I love the actor for Baldur. Every line he says he sounds like he's about to break. He feels NOTHING. Sex, Taste, Pain, Warmth, Cold, Comfort, Softness, Hardness, all gone. No wonder why he sounds like he's about to snap. Baldur went insane from 100 years of not being able to feel. And the VA captured the voice of a tortured man perfectly
What is interesting is that he never does that again later in the game, so it makes me wonder if he was just so unharmed by everything after that, even Baldur, that he didn't need to, which makes sense because we never really see him bloody and beaten again even in the final fight Baldur is beaten, but Kratos is fine, what annoys me though is how people use the first fight to say Kratos is weak. He is actually just rusty, he hasn't had a fight like this in hundreds of years, Cory himself even says he is shaking off the cobwebs, he very clearly isn't rusty after this and this is shown in his second and final fight with Baldur. He isn't weak he is just holding back, and is trying to use less of his power in front of his BOI, this Kratos is just as strong as the other ones, if not a little stronger.
We can clearly see throughout all fights that kratos is superior in techniques and experience, he might be on par with young baldur, since he's 100% god, but it just shows how strong kratos is for half god, he defeated him 4 times, and technically killed him 3 times lol
They fought more times, they fought 4 times, first time when baldur first appeared, second time when kratos snapped his neck first time, third time when kratos destroyed the gate to jotenhaim and they fought on a dragon, and forth time with freya. Kratos snapped his neck twice, and dropped a giant rock on him once.
>second time when kratos snapped his neck first time Lol what? The entire fight is the first meeting with Baldur. Its not 3 separate fights. First fight at Kratoss home, second fight on dragon and the final third fight. >Kratos snapped his neck twice, and dropped a giant rock on him once. And who said that he was killed when Kratos dropped rock on him? He can take punches from Kratos, he can fall from great distances and all of this was after his curse was broken. The only way to kill him is to snap his neck and to do so you need to be strong as Kratos. He was killed 2 times only.
Baldur looks cool but in real mythology he is one of most peaceful Nordic gods and represents Sun and nature. 🤔 (but in the game it is opposite only ice and death)
Same with Modi. Modi is craven as hell in this game, when he embodies bravery itself in mythology. His very name means 'Brave' in Old Norse. His name is the modern Norwegian word for bravery today, i.e 'Modig'.
they had to take some liberty with the mythos in order to drive plot for mr.AngryMan to end up fighting all of Asgard. It fits better that Baldur cannot feel anything given that Freiya put that spell upon him. Hence his reckless and to be frank insane blood lust.
Actually recent research has found that there was a possibility that Baldur may not have been the benevolent god scholars thought and because of limited records thanks to the erasure of Christianity, he may have possibly been a warmongering god. It states “However, whether out of ignorance or a desire to portray Baldur as a martyr-like figure, Snorri likely omitted a key element of Baldur’s character: a warlike disposition. There’s one other literary account of Baldur’s death, that told by the medieval Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. As confused and euhemerized (historicized) as this version is, one of the characteristics that stands out is Baldur’s constant eagerness to engage in battle. He’s even depicted as something of a warlord. This, combined with the many kennings that link Baldur’s name with weapons and war in general, suggests that Baldur was much more of an active fighter and less of a passive, innocent sufferer than Snorri makes him out to be.[7]” Source norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/baldur/
I love that Baldur seems like he's talking about the Greek gods when he first shows up but upon finishin gthe story, he actually just thought Kratos was a Jotun.
This game really shows how Kratos has changed over the years from the rage fueled animal that he was in the first game to the old and wise warrior he is now
Heh. Now she knows how it felt to have her life taken to protect it. Against her will too, just like Baldur. At least he found peace in death, and was able to feel in his last moments.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Atreus’s character development and especially his progressing skills with a bow. He went from being impatient and missing a bigass deer to being able to flawlessly shoot three arrows into bauldr while both are falling off a reanimated giant without hitting kratos whos holding Bauldr...while falling
On the e3 trailer u can see that Atreus skills are improving while killing/hunting etc. In my opinion, the devs removed the skill mechanic in the official game, the story and seeing Atreus being better and better throughout the game is more enjoyable without seeing 'improved skills in, gained new level in' etc., u get the point, some skyrim-like mechanics. It was a good move from the devs ;).
The last fight deserves a Grammy cuz god damn that was more intense than any movie. a 20 minutes long fight, usually u can barely even get a good 10 minute fight in any movie
I still think it’s complete bs how this game was game of the year instead of rdr2. Yes this game is great but isn’t as amazing as rdr2. I played both and I just can’t see or accept that it’s better and I know that most other people agree with me. Not trying to criticize this game I still love it. I wish I played the other games in the God of War series.
Fun fact: The actor who played Baldur, Jeremy Davies, also played Corporal Upham in Saving Private Ryan. Good to see his acting skills can reach out to games as well.
@@doyourbest_uwu The man who'd never been in combat before and wasn't used to the killing and dying. He was basically coming along as their translator.
Ethan Decenilla my only little flaw with this game, is that Kratos Kills Baldur and says ‘the cycle ends here, we must be better than this’...It doesn’t feel like he should say that. It just seems like a loose way to quote the original trilogy. Unless Kratos kills baldur out of his quest to beat his past self, rage fuelled and drowned in vengeance and kills baldur almost in a way of letting go of what he once was...but that’s not established, and also seems a bit cynical. I dunno.
@@justrandomthings319 not really he isn't the same he was in previous games he decided to cast aside the hate and anger turning instead towards compassion and understanding like any growing man should
Djrocks Gaming I think the writers are emphasising that Kratos is the “ghost” of Sparta. In Norse mythology, much like it was depicted in this game, what kills Baldur is Loki’s mistletoe. That was the precise moment of Baldur’s defeat. Kratos was just a lending hand. If it weren’t for Loki, Ragnarok wouldn’t have been sped up by 100 years.
16:33 this one line by Kratos is overlooked. "Full weight of Asgard will come crashing down on you" and he was ready to be on pantheon killing mode and replied "so be it"
He was saying that because he decided to send them all to Hel not because he could take on Asgard. Trust Asgard would kill Kratos in minutes. That’s where Odin himself would be
@@bullman3602 Kratos cannot die, Persephone, Hades's wife, cursed Him to walk the Earth for eternity, He tried killing himself at the end of the third game with the Blade of Olympus, the same weapon used to end the Great War, but this didn't work out, so then He went off the cliff, but then THAT didn't work either. So, Kratos is pretty much Baldur, but can feel.
@@Vanerov yeah I agree, I was just thinking his curse wouldn’t work in the Norse gods realm, I was thinking it more only applied during his Greek saga, but he definitely still could be immortal, Odin could potentially remove said curse though. I think killing kratos is still next to impossible regardless of an active curse. It’s just always been kratos usually takes most gods 1 on 1. Taking all of Asgard on at once would still definitely defeat him at the very least. But with the god of war anything is possible
@@theratwhotookyourteeth8514 Doesn't matter, he's died before in God of War 2, but came back alive due to the fact of Persephone's curse. To add, this is the Giants doing it, Kratos may die, but they don't know about the curse, because he's from Greece.
"The only God of War enemy that I really felt sympathy for." I find that statement rather hard to agree with. (SPOILERS btw, if you haven't played previous God of Wars) I'd say Deimos and Callisto (Kratos' brother and mother) do kind of count as enemies, since Kratos had to fight both of them upon first meeting them; latter was turned into a monster unwillingly, forcing Kratos to kill her and afford mentioned was just crazed from being imprisoned in the Realm of Thanatos for the majority of his life. Hephaestus only assaulted Kratos in order to protect his daughter, a motive even Kratos himself openly sympathized with. Perseus fought Kratos for the audience with the Fates inorder to resurrect his lost loved one. The unnamed Spartan soldier was pitted against Kratos by the Fates and they fought in the dark, both unknowing who their opponent was. Only reason King Midas, Icarus and Helios posed any type of threat to Kratos, was because he assaulted them unprovoked. It could be argued that some characters, like Charon the ferryman, only reacted hostilely to Kratos because he was getting in the way of their job. And Persephone was actually sympathetic in a very similar vain to Baldur, in that while we obviously aren't meant to agree with her goals, we can still sympathize with her circumstances.
To be fair, Icarus and Helios weren't entirely Kratos' fault. With Icarus, Kratos was minding his own business when Icarus told him to turn back. Kratos actually tries to ignore Icarus, who just keeps getting in front him and shouting about how he and his wings will make it to the Sisters of Fate. The fight begins when Kratos decides that Icarus is right and he needs those wings. If Icarus had never approached Kratos, simply let him pass and never gloated about his wings, Kratos would never have fought with him. With Helios, he actually tried to bargain as Helios owed him. He demands to know where the Flame of Olympus is and Helios mocks him and the goal. When Kratos threatens him for that, Helios tried to blind him. When that fails and Kratos begins to beat the crud out of him, Helios tries to lie and trick Kratos by telling him to step into the Flames, which would kill him. Kratos calls him out on that BS as Hephaestus already warned him about the Flames. Helios then tries to discredit Hephaestus, calling him a 'freak'. When Kratos isn't convinced Helios just remains defiant until Kratos rips his head off. In the end, Icarus was confrontational from the start and persisted even after Kratos tries like twice to just leave. Helios was arrogant and even lied to Kratos' face. Ultimately, both had chances to maybe walk away but dug their own graves.
Who would win? The strongest spartan, with the tenacity and strength to kill gods and his father, the mightiest being in the realms, or one skinny boi.
More like Who would win? One angry Boi or an entire pantheon of Gods? If we are talking about old Kratos, but for new Kratos it would be, Who would win? A massively reserved and holding back depressed father of a Boi or an insane Conor McGregor?
As much as I love the Doom Slayer, I don't really think he would have much of a chance, but I can seem them more being bros and just destroying everything around them.
To add more to the reasons why Freya put the spell on Baldur. The ancient prophercy told Baldur s death as "needless death". Hence, Freya put the curse on him to prevent this forseen event. However, Baldur would have not wanted to die if he had had not feel painless at all. The mother curse made him want to die. It was indeed the "needless death" in the end. Well done Freya that she literally fulfilled the prophercy of the death of her beloved son.🙄
I spoke to the REAL Goddess Freyja myself about who she is. Freyja and Frigg are not the same goddess, Frigg is another goddess entirely separate from Freyja. Freyja actually became Jarnsaxa who is Laufey, mother of Loki by self-impregnation, giving birth to herself the moment she died because Farbauti is her male aspect. Freyja is a he-she. There's a lot of slander aimed against her by the Aesir whom she is at war with. Freyr is on her side, too, since he is her male aspect, him being the embodiment of her masculine energy, him being Farbauti himself. Baldur is her "son" only because she created him, Baldur being her twin flame. Freyja told me that she is Nanna. Frigg is Sif and Skuld, according to Goddess Freyja. Freyja admits that it was she Freyja who tried to protect him, but due to Frigga's own trickery lead to Baldur's fate. Baldur became Vali, Hodr being one of Freyja's/Freyr's aspects. It was all a convoluted plan to chain Loki and his children up, Loki's own children likewise being different aspects of Loki. Loki's wives Angrboda and Sigyn are also aspects of his, too. Angrboda is Hekate, Sigyn is Aphrodite, and Nanna is Artemis. Bottom line: Loki had been born a slave to the Aesir. The mistletoe is a metaphor, a "kiss goodbye" from a lover... Loki was Baldur's soul mate. Loki is Freyja. Loki is Athena in the Greek Pantheon, also known as Ishtar in the Middle East. Goddess Freyja told me that she is Ishtar and that she is also Ishtaran. Baldr is so important to creation that risking losing him meant the end of the universe for every being. People fail to see that apparently. Instead of blaming Freyja, people need to learn mythology.
Actually, at last I started feeling bad about Baldur, I felt sorry for him, the death of Baldur was a sad moment. Actually he was not as strong and powerful as Kratos, he was alive only because of the magic of his mother.
Dude was fucked up by an overprotective mother. He could never experience anything of his own and was basically living in a corpse of a body. I always got the feel Kratos pitied him.
@@zillafire101 and he's probably going to be brought back from the dead by her, and there's probably going to be irony in that he will probably be unable to feel anything as well since once you get brought back you can continue living as just a head lol and there's also a chance that freya goes full nuts and makes it so that he can't harm anybody or himself as well since you can't grow back your limbs if that's anything to go by
Remember, although kratos is completely dominating here, he is holding back. Imagine him not holding back when fighting against Odin. That'll be a bloody fight.
@@dookcurruff9047 Yeah he'll defo come back, I mean it's Kratos but I kinda doubt it'll be in this game. I see him dying towards the end and Boi going absolutely fuckn mental with the Spartan rage, Op magic and 'children' 😂 he has. This way they can rebrand for the next game as 'God of Chaos' or something for the next game or whatever and they can bring Kratos back down the line after Atreus finishes with the Egyptians.
Baldur was an exellent character for this game very well introduced, with great boss battles, a terrific back story and was a pain in Kratos' during the entire game. An awsome character
When Kratos finally snaps Baldur's neck and says "the cycle ends here," I get a serious sense of pride knowing that Kratos has grown past his own rage to see the cruel cycle that has created countless bastards such as himself and Baldur and to put a stop to it. Child obtains anger issues due to bad parents, and thus become bad parents that give their own kids anger issues. That's why he's so critical of Atraeus; he's the only chance Kratos has at actually improving the world without killing anyone, for once. Hell, the whole game is basically just one undesired detour for Kratos on his journey to honor his dead wife: he wanted NONE of this.
@@tonyprime You're not too far off. in Tir's temple (I think I said that right) the plaque showing Tir's adventures has the different symbols for war, and Egypt was one of them. I forget what the fourth was.
Yo, once I see Arteus all grown up and fighting Horus, Anubis, Set, Osiris, Ra, Isis, Nut, Geb, and the countless others, i'll finally have a reason to play more of my PS4 than my Xbox One, all I got on it now is R6S, which I have much more progression on Xbox, COD WWII finished campaign, multiplayer is not my style, and Destiny 2, which I enjoy, but just don't play much.
Santa Monica went all in with this game. And they sure delivered. Top notch graphics? Check. Well-written story? Check. Character development for an otherwise "flat" Kratos? Check. Christopher "Teal'c" Judge? F***ing check. Well-fleshed gameplay mechanics? Check. Bigger, badder, meaner bosses? Check.
I don’t know why kratos says ‘the cycle ends here, we must be better than this’ It does anger me a little. I know it quotes Zeus but I don’t know why he says it to baldur before he mercilessly snaps his neck
@@Tyreece190 zeus fought kratos and actually killed him oh and ares as well so no they fought better than baldur and did something baldur is dreaming of and.that is killing kratos but baldur failed.
I cant explain it, but when Baldur had said "Snow" when he died, I had felt a twinge of sadness and my eyes got cloudy. When you think about it, baldur had every right to want to kill freya. Not being able to feel a summer's warmth or an autumn breeze, its heartbreaking. Freya legitimately robbed him of an entire lifetime of feeling, and for that I can find sympathy for him.
Oh shit, his entire childhood he probably saw everyone else feel things he couldn't and held on to that grief and still became a better person than Thor
Magni and Modi were basically brainless pawns for Baldur’s greater benefit, so yeah, I agree. They served their purpose, but they were never meant to be main antagonists like Baldur was. Just minor complications in the grander scheme of things.
@@chipreal no that wasn't the last time. After the world serpent was hit so hard by Thor's hammer he time traveled to the past. Immediately as soon as he arrived in Midgard in the past, he was attacked by Thor the fight ended in stalemate. Which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
Kandon_Games I did play the games. It’s just the words in of themselves is just common knowledge and was spoken generally. Not that hard to figure out.
@@hazardous0887 The thing is that it's not really spoken generally. In his journey in Greece he always sought revenge on whomever, in his perspective, had wronged him. He ended up destroying Greece. Now how did Kratos feel about it? It's right here that we understand... He regrets doing all that, it didn't bring him inner peace, for the most part it just made him even more angry. He most probably felt empty when he arrived at Scandinavia. And Bauldur is seeking this same path, which Kratos has walked through, and so he tells him that it will not end well for him. That "I know" to me, it carries emotional weight.
Last of us, uncharted, bloodborne, persona, killzone, nioh, Detroit become human, now THIS?! Microsoft needs to step up their exclusives or they won’t survive next generation. Lol sorry if I forgot a few some people were just naming em off in the comments
And those were the last good games PS put out because Xbox and PC's are whay better at every thing even graphics. But how would win God of war 3 Kratos or Doom guy.
37:10 *EA strangles Nintendo and then Sony comes back to take EA's life* EA: Why... why do you even care? You could have walked away to make single-player games Sony: The monetization ends here, we must be better than this (*cracked EA's neck*) EA's last word before death: money...
37:23 The music is dramatic not only because of the death of Baldur , but also because Baldur's death in Norse Mythology is one of the main causes of Ragnarok
@@edrick106 Am I correct in saying that that snowflake that landed on his cheek was the first snowflake we've seen fall in midgard? I mean, yes there were mountaintops with snowy peaks, but I don't recall seeing actual *snow* falling from the sky.
@@gracecalis5421 Yes , the snowflake we saw falling in Baldur's face was the first time we actually saw snow falling from the sky, and that's because , in Norse Mythology the Fillbulwinter ( a winter that is 3 years long) begins right before Ragnarok, The Twilight Of The Gods.
I like how kratos only kills Baldur as a last resort. Even after he tried to kill him and kidnap his son kratos still gave Baldur a chance both at the beginning and end. He actively avoided conflict as much as he could and only fought in self defense and did the safety of those around him. It shows he really isn’t the same man he was before and after Baldur is given back what he lost he still refuses to let go and tries to kill freya. It’s a petty act of vengeance that tells kratos he won’t change so he does what he feels must be done for the good of everyone: end the cycle.
Except he didn't end the cycle. Freya took everything from Baldur to protect him. And now Kratos has taken everything from Freya to protect her. His intentions were pure, but she's only inflicted cruelty on her and robbed her of her agency. If she wanted to die, that should have been her own choice to make, and Kratos stole it from her out of some machismo sense of obligation. He may have been trying to do the right thing this time. But he *over-stepped.*
@@traionjones711 Consider for a second that you're contributing literally nothing of any substance to the dialogue. At least I had actual thoughts to share, you're just pointing and bandwagoning. Give me an actual *reason* why you disagree and I'll respect your opinion. Even if you've clearly *failed* to show me the same courtesy.
@@markpricey9069 yes that’s also possible. After all, he is a giant. Also it’s funny how you reply a few hours after your comment was “in the desert” for a year 😎
Kratos's hobbies include: droppidng large stone structures on Baldur dropping large stone structures on Baldur dropping large stone structures on Baldur dropping large stone structures on Baldur sharpening his axe dropping large stone structures on Baldur
it's kinda funny how kratos holds back if you read the comic books for this game it is said that kratos holds much of his power back even while fightning baldur because when he reaches his full power he loses his mind and sees no-one on his path it would be both dangerous to himself and even for atreus in a moment of anger he could even hit atreus without realizing.
Yeah, the comic shows him let wolves attack him until they get tired and leave, but they are interrupted by two trolls, and he tells the wolves to run, and then when the trolls attack him he tries to stay calm, but gives into his rage and kills both of them with his bare hands, I think he may have killed the wolves to, because at that point he was no longer in control, it even says in the comic the rage always takes over, so in the game whenever he goes into rage mode, I still don't think it is full power since as shown in the comic he can't control himself or really see what he is attacking anymore, he just destroys anything in his path.
Nah. He was getting trounced. There were multiple times where he unleashed his Spartan rage and tried really hard to put down Baldur and failed. But yes he does care.
Is it the emblem that’s crazy it’s that soul of the umanzorez 🐝 you better get it on with Zelda because it’s going to get crazy spitting out blood and attacking those that think they know about those murders and the ones they watched done Eli guncormitross it’s that Javier coreas chimera realm and Facebook gatekey it’s that developer
I feel like nobody mentions Atreus’s growth. He goes from being incompetent, not being able to do anything. To brash, cocky, and in return loses the skill which he’s been gaining. To becoming a true warrior, worthy to fight alongside Kratos. And that’s just one aspect to his character.
Actually considering Kratos got his ass whooped multiple times by Baldur and couldn't even manage to hurt him until his son had to weaken him and STILL fought him with the help of his son, i'd say on even footing. Baldur would've whooped dat ass.
@prod gbc You're comparing Greek Gods to Norse ones, though. And perhaps you didn't notice how Baldur was toying with him a lot and still whooping ass after everything Kratos was throwing at him, and instead just decided to say "oh but muh Greek gods and Titans". You're comparing two different mythologies, and by the way the developers made the fights go it was clear that Baldur was superior.
@@haystackbill6187 Baldur was superior only because of the shit his mom did too him. Can't die, feels no pain, does not get tired, injuries have little to no effect on him. He had advantages over kratos. Once baldur was weakened it was a evening playing Field and Baldur lost..
When I first saw Baldur when I played the game I thought he was the village drunk until he sucker punched Kratos over his house then I realized he was a Norse god. The look on my face was like ☉_☉ wtf just happened?
@@subutaynoyan5372 all the gods in the game are portrayed as bad guys. Thor is a bloodthirsty warrior who wants to fight everything and everyone and Odin is a power hungry and mad ruler
34:09 My favorite part: watching Freya eat shit. I mean, this whole thing is basically her fault, if you think about it: if she hadn't asked Odin to 'bless' Baldur with complete imperviousness / lack of sensation in every way, he wouldn't have completely lost the plot (keep in mind, Baldur can't get drunk, he can't jerk off or get laid, he can't get a massage, he probably can't really feel fullness or satisfaction from eating... the list goes on). Odin might be a complete bastard, but Freya is a desperately insecure and selfish woman who happily robbed her own son of any joy or real achievement in his miserable existence just so she could alleviate her own feelings of inadequacy. Freya is the _real_ villain here.
+KitchensAreHot Ahh, but we've established in this series that the "end of the world" isn't actually the end of the world, haven't we? The first God of War games took place in Ancient Greece, and they swore blind that the world would end with the fall of Mount Olympus and the death of Zeus. Well, Kratos did exactly that... And yet, here we are in a new game and the world _hasn't_ ended, has it? It's _almost_ as if those tales of "the end of the world" are complete horseshit and just there to try and scare the weak people from upsetting the status quo. Just saying.
Well they do make it clear that something come after but the end of the world can still result in the earth of nearly everything on the planet. Happened to the Dinosaurs. The point is Odin and co don't survive Ragnarok. Honestly while she may have seen the bigger picture, she was only acting in her selfish desire to keep her son alive for herself. Her revenge is not about being unable to stop Ragnarok. Also as we've seen sometimes the end of the world is really due to the actions of the folks involved and not some external force.
Greece is most likely still in chaos during the events of this game. I like to think that all ancient mythos exist in the same world, or are somehow tied together.
Edward u need to read up on ur Norse mythology bro kitchensarehot is Right to prevent Ragnarok and in real Norse mythology Loki tricked his brother into killing boldur with the mistletoe cuz he was jelus of him so in all actuality Loki is the villin
37:09 You can see the pain in Kratos' eyes knowing what he has to do to stop the cycle. Love little expressions like these that lets you know what they are thinking.
I love how they addressed criticisms about how all the Olympians that weren't Zeus went down easily by having the first Aesir that Kratos fights give him the fight of his life to show just how much more dangerous the Aesir are as warriors.
Not to mention Kratos gets stronger with age and if I remember correctly game director said that Kratos stops himself from going full out in this game. So yeah, if not for Baldur's curse/blessing and Kratos rejection of his real strength. Baldur would be turned into bloody pulp. Fighting young Kratos was almost impossible but now? With expirience, control over himself and his ACTUAL strength? Let's pray something keep Aesir safe if they want to hurt Atreus. We saw what happened when Thanatos killed Kratos brother
The battle with Thor went even further. If you read Kratos' diary entries, he himself says that he has never received blows of such power. So, Thor is literally stronger than any Greek god according to the canon. Not to mention that he canonically killed Kratos and then resurrected to kill him again. Before that, only Zeus did this.
37:30 The way he says "snow" is so deep, feeling a snowflake touch and melt on his face knowing after so long he couldn't feel a thing. Plus, that music.. holy shit.
Well, Kratos’ new voice actor is a big old, behemoth of a black guy, and as we all know, Mayweather whooped McGregor’s ass. I’d say that Baldur’s fate by Kratos’ hands was rather fitting.
32:06 Baldur: “WHAT?!?” What did Baldur expect 😂?? This is the God of War. Slayer of Ares, Kronos, Poseidon, Zeus, Hades, Helios, Hermes, & the sisters of fate. Once the spell was lifted he got the feel the very worst part of feeling, getting your ass brutally kicked by fist & blade 😂.
I love the actor for Baldur. Every line he says he sounds like he's about to break. He feels NOTHING. Sex, Taste, Pain, Warmth, Cold, Comfort, Softness, Hardness, all gone. No wonder why he sounds like he's about to snap. Baldur went insane from 100 years of not being able to feel. And the VA captured the voice of a tortured man perfectly
he sounds like nothing except drunk
he was daniel faraday on Lost. Great actor, and great voice actor. Loved the character
Love how you included sex first
Oh fuck i thought he just cant feel the pain. Your comment explains a lot thanks!
It’s Cpl. Upham from Saving Private Ryan
8:20 anyone else noticed how kratos just regenerated like a badass ? I never noticed him doing that before
What is interesting is that he never does that again later in the game, so it makes me wonder if he was just so unharmed by everything after that, even Baldur, that he didn't need to, which makes sense because we never really see him bloody and beaten again even in the final fight Baldur is beaten, but Kratos is fine, what annoys me though is how people use the first fight to say Kratos is weak. He is actually just rusty, he hasn't had a fight like this in hundreds of years, Cory himself even says he is shaking off the cobwebs, he very clearly isn't rusty after this and this is shown in his second and final fight with Baldur. He isn't weak he is just holding back, and is trying to use less of his power in front of his BOI, this Kratos is just as strong as the other ones, if not a little stronger.
We can clearly see throughout all fights that kratos is superior in techniques and experience, he might be on par with young baldur, since he's 100% god, but it just shows how strong kratos is for half god, he defeated him 4 times, and technically killed him 3 times lol
Adam Zalewski 4 times? They fought 3 times and Kratos killed him twice.
They fought more times, they fought 4 times, first time when baldur first appeared, second time when kratos snapped his neck first time, third time when kratos destroyed the gate to jotenhaim and they fought on a dragon, and forth time with freya. Kratos snapped his neck twice, and dropped a giant rock on him once.
>second time when kratos snapped his neck first time
Lol what? The entire fight is the first meeting with Baldur. Its not 3 separate fights. First fight at Kratoss home, second fight on dragon and the final third fight.
>Kratos snapped his neck twice, and dropped a giant rock on him once.
And who said that he was killed when Kratos dropped rock on him? He can take punches from Kratos, he can fall from great distances and all of this was after his curse was broken. The only way to kill him is to snap his neck and to do so you need to be strong as Kratos. He was killed 2 times only.
The first fight was one of the greatest introductions to a game ever. The final fight was one of the greatest finales to a game ever.
wow these games are so beautiful these days
Baldur looks cool but in real mythology he is one of most peaceful Nordic gods and represents Sun and nature. 🤔 (but in the game it is opposite only ice and death)
Same with Modi. Modi is craven as hell in this game, when he embodies bravery itself in mythology. His very name means 'Brave' in Old Norse. His name is the modern Norwegian word for bravery today, i.e 'Modig'.
True. Maybe that's the point, though.
And loki (artreus) is "good"
they had to take some liberty with the mythos in order to drive plot for mr.AngryMan to end up fighting all of Asgard. It fits better that Baldur cannot feel anything given that Freiya put that spell upon him. Hence his reckless and to be frank insane blood lust.
Actually recent research has found that there was a possibility that Baldur may not have been the benevolent god scholars thought and because of limited records thanks to the erasure of Christianity, he may have possibly been a warmongering god. It states “However, whether out of ignorance or a desire to portray Baldur as a martyr-like figure, Snorri likely omitted a key element of Baldur’s character: a warlike disposition. There’s one other literary account of Baldur’s death, that told by the medieval Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. As confused and euhemerized (historicized) as this version is, one of the characteristics that stands out is Baldur’s constant eagerness to engage in battle. He’s even depicted as something of a warlord. This, combined with the many kennings that link Baldur’s name with weapons and war in general, suggests that Baldur was much more of an active fighter and less of a passive, innocent sufferer than Snorri makes him out to be.[7]”
Source
norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/baldur/
"No need for this to get bloody."
*throws the first punch
11:39
Atreus - No im a god too
Me - *Facepalm*
SERVENT OF GOD, CREATOR OF LIFE well he is
He is but he is not exactly capable of doing the job. (I assume that is what he meant)
Also, i found the line quite cringy.
39:03 That BOY was the BOYest BOY in all of the BOYs.
This God of war is better than ragnarök
I love that Baldur seems like he's talking about the Greek gods when he first shows up but upon finishin gthe story, he actually just thought Kratos was a Jotun.
Turns out Baldur was looking for Kratos' wife
I mean looking to
@@andresneira637 No shit Sherlock
Jotun?
@@rickyray2794 Giant I think.
This game really shows how Kratos has changed over the years from the rage fueled animal that he was in the first game to the old and wise warrior he is now
Kratos is a bitch boy for edgy gamers to adore
Dont forget hes a spartan and we all know what they liked to do
He’s still rage filled. You should check out the new comic
mike a yeah but he use’s he’s rage with purpose now and not just with blind rage as any seasoned veteran should
@@agentc7020 couldn't have agreed more
Freya: takes everything from Baldur to protect him
Kratos: takes everything from Freya to protect her
Freya: >:(
Lol
Crab this joke is under appreciated.
Heh. Now she knows how it felt to have her life taken to protect it. Against her will too, just like Baldur. At least he found peace in death, and was able to feel in his last moments.
@@the_infinexos Yeah she is a big hypocrite.
@@Dayz3O6 the biggest hypocrite ever
Can we take a moment to appreciate Atreus’s character development and especially his progressing skills with a bow. He went from being impatient and missing a bigass deer to being able to flawlessly shoot three arrows into bauldr while both are falling off a reanimated giant without hitting kratos whos holding Bauldr...while falling
emphasis on the "falling" part
Th3 UnFuNNy ikr. Shits wild
On the e3 trailer u can see that Atreus skills are improving while killing/hunting etc. In my opinion, the devs removed the skill mechanic in the official game, the story and seeing Atreus being better and better throughout the game is more enjoyable without seeing 'improved skills in, gained new level in' etc., u get the point, some skyrim-like mechanics. It was a good move from the devs ;).
All of that was just training for him. And Kratos is a good coach
Gotta love the father-son beatdown at the very end too. Love the story of this game.
This entire 1st fight is enough for game of the year lol
The last fight deserves a Grammy cuz god damn that was more intense than any movie. a 20 minutes long fight, usually u can barely even get a good 10 minute fight in any movie
This game is game of the year. I'm so glad.
I agree.
I still think it’s complete bs how this game was game of the year instead of rdr2. Yes this game is great but isn’t as amazing as rdr2. I played both and I just can’t see or accept that it’s better and I know that most other people agree with me. Not trying to criticize this game I still love it. I wish I played the other games in the God of War series.
@@adamothman1124 I agree
Fun fact: The actor who played Baldur, Jeremy Davies, also played Corporal Upham in Saving Private Ryan. Good to see his acting skills can reach out to games as well.
I remember Upham being a total pissant in that movie. He let so many of his squadmates die I wanted to see him get shot too.
Which one was Upham? I've seen the movie I just don't remember the character's names.
@@doyourbest_uwu The man who'd never been in combat before and wasn't used to the killing and dying. He was basically coming along as their translator.
he also appeared in Lucifer. S1e2 the paparazzi who Chloe hated
He is also Jesus in "American Gods"
This cycle ends here.
We must be better than this.
-Kratos
Yep. He quoted Zeus's words
Ethan Decenilla my only little flaw with this game, is that Kratos Kills Baldur and says ‘the cycle ends here, we must be better than this’...It doesn’t feel like he should say that. It just seems like a loose way to quote the original trilogy. Unless Kratos kills baldur out of his quest to beat his past self, rage fuelled and drowned in vengeance and kills baldur almost in a way of letting go of what he once was...but that’s not established, and also seems a bit cynical. I dunno.
I hate this moment so much!
@@TheArsenalgunner28 I think he meant it as the cycle of gods killing they're own parents rather than gods killing each other
Kratos should kill Freya.
What shall we call our son
Mom:atreus
Kratos:B O Y
She called him
(spoiler)
Loki
Atreus "da boy"
Therandomdude XD best comment ever
Baldur looks like my history teacher
You spelled it wrong, it's spelled: BOI
For the first time, Kratos mistakes his son name... Kratos, you should know that your son's name is Boy, not Atreus
maybe its a 2nd name like Jon Boy Jovi
miguel almeida lol
Who's Atreus? I only know Boy
BIRD BOX COMFIRMED
21:17 This path you walk, vengeance you will find no peace, I know.
Kratos knows exactly how that experience destroyed others n himself.
For sure, unfortunatly Baldur is far far gone in the head for reasoning normaly
ghost of sparta
@@averyangrygringo6440 like young kratos was not far gone in the head too. He knew killing Zeus will kills millions and that did not stop him brother.
He's a hypocrite and an annoying preacher.
@@justrandomthings319 not really he isn't the same he was in previous games he decided to cast aside the hate and anger turning instead towards compassion and understanding like any growing man should
*How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?*
UNDERATED POST
I LOVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE
They dont realise who they're tlking to, thats all
Nitro Maniac
DON’T FIGHT KRATOS .
Uncharted Raider agreed
Kratos is the Ragnarok itself. He brings destruction where he goes.
Truly cool ass god.
Well technically in Norse mythology and even in this game Loki is the one who brings forth Ragnarok
hunty chan so he has the apocalypse in his genes
hunty chan No he's not. Kratos is the one that killed Baldur, which started Ragnarok (100 years earlier than what was prophesied as well).
Djrocks Gaming I think the writers are emphasising that Kratos is the “ghost” of Sparta. In Norse mythology, much like it was depicted in this game, what kills Baldur is Loki’s mistletoe. That was the precise moment of Baldur’s defeat. Kratos was just a lending hand. If it weren’t for Loki, Ragnarok wouldn’t have been sped up by 100 years.
Magni and modi were supposed to survive ragnarok as well
16:33 this one line by Kratos is overlooked. "Full weight of Asgard will come crashing down on you" and he was ready to be on pantheon killing mode and replied "so be it"
He was saying that because he decided to send them all to Hel not because he could take on Asgard. Trust Asgard would kill Kratos in minutes. That’s where Odin himself would be
@@bullman3602 Kratos cannot die, Persephone, Hades's wife, cursed Him to walk the Earth for eternity, He tried killing himself at the end of the third game with the Blade of Olympus, the same weapon used to end the Great War, but this didn't work out, so then He went off the cliff, but then THAT didn't work either. So, Kratos is pretty much Baldur, but can feel.
@@Vanerov yeah I agree, I was just thinking his curse wouldn’t work in the Norse gods realm, I was thinking it more only applied during his Greek saga, but he definitely still could be immortal, Odin could potentially remove said curse though. I think killing kratos is still next to impossible regardless of an active curse. It’s just always been kratos usually takes most gods 1 on 1. Taking all of Asgard on at once would still definitely defeat him at the very least. But with the god of war anything is possible
@@Vanerov but at the end of game it shows kratos dies on the painting
@@theratwhotookyourteeth8514 Doesn't matter, he's died before in God of War 2, but came back alive due to the fact of Persephone's curse. To add, this is the Giants doing it, Kratos may die, but they don't know about the curse, because he's from Greece.
i just watched 2 men beat the hell out of each other for 40 min.
On gawd. These was some nice ass fights. Great choreography
When Kratos says "leave my home", you obediently pack your suff and leave ASAP...
Or you could slap him and get speared through a rovk
Or in real life if the mythologys mixed kratos and all the greek/Roman gods would get roflstomped
@@ishaqarif5051 or he'll call your mow .
Voice actor sound like Micah from red dead
That or he would throw you to the next solar system
Baldur was a great antagonist! The only God of War enemy that I really felt sympathy for.
what about that girl we used to keep a door open while hearing her spine snap
Nice change from the rapist, pedophiles and sexual predators known as the greek gods in the previous games lol
"The only God of War enemy that I really felt sympathy for."
I find that statement rather hard to agree with.
(SPOILERS btw, if you haven't played previous God of Wars)
I'd say Deimos and Callisto (Kratos' brother and mother) do kind of count as enemies, since Kratos had to fight both of them upon first meeting them; latter was turned into a monster unwillingly, forcing Kratos to kill her and afford mentioned was just crazed from being imprisoned in the Realm of Thanatos for the majority of his life.
Hephaestus only assaulted Kratos in order to protect his daughter, a motive even Kratos himself openly sympathized with.
Perseus fought Kratos for the audience with the Fates inorder to resurrect his lost loved one.
The unnamed Spartan soldier was pitted against Kratos by the Fates and they fought in the dark, both unknowing who their opponent was.
Only reason King Midas, Icarus and Helios posed any type of threat to Kratos, was because he assaulted them unprovoked.
It could be argued that some characters, like Charon the ferryman, only reacted hostilely to Kratos because he was getting in the way of their job.
And Persephone was actually sympathetic in a very similar vain to Baldur, in that while we obviously aren't meant to agree with her goals, we can still sympathize with her circumstances.
What about Apollo?
To be fair, Icarus and Helios weren't entirely Kratos' fault.
With Icarus, Kratos was minding his own business when Icarus told him to turn back. Kratos actually tries to ignore Icarus, who just keeps getting in front him and shouting about how he and his wings will make it to the Sisters of Fate. The fight begins when Kratos decides that Icarus is right and he needs those wings. If Icarus had never approached Kratos, simply let him pass and never gloated about his wings, Kratos would never have fought with him.
With Helios, he actually tried to bargain as Helios owed him. He demands to know where the Flame of Olympus is and Helios mocks him and the goal. When Kratos threatens him for that, Helios tried to blind him. When that fails and Kratos begins to beat the crud out of him, Helios tries to lie and trick Kratos by telling him to step into the Flames, which would kill him. Kratos calls him out on that BS as Hephaestus already warned him about the Flames. Helios then tries to discredit Hephaestus, calling him a 'freak'. When Kratos isn't convinced Helios just remains defiant until Kratos rips his head off.
In the end, Icarus was confrontational from the start and persisted even after Kratos tries like twice to just leave. Helios was arrogant and even lied to Kratos' face. Ultimately, both had chances to maybe walk away but dug their own graves.
Who would win? The strongest spartan, with the tenacity and strength to kill gods and his father, the mightiest being in the realms, or one skinny boi.
More like Who would win? One angry Boi or an entire pantheon of Gods? If we are talking about old Kratos, but for new Kratos it would be, Who would win? A massively reserved and holding back depressed father of a Boi or an insane Conor McGregor?
Lol baldur could be explained the exact way. He's done a lot
The angiest of bois facing off against each other: DOOM Slayer vs Kratos. That finna be a fun fight.
As much as I love the Doom Slayer, I don't really think he would have much of a chance, but I can seem them more being bros and just destroying everything around them.
rick
To add more to the reasons why Freya put the spell on Baldur. The ancient prophercy told Baldur s death as "needless death". Hence, Freya put the curse on him to prevent this forseen event. However, Baldur would have not wanted to die if he had had not feel painless at all. The mother curse made him want to die. It was indeed the "needless death" in the end. Well done Freya that she literally fulfilled the prophercy of the death of her beloved son.🙄
"One often meets his fate on the road he chooses to avoid it." - a wise turtle somewhere.
Baldur is Freya's son? Who is the father?
@@cozakokotano6448 Odin
@@chrange9714 sorry, I didn't play the game yet, but I don't mind spoiling this one.
I spoke to the REAL Goddess Freyja myself about who she is.
Freyja and Frigg are not the same goddess, Frigg is another goddess entirely separate from Freyja. Freyja actually became Jarnsaxa who is Laufey, mother of Loki by self-impregnation, giving birth to herself the moment she died because Farbauti is her male aspect. Freyja is a he-she.
There's a lot of slander aimed against her by the Aesir whom she is at war with. Freyr is on her side, too, since he is her male aspect, him being the embodiment of her masculine energy, him being Farbauti himself.
Baldur is her "son" only because she created him, Baldur being her twin flame. Freyja told me that she is Nanna.
Frigg is Sif and Skuld, according to Goddess Freyja. Freyja admits that it was she Freyja who tried to protect him, but due to Frigga's own trickery lead to Baldur's fate. Baldur became Vali, Hodr being one of Freyja's/Freyr's aspects.
It was all a convoluted plan to chain Loki and his children up, Loki's own children likewise being different aspects of Loki.
Loki's wives Angrboda and Sigyn are also aspects of his, too. Angrboda is Hekate, Sigyn is Aphrodite, and Nanna is Artemis.
Bottom line: Loki had been born a slave to the Aesir.
The mistletoe is a metaphor, a "kiss goodbye" from a lover... Loki was Baldur's soul mate.
Loki is Freyja.
Loki is Athena in the Greek Pantheon, also known as Ishtar in the Middle East.
Goddess Freyja told me that she is Ishtar and that she is also Ishtaran.
Baldr is so important to creation that risking losing him meant the end of the universe for every being. People fail to see that apparently. Instead of blaming Freyja, people need to learn mythology.
Actually, at last I started feeling bad about Baldur, I felt sorry for him, the death of Baldur was a sad moment. Actually he was not as strong and powerful as Kratos, he was alive only because of the magic of his mother.
Dude was fucked up by an overprotective mother. He could never experience anything of his own and was basically living in a corpse of a body. I always got the feel Kratos pitied him.
@@zillafire101 and he's probably going to be brought back from the dead by her, and there's probably going to be irony in that he will probably be unable to feel anything as well since once you get brought back you can continue living as just a head lol
and there's also a chance that freya goes full nuts and makes it so that he can't harm anybody or himself as well since you can't grow back your limbs if that's anything to go by
@@GuitarHeroHardyMaste i hope it will never happen to him in the next games, NOBODY desserve this...
zillafire101 Good observation, I thought that too.
He used *gay power*
the cycle ends here, is what zeus told him in god of war 2 and damn how many times is kratos going to break his neck XD
Until people stop attacking him....
Until he stays dead.
No zeus said it in chains of olympus
Shin Kazuha to many time apparently
Uncharted Raider Be scary if he, you know head to Japan
I have a army
Kratos: i have a boy
Would would win
Connor Mcgregor with the full might of Asgard
Or
One bald boi with a smaller boi
Bald boi ofcourse
@@utoresa5193 lmaoo connor mcgregor
@@1farin Lmaaaaaooooo lmaaaaaaoooooaoaoaoaooaoaooo
So fucking funny
A army? Wtf are you smoking?
Remember, although kratos is completely dominating here, he is holding back. Imagine him not holding back when fighting against Odin. That'll be a bloody fight.
He wasn't dominating
@@highlordxeleth kratos dies literally in every game
When you obviously never played The originals..
I wouldn't say dominating whenever it switches to cutscenes baldur is putting up an amazing fight
@@dookcurruff9047 Yeah he'll defo come back, I mean it's Kratos but I kinda doubt it'll be in this game. I see him dying towards the end and Boi going absolutely fuckn mental with the Spartan rage, Op magic and 'children' 😂 he has. This way they can rebrand for the next game as 'God of Chaos' or something for the next game or whatever and they can bring Kratos back down the line after Atreus finishes with the Egyptians.
Conor McGregor on drugs
So basically just Conor Mcgregor being Conor Mcgregor
Aftab Ali yes lmao
Morphine*
fanckygamercat r
Morphine is a relaxant though. Maybe meth? That makes you erratic and resistant to pain.
Cheektaro Breejo Maybe
Baldur was an exellent character for this game very well introduced, with great boss battles, a terrific back story and was a pain in Kratos' during the entire game. An awsome character
When Kratos finally snaps Baldur's neck and says "the cycle ends here," I get a serious sense of pride knowing that Kratos has grown past his own rage to see the cruel cycle that has created countless bastards such as himself and Baldur and to put a stop to it. Child obtains anger issues due to bad parents, and thus become bad parents that give their own kids anger issues.
That's why he's so critical of Atraeus; he's the only chance Kratos has at actually improving the world without killing anyone, for once. Hell, the whole game is basically just one undesired detour for Kratos on his journey to honor his dead wife: he wanted NONE of this.
can i have it then
You mean you felt a sense of pride and accomplishment
And also.. that line is exactly what Zeus said before
you know... When ragnarok does occur, at least on the actual story of Ragnarok, Baldur comes back from Hel... So... Bad feelings about this.
You've got it wrong. His name is B O Y
33:20 when you and your dad meet your mother's boyfriend.....
What the fuck 😂😂
Relatable
We'd like to do that!
Big brain
I never met my mom.
1:43 parents when you're 18
Lol
XD
they are fools
😂😂😂😂
4:03 parents when you’re 32
32:43
Freya: Atreus - child, help me to stop them, PLEASE!
Atreus: *pew* *pew* *pew*
xD
hahahaha
lol
😂😂😂
It’s
*BOY*
So is Kratos just going to every mythology and causing the apocalypse? I’m down with that
Shit nigga i'm down with that too
I'm down to see some Egyptian gods go down now
@@tonyprime You're not too far off. in Tir's temple (I think I said that right) the plaque showing Tir's adventures has the different symbols for war, and Egypt was one of them. I forget what the fourth was.
Harus Streit Japan.
Yo, once I see Arteus all grown up and fighting Horus, Anubis, Set, Osiris, Ra, Isis, Nut, Geb, and the countless others, i'll finally have a reason to play more of my PS4 than my Xbox One, all I got on it now is R6S, which I have much more progression on Xbox, COD WWII finished campaign, multiplayer is not my style, and Destiny 2, which I enjoy, but just don't play much.
33:18 the whole tag team with the music sting gives me chills every time. Both father and son had come so far
idk why i just can’t stop replaying it!!
"I thought you'd be bigger..." Kratos looks like a foot taller than Baldur XD
That's because Balder thought Kratos was a "Giant". Realized it later.
@@deepanshupanwar501 No, he knew he was from a different realm. That's why he tells him "You should have never come to Midgard"
@@soraryu3257 he impregnated a giant lol
@@GuitarHeroHardyMaste Which raises some questions. I know Kratos is big but how did he manage to do that?
Body part size manipulation god powers
"THE CYCLE ENDS HERE!" Zeus said the same thing to Kratos! Excellent writing is why I love this game!
Nice catch I didnt notice that
damn that game is too good to be already out
haha yeah i subbed! sub back :)
Santa Monica went all in with this game. And they sure delivered.
Top notch graphics? Check.
Well-written story? Check.
Character development for an otherwise "flat" Kratos? Check.
Christopher "Teal'c" Judge? F***ing check.
Well-fleshed gameplay mechanics? Check.
Bigger, badder, meaner bosses? Check.
@@EvrainBrandigan Kratos always had good character development
37:20 He seems a lot like Kratos when he used to be filled with rage, it's like Kratos vs wiser Kratos.
GOJIFAN TOKUSATSU GAMING reference of zeus said to kratos cycle ends here
You dont think hes alot like kratos without his abilities? No god has fought kratos like this...
I don’t know why kratos says ‘the cycle ends here, we must be better than this’
It does anger me a little. I know it quotes Zeus but I don’t know why he says it to baldur before he mercilessly snaps his neck
@@TheArsenalgunner28 If Kratos didn't kill him Baldur would eventually become Kratos 2.0
@@Tyreece190 zeus fought kratos and actually killed him oh and ares as well so no they fought better than baldur and did something baldur is dreaming of and.that is killing kratos but baldur failed.
I cant explain it, but when Baldur had said "Snow" when he died, I had felt a twinge of sadness and my eyes got cloudy. When you think about it, baldur had every right to want to kill freya. Not being able to feel a summer's warmth or an autumn breeze, its heartbreaking. Freya legitimately robbed him of an entire lifetime of feeling, and for that I can find sympathy for him.
Big Ugly Boy IV No truer words have been told my comrade
Baldur just lost about 100 years of time
to jack off.
Oh shit, his entire childhood he probably saw everyone else feel things he couldn't and held on to that grief and still became a better person than Thor
Why did Freya even took he's sense of feel?
@@jebi6443 it was a side effect of the immorality she gave him
15:40 you can really feel Kratos's urgency as he hits the ground running.
Just not as fast as he should be sprinting but he's so pissed he's pretty much a bit stronger
Recently replayed it for ragnorok and this scene hits much harder he’s feel from a great hight and is definitely in pain yet still pushes forward
This guy was the best enemy during the whole game. He was better than the two sons of Thor together.
andres neira the two sons of Thor had like zero character development. Baldur had the entire game
Darryl yes, Baldur was a great antagonist for the game. He was very diferent from anothers enemies but he was awesome.
Darryl Although to be fear Kratos defeted the sons of Thor before they had the chance of having character development
Magni and Modi were basically brainless pawns for Baldur’s greater benefit, so yeah, I agree. They served their purpose, but they were never meant to be main antagonists like Baldur was. Just minor complications in the grander scheme of things.
Modi kinda had some development
Baldur:I feel......FREZZING.
25:40
Krator bring blades of chaos: then get warm
When Kratos mentioned the end of the Cycle, I bet he meant the game of Hot and Cold.
@@nightzephyr248 no lol the cycle of children killing their parents
According to the game’s director if Kratos would’ve hit Baldur with his full strength it would’ve taken DAYS for him to get back.
Damn true
Oh shit! Too FBIs! Let’s get outta here Magnus.
Kratos wasn’t fighting at full strength why?
That nigga Broly Probably so he can't kill someone or to maintain his anger.
@FBI : what is this
15:43 don't let the epicness of this scene distract you from the world serpent just chilling on those mountains doing fuck-all.
Jörmungandr: "mmm yes, Tuesdays"
last time he got enganged in god business he got sent back in time brah
@@chipreal no that wasn't the last time. After the world serpent was hit so hard by Thor's hammer he time traveled to the past. Immediately as soon as he arrived in Midgard in the past, he was attacked by Thor the fight ended in stalemate. Which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
@@brandonarmienti7734 imagine getting sent back in time only to quite immediately fight the one who sent you back right after
“This path you walk.....vengeance you will find no peace.....I know” THATS DEEP
Ares.........Nuff said
Not really. It's just common sense.
Hazardous 088 Then you didn't play the other games or just didn't understand the weight of those words...
Kandon_Games
I did play the games. It’s just the words in of themselves is just common knowledge and was spoken generally.
Not that hard to figure out.
@@hazardous0887 The thing is that it's not really spoken generally. In his journey in Greece he always sought revenge on whomever, in his perspective, had wronged him. He ended up destroying Greece. Now how did Kratos feel about it? It's right here that we understand... He regrets doing all that, it didn't bring him inner peace, for the most part it just made him even more angry. He most probably felt empty when he arrived at Scandinavia.
And Bauldur is seeking this same path, which Kratos has walked through, and so he tells him that it will not end well for him. That "I know" to me, it carries emotional weight.
"Snow".
How powerful can be a single word.
powerful enough to get someone’s neck snapped, apparently.
MADNESS!!!! That's powerful and awesome ha ha ha.
wons
I like snow.
Lines are powerful.
Last of us, uncharted, bloodborne, persona, killzone, nioh, Detroit become human, now THIS?! Microsoft needs to step up their exclusives or they won’t survive next generation. Lol sorry if I forgot a few some people were just naming em off in the comments
CrunchyDisc my favourite has to be uncharted
u forgot spider man
The Professor wtf are you talking about? You completely misread what he said fool lmfaooo
And those were the last good games PS put out because Xbox and PC's are whay better at every thing even graphics. But how would win God of war 3 Kratos or Doom guy.
Jason Stys y’all Xbox fans chose graphics over gameplay which is why y’all behind 60 million units lmao.
Bro, that father and son action towards the end. Best I've ever seen while gaming.
👏👏👏 10/10
Indeed
14:49 how my mom wake me up.....
Lmao
lol
33:27
Dats how my mom wakes me up bro.....
KING GAMER fuckin lmao
HAHAAHAHAHA
leave... my... *SWAMP*
you sound silly
Calm down, Victor Crowley.
SHREK
whAt aRe u dOinG iN mE sWamp
Its never ogre.
Feel bad for Baldur, he had no idea he was fighting a Serial God Killer.
At this point Baldur probably would have attacked even more if he knew.
Do I need to play God Of War 1,2, and 3 to understand 4? Because I won't.
@@Alexa-pc6ux no, there are a few references to the first few games but nothing important
smooth smoothy smoothington Ok, thanks.
Nukem Dukem Ok
37:10 *EA strangles Nintendo and then Sony comes back to take EA's life*
EA: Why... why do you even care? You could have walked away to make single-player games
Sony: The monetization ends here, we must be better than this (*cracked EA's neck*)
EA's last word before death: money...
37:20 What happens when I tell my mom I got an F in a test.
Dark souls: "YOU DIED"
Your mom will say you failed in English test because " a F" is the correct form and not " an F".
Mom : " you got F, you must better than this"
(crack)
Not only are the cutscenes amazing, but the fight scenes are hella fun too, I think it rightfully deserved the goty award
Erick, man i agree
37:23 The music is dramatic not only because of the death of Baldur , but also because Baldur's death in Norse Mythology is one of the main causes of Ragnarok
and his final word was "snow" meaning that it begun three years without a summer and that is the start of ragnorak
@@adad87821 Exactly
@@edrick106 Am I correct in saying that that snowflake that landed on his cheek was the first snowflake we've seen fall in midgard? I mean, yes there were mountaintops with snowy peaks, but I don't recall seeing actual *snow* falling from the sky.
@@gracecalis5421 Yes , the snowflake we saw falling in Baldur's face was the first time we actually saw snow falling from the sky, and that's because , in Norse Mythology the Fillbulwinter ( a winter that is 3 years long) begins right before Ragnarok, The Twilight Of The Gods.
@@edrick106 Mm yeah I know. Just. thought it was interesting that they put that detail that a lot of people could've missed.
I like how kratos only kills Baldur as a last resort. Even after he tried to kill him and kidnap his son kratos still gave Baldur a chance both at the beginning and end. He actively avoided conflict as much as he could and only fought in self defense and did the safety of those around him. It shows he really isn’t the same man he was before and after Baldur is given back what he lost he still refuses to let go and tries to kill freya. It’s a petty act of vengeance that tells kratos he won’t change so he does what he feels must be done for the good of everyone: end the cycle.
Except he didn't end the cycle. Freya took everything from Baldur to protect him. And now Kratos has taken everything from Freya to protect her. His intentions were pure, but she's only inflicted cruelty on her and robbed her of her agency. If she wanted to die, that should have been her own choice to make, and Kratos stole it from her out of some machismo sense of obligation. He may have been trying to do the right thing this time. But he *over-stepped.*
@@souffrantdepine3762 No one agrees with you. Take some time to find out why this would be the case, why he has 54 likes, and you have 0.
@@traionjones711 Consider for a second that you're contributing literally nothing of any substance to the dialogue. At least I had actual thoughts to share, you're just pointing and bandwagoning. Give me an actual *reason* why you disagree and I'll respect your opinion. Even if you've clearly *failed* to show me the same courtesy.
@S S That's kinda arbitrary. But go off I guess.
@@traionjones711 Also, PS: His comment has been here seven and a half months longer than mine. :p
If there's anything the god of war games taught me is that vengeance gives you nothing.
But pain and torture
Youre wrong. It gives you cool red orbs.
DEVASTAT0R THE EXCAVATOR MAN but it’s so sweet do get vengance
that Kratos/Atreus combo at 33:15! FIRE!!!
also anyone notice Atreus's eyes lit up when he summoned the snake?
@@markpricey9069 yep. Perhaps Giant jewels maybe?
@@Musti101 aah! never thought of that. perhaps! or it's an indication of when he uses his ability, like when baldur lights up
@@markpricey9069 yes that’s also possible. After all, he is a giant.
Also it’s funny how you reply a few hours after your comment was “in the desert” for a year 😎
@@Musti101 lol always on YT, and u do get notifications ;)
Kratos's hobbies include:
droppidng large stone structures on Baldur
dropping large stone structures on Baldur
dropping large stone structures on Baldur
dropping large stone structures on Baldur
sharpening his axe
dropping large stone structures on Baldur
And dont forget the love for his boy
I think you forgot the "Dropping Large Stone Structure on Baldur" in the list. Forgot a few there
i think u missed using blades to eviscerate things. u also missed dropping large stone structures on Baldur
the cycle ends here.37:17
@@kaushik92-lj out of large stone structure
39:58 that moment, even without a hug, is really emotional. It seems all the change of kratos as a character
XD the ending double up combo with Atreus and Kratos literally gives me life. They literally whoop his ass, father son style.........………Sort Of
Yeah that was wicked and so unexpected! The soundtrack made it even better.
James Johnson omg you are so right.
it's kinda funny how kratos holds back if you read the comic books for this game it is said that kratos holds much of his power back even while fightning baldur because when he reaches his full power he loses his mind and sees no-one on his path it would be both dangerous to himself and even for atreus in a moment of anger he could even hit atreus without realizing.
Efecan YSL holy shit so he really WAS holding back
Yeah, the comic shows him let wolves attack him until they get tired and leave, but they are interrupted by two trolls, and he tells the wolves to run, and then when the trolls attack him he tries to stay calm, but gives into his rage and kills both of them with his bare hands, I think he may have killed the wolves to, because at that point he was no longer in control, it even says in the comic the rage always takes over, so in the game whenever he goes into rage mode, I still don't think it is full power since as shown in the comic he can't control himself or really see what he is attacking anymore, he just destroys anything in his path.
16:40 Atreus inherits screaming the name of the enemy before the fight
Marcus Workman I only remember Kratos doing that with Zeus.
Marcus Workman ARES!!!
@@djrocksgaming6255 yeah
Are we gonna ignore the fact that Atreus took a punch to protect Kratos?
Yes .
who cares he's a cartoon! lol
He took a punch from a god to protect his father
True father and son...
Or should i say father and BOY
Also how the fuck could he handle that? He is just a BOY! ;)
All 3 are gods size doesnt matter
Kratos: LEAVE! MY! HOME!
Shrek: Get off of my swamp!
*WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP??!!*
@@space-eye7760 thank you for correcting the quote :)
"You bore me" *is at half health* .
Later: "You still bore me" *is barely alive*
Jefe lol
He cant feel anything so he was like "IM FUCKING FINE"...*dies*
I think that bar was just his stamina. Kratos was never really even close to killing him (until the mistletoe that is)
HOLY TAP DANCING S**T This is Ridiculously Awsome You Can Litterly FEEL Kratos anger Towards This dude in The Beginning
I would already had my dragon mounted and pissed off at “ you don’t want this fight “ defiantly not bro, bye!
James Collins true
Did you get that saying from Daz Games?
liddurlee
Its crazy how much Kratos holds back so much. Proves that he really does care.
Nah. He was getting trounced. There were multiple times where he unleashed his Spartan rage and tried really hard to put down Baldur and failed. But yes he does care.
@@haystackbill6187 The game director actually said Kratos is way stronger then he is in the game.
He killed zeus ofc he's strong
Cory Barlog said in an Interview that Kratos holds back in his Spartan Rage aswell because otherwise he would get lost in his anger again.
Is it the emblem that’s crazy it’s that soul of the umanzorez 🐝 you better get it on with Zelda because it’s going to get crazy spitting out blood and attacking those that think they know about those murders and the ones they watched done Eli guncormitross it’s that Javier coreas chimera realm and Facebook gatekey it’s that developer
I feel like nobody mentions Atreus’s growth. He goes from being incompetent, not being able to do anything. To brash, cocky, and in return loses the skill which he’s been gaining. To becoming a true warrior, worthy to fight alongside Kratos.
And that’s just one aspect to his character.
Character development
1:30 Kratos told him he didn't want this fight. Yet he didn't listen. Now look at Baldur. He dead.
Actually considering Kratos got his ass whooped multiple times by Baldur and couldn't even manage to hurt him until his son had to weaken him and STILL fought him with the help of his son, i'd say on even footing. Baldur would've whooped dat ass.
Nope its basically baldur been like 100% health the whole time. Supposed to had died in first fight.
@prod gbc You're comparing Greek Gods to Norse ones, though. And perhaps you didn't notice how Baldur was toying with him a lot and still whooping ass after everything Kratos was throwing at him, and instead just decided to say "oh but muh Greek gods and Titans". You're comparing two different mythologies, and by the way the developers made the fights go it was clear that Baldur was superior.
@@haystackbill6187 Baldur was superior only because of the shit his mom did too him. Can't die, feels no pain, does not get tired, injuries have little to no effect on him. He had advantages over kratos. Once baldur was weakened it was a evening playing Field and Baldur lost..
Once Baldur was weakened, he still was beating Kratos + Atreus, you can see it on the last fight.
buldar looks like Conor McGregor
He also talk smack like him too, lol
Does that make Kratos Khabib?
Its baldur you uneducated swine
@Jamar i know it's "it's". That's what you're talkin about right? Still, my point stands- it's spelled Baldur, not buldar...
@Jamar good we resolved it peacefully. I was about to wage war
When I first saw Baldur when I played the game I thought he was the village drunk until he sucker punched Kratos over his house then I realized he was a Norse god. The look on my face was like ☉_☉ wtf just happened?
Well, come to think of it, Baldur is the god of goodness in Scandinavian Myths.
Same. I had to pause the game to collect myself when that happened
@@subutaynoyan5372 I knew something was up. Iunno about "Goodness" but he/He was well liked by all things.
@@subutaynoyan5372 all the gods in the game are portrayed as bad guys. Thor is a bloodthirsty warrior who wants to fight everything and everyone and Odin is a power hungry and mad ruler
TheOmegaDragon
My face was shook.
That moment you finally realize Baldur thought Kratos was a giant and not an olympian. *smh in embarrassment*
Wait isn't he spartan?
@@Dave-ko8gp From a hereditary point, he's an olympian.
@@crashandersen602 wait hes an Olympian I though he was just a god of greece
@@darrylisaac9400 I'm generalizing.
For some reason I’d love to play as Baldur, he could easily have his own game.
Is he even dead? Kratos broke baldurs neck in the beginning of the game and he came and then he did it at the end again.
bryan b they broke the seal, remember? He’s definitely dead lmao
@@bryanb4990 I feel like you didn't play the game.
Yeeeees! I wanna play as Baldur.
luvsic there’s still a chance when ragnorak begins all the realms will be open including hel
Drinking Game:
Take a shot for each time Kratos' punches look painful
Augus Why are you trying to kill people?
Alcoholics having a meeting in the comments already
That's a good one since it'll actually feel like you've been punched by him at the end of it.
i did it and i got drunk in 1 minute damn some hell of a drinking game
hips
4:45 Thor: "I like this one"
The speech Freya gives Kratos after Baldur's death still gives me chills dude. Gnarly voice acting ImI
This is just like watch Family Guy when Peter Fights the Chicken
Khabib vs Mcgregor😂
Dragon of Dadashov which one youre talking about
@@dragonkamran Who the fuck are you talking about? Just curious.
Kratos - Khabib
Baldur - McGregor
@@dragonkamran why u so stupid
Dragon of Dadashov nerd.
34:09 My favorite part: watching Freya eat shit. I mean, this whole thing is basically her fault, if you think about it: if she hadn't asked Odin to 'bless' Baldur with complete imperviousness / lack of sensation in every way, he wouldn't have completely lost the plot (keep in mind, Baldur can't get drunk, he can't jerk off or get laid, he can't get a massage, he probably can't really feel fullness or satisfaction from eating... the list goes on).
Odin might be a complete bastard, but Freya is a desperately insecure and selfish woman who happily robbed her own son of any joy or real achievement in his miserable existence just so she could alleviate her own feelings of inadequacy. Freya is the _real_ villain here.
+KitchensAreHot
Ahh, but we've established in this series that the "end of the world" isn't actually the end of the world, haven't we?
The first God of War games took place in Ancient Greece, and they swore blind that the world would end with the fall of Mount Olympus and the death of Zeus. Well, Kratos did exactly that...
And yet, here we are in a new game and the world _hasn't_ ended, has it? It's _almost_ as if those tales of "the end of the world" are complete horseshit and just there to try and scare the weak people from upsetting the status quo.
Just saying.
Well they do make it clear that something come after but the end of the world can still result in the earth of nearly everything on the planet. Happened to the Dinosaurs. The point is Odin and co don't survive Ragnarok. Honestly while she may have seen the bigger picture, she was only acting in her selfish desire to keep her son alive for herself. Her revenge is not about being unable to stop Ragnarok.
Also as we've seen sometimes the end of the world is really due to the actions of the folks involved and not some external force.
Greece is most likely still in chaos during the events of this game. I like to think that all ancient mythos exist in the same world, or are somehow tied together.
Edward u need to read up on ur Norse mythology bro kitchensarehot is Right to prevent Ragnarok and in real Norse mythology Loki tricked his brother into killing boldur with the mistletoe cuz he was jelus of him so in all actuality Loki is the villin
Ragnarok is not end of the world it is a new beginning for the world
Baldur was a Better boss than Thor and Odin
Shame
The punching of kratos to Baldur at 33:27 is basically a remake of Zues punches.
Chalak gorony except your screen doesn’t get covered in blood
He didn’t grab Baldur by the beard
@@WastedGTAZ he's right
I wish the screen did get covered in blood
I remember I spent 25 minutes spamming cirlce not knowing I needed to let go
Freyas voice acting and expressions were so believable, lord this game is a masterpiece of this generation!
Prashanth Nara
Truly said the only best masterpiece of this generation no one can beat god of war
@@Hmmm783 idk
But i think that the last of us part 2 can beat this game
@@random-dt4yzshut your mouth lol.
It's actually Conor and Khabib doing rematch.
tsm SABRELES Conor losing... again
Shut up bitch
“She could never have made that choice.” The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
37:09 You can see the pain in Kratos' eyes knowing what he has to do to stop the cycle. Love little expressions like these that lets you know what they are thinking.
15:26 anyone feel bad for that dragon
I feel bad for the fact that he didn’t give me anything....
I do 😭😭😭😭 STOP DRAGON ABUSE!!
Majestic Unicorn yes I agree
@@kieran2488 thank you
Majestic Unicorn np
Baldur mcgregor
Lit Vick Hahahah
Lit Vick hahaha nice
bwahaha lol
I love how they addressed criticisms about how all the Olympians that weren't Zeus went down easily by having the first Aesir that Kratos fights give him the fight of his life to show just how much more dangerous the Aesir are as warriors.
Not to mention Kratos gets stronger with age and if I remember correctly game director said that Kratos stops himself from going full out in this game. So yeah, if not for Baldur's curse/blessing and Kratos rejection of his real strength. Baldur would be turned into bloody pulp.
Fighting young Kratos was almost impossible but now? With expirience, control over himself and his ACTUAL strength? Let's pray something keep Aesir safe if they want to hurt Atreus. We saw what happened when Thanatos killed Kratos brother
The battle with Thor went even further. If you read Kratos' diary entries, he himself says that he has never received blows of such power. So, Thor is literally stronger than any Greek god according to the canon. Not to mention that he canonically killed Kratos and then resurrected to kill him again. Before that, only Zeus did this.
37:30 The way he says "snow" is so deep, feeling a snowflake touch and melt on his face knowing after so long he couldn't feel a thing. Plus, that music.. holy shit.
It's also there to represent ragnarock
33:16 damn that teamwork tho
Every 2v1 fortnite be like 33:16
Best moment 😍😍❤️
Voixtalks Mos es bro xD
Voixtalks Mos es that is how every 2v1 SHOULD happen
*coughs* but I whoop my cousin and brother when they try to jump *coughs*
33:20
When your 2 v 1 ing a noob in PUBG and the plane drops a crate above you.
Scream man and boy fight spoiled brat and his enabling mom.
An immortal, unkillable god or one arrow boi
More like man who hit puberty more hard then Thanos chin and boy who’s lowkey (Loki) fights btec Connor McGregor and his not so helping mom.
Recibido
I love every fight with him. This is so epic and awesome. Baldur is the reason why I love this game.
Anyone ever wonder what it would be like if kratos dead daughter and Atreus meet
Kratos : BOI .... here your sister
Atreus : GIRL .
Dawg I'd cry
"Well...what happened to her?"
"Ummm...ehh...a..i"
"SHIT"
@@utoresa5193 bruhhh
That's a cool porn idea
Poor Conor McGregor can't catch a break always getting his ass kicked
Hahaha I also imagined that he was connor XD
Universal Kombat yes I'm aware of it duh
First Nate Diaz then mayweather now kratos
Well, Kratos’ new voice actor is a big old, behemoth of a black guy, and as we all know, Mayweather whooped McGregor’s ass. I’d say that Baldur’s fate by Kratos’ hands was rather fitting.
PHXNTXM lol
So in the beginning did Baldur mistakenly think that krato's a giant?
oblivion85 That's most likely. It would explain a whole lot.
no he was looking for kratos s wife, she is a giant , that s why in the beginning he keeps asking who was with him, he didn t know she was dead
Elia Maran thats what he just said.....
Nah but he thought Faye was still alive.
charles mosley SHUT UP (as i say to hide my insecurity)
32:06 Baldur: “WHAT?!?”
What did Baldur expect 😂?? This is the God of War. Slayer of Ares, Kronos, Poseidon, Zeus, Hades, Helios, Hermes, & the sisters of fate.
Once the spell was lifted he got the feel the very worst part of feeling, getting your ass brutally kicked by fist & blade 😂.
he expected a jotun