God of War: Ragnarok

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8959 Ratings

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  1. Don_nabhu
    Nov 10, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es increíble
    Mejora mucho lo visto en el anterior título Y la nueva arma, es simplemente una recuerdo para los más nostálgicos El desarrollo de los personajes
    Los plot Twiste
    Las despedidas y las lágrimas
    Simplemente sublime GoTY 2022    … Expand
  2. brunollino
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    Mais um jogo épico e emocionante e gostoso de se jogar. God of War é uma obra de arte. E muita mais do que um jogo.
  3. Batman431
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    El mejor juego de la historia. Ha superado todas mis expectativas. No hay absolutamente ningún videojuego a la altura de god of war ragnarok en el mercado. JUGABILIDAD de 10, personajes de 10, historia de 10, gráficos de 10, música y sonido de 10. Es el techo, el límite. LA OBRA MAESTRA
  4. saulsano
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    Inicie mi aventura con este juego aya por el 2011 cuando mi papa me compro la ps2, mi primer juego de la saga fue el God of War II, me quede asombrado con la jugabilidad, la historia, los personajes y todo lo demás, el mejor juego que probé de acción y aventuras en ese momento, luego jugué el primer juego y también me encanto, tuvieron que pasar diez años para que pueda obtener la ps3 y elInicie mi aventura con este juego aya por el 2011 cuando mi papa me compro la ps2, mi primer juego de la saga fue el God of War II, me quede asombrado con la jugabilidad, la historia, los personajes y todo lo demás, el mejor juego que probé de acción y aventuras en ese momento, luego jugué el primer juego y también me encanto, tuvieron que pasar diez años para que pueda obtener la ps3 y el primer juego que jugué fue la tercera entrega, finalizando mi historia con Kratos en la mitología Griega, pero faltaba una nueva era para Kratos.… Expand
  5. sunnyca
    Nov 29, 2022
    8
    Please please for a love of all gods, stop this tolerant madness!!! A Giant from Nordic mythology CANNOT be black!!!!!!!! Game become ridiculous. And adding cartoonish squirrel only make everything worst.. I know he is a part of mythology, but game becomes less serious. They have already a lot of difference with the real mythology, so they could remove this squirrel character as well. APlease please for a love of all gods, stop this tolerant madness!!! A Giant from Nordic mythology CANNOT be black!!!!!!!! Game become ridiculous. And adding cartoonish squirrel only make everything worst.. I know he is a part of mythology, but game becomes less serious. They have already a lot of difference with the real mythology, so they could remove this squirrel character as well. A part of it - game looks like a very big DLC to the previous part, good finish and story in general. Some of the characters wasn’t “opened” well, hope they will recover it in the next part? A lot of questions without answers as well. Hope they will hear out their fans and will remove all ridiculous characters from the next game.… Expand
  6. moogiie
    Nov 29, 2022
    3
    Pretty much a DLC for 2018. Hasn't really evolved gameplay wise.

    Dialogue is Marvelesque with cheap oneliners spoken in modern American accent and vocabulary.

    Kratos has almost completely changed as a character. Instead of being a more mature, stoic warrior from 2018, he is filled with emotions and has his heart in his hand.
  7. base_d
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This is not your traditional Gof of War. You are not always in control of Kratos. Just think of Sony making God of War like they did with Last of Us 2 playing Abby. Not invested in Abby or Atreus, too bad you will be forced to play the character.

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

    The story is actually less adult oriented and more in line with teens. Its still a decent game but I would wait for a sale. Its the weakest story wise of all the God of Wars imo.    … Expand
  8. HunterXJacob
    Nov 29, 2022
    8
    More of the same but done well. Wish they would of had some more innovation.
  9. MicrowavedBunny
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    phenomenal game. The story is so awesome and a wonderful expansion on what GoW 2018 did. Worth your time.
  10. Bloodmati
    Nov 29, 2022
    3
    Game would be 8-9/10 but awful bosses and overall combat design make this game almost awful.
  11. Darklloyd
    Nov 29, 2022
    9
    Let me give you 2 pieces of advice.

    1. Play on hardest difficulty. Actually its not really hard but its the only way to actually enjoy the gameplay which is perfect. This way you learn all the moves and play to 100%. 2. Go for side quests as soon as they are available. this way you will make main bosses easier and if you come back to side quests after you will be too high level and one    Let me give you 2 pieces of advice.

    1. Play on hardest difficulty. Actually its not really hard but its the only way to actually enjoy the gameplay which is perfect. This way you learn all the moves and play to 100%.
    2. Go for side quests as soon as they are available. this way you will make main bosses easier and if you come back to side quests after you will be too high level and one shot everything.

    The game is not actually replayable so go for the last difficulty and enjoy it.

    Overall great game and number 2 for me after elden ring this year.    … Expand
  12. 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 !!!
  13. Sunykamey
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    Personally I think this game missed the mark. It is padding hard, overstays its welcome and has some good aspects, e.g., locations, visuals. However, the story progress, traversing and fighting are definitely the worst part of it.

    Simply said fighting heavy, unresponsive and unnecessary cumbersome /artificial difficult which slows down enemy engagement. Weapons don't have weight, lock    Personally I think this game missed the mark. It is padding hard, overstays its welcome and has some good aspects, e.g., locations, visuals. However, the story progress, traversing and fighting are definitely the worst part of it.

    Simply said fighting heavy, unresponsive and unnecessary cumbersome /artificial difficult which slows down enemy engagement. Weapons don't have weight, lock on is bad, you constantly get attacked from enemies out of view, the enemies do not flinch - The Draugr / boss encounters being the worst offender for enemy health, damage and arena and (mini-)boss design and layout. Even standard enemies feel "spongey" and damage you receive seems way over-tuned, leaving you in defense / reaction mode most of the times (at least above normal difficulty; haven't tested below).

    When I think about it, the gameplay is somewhat reminiscent of Dark Souls but in a bad way, as the latter has not that many unblockable attacks and encounters feel better designed (thus feeling better IMO). Bottom line, from a gameplay-perspective, the mechanics are not as sophisticated to stand on their own and, thus, are not on par with other hack-n-slay-games, e.g., DMC, Bayonetta or even old GOW, as well as DS, though this may be intentional. IMO this game feels frustrating for the wrong reasons.

    Further aspects relevant to the (lowered) score, in short: The game crashes on PS5; the performance (FPS) is not great / stable unless on performance mode which does impact quality a great deal; the map design is visually great but gameplay-wise repetitive; the gameplay basically hasn't changed much / at all from GoW 2018, which is probably due to the same weapons, I wanted God of War but this has too much (God of) Junior in it, while Kratos doesn't feel powerful at all.    … Expand
  14. Skairo
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    Melhor jogo que já joguei, com certeza é o vencedor do jogo do ano, narrativa e gameplay incrível
  15. Yeoda
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    As the sequel to the God of War 2018 reboot, this game has done it again. The story telling and following the evolving relationship between Kratos and Atreus is so captivating. Teaching new lessons to aspiring fathers such as myself. Amazing story, great gameplay, and my vote for Game of the Year
  16. DaicoXXI
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK es una de las aventuras más épicas jamás escritas y jugadas en la historia de los videojuegos. Es el cierre perfecto al reboot de 2018. La historia llena de giros y momentos ULTRA emocionantes es casi perfecta sobretodo por su buenísimo guión. Ni una sola línea de diálogo de cualquiera de los muchos personajes de esta epopeya es prescindible, cada porción de informaciónGOD OF WAR RAGNAROK es una de las aventuras más épicas jamás escritas y jugadas en la historia de los videojuegos. Es el cierre perfecto al reboot de 2018. La historia llena de giros y momentos ULTRA emocionantes es casi perfecta sobretodo por su buenísimo guión. Ni una sola línea de diálogo de cualquiera de los muchos personajes de esta epopeya es prescindible, cada porción de información es relevante o divertida o te introduce mucho más en la aventura de KRATOS en la mitología Nórdica con Atreus.
    La jugabilidad y mecánicas son continuistas con el de 2018 pero MEJORADAS hasta la excelencia en mi opinión, que es lo que se le pide como mínimo a las secuelas, continuaciones o capítulos de una saga de videojuegos.
    El nivel gráfico es DE LOCOS!! poniendo el listón tan alto que juegos como THE LAST OF US PARTE 2, obra maestra de la desarrolladora de PlayStation Studios Naughty Dog, se sienten un pasito por detrás y si sigue así la evolución de estas obras... solo podemos esperar con mucha ilusión y casi ansiedad la siguiente entrega de cualquiera de estas sagas que nos brinda SONY y sus desarrolladoras.
    La banda sonora de Bear McCreary es simplemente épica, emotiva y perfecta. Los temas son redondos y llevan al jugador a la emoción incontrolable en cada uno de sus actos.
    EL plano secuencia... simplemente perfecto de OSCAR.
    El doblaje es impecable, preferiblemente en VOSE. A pesar del buenísimo trabajo de los dobladores españoles no están a la ALTURA de la estelares actuaciones de voz y físico de los actores originales.
    Un END GAME MARAVILLOSO haciendo que la aventura principal se pueda acabar y justo después proseguir para completar todo lo que ofrece el juego pero que deja la sensación de que podría tener más como un NEW GAME + .

    Como puntos negativos podríamos señalar: el sistema RPG no es muy fino y se llega al top de sus prestaciones de manera muy fácil a pesar del modo QUIERO GOD OF WAR. FALTA CON URGENCIA un NEW GAME + que esperamos llegue pronto pues en cuanto se acaba el juego al 100% incluyendo los secretos fuera de los trofeos se siente que se podría extender aún más para disfrutar del KRATOS más DESTRUCTOR que jamás se ha había visto antes.

    OBRA MAESTRA Y CLÁSICO INSTANTÁNEO

    OBRA MAESTRA!! para la cultura de los videojuegos.    … Expand
  17. DevilBr0
    Nov 29, 2022
    7
    Another sony's 3rd action open world game with main gameplay mechanics from last GoW game. It is not DLC, but game doesnt deserve all this 10 and GOTY scores
  18. Dgutetd
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sindri deserved better,
    Amazing game from beginning to end
    1 first hour makes you cry    … Expand
  19. Jansen89
    Nov 29, 2022
    8
    Well, Ragnarok is a fun and epic game. Although for me there is not that much of improvement, especially graphics and gameplay wise. The Story is presented in a nice way, the exploration is fun and the crater section brought me some siofra river vibes :D Still something is missing and it feels a bit dull sometimes, especially that kratos is unable to step over some snow.. But we alreadyWell, Ragnarok is a fun and epic game. Although for me there is not that much of improvement, especially graphics and gameplay wise. The Story is presented in a nice way, the exploration is fun and the crater section brought me some siofra river vibes :D Still something is missing and it feels a bit dull sometimes, especially that kratos is unable to step over some snow.. But we already had that in GOW4. I'll give it a 8/10 for the epicness, audio, story.… Expand
  20. MCSeong
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    Same story , same style.. i like god . I just play to easy. Because i have a interest ending story-
  21. Arcadiuz
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    An absolute Masterpiece! An absolute Masterpiece! An absolute Masterpiece!!
  22. DomGaspim
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    Que jogão cara, que jogão. Por isso eu só jogo PlayStation :) . Valeu cada centavo, aqui nos compramos jogos
  23. lan_1ss
    Nov 28, 2022
    9
    Хорошая игруха под пивко вообще заебись. Особенно кратос мне он напоминает моего деда
  24. unotavailable
    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?
  25. Ozgal
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    This is of the best game I ever played in my life
    And is my game of the year in 2022
  26. Maxonich
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    ШЕДЕВР НА ВСЕ ВРЕМЕНА, НА ВЕКА И ТОЧКА...!!!:)
    БОМБА, ВСЕ ПРОСТО ОБЯЗАНЫ ПРИКОСНУТЬСЯ К ЭТОМУ ШЕДЕВРУ...!!!:)
  27. abowman
    Nov 28, 2022
    9
    An amazing game that is unfortunately held back by questionable combat and camera choices.

    The narrative and story telling in this game is phenomenal. Just like the first game, it really feels like you're almost playing a movie. They break up the game much better than the first with much more obvious side quest areas. The side quests themselves are worth doing just for the narrative    An amazing game that is unfortunately held back by questionable combat and camera choices.

    The narrative and story telling in this game is phenomenal. Just like the first game, it really feels like you're almost playing a movie. They break up the game much better than the first with much more obvious side quest areas. The side quests themselves are worth doing just for the narrative elements alone. They are truly amazing and fulfilling pieces of content that are just as good as the main storyline. They also are almost a necessity if you are playing on the harder difficulties.

    The armor, weapon, and skill tree systems have all been expanded from the first game. There's a lot of terrific rpg elements to be found here with lots of ways to customize your builds.

    Unfortunately the combat still has some pretty massive issues, especially on the harder difficulties. It can be somewhat hard to explain because it really just comes down to the combat not "feeling quite right."

    Hit indicators are absolutely terrible. Attacks coming from 180 degrees in front of the player have no hit indicators at all. There's way too much going on the screen for a player to be able to see a fireball coming from a 90 degree angle. The VAST majority of my deaths are from due to offscreen, barely visible attacks. It also seems that even the hit indicators from behind don't always work. If your camera is slightly tiled downward, if an enemy is in the camera view, the hit indicator won't show.

    Almost every enemy has some form of super armor during certain attacks. You will often be hit in the face as you're absolutely wrecking an enemy. This can even occur during some runic attacks. This is one of the worst aspects of GOW combat. There should be very few and very specific enemies that have super armor. When you're fighting a group of 10 enemies, the last thing you want is for a random grunt to disrupt the combat chain because they decided to launch one of their random attacks that gives them super armor. This is probably much less of an issue on the easier difficulties, but if you're playing on the hardest difficulty, one hit from a grunt his likely at least half your health. The combat often doesn't feel like it "flows" well as a result.

    Which also leaves me to my next point, which is that gear upgrades on the hardest difficulties almost have no purpose. Every enemy will two shot you. This is the laziest form of difficulty scaling. Difficulty should come with better AI, more attack patterns, and smarter encounters... not just scaling the damage up 300%.

    I know that some people will say "just turn down the difficulty," and they might be right to some degree. Turning down the difficulty will probably result in the combat flowing better, but I don't think that's the actual issue at heart. Kratos should feel powerful, and he just doesn't when a random grunt ignores your attacks.

    Despites GoW shortcomings and frustration in combat, they are mostly overshadowed by its many incredible moments and overall story telling.    … Expand
  28. RaZerBlade150
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. God Of War Ragnarok never fails when it comes to giving you an epic experience.It continues to do what its predecessor (God Of War 2018) did and even better with all new characters to see, new moves to discover, new weapon and tools to use, new way of movement, new cold twist to the environment and overal and amazing way to continue the story of Kratos and Artreus along with some good old friends. The story was a roller coaster ride of emotions from feeling the rage of Kratos to the sorrow he contains.He showed that he'll always be there for his son no matter what and will do what is necessary to protect him. This games ends off the story arc of Kratos in the Norse methology in the best way ever… Expand
  29. JCuthbertson
    Nov 28, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sadly disappointing, ridiculous modern day dialog, boring wasted fruit picking level and did Odin just refer to his "ex wife" and a "disgruntled employee" in some BS with Atreus, the teenaged brat? Then there is Freyas constant whining...Not giving up on it yet, but I'm close...… Expand
  30. DFren
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    Wonderful game with a wonderful story with interesting turns, great fighting system and just wonderful ending of Kratos’ journey.
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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 141 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 140 out of 141
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 141
  3. 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. 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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