God of War: Ragnarok

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8959 Ratings

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  1. Feriatus
    Jan 11, 2023
    4
    It's not as good as the first one. It is more of the same, a very long expansion four years too late.
  2. Moodler
    Nov 28, 2022
    4
    Graphics ok, sound ok, lots of content, sure I guess. Blah blah. Honestly though, it just all feels so dumb. Compare it with Red Dead Redemption for example. A fully realised world with so much openness and physics and unexpectedness and tonnes of content in every corner. By comparison this game is on rails, the dialogue is brutish and rarely interesting.

    The locations are limited and    Graphics ok, sound ok, lots of content, sure I guess. Blah blah. Honestly though, it just all feels so dumb. Compare it with Red Dead Redemption for example. A fully realised world with so much openness and physics and unexpectedness and tonnes of content in every corner. By comparison this game is on rails, the dialogue is brutish and rarely interesting.

    The locations are limited and have little actual logic in them - why must I continually do one-way things that show no one has ever been here before, and yet apparently there are people everywhere who must have needed that path. Why do dwarves build extremely complicated machines that DO NOTHING? Why are deserted areas full of lit fires? The walking around is frustrating. What can I go off that ledge? Why can’t I climb that tiny snowbank? Why can’t I get over that tiny branch? Why must I spend half an hour going around?

    Enemies spawn in front of you and then disappear as soon as killed. Loading zones appear every 100m as you crawl through gaps. It’s just all dumb and this breaks the immersion continuously and destroys what story there is. Even the dialogue is so stupid and simple. It’s for kids. It’s like a 90s platformer in 3D.    … Expand
  3. kstud1
    Nov 13, 2022
    4
    Most people are rating this game based on the name alone, this game is no better than the previous game, except with more cinematic’s and even on a PS5 it doesn’t even look any better than the previous game, too much walking, talking, and cinematic’s, they are charging $74.99 for these games, they really have to do better, maybe Forspoken will be the GOTY, it’s definitely not this one.
  4. Methatswho7520
    Dec 25, 2022
    4
    I mean if they changed the name to Dodge of War I'd understand because that's all your doing in most fights. the same Draugers, and overpowered spearmen that kill the GOD OF WAR with one hit is ridiculous.

    The characters talk too too much, I'm trying to search for stuff or look at clues and they basically give the whole area away "look at this, look at that" "let's try this or that" In    I mean if they changed the name to Dodge of War I'd understand because that's all your doing in most fights. the same Draugers, and overpowered spearmen that kill the GOD OF WAR with one hit is ridiculous.

    The characters talk too too much, I'm trying to search for stuff or look at clues and they basically give the whole area away "look at this, look at that" "let's try this or that" In most battles all they're doing is putting so many enemies on one screen that you can't possible parry, dodge and attack all so you die over and over until you get the timing down etc, I'm over it... playing the last game made me feel like this is a long version of some DLC

    Atreus and Angraboda (however you spell it) interactions were forced and corny, riding a yak collecting fruit....bro!? I'm trying to finish this game but every time I pick it up, I feel like I've done all this already 1000 times    … Expand
  5. 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.
  6. urib
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    The most overrated game in the world.
    This game no more than 7 out of 10, the same elements from the previous game,
    Slow and boring gameplay, mediocre story, bad AI enemies, repetitive enemies.
    I don't understand how people praise this boring game.
    Not worth the $70 price, better to wait for a price discount or not buy this joke at all.
  7. noritu
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    In 2023 we're not used to this linearity. Feels like walking through a tunnel with too much storytelling. Also, the puzzles are based on luck in finding the solution, not intelligence. Very, deeply boring
  8. Belafonte
    Nov 15, 2022
    4
    i dont think there is a more overrated game...despite being very casual and simplistic, combat is ok. but the story and dialogues would just make a bad TV show or movie...I guess this game is just not for me
  9. weskergamer
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is truly disappointing and complete rubbish. It has been a long time since I was so disappointed and even more so with a franchise that has been part of my life. Santa Monica sold us one thing and what we played was another. We were promised Ragnarok, what we got were a couple of small battles in the final chapter, and the worst final battle in the history of the franchise. This game laughs at the oldest fans and pisses on Norse mythology. Cory Barlog and Santa Monica forgot what made GOW great and what made Kratos an excellent character. It wasn't his violence and his desire for revenge that we liked, but how he was sinking deeper into his misery while we controlled him and thought: this isn't right, but it's super epic. And this only for trying to forget the sins he committed. Sins that are completely forgotten in Ragnarok, and leave Kratos as a mere "godkiller". But Kratos is not the only one destroyed in this game, Atreus was too, who throughout his path in the story does not represent at all what would end up happening at the end, all the time we played with him, in the end it was worthless. Freya - A boring character whose ending is literally the same as Ellie's in TLoU2. Jormungandr is completely left out of the background here. Fenrir is useless, Freyr is useless, Angrboda is useless, Surtr is also useless, Sif is also useless, Thrud is also useless, "Tyr" is also useless, so many characters completely wasted. And poor Thor who is made into a family drama, and then his two battles are exactly the same. How cool it would have been to see Jormungandr and Thor fight and then Kratos and Atreus would join them in the fight and kill Thor on top of his arch-enemy, but no, Santa Monica wanted to play save. Then we have the most **** up character at the end: Odin, who was on his way to being almost equal to Zeus as a villain, being a manipulator and megalomaniac, and in the end he ends up being **** suffering the same treatment as Thor and his 2 identical battles, but this time in the end nobody wants to kill him, so a dwarf kills him, literally. Anyway, first I was going to give this game a 7, but then I thought about the hours I spent in slow and boring chapters, with repetitive puzzles and enemies, that I couldn't even do the combos I could do in the previous one, so I decided not to. 4/10 is correct. The soundtrack is ok, and the graphics are spectacular, but, as a GOW fan since I was 12 years old, I can affirm without fear of being wrong that this is without a doubt the worst game in the series. Something that also hurts me is that the ending is so open and ridiculously vague, that there is no foreshadowing of the next thing to come in the saga. But I'm telling you, neither the Egyptians, nor the Japanese, nor the Celtics are going to save this franchise unless Cory Barlog, Santa Monica Studios and Playstation recover the magic of the previous game. They are not going to do it because this Nordic saga will surely sell like 50 million, so for me this franchise is dead, as Kratos should have stayed. All in all, a big piece of ****… Expand
  10. 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
  11. Ryanm42
    Dec 9, 2022
    4
    Bigger is Not Always Better
    Let me start by saying this was a GREAT Game. God of War (2018) is one of my favorite games of all time. Ragnarok was a great game, but not the masterpiece that 2018 was. God of War 2018 was art. This game was not art.
    The story in this game was strange. It was overly long and drawn out in some sections, while being too slight and shallow in others.    Bigger is Not Always Better
    Let me start by saying this was a GREAT Game. God of War (2018) is one of my favorite games of all time. Ragnarok was a great game, but not the masterpiece that 2018 was. God of War 2018 was art. This game was not art.

    The story in this game was strange. It was overly long and drawn out in some sections, while being too slight and shallow in others. Characters and backstories were introduced and expanded, and then never re-visited. This game was not directed by Cory Barlog, and it seems to be missing his finer touch. I have finished the campaign and yes the game is longer than 2018, but since the storytelling was a bit uneven it also feels "shorter" or "lighter" than the first game.
    My biggest gripe about this game is how certain story elements from the first game are completely changed or ignored in the name of "setting your own destiny" in the second one. This is an interesting idea, but knowing that certain story parts of 2018 are ignored in Ragnarok makes the big reveals in 2018 lose their power. It deflates the story of the first game because the big moments don't actually carry into Ragnarok the way you thought they would. This feels lazy to me and gives the impression that the writers wrote themselves into a corner and could not get out of it. Again, I wonder how much Barlog's lack of direction played a role here. This game felt much less like a labor of love and more like a video game.

    The level design was also strange. Yes they were visually breathtaking. No argument here! Wonderful! However, they felt very linear. Very constructed. Each level is a series of separate rooms that require you to slide through cracks in the wall that mask loading times. This disrupts your traversal and makes it constantly feel like a video game. Again, missing Barlog's love of the series makes Ragnarok feel more like a video game and less like a wonderful story.
    I found myself getting turned around or lost several times throughout this campaign. This can of course be linked to my incompetence, but I never remember this happening during 2018. There were also puzzles to solve and chests to open that required tricks I never would have figured out if I hadn't gone to YouTube. I never had to do this in 2018. There is a line between "engaging to figure out" and "cannot be figured out" that 2018 walked so well. This game unfortunately misses that line at times.

    The level-up process was also very strange. The load-out menu has been completely changed. It is annoying and cumbersome. I often found myself accidentally closing out the menu when I was just trying to go back one section. Relics and runes are hard to understand because you can only use a few at a time rather than spread them out across your armor. The load-out menu also looks cramped and poorly designed. Armor does not show all its stats on one screen, you have to scroll and then it reorganizes the armor based on strength. It is very annoying and hard to understand. Minor, but certain words in the menu are abbreviated rather than spelled out. This takes you out of the game experience. And what if new played don't know what the abbreviations stand for?    … Expand
  12. Rusikovski
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    A tedious game with monotonous gameplay and dumb companion tips as if I'm 6 years old. The graphics are certainly good. But this is not what I expected to see after going through part 1
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. CPFantastic
    Nov 14, 2022
    4
    Disappointing. It's a rushed and unfinished game and it needed to be a trilogy. You don't even feel like you are fighting with gods anymore. They said it's accurate to Norse Mythology but Where in the Norse Myth Odin was like an American politician with short beard? They made a joke out of Thor too. We before fought Poseidon, Hades, Ares and Zeus and they all felt like a GOD. Here in theDisappointing. It's a rushed and unfinished game and it needed to be a trilogy. You don't even feel like you are fighting with gods anymore. They said it's accurate to Norse Mythology but Where in the Norse Myth Odin was like an American politician with short beard? They made a joke out of Thor too. We before fought Poseidon, Hades, Ares and Zeus and they all felt like a GOD. Here in the last boss fight, it's like you are fighting with mini boss from a random anime game.

    The entire game you only get one new weapon which is absolutely disappointing. The game is joky and it has lost its serious tone. 50% of the game is with Atreus and it's very meh. Is this even God of War? They have ruined the franchise. Also when we talk about Dragons, Nidhogg is the first thing that comes to mind. This dragon is so powerful that Kratos needs to activate his whole power to be able to killing it. The design and the fight itself is very weak and washed.

    The inside of Asgard is very disappointing and it's like a generic village of Assassin's Creed. You can't even compare it to that glorious and crazy Olympus that they made in God of War 3. The Ragnarok itself with all its hype is very disappointing, rushed and generic. They really dropped the ball in this God of War.

    The old greek God of War trilogy is remained the best and i don't need to see another God of War anymore after this mediocrity.    … Expand
  16. Pigofiend
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Sony Santa Monica got the same disease that made Naughty Dog create the horrible TLOU2.

    The devs played it safe, most of the people will gulp a sequel up even if sheeet hurling monkeys have been the norm and would be satisfied in the end, so in a sense they do whatever they want. The game will sell a lot, and they will make a new GOW game 5 years later and everyone will forget what a    Sony Santa Monica got the same disease that made Naughty Dog create the horrible TLOU2.

    The devs played it safe, most of the people will gulp a sequel up even if sheeet hurling monkeys have been the norm and would be satisfied in the end, so in a sense they do whatever they want. The game will sell a lot, and they will make a new GOW game 5 years later and everyone will forget what a terrible abomination they created back then. I'm just not sure there is a way back for SSM after what they have done.

    Everything was subpar compared to the previous game. There are a lot of subtle things that made the overall atmosphere out of place.

    Mimir... he was doing the same as before, just more of it. It became boring. He had zero substance to what he had to say and also the mystery is lost, like writers' block assaulted the story writers.

    They added a lot of things/variety from the previous game, that wasn't needed at all. Atreus wasn't annoying, he was just plain naive. Atreus was dethroned by Freya as the most frustrating/annoying sidekick, like an old hag who has to run her mouth no matter what. Angrboda... is the TLOU2 kindergarten element of the game, out of place, unnecessary, ruined the overall pacing.

    Parts where you had to go with Atreus... like someone was sleep deprived and forced to create that part of the game. Unnecessary, filler content.

    Where is the violence? Why is Kratos acting like a lapdog instead of a rabid dog? Why is he swallowing his pride and endure all kinds of trash from retards? Why can't I butcher down I don't like and put the Disney squirrel in a bag, kick it into the nether, then lie to Atreus that Ratatoskr left because he was looking for the ultimate acorn tree?

    The new weapon? Like you are fighting with a needle. Old weps have been mutilated too. The boring aspects and runics are left in, the cool ones removed or modified to be uncool.

    Lots of repugnant characters. Mostly uninteresing new monsters, borderline annoying little retardations one hitting you and the like. Goofyness maxed out, violence zeroed.

    Zero chance to shape the main plot thread, maximum linearity.

    Berserkers? Filler bosses.

    I just don't like when someone forcible defecates down in my throat. This fu**ing with the fanbase thing is the latest norm and to be honest quite dispiriting. There is enough evil sh*t going on in the world, but now that it is also making rounds in gaming space is something that is not taken lightly. AAA games are dead. GOW as a franchise got zeroed for me. I will not replay this abomination that's for sure, and I'm not even sure I'm gonna finish the game. I'd rather play the previous game another time.

    All the negative reviews are the real thing. This game was made by incompetents or the same people and deliverately made it terrible.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Lambda22324
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The 2018 GOW was a masterpiece. This game is not, not even close. Character development is so bad it is laughable. Story is simplistic and predictable - and with plot holes, no less. Level design is soo boring.
    There were reports developers panicked half a year ago, being convinced the game was trash - well, it's not trash, but it is very average at best.
  20. gegvazq07
    Nov 12, 2022
    4
    This game is nothing compared with the one release in 2018. But if yo wana watch a good movie this game is for you. Santa Monica we want a game not movie
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. Decime28
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    Después de GOW 2018, arruinaron el gameplay por completo, me parece horrible el rumbo que tomo la saga y este juego no es la excepción, una buena historia con jefes aburridos, enemigos sosos y sin ninguna escena epica que lo haga memorable, al contrario de GOW I, II y III
  24. toerikni
    Nov 12, 2022
    4
    Well what to say this 70 dollar expansion ok i guess but don`t feel like a step up from the first of the new god of wars story is mhe at best really no huge improvement on graphics
  25. Madjona
    Nov 14, 2022
    4
    Juego muy lineal..con varios fallos.. muy aburrido y predecible ..musica mala y combate sin nada nuevo .
  26. 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 !!!
  27. Pizarrator
    Nov 18, 2022
    4
    Este juego es un copia y pega del primer God of War. De hecho es que la versión de PS4 y PS5 son idénticas. No entiendo por qué Sony sigue sacando los juegos que claramente son de PS4 a 80€.
    La ley del mínimo esfuerzo como siempre.
  28. DaweHolzer
    Nov 26, 2022
    4
    I didn't like the 2018 God of War game. They stripped away so many gameplay mechanics from the og. GOW games and didn't replace them with anything new. I also didn't like the story because it seemed poorly written with a forced character arch for Atreus and with a boring Kratos. This game is just a total rehash of that with similar flaws and full of reused assets.
  29. Rains067
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    It's not a bad game but you can tell its mostly a ps4 game. It just feels like nothing special has been added to the actual game. It's just a long DLC. Not to mention the cutscenes. I want to play the actual game not sit and watch a movie.
  30. 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.
  31. Gamm0n
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    I gave it a solid playthrough bit it's another over hyped Mid game at best. Time they tried something new
  32. BearBearMan
    Nov 13, 2022
    4
    Veeeeeery boring game, a lot of "Cinematography" things, gameplay bad like in 2018 game.
  33. Junanelle
    Jan 19, 2023
    4
    The game is filled to the brim with bugs and just interruptive and bad enemy design. When playing you feel far more anger than fun. Riddles are nice but thats not the point of a god of war game. The characters are bland and annoying. To justify a "part 2" the equipment gets stuffed with new "pseudo pieces" that feel just unneccessary. The game in of itself is a big step back from itsThe game is filled to the brim with bugs and just interruptive and bad enemy design. When playing you feel far more anger than fun. Riddles are nice but thats not the point of a god of war game. The characters are bland and annoying. To justify a "part 2" the equipment gets stuffed with new "pseudo pieces" that feel just unneccessary. The game in of itself is a big step back from its awesome first part.… Expand
  34. gallen1
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    PS4 version is poor. Even in PS4 Pro. Is not running god at all. Textures, bugs, multiple crashes… all in. Gameplay: Boring Puzzles, Repetitive Enemies, The same complains as 2018, Menu and Map ubisoft like
  35. 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
  36. UmbraSon
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    There are games that push the envelope, GOW ragnarok is not one of them, boring gameplay and nothing much changed from 2018
  37. sytech73
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    Overrated, very boring game, poor gameplay, same scenarios again and again. It looks designed for PS4 only.
  38. Merlin-84
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is most certainly a DLC of the 2018 game. I, like many others had great expectations for GOW Ragnarok. However I was very disappointed. It’s has the same hack and slash element as the 2018 version, but some some new additional moves/combinations. I was expecting it to be on par graphically as say, Horizon forbidden west, it’s not.
    The bosses feel numb and un-rewarding when beaten. The only time I enjoyed this game, was when briefly you get to play as additional characters. Personally, I got bored of this game within the first few hours. It is most certainly a dlc of the 2018 game. Marketed as more. Genuinely dissatisfied and feel like £70 down the drain. Of course this is my opinion.    … Expand
  39. HazukyRuben
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    Practicamente no ha evolucionado ni en gráficos ni jugabilidad pero para la gente y revistas es el goty del año
  40. 303900616
    Nov 14, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No hay diferencia la versión del play 4 al play 5, los escenarios son similares a la versión del 2008, los gráficos no son de buena calidad mucha caída de los FPS, muchos bugs, juego secuencia repetitiva. Lo bueno la trama del juegos y los jefes creo que el juego pudo haber sido mejor le faltó bastante… Expand
  41. Notasonypony23
    Nov 15, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mediocre at best, bloated with random bosses, Atreus sections are awful and appear to be filler to pan out gametime length, characters tend to flip flop sides without much reason, felt fairly linear compared to the last game.… Expand
  42. Eduardo4g
    Nov 15, 2022
    4
    Big disappointment. Honestly, should’ve been an added DLC for the price of $40
  43. witcherkratos
    Nov 16, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Though I did enjoy some parts of the game, I had the most dissatisfaction with the story and characters. Let me list some pros and cons

    Pros:
    - Satisfying combat, more enemy variety, verticality
    - Beautiful art direction
    - Barely any bugs, smooth gameplay

    Cons:
    - Story: Based on the trailers, I had the bare minimum expectation of an epic story. The story, however, was very bland and unambitious. Jormungander did not play any significant role. There was no time travel. Everything in the story went against what we saw in the murals from the last game. It felt like the theme of "denying fate" was an excuse to not include events depicted in 2018's murals. No (real) Tyr leading us into Asgard, no giants raiding Asgard, etc. Did we even get to see who blew the horn from 2018's game? I hated playing Atreus as well. The segment in Ironwood was so boring and dragged out.

    - Characters: I felt the characters were rushed. Characters like Angrboda and Thrud were easily forgettable and annoying. I did not have any problems with Atreus in the previous game, but in this game, man is he one annoying **** He's the typical angsty teenager depicted in early 2000's shows. Makes me feel like I'm playing Abby the ogre from the Last of Us 2. In this game, one of the themes was trust between a father and son, but Kratos did not reveal much about his past to Kratos, but instead to Freya and Mimir. Like what? I wanted to hear Kratos talk about his pale skin, red tattoos, what he did in Greece, etc. to Atreus! NOT FREYA AND MIMIR. And boy was Thor a total letdown. He did not provide the level of excitement that was presented from Baldur. Only 2 fights with Thor that wasn't as grand as the ones with Baldur. They tried to make us sympathize with Thor and his family issues but I just couldn't. I'm playing GOD OF WAR, not GOD OF SYMPATHY. All in all, this game lacked the epicness and ambition from previous titles, it was not exciting to play.

    - Boss fights: The boss fight with Thor in the beginning and the fight with Heimdall were somewhat satisfying, but the others were bland. The fights with Niohogg and Garm were so lame. I guess it's just me hoping for boss fights like in God of War 2 and 3, but seriously, fighting in a flat arena and hitting the bosses when they are vulnerable for a couple of seconds gets so repetitive and boring.

    - Asgard: What a total letdown. I was hoping to see the pinnacle of Norse architecture after climbing the wall but all I see is a small wooden village.

    All in all, the game felt rushed. I heard that they were originally thinking of making the Norse saga into a trilogy, but instead compressed it into 2 games which may explain the lack of content that I was hoping for.    … Expand
  44. 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
  45. Pegasi
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    This game is horrible, horrible! The beginning is actually great, but after 15 hours it becomes extremely repetitive and boring. But the BIG problem is, this is not God of War, this is just a Marvel movie. They transformed Kratos into a banana; the guy only cry and talk about how he became a hippie. The only good character in the whole game is Heimdall, he's really cool, even Thor became aThis game is horrible, horrible! The beginning is actually great, but after 15 hours it becomes extremely repetitive and boring. But the BIG problem is, this is not God of War, this is just a Marvel movie. They transformed Kratos into a banana; the guy only cry and talk about how he became a hippie. The only good character in the whole game is Heimdall, he's really cool, even Thor became a trash character. I recommend the older games, GOW and Kratos died with GOW3.… Expand
  46. 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
  47. mahdigh08
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    Its Atreus game more than God of war , lots of **** dialoge and boring story in atreus section , we want kratos lik 1,2,3 so fast and quick game play , not like this , really really boring
  48. Laurcus
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The game's narrative is very disjointed and the dialogue is poorly written. If you like Marvel quips you'll like dialogue, but if you're like me and you're a bit fatigued by that style of humor or you never liked it to begin with then much of the dialogue is very eyeroll inducing. It's also very anachronistic with the rest of the series as many of the characters talk like they're modernThe game's narrative is very disjointed and the dialogue is poorly written. If you like Marvel quips you'll like dialogue, but if you're like me and you're a bit fatigued by that style of humor or you never liked it to begin with then much of the dialogue is very eyeroll inducing. It's also very anachronistic with the rest of the series as many of the characters talk like they're modern people from the West Coast of the USA rather than mythological gods.

    The game has other issues as well, such as not innovating much from 2018, very tedious level design in one of the major zones and and a few sections of the game that are very unfun and drag on entirely too long, but to me those are all secondary concerns compared to the writing.    … Expand
  49. Vakulex
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You're playing as a damn GOD OF WAR and your boss is a freaking crocodile. Game is called RAGNAROG and you'll beat only 3 GODS. 3 GODS. IN ASGARD. Loki is the god of liar, but the most overwhelming lies were from ODIN. It is NOT a masterpiece, it's not even as good as 3rd or even 4TH. Best bossfights were with THOR AND HEIMDALL. 2 OUT OF ALL. Console players are **** on Elden Ring where I can count at least 4 good boss fights. wtf. How does it work? Wtf is all that stuff with REVENGEeeeeeeee. It's so overused and guys been jerking off to it. It even has no interesting story.… Expand
  50. Helom
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Terminei o jogo e ganhei o troféu de platina, mas espero que o jogo seja muito melhor do que apenas ser bom
    Deveria ser uma trilogia.
    Eles comparam as missões secundárias com The Witcher 3, mas GOW está muito atrás Odin não deu a mínima para Ragnarok, mas a máscara O Ragnarok não era sobre o fim do mundo, mas apenas Asgard! Acho que desenvolvedores preguiçosos tomaram essa decisão,    Terminei o jogo e ganhei o troféu de platina, mas espero que o jogo seja muito melhor do que apenas ser bom
    Deveria ser uma trilogia.
    Eles comparam as missões secundárias com The Witcher 3, mas GOW está muito atrás
    Odin não deu a mínima para Ragnarok, mas a máscara
    O Ragnarok não era sobre o fim do mundo, mas apenas Asgard! Acho que desenvolvedores preguiçosos tomaram essa decisão, também Ragnarok em si não era grande coisa, você chama um jogo de Ragnarok e é 10% sobre o próprio Ragnarok
    Thor disse eu vejo você de novo para Kratos no começo, mas nunca alcance Kratos até as últimas horas do jogo, Odin disfarçado de Tyr, mas por que razão? Ele usou as informações que reuniu? Não, ele sabia que Kratos estava procurando a lança para matar Himdal, mas não avisou Himdal ou pelo menos não tirou chifre dele.
    Fenrir era um fantasma e não fez nada no enredo. Thor, o deus do trovão, foi morto por uma lança de um golpe e desapareceu: /
    Também o algoritmo de combate de Odin, Thor e até mesmo Himdal era pobre e ruim e não era criativo em nada.
    A narrativa era ruim
    . O sistema de combate não acrescentou nada, mas removeram a mão nua e alguns combos de lâmina.
    Asgard é uma pequena vila, eu esperava grandes palácios e uma cidade, mais uma vez obrigado pelos desenvolvedores preguiçosos
    O que você tem feito nesses 5 anos? Eu era um grande fã de GOW, mas espero que Elden ou qualquer outro jogo ganhe o prêmio goty, também a pontuação do metacritic é inútil, 94? Deve ser algo em torno de 80`85 graças a Gameplay, gráfico e Sindri/Brok, é isso    … Expand
  51. 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
  52. D2Nation
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    Incredible story, best graphics but technically the worst game I have played in the last 10 years. Unbelievable that this game was published so unfinished. For example some of the most errors that annoying me:
    - The first 3-4 hours of the game after start I always hear the noise of Atreus' Bow when he is climbing up the walls, even there was no wall to climb
    - Until now I'm collecting    Incredible story, best graphics but technically the worst game I have played in the last 10 years. Unbelievable that this game was published so unfinished. For example some of the most errors that annoying me:
    - The first 3-4 hours of the game after start I always hear the noise of Atreus' Bow when he is climbing up the walls, even there was no wall to climb
    - Until now I'm collecting eight Chaos Flames but I could use only four of them. So my Chaos Blades are on Level 4 and I can't upgrade the Chaos Blades to the actually maximum.
    - Two of the berserkers I can't beat because I can't hit them with any weapon. There is no damage and they kill me insteadly. So I can't get to King Hrolf and get this trophy.
    - I have collected all the 48 ravens but the message when I want to open the last chest is: You have to collect 45 ravens to open this chest. So I can't open the last chest and I don't know what happens then

    I could discribe many errors more in this game, but the named ones are the baddest.

    I was so excited to play this game on PS5 because part 4 was incredible good. But this part has disappointed me so hard. It is unplayable for me and I have unstall it now.    … Expand
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. RickTheRed
    Apr 30, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ll try my best to not use spoilers for this review

    This game broke me, it had everything to be the best God of war ever, but the developers couldn’t use the great potential this game had… It feels like Cory couldn’t finish what he started, so he gave the job to someone that had different ideas for the story and he made it the worst way as possible in almost everything in story and gameplay. What makes the story a disaster is that the writers and Cory had the stupid idea to make it a 2x1 game, so the narrative feels rushed after the first two hours of the game, also the fact that many characters don’t feel well written at all (Atreus tries to look clever, but every decision he makes is none sense, Freyr is literally a MCU character with unfunny jokes, Odin had a pointless item and Thor is “justified” for being a serial killer and a terrible father as it was said in the last game) and that there’s no clear objective since the beginning, it’s a very complex and anticlimactic story. The gameplay (which should be the most important part of the GAME) has two things that make it good, which are the combat system that’s very enjoyable and most of the enemies and bosses you fight, but the rest of the things have zero innovation, which makes the DLC argument still valid. I think that the biggest flaw about the gameplay is that Santa Monica focused a lot on the story, so you’ll have too many long cutscenes and walking simulators… I won’t talk that much about the soundtrack and artistic direction because they aren’t the main focus, but if I had to say something about it, both are gorgeous (mostly the soundtrack)!    … Expand
  56. 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
  57. bigeli
    Jul 7, 2023
    4
    Huge dissappointment. I got bored of the game and couldn't get back into it. Its simply God Of War 4 but over again. Same graphics, gameplay, combat the same. Kind of feels like just a DLC. Don't get me wrong, God of War 4 is a great game. But this is simply 60 dollar DLC. Maybe if I try to get back in the game and finish it, I would rate it higher.
  58. 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
  59. ketr1
    Jan 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't really get the hype. It felt more like a avengers super movie with bad and evil and you can turn good blabla. Last part of the game when Ragnarok starts he gives a speech to his group of avengers and felt really cringe, like most parts of the game. It's unfortunate that it's not like the old GOW and it's more a feel good **** movie. Now the positive, the fighting is good in this game and the visuels are ok. Now The bad part, the missions playing like Atreus was really Boring. The black gaint and other dude don't belong in this world it's not a 2022 Westworld city. Don't want all white people in a wakanda movie aswell. Breaks with the origin. GOW 2018 was more fun and less cringy parts, play that one but don't buy this game for 70 bucks. 4 out of 10 for me.

    Ps. The voice acting of Odin also doesn't really fit in this world.    … Expand
  60. Daniel_Keelh
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Impresiones tras 7 horas
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    Abandonado, es jodidamente malo, te trata como si fueras idiota, plataformeo guiado y sin emoción, continuos QTE estupidos, puzzles para niños de 3 años que encima ni te deja resolver, la historia parece escrita por algún mono guionista de Netflix. La de pasta que debe dejarse SONY en reviews es tremenda para que esta    Impresiones tras 7 horas
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    Abandonado, es jodidamente malo, te trata como si fueras idiota, plataformeo guiado y sin emoción, continuos QTE estupidos, puzzles para niños de 3 años que encima ni te deja resolver, la historia parece escrita por algún mono guionista de Netflix.

    La de pasta que debe dejarse SONY en reviews es tremenda para que esta ponzoña tenga un 94 de media, vaya asco.    … Expand
  61. mt1886
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Why would you change the mechanics that were so fun the first time. Enemies will be the same because you are in the same places for a good amount of it. That is like saying Arkham City is bad because it is the same but in a bigger area.

    This game is bad because playing as Atreus is horrible. There is nothing worse than getting through a good mission, only to have another Atreus freak    Why would you change the mechanics that were so fun the first time. Enemies will be the same because you are in the same places for a good amount of it. That is like saying Arkham City is bad because it is the same but in a bigger area.

    This game is bad because playing as Atreus is horrible. There is nothing worse than getting through a good mission, only to have another Atreus freak out and then have to play as him. Lets ride around on the back of a ram and pick up **** for 30 minutes rather than just tell the story at a campfire or something. I put the game aside the 3rd time I had to play as Atreus, just not what I want to play and really slow.

    The story was great the first time, but really who wants to play a game where the supporting character is a whiny teenager. Parents sure as hell don't and neither does anyone else. "waaah, you aren't listening to me...I know everything...I am going to do what I want." PTSD for parents and really who wants that **** especially repeated multiple times.    … Expand
  62. workaholico
    Jan 4, 2023
    3
    It was kind of a disappointment, the graphics are stunning, and the fighting was nice but the narrative and game feel were just a mess, without any focus and many times feeling awful because of all this secrecy, lack of merit, and lack of focus...The writers seemed to have had some serious difficulty writing an engaging narrative, compared to the previous game who had a incredibleIt was kind of a disappointment, the graphics are stunning, and the fighting was nice but the narrative and game feel were just a mess, without any focus and many times feeling awful because of all this secrecy, lack of merit, and lack of focus...The writers seemed to have had some serious difficulty writing an engaging narrative, compared to the previous game who had a incredible narrative and game feel this game lost a lot... and felt odd and empty. it seemed like flawed representations of human beings, instead of a representations of flawed human beings. If you want spectacle, and a "nice but not good" game-play? buy it, if not, there are better games out there. At a cheaper price too.… Expand
  63. 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.
  64. NAYKEN
    Jan 30, 2023
    3
    Due to my illness, I was a little late in writing the review. Before I start, there is something I want to say. After the Elden ring debacle this year, the eyes were turned to the release date of the Ragnarok game, but we already understood what the game would look like when we watched the trailer, which is a copy of that infamous previous game in the playstation presentation. Now we canDue to my illness, I was a little late in writing the review. Before I start, there is something I want to say. After the Elden ring debacle this year, the eyes were turned to the release date of the Ragnarok game, but we already understood what the game would look like when we watched the trailer, which is a copy of that infamous previous game in the playstation presentation. Now we can move on to the review. As always I would like to start with the mechanics but there is almost nothing new in the game. The gameplay in the previous game was copied in the same way, just like the Assassin's Creed games, but there is a bad situation. In the previous God of War game, the fighting mechanics were sedate, although not very good. In the Ragnarok game, a faster gameplay was desired, but all the hitting feeling in the game was removed. There are only two new weapons in the game and its contribution to gameplay is just as minimal as any other weapon. Only Atreus gameplay remains, which is the part that saves this infamous game a little bit. Atreus has completely unique gameplay, I wish the whole game was played with atreus, it would at least be a mediocre game. Let's move on to the designs. There is not much innovation in the level designs, it does not have anything that will affect the gameplay or surprise you. As for the mission designs, there are side missions in the game, they are directly related to the story, but you know that the place of the story in video games is not important, the gameplay in the missions remains and there is no innovation. Different creatures and different bosses, but they don't add anything to the gameplay. We have come to the end of the review and Ragnarok is not a good game at all, unfortunately. Elden ring was the biggest debacle of this year, Ragnarok was the biggest disgrace of this year. The rating of the game is 35/100… Expand
  65. Hurrikhan
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ragnarok is a sequel to the God of War game on the PS4.
    Probably fine if you are twelve.
    I'm not. The game has very nice vistas and good music. That's it.

    The fighting isn't interesting nor challenging. With Kratos it's just "OK", but his son is not good at all.
    The story holds no interest. It's bland and uninspired. If Kratos doesn't deserves his title of God of War anymore, I find Atreus properly insufferable. You have hear that brat's two brain-cells attempts at manipulation all the time.

    The dialogues are pure drivel. And, to top it, you can't skip any of them. I can only explain why they would inflict them on us by hubris and utter contempt for the player's time. I've spent most of the "cinematic" time watching YouTube and it was just bearable ... up to a point.

    First, there was that squirrel that has childish vibes that I don't like at all, thankfully I may never see it again.
    But later in the story, you suddenly encounter another annoying child (with a surprising very non-Scandinavian look : I guess someone has to check that box, that's not the issue here).
    She uses kind of paint-ball attacks that may be appealing if your are a young girl or something. For an adult man who bought this for fights and blood, it's cringe inducing.
    The game proceeds to ask to to do some slow, tedious, utterly boring harvesting task, slowly carried by some cow. After a few minutes I simply had to stop : Animal crossing isn't my thing.
    I've waited two days to go back. My first move was to mute the voices : much better.
    But an hour or so later, I was still on that stupid cow doing some stupid tasks interrupted by lame fights.
    No, no way. F this, I'll reroll an Elden Ring character instead.    … Expand
  66. Sagittarius1
    Nov 18, 2022
    3
    They made it worse than the previous game.
    Atreus is just useless. He's not helping you at all. he fires one arrow every few minutes and that's it.
    The previous GOD was way better than this one. Don't buy it full price.
  67. amed_fonseca
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    todo se resume a que es un dlc de god of war 2018 no debería de costar lo mismo que un juego nuevo y completo aquí en mexico cuesta 75 dolarucos ósea 1500 pesos mexicanos. casi todas las animaciones y escenarios son reciclados, el uso excesivo de niebla volumétrica para tapar las carencias de la consola, la inteligencia artificial es malísima en muchas partes los enemigos nunca atacan a tutodo se resume a que es un dlc de god of war 2018 no debería de costar lo mismo que un juego nuevo y completo aquí en mexico cuesta 75 dolarucos ósea 1500 pesos mexicanos. casi todas las animaciones y escenarios son reciclados, el uso excesivo de niebla volumétrica para tapar las carencias de la consola, la inteligencia artificial es malísima en muchas partes los enemigos nunca atacan a tu acompañante y se ve muy mal que 3 enemigos te están atacando y atreus esta frente a 2 de ellos a menos de 1 metro de distancia y a el no lo atacan es como si fuera invisible para los enemigos y hay muchos escenarios en los que no puedes ver que hay al fondo por que la niebla al estilo silen hill no te deja ver nada, me recordó mucho a juegos viejos de ps1 en donde los fondos eran de un solo color.… Expand
  68. Dzz1rt
    Nov 14, 2022
    3
    Поиграл, часов 15 по основной сюжетной линии. Причем последние часов 10 пересиливал себя, это фильм, это не игра.
    Куча трёпа причем скудного и односложного( дело не в локализации). Постоянный гундёж и скулёж персонажей изматывает. Пон    Поиграл, часов 15 по основной сюжетной линии. Причем последние часов 10 пересиливал себя, это фильм, это не игра.
    Куча трёпа причем скудного и односложного( дело не в локализации). Постоянный гундёж и скулёж персонажей изматывает. Пон
  69. siksik81
    Nov 18, 2022
    3
    the game is extremely hyped though its no way near to its predecessor 1. Story of the game is weak
    2. Boss fights, specially that Thor fight in end game is won't give you a feeling of a God
    3. End game content are no way better than GOW 2018 4. Asgurad is a 3 room Palace 5. after playing Ragnarok if truly remember GOW 2018 you will find GOW 2018 was way better game in terms of story story,    the game is extremely hyped though its no way near to its predecessor 1. Story of the game is weak
    2. Boss fights, specially that Thor fight in end game is won't give you a feeling of a God
    3. End game content are no way better than GOW 2018
    4. Asgurad is a 3 room Palace
    5. after playing Ragnarok if truly remember GOW 2018 you will find GOW 2018 was way better game in terms of story story, twists, climax etc    … Expand
  70. ChangoGamer
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Al iniciar el juego no fue necesario tocar el mando, prácticamente una cinemática. Gráficamente me ha decepcionado la historia lenta.
  71. 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.
  72. 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
  73. 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.
  74. 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
  75. Dany8
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    Me lo he pasado pero tiene exageradas escenas de pelicula, parece un Detroid Become Human. Se juega bien en su jugabilidad y tiene buena narrativa pero aburre mucho porque tiene escenas muy largas y eso hace que uno pierda el interés
  76. BenFauWriter
    Nov 15, 2022
    3
    Underwhelming. I loved the first one and the main problem is ragnarok is basically the same as its predessor. Besides the cinematics and the new story, everything feels the same. The level design is outdated, combats are ok but turns to be boring. In fact nothing is new, this game looks like a dlc.
  77. denied1
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Far better than the first game...big minus all the combat with Kratos and of course rowing.
    Atreus part is fine..art is very nice
  78. Pluk_Dejv
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    bad lvl design with invinciblle walls , The game hasn't changed much in terms of graphics and gameplay , the story of the game best , no innovation or change / improvement of gameplay, test verze ps5/ps4
  79. Retroplayer1987
    Dec 9, 2022
    3
    Sony no se ha esforzado esta vez, el del 2018 si dio un salto.. este es solo algo más...no es ni siquiera next gen. Sony debería dedicarse a hacer peliculas y no video juegos... sus ''narrativas'' para niños quien quiere ser grandilocuentes no cuelan... sobre todo con personajes tan de niño cannis como el hijo de Kratos =/
  80. Lecort85
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una decepción parece un DLC del 2018, aparte que Atreus es súper molesto, pasa todo el rato hablando y jugar con el es aburrido monótono, la inteligencia artificial es caótica nada que ver... 7 horas de cinemática osea 7 horas ? En serio?… Expand
  81. Rami_el_maton
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    No es para nada un gran juego y para mí es el peor God of War que se ha hecho nunca.

    Hay niveles que están pésimamente diseñados.
  82. JayMonkeyPants
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    Most anticipated disappointment of the year. Combat is same or worse than last iteration, slow clunky, easily stun locked, get hit with first artack of combo, well you're now stuck getting hit the rest because you cant move block duxk dip dive or dodge once you get hit. Your attacks never break enemy guard, they just tank through everything. Everything is a mob, amd if you play on anythingMost anticipated disappointment of the year. Combat is same or worse than last iteration, slow clunky, easily stun locked, get hit with first artack of combo, well you're now stuck getting hit the rest because you cant move block duxk dip dive or dodge once you get hit. Your attacks never break enemy guard, they just tank through everything. Everything is a mob, amd if you play on anything harder than "balanced" you just tickle everything. Lame!… Expand
  83. frajatogtx
    Nov 11, 2022
    3
    Es una mierda de juego, los personajes no tienen colisión con el entorno, son animaciones de golpes sin colisión, la banda sonora es una mierda ultra genérica, pasillos tediosos sin sentido a cada momento, puzzles tediosos a cada rato, lleno de bugs que te cortan la experiencia, los combates son cada media hora, un asco aburridisimo, era mejor el del 2018, los sonyers no juegan a nada porEs una mierda de juego, los personajes no tienen colisión con el entorno, son animaciones de golpes sin colisión, la banda sonora es una mierda ultra genérica, pasillos tediosos sin sentido a cada momento, puzzles tediosos a cada rato, lleno de bugs que te cortan la experiencia, los combates son cada media hora, un asco aburridisimo, era mejor el del 2018, los sonyers no juegan a nada por eso cualquier mierda es goty. Pedazo de mierda de juego ABURRIDO.… Expand
  84. Hamed_zlgr
    Jan 8, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poor storytelling. The narration of the story sometimes becomes very boring, especially in the excursion with Angraboda. Why should we consider Odin as villain of the story? Others are constantly speaking ill of Odin while showing nothing of his wickedness. All the Asiers are depicted as evil and absolutely evil, and the audience is forced to accept their evilness. There are no gray characters among the Asiers. A predictable ending where Kratos fights Thor and Odin while contradicting the game's message of the need for peace and the condemnation of war.
    The narrative capacities of Norse mythology are wasted in this game.    … Expand
  85. Vahradrim
    Dec 24, 2022
    3
    No. No, this game is such a scam.!! It is so badly written it hurts. I was sooo bored the whole time, the combats feel so bad, I feel like I'm controlling an old man in a wheelchair at the Olympics. I started with the highest difficulty because I wanted to enjoy every moment of the game since the first one was so good. Mid-game I turned it all the way to the easiest, I was so bored I wasNo. No, this game is such a scam.!! It is so badly written it hurts. I was sooo bored the whole time, the combats feel so bad, I feel like I'm controlling an old man in a wheelchair at the Olympics. I started with the highest difficulty because I wanted to enjoy every moment of the game since the first one was so good. Mid-game I turned it all the way to the easiest, I was so bored I was watching YouTube while the NPCs were talking. No character evolution, no gameplay evolution, the story is pathetic. Avoid. Avoid avoid, it even killed the respect I had for the first one. How can you release a game like this. The story is almost all written in the mythology, how can you be so lame at writing a story??! Some people don't deserve their job. The puzzle mechanics?? OMG let me move the camera 1.5 seconds before giving me the whole solution and repeat it until I do what you asked for!! The graphics are the same than the first one but the story, OMG what a shame. The gameplay is worst, far worst. I wanted to play something else than Elden Ring for a bit, just to try this present I had for my birthday... Guess I'll uninstall and never purchase any God of War ever again. Thanks for killing the serie for me. SO BORING!!!! Fire the person in charge of this catastrophic failure! 3/10 is only for the graphics inherited from the previous game. AWFUL!!!… Expand
  86. Thefirestorm288
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    The games is OK. It's more of the same from the first gow. Graphics aren't as big of an improvement as you would think from a ps5 game. The gameplay is nothing to special. The hype was not worth the wait.
  87. Surlyclaw
    Dec 12, 2022
    3
    Overall, a disappointment. The current director is nowhere near as talented as the last one. Playinh as Atreus on GMGW mode is pathetic. I had fun for awhile, but this game does not have any replayability value. Its just an average game really.
  88. ChristianoVolt
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    Walk and walk and walk and walk, wow, boring clicker fight, walk and walk and walk
  89. FluteSalad
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Has the same problems the first one had. Essentially a glorified movie, far to much automation and repetitive combat to really recommend. It’s a solid eh out of 10
  90. mario300
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    this game could’ve been alot better…maybe its the norse mythology for me im not feeling i miss seeing kratos in greek
  91. TatoGG
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    PS4 gen game, Corridor slow pacing mostly forward-lined, super mediocre in terms of character progression and Armor/Weapon. Same monsters and locations as in gow'18. Continuous spoiling suggestions from mates on what and how to turn/put/solve/brake during a puzzles - shows how this game being targeted for 13+ year teen minds.. Climbing is also just for picture - does not engaging at allPS4 gen game, Corridor slow pacing mostly forward-lined, super mediocre in terms of character progression and Armor/Weapon. Same monsters and locations as in gow'18. Continuous spoiling suggestions from mates on what and how to turn/put/solve/brake during a puzzles - shows how this game being targeted for 13+ year teen minds.. Climbing is also just for picture - does not engaging at all
    Its just a polished game with story for teens Arteases age.
    However this game cant stand even closely with such big boyz like Assassin Creed Valhalla or Elden Ring.. It is not! its like an expansion for 2018 GOW
    Its meant to be the God(!)of War(!) not family dramma theater. I felt like characters have nothing to the Gods panteon but rather some village family..
    Kratos - is an old man, not GOW Here.. Game for teens up to 14 y. o age... Not forme.. Boooooring, not scipable scenes.. meh    … Expand
  92. KratosSon
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Gow 2018 was brilliant, Gow ragnarok is only a shadow of that brilliance...
  93. SebaPerez2304
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Ojalá vuelvan a Grecia, no me gusta el rumbo de la saga desde el GoW 2018, la primera trilogía si era un must play.
  94. xXMctangeloXx
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    A lot of tedious filler, picking up hacksilver, mashing attack button, throw axe at bucket, pick up hacksilver...repeat...just not very interesting to me. Also, the story felt a bit stale, seems like they've already covered most of their ideas for plot in previous games.
  95. Yreg
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    A historia é boa, mas tem muita coisa ruim, bugs, save corrumpido e como eu falei MUITOS BUGS, se você gosta de historia compre mas se for pra n querer ver bug compre qualquer jogo
  96. LaMulambera
    Nov 13, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's just sad what happened to this franchise, it feels like a downgrade of the 2018 game. Graphics and OST are amazing, story is bellow average and gameplay is... bad. Atreus and Kratos were a disappointment, the people from Asgard talk like they're from California, Mimir and Freyr probably will be on the next Marvel movie and they killed the only good side character in the entire game. This game needs to be forgotten.… Expand
  97. Triplesixe
    Nov 14, 2022
    3
    Linear. Nothing innovative. Worse story characters and fights compared to the first one. Drags on with melodrama and when you do get gameplay its mostly puzzles. Npcs give too many dialogue hints to the puzzles and the combat is repetitive.
  98. Alex27939
    Nov 14, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very underrated game, it is far inferior to previous games in the franchise. Kratos in this game is very pathetic, he doesn't show anger at any point in the game. trailers promised a more bloodthirsty kratos for classic styles, but here half the game is followed by atreus. Kratos besides being excluded in the game doesn't really show an attitude of the classic games except in the Heimdall fight where the kratos really fights seriously in the game. the battles against the gods are horrible, it seems that we are facing just a common enemy of the game. and this question of kratos being nice to Thor instead of killing him is one of the biggest clichés I've ever seen, it sounds like the famous phrase "revenge is bad". but apart from 99% of all the crap in the game, graphics are the only thing that can save the game.… Expand
  99. Doronweiss
    Nov 15, 2022
    3
    I think the style of the game is worse than in the last part, it seems that they changed something in the graphics engine, unfortunately for the worse. my guess is that this was done as a compromise to increase the scale of the locations, mobs and details in the game's locations and in order for the game to run smoothly in good quality on the ps4, degradations were made to the art styleI think the style of the game is worse than in the last part, it seems that they changed something in the graphics engine, unfortunately for the worse. my guess is that this was done as a compromise to increase the scale of the locations, mobs and details in the game's locations and in order for the game to run smoothly in good quality on the ps4, degradations were made to the art style of the game. Unfortunately, as I repeat, not for the better, this is my subjective value judgment. And if we add to all of the above, then what was promised in the advertising from sony nextgen for ps5, the adaptation of dualshock 5 for ps5 (which was practically non-existent), then there is an unpleasant feeling of aggressive advertising with a poor-quality product. I also want to note then that the difficulty of the God of War is made easier than in the previous part. And also added more lyrical long boring levels, for example, the game for Atreus is quite boring. I went through the last part 5 times and will go through with pleasure again, but this part seems to be one time. I hope the next part will return to the previous quality, considering that everyone will already have a ps5 and possibly on the next generation graphics engine.

    Я счетаю стилистику игры хуже чем в прошлой части , такое впечатление что изменили чтото в графическом движке к сожелению в худшую сторону. мое предположение , что это сделали как компромис из за увеличения маштаба локаций , мобов и деталей в локациях игры и для того чтобы игра работала без сбоев в хорошем качестве на ps4 , были внесены ухудшения в художественный стиль игры. к сожалению как я повторяю не в лучшую сторону , это мое субъективное оценочное суждение. А если добавить ко всему вышесказанному, то что был обещан в рекламе от sony nextgen для ps5 , адаптация dualshock 5 под ps5 (которых практически небыло) , то складывается неприятное ощущение агресивной рекламы при некачкственом продукте. Также хочу отметить , то что сложность Бог войны сделали легче , чем в предыдущей части. А также добавили больше лирических долгих скучных уровней , например игра за Атрея , довольна скучная. Прошлую часть я прошел 5 раз и с удовольствуем пройду еще , а вот эта часть судя по всему на один раз. Надеюсь следующая часть вернется к прежнему качеству , учитывая , что у всех уже будет ps5 и возможно на графическом движке следуещего поколения.    … Expand
  100. NEO2121
    Nov 16, 2022
    3
    God of War perdio la esencia de los primeros juegos maravillosos, como DLC es magnifico pero como juego completo no lo recomiendo.
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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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