Ngl I think the major thing I miss from this game was how powerful your weapons felt including your runics. In Ragnarok they feel like they don’t carry that same weight
i mean look at it from the developer standpoint, they want to challenge players so it makes sense on making you weaker. imo, its not that big but who doesnt want to feel more powerful?
@@princebb_The feeling of power is felt more in this one because Kratos is much slower in this game than in Ragnarok, because of that slowness you felt each blow like an accurate hit, in Ragnarok you don't feel that, you feel much more agile, but compared to This Ragnarok is perhaps the only game in the series in which you can instakill every living being that exists in that game.
This is honestly the craziest game I've ever played. I was locked in. GOW was so extraordinarily immersive that I felt like I was literally right there with them. It felt so real, I can't believe its just a video game and not some epic trippy ass fever-dream. I guess this is what happens when you let actual passionate game developers do their thang. 100/10
Unfortunately Ragnarok’s didn’t match up. It was supposed to be a trilogy, which would have been great but they scrapped the idea. They made thor vs world serpent a nothing background fight, which is the worst part of the game. You’re so excited to see how they’ll do it and then you say “wait… that’s IT!? I don’t even get to be NEAR the fight and it’s already over?”
Honestly put it into words perfectly. When I loaded up ragnorok I was near balling just because how connected I was with the characters. Perfect story telling. Perfect character building
@ I kind of agree that I really wanted more. It’s probably my only critique. Some things just would have deserved that time to be fleshed out more. But it says a lot about a game when the players are mad they didn’t make the game into 3 parts instead of 2.
I personally thought Baldur was so much more compelling as a villain, than Odin. I was so captivated by the character. Especially when you see his breakdown in Helheim.
I actually found Odin far more nefarious. The first game told all these horrific stories about Odin, and yet his first appearance in Ragnorok he’s this charming, polite, soft-speaking old-ish man. But that made me think that’s actually how the most dangerous people are. I immediately dropped my guard, and thought this guy isn’t so tough. But every word he said, every action he made, every time he appeared he was taking something that he wanted. He stabbed Thor for disagreeing once. No hesitations. Baldur looked like this mindless crazy gangster, while Odin was a manipulator. The latter scared me once I realized how smoothly he got what he wanted. Not to mention he’s even more powerful than these other gods, but never showed it directly.
Because he objectively was a more compelling villain. Baldur is a victim of his parents who has gone mad, Odin’s just some Chaotic Neutral prick who wants to know things Now, that doesn’t necessarily make a character NOT compelling, but he really just didn’t… do much? Outside of the final fight and the interactions with Thor, we never actually see him do bad stuff. We also never get to see his motives expanded on beyond “I want to know things”
@ someone once commented in a God of War video saying “kratos essentially met his younger self in Baldur.” That comment blew my mind. It’s true, their motives were different. Kratos wanted to be rid of his memories, Baldur wanted to feel again, but the destructive path in their wake was the same. This force of nature hellbent on one thing, and no one can stop him.
I played the original GOW trilogy growing up but GOW 2018 and Ragnarok are my all-time favorite games currently. Kratos even became one of my favorite fictional characters. I have small gripes with each game but my biggest complaint is I really wish they had made the Norse saga into a trilogy. Felt like they left a lot of meat on the bone. This was a nice look back and I'm excited to see the future of the franchise.
I'm wondering what's going on with this new expansion GOW I been hearing about.. They said the young kratos is playable as well the older one too. They said they are working on getting Terrence back for the young kratos back. Guess the story is going to be based on two realms.. Curious if this is all true, but they said the young kratos is 100% going to be playable.. And I'm not talking about Valhalla
@@WhSpRz587 Yh, once you beat the Valhalla DLC, Kratos comes to terms with his past self and the game allows you to play as the skin of Kratos from GoW1 along with the Blade of Olympus rage. You can use these abilities in new game+ I think that is what your talking about.
Just seeing this game brings back memories of that frost ancient beam runic. It was so absurdly powerful. I remember straight up one shotting any ancient I came across
This game has so much nostalgia for me - i loved just paddling around doing the side missions and listening to stories, the plot of the game still makes me emotional, and of course the insanely powerful frost beam axe ability that made every boss fight completely obsolete because you'd win in seconds (no idea how that ability was allowed to be so powerful baha) my favourite game ever. Great video.
The part of the game where you go back to get the blades of chaos is probably my favorite part of any videogame ever. The sheer weight and meaning of it... It's just incredible
I love god of war 2018 it was really awesome and freaking fantastic especially seeing Kratos and Atreus bond as father and son is amazing in my opinion.
I don‘t know how you‘re at only 20k subs. Anyone who‘s passionate or remotely enthusiastic about games should adore your videos. It‘s like browsing through a book that you love
Best game ever, completed the game with 100% 7 times already and sometimes i just come back to the game to see the world and its beauti. I would love a vr game in gow 2018 in its map where you just drive with a boat. like this one Kanu game
@ Of course, I played it, lmao. I love that one, too, and it’s in my top 5, but GOW 2018 holds a special place in my heart. It was the first game I actually played that got me into the GOW series and made me go back and play the others.
I typically am not a guy that likes campaign based games. So when i saw this free for PS5 plus members I added it to my library. Mind you this was years after it released, and was my first god of war game. To say this game surprised me is an understatement. Felt like playing a movie and this and its sequel instantly became two of my favorite games i have ever played!
While I like Ragnarok a little more, I think what really makes 2018 special is the bond between Kratos and Atreus. The way they start off as strangers and then have an actual father son relationship at the end hits deep.
As great as the first games in the series were, I think angry Kratos could only go on for so long, dialing it back and having Kratos be more calculated and wise but still conflicted, especially with his relationship with Atreus, worked so well.
God of War 2018 is easily in my top 10 and I believe it's the best GoW game. Ragnarok is very good and the OG Greek Saga is still epic but this hit the sweet spot gameplay, pacing and narratively that the others don't quite reach all at once.
Speaking as a father, whenever a parent says “watch your tone” that means you’ve won the argument, but because winning an argument means literally nothing outside of formal academic debate (ever actually changed someone’s mind in a Twitter argument?) you’re going to have to bear the consequences of breaching the peace
During the lockdown in early 2020, I got a ps4 slim with a free copy of God of War 2018. At the time, I was very inexperienced in gaming and went in completely blind. For me, Spider-Man 2018, RDR2, TLOU Remastered, and God of War 2018 are my defining games. The games that got me to respect video games as an art. 5 years later, I have my ps5 silm, and funny enough a free copy of God of War Ragnarok. Haven't played it yet, oh but trust me I will.
I just realized this as well. I put the game in to tool around in the NG+ file i created when I discovered that I never finished my original playthrough. I barely completed the story, missed a bunch of collectibles, had only beaten one Valkyrie, and had not even traveled to Niflheim. I got goosebumps as I finished it 100%, beating Sigrun. Most definitely a replayable game.
After the PS2 I couldn't buy a PS3 as it was too expensive for my parents. Fast forward, life happened, I left gaming for a very long time. And in 2018 when I land my first job, I go buy myself a PS4 and before I even bought the console I had already ordered a used disc of GOW 2018. I kept it waiting as I had to play GOW3 because I never got the chance to. And when I jumped in, I was hooked. The ending made me realize how much I missed gaming and story games that make you feel so good. This game holds a special place in my heart for various reasons and it always will
How it should have ended: Kratos and Atreus get to the highest peak in Midgar. Mimir tells them this isn't the highest point in all the lands, it's in a different realm. Kratos thinks about it and says, "Nah. This is good enough." They spread the ashes and go to a new home so Baldur doesn't find them. The end
Gow 2018 feels like a live action adaptation of a great fantasy book, where the characters set out on an adventure that is on paper simple, with a simple goal and aim and cause, but that quickly goes all over the place, epic stuff, and ends with the final simple goal being achieved, almost detached from the middle section that had all the crazy stuffed in. Just that gow ends it with a slight difference, the set up with the prophecy for gow Ragnarok
The reason why I still haven’t played Ragnarok is because I’m scared that it will not surpass this game story wise, since Sony have disappointed me with the sequels like Spider-man 2 and the last of us 2 + sweet baby inc was involved.
@ damn I’ve heard that the Atreus part of the story was boring and that the game was rushed since this Nordic saga was supposed to be a trilogy but they rushed everything into Ragnarok.
@@kryzer1754 I think if you liked the first game you will like the second one, the Atreus part is kinda boring but it's necessary to tell the overall story that the game wants to tell, they also didn't really rush it but making one gow game takes 5 years and they didn't want player to have to wait 15 years for the story to finish releasing
@@tygostuff9052 is true that they are done already with the Nordic saga? If it is true I don’t like it and it was definitely rushed, I’m tired of Sony rushing and ruining sequels, they did me so dirty with Spider-man 2 and The last of us 2 I don’t want to experience that disappointment again.
@@kryzer1754To be fair SM said GoW Ragnarok would be the last installment of the Norse saga, then they dropped Valhalla, so maybe the Norse saga isn’t finished. Oh, and in terms of wrapping up the main plot of these games, Ragnarok did a fantastic job for me and I’ll think you’ll like it. The pacing is a bit inconsistent but the highs of this game are better than the highs of GoW 2018, so I think you should try.
God of War is one of my most cherished and highly esteemed game series. The game effectively revitalized the franchise, and its beginning is a noteworthy feat of storytelling and character development. Incidentally, I genuinely appreciate the introduction.
God of War II and 2018 are my favorite games from the series. II still remains my favorite as it is still a siginificant part of my life growing up, but 2018 coincides with it by quality. Nothing will beat my first playthrough of this game as I was constantly doubting it and said to myself that it would disapoint me greatly. But ultimately, it did not and it went ahead and blew my goddamn mind.
@@StevEminem why do you think gow2 and 2018 are better than 3 and Ragnarok. Do you just like cliffhangers or what? Cuz from my experience and understanding the fanbase prefers gow3 and Ragnarok as the peaks of the series
@Bxrry125 those two just checks all of the notes on what a GOW game should be in terms of gameplay, story, pacing, etc. But that doesn't mean that i don't love the others as well. Don't get me wrong i adore III, but after playing it so much i started to analyze the narrative itself and it left a bad impression on me especially at the end of it regarding the whole power of hope plot. The gameplay definitely makes up for it so I can't be too mad. With ragnarök, the first hour of it was just as great as 2018 but as the story progressed I started to not like the choices of where the journey was headed. But yet again like III, they improved the gameplay to the point where I had a hard time playing 2018 whenever i felt like replaying it again. With that said, III and Ragnarök weren't bad games i just think those two lacked certain things on what a god of war game should have in my opinion.
@@Bxrry125 and i never said they were better than III and Ragnarök. Other people aren't wrong in thinking which game is the absolute peak of the franchise. This is just me commenting what i think is the best of them all. 😁
How the game uses Norse mythology is masterfully done. It’s almost of if kratos is a sort of disruption in how the Norse myths play out. The Loki reveal & how that tied into was incredible. The writers were seriously doin their homework
The one thing I would change is I would play a version of the original GOW theme when Kratos reveals the Blades of Chaos. Maybe a bit softer or more melancholy than the original
I truly love this game. The story had me from the get go. But I did realize that when you go to NG, all the gold marks were done by Faye. She did the same journey in a weird way.
I play through this game once a year and it's still enjoyable. Just something about Kratos, recalling the axe, the setting, the pacing, the music... they nailed this game! I enjoyed Ragnarok too but it had too many flaws to be on par with this. Still a great game though
Back in 2018 I enjoyed both rdr 2 and gow but was disappointed that rdr 2 didnt get goty, but later as i grew rdr 2 's open world rpg elements, shooter mechanics and gameplay got outdated, i realized i just enjoyed rdr 2 for the cinematics and characters, but gow was more than that, i am still able to start from scratch and enjoy the game, the world, the characters, music, the lore and mythology, gow created a new world, a benchmark in hack and slash/linear story game genre, it is in deed a timeless masterpiece, it deserves the goty 2018
Red Dead 2 Redemption took over my life, is a statement for many of us gamers, I remember walking out side all the time and looking for wildlife to garner perfect pelts😂
I have played this game about 15 times 100%, I love it, although with the passage of time it has been clearer for me to see the flaws it had, which are not a few, among one thing or another that really bothers me, but outside That's it, it's a great game.
Gow 2018 felt a lot more calm then ragnorock. Ragnorock had more action and you got to fight more powerful and interesting characters. But how simple Gow 2018 was, was just so good it wasn’t about saving lives it was a father and son doing everything they can to fulfill there wife and mothers dying wish and in between this they make enemies and learn a lot about them selves and each other so simple yet so perfect the pacing was so damn good also.
@@alexragland1416 true. 2018 is more simple and laid back but that’s not a bad thing. Obviously Ragnarok is objectively the better and bigger scale game with more complexity but that’s how it was supposed to be. I (and most of the fanbase) know raganrok is better but let’s not forget the predecessor that got it to where it was
I love Gow 2018, Kratos feels so imposing and almost like a perfect warrior, look how Magni orders him to surrender and Kratos simply stands in front challenging him to a duel to the death. It's a shame that Ragnarok doesn't have any of that and it makes me sad that they look for excuses like "character growth" to remove his brutality and his characteristic personality.
Not me just finding out that the tree we cut down at the start had a protection spell.. and THATS why Baldur came knocking at our door. I thought he just rocked up cause he got bored or smth 😭
God of war is still a benchmark for hack/slash mythological story games, its essence and influence is strongly felt in games like even the recently released wukong... Gow truly fits the title "Greatest game of all time" "A timeless masterpiece" Sad that gow ragnarok fell short
I just try this on my ps5 pro with enhanced ps4 Game Setting makes this game even more beautiful! Reason it won GOTY was Combat story if you know How to experiment with it you can do anything 😊 I love it
Man I love how much people love this game, it’s awesome. I just cannot get into it even though I finished it, but I am no way saying it’s bad. I think it’s a me thing seeing how universally loved it is. I should really give Ragnarok a shot!
The one that surprises me the most that seems to be loved by everyone is gow 3, which again, surprises me considering the poorly told story that game has and that it seems that everyone turns a blind eye to it.
21:08 it's exactly what I'm saying the last of us(2013) was masterful writing and impactful performance. There's a reason it won PlayStation game of the decade. 💜💜
I love hearing other people's take on the GOW stories, multiple times again, even if I never played it. BUT! My profession is close to learning how people's brain work and I do agree that Atreus' change isn't that weird. Any children, who's boundaries aren't checked, will really have an ego that says "other people should fix my insecurities. I should be feeling this uncomfortable" (aka. entitled children).
@@kwamekuma360 the one i noticed was he said Mimir didn't tell Kratos who Freya was due to a hex but he actually says her name right after she revives his head. The hex was actually for him to forget how to break the curse on Baldur which would allow him to be harmed. The other smaller gripe was he said that Kratos reveals everything to Atreus at the end. He did tell him a bit more info but he left out a huge detail which was that he was responsible for killing his original family. A detail he still hasnt revealed to this day.
Great video, man! Just finished the Platinum on PC a couple of hours ago, second playthrough, first one was back when it came out. I absolutley love the story, so cinematic, love the characters and the gameplay is great. But I gotta say, Muspelheim and Niflheim left a bad taste in my mouth. What a drag...
I finished all the realms but Niflheim, I was NOT going to spend time collecting all that wind. Specially when you'd lose all your progress when you died.
I loved Muspelheim and Niflheim given I love the combat in this game , and I really found the rogue-like elements in Niflheim interesting. Though I think Ragnarok Valhalla did the whole rogue-like thing so much better.
@@sumairshirazi eh I think it was a good call. Blades had no finishers in 2018 hence being a worse option in combat. All 3 weapons have better executions and better for speedy combos. 2018 did do some things better like having a more consistent story but that’s it. Raganrok is an objective improvement in every other way
@@loganmapes2307wrong. Story debatably goes to gow4 sure but every other aspect, hell to the nah. 2018 doesn’t have a free and infinitely replayable dlc. Having the blades of chaos in the very beginning of the game, getting draupnir, bigger set pieces, not fighting a troll every 35 minutes was just worse for you somehow? All I can assume is that you don’t like improvement. So is red dead 1 better than 2? I have valid reasons to assume that you’d like rdr1 more than 2. You don’t like overall objective improvement. You seem like a pale and vanilla person because of this. Shame
@@tchoopz1140 the story was super rushed, sloppy, and not nearly as good as 2018. Along that same vein, 2018 was built to match the story to the gameplay, the slow pace and no cut camera really helped to convey the relationship between kratos and atreus. But in Ragnarok, there are 3x as many characters, multiple plot points going on, and just more stuff in general. And the way the game is built just doesn't fit with the style of story Ragnarok is telling. It feels like it's piggybacking off of 2018 without realizing why 2018 worked so well. Ultimately, it's just a sloppy sequel that tried to fit way too much into one game and doesn't fit together cohesively like 2018.
@@Boss-cj6znFor me yes, the bosses improved a lot compared to this one, the only ones that were really memorable and fun (I emphasize the fun) for me were Baldur and Sigrun.
Nahhh Ragnarok was WAY worse than 2018 in nearly every way. The only places Ragnarok is better is in the enemy variety, new weapons, and I guess it has a longer (but much worse) story.
@@GUS-fc3jg Worse in almost every way? that's quite harsh, personally no, the dialogue seems better to me, there are phrases that are really worth listening to both in the base game and in the dlc, the music that was also much better in my taste, the one in the first one was not bad but For my taste it was insufficient, I wanted more, Ragnarok gives me that more, and even better with the DLC, the secondary missions, I think that in 2018 there are none of the magnitude of the crater, and in general they offer more unique moments, without forgetting develop their characters even more as already happened in the first but in this one they involve the entire group of Kratos, Atreus, Freya and Mimir, which for me has more merit, the Lore and how they complement it with what was seen in the first game , the bosses, the customization and the RPG system of the game, in 2018 it was noticeable that it was the first contact, but here it is much more customizable, allowing you to even change the appearance of your armor and its effects that are more noticeable, and it could continue as the development of the characters or something more subjective that was the story, which unlike the first Nordic game left me on the floor crying. Even though I had been spoiled.
Don´t you dare to compare TLOU1 to GOW, it´s not the same, not even close, great stories in their own way. That piece of dog sh$$% from TLOU2 doesn´t even exist. God of War 2018 was an incredible challenging game with great combat, lore, side quests and boss fights worthy to be remembered.
Ngl I think the major thing I miss from this game was how powerful your weapons felt including your runics. In Ragnarok they feel like they don’t carry that same weight
I definitely noticed that. Runic’s seemed to take a back seat in Ragnarok.
i mean look at it from the developer standpoint, they want to challenge players so it makes sense on making you weaker. imo, its not that big but who doesnt want to feel more powerful?
@@princebb_The feeling of power is felt more in this one because Kratos is much slower in this game than in Ragnarok, because of that slowness you felt each blow like an accurate hit, in Ragnarok you don't feel that, you feel much more agile, but compared to This Ragnarok is perhaps the only game in the series in which you can instakill every living being that exists in that game.
Oh my God(s)! Finally someone said it!
Not only did it feel like the runes got nerfed, but it takes forever for you to get any actual useful ones.
Agree
This is honestly the craziest game I've ever played. I was locked in. GOW was so extraordinarily immersive that I felt like I was literally right there with them. It felt so real, I can't believe its just a video game and not some epic trippy ass fever-dream.
I guess this is what happens when you let actual passionate game developers do their thang.
100/10
I'm right there with you! It's in my top 3 for sure of all time
Fr, right after the Stranger fight, I knew this game was about to be something I never experienced before
Unfortunately Ragnarok’s didn’t match up. It was supposed to be a trilogy, which would have been great but they scrapped the idea. They made thor vs world serpent a nothing background fight, which is the worst part of the game. You’re so excited to see how they’ll do it and then you say “wait… that’s IT!? I don’t even get to be NEAR the fight and it’s already over?”
Honestly put it into words perfectly. When I loaded up ragnorok I was near balling just because how connected I was with the characters. Perfect story telling. Perfect character building
@ I kind of agree that I really wanted more. It’s probably my only critique. Some things just would have deserved that time to be fleshed out more.
But it says a lot about a game when the players are mad they didn’t make the game into 3 parts instead of 2.
I personally thought Baldur was so much more compelling as a villain, than Odin. I was so captivated by the character. Especially when you see his breakdown in Helheim.
I actually found Odin far more nefarious. The first game told all these horrific stories about Odin, and yet his first appearance in Ragnorok he’s this charming, polite, soft-speaking old-ish man. But that made me think that’s actually how the most dangerous people are. I immediately dropped my guard, and thought this guy isn’t so tough. But every word he said, every action he made, every time he appeared he was taking something that he wanted. He stabbed Thor for disagreeing once. No hesitations.
Baldur looked like this mindless crazy gangster, while Odin was a manipulator. The latter scared me once I realized how smoothly he got what he wanted. Not to mention he’s even more powerful than these other gods, but never showed it directly.
Because he objectively was a more compelling villain. Baldur is a victim of his parents who has gone mad, Odin’s just some Chaotic Neutral prick who wants to know things
Now, that doesn’t necessarily make a character NOT compelling, but he really just didn’t… do much? Outside of the final fight and the interactions with Thor, we never actually see him do bad stuff. We also never get to see his motives expanded on beyond “I want to know things”
@ someone once commented in a God of War video saying “kratos essentially met his younger self in Baldur.” That comment blew my mind. It’s true, their motives were different. Kratos wanted to be rid of his memories, Baldur wanted to feel again, but the destructive path in their wake was the same. This force of nature hellbent on one thing, and no one can stop him.
@@benjammin5252 That’s a damn good analysis
Because you had to do a bunch of side missions to see how crazy Odin really is. They set it up so perfectly in the game before
I played the original GOW trilogy growing up but GOW 2018 and Ragnarok are my all-time favorite games currently. Kratos even became one of my favorite fictional characters. I have small gripes with each game but my biggest complaint is I really wish they had made the Norse saga into a trilogy. Felt like they left a lot of meat on the bone. This was a nice look back and I'm excited to see the future of the franchise.
Yeah, it could have been so much better as a trilogy. Ragnarok felt very rushed to me.
Consider the Ragnarok Valhalla DLC the end of the Norse Trilogy. Now they probably want Gow: Egypt
I'm wondering what's going on with this new expansion GOW I been hearing about.. They said the young kratos is playable as well the older one too. They said they are working on getting Terrence back for the young kratos back. Guess the story is going to be based on two realms.. Curious if this is all true, but they said the young kratos is 100% going to be playable.. And I'm not talking about Valhalla
@@WhSpRz587 Yh, once you beat the Valhalla DLC, Kratos comes to terms with his past self and the game allows you to play as the skin of Kratos from GoW1 along with the Blade of Olympus rage. You can use these abilities in new game+ I think that is what your talking about.
Just seeing this game brings back memories of that frost ancient beam runic. It was so absurdly powerful. I remember straight up one shotting any ancient I came across
That and the little ice waves from each swing were my runics the whole game.
This game has so much nostalgia for me - i loved just paddling around doing the side missions and listening to stories, the plot of the game still makes me emotional, and of course the insanely powerful frost beam axe ability that made every boss fight completely obsolete because you'd win in seconds (no idea how that ability was allowed to be so powerful baha)
my favourite game ever. Great video.
getting back the blades of chaos was epic
Sometimes I have to stop and rewatch that whole portion
The part of the game where you go back to get the blades of chaos is probably my favorite part of any videogame ever. The sheer weight and meaning of it... It's just incredible
I remember actually getting emotional in that ending scene, such a banger
I love god of war 2018 it was really awesome and freaking fantastic especially seeing Kratos and Atreus bond as father and son is amazing in my opinion.
I don‘t know how you‘re at only 20k subs. Anyone who‘s passionate or remotely enthusiastic about games should adore your videos. It‘s like browsing through a book that you love
Best game ever, completed the game with 100% 7 times already and sometimes i just come back to the game to see the world and its beauti. I would love a vr game in gow 2018 in its map where you just drive with a boat. like this one Kanu game
So true1!
@@JakeRems Did you just reply to yourself? 😂👍🏿
@@kwamekuma360did he?
@bbcringegaming yes he did
GOW 2018 is my favorite game of all time. Beat out Uncharted 2. That woman Sigrun….she almost had me crash out a few times lmao.
@@bjplaya so did the objectively better critically acclaimed sequel that came out two years ago just somehow pass your mind or did you not play it?
@ Of course, I played it, lmao. I love that one, too, and it’s in my top 5, but GOW 2018 holds a special place in my heart. It was the first game I actually played that got me into the GOW series and made me go back and play the others.
I typically am not a guy that likes campaign based games. So when i saw this free for PS5 plus members I added it to my library. Mind you this was years after it released, and was my first god of war game. To say this game surprised me is an understatement. Felt like playing a movie and this and its sequel instantly became two of my favorite games i have ever played!
I forgot how tiny atreus was 😭😭 we deserve good stories like this guys dont settle for anything less
Bro trying to beat valkyries with that health and rage bar.. You are a lunatic.
While I like Ragnarok a little more, I think what really makes 2018 special is the bond between Kratos and Atreus. The way they start off as strangers and then have an actual father son relationship at the end hits deep.
As great as the first games in the series were, I think angry Kratos could only go on for so long, dialing it back and having Kratos be more calculated and wise but still conflicted, especially with his relationship with Atreus, worked so well.
Nah. The real god of war games are where it’s at still - this slow and “emotional” tlou reskin is not good
@@Meatwad44calling tlou reskin it's so braindead
@@Meatwad44You can go back and play those games bud
Part 2 with Ragnarok? Some things they did better, but others took a step back
It’s on the way
Took a step back but in good reasons. The weight of attacks is the biggest complaint but they did that for the speed of combos
@@Bxrry125 Yes, that’s what I’ve been saying.
I love the combat. Layers of different type of attacks, combos.
Awesome
God of War 2018 is easily in my top 10 and I believe it's the best GoW game. Ragnarok is very good and the OG Greek Saga is still epic but this hit the sweet spot gameplay, pacing and narratively that the others don't quite reach all at once.
@@tmoney360 ragnarok and 3 are better but nice try
@Bxrry125 k...
I agree fully with this 👆🏿
@@Bxrry125bro can’t handle opinions lmao
@@chillhouse2490 it’s it’s a bad and unpopular opinion. Everyone knows gow raganrok is an objectively better game that gow4 is
Speaking as a father, whenever a parent says “watch your tone” that means you’ve won the argument, but because winning an argument means literally nothing outside of formal academic debate (ever actually changed someone’s mind in a Twitter argument?) you’re going to have to bear the consequences of breaching the peace
During the lockdown in early 2020, I got a ps4 slim with a free copy of God of War 2018. At the time, I was very inexperienced in gaming and went in completely blind. For me, Spider-Man 2018, RDR2, TLOU Remastered, and God of War 2018 are my defining games. The games that got me to respect video games as an art. 5 years later, I have my ps5 silm, and funny enough a free copy of God of War Ragnarok. Haven't played it yet, oh but trust me I will.
I just realized this as well. I put the game in to tool around in the NG+ file i created when I discovered that I never finished my original playthrough. I barely completed the story, missed a bunch of collectibles, had only beaten one Valkyrie, and had not even traveled to Niflheim. I got goosebumps as I finished it 100%, beating Sigrun. Most definitely a replayable game.
My 2nd fave game of all time behind Bioshock
After the PS2 I couldn't buy a PS3 as it was too expensive for my parents. Fast forward, life happened, I left gaming for a very long time. And in 2018 when I land my first job, I go buy myself a PS4 and before I even bought the console I had already ordered a used disc of GOW 2018. I kept it waiting as I had to play GOW3 because I never got the chance to. And when I jumped in, I was hooked. The ending made me realize how much I missed gaming and story games that make you feel so good. This game holds a special place in my heart for various reasons and it always will
the platinum was absolutely worth it, love this game and love to see you loved it too!
The fact that I get goosebumps listening to even after playing both games and watching tens of videos about it is just remarkable. GoW is GoAT.
Great video man. I'm going off to college soon and the thing I want to do the most before I leave is show the whole story to my dad. Can't wait!
Found this wonderful video because I ended up playing God of War again after got bored try to defeating King Hrolf. Awesome video. Love it.
I’ve recently come across this guys channel, and I’ve had to sub. The breakdowns are amazing, looking forward to Ragnarok. Keep up the good work
Need to replay this soon
How it should have ended:
Kratos and Atreus get to the highest peak in Midgar. Mimir tells them this isn't the highest point in all the lands, it's in a different realm. Kratos thinks about it and says, "Nah. This is good enough." They spread the ashes and go to a new home so Baldur doesn't find them. The end
Don't @ me. I know that would suck. It's a joke
This and Ragnarok really felt like I was learning how to be a good father, even though I don't have kids.
Gow 2018 feels like a live action adaptation of a great fantasy book, where the characters set out on an adventure that is on paper simple, with a simple goal and aim and cause, but that quickly goes all over the place, epic stuff, and ends with the final simple goal being achieved, almost detached from the middle section that had all the crazy stuffed in. Just that gow ends it with a slight difference, the set up with the prophecy for gow Ragnarok
The reason why I still haven’t played Ragnarok is because I’m scared that it will not surpass this game story wise, since Sony have disappointed me with the sequels like Spider-man 2 and the last of us 2 + sweet baby inc was involved.
It will not.
To me it os very predictable almost just wanted it to finish...
@ damn I’ve heard that the Atreus part of the story was boring and that the game was rushed since this Nordic saga was supposed to be a trilogy but they rushed everything into Ragnarok.
@@kryzer1754 I think if you liked the first game you will like the second one, the Atreus part is kinda boring but it's necessary to tell the overall story that the game wants to tell, they also didn't really rush it but making one gow game takes 5 years and they didn't want player to have to wait 15 years for the story to finish releasing
@@tygostuff9052 is true that they are done already with the Nordic saga? If it is true I don’t like it and it was definitely rushed, I’m tired of Sony rushing and ruining sequels, they did me so dirty with Spider-man 2 and The last of us 2 I don’t want to experience that disappointment again.
@@kryzer1754To be fair SM said GoW Ragnarok would be the last installment of the Norse saga, then they dropped Valhalla, so maybe the Norse saga isn’t finished.
Oh, and in terms of wrapping up the main plot of these games, Ragnarok did a fantastic job for me and I’ll think you’ll like it. The pacing is a bit inconsistent but the highs of this game are better than the highs of GoW 2018, so I think you should try.
GoW 1-3,Chains of Olympus,Ghost of Sparta,Ascension,GoW 2018,Ragnarok,Valhalla = Timeless Masterpiece Saga.
I've been playing Valhalla for most of 2024 everyday. I'm not kidding. Pretty much addicted. I love this game! It's truly a masterpiece!
God of War is one of my most cherished and highly esteemed game series. The game effectively revitalized the franchise, and its beginning is a noteworthy feat of storytelling and character development. Incidentally, I genuinely appreciate the introduction.
God of War II and 2018 are my favorite games from the series.
II still remains my favorite as it is still a siginificant part of my life growing up, but 2018 coincides with it by quality.
Nothing will beat my first playthrough of this game as I was constantly doubting it and said to myself that it would disapoint me greatly. But ultimately, it did not and it went ahead and blew my goddamn mind.
@@StevEminem why do you think gow2 and 2018 are better than 3 and Ragnarok. Do you just like cliffhangers or what? Cuz from my experience and understanding the fanbase prefers gow3 and Ragnarok as the peaks of the series
@Bxrry125 those two just checks all of the notes on what a GOW game should be in terms of gameplay, story, pacing, etc. But that doesn't mean that i don't love the others as well.
Don't get me wrong i adore III, but after playing it so much i started to analyze the narrative itself and it left a bad impression on me especially at the end of it regarding the whole power of hope plot. The gameplay definitely makes up for it so I can't be too mad.
With ragnarök, the first hour of it was just as great as 2018 but as the story progressed I started to not like the choices of where the journey was headed. But yet again like III, they improved the gameplay to the point where I had a hard time playing 2018 whenever i felt like replaying it again.
With that said, III and Ragnarök weren't bad games i just think those two lacked certain things on what a god of war game should have in my opinion.
@ I mean 3 and Ragnarok literally had wars in a god of war game but we can agree to disagree
@@Bxrry125 and i never said they were better than III and Ragnarök. Other people aren't wrong in thinking which game is the absolute peak of the franchise. This is just me commenting what i think is the best of them all. 😁
@ that’s fine. We can agree to disagree
DEF time to replay this game
How the game uses Norse mythology is masterfully done. It’s almost of if kratos is a sort of disruption in how the Norse myths play out. The Loki reveal & how that tied into was incredible. The writers were seriously doin their homework
The one thing I would change is I would play a version of the original GOW theme when Kratos reveals the Blades of Chaos. Maybe a bit softer or more melancholy than the original
I truly love this game. The story had me from the get go. But I did realize that when you go to NG, all the gold marks were done by Faye. She did the same journey in a weird way.
I play through this game once a year and it's still enjoyable. Just something about Kratos, recalling the axe, the setting, the pacing, the music... they nailed this game!
I enjoyed Ragnarok too but it had too many flaws to be on par with this. Still a great game though
It's my absolute favorite game ever! I hope you make a video on Ragnarok!
Back in 2018 I enjoyed both rdr 2 and gow but was disappointed that rdr 2 didnt get goty, but later as i grew rdr 2 's open world rpg elements, shooter mechanics and gameplay got outdated, i realized i just enjoyed rdr 2 for the cinematics and characters, but gow was more than that, i am still able to start from scratch and enjoy the game, the world, the characters, music, the lore and mythology, gow created a new world, a benchmark in hack and slash/linear story game genre, it is in deed a timeless masterpiece, it deserves the goty 2018
I absolutely love both games they are both masterpieces. It’s so hard to pick between which 2 games are actually the better of the 2.
Red Dead 2 Redemption took over my life, is a statement for many of us gamers, I remember walking out side all the time and looking for wildlife to garner perfect pelts😂
5:48 "lowkey" the mvps of the game. pun intended? lol
Literally was going to comment this! Haha
I have played this game about 15 times 100%, I love it, although with the passage of time it has been clearer for me to see the flaws it had, which are not a few, among one thing or another that really bothers me, but outside That's it, it's a great game.
I just restarted playing it. It’s just so incredible
Gow 2018 felt a lot more calm then ragnorock. Ragnorock had more action and you got to fight more powerful and interesting characters. But how simple Gow 2018 was, was just so good it wasn’t about saving lives it was a father and son doing everything they can to fulfill there wife and mothers dying wish and in between this they make enemies and learn a lot about them selves and each other so simple yet so perfect the pacing was so damn good also.
@@alexragland1416 true. 2018 is more simple and laid back but that’s not a bad thing. Obviously Ragnarok is objectively the better and bigger scale game with more complexity but that’s how it was supposed to be. I (and most of the fanbase) know raganrok is better but let’s not forget the predecessor that got it to where it was
To be honest, overall for me gow 2018 is better than gowr
untill Valhalla came out!
@@supparmanpawar4203 gowr was already objectively a better version of gow2018 to begin with lol
I love Gow 2018, Kratos feels so imposing and almost like a perfect warrior, look how Magni orders him to surrender and Kratos simply stands in front challenging him to a duel to the death. It's a shame that Ragnarok doesn't have any of that and it makes me sad that they look for excuses like "character growth" to remove his brutality and his characteristic personality.
Not me just finding out that the tree we cut down at the start had a protection spell.. and THATS why Baldur came knocking at our door.
I thought he just rocked up cause he got bored or smth 😭
Its funny how the game would've ended immediately if kratos answered baldur's question.(Then again we wouldn't have gotten this peak story)
God of war is still a benchmark for hack/slash mythological story games, its essence and influence is strongly felt in games like even the recently released wukong... Gow truly fits the title "Greatest game of all time" "A timeless masterpiece"
Sad that gow ragnarok fell short
I just try this on my ps5 pro with enhanced ps4 Game Setting makes this game even more beautiful! Reason it won GOTY was Combat story if you know How to experiment with it you can do anything 😊 I love it
I'm playing ot now and it's incredible, still.
@7:15 I think you meant to say Faye, not Freya.
noticed that too
Geirdriful made me question my skills for a while ngl and then when i finally beat her it was some scuffed run at 2 in the morning😅😅
Man I love how much people love this game, it’s awesome. I just cannot get into it even though I finished it, but I am no way saying it’s bad. I think it’s a me thing seeing how universally loved it is. I should really give Ragnarok a shot!
The one that surprises me the most that seems to be loved by everyone is gow 3, which again, surprises me considering the poorly told story that game has and that it seems that everyone turns a blind eye to it.
The best game ever produced, made 100 percent 7 times already
21:08 it's exactly what I'm saying the last of us(2013) was masterful writing and impactful performance. There's a reason it won PlayStation game of the decade. 💜💜
I love hearing other people's take on the GOW stories, multiple times again, even if I never played it. BUT! My profession is close to learning how people's brain work and I do agree that Atreus' change isn't that weird. Any children, who's boundaries aren't checked, will really have an ego that says "other people should fix my insecurities. I should be feeling this uncomfortable" (aka. entitled children).
Dont know why they did the ragnarok Kratos so different than the one in 2018, i really dislike him in Ragnarok.
in terms of combat, you only scratched the surface of it
you got few details wrong bro, good news is its another reason to go back and replay this amazing game !
Just curious, what details did he get wrong?
@@kwamekuma360 the one i noticed was he said Mimir didn't tell Kratos who Freya was due to a hex but he actually says her name right after she revives his head. The hex was actually for him to forget how to break the curse on Baldur which would allow him to be harmed.
The other smaller gripe was he said that Kratos reveals everything to Atreus at the end. He did tell him a bit more info but he left out a huge detail which was that he was responsible for killing his original family. A detail he still hasnt revealed to this day.
@@ryantroxell708 fair enough 👍🏿
only complaint about the video is you used GoW Ragnarok tracks and not strictly GoW lmao
@@Gojeto346 ragnarok is the better game tho lol. That much is obvious
Great video, man! Just finished the Platinum on PC a couple of hours ago, second playthrough, first one was back when it came out. I absolutley love the story, so cinematic, love the characters and the gameplay is great. But I gotta say, Muspelheim and Niflheim left a bad taste in my mouth. What a drag...
I finished all the realms but Niflheim, I was NOT going to spend time collecting all that wind. Specially when you'd lose all your progress when you died.
I loved Muspelheim and Niflheim given I love the combat in this game , and I really found the rogue-like elements in Niflheim interesting. Though I think Ragnarok Valhalla did the whole rogue-like thing so much better.
In ragnarok they removed executioners cleave which was a badass move in 2018
@@sumairshirazi eh I think it was a good call. Blades had no finishers in 2018 hence being a worse option in combat. All 3 weapons have better executions and better for speedy combos. 2018 did do some things better like having a more consistent story but that’s it. Raganrok is an objective improvement in every other way
@@Bxrry125 they took out bare hand finishers why ?
@@Bxrry125 ragnarok story needed improvement it wasn't as good as 2018
@@sumairshirazi because of draupir. Why would you wanna do bare handed finishers when you have 3 different elemental weapons
@@sumairshirazi agree but it was damn near as good. Just not as consistent. Other than story ragnarok is a better game
Itd be interesting to hear your thoughts on Ragnarök after this
Best game I’ve ever played in my life alongside halo reach
God of war 2018 was sooooo good. Better than ragnarok imo. But it wasn’t as good as last of us 2 as you implied.
Ragnarok was better than 2018
@ I’m gonna have to hard disagree on that one. Yeah it’s newer so the tech and look is a little nicer but gameplay and story wise 2018 takes it.
@@loganmapes2307wrong. Story debatably goes to gow4 sure but every other aspect, hell to the nah. 2018 doesn’t have a free and infinitely replayable dlc. Having the blades of chaos in the very beginning of the game, getting draupnir, bigger set pieces, not fighting a troll every 35 minutes was just worse for you somehow? All I can assume is that you don’t like improvement. So is red dead 1 better than 2? I have valid reasons to assume that you’d like rdr1 more than 2. You don’t like overall objective improvement. You seem like a pale and vanilla person because of this. Shame
Tlou games are overrated uncharted and god of war are for me more enjoyable
@@loganmapes2307 ragnarok had better gameplay what are you talking about
7:14 Fay, not Freyja. Freudian slips are the worst
Ragnarok was a letdown
man please check your audio mix properly, the volume is way too low even at max volume from the player.
And then they completely ruined it with Ragnarok. Such a shame.
I still liked it.
So true. And somehow everyone still loved it. I genuinely cannot fathom how people thought that game was good.
Ragnarok was a very good game what are you talking about
@@GUS-fc3jgragnarok is a great game arguably better than 2018 what are you talking about
@@tchoopz1140 the story was super rushed, sloppy, and not nearly as good as 2018. Along that same vein, 2018 was built to match the story to the gameplay, the slow pace and no cut camera really helped to convey the relationship between kratos and atreus. But in Ragnarok, there are 3x as many characters, multiple plot points going on, and just more stuff in general. And the way the game is built just doesn't fit with the style of story Ragnarok is telling. It feels like it's piggybacking off of 2018 without realizing why 2018 worked so well. Ultimately, it's just a sloppy sequel that tried to fit way too much into one game and doesn't fit together cohesively like 2018.
Just say god of war 4 because technically It is
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Hello there! What are your thoughts on the horror film, It?
Hello there! What is your favorite game of the year so far?
Putting neck on chopping board here, but I prefer the original god of war games. More fun imo
Hello there, Game Overload? What’s your favorite game of the year?
God of war ragnarok next??
Can you make a video on god of war Ragnarök
Its godlike
2nd best game ever, only beaten by its sequel Ragnarök
Eh are we sure
@@Boss-cj6znFor me yes, the bosses improved a lot compared to this one, the only ones that were really memorable and fun (I emphasize the fun) for me were Baldur and Sigrun.
Nahhh Ragnarok was WAY worse than 2018 in nearly every way. The only places Ragnarok is better is in the enemy variety, new weapons, and I guess it has a longer (but much worse) story.
@@GUS-fc3jg Worse in almost every way? that's quite harsh, personally no, the dialogue seems better to me, there are phrases that are really worth listening to both in the base game and in the dlc, the music that was also much better in my taste, the one in the first one was not bad but For my taste it was insufficient, I wanted more, Ragnarok gives me that more, and even better with the DLC, the secondary missions, I think that in 2018 there are none of the magnitude of the crater, and in general they offer more unique moments, without forgetting develop their characters even more as already happened in the first but in this one they involve the entire group of Kratos, Atreus, Freya and Mimir, which for me has more merit, the Lore and how they complement it with what was seen in the first game , the bosses, the customization and the RPG system of the game, in 2018 it was noticeable that it was the first contact, but here it is much more customizable, allowing you to even change the appearance of your armor and its effects that are more noticeable, and it could continue as the development of the characters or something more subjective that was the story, which unlike the first Nordic game left me on the floor crying. Even though I had been spoiled.
@@GUS-fc3jg Oh sure, and Ragnarok has a free DLC and it's not exactly bad.
Have you... have you played Ragnarok, yet?!?
We need a rdr2 video 🙏🙏🙏
On the channel already sir
Don´t you dare to compare TLOU1 to GOW, it´s not the same, not even close, great stories in their own way. That piece of dog sh$$% from TLOU2 doesn´t even exist. God of War 2018 was an incredible challenging game with great combat, lore, side quests and boss fights worthy to be remembered.
Chill?
@@Exo-riah no!!
this game does not beat RDR2, something fishy happened
if im being honest i love gow so much and i played it before rdr2 but rdr2 should have gotten the goty not gow
OG G.o.W was better, this version is fine, but hardly “perfection”.
I get triggered everytime I hear rdr2 didn't win goty
I prefer the real God of War
(GOW 2018)
I said the real God of War
(GOW 2005)
Perfection
Lol
Kratos wasn’t born a god tho
As much as I love this game, RDR2 without a doubt was robbed for GoTY.
Ah yes, the perfection of slowly climbing rock walls for 20% of the game, such a masterpiece!
yeah bro. I would definitely play another game of slowly horse riding for 50% of the game, still crying over how that game didnt win GOTY 😢😢😢
@apieython7853 who said anything about red dead? Lol
@@DonJuanitito who? Not me. When did i say anything about Rdr2?
If this isn’t a masterpiece what is
@@unique_package5370 GOW 3 is way more original and fits better the masterpiece title.