God of War: Ragnarok

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7.9

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  1. Sabrewulf1
    Nov 18, 2022
    5
    Overhyped, linear, ps4 graphics on ps5, more movie than game, gameplay mechanics are exactly the same as the first. The devs were so scared of failure, they copied the formulae of the original to the point that its essentially the same game with different bosses. I mean exactly. Same house in the snow, instead of taking down a deer with loki you have to do the same trek but just forOverhyped, linear, ps4 graphics on ps5, more movie than game, gameplay mechanics are exactly the same as the first. The devs were so scared of failure, they copied the formulae of the original to the point that its essentially the same game with different bosses. I mean exactly. Same house in the snow, instead of taking down a deer with loki you have to do the same trek but just for another reason (spoiler free). Then you fight balder in the first, it's the same again with different boss (spoiler free). Then off you go on a linear adventure until it opens up into a semi open world. There is nothing different, the fighting gets boring, the difficulty even on hard is too easy. It's mediocre at best. If you prefer movie over game, you will enjoy. Me personally I prefer a game to a movie. Casual game with good cut scenes that's been overhyped to death.… Expand
  2. trollkiller55
    Nov 10, 2022
    5
    Possibly the best game I have played since the first one. There is literally nothing to complain about. A masterpiece.
  3. Olivergrauen
    Nov 13, 2022
    5
    An incredible, a bit predictable, story and top notch acting from the characters. But actually playing GoW Ragnarok is mindless and boring. I think Santa Monica Studio needs to enter Sony's movie/series department. They can tell a great story but they can't design engaging gameplay..

    A few complaints: Combat is floaty and too similar to GoW 2018, camera is your biggest enemy, enemy    An incredible, a bit predictable, story and top notch acting from the characters. But actually playing GoW Ragnarok is mindless and boring. I think Santa Monica Studio needs to enter Sony's movie/series department. They can tell a great story but they can't design engaging gameplay..

    A few complaints: Combat is floaty and too similar to GoW 2018, camera is your biggest enemy, enemy design is generic, bosses are healthpool sponges, character progress feels unimpactful, exploration and mission design is linear, pacing issues, ps4 graphics and whoever made these mindless god awful puzzles to pad the game by 10 hours+ need to find a new job, SERIOUSLY.    … Expand
  4. IIIAHMIII
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    Imagine kratos the god of war talking about his feelings with his horrible boring son. That's god of war ragnarok a soap serie. O and what about the combat ? Almost 0 to none. Even the last boss was boring. Way to go. No this game will be the last of the seriers for me what a waste and bitter taste. Also black netflix people in Norway gtfo
  5. plantoon
    Feb 13, 2023
    5
    If you played the 2018 GOW, you really don’t need to play this one. It’s not a bad game, it’s just that there is little new. I wanted to get into it but just couldn’t as I already played - and loved - it 4 years ago.
  6. willmckasson
    Nov 22, 2022
    5
    Sony delivers another visual masterpiece that fails to build off the sucesses from the first game and forces boring dialogue and woke moments at every turn. I'm surprised sony let kratos stay being a white man since they hate white men and use the story and characters as a way to constantly put men down and equate odin and kratos as white slave owners and everyone else as victims of theirSony delivers another visual masterpiece that fails to build off the sucesses from the first game and forces boring dialogue and woke moments at every turn. I'm surprised sony let kratos stay being a white man since they hate white men and use the story and characters as a way to constantly put men down and equate odin and kratos as white slave owners and everyone else as victims of their white man choices. It's another example of woke culture seeping into a place it doesn't belong and making an industry worse. Unfortunately a new coat of paint of boring talking and walking missions and the horrendously eye sore menu system and plethora of bugs make this sequel a real let down. It would have been more enjoyable as a animated movie and not a game.… Expand
  7. farbenblind
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    It just doesn’t deliver. All the samey samey things are going on. No improvements at all. I’m deeply disappointed for a 4 years development situation. The game feels like they want me to feel like I am a three year old person. But I am not. I am **** 43 years old and playing a god of war game. A bit frustrated where this is going to. How does this game got so many good reviews?
  8. Yourmumsbills
    Nov 17, 2022
    5
    Seems you need to read the middling to bad reviews to get the truth. God Of War Ragnarok has been called a "masterpiece" by practically every reviewer on the planet but sadly it far from being a masterpiece. The biggest issue that this game feels no different to the first game, they've added a few rather pointless elements to the combat and skills which ultimately just make things feelSeems you need to read the middling to bad reviews to get the truth. God Of War Ragnarok has been called a "masterpiece" by practically every reviewer on the planet but sadly it far from being a masterpiece. The biggest issue that this game feels no different to the first game, they've added a few rather pointless elements to the combat and skills which ultimately just make things feel cluttered and confusing. Other than those minor changes it's the same very linear gameplay, where you're funneled down very specific paths with little to no room to explore your surroundings, along with the same old rather tedious puzzle elements and the very tired video game trope of smashing f*cking pots! Then there's the cross gen thing...the amount of very slow crawling under, over, through behind practically everything in your path gets old VERY quickly! it's quite clear after just 20 minutes that this game should have been PS5 only. Basically this game is a huge disappointment as far as i'm concerned...oh and atreus..is really f*cking irritating.… Expand
  9. Cyshox
    Apr 23, 2023
    5
    To each his own but imo this "GOTY nominee" is very disappointing. Atreus can't shut up, the player is hand-holded through the entire game, the dialogues are pure cringe and theres zero innovation over the GOW(2018). It could have been a DLC. The hype around this boring, very linear game is not justified in any way.
  10. Ajenjo33
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Ese videojuego y Elden ring son los títulos mas sobrevalorados de lo que va del año que en lo personal son un 90 muy justo ni mas ni menos. Por lo que no puedo darle un 9 como nota de usuario dado que hay gente dándole notas imposibles (10) y no reflejando la realidad con ello hasta que no se tomen medidas serias al respecto.
  11. MHL91
    Feb 3, 2023
    5
    Boring
  12. Fashman5000
    Nov 24, 2022
    5
    This product is a hate crime. But even putting aside the malicious insertion of a black girl and promoting miscegination in a game about Norse mythology. It's like smearing feces on Michaelangelo's David. Nobody wants to play as Atreus. He's not a compelling character and the segments with him are way too long
  13. bumble_bee
    Dec 1, 2022
    5
    Let's immediately indicate - THIS IS A PROTRACTED DLC FOR FULL PRICE. Let's go further
    The graphics are the same
    The combat system is the same There are a lot of side tasks that you can sort of skip (but the creators have made autolvl enemies and the player will find out about it later) so you need a lot of time to kill slugs, a lot of puzzles, chests to stretch the gameplay Dialogues    Let's immediately indicate - THIS IS A PROTRACTED DLC FOR FULL PRICE. Let's go further
    The graphics are the same
    The combat system is the same
    There are a lot of side tasks that you can sort of skip (but the creators have made autolvl enemies and the player will find out about it later) so you need a lot of time to kill slugs, a lot of puzzles, chests to stretch the gameplay
    Dialogues have been stretched too much on "today" and "modern audience" it is very difficult to immerse yourself in DIVINITY and the MYTHOLOGICAL WORLD - when all the characters communicate like a modern Western person
    Constant reflection, there are no GODS here (there are no epic fights, only 2 times hit, jump, roll, block - repeat) there is no WAR (everything is very mediocre and it has become more of an RPG and adventure)    … Expand
  14. GFewo30
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Es una pena que se haya dejado de seguir el camino del III y que tire mas a ser un uncharted con otra skin, los escenarios son un decorado. Demasiada poca libertad para haber cambiado la formula antigua que tan bien funcionaba a esto.. si estuviese bien echo, pues vale, pero no es el caso. Lo seguiré jugando pero de momento decepcionado, aburrido.
  15. Japan_ab
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Le doy un 5 por la historia. El juego no innova en nada, es un copia pega de GoW 2018, incluso se repiten escenarios, los combates son un calco. Manejar un personaje secundario en GoW en lugar de a Kratos es un desilusion total. Atreus carece de personalidad para ser jugado.
  16. EcchiMegane
    Nov 18, 2022
    5
    I am so disappointed! Don't get me wrong, the game is still okay. There are scenes that are absolutely fantastic! The acting of the main characters, the score, the graphics, are great. But overall, it is just not a satisfying experience. The graphics have not improved since part one. They aren't bad, but it is a pity. The gameplay is fine, although gets boring fast. There's too manyI am so disappointed! Don't get me wrong, the game is still okay. There are scenes that are absolutely fantastic! The acting of the main characters, the score, the graphics, are great. But overall, it is just not a satisfying experience. The graphics have not improved since part one. They aren't bad, but it is a pity. The gameplay is fine, although gets boring fast. There's too many riddles and combat challenges, and monsters feel like HP sponges above all else.
    My biggest problem is however the pacing, and the quality of the story.
    It feels like a roller coaster, going from an excellent scene, to one boring and generic as can be.
    The game starts out strong, then has a lot of tedious sequences that should be optional side quests but aren't. Then we get a masterfully done main story bit, then back to boring filler. Why can't the quality be the same across the whole game? There's extremely low effort animations when characters talk, but the scenes deserve mo-cap. Lots of lore things are set up, then never used again, or never explained. A lot of missed potential. So many things one would expect to see from Norse mythology, and they didn't bother putting most of them in.
    I love the God of War series and I don't get why they don't put in more epic boss fights? Or more bosses in general. There's basically only 2-3 main bosses, all human-like, nothing big, nothing epic. The ending was horrible. The game feels incomplete, like they forgot that they only made 2 instead of 3 games let in the Norse mythology.
    My favorite parts were Kratos, Brock, and Sindri. All scenes with them were good. The rest... meh.    … Expand
  17. thebrutalsam
    Nov 10, 2022
    5
    it feels exactly like the old game as if nothing changed and doesn't improve anything upon it, relationship between kratos and his son is worse than it was before and feels off, weapons variety is very low, enemy variety so low they feel copy pasted same thing with locations, they feel like the same place with minor changes in colors and objects. the drama between characters gets reallyit feels exactly like the old game as if nothing changed and doesn't improve anything upon it, relationship between kratos and his son is worse than it was before and feels off, weapons variety is very low, enemy variety so low they feel copy pasted same thing with locations, they feel like the same place with minor changes in colors and objects. the drama between characters gets really boring and long with family issues at the center, the next game should drop the drama… Expand
  18. ProPaperPusher
    Dec 9, 2022
    5
    Great graphics, voice acting, production value and so far overall story. However, the puzzles are the worst, you cannot leave or skip a side quest once you started one. Your partner during quest tends to be weak and useless except the blue dwarf. Levels are very restricted and not much exploration.

    Bosses are hit sponges and "rage mode" has been made irreverent. There's no point going    Great graphics, voice acting, production value and so far overall story. However, the puzzles are the worst, you cannot leave or skip a side quest once you started one. Your partner during quest tends to be weak and useless except the blue dwarf. Levels are very restricted and not much exploration.

    Bosses are hit sponges and "rage mode" has been made irreverent. There's no point going into "rage mode" because your normal weapons would do more damage.

    I'm just so disappointed with this game.    … Expand
  19. Fr1zzle
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Looking at the reviews, I honestly don't understand why the game has such a high rating. In general, like the first part, this game is far from perfect and even loses to some Sony games.
    Dreadful gameplay, same graphics, same music, same animations, same clown characters and pretty average story. This game can not please even the combat system, then what's the point? This is the second    Looking at the reviews, I honestly don't understand why the game has such a high rating. In general, like the first part, this game is far from perfect and even loses to some Sony games.
    Dreadful gameplay, same graphics, same music, same animations, same clown characters and pretty average story. This game can not please even the combat system, then what's the point? This is the second time I've made one mistake by launching and giving hope to the game, which I advise you not to do.    … Expand
  20. Kelthica
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Ragnarok could be better game than this without sony's greed. But sony has been force to make game to extend play time, gamers had to face boring puzzles, twisted map, breaking flow treasure chests.
    Puzzle is not fun or creative, Only have to do is find hidden rune or throw axe with magic. It is repeated until game is over. Is game's name God of Puzzle? And Why this puzzles does not    Ragnarok could be better game than this without sony's greed. But sony has been force to make game to extend play time, gamers had to face boring puzzles, twisted map, breaking flow treasure chests.
    Puzzle is not fun or creative, Only have to do is find hidden rune or throw axe with magic. It is repeated until game is over. Is game's name God of Puzzle? And Why this puzzles does not improved previous game?

    And map design is so suck. When you play the side quest, you have to go different area any definitive reason, even side quest is continued. So players lose their immersed on their side story, Players lose their interest by riding sleigh more than 5~10 minutes . Washington Post said ragnarok's side quest is overwhelm witcher3? That's **** Because i cannot immersed ragnarok's side quest, because it's time waste quest designs.

    Lastly let's talk about chest. Chest is hidden among maps even we play the main quest. The quest is very import or urgent situation, but you have to find chest after battle is over. Some people does not want to find these treasures, but this game is not open world game. If you Strengthen enough your cretos, you have to find chest or you cannot upgrade your weapon, rune, armors.
    Sony want force gamers time as long as other open world game. Because sony must prove the PS5 game is cost efficient product, even sony increase game price over 70$.

    Ragnarok is victim of sony's policy, and could be better game than this. We can meet ragnarok with full of creative rare puzzles, compulsive main quest from start until end of game. We could enjoy 15~20 hours with immersed in this game and stroy.
    But Ragnarok is stil good game, but i am worry about next god of war is not improved at all, except Graphic.    … Expand
  21. Predpant
    Nov 15, 2022
    5
    Boy of bore

    Pros, Great graphics,
    Some good boss fights,

    Cons,
    It's an Atreus game A bit soft with pixie dust and fairy's And that's stuff is a bit boring Where's the badass Kratos we knew and loved, I got hyped when they mentioned kratos past' yeah because that's what we liked. Well that's what I loved and this is my opinion.
  22. Bashmarda
    Dec 15, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to love this game. The 2018 GOW was one of my favorite games and Ragnarok more or less building on the same gameplay experience worked really well for me
    But, the original game had a very simple story that played out beautifully, whereas the sequel fell totally flat. I didn't just not enjoy the story, I hated it. It was nonsensical, contrived, and the ending was deeply unsatisfying. An event - Ragnarok - which is more or less Armageddon, winds up being a very short, very uneventful, boring part of the game. There was more involvement gathering fruit in one of Atreus's pointless side quests.
    The whole "be better" thematic overall I just found aggravating. I am more likely to do another playthrough of the original game than Ragnarok again.    … Expand
  23. Rammstein1999
    Nov 12, 2022
    5
    Zu viele Worte um zu beschreiben wie geil es ist! Danke für diese geile Fortsetzung
  24. Msafari98
    Dec 5, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have finished the game and got platinum trophy, but I expect the game was way better than just being good
    This must be trilogy, you ruined it
    The world is empty again!
    They compare side quests with The Witcher 3 but GOW is way behind
    Odin didn't give a sh*t about Ragnarok but the mask
    The Ragnarok was not about world ends but only Asgard! I think lazy devs made this decision, also Ragnarok itself was not big deal, you name a game Ragnarok and it's 10% about Ragnarok itself
    Thor said I see you again to Kratos at the beginning but never catch Kratos up till last hours of game, Odin disguised as Tyre but for what reason? Did he use the information he gathered? No, he knew Kratos is seeking the spear for killing Himdal but didn't warn Himdal or at least didn't take horn from him .
    Fenrir was ghost and had do nothing In storyline. Thor the god of thunder has been killed by one-hit spear and vanished :/
    Also Combat algorithm of Odin, Thor and even Himdal was poor and bad and not breathe taking at all.
    The narrative was bad
    Combat system didn't add anything but they removed bare hand and some Blade combos.
    Asgard is little village, I expected huge palaces and City, Again thanks for lazy devs
    What have you been doing in these 5 years? I was huge fan of GOW but I hope Elden or any other games win the goty award, also metacritic score is worthless, 94? It should be something around 80`85 thanks to Gameplay, graphic and Sindri/Brok, that's it    … Expand
  25. SPAGHETTIBOLEG
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    This game is very compitent and has amazing visuals, but ultimately feels like most other 3rd person action-story games. Kill enemies, watch cutsene, kill enemies, rinse and repeat.

    I feel there's so much more to explore witu videogames and yet we're stuck in a cycle of spectatle over originality. I'm finding myself tired of this genre and am wondering what else can be milked from 3rd    This game is very compitent and has amazing visuals, but ultimately feels like most other 3rd person action-story games. Kill enemies, watch cutsene, kill enemies, rinse and repeat.

    I feel there's so much more to explore witu videogames and yet we're stuck in a cycle of spectatle over originality. I'm finding myself tired of this genre and am wondering what else can be milked from 3rd person action/story games.    … Expand
  26. eMaReS
    Nov 14, 2022
    5
    La continuación y cierre de la saga nórdica ejecutada de forma magistral.
  27. Azzajkd
    Dec 10, 2022
    5
    Storia deludente, gameplay ben fatto ma ripetitivo ancor di più del suo predecessore, 3 nemici in croce con skin diverse, sempre le stesse animazioni nelle finisher, secondarie orribilmente lunghe e noiose.
    La cosa più brutta è stata finire il gioco e chiedermi "ma è finito davvero?".
    Sembra ormai una serie tv, l'ombra del fantastico gioco che era GOW prima del 2018. GOW 3 resta il top,    Storia deludente, gameplay ben fatto ma ripetitivo ancor di più del suo predecessore, 3 nemici in croce con skin diverse, sempre le stesse animazioni nelle finisher, secondarie orribilmente lunghe e noiose.
    La cosa più brutta è stata finire il gioco e chiedermi "ma è finito davvero?".
    Sembra ormai una serie tv, l'ombra del fantastico gioco che era GOW prima del 2018.
    GOW 3 resta il top, questo potrebbe meritare anche un 7 e mezzo, ma è da punire, perché dal 2018 non hanno imparato nulla, a differenza di ciò che dicono gli youtuber e la varia gente pagata (è pagata anche se non viene pagata direttamente, le copie, gli inviti, le anteprime etc ti fanno fare soldi), non cambia nulla dal 2018, ci sono solo 1 arma nuova e qualche abilità, e a livello dei nemici la varietà è solo apparente, sono skin, tolti i miniboss che sono praticamente 4 ripetuti alla nausea, altro che "hanno imparato dagli errori e adesso non ci sono più sempre i troll ripetuti" (e i troll ripetuti ci sono pure -.-).
    La verità è che ora non vedi solo troll ripetuti ma altri 4 5 nemici, e il gioco è così lungo che li vedi 40 volte a testa e li uccidi sempre con la stessa animazione, la grande "varietà".
    Ormai non ci si può fidare di nessuno, compratelo a 20 euro e ne sarete contenti.    … Expand
  28. Beaivas
    Dec 9, 2022
    5
    The story and its telling is great but the gameplay is suprisingly boring, uninspired and unevolved. Linear in a way, not much to explore. Recycled puzzles.
  29. IceM5518
    May 13, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics and combat are fantastic but its like the developers went out of there way in both games to make Atreus a completly unlikabe character. I recenty replayed Gow 2018 and its fresh why I hated him in that game, his constant smart ass comments and attitude. Its no different here, every section you play as him is a slog and you cant wait for it to be over.

    The story is poorly written and the whole "LOKIE" character, the so called champion never does anything but find some mask pieces, that in the end goes no where. Both games would have been better with out him.

    Every fight has some room you have to enter and some annoying dialog and if you die on harder difficultys over and over, you have to go through crack again and hear the same dialog over and over. Sections in this game are so annoying it henders replays.

    This game is basically The last of us 2, forcing you to play characters and do gameplay that I dont see how anyone thought it would be fun, its padding at best.

    The must be better and we dont war is played to death. Tyr is a pointless character, everything hyped from the first game never is fleshed out, there is no deeper meaning to anything in the end kratos does everything, boi finds a mask. This story is terrible and you will really notice how bad everything is on your 2nd play through on higher difficultys, thats when I started to despise the game.

    The 10s are just as dumb as the 0s and why I am giving it a 5 instead of the 7 it deserves    … Expand
  30. Kitoalarco
    Nov 10, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Repetitivo, nula evolución al anterior, es un buen juego pero no aporta más allá que un dlc lo haría… Expand
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#3 Best 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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