nem pula. A sony está cada vez mais preguiçosa e lança apenas jogos estilo filme onde se joga apenas apertando apenas 1 botão e vai passando toda história do jogo ate zerar em pouquíssimas horas...lamentável...
  30. Alibababa
    May 21, 2018
    0
    It's a good game but it's not God of War anymore, I hope the sequel will be more action orientated.
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Universal acclaim - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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  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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