God of War: Ragnarok

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8959 Ratings

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  1. SunsetNebula
    Jun 26, 2023
    4
    The game is an absolute wonder in terms of world crafting and beauty in graphics. The characters are very well done and the story is absolutely intriguing from the start. The combat is much like its predecessors but with a lot more combos and experimenting. That said however, there are glaring issues in the story which show signs of lazy writing and rushed story beats. Many plot points andThe game is an absolute wonder in terms of world crafting and beauty in graphics. The characters are very well done and the story is absolutely intriguing from the start. The combat is much like its predecessors but with a lot more combos and experimenting. That said however, there are glaring issues in the story which show signs of lazy writing and rushed story beats. Many plot points and details from the first game are never expanded upon in this game and many character motivations (mainly Freya) are quickly abandoned for story convenience. Many major threats and enemies like Odin or Thor whose immense power is alluded to in the first game, are lackluster and boring. This game's narrative simply could not live up to the hype and worldbuilding its predecessor built for it. The ending, While I won't get into too much conveys this perfectly. The time travel story element is never expanded upon is just an a**pull and the entire ending sequence boils down to a blackout, where you the player do not get to see anything. The combat is more fleshed out and gives you a lot more experimentation. That said, however, coming from the previous game's uninteresting enemies and most notably the absence of cool finishers and set pieces (think the god of war 3) God of war Ragnarok does not address these issues either. One thing I greatly wish they improved upon was exploration. Exploration is largely the same, while the levels are more fleshed out, they are empty and void of any interesting characters apart from the same souls providing fetch quests and the enemies of course. Some side bosses do have a sliver of that energy found in pre reboot God of war. Needless to say, If you did not like the combat in the previous game, there is not much for you here in God of War Ragnarok. Lastly, this game is clearly a PS4 game. Looking at exclusive PS5 games like Demons Souls or the new Final Fantasy 16, this game pales in comparison. The art direction is wonderful, cinematography and dialogue are great, but ultimately this game was a victim to what the notion it's predecessor built for it. In conclusion, God of War Ragnarok showcases impressive world crafting and graphics, but suffers from lazy writing, rushed story beats, and unexplored plot points. The lackluster enemies, disappointing ending, and unchanged exploration further detract from its overall experience. While the combat sees some improvements, it fails to reach the level of excellence set by its predecessor and other exclusive PS5 titles.… Expand
  2. Greatot
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    Very era inappropriate writing that fails to immerse or capture the setting. Characters speak, behave and swear like the most normal, distinctly modern people, with their divinity and unique existence as gods being almost completely ignored. Immortal gods are made to deliver some of the strangest, most casual lines like walking into someone's home and saying "Nice place." or complainingVery era inappropriate writing that fails to immerse or capture the setting. Characters speak, behave and swear like the most normal, distinctly modern people, with their divinity and unique existence as gods being almost completely ignored. Immortal gods are made to deliver some of the strangest, most casual lines like walking into someone's home and saying "Nice place." or complaining about their "moms" and how typical they are. Words like yep, yeah, kinda, sorta, pretty are used just like in the modern day. This is a strong contrast versus the original trilogy, and 2018's God of War.

    Casual writing can have its place to break the tension or as comedic relief, but in Ragnarok the villains, main characters and side characters all engage in this kind of dialogue, making everything feel constantly comedic.

    The graphics are gorgeous and the combat remains as good as in the previous game, but a game this focused on dialogue and story leaves ultimately little of value when the writing fails this much.    … Expand
  3. laughingal
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    I played 3 hours and got bored, so $20/hour.
    Dialog is banal, combat repetitive.
    Touchy-feely no workie.
    It's a B-movie on rails with underwhelming combat in the middle.
  4. WryMouth
    Nov 17, 2022
    1
    Nothing huge or new, game does not loo PS5 level, Dragging story and annoying dialog. Once you get into it feels like you already played this with a new skin. Way too many cutscenes.
  5. woaimiyabi
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    I really liked the previous work and thought that it would bring about breakthrough progress, but I was disappointed. In the same situation as the previous work, I was very upset that the decryption and map running became more and more. It seemed that I was playing with the Assassin's Creed. It was strange that many of the materials were reused in the plot arrangement.
  6. vgmkyle
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    God of War Ragnarok is proof that you can have the presentation of a lifetime and still completely drop the ball when it comes to gameplay. The juggling and lifeless AI really irritate me, and I find this game to be the easiest of big recent action games like this. If I was to choose between this or ER, it wouldn't be a tough call at all.
  7. MGS_1
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    Are you kidding me! 94

    Same gameplay
    Same graphic
    Same melee
    Same level design

    I swear to real god if you've played GOW 2018, you don't need to buy Ragnarok.
  8. PandoraActorr
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This game is nothing but a slightly upgrade version of god of war 2018. Same old boring gameplay, boring story, nothing revolutionary at all (that might not be the worse thing but it is not the best thing either). In conclusion, good to kill some time, but that is all
  9. Dioronmybody
    Nov 10, 2022
    2
    Disappointing on the PS5, it makes no use of the strong hardware of next-gen and traveling between realms is still 20-30 seconds which is a joke when it's near instant on Horizon, GoT and TLOU.

    Even non-PS5 games make and take advantage of the hardware, Ragnarok doesn't. It also copy pastes 70% of the previous game with more enemy variet and... snow.
  10. Viaduk
    Nov 10, 2022
    0
    so poor gameplay and graphic, its like game from ubisoft where only avanposts and grinding for grinding.
  11. ClaytonCarmine
    Nov 11, 2022
    2
    I'm truly sorry for what happened to the once great God of War series, after Cory Barlog took over, the series went from an epic Hack and slash game to a corrupted Souls Like that was completely lacking in Gigantism, violence, sex scenes, and cool boss battles.

    I’m generally silent about the plot, yesho was written by a child from elementary school, and now they are trying to sell us DLC    I'm truly sorry for what happened to the once great God of War series, after Cory Barlog took over, the series went from an epic Hack and slash game to a corrupted Souls Like that was completely lacking in Gigantism, violence, sex scenes, and cool boss battles.

    I’m generally silent about the plot, yesho was written by a child from elementary school, and now they are trying to sell us DLC for $ 70, I think this is arrogance and disrespect for users. I hope the second reboot of this series will go better than from 2018, and the series will live for more than 1.5 parts    … Expand
  12. kecele6625sd
    Nov 10, 2022
    0
    Overrated sadly

    - underwhelming first 7 hours
    - bad lvl design with invinciblle walls
    - boring platforming and slow walking
    - reused old realms and enemies
  13. Pasta88
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Didn't live up to my expectations personally, really hoped the game would be much better than this
  14. jugadorhardcore
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Is boring and also is almost the same game than GoW 2018. Atreus still an awful character. IT is definitely not a next gen game. You can realize that is a game for ps4
  15. OnlyOneHere
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    This game is complete garbage. It's about the same as the last. This game was in development for over 4 years with no games released during that timeframe. There is no excuse for copy and pasted animations. It's almost as if this game was planned DLC, but the developers turned it into a full game for more money. Why does this cost more than the PS4 version? This game still uses too manyThis game is complete garbage. It's about the same as the last. This game was in development for over 4 years with no games released during that timeframe. There is no excuse for copy and pasted animations. It's almost as if this game was planned DLC, but the developers turned it into a full game for more money. Why does this cost more than the PS4 version? This game still uses too many masked loading screens. $70 and it doesn't utilize the strength of the PS5.

    The levels are boring and repetitive. It's as if the developers randomly added enemies into the environments and called it a day. Ubisoft Montreal can design levels better than these developers, and let me remind you that Ubisoft Montreal develop games at a faster rate. Which begs the question, why can't these developers make more frequent releases if they are just going to copy/paste and lazily design the levels? Keep in mind that this is only half of the game, meaning these lazy developers only had to do half of the work. Where is the freaking multiplayer? Sony Santa Monica are clearly too cheap and greedy to hire more developers. The physics are beyond horrible. The camera is too close. It's embarrassing that modders can give us a FOV option with ease, and these lazy developers can't even give us a simple feature. Boss fights are terrible.

    For goodness sake, why won't these developers let me skip the cutscenes in their games? Enough already. I don't want to watch a stupid movie about Norse mythology. I just want to punch monsters. It just goes to show how out of touch these developers are. I don't know anyone that cares about Norse mythology, aside bookworms. Some of us just want to go straight to the gameplay. Besides, the only people that I hear talk about stories in video games are millennials that love classic rock. I'm pretty sure the rest of us want to play the game, not watch a movie. I had the game crash on me and I was forced to watch the same boring cutscene again. This is why it's important to let us skip cutscenes. Even Naughty Dog lets me skip cutscenes. It's one thing to write a trash story, but forcing me to watch it is pathetic. I paid $70 so I should be able to skip whenever I want.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the story, there is literally not a reason to play this game again. Charging $70 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. And the greedy developers had the audacity to not include the disc in the Jotnar edition, in a pathetic attempt at scamming players to buy the game twice. I know Sony is stingy with multiplayer, but not stingy enough to give me at least co-op. When I complained about the lack of multiplayer in GoT and Returnal, those developers actually listened to my complaints. They added co-op multiplayer and endless modes. Sony Santa Monica have more money than Suckerpunch and Housemarque combined. There is literally no excuse as to why these lazy cheapskates can't give me online. I paid $70 for goodness sake, I should be entitled to online multiplayer at that outrageous price. If I don't get the multiplayer, then it will only prove that these developers are too greedy and lazy, greedier than EA. I would recommend this game until it is $10 or less or just wait until it's free on PS Plus.

    Edit: After playing Callisto Protocol, I changed my mind. I'm changing my score from a 2 to a 0. Unskippable cutscenes along with boring masked loading screens is unacceptable for $70, not to mention that the things I initially praised this game for should've been in GOW 2018 in the beginning. I am infuriated with movie games.    … Expand
  16. Viton
    Nov 11, 2022
    1
    A DLC full of BUGS. Nothing new A repetitive game full of puzzles and cinematics that cut the gaming experience. bring your popcorn
  17. megabusterx
    Jan 25, 2023
    3
    An incredibly meh game that is over praised by the Sony diehards, the hand holding is especially egregious.
  18. TonyThePony
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    More of the same to be honest. Looks fantastic but the devs must think people who play this are really dumb as everything is signposted beyond belief, so much so that it ruins what could have been a fun game.
  19. barkingbat
    Jan 23, 2023
    2
    A sequel to the masterpiece released on 2018 this game improves on combat and graphics. However the soulless pathetic dribble of unending dialogue and slow walking with a story that belongs in a present day Disney remake ensures that most people should avoid this stain on an amazing series. Do not buy Do not rent Do not play. One of the most worthless tiresome experiences I've ever had.
  20. Superpagal
    Jan 30, 2023
    4
    God of war, ragnarok. I just finished the game but I won't spoil it for you. Let me just begin with this, the title closer to last of us or uncharted without guns than older God of war titles. Too much story, too much cutscenes. Remember when Kratos used to be a crazy motherf@@cker filled with rage killing titans God's, heroes. That's over. Now it's a duo of a sentimental father and sonGod of war, ragnarok. I just finished the game but I won't spoil it for you. Let me just begin with this, the title closer to last of us or uncharted without guns than older God of war titles. Too much story, too much cutscenes. Remember when Kratos used to be a crazy motherf@@cker filled with rage killing titans God's, heroes. That's over. Now it's a duo of a sentimental father and son without any real purpose. They just happened to be in norse mythology when ragnarok was about to begin. Remember when kratos actually had combos, upgrades, taking godly weapons,? Well forget about it. Was eager to fight thor in a over the top crazy fight like i was ? Well you can fight a middle aged alcoholic out of shape irishman instead . After 10 hours I kept playing because I payed it and for no other reason. It saddens me that hod of war became another uncharted for broader audiences. If you liked last of us you probably like this title too. If you are a fan of combat focused games like from software title's, devil lay cry and of course older God of war titles. Then you'll be disappointed. I never expected to write a negative review for god of war. It had such potential, do beautiful graphics and very nice performance. Can't we have a game that's combat focused? Why everything had to become a generic last of us clone,??? … Expand
  21. Fenstergehtauf
    Nov 27, 2022
    3
    Too many boring, unskipable cutscenes combines with mediocre gameplay.
    I don't know why they bother including puzzles if the characters spoil the solutions within seconds of arriving at the scene.
  22. volsharr
    Jan 23, 2023
    0
    I regret buying this game for a full price. It is not a game, it is an interactive movie. Boring levels, cant go anywhere, invisible walls everywhere, combat is exactly same as the previous title.
    Ok movie, bad game.
  23. SirFlankBoring
    Jan 31, 2023
    3
    Should've stayed as a hack n slash franchise. Nothing else to say except that Sony pays sites to give this a 10/10.
  24. finnianr
    Jan 21, 2023
    4
    The game was great until the Angrboda character appeared. Suddenly felt like I was watching a cutesy Disney teenage romance movie. Nothing about either the writing or character or casting was consistent with the reimagined God of War of 2018 . Angrboda was just as jarring as if she appeared in the game Ghost of Tsushima. Was Santa Monica studios raided by the diversity and inclusion policeThe game was great until the Angrboda character appeared. Suddenly felt like I was watching a cutesy Disney teenage romance movie. Nothing about either the writing or character or casting was consistent with the reimagined God of War of 2018 . Angrboda was just as jarring as if she appeared in the game Ghost of Tsushima. Was Santa Monica studios raided by the diversity and inclusion police and got a bad report so they felt the need to blackwash a Scandinavian story. Think I will go back to playing Ghostwire Tokyo, which at least had some cultural consistency. But then the GOW franchise as a whole has a problem deciding what it wants to be. In a way the paint employed by Angrboda is symbolic of what happens when you randomly apply different colors. You don't get art, just an aimless mess. It's a pity to see a great game vision ruined by some external influence.… Expand
  25. Ntfwprophet
    Dec 11, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although it is fairly cutscene heavy, the game starts out in the right direction almost immediately uniting you with both friends of old, and foe alike. The combat feels almost identical, however they decided to take away all the moves you learned in the last one only to have you earn them all over again, minus the few that they removed from the game which I honestly felt was a mistake. I honestly feel like the combat was better in the first one, but the transition moves are a nice addition and so are the blue circle parries. They give the combat a bit more of a personality. All the while they attempted to make an upgraded system for gear this time around but it still feels incomplete as they don't give you enough good materials for you to be able to level all your gear up. So what happens is you level the gear you like playing with and that takes away from the ability to level up others that are further behind to the point where there's just no point to change gear and try a different style. essentially you'll always have one or two pieces of gear that are better than the rest and it just doesn't feel rewarding enough to want to go back to try another. Lastly, the game forces you to use Atreus for large portions of the game and they're just so annoying that I couldn't help but turn the game off every time I'd get to one, and it would take me days before I would want to play it again. Even worse is when Atreus goes and meets Angrboda, you spend a solid hour or more riding a yak picking fruit. It's boring, and you literally don't learn anything new. It just goes over everything you've already learned and all of the wasted time picking fruit could easily been removed from the game and simply been a cutscene. It honestly felt like they just added them to break up the monotony and i hated every single minute of it. Thanks to Atreus I will never play through this game a 2nd time. I bought this game for God of War which is Kratos and I simply can't push through the annoying Atreus parts which essentially makes this game unplayable for me which means I wasted my money and have no choice but to rate this as such… Expand
  26. Mogmog000
    Jan 24, 2023
    0
    The conversation between parents and children is depressing and the characters are unappealing.
    The action is monotonous and unexciting.
    Puzzles are boring and there are too many of them.
  27. Jsaiyan
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    The combat is a step up compared to 2018, especially with the third weapon you get. Plenty of dialogue between characters made me laugh. Actor performances are mostly solid, and the music is grand. Graphics are exactly the same as 2018, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
    Unfortunately, this game suffers from lackluster writing. Many moments drag on too long, while others move much too    The combat is a step up compared to 2018, especially with the third weapon you get. Plenty of dialogue between characters made me laugh. Actor performances are mostly solid, and the music is grand. Graphics are exactly the same as 2018, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
    Unfortunately, this game suffers from lackluster writing. Many moments drag on too long, while others move much too fast. 2018 had about 10 total characters present, while this one throws another 30 or so at you and doesn't give you much time to get connected to them or be invested in them. Many characters sound out of place from this world and speak with modern mannerisms that break the immersion and make you feel like you're watching a Marvel movie.
    Another big issue is the overall gameplay. The combat is great but not as great as in the Greek era. The traversal mostly has you slowly climbing up walls or crawling through tunnels as a way to hide a loading gate and have the PS4 stop processing one area and start processing the next. The puzzles are decent until your companions open their mouths and can't stop telling you exactly what to do and there is no option to turn them off. There are TONS of cutscenes in this one, and they feel more dramatic than they need to be, almost like the writers are begging you to feel the same emotion as the characters in these moments. This could have worked if the writing was tighter and more meaningful, but they decided to go with overemotional acting and sweeping music to try and make these scenes bigger than they really are. It's one of the cheapest tricks you can pull when making a movie. Maybe that's the core root of this game; it feels like an Avengers movie more than a God of War game.
    In summary, they are stepping too far away from what made God of War unique and special back in the 2000s, and instead, they are copying trends from other successful games to try and appeal to a broader audience and make more sales. You could sum up this game with single words like "vanilla", "bland", and "unoriginal."
    I don't care what happens to the franchise after this because at this point I'm done. I'm going to subscribe to PS Plus Premium so I can play the older games and reminisce how great God of War once was.
    Edit: After playing God of War 1-3 and Ascension and then trying Ragnarok again, the tone of Ragnarok is unbearable with how many characters are goofy and crack jokes. It's in stark contrast to the tone they are trying to establish in the story with violence and death, and it's disgustingly jarring.
    The story ended at 3 with Kratos killing himself to give hope to others. The Norse games are not canon.    … Expand
  28. mario999
    Apr 18, 2023
    0
    I finished the game now and need to update my review previously I gave this game 2 points, that is not possible anymore, that game is a solid 0, I have no idea how you can make a so bad game, I could over look the always same environments, copy paste from the previous game, could even look over the 5 enemies which exist in the game which are also all from the previous game, the stupidI finished the game now and need to update my review previously I gave this game 2 points, that is not possible anymore, that game is a solid 0, I have no idea how you can make a so bad game, I could over look the always same environments, copy paste from the previous game, could even look over the 5 enemies which exist in the game which are also all from the previous game, the stupid puzzles, but the story and the so annoying characters without any depth I could care less about anyone in that game, they made kratos look like a fool, then when playing his son is embarrassing you never play almost you just talk and walk, it taked me like 3-4 months to finish the game because its so boring and after 1-2 hours you just don't want to play it anymore, I needed 40 hours to finish all, from the 40 hours I guaranty that 25 hours you watch videos, which are soooo boring and you can't skip anything, each time video came I started to make something else was not able to watch that s*** anymore, this game made me so angry, then kratos now don't want to fight anymore, he is done with all, why in hell a game like god of war is like that, its just so bad, before the end of the game the videos are just ridiculous, worst game I ever played, even worst then fallout 4 and cyberpunk, avoid this game its just a pain, the paid reviews are just ridiculous, I loved the previous game for me previous game is top 3 of best games ever made, but this game here is just embarrassing and cash grab, it is really the worst game I ever played, I never thought I will say something like that about a god of war game, never again I buy a game from this studio, to the studio next time just make a bad movie and you better off, wow wow wow I just can't believe what they done to god of war franchise, please just dont ever make a game again and leave, Videos which take over 1 hour and you can't skip what is that, who cares about the stuff which are in the videos. I could go on and on but I lost already enough time with this worthless game. to anyone just don't buy this game. and I just finished the game because I always finished all god to war games and I just was not able to believe that the game will be that bad, I thought many times to quit the game.… Expand
  29. joash
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    What did they do to God of War? The combat is like a watered-down version of the previous titles. The story and dialog are boring, which I can deal with but they decide to drag it out more and more and more. God of War is supposed to be an epic hack n slash action game where to story is just dumb fun, not this CW drama and B-tier soulborne combat
  30. DaviksGames
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    DLC das piores jogo repetitivo desnecessário q bosta de jogo
    Deveria ter parado no 3 tava bom
  31. KillsInVersace
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    The gameplay is great, but the fact that we are forced to watch all the cinematics screws EVERYTHING up
  32. Spidey2099
    Aug 14, 2023
    3
    I would rather have 10 hour amazing game that i may replay in the future where everything was refined then to go through a game like this ever again.

    Amazing delivery of dialogue and its story, great facial captures. Overall this is bad game if you think about it. The story itself isnt that good. The norse charecters and its mythology are not incorporated well at all. Feels like normal    I would rather have 10 hour amazing game that i may replay in the future where everything was refined then to go through a game like this ever again.

    Amazing delivery of dialogue and its story, great facial captures. Overall this is bad game if you think about it. The story itself isnt that good. The norse charecters and its mythology are not incorporated well at all. Feels like normal people tv drama show. You do not feel like god or that you are in a universe that gods exists. It sure is beutiful and graphics and the delivery is absolutely top notch.

    But dear god this game is so long just to finish the main campaign and even that was really hard. So much dialogue, walking, climbing repeated enemies. It just dragged on and on without any meaningful reasons. Not to mantioned all the side content that has bloated this game beyong belief.

    Gameplay can defenitly be satisfying but the rpg loot/stats systems assosiated with gameplay doesnt do anything except waste players time to make game longer. So much handholding with the traversal. You cant freely grapple or jump. Everything is on rails.

    I may have bought this game and santa monica.sony may think they already have sales. But if developers dont provide what consumers demand they will not get sales from thier next game. Rpg mechaniches are the worst things thats happened to games industry in my opinion. Shallow way to get you to be addicted.    … Expand
  33. Phillanaconda
    May 15, 2023
    0
    Juego aburrido, soso repetitivo, mal hecho, personajes insulsos, solo para ponys
  34. adrianollsbr
    Jan 30, 2023
    0
    the sad dad simulator return for a one more boring journey, now less violent, more friendly with enemies than ever.
  35. scarbo
    Aug 16, 2023
    2
    Just waste of time. The only good thing might be graphics but not better than horizon forbidden west. Generally map feels so small and skintight. Combats are routine and pointless. It’s like they’ve just made it for story, not for innovation. It could have been a dlc maybe.
  36. WsaEleven
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    The biggest disappointment I've ever had. The game is unbearably boring because of the characters who don't stop talking for even 1 minute, throughout the game they tell you what you need to do, they tell you how to solve the puzzles, they don't allow you to think and solve them on your own. It's unthinkable that the studio managed to turn something as amazing as God of War into a gameThe biggest disappointment I've ever had. The game is unbearably boring because of the characters who don't stop talking for even 1 minute, throughout the game they tell you what you need to do, they tell you how to solve the puzzles, they don't allow you to think and solve them on your own. It's unthinkable that the studio managed to turn something as amazing as God of War into a game for 5 year olds. The only way to make the game less unbearable and be able to play it is resetting the dialogue volume in the settings, thus removing the voices of Mimir and Atreus that tell you absolutely everything that needs to be done in each part of the game. The gameplay became absurdly boring and irritating, causing me to abandon the game without even completing the story.… Expand
  37. bapitiboopy
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    Nothing but a SJW God of war 2018 DLC. Extremely sad. I really wanted to like this game. Not sure if the old creative director left but it feels that this was not made by the same people who brought God of war 2018.
  38. deadpoolfan1185
    Jan 22, 2023
    0
    not a 10 this game is the same as the other ones just different monsters and story same characters as the last one same combat upgrade gears armor weapons skills.glad i rented it and didn't buy it.
  39. Dantek
    Jan 28, 2023
    2
    The most disappointing game of my life, doesn't even compare in depth to the previous one, seems like a game for teens who watch Netflix series too much.
    I was waiting this game for 4 years and it was for nothing, the change of director ruined the potential this game had.
    It's not a bad game, but it destroyed what the series could be.
  40. BiohazardMax
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
    I'm a huge fan of God of War series, played many times all games , but this game maked for the children.
  41. dixon_seider
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    This game came with my PS5 when I bought it new. I have never played a GOW title in the past so being thrown directly into the lore without any backstory is a bit jarring. I've put in 3 hours thus far and it feels like a movie that wants to be a video game. I seriously put my controller down anytime there is a cut scene. Any game that makes me want to put the controller down isn'tThis game came with my PS5 when I bought it new. I have never played a GOW title in the past so being thrown directly into the lore without any backstory is a bit jarring. I've put in 3 hours thus far and it feels like a movie that wants to be a video game. I seriously put my controller down anytime there is a cut scene. Any game that makes me want to put the controller down isn't good. It may be the worst voice acting I've ever encountered, I can barely understand Kratos and Odin sounds like a random guy from New York, not very immersive.
    I have no emotional connection to the character and therefore no reason to care if I die or fail a mission. I am not motivated to continue playing this game and am not encouraged that everyone thinks this a good title. Are there no good games on this platform? Should I just return the PS5?    … Expand
  42. Rodbang
    May 14, 2023
    1
    It feels as the first God of War. There isn't much evolution in terms of gameplay, this could be fine if the story was better however it is lazy and generic not as the previous game
  43. Vadimhr
    May 21, 2023
    0
    What a stupid game. Just press the buttons you see on the screen. No chance to step left or right just move forward the way the game wants. No ability to skip cinimatics. Really do not understand why this bs has so high rating.
  44. QuasarKnight
    May 15, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Decepcionante... Uma das minhas franquias prediletas massacrada em um único game! Inegavelmente o jogo possuí gráficos fantásticos, uma gameplay de combate bem variada, podendo mesclar vários tipos de combos com diferentes armas, apesar de ser extremamente similar ao game anterior de 2018. Infelizmente eu preciso apresentar alguns pontos e expressar meu descontentamento.
    1° As narrativas criadas para justificar *Plot Holes* grotescos sem sentido, exemplo: Kratos tem equipamentos, armas e magias de origem Grega, porém ele não pode usar pois está fora do reino de sua origem. Está justificativa não faz sentido nenhum pois Kratos utiliza da sua fúria espartana e as lâminas do caos que imbuem magia Grega nos reinos nórdicos.
    2° *Descaracterização* do personagem Kratos: Nos antigos jogos da franquia, até mesmo no game de 2018 vemos um Kratos violento, brutal e disposto a fazer qualquer coisa pra tirar seus inimigos do seu caminho. Em God of War Ragnarok Kratos perdeu totalmente sua essência, a justificativa de que seu filho o fez mudar é justa, mas mudar completamente virando chacota? Ele perde sua vida para Thor e poupa a vida de Heimdall (um Deus arrogante que tentou contra a vida de Atreus) no mínimo Heimdall merecia uma morte como Poseidon e Hércules. 3° *História e narrativas fracas*: Esperávamos um Ragnarok como foi a queda do Olimpo em God of War 3 porém optaram por fazer um game "Disney" com uma história meia boca desinteressante. 4° *Hype* em cima do martelo Mjolnir: Assim como a Blade of Olympus, seria mega interessante o Kratos utilizar uma dessas armas para enfrentar o pai dos Deuses Odin, porém infelizmente todo o hype que fizeram com o martelo foi em vão (mais uma descaracterização do personagem pois ele sempre utiliza as armas dos seus inimigos para conseguir mais poder) para a utilização do martelo Mjolnir seria apenas criar algo como em God of War 2 onde Kratos conseguiu erguer a Blade of Olympus. 5° *Odin é um personagem decepcionante* e não passa imponência: Acho que é justo dizer que todos esperavam um Odin badass assim como Zeus. Infelizmente ele é fraco e muito mal aproveitado, o que me dá impressão de que o game foi rushado ou o roteirista é inexperiente.    … Expand
  45. Kaiser12
    May 17, 2023
    0
    Graphics are great gameplay **** sucks. Go play tears of the kingdom way better!
  46. wellBehavedfish
    May 27, 2023
    0
    Bugged out after a death without having the option to interact with required function and so I had to reset the game several times.

    The combat is soggy and unenjoyable outside of the easiest difficulty for the lack of controls to parry from behind and ruins the fluidity of the game. The story is lackluster and exorbitantly long and drawn out in excessively uninteresting sections. Worst    Bugged out after a death without having the option to interact with required function and so I had to reset the game several times.

    The combat is soggy and unenjoyable outside of the easiest difficulty for the lack of controls to parry from behind and ruins the fluidity of the game. The story is lackluster and exorbitantly long and drawn out in excessively uninteresting sections. Worst Sony exclusive I’ve played.    … Expand
  47. Abood828
    Jun 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad!!!! 70$shdhdhdhpADno01kekeekktlkjahbadddd very bad very on price baddddddddd… Expand
  48. PovThePlayer
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    This is just another copy & paste, the models, the animations, the engine are the same as the previous release. Also too much fog
  49. Rafael_LMR
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    This game is one of the worst games i have ever seen. 100% not recommend it and i wish it never cane out!
  50. Dohmeat
    Jul 16, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. r? How is he able to land on the dragons, but they can’t hit them with bows? It truly seems to be written by AI. The portrayal of Odin and some of the other gods is just bizarre. I can see it being funny to have Richard Schiff as Odin in a meta comedy kind of story, but it doesn’t work in this melodrama, and lends to the anticlimax of the ending. The combat doesn’t make up for it; low stakes, it doesn’t get better, you don’t get big schools of mobs like in old school gow. When you’re underleveled, you do endless chip damage but dodge constantly to avoid dying in 3 hits ; it’s very uninspiring. The mobs are harder than the bosses, and the bosses are worse than in the prior game, which looks worse in retrospect. it is beautiful and has some good missions, and i think the basic combat system is decent and could have been used in a better game, but it’s possibly the worst PS exclusive, including Days Gone. I regret paying for it, and would wait for it to hit a subscription service or drop substantially.… Expand
  51. ekojordy
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    Gameplay is horribly below the industry standard for action games.

    The default difficulty will have anyone breezing through every scenario without a single death. The harder difficulties increase enemy health a ludicrous amount, while ensuring that the offscreen projectile spam stops every combo (thanks to an insane lack of any dodge offset type of feature). The camera is atrocious and    Gameplay is horribly below the industry standard for action games.

    The default difficulty will have anyone breezing through every scenario without a single death. The harder difficulties increase enemy health a ludicrous amount, while ensuring that the offscreen projectile spam stops every combo (thanks to an insane lack of any dodge offset type of feature). The camera is atrocious and will neuter your characters movement when trying to switch targets. No replay value whatsoever due to long un-skippable talking and walking scenes. The single-camera presentation is ruined by an insane amount of menu usage all in the service of terrible RPG elements that hardly influence the combat.

    The writing in this game is just as bad. No subtlety, every character says exactly how they feel. All plot points involve a MacGuffin, just like the last game. The vast majority of character conflicts come from a contrived lack of communication. Many of the character beats are poorly motivated as well. The story tries to explore themes of family and fate, but nothing new is said. Being an abusive person is bad. Letting other people decide your fate is bad. In gameplay, the characters yell the solution to every puzzle before giving the player a chance to observe the puzzle's elements. While in combat, the side characters constantly yell to use a shield strike to stun enemies. Any sense of immersion the game is trying to build is destroyed as soon as the player takes control.

    There are also game-breaking bugs littered throughout. I feel like I have been tricked by both reviewers and developers into buying this game.    … Expand
  52. MorgothX2112
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    Puzzles are solved for you as I’m looking around for ravens. Mythology is crammed into exposition information dumps. No freedom until the game gives you the tools. Combat is ok but still if an enemy is higher level you get 1-2 shot so the only way to use skill is by never getting hit. The endless talking about stupid stuff and puzzles being solved for you just ruin any fun. This is nowherePuzzles are solved for you as I’m looking around for ravens. Mythology is crammed into exposition information dumps. No freedom until the game gives you the tools. Combat is ok but still if an enemy is higher level you get 1-2 shot so the only way to use skill is by never getting hit. The endless talking about stupid stuff and puzzles being solved for you just ruin any fun. This is nowhere close to the “masterpiece” reviewers hailed it to be. They have turned one of my favorite series into another Sony style game that are all starting to blend together with little to no differences (Last of Us, Uncharted, Spider-Man, Days Gone, etc)… Expand
  53. gowruner
    May 15, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pelo menos acharam alguns glitchs pra zuar. Esse jogo consegue deixar o de 2018 bom em alguma realidade paralela bizarra… Expand
  54. Sec
    Dec 8, 2022
    2
    Angrboda is insufferable and the section with her is extremely drawn out and unplayable. Ruined the game for me.
  55. Luciddreems
    Dec 9, 2022
    2
    First of all I have been a fan of God of war franchise since the beginning and really liked gow 4 however Ragnarok is a different story. I am not a fan of the insertion of modern politics in media and entertainment but and it has unfortunately infected this beloved franchise. As much as I anticipated this game (bought a PS5 because of it) I actually wish I skipped this one. Disappointing.
  56. Sts1185
    Dec 8, 2022
    4
    Clunky aiming clunky controls. Incompetent storyline. All of the enemies are the same. The puzzles if you can call them that are easy and plain. Walking around on a yak picking fruit was by far the stupidest part of a game I've ever played. Being lectured about atreus picking a flower and killing it was enough for me. Anyone who tells you 10/10 is either lying or a bot.If it wasn't GOWClunky aiming clunky controls. Incompetent storyline. All of the enemies are the same. The puzzles if you can call them that are easy and plain. Walking around on a yak picking fruit was by far the stupidest part of a game I've ever played. Being lectured about atreus picking a flower and killing it was enough for me. Anyone who tells you 10/10 is either lying or a bot.If it wasn't GOW name and didn't have Kratos and was the same exact game it would at best be 5/10. The character atreus and his entitled whining 24/7 is incredibly overwhelming. And we all know the so called "experts" are paid and give whatever review there company wants.… Expand
  57. GRM173538352746
    Dec 16, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Characters are cheap and poor written (Heimdall, Atreus, Angrboda, freyr.............) This is a big minus when half of the game are cutcenes displaying the characters. Also the story gets boring as a consequence. Thor and Odin, maybe the most anticipated part about this game, are minimized to two hippies with no debt, and are combined not half as interesting as Baldur was. The nine realms feels like a little neighborhood where people can go wherever they please.

    Gameplay mechanics is good, but its generally the same as GoW 2018. Especially the runic attacks are 90 percent, or more, the same as those from the previous game. The puzzles are poor made, with little variation and a simple design which doesn't require any amount of thought, but rather a walkthrough of the whole area to get a glimpse of some hidden crack or mark. There are scenes which are extremely outdrawn, when you just have to sit and watch two **** ride a cowthing for an hour or so, with no actual gameplay, and a massive chunk of zero budget dialogue. While "playing" through this part, it's a wonder I didn't quit.

    The only good things about this game are a few good bossfights (though not on level with the prequel), SOME good artdesign, some good music.

    In addition, the sidequests and grind are boring, repetitive, and a massive waste of time.

    Note: Also I suppose this review will be removed by metacritic for no particular reason, exept corruption.    … Expand
  58. Arrambide7
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    this is a dlc, no upgrades in graphics or gameplay, a movie of 30 min and a gameplay of 10 minutes only, boring like hell
  59. Riotside
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Had potential to be a great game, but with Santa Monica hiring female and lbgtq developers, they've turned our favorite badass into a soft daddy who doesn't like to kill. He's now weak and feminine. Basically same thing that happened to WoW.
  60. antonBant
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    More of this same. Boring drivel on rails, unskippable long cutscenes, fake drama. Atreus do not look like son of Kratos. His wife cheated on him obviously.
  61. Mindurbidniss
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    More of the same. Dad of Dark Souls features the same animations of the same watered down character but more of them! Kratos isn't the same man that literally ripped of Medusa's head to use as a weapon. Instead Kratos is now the guy who throws his axe at things to pass simple puzzles. He's also the same guy who engages in Bengay Battles in which you have to wait for the camera to catchMore of the same. Dad of Dark Souls features the same animations of the same watered down character but more of them! Kratos isn't the same man that literally ripped of Medusa's head to use as a weapon. Instead Kratos is now the guy who throws his axe at things to pass simple puzzles. He's also the same guy who engages in Bengay Battles in which you have to wait for the camera to catch up and let you know who's been killing you for the past five minutes because they were off screen. Don't believe the hype and save your dough. God of War hasn't been great since the third. The animations are the same. The combat is basically the same. Everything else about this game regarding the atmosphere is the same. There's just more of it. So I'd you were a fan of the first you'll love this. Unfortunately you'll also have been the victim of brainwashing because there's nothing innovative here.… Expand
  62. Akitas
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    Take away the endless cinematics and the boring discussions about how everyone is feeling about everyone else, and you have little more than a DLC. Then throw in the terrible dialogue, which would seem to have been written by a US high school student - complete with grammar errors - and you have a game that I wished I had not bought and which I deleted as soon as the end credits began toTake away the endless cinematics and the boring discussions about how everyone is feeling about everyone else, and you have little more than a DLC. Then throw in the terrible dialogue, which would seem to have been written by a US high school student - complete with grammar errors - and you have a game that I wished I had not bought and which I deleted as soon as the end credits began to roll. Save your money folks, this has been way overhyped.… Expand
  63. Firebombandy
    Nov 17, 2022
    1
    This may be the most massively overrated game that has ever existed... it is a boring slog with endless talking and not enough fighting.
  64. sternone
    Dec 8, 2022
    1
    Story wise this game is boring and a complete fail. Pretty? Yes, but boring and no idea why professional reviewrs give this a top score.
  65. OnlyQuality
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    The game is far from the that great as someone says it is. Very overrated. Graphics and gameplay are average at best. Look at Elden Ring.
  66. Bloke28
    Dec 9, 2022
    2
    Hated it, too much repetitive game play, too much storyline, just let me play it. Graphically it's good hence 2 and not 0
  67. GameforGamers
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    bad writing, and boring gameplay with too much cut scenes that add nothing to the experience, this is a really lazy game, avoid this at all costs
  68. Sananman
    Dec 16, 2022
    2
    This is not a game. Its one very long cut scene. There are zero dopamine hits to be had playing (sitting through) it.

    Honestly, if this is next gen gaming I'd rather go for a walk. Shame on the developers for putting so much effort into the aesthetics and none into playability.
  69. base_d
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This is not your traditional Gof of War. You are not always in control of Kratos. Just think of Sony making God of War like they did with Last of Us 2 playing Abby. Not invested in Abby or Atreus, too bad you will be forced to play the character.

    The story is actually less adult oriented and more in line with teens. Its still a decent game but I would wait for a sale. Its the weakest    This is not your traditional Gof of War. You are not always in control of Kratos. Just think of Sony making God of War like they did with Last of Us 2 playing Abby. Not invested in Abby or Atreus, too bad you will be forced to play the character.

    The story is actually less adult oriented and more in line with teens. Its still a decent game but I would wait for a sale. Its the weakest story wise of all the God of Wars imo.    … Expand
  70. Kerelos
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Just got my platinum Trophy in God of war Ragnarök
    I played on the hardest difficulty and took sweet time with it, Didn't rush the story at all and always did all the side quests available before proceeding with the story. Here's my opinion about the game that I have been waiting for since rolling the credits on Gow2018 4 years ago. Note: this won't be spoiler free (you have been warned) I    Just got my platinum Trophy in God of war Ragnarök
    I played on the hardest difficulty and took sweet time with it, Didn't rush the story at all and always did all the side quests available before proceeding with the story. Here's my opinion about the game that I have been waiting for since rolling the credits on Gow2018 4 years ago. Note: this won't be spoiler free (you have been warned) I really never expected this level of incompetency from Santa Monica studio. They took whole 5 years to make this game (same time it took them Gow2018 which was built from the ground) and still couldn't top it or even be on the same level with it.

    My biggest issue with this game is the story. So many questions from the last game left unanswered. At the beginning of the game Kratos is angry about not knowing what Faye wanted, but then it's never mentioned again through the story and we didn't know why she wanted her ashes spread in the peak of Jotunheim and why she hid that she's a giant.

    After spending the entirety of the last game hyping Kratos vs Thor, I expected his fight to be insane and at least top that of Baldur.
    But his fight was meh, Especially at the end.
    Odin comes across as a coward especially against Kratos. He doesn't have the All Father vibes at all and doesn't show any feats of power aside from backstabbing Brok and Thor. The final fight against Thor and Odin felt more like a moral lecture from the writers rather than what the characters would actually do.

    Ragnarök is poorly executed with many of it's very important event's missing for no reason.

    They lied about a lot happening in this final chapter and lied about the pandemic not affecting the game. The story is so rushed and all the build up and foreshadowing from the last game went to nowhere. I honestly can't see what part of this game took them whole 4.5 years to make and the help of other 9 studios.

    Do I recommend this game ? Yes. Though don't be fooled by the title (Ragnarök) this game has very little to do with Ragnarök.
    Is it a masterpiece ? No. Did it live up to the hype and deliver all what the devs promised ? No.    … Expand
  71. winik43
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Sadly this is disappointing.

    Santa Monica fails to delives large scale boss battles yet again! This game is bloated and when i say bloated, Santa Monica put hours long slow walk cinematic levels aka Disney theme park levels! These are travesty in God of War game.
  72. Zquaranteneuf
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    Does what it does correctly, but the hand holding is inexcusable. Devs need to stop catering to the lowest common denominator and realize that most people can actually grasp very basic logic in puzzle solving. Prompting the player literally seconds after a small challenge presents itself is baffingly bad.
  73. Anna1981
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    Where's the RAGNAROK though? That is the ending of the game, and the ending of the norse mythology chapter? Is this a joke? What an underwhelming and rushed ending! The characters, apart from Atreus and Kratos don't even get a proper send-off!
    Where's the epic boss fights? You can't seriously make a God of War and think that 3 humanoid bosses are enough? Where's the BIG BOSSES?? wtf
  74. Mnto
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Spoilers free
    Oh my god, this game is literally a boring slug journey I honestly can’t believe how much praise the game gets and for what ? Innovation, evolving the games genre ? This game doesn’t evolve anything remember the climbing from uncharted? It’s here from the very first Uncharted game Sony have copy and paste their play style and implement it into every other games they make of    Spoilers free
    Oh my god, this game is literally a boring slug journey I honestly can’t believe how much praise the game gets and for what ? Innovation, evolving the games genre ? This game doesn’t evolve anything remember the climbing from uncharted? It’s here from the very first Uncharted game Sony have copy and paste their play style and implement it into every other games they make of course with tweaks and changes but it’s the same formula and it’s gotten so much worse at least Uncharted I could fall off and die in those types of games I could turn off my brain and have some fun with it of course it’s not a major grand adventure game like Zelda franchisee but at least it was fun Now none of that happen The game is so boring I lost my interest in the story because how much the character talk and talk and talk to the end of time Im tired of it You know developers there is something called music right ? In your game it’s barely present I could not hear it because you guys keep the character talking that’s painfully annoying, boring and repetitive Make the music give the place spirit and live and happen by making loud and clear to listen there’s to many norse good music there use them instead of making weak forgettable ones repetitiveness this game is so repetitive You will do the same things again and again and again you go from point A to Point B then solve some puzzles then fights some enemies and solve and fight with the same boring fighting style also the enemies are weak and stupid You all casuals who doesn’t know anything about what makes a good game fun and great should not rate this game 10s and what not

    Go try some good ones first then try this again Here have some God Hand first game sense it has the same camera angles yea story, graphics are bad but gameplay still good and it beats Ragnarok in that regard because the enemies are actually designed around the player dodge, break guard mechanics Ragnarok enemies designed to be a sand bags Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101, Resident Evil 4
    Metal Gear Rising, Vanquish, Devil May Cry, And of course God Of War the old titles

    All of those have a much better feel of combat an mechanic and an actual fun gameplay they are not perfect every one of them has it’s flaws but they will offer you the action gaming experience Ragnarok lacks Story they immersive they say Go play visual novel or some interactive games like the walking dead if you love stories so much and prefer them over actual fun gameplay and I assure you The Walking Dead story is so much better then Ragnarok    … Expand
  75. HellsbellsXCII
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Boring boring boring…. Same repetitive Gameplay over and over doing the same thing, throwing axe at something then fight 10 enemies, repeat. Graphics and stiff gameplay still the same as 2018. Cringe dialogue like they all are marvel characters not mythical gods they talk like modern people it’s so bad. And story and writing is awful. No surprise everything nowadays is like this. NoBoring boring boring…. Same repetitive Gameplay over and over doing the same thing, throwing axe at something then fight 10 enemies, repeat. Graphics and stiff gameplay still the same as 2018. Cringe dialogue like they all are marvel characters not mythical gods they talk like modern people it’s so bad. And story and writing is awful. No surprise everything nowadays is like this. No talented writers anymore only agenda. This game is a major disappointment. 2018 god of war was way better story wise and it had soul which this doesn’t.… Expand
  76. Jess_G0D
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo realmente lento, até as 18 horas de gameplay nada acontece, aí quando começa a acontecer o kratos fica todo choroso, ele não mata nem o Thor!!!!!… Expand
  77. NickTsiou
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GoW 2018 was amazing in many aspects, while lacking in others. Story was great, depth of character was great, combat was great (perhaps not ideal fo h'n's fans) etc. It lacked enemy variety, boss fights and half the realms. Ragnarok provides on most.

    However, it feels like the devs tried to fit so much in a game that it ended up feeling sloppy or not as polished as its predecessor. I liked some side quests, they were decent. Berzerker fights are an adequate replacement of the valkyries for example. Though the squirrel was incredibly boring and out of place. This isn't Marvel. 2018 was a drama while this one feels way lighter. A similar example is Lunda, the new dwarf. She feels really superficial, forced and there is nothing to create a bond between her and the player. And that could be a summary for the whole game. Freyr is shallow and cocky, 'Tyr' was pathetic and really contributed next to nothing, the guy who used to be the boar (WTF santa monica) was so out of place and of no actual importance, Thrud is boring and in general all character have only one side and that's it.

    As far as the story is concerned, it feels like it was written not because the devs had something in their mind but because they had to release something about ragnarok. The game tries to touch so many things though it ends up not actually touching most of them. The guy who was the boar. Why was he important? why couldn't he be just a regular guy and he had to be the boar? The shrine at the end of the game. WTF does it show that's so important? Why and how did Faye opposed her people? How by hidding their future she allowed them to shape it (regardless of them doing exactly what she hid from them). Why doesn't Atreus share the fact that he saw his father die with Kratos? Also, in many occassions people reffer to the prophecy while appart from Faye being a giant, Atreus being Loki and Kratos dying in the end, nothing else was shown.

    Although the worst part must be playing as Atreus. The most indifferent character ever. Archery rarely does any good and, while holding only a bow, most of the times you end up spamming melee attacks. He goes to Asgard and uses Thor in fetch quests that actually have little meaning. This guy killed his two sons and yet Thor doesn't do anything while they go on missions together. Odin, the all-father needs the help of a teenager to unravel the secrets of the mask. The BOY does so in a matter of seconds while Odin has been on it since the dawn of time. How does the fire giant screws over prophecy and becomes ragnarok by sheer will and the blades of chaos? How does the Ragnarok being comes to end? How did Angrboda shape the ending as she said? What happens with the giants trapped in the marbles? All this is bad writing.

    Finally, the armor sets are so few and all so **** ugly! 2018 had some ugly pieces but some were ok. In ragnarok it's like they held a competition in the office and the 10 ugliest armors would make it in the game.    … Expand
  78. Bertil
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    You already played this game back in 2018.
    This game should have been advertised as a 30$ DLC instead of a 70$ game:
    - Minimal amount of blood and gore - Too sterile, no sex scenes etc. - Recycled animations - Same repetitive and brain-dead puzzles made for toddlers - Same repetitive and mediocre combat mechanics - Same boring single dad simulator - Boring and spongy enemies    You already played this game back in 2018.
    This game should have been advertised as a 30$ DLC instead of a 70$ game:

    - Minimal amount of blood and gore
    - Too sterile, no sex scenes etc.
    - Recycled animations
    - Same repetitive and brain-dead puzzles made for toddlers
    - Same repetitive and mediocre combat mechanics
    - Same boring single dad simulator
    - Boring and spongy enemies except for some bosses
    - Buggy at launch
    - Old-gen holds back it's potential
    - Feels more like a movie than an actual game
    - Extremely linear story and level design
    - Holds your hand all the way through
    - Bad pacing
    - Slightly improved graphics
    - Black-washing
    - Woke libtard soy writing

    This would probably have been more like a 3/10 if not for the following circumstances:

    - I'm sick of lazy game development and cash grabs
    - I'm sick of woke storytelling and race-swapping
    - I'm sick of micro-transaction gotcha mechanics - even though this game has none of the sort.
    - I want to counterweight the fake 10/10's

    The gaming industry is in shambles and we need to push back against this and tell the truth about new games and corrupt reviewers who shill for a review copy.
    Make games great again!    … Expand
  79. ruiiisu
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    My boy... Look what they did to my boy...

    This is the only thing I have to say looking to Kratos, the god of peace
    slow paced story, full of forced moments, the story is nonsense and lame

    Its a long boring bad movie for you to collect things inside using Kratos to sell you this stuff
  80. MsCanter
    Nov 10, 2022
    1
    Sadly, it's a continuous misdirection action game. It's a shame they didn't embrace the old series core combo system. GoW3 is still the best God of War overall.
  81. realgamer10101
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Just a copy and paste from GOW 2018. It would of been better as a DLC to begin with
  82. LiliumCygnus
    Nov 10, 2022
    0
    I have never seen such a large amount of hand holding in an open world game. Stopped after 2 hours. Visually stunning, definitely the best looking game this year.
  83. tigor91
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm a fan of the first part, but this ........
    Who wrote the script?! I paid 70 bucks for a female fantasy! This is not GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK, this is GOD OF WAR: Tears and Drooling. The mechanics and graphics of the game are almost unchanged.
    DLC for $ 70 with a **** plot.    … Expand
  84. DAVIDRB
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    Bon jeu mais sans plus…rien de révolutionnaire, une suite fainéante ! Aucune évolution niveau gameplay, expression faciale à revoir, ergonomie très médiocre, animation moyenne..,. Si vous avez aimé celui de 2018, faites le, pour les autres, passez votre chemin !!!
  85. miranda87
    Nov 28, 2022
    1
    I don't see how this gets the same rating as the last god of war. It's a drag, poorly written, boring, full of invisible walls and slow walking, hidden loading screens, slapstick characters and lame characters with "heroic" moments, horrible and long dialogue. Nothing epic at all, even the overall story was not that good. No God of War feeling, with all that chest high walls, where KratosI don't see how this gets the same rating as the last god of war. It's a drag, poorly written, boring, full of invisible walls and slow walking, hidden loading screens, slapstick characters and lame characters with "heroic" moments, horrible and long dialogue. Nothing epic at all, even the overall story was not that good. No God of War feeling, with all that chest high walls, where Kratos cannot get over. Sad!… Expand
  86. Salmonellaa
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Tries too hard being a Last of Us game than a God of War game. Sure, there is a lot of character development now since Kratos wants escape his past and everything, but this is also still a God of War game where fans expect epic battles with gods, brutal kill animations and badass Gods. But instead, we get a game where for the majority of the time you walk, travel, ride and other transportsTries too hard being a Last of Us game than a God of War game. Sure, there is a lot of character development now since Kratos wants escape his past and everything, but this is also still a God of War game where fans expect epic battles with gods, brutal kill animations and badass Gods. But instead, we get a game where for the majority of the time you walk, travel, ride and other transports and talks. LOTS AND LOTS OF TALKING. There is a place called „Ironwood“ and it‘s the most boring 3 hours in God of War History. Even the Gods are all washed up disappointmentss from what we have heard troughout the tales in 2018. And the only thing worse than their characters are their designs. Gone are the days where Gods were designed to look powerful and threatening, fitting for the stories told about them and are replaced now with „realistic, down to earth depictions“ yay...

    And that’s all excluded by the extremely rushed writing of the game. A character that tries to kill you for over 3 years starts siding with you within the first few hours of the game. The actual Ragnarok event only last for at most 1 hour and a newly introduced character gets so little screentime before he sacrifices himself even thou there was more than enough time for him to get to safety too.

    God of War is dead and whatever this is isn’t God of War anymore, it’s the MCU‘s version of it with the plan for Santa Monica Studios being to be like Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  87. Jaddel
    Feb 15, 2023
    0
    Worse than GoW 2018:

    - combat system
    - camera
    - story
    - still bugs

    better than GoW 2018:

    - none

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    Absolute disappointment!
    GoW 2018 platinumed, this **** deleted
  88. Moielkillo
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Siempre más de lo mismo,lo veo igual que anterior y no me llena como jugador… Expand
  89. Nikeymikey
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yet another game trying to be a movie. Typical of Sony nowadays. This game is not the last of us or uncharted but it easily could be. Cutscenes all over the place, I lost interest very quickly as the game was nothing new and I could of easily been playing the original Gow.… Expand
  90. CloudXz
    Dec 8, 2022
    3
    Almost like Last Of Us 2 two Year's ago that Game get's a lot of Hype from Sony. Played it a few Hours and i was bored pretty quick. I'm not a Sony Hater or something, i had all Playstation's from 1-5. But it is impossible to ignore Sonys Media Hype for there AAA Games.
  91. rocov60
    Dec 10, 2022
    0
    Dear AAA developers,
    Please make your npcs shut the hell up. This game is literally hand hold simulator. Deveiopers treat u like baby. They do not believe the player can solve simple puzzle or notice any detail on screen!
    I'm giving Gow Ragnarok award for most underwhelming experience of 2022
  92. geweth
    Jan 24, 2023
    0
    add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSNadd the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!! add the ability to change PSN region!!!… Expand
  93. yamaci17
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    ending is so rushed and badly designed that the entire time spent to playing the game becomes pointless retroactively
  94. ninjacommando
    Jun 21, 2023
    4
    Copy paste from the first god of war on ps4, this is just boring , i haven't finish the game and won't finish it.... even if the story is fine,but were are the new thing ? the weapons ? the combos ? This is a shame that this game as such a big score .... realy disappointing
  95. ssdee34
    May 23, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game is garbage. dont buy it trust me is realy bad. ............… Expand
  96. GusFrabbs
    Mar 7, 2023
    2
    If you dont care to make something enjoyable to play, and just want to tell a story, just make a movie next time. Youtube is making playing sony's games irrelevant. Just watch someone playing and save your money. Looks like another assassins cringe series is born. And kratos have a severe case of amnesia as he forgot everything he learned from the previous game. He sorta dull eh?
  97. danctsm1
    Apr 6, 2023
    2
    Bad game.
    It's impossible to skip scenes. Why did they choose that? The scenes are boring and the story is dull, predictable and made for children;
    There are lots of the same puzzles. They are boring as well. You're gonna play 10 hours and watch 30 mandatory hours. Puzzles crash with action. If you want to play a good action adventure game, this is not the best choice. The game is:    Bad game.
    It's impossible to skip scenes. Why did they choose that? The scenes are boring and the story is dull, predictable and made for children;
    There are lots of the same puzzles. They are boring as well.
    You're gonna play 10 hours and watch 30 mandatory hours.
    Puzzles crash with action. If you want to play a good action adventure game, this is not the best choice.
    The game is: fight 2 minutes, solve a 5 minute puzle, watch a 10-15 cut scene over and over and over again.
    Too much talking. If you want silence, the head talks, the boy talks, the woman talks, Kratos talks, they talk together, alone, dead or alive, there are lots of unnecessary dialogues all the time.

    The game looks like a bad mix of Zelda, Tomb Raider, Uncharted and for the optional content, Souls. The most interesting part is: there is no God of War on it. It's not an epic game with epic scenes. If you want action, the game gives you puzzles. If you want to explore, the game gives you cutscenes.

    Sadly, it's an AAA that seems to be a BBB. Same formula as its predecessor, too much longer, not better.    … Expand
  98. Soneca15br
    Apr 7, 2023
    4
    Esperava muito mais desse jogo, lembro que antes de lançar via algumas entrevistas com os desenvolvedores que diziam que o jogo ia ter um combate muito melhor e uma história que responderia todas as nossas perguntas, o gow 2018 foi incrível pra min em todos os aspectos um enredo lindo com um ar de mistério por parte da trama agora esse ai não sei oque diabos rolou,a história é horrível seEsperava muito mais desse jogo, lembro que antes de lançar via algumas entrevistas com os desenvolvedores que diziam que o jogo ia ter um combate muito melhor e uma história que responderia todas as nossas perguntas, o gow 2018 foi incrível pra min em todos os aspectos um enredo lindo com um ar de mistério por parte da trama agora esse ai não sei oque diabos rolou,a história é horrível se comparado com o de 2018 e de ragnarok só tem umas 2 horas de jogo pq de resto é uma história corrida e chata e um combate lento pra caralho, pra mim o combate ao invés de melhorar fez foi piorar, mas enfim, só não dou 0 pq ai já é exagero, mas sério que decepção. Um fracasso disfarçado de algo glorioso.… Expand
  99. serotoxin
    May 22, 2023
    3
    the graphics are incredible, voice acting is great, music is incredible, art direction is solid, and the gameplay is pretty good...but what matters most to me is story, and this one is trash. the writers simply don't understand the ideas they're working with, and it all falls apart at the end. there are a lot of lazy/sloppy character moments and plot contrivances, but the most egregiousthe graphics are incredible, voice acting is great, music is incredible, art direction is solid, and the gameplay is pretty good...but what matters most to me is story, and this one is trash. the writers simply don't understand the ideas they're working with, and it all falls apart at the end. there are a lot of lazy/sloppy character moments and plot contrivances, but the most egregious part is how the whole thing is centered around one major plot hole that ruins the story of both this game and the 2018 one.… Expand
  100. Dorce
    May 21, 2023
    2
    Superestimado, a mecânica do jogo deixar um pouco a desejar e a história não empolga.
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    100
    I can't help but tip my hat to the entire Santa Monica team. The deeper you delve into the game, the more you'll be drawn into the stunning story of a father and son against the backdrop of perhaps history's most horrific war. Throw in some casually endearing humour, great and fluid gameplay, and wrap it all up with an amazing audiovisual experience. [Issue#323]
  2. Softpedia
    Dec 8, 2022
    95
    Thanks to an amazing cast that’s doing an outstanding job, a compelling story told through the eyes of multiple characters, and top-notch combat, this epic and heartfelt journey strikes all the right chord. It’s impossible not to recommend God of War Ragnarok, but just in case you had any doubts, I strongly advise anyone mildly interested in gaming to play Santa Monica Studio’s latest masterpiece.
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  3. GameSkinny
    Dec 1, 2022
    80
    It’s a satisfying conclusion to the modern God of War saga, but it’s hard to walk away and not feel like this could have been something greater.
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