God of War: Ragnarok

 PlayStation 5
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8959 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,539 out of 8959
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  1. xdestron
    Dec 10, 2022
    7
    Very samey compared to the first game, except weaker story and pacing. I was very disappointed that the upgrade trees were practically identical.

    Kratos felt neutered in this game, while the spotlight shifts towards Atreus. Honestly, the Kratos of the original trilogy feels completely gone now. He speaks more of friendship and against war than I ever cared to hear Kratos speak. The    Very samey compared to the first game, except weaker story and pacing. I was very disappointed that the upgrade trees were practically identical.

    Kratos felt neutered in this game, while the spotlight shifts towards Atreus. Honestly, the Kratos of the original trilogy feels completely gone now. He speaks more of friendship and against war than I ever cared to hear Kratos speak.

    The story was unbearably slow in parts (mostly Atreus parts) while the characterization of certain gods felt strange. It was more boring than a GoW game should be. It even felt like more of a walking simulator than the first game. Room -> fight -> squeeze thru a crack in the wall -> walking while talking -> another crack -> another fight. Rinse and repeat.

    I would have appreciated some more innovation to make this feel like more of a sequel instead of an expansion. It's the same game but worse.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. KING_KEIGS
    Dec 11, 2022
    6
    Man this game starts off strong and then.......well saddens me to say but lost me with boring dialogue and slow repetitive combat. Give me the first 3 God of wars everyday over this. Thor is great but playing constantly as BOY just wasn't for me. Maybe I'm getting old but man outside of Ghost of Tsushima I'm disappointed with these play it safe tame ass easy "new gen" gams.
  4. jmbarros
    Dec 8, 2022
    10
    GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK, if not the best game ever made, is at least a masterpiece. The journey of Kratos and Atreus take together was so touching to me (specially now that I am a parent), so well paced and crafted that I'll take with me for years to come. The cast did an incredible job bringing so much emotion to all characters.
    Apart from the story, the game mechanics are extremely    GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK, if not the best game ever made, is at least a masterpiece. The journey of Kratos and Atreus take together was so touching to me (specially now that I am a parent), so well paced and crafted that I'll take with me for years to come. The cast did an incredible job bringing so much emotion to all characters.
    Apart from the story, the game mechanics are extremely satisfying. It is a relativity difficult game, and you may die a lot, but when you nailed the fight you feel rewarded by your efforts. The haptic feedback is glorious and imo helps a lot with the immersion. I never felt frustrated by repeating the fight if I died.
    It is quite remarkable of how much Santa Monica Studios put into this game in merely 3 years of development.
    I highly recommend everyone to play it, as you won't feel disappointed    … Expand
  5. megabusterx
    Jan 25, 2023
    3
    An incredibly meh game that is over praised by the Sony diehards, the hand holding is especially egregious.
  6. lofudoscar
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Jogo perfeito! Se vc gostou do GOW 2018, então vai amar essa continuação fantástica!
  7. gyana
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Best ending of Scandinavian GOW serie. This game was amazing if I'm looking back for all 2022 game year, this game is a best thing what was happing in game industry ( with elden ring ) in this year.
  8. Mychaelwo
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Simplesmente um dos melhores games que já joguei na minha vida, impecável, supera o 2018 em todos os aspectos, em especial na história e nas boss battles, 10/10, a sequência que The Last of Us Parte II não foi, parabéns Santa Monica, melhor estúdio da Sony!
  9. dexxzor
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    If you liked the 2018 God of War you will like this one, too.
    Bigger, advanced combat and a great Story. Must Play!
  10. Roy1526
    Nov 26, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una obra maestra lo estoy disfrutando muchísimo, lo mejor de lo mejor, esperaré una siguiente entrega con ansias.… Expand
  11. Sorden
    Nov 17, 2022
    6
    The game is amazingly beautiful and massive, but.. as a scandinavian with deep knowledge concerning norse mythology I am both excited and disappointed. The gods no doubt have petty human concerns and personalities and they give life to this in the game, at the same time every character completely butchers every norse word and name, which further seems even more stupid when they make outThe game is amazingly beautiful and massive, but.. as a scandinavian with deep knowledge concerning norse mythology I am both excited and disappointed. The gods no doubt have petty human concerns and personalities and they give life to this in the game, at the same time every character completely butchers every norse word and name, which further seems even more stupid when they make out the pantheon to be this sort of norse mafia with contemporary american language. The sentimentality makes me groan and sink into boredom, and there is too much blablabla. This is a "try hard" and gets in the way a lot of the time. It's supposed to be a game, not a movie. The game drags on with endless "puzzles" which are more of a chore than real puzzles, and as a gamer who usually goes "hard mode" i switched to "grace" 2/3s into the game because every fight takes too damn long and add all the chatty "witty" american marvel style talk and slow walking to that and I don't have a life anymore. Just wanna finish it for the story and move on.

    The game is beautiful, amazingly beautiful. B    … Expand
  12. STRANGERdanger1
    Dec 8, 2022
    6
    Annoying companions, an excessive upgrade system, and mediocre writing mar an otherwise gorgeous and fun game.
  13. TonyThePony
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    More of the same to be honest. Looks fantastic but the devs must think people who play this are really dumb as everything is signposted beyond belief, so much so that it ruins what could have been a fun game.
  14. persiacyrus
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this is a power .A masterpiece in all senses. Game of the Year means he doesn't have anything on his hands. Thank you for giving us the best moments in the game world.thanks of santa monica and playstation.… Expand
  15. dreaksy
    Nov 15, 2022
    9
    The game is incredible, fighting is dynamic and challenging at times. Story is well told lacks diversity in story telling, but filled with emotions. Tho with all the bugs, colliders fail, periodic fps drops and a bit of naivity in scripting, instead of brutal unprecedented anger and rage expected from the title I downgraded it from 10 to 9
  16. barkingbat
    Jan 23, 2023
    2
    A sequel to the masterpiece released on 2018 this game improves on combat and graphics. However the soulless pathetic dribble of unending dialogue and slow walking with a story that belongs in a present day Disney remake ensures that most people should avoid this stain on an amazing series. Do not buy Do not rent Do not play. One of the most worthless tiresome experiences I've ever had.
  17. KOTOCTPOphy
    Dec 11, 2022
    6
    A game is something that helps us to escape reality. A game is something that allows us to feel like its characters are living in the past/future or oven reality in which you would not trip in any circumstances. A game creates possibilities to participate in activities you physically couldn't and dialogues you wouldn't ever hear.
    That's what good a game does. But Ragnarok constantly makes    A game is something that helps us to escape reality. A game is something that allows us to feel like its characters are living in the past/future or oven reality in which you would not trip in any circumstances. A game creates possibilities to participate in activities you physically couldn't and dialogues you wouldn't ever hear.
    That's what good a game does. But Ragnarok constantly makes me feel like I'm at work in an office or listening to a teenager who thinks his parents do not understand him, or in a mall hearing a fight of a couple arguing about how drunk a man was last night. Who in a sane mind decided to put this casual style of dialogue in Scandinavian folklore? Who ever thought it was a good idea to hear "Ummm, yeah, dad, like whateveeeer" all the time progressing through the game? That killed all the immersion you are waiting for from promised setting. Even GoW 2018, with all the changes they did compare to the original games, did not allow this kind of crap.

    Do not get me wrong, the story is fine and appealing, but the dialogue does not belong to the time in which the game is set. And GoW is not a new Shrek cartoon where mixing fantasy and current urban dialogues was a thing.
    Also, to add to setting thing. I do not believe that Thrud might put some shame on Thor in front of other warriors and get away with it. Neither do I believe in Atreus's typical teenage attitude whining that grown-ups do not understand him. That was not in mythological epos in the original games, and that was not even there in GoW 2018; why it had to be put in the latest game? That is not God of War, that is a modern-life sitcom. I would accept this in JRPG due to the ruled-out setting, but not in a game that changed its rules. The game did not help me to escape reality, but it did help to see modern life problems in fantasy. Thanks a lot.

    Now, it would not be that harmful if everything else is fine. Which should be for a AAA Sony exclusive, right? Right?
    Well, I've expected more from a game delivered in 2022. Invisible walls in the face of obstacles that should be easily bypassed by God are everywhere. Of course, that's just a regular game conditionality, but for a game in 2000, not a 2022 one. The platforming part is boring. Even the original series had some variations with freedom to climb and QTE scenes, but here in 2022 platforming is just an interactive loading screen, nothing more.

    There are fewer changes that you would expect from a sequel, which is not bad, but all of them did not save from awful storytelling. 2018's GoW isn't the good old GoW we had, but it has grown along with us, but sequel made me think that I am a dumb teenager.    … Expand
  18. thebeik
    Dec 20, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that people consider this a 10/10 title is a perfect reflection of the state of video games today. The only 10/10 thing about this game is the graphics and performance on PS5. That's it.

    Artreus has somehow become an even more intolerable character than in the previous game. They choose to go the Marvel route with all of the "villain" Gods. None of them serious, none of them epic, all of them full of **** one liners and seemingly the same personality. Odin is a small old man that comes off like Peter Baylish from Game of Thrones, it's so anti-climatic.

    Additionally the first part of the game is all about Tyr and finding Tyr. Man, I wish we never found him because he was as much of a dissapointment as Odin. Boring, annoying, peace loving and all around just a poorly written character. Honestly, almost everyone and everything is annoying about this game.

    Mimir and Brock - two characters I loved from the first game are completely overbearing this time around and shove their humor in your face. It's just too much.

    Narrative of the year? How does a game that's 50% of the dialogue "I need to save Artreus. I only care about Artreus. I don't care this is about Artreus" really wins that award. **** hilarious.

    I put 30 hours into this game, it's a gorgeous but hallow follow up to what I thought was an enjoyable God of War 2018 title. There is one new weapon in this game and the move set for the Axe and Chains are largely unchanged.

    6/10 and I think that's being generous for the effort from the last title. Buy on Sale.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. KodyKeesler
    Dec 3, 2022
    10
    I honestly don’t understand how people on here are giving this game 0’s and 1’s.. very clearly trolls or Microsoft fanboys.. Halo is free on Game pass and people STILL don’t wanna play it so yall are mad now. It just blows my mind how hateful and petty gamers can be.. not everybody wants to play call of duty or Apex legends. If story based, cinematic games aren’t your thing, cool.. but toI honestly don’t understand how people on here are giving this game 0’s and 1’s.. very clearly trolls or Microsoft fanboys.. Halo is free on Game pass and people STILL don’t wanna play it so yall are mad now. It just blows my mind how hateful and petty gamers can be.. not everybody wants to play call of duty or Apex legends. If story based, cinematic games aren’t your thing, cool.. but to call this game trash or “$70 DLC” is just so disingenuous. Don’t play the game if it ain’t your thing but stop acting like a child because its better than any of the games you like to fanboy over. This game delivers in every single way.. every single story moment and ark set up in the first game has a satisfying pay off.. the gameplay is better, the graphics are better, the story is every bit as good.. the only complaint that I have is that new game plus wasn’t day one but that’s a nitpick if I’m being honest. I’ve put in upwards of 60 hours into this game and still haven’t even begun to see everything this game has to offer.. 100 percent worth every penny.. please go out and buy this so we can keep getting more games like this..… Expand
  21. adrianompo
    Nov 29, 2022
    7
    The gameplay and technical aspects are superb and nearly perfect. The real downfall is the story: it is awkwardly bad. Not only are the arcs underdeveloped, but the dialogues are also cheesy and annoying. In an attempy to deliver strong emotions, Santa Monica came up with a cringey story, full of loopholes and boring moments. It doesn't feel like GoW, but rather a miserable attempt toThe gameplay and technical aspects are superb and nearly perfect. The real downfall is the story: it is awkwardly bad. Not only are the arcs underdeveloped, but the dialogues are also cheesy and annoying. In an attempy to deliver strong emotions, Santa Monica came up with a cringey story, full of loopholes and boring moments. It doesn't feel like GoW, but rather a miserable attempt to mimic Naughty Dog.… Expand
  22. Gamer2022
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    1 of the best games I've played in my entire life, not an exaggeration 10/10
  23. San_7
    Dec 18, 2022
    7
    Game looks and plays very good. The story is also very good. The things i did not like is that every world and every chapter feels the same. It looks different but feels like you play the same level over and over again. It also feels like an dlc of the 2018 game then a complet new game. The game has a good combat and a nice feeling of controlling the characters.
  24. MestreDoTerror
    Nov 22, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uma das MELHORES histórias que ja joguei na vida. É impressionante a riqueza de detalhes que o jogo te mostra pra tudo.… Expand
  25. edgard1axl
    Nov 16, 2022
    10
    O jogo é uma continuação direta de 2018 e não tem evoluções mas isso já era esperado, mas tem uma história marcante que poucos jogos na nossa vida faz.
  26. NeonWarrior
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    The best game of 2022. Perfect scapes, fights, story, all perfect in this game. No loadings and cool dualsence feedback giving the coolest experience. You must play this game.
  27. yhh111
    Nov 11, 2022
    6
    Basically a 2018 GOW DLC.
    The Atreus and Angrboda story was the most boring, time consuming and torturing experience in the game.
  28. AlanJay
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    Don't get me wrong, the game is good, but it's not great. I was hoping for more improvements over the 2018 God of War (like a zoomed out camera for combat or better traversal mechanics). But nope! Feels very similar to the last game with minor additions.

    Also, if any developers sees this, PLEASEEEEE add the option to turn off the "hints" from Mimir and Atreus when it comes to puzzles. I    Don't get me wrong, the game is good, but it's not great. I was hoping for more improvements over the 2018 God of War (like a zoomed out camera for combat or better traversal mechanics). But nope! Feels very similar to the last game with minor additions.

    Also, if any developers sees this, PLEASEEEEE add the option to turn off the "hints" from Mimir and Atreus when it comes to puzzles. I don't like to rush gameplay. I like to look around and soak in the environment, but every time I reach a puzzle section, Atreus and Mimir immediately shout out the answer and tell me what to do and ruin he puzzle for me. Please give us the option to stop that!

    Other major problems: (please improve these for the next game)
    *** Traversal still sucks!!! Invisible walls everywhere. It doesn't make any sense which area Kratos can jump to and which area he cannot. It feels like a maze rather an an open or semi-open world.

    *** Platforming still sucks! Games like Uncharted, Horizon Zero Dawn, or Tomb Raider might not be perfect, but they still do a much better job when it comes to platforming and traversal. Reaching a specific area and pressing "x" just to watch Kratos climb is not that much fun, believe it or not.

    *** Those two points above causes exploration/traversal to be so SLOW and frustrating. I don't care that the game looks gorgeous when I have to spend 5 minutes just to move a few feet on the map because Kratos can't jump over a small tree log.

    *** Lastly, camera is still way zoomed in for this type of game. If possible, please give us a better (larger) FOV. This kind of over the shoulder camera works for something like Resident Evil because of its claustrophobic nature, but for a game like GoW it just causes a lot of cheap and frustrating deaths from attacks coming off-camera.

    I respect all the effort that went into making this game, and it's clear that the developers put a lot of effort and care into it, but the improvements from the 2018 game are very minimal and it juts feels like playing an expansion of the same game.

    Thank you!    … Expand
  29. nandika
    Nov 13, 2022
    7
    It starts of very good, but at the 1/3rd mark in the story it becomes very much very quickly. Too many characters, too many collectibles, too many shifts, too many skills, combat too complicated. It's a very nice sequel, but they crammed too much in here and it doesn't feel a big as a revelation as the nearly perfect 2018 game did. Level design isn't as inventive, and they retained a lotIt starts of very good, but at the 1/3rd mark in the story it becomes very much very quickly. Too many characters, too many collectibles, too many shifts, too many skills, combat too complicated. It's a very nice sequel, but they crammed too much in here and it doesn't feel a big as a revelation as the nearly perfect 2018 game did. Level design isn't as inventive, and they retained a lot of PS4 elements, for instance the need to wait between realm travels. Plus it underwent to a lot of 'disney-fication' and 'woke-ification' which is kind of sad.… Expand
  30. Naklate
    Nov 14, 2022
    7
    Big disappointment.

    God of war 2018 was amazing. It feels like more of the same, I should still like it but I don't. Maps are bad, design and views are meh. Enemies are just OK. NPCs are nothing special, one of the antagonist from main quest line feels like a Patison from "Twilight".
    The beginning of the game is great but after that game was painful to finish.

    I still recommend.
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#3 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022
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#4 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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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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