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  1. 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.
  2. Nov 13, 2022
    0
    its too much like a movie than a game also too many lame Atreus parts I dont want to play as this lil idiot
  3. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Mesmo jogo de 2018, mas estragando toda a história e empurrando guela a baixo o filho chato do Kratos.
  4. Nov 18, 2022
    0
    More like "God of boredom".
    Critics only gave it a 10/10 because, well, we all know how Sony gets high scores and GOTY awards. Wake up.
  5. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    It's hardly a game, just an interactive movie with no replay value. Definitely not GOTY material.
  6. Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Every combat encounter begins and ends with you crawling through a narrow passageway, gets annoying fast. Areas are small and lack branching paths for exploration. The puzzles are a downgrade from the last game, likely because of the small areas, brain dead ez.

    its a glorified ps4 port, also a good portion of the game is last of us boy edition and not a god of war game. Made me
    Every combat encounter begins and ends with you crawling through a narrow passageway, gets annoying fast. Areas are small and lack branching paths for exploration. The puzzles are a downgrade from the last game, likely because of the small areas, brain dead ez.

    its a glorified ps4 port, also a good portion of the game is last of us boy edition and not a god of war game. Made me appreciate gow3 alot more
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  7. Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They didnt answer any goddamn **** question they didnt gave us a perfect story like before just giving 0 to help decrease the score Expand
  8. Nov 13, 2022
    0
    8 hours played and 3+ hours of those are only cinematics, a lot of bugs and the phisics are not smooth. I hope more of the game, sadly think that Cory Barlog need comeback to Santa Monica for the next gow
  9. 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
  10. Nov 11, 2022
    2
    Le doy 2 por que la historia esta regular pero la jugabilidad qué es lo que importa es una basura un intento de soulslike pero sin la dificultad para que los casual no se enojen
  11. 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
  12. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Amazing game with unfinished combat and too much bloat. It would’ve been better had there been more done to make it feel better than GoW (2018). And the amount of bloated content is insane. If you’re coming fresh from the last game you’re gonna be sick of the same combat and enemies quickly
  13. Nov 12, 2022
    2
    The combat is clunky and whose brilliant idea to make enemy to lose target lock if they move out of fov? seriously, this design choice is awful.
  14. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Una cagada, debería llamarse Dad Of War está cosa, ni tiene la esencia de los primeros juegos
  15. Nov 11, 2022
    2
    Poor level design, specifically Vanaheim. Every minute of walking is slowed down just so you can solve a puzzle to progress. Were it not for the 14 million puzzles and long drawn out elevator rides, you could finish the game in 10 hours. The lip syncing is horrendous. They didn't even try here.
    It's almost like witching a dubbed foreign movie. Post game dialogs don't even go with the
    Poor level design, specifically Vanaheim. Every minute of walking is slowed down just so you can solve a puzzle to progress. Were it not for the 14 million puzzles and long drawn out elevator rides, you could finish the game in 10 hours. The lip syncing is horrendous. They didn't even try here.
    It's almost like witching a dubbed foreign movie. Post game dialogs don't even go with the events. Someone dies and later I'm told to ask the person that's dead if God's sleep. I'm gonna jump right on that mimir. There's hardly any new upgrades to the first game. Visually and mechanically just seems like a dlc. This game isn't even top 2 for goty in my opinion. Elden ring and dying light 2 are far superior.
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  16. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    They deceived Polish players and fans, there is no polish dubbing when I bought game with it. even after 3 days after premiere they did not say simple "sorry we will fix that" unacceptable
  17. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    this game really sucks everything is worst than the last god of war the combat system sucks the map design sucks the level design sucks everything sucks. the Berserkers are the worst what are they thinking? want to make a whole bunch of hard bosses like Elden ring dark souls but they make it worst than those games. those game bosses are easier than the stupid Berserkers. this game totallythis game really sucks everything is worst than the last god of war the combat system sucks the map design sucks the level design sucks everything sucks. the Berserkers are the worst what are they thinking? want to make a whole bunch of hard bosses like Elden ring dark souls but they make it worst than those games. those game bosses are easier than the stupid Berserkers. this game totally sucks not a game of the year level. Expand
  18. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    El peor God of War de la historia, mucho brilli brilli, puzzles soporíferos, falta de sensación de brutalidad, jugabilidad pésima, un inventario infumable, historia pésima, básicamente como cargarse al personaje varonil de Kratos y convertirlo en un frágil.
  19. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    This God of war is just a Fake Ragnarok, nothing happens from the beginning to the end and we take no pleasure to play, go take Sonic Frontiers instead, there is gameplay at least there.

    0/10
  20. Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game is pure **** oh my **** god please delete this **** if you have it
  21. Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Weird, I thought I bought God of War, but I got a weak Demon Slayer wannabe clone
  22. 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.
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  23. Feb 2, 2023
    0
    I enjoyed the first 3 GOW way more than this Marvel GOW. The quality of the game keeps going down, and it's really bothering me.
  24. Dec 7, 2022
    0
    To be honest this is a dlc with 70$ it doesn’t make sense and the ending was horrible
  25. Nov 28, 2022
    0
    It's not a videogame, but a huge waste of time. Every cutscene is unskippable, every animation is unnecessarily long. Who has time for all that?
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a movie not a game all you do is go to one cutscene to the next the combat is the exact same as the last one with no real change and all conversations the characters have feel completely bland. Expand
  29. 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
  30. Nov 27, 2022
    2
    Boring gameplay. It’s like an extension of the gow 2018.

    The map and the discovery part is really annoying. I am frustrated by the inaccurate compass pointing directly to the wall. Kratos can move the whole bridge by his bare hands but cannot jump from a really short gap. Not a logical game. A lot of bug like invulnerable enemies (when you try to range attack some enemies from a wrong
    Boring gameplay. It’s like an extension of the gow 2018.

    The map and the discovery part is really annoying. I am frustrated by the inaccurate compass pointing directly to the wall.
    Kratos can move the whole bridge by his bare hands but cannot jump from a really short gap. Not a logical game. A lot of bug like invulnerable enemies (when you try to range attack some enemies from a wrong position, the enemies will become invulnerable, and the only way to fix it is to restart the checkpoint.) Sometimes npc is stuck in the wall and does not attack when is called for.
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  31. Nov 27, 2022
    2
    This is not God of War.
    This is God of Retirement.
    Wait for the PC release, and then wait for a 50% discount, that way you can say you've only wasted 30$ instead, but at the very least you'll have it on Steam. Gameplay: 3/10 Button mash will absolutely demolish everything, you can not jump and 70% of the game is not you playing, and the rest is you doing the same thing over and over
    This is not God of War.
    This is God of Retirement.

    Wait for the PC release, and then wait for a 50% discount, that way you can say you've only wasted 30$ instead, but at the very least you'll have it on Steam.

    Gameplay: 3/10 Button mash will absolutely demolish everything, you can not jump and 70% of the game is not you playing, and the rest is you doing the same thing over and over again.

    Story: 2/10 The most disappointing part of the last two GoW games, we want peace? As the God of War?

    The last two are Unranked because they generally don't matter and are expected at the same time.

    Stability (Unranked): The game works in nearly every single case except a few day 1 problems.

    Graphics (Unranked): Better than average, simple
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  32. Nov 29, 2022
    3
    Game would be 8-9/10 but awful bosses and overall combat design make this game almost awful.
  33. Dec 8, 2022
    1
    The game mechanics are better than those of gow 2018 but they have thrown overboard the incredible story that Norse mythology could give. this game was doomed since they decided on two games instead of three. I feel cheated.
    the 2018 story had just the right level of drama and depth. in this game everything is varnished with an extra layer of crying and well-being
  34. Dec 10, 2022
    2
    Terrible combat and balancing, destroyed most fun for me. Dodge windows are insanely short, many boss attacks can not be avoided and Kratos dies after 3 hits. Switching to Story difficulty for bosses fixed it, but normal combat was too easy. In this state not enjoyable as combat is a huge portion of the game. Played Elden Ring and had fun. But in my opinion in GOW it is just bad combatTerrible combat and balancing, destroyed most fun for me. Dodge windows are insanely short, many boss attacks can not be avoided and Kratos dies after 3 hits. Switching to Story difficulty for bosses fixed it, but normal combat was too easy. In this state not enjoyable as combat is a huge portion of the game. Played Elden Ring and had fun. But in my opinion in GOW it is just bad combat design. I just want to enjoy the game (on normal difficulty) and not look up good builds or understand combat system and suitable buffs/effects in detail to be able to beat some late game bosses (on normal or even story difficulty). Expand
  35. Dec 10, 2022
    0
    Game sucks do not buy it. This is a bad game. It runs like trash and it awful.
  36. 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.
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  37. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** Ironwood. Also somehow they managed to make Atreus even more obnoxius and useless than in the previous game Expand
  38. Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Boring as he'll, also destroyed my save game...
    Pretty corridor walking-talking activity all the time.
  39. Nov 18, 2022
    0
    Another 3rd person, guy get in touch with his feelings, backtracking game. Boring...
  40. Nov 14, 2022
    1
    I purchased Ragnorok right when it launched digitally, thinking, "I must own this digitally because it's a masterpiece," because that's what everyone was saying before the game actually released. Honestly, I should have waited.

    After completing the game in six hours, I was left to stare at the God of War square that’s on my PS5 dashboard. It’s true what everyone has been saying
    I purchased Ragnorok right when it launched digitally, thinking, "I must own this digitally because it's a masterpiece," because that's what everyone was saying before the game actually released. Honestly, I should have waited.

    After completing the game in six hours, I was left to stare at the God of War square that’s on my PS5 dashboard.

    It’s true what everyone has been saying before the game was delayed and launched. This is more of a DLC to the previous game than a new stand-alone sequel. There’s absolutely nothing new about Ragnorok. It’s a continuation of the previous game and that’s pretty much it. Sure, you get a new story, but nothing that will make you go “AHA!” There’s no new game play mechanics that will make you lose your mind. Just more of the same as all Sony’s other first party games.

    Does it look pretty on the PS5? It definitely does, but it also looks pretty on the PS4. No different between the two versions. The two versions look identical. The so-called power of the PS5 was not utilized at all. Major ball drop by the devs. The haptic feature is pointless because it drains the battery.

    The story itself is entertaining until a certain point. It’s a rinse and repeat game.

    The moral of the story and lesson learned, wait for a sale for this type of game. The hefty $70 price is not worth it and you’ll get the very same content when it drops to $25 during the holidays. Now I’m stuck with the digital version. Get the game for $25 during the holidays, then use the $45 use saved and get your soul sucked out of you by an OF creator. That’s the best advise I can give anyone that’s on the fence.
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  41. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    The game doesn't let you explore and solve puzzles on your own, it's like paying for a 30 hour movie and call it a video game. I can only imagine this game cater to uncreative and lazy people
  42. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    It's not as fun as you think
    Same as God of War 4.
    Nothing has changed.
    The only thing that has changed is the "story".
    So this game isn't a new game, it's just like God of War's "DLC".
  43. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    The game contains many errors. And also the lack of challenge in the puzzles
  44. Nov 18, 2022
    0
    basura de juego para mancos que no saben jugar y solo miran pelijuegos que puedes pasarte con una mano pulsando un unico botón y con gráficos de hace 5 años
  45. Nov 18, 2022
    0
    The game’s core design has not moved an inch since the prequel and the story seems to be lacking in creativity in comparison. Unlike the well-coordinated experience as a whole like last time, everything in Ragnarok seems to act like soulless puppets attached to a series of strings. Although the reskinned aspect of a working formula seems to be the safest bet, if we were to find any sort ofThe game’s core design has not moved an inch since the prequel and the story seems to be lacking in creativity in comparison. Unlike the well-coordinated experience as a whole like last time, everything in Ragnarok seems to act like soulless puppets attached to a series of strings. Although the reskinned aspect of a working formula seems to be the safest bet, if we were to find any sort of effort of evolution since the prior title, it wouldn’t feel as lacklustre from a highly anticipated title to make its grand entrance. This one feels rather like a quickly brewed DLC of the previous title instead. Expand
  46. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es solo para saber qué tienen comprada a la crítica que le doy está califiacion aún que lo jugué y me pareció mucho a un DLC Expand
  47. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Aburrido, vacío y genérico. Una basura total. Lleno de bugs y gráficos horribles.
  48. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Feels like a dlc.. same old axe swinging adventure. Had fun but shouldn’t be involved with GOTY discussions
  49. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    In Poland they did **** Game was described as game in full Polish language version. Unfortunally it's only about subtitles in box version. Digital version have subtitles and dubbing. Playstation only wrote on twitter that they know this problem. no "sorry" no estimated patch time, no nothing. They don't answer on comments. **** that. Bought game for full price, have 85% game.
  50. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    -Bad combat ( same old animations and how many in total? 3-5? )
    -Bad graphics ( poor art design )
    -Story make no sense
    -Too many "please cry" moments
    -Agressive marketing and lies
    -Bad level design
    -Grind
  51. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    goated god of war series became trash for zoomers. awful gameplay. meaningless story that just wants you to cry
  52. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    It feels like a DLC!

    And the gameplay and level Design hasn't changed and they charge $70 for it
  53. Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Thia is a very bad game.
    Bad story, reptitive gameplay, boring mechanics, glitches.
  54. Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Trash. It is hard to feel a big difference compared to the Pl4 base two-legged previous work, especially compared to the Pl5 updated one. It's not a new product, but a well-made DLC. IGN, which gave six points for similar reasons, is being criticized for harsh criticism, and the reviewer's story is not much different from what I felt. But I don't know if that's why the score should be soTrash. It is hard to feel a big difference compared to the Pl4 base two-legged previous work, especially compared to the Pl5 updated one. It's not a new product, but a well-made DLC. IGN, which gave six points for similar reasons, is being criticized for harsh criticism, and the reviewer's story is not much different from what I felt. But I don't know if that's why the score should be so low. Part 1, especially the first Pl54K 60, is still not behind the latest game...It's similar to this, but 6 is a bit... Expand
  55. Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Thor is too fat and Angrboda is a terrible character. Thus, the developers spit on Scandinavian mythology
  56. 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.
  57. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad story Bad Gameplay Bad Difficulty management
    Overall weak compared to previous titles
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  58. Nov 11, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mismo juego que jugué en el 2018. No veo algo realmente innovador, por otro aspecto me decepcionaron bastante los gráficos, son de playstation 4 con algunos retoques. Por último atreus es un lastre y es un personaje que más que querer se deja detestar. Exactamente como pasó con metal gear solid 2. Expand
  59. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sin duda el mejor DLC exclusivo de mi Play, es continuista si pero que tiene, que utiliza las mismas gráficas y motor del 2018 y que tiene, igual la PS5 ya no puede va a 20 fts y a tirones para más placer, con el brr brr ya no necesito seso, viva GOWR el Goty 2022, viva la Pleys. Expand
  60. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    This Game is so Bad it is the same , looks like DLC . .... 2018 Game so sad
  61. Nov 15, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a terrible example for the game industry, both intellectually and publically, a symbol of ugliness and boredom. Expand
  62. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Um retrocesso pelo que foi o outro jogo, tinha uma expectativa maior do que o jogo apresenta.
  63. Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This game is Trash Of War, God Of Walking Simulat. God Of No Enemies. God Of Puzzles
  64. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Es buen juego, el problema es que está muy mal optimizado, en las peleas principales e inevitables tiene buena estabilidad de fps, pero en los caminos para llegar a la misma su variación aumenta considerablemente, como puede ser que en las escenas con mas efectos especiales funcione respetable, pero en el proceso(cuevas,caminos,escenarios sin efectos especiales)tenga mayor variación deEs buen juego, el problema es que está muy mal optimizado, en las peleas principales e inevitables tiene buena estabilidad de fps, pero en los caminos para llegar a la misma su variación aumenta considerablemente, como puede ser que en las escenas con mas efectos especiales funcione respetable, pero en el proceso(cuevas,caminos,escenarios sin efectos especiales)tenga mayor variación de fps? se trata de la optimización! clamaramente solo optimizaron los escenarios principales e inevitables para la historia, en el resto del juego hicieron un trabajo muy mediocre! Expand
  65. Nov 18, 2022
    0
    O jogo e uma reaproveitção porca e preguiçosa do de 2018 (que já era um jogo com pouco gameplay e muita falação com uma história horrorosa comparada a títulos anteriores)lixooooo
  66. Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Es un juego más de la franquicia más sobrevalorada del mundo de los videojuegos solo por ser exclusiva de Sony, si fuera por ejemplo de Microsoft o Nintendo, no sería tan exageradamente aclamado.
  67. Nov 17, 2022
    0
    An absolutely fantastic follow up to the one of the best games of 2018. The ending will make you cry like a baby and will fully reveal how far our two main protagonists have come in their journey as Father and Son. My only main gripe with the game is the pacing throughout the middle of the game. The pace is SLOW and can start to feel like a slog. However, I think the beginning and end makeAn absolutely fantastic follow up to the one of the best games of 2018. The ending will make you cry like a baby and will fully reveal how far our two main protagonists have come in their journey as Father and Son. My only main gripe with the game is the pacing throughout the middle of the game. The pace is SLOW and can start to feel like a slog. However, I think the beginning and end make up for a lot of this games flaws. Expand
  68. Nov 11, 2022
    1
    Muy decepcionado es lo mismo que el anterior juego, no innova nada es todo prácticamente lo mismo muy aburrido y muchas cinemáticas un tostón
  69. 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
  70. 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. Nov 12, 2022
    1
    Malisimo parece un dlc de la anterior entrega, encima esta inflado por la prensa.
  72. Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Too much backseating in this game unbelievable and the story lacks originality. There is no freedom to experiment and most of the time the game tells you how to play their game and it feels like you're not in control. It's like a superhero movie with game inside.
  73. 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.
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  74. Nov 12, 2022
    2
    Muy aburrido para mí gusto varios Bugs pone en modo turbina de avión la consola
  75. Nov 19, 2022
    0
    dlaczego nie mogę wybrać języka innego niż niemiecki, włoski, francuski lub angielski w regionie Wielkiej Brytanii? po co tłumaczyć grę na tyle języków, skoro gracz nie może wybrać jednego z nich i musi zarejestrować nowe konto i tam kupić grę?
  76. Nov 16, 2022
    1
    Es un DLC gigante, no innova. Esperaba mas novedad. Entiendo que tiene mucha profundidad en narrativa, pero comerse cinematicas a cada rato aburre.
  77. Nov 14, 2022
    4
    Juego muy lineal..con varios fallos.. muy aburrido y predecible ..musica mala y combate sin nada nuevo .
  78. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    this game is a chore. Full with quests wasting your time. Many not fun enemies, lack of large scale battles. Just sad what God of War become.
  79. Nov 14, 2022
    1
    Намного хуже прошлой части, особенно, сюжет. Ожидал какого-то прорыва ну или хотя бы на прошлой части.
  80. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Trash game isn’t even worth 20€ tbh boring world overused gameplay feels like an small dlc with max 30h of content that’s it overrated game
  81. 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
  82. Nov 15, 2022
    1
    Super sobrevalorado, graficamente está bien pero ya está, muy aburrido y lento, sobre todo las primeras horas.
  83. Nov 15, 2022
    2
    This sequel doesn't do any justice to the previous game, a mere continuation filled with bugs and weak narrative.
  84. 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
  85. Nov 15, 2022
    4
    Big disappointment. Honestly, should’ve been an added DLC for the price of $40
  86. Nov 15, 2022
    0
    A lot of levels on this game are straight out of Naughty Dog game. Cinematic walk, slow climbing, slow crawling, game takes caontrol out of you often. Atreus levels are boring
    Previous God of War is better
  87. Nov 15, 2022
    1
    Super sobrevalorado, graficamente está bien pero ya está, muy aburrido y lento, sobre todo las primeras horas.
  88. Nov 20, 2022
    1
    It feels like a movie not a game and honestly not as fun as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Wth Sony.
  89. Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** **** difficulty and horribly designed boss fights, especially that idiotic cold berserker boss fight. Expand
  90. Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Here comes another helping of slop from the rehashers at playstation. Pretty much doubles down on every bad mechanic from new god of war and goes a step further by bastardizing Norse mythology to the point of absurdity.

    Take one look at Thor and try not to laugh, same with Odin because the character designs are awful. One only needs to look at the Greek trilogy to see how much Ragnarök
    Here comes another helping of slop from the rehashers at playstation. Pretty much doubles down on every bad mechanic from new god of war and goes a step further by bastardizing Norse mythology to the point of absurdity.

    Take one look at Thor and try not to laugh, same with Odin because the character designs are awful. One only needs to look at the Greek trilogy to see how much Ragnarök fails in this regard. Anyone who claims to be a fan of the old games is lying if they think this new attempt even comes close to the originals.
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  91. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Awful graphics, awful controls, awful camera and bad theme. This is a pretty mediocre release in every way. Graphics are like welcome to five years ago. Were they blindfolded when making the camera? Main character is boring. Hopefully this is the last game in the series
  92. Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Trash game. Truly don’t understand the hype or the low standards. It’s a stain on the God of War game and should’ve been called sad archer simulator.
  93. Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Do not, under any circumstance, buy this toddler’s game. This PlayStation garbage, actually had the audacity to charge $80. The interactive movie treats you like a stupid, in-capable-to-comprehend-basic-instructions fool, and will tell you the most blatantly obvious things like “Kratos, you’re on fire”, like yeah, thanks Atreus, I couldn’t tell. The game is so boring and those AtreusDo not, under any circumstance, buy this toddler’s game. This PlayStation garbage, actually had the audacity to charge $80. The interactive movie treats you like a stupid, in-capable-to-comprehend-basic-instructions fool, and will tell you the most blatantly obvious things like “Kratos, you’re on fire”, like yeah, thanks Atreus, I couldn’t tell. The game is so boring and those Atreus segments were so boring and the only thing I enjoyed was Christopher Judge’s performance as Kratos and whoever plays Atreus, but that is it. Expand
  94. X50
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    E o mesmo jogo que seu antecessor, com poucas melhorias tanto no gameplay como nos gráficos e mecânicas.
  95. Nov 30, 2022
    0
    Last game limited scope made sense for the story they were telling and a reboot. This one they said was basically the end of the Norse story in a single game, and it's called Ragnarok. With the power of the PS4/5 I expected well... something epic unlike we had ever seen. The boss fights in God of War 2 were better than this. God of War 3 opening hour is better and more epic than thisLast game limited scope made sense for the story they were telling and a reboot. This one they said was basically the end of the Norse story in a single game, and it's called Ragnarok. With the power of the PS4/5 I expected well... something epic unlike we had ever seen. The boss fights in God of War 2 were better than this. God of War 3 opening hour is better and more epic than this entire game put together.

    It feels like the developers were torn how to go. They want the story and characters to be more personal than the prior trilogy and it worked in the reboot due to the story scale being small. In this one though the talk about end of the world but still they want the personal side of the story. It feels like they are being pulled in different directions and didn't know how to get them both to be awesome. Also F Atreus and F playing as him.

    I dug my PS3 out of the attic to replay 2 and 3 after this game. Kratos was 2D and didn't say much, but nothing in Ragnarok was as cool as beating the **** out of Poseidon, after riding the back of a titan, then crushing his eyeballs, throwing him off the mountain causing massive flooding destruction. Why didn't they fight on the back of the snake riding around the whole world or something crazy. Nah lets fight in front of a lodge.
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  96. 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.
  97. Nov 17, 2022
    0
    An easy kind of action game thats a walking simulator copy and paste recycle. It same as God of war 2018
  98. Nov 14, 2022
    1
    Ultra-overrated video game. The typical generic fantasy game. The worst thing is that this or Elden Ring will take the GOTY.
  99. Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Carbon copy of the first game with greatly diminished results. Boring and repetitive.
  100. Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Movie simulator…
    It’s a shame that this is the standard for today’s triple A. It’s the same game as many others but with fancy graphics and mediocre gameplay and engagement. It’s unfair and misleading for people who wants a challenge and gameplay mechanics that doesn’t feel as an excuse to stick together different cutscenes. As a film is a 8/10, but they are calling it a game
Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 141 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 141
  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. 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.
  3. 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.