Brok & Kratos Explain Why Kratos Weapons Were Downgraded Back To Level 1 - God Of War: Ragnarök
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- God of War: Ragnarök - Kratos & Brok explain why his Leviathan Axe & Blades of Chaos got downgraded / restarted back to level 1.
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Played on: PlayStation 5 - PS5
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Available for: PlayStation 5
Game released: November 9th, 2022
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Sindri Asks Kratos What Happened To All Of His Old Armours:
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@@MariusBoss11458 Thanks, i edited the post.
@@Sharkhanatic No probs
I kinda like how clever some devs can explain confusing gameplay logic in a canonical way like this. It’s like Halo 4 having an EXP boost perk that makes Spartans learn faster to reach promotion earlier.
You don't need to explain this, the simple answer should be the enemies got stronger, but i guess not. Either way, new weapon looks should've been added
It is indeed a very nice detail, a lot of games have this sort of continuity problem and even though it is evidently needed for gameplay, it always feels non-consistent.
Kinda like how Dark Souls makes you respawning after every death and you dropping the game/giving up being part of the lore. Lore accurate gameplay is what all game devs should strife for
Yeah, we all know its just excuse by the dev, but its great they explain the logic of it
*canon way
You don't need to add that other stuff.
If you wait for awhile in the shop Brok will ask about the old gear you made in the previous game and Kratos says he “used it” and Brok will complain. Finally when your done he’ll ask you to take better care of this gear and you reply with “no”
You mean Sindri
Yeah that was Sindri, not Brok
He posted that, it was Sindri.
Didn't in GoW3 show Kratos dropped on his weapons on the ground after he stabbed himself with the Blade of Olympus? I think he abandoned all his weapons except the Chaos Blades. The Blades simple because he couldn't; they were "attached" to him through not just his arms. I think there was material that said Kratos tried to discard the blades several times, but they always reappeared at some point later.
@@subwoofer6726 He didn’t drop them, well he dropped the Blades of Athena, but the rest of his arsenal was destroyed by Zeus.
They didn’t explain how Atreus lost those light and thunder arrows but I assumed the bowstring wearing out is why.
Yea I think that’s what happened since Freya said that her bow have little shots of light arrows before going to alfheim
There was a line at some point about all the magic they gained from the first game going away which probably included special arrows.
@@BLeePrit Freya was talking about that when Mimir asked Kratos about his magic from Greece.
Kratos lost his powers because he destroyed his homeland and in Freya words "Magic is tied to the land".
Atreus string was simply imbued with magic so that could be it. Magic was just used like enchanted weapons in Skyrim.
Leviathan Axe have ice powers and North is still in one piece.
And Chaos Blades? Well, they are Kratos curse in a sense so they will exist as long as he will. Kratos is theirs land if that make sense.
Puberty
The arrows in this game suck anyways
I always like how god of war always have an excuse to downgrade kratos, in gow 2 he had to pour his power to the blade of olympus, in gow 3 it get taken in the river of styx,and at the end of gow 3 he release his power(power of hope) by stabbing himself.
New weapons get confiscated by the gods at the end of Chains of Olympus
yeah and is show in a cutscene
Ghost Of Sparta, the beginning of Chains Of Olympus and the Beginning of GOW1 have no excuse though
@@LegionHimself the spear in ghost of sparda gets put in deimos grave so it makes sense he dont have it anymore
also as freya explains. magic is tied to the land, when Kratos destroyed his homeland he also destroyed his powers. the only exception is the blades of chaos. they are bound to him by a curse. as long as he exists so will they.
I think what they're trying to say is that both the blades and axe have had wear and tear and couldn't just be resharpened since they're magical.
The leviathan and blades of chaos are magical like you said and fimbulwinter effects magic and makes it weaker (which is how freya was able to do things like reclaim her warrior spirit, and get her wings back) so it's not that it can't be sharpened it's because fimbulwinter effects magic in all ways
@@GeoTheZodiac I think more accurately it affects the magical ENHANCEMENTS they have, since the Blades are imbued by primordial flames and that stuff never goes away, both weapons are magically upgraded over the course of the game so it makes sense they've reset over time back to their more base stats during fimbulwinter
It wears away nordic magic but dosen't wear down greek primordial fire but since the Blades has been upgraded to a nordic magic they all went away in fimbulwinter except the primordial fire
Blades are the same as the axe still having ice powers despite also wearing down,
@@1234andrewjacksmith The fire in those blades are primordial in nature meaning before creation nothing can bother them hence why they could work without issue in helhiem and why Surtur was so intrigued by them and the role they could play.
Both the blades and the axe seem to have the etchings and upgrades from the previous game. But, this actually gives an account for why the weapons lose their touch over the 3 years.
Those etchings are in the previous game too
@@jcshark7023 Only when fully upgrading them. As you progress through God of War 2018, the etchings are added as you progress through the game and meet Sindri and Brok multiple times. Each time you meet them, the axe and blades get more etchings.
Also take in to account they have been fighting off Freya and raiders
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Wait, the blades of chaos retains fire because tartarus's flame is greek. But what about the leviathan axe? Is it truly norse?
There's also a conversation between Kratos, Mimir and either Atreus or Freya, where Mimir asks Kratos about the powers of the Gods of Olympus and whether or not he can use any of those powers. Kratos says he can no longer use the powers he had from the previous games (like spells) and Freya will say that magic is bound to the land, either Kratos leaving Greece was the cause of his loss of those powers or him destroying the Pantheon was.
This line (and one other late game semi spoiler) specifically made me wonder about the blades though. I think that they are hinting to an idea that the Blades of Chaos weren't actually made by Area, but instead CHAOS themselves, a primordial entity never really seen in the GoW universe.
@@fyzxnerd or the blades are bonded to Kratos so they exist as long as him exist
Destroying the Pantheon. It caused the "Death" of Greece, so his Magic "died"
@@seretith3513 Aye, hence no spells
@@fyzxnerd Surtr said there was primordial fire inside of them.
I love how even at Level 1 Leviathan is able to keep up with Jonathan
Ha i like the Paul Rudd reference
Well then. Nice reference to Paul Rudd calling Mjolinier “Jonathan”
I understood that reference
My name is Jonathan 💀💀
I see what u did there ant man lol
I lost my shit laughing when I first heard Kratos tell Brok: "Do not." because he kept saying "That's fimbulwinter for ya."
Edit: I'm grateful for the GOW community and our shared moments of entertainment. Stay hard.
“What’s a juicy- *NO*
I don't get it
@@GeneralKenobi69420 brok kept saying "that's fimbulwinter for ya" and kratos got annoyed, which doesn't happen very often
@@billyjoe8185 anymore*
Tbh the dad of war series is so well written it's reduced the gamer count massively.
Players are ok, gamers are pricks. As am sure you can understand if you extrapolate.
At some point, Mimir asks has Kratos ever thought of using blades of chaos to cook meat with them and he says they would foul the meat beacuse of blood. Here Sindri says fire of those blades is a great disinfectant making them very hygienic. Surely the fire evaporates and cleans up blood from the blades, so I wonder if that's an overlook in the script or Kratos simply refuses because he remembers how many undeserving died from those or something.
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My guess is the latter because of the guilt that Kratos carries.
I think he was more saying the magic in the blades would make the meet inedible. The blades were created as tools of death not as a stove
@@404SAllen No, when Mimir asked about this, Kratos himself said it's because of blood, not magic.
Kratos said that the blades would foul the meat, which makes sense as no one would cook their meat with boiling blood.
2018 Kratos about upkeeping gear -"Pain we endure, faulty weaponory we do not."
2022 Kratos about upkeeping gear "FiMbUlWiNtR..." "I uSeD iT"
they likely kept it in order but there is only so much abuse equipment can endure, especially with magical cold eroding it.
But there's no fault on the weaponry tho...
@@jurillemarcchan2924 Its also basically said Freya has been on and off trying to kill Kratos and as we saw with his cloak getting torn off she can be hard on them especially since Kratos is not trying to kill her. So chances are good he has been seeing some hard times both because Fimbilwinter wears down EVERYTHING and from fending off attacks by Freya so his gear did get used.
And if Armor saves your life then it was well used.
to be fair its actually pretty severe, and erodes magic. like the hole reason Freya is able to get her wings and ability to fight back is because fimbulwinter eroded the magic used to seal them.
Weapon still works as intended. Effectiveness only reduced. I wouldn’t call that faulty.
I believe that just like how you need to sharpen a sword or a knife once in a while to keep it In the same condition, and that you also need to keep it in a good environment for them to stay that way, you need to constantly do the same for the magical weapons thst Kratos has. You can’t sharpen them on a stone or wheel anymore, they need special treatment. Treatment that Kratos couldn’t get them because of the winter being so harsh.
I don't see Kratos as the kind of guy who would take care of his weapons
@@AlexxxMYLSince2013 "[harshness] we endure, faulty equipment we do not" he takes care of his weapons as much as is practical but sometimes shit just wears out. For example, I can clean a gun everytime i fire it but a broken firing pin is a broken firing pin and most people wouldnt know how to fix that i think its a similar thing with Kratos. Overtime plus the winter thing would prolly wear down his weapons past the point thats reasonable for him to fix outside keeping them usuable
@@AlexxxMYLSince2013 He's a Spartan, & one of the first things that Spartans learn in their military lives is to properly maintain their equipment. unlike the kinda shit propagated by modern-day media painting warriors mostly as brutes who are callous with just about everything, ANY warrior worth their salt knows that their weapon's condition would mean the difference between life & death on any battlefield, & Kratos had been a regular rank & file dude before he got turned into a god.
@@AlexxxMYLSince2013 lol one of the first things Spartans learn is to care for their weaponry, besides kratos is a genius when it comes to anything combat related, you really think he’s stupid enough to not care for the things that keep him alive lol
@@ItsOklmAMedic pain* is what he says in that quote
I always found it funny in the OGs how at the end of each game you got stripped down from your powers and begin with a fresh start in each game. That's actually pretty clever design.
yeah except you actually get new weapons lol
In gow 3 the blades of exile were a straight upgrade from athenas's and could latch onto enemies to pull / bash them. That's pretty much all you needed, upgrading was just for the moves.
“what happened to all the armor we made you?”
“i used it.”
actual dialogue from game
"try to make this one last longer"
"i will not"
i'm actually okay with the armors wearing down as time goes on and Kratos tank trucks at full-speed with his own face,
but the magicaly upgraded axe and blades infused with magical flames that never burns-out or extinguish?
fuck off
@@Rise65487 the key word there is "magically upgraded", Fimbulwinter erodes all magic and in the story it's been years of it.
the blades fire remains but the magic to make use of that fire for many purposes were worn down by the magical winter of the endtimes same with the ice of the axe but as seen even without restoring the magic of them can still do massive ice things
@@MrKillerUndead okay fair-enough
so then why did my beautifull axe with golden-gravings went back to shitty iron and flimsy wood?
i can accept the stats getting downgraded as if the magic ran-out,
why the hell did the fucking shapes and physical-structures of my weapons also changes?
Fimbulwinter also turn gold and quality-wood into shittier materials while we're at it?
Amazed how many people are missing the point on the first clip.
"Fimbulwinter wears down ALL THINGS."
He's talking in general, not just about the structure. This includes his equipment which are made of metal / wood / magic.
"EVEN stone.", is the direct reference to the structure. Because it's suprising how abnormally fast stone is breaking in these conditions.
they do more than just use it to weaken kratos, other asepcts are show worn down and affected. in fact Freya takes advantage of its effects as they erode the curses placed upon her.
I get it that wears down armor and his axe but his blades are from Greece, and I'm pretty sure Fimbulwinter doesn't affect Greece.
@@Casketkrusher_ The blades of chaos use primordial fire, which isn't affected by any magic.
@@Casketkrusher_ i guess the blades are not made from material
@@Casketkrusher_ wears down steel and silver color not magic basically finbulwinter is the steel weapons
I remember being surprised at having a full health bar at the start of GOW3, then watching in horror as Kratos’s levels were taken in the river Styx. It was such a great way to make game mechanics canonical in a way, explaining why he goes from 20th level barbarian at the end of 1 game to 3rd level at the start of the next.
I wish horizon did that. I love forbidden west, and while they give some reason to why you don’t have shield-weaver anymore (being that it’s power source failed and so the rest was scrapped for parts) they don’t have a good explanation for why you don’t have any top tier weapons, high HP, etc from the last game
I like this way they explain questions you'd probably have. It doesn't feel forced and in fact further builds the world. Very clever
I sense it's like the vibe of "somehow palpatine has returned" here.
that would only be if Zeus returns in the next game
we see that fimbul witner exacerbates flaws in a realm and erodes it, breaks it down. They visualize it from things ocllapsing from its influence, and is explained why their weapons and their own bodies have gotten weaker.
So yea it affected their gear.
Well, at least they give a somewhat proper explanation rather than "Somehow Palpatine return" (yeah, I know there is an explanation. But the explanation is totally absent in the movie)
This game also geniusly explains why Kratos can't use his magic powers from Greek times.
It’s actually cool that the blades and Axe look different to the old game as well, it’s not copy and paste the same max upgrade look, while minor differences and color differences it’s still nice to see
God Of War is a game, where you always get an explanation for how all your loadout got back to lvl 1 again. In the first 3 GOWs he either lost them, or they got taken away from him or something and now it's Fimbulwinter. The storytelling of this game is amazing.
I think it depends, although ragnarok did a very good job. Doom for example doesnt explain why goddamn chainsaw fuel is randomly lying around in hell, and who cares. I just want to kill demons.
Its the old deal between a Game and the player: i dont mention it If you dont.
For example, Halo 4s explanation for Chief having a new Armor is very awkwardly done through 'nanoschines son'.
Wouldnt fimbulwinter improve the axe since it creates ice and lower temperature make it more powerful,why did it make the axe weaker
fimbulwinter isnt normal winter
Unlike the name would suggest, fibulwinter doesn’t actually make everything cold and snowy
Fimbulwinter is only winter in Midgard. Its general effect on every realm is how it messes with magic and wears most things down. This is also why there's those rune specters ("all that dissipated magic has to go somewhere") and why Kratos unlearned some of his combat perks between the two games.
Basically it just up to 11 the natural decay of things
That's Fimbulwinter for ya
Also of note, Atreus' starting attire is the Survival Sharpshooter armor from the last game which was the best attire he could grab. There were 3 color variations but maybe they chose that because it was the most popular for players to equip him with.
I think may favorite has to be first upgrading armor with Sindri.
Sindri: Hey what happened to the armor I gave you last time?
Kratos: I used it.
S: Oh…well try to make it last longer this time.
K: I will not.
Atreus actually has a comment in Chapter 1 where he says something like "It really sucks how Fimbulwinter wore away all of the helpful magic that we acquired on our adventures."
or it really sucks how devs just want to reset u at 0 and had no idea how to find a reason for it other than make up one because of fimbulwinter, nor add any new weapons or anything and the new mainmenu sucks dick as well
Ah I love how they make little details like that come to life how ragnarok can affect everything
One thing that has remained consistent trough the series is that the games always give an actual explanation to why your stats gets weaker on each entry, which I really like, it’s a nice detail
I love when video game devs address stuff like this. That little bit of dialog made the game feel just a little bit more immersive.
Huh. Fimblewinter is very convienent.
That's finbulwinter for ya...
Do not.
I'm glad this video found me, I completely missed this during my playthrough. No new game + till at least April
You missed a couple:
Right at the beginning, when you are about to run into the first Hel-Raider Scout, Mimir also mentions that Fimbulwinter destroyed the gear from the previous game and makes a snarky comment about enemies.
When getting to the shop the first time and moving into the armor section (to upgrade or buy more), Brok will ask what happened to the old gear. Kratos says it was used up.
Look at the end of the clip, they are all there. Also that was Sindri who said that, not Brok.
reasons! Honestly I wouldn't mind there being a way to carry over your savefile and all the armors and starting the game with scaled enemies
That’s fimbulwinter for ya!
That's fimbulwinter for ya!
Do not.
DO NOT
@@JD_and_Gaming That's fimbulwinter for ya!
@@samedwards3285 many thanks for that
You know it's rare that video games explain what happened to their endgame gear from the previous game.
I remember that in a MegaMan comic, Megaman has to remove all his weapons and upgrade because the more weapons he has the more he loses his human-like programming.
In another different game the government took all the Hero protagonist's gears to pay from all the damages he caused saving the world.
And in another the hero was forced to sell his to pay for the bills.
Gothic franchise has same but with age gap and not being trained for long time which have to learn all again.
the third example is dante, isnt it
1. You have to remove all of this, otherwise you will lose your human programming. That won't be good.
2. Look, we get that you saved the world and all, but look all of the destruction you've caused. Sorry, but give us your stuff so that can all be resolved.
3. Fuck the loot, I gotta pay my taxes, bro...
Am I the only one that prefers the way the blades looked at max level in the first one? 🤔 I mean they look ight at max in Ragnarök but personally I think they looked alot cooler at max level in GoW 2018
Oh my god santa monica guys are pure geniuses!!!!!
I was wondering if we get to keep the weapons at max lvl after the first game but they made it so much cooler❤❤❤❤❤
Gotta love SMS for taking the time to explain a common gameplay trope in an in-game, canonical way.
I remember a dialogue from Sindri mentions what happen to all the gear and upgrades from the last game and Kratos simply says they have been lost due to fimblewinter basically
The stone comment was in reference to the structure of the temple, not the blades.
You focused on the wrong thing. He just wanted to emphasize that "fimbulwinter wears down all things"
I mean at least the gave a somewhat decent reason, they didn’t have to and just say “F U, deal with it”
Players: noo why did weapons lose progress?
Santa Monica: That’s Fimbulwinter for ya!
There's another voice line somewhere where one of them asks where all of Kratos' armor went, and he says something like "I used it." So all the old armor was just worn down.
waitwaitwaitwaitwait, the leviathan axe is made of stone? i knew the blades were (look them at their lowest level, its hard to not see that they are stone,) but the axe is too?
True. I think they use rocks to Upgrade the weapons.
Wait, the Blades are stone? I thought the markings were just battle scars from innumerable battles
Pretty sure the point is that Fimbulwinter wears down and makes everything weaker
None of them are made of stone.
That comment referred to the temple they were at the time.
The Axe is made in the same metal and method used to make Mjolnir.
The blades are infused with the fire of Ares and feed off blood Wich is why they look so corrupted
They're not made of stone bro
I don't think they are solid explanations, since they are magical weapons, I feel there should have been an in gameplay cause, like how previous games do it, I think the beginning with freya should be the explanation of why Atreus doesn't have his light and thunder arrows, while thor first fight and explanation for the blades and axe damage, since zeus in god of war 3 shows the weapons can get deform if they receive a powerful attack. and they used that fight as an explanation of Kratos using different shields now
But there's already a solid explanation for Kratos using different shields. His original shield broke.
Actually fimbulwinter eroding things physicla and magical is a major plot point for several things.
Freya regains her ability to defend herself and releases much of her own power thanks to fimbulwinter eroding the curses placed upon her by odin, though it took much pain and effort to be free still. Other magics and enchantments get frozeen away as a result too.
so yea it affects things physical and magic.
It is a solid explanation. Fimbulwinter wears down all things even some of the curses Odin put on Freya so it also affects magic, just because Kratos gear is magical items does not mean they are protected from its effects
Last game pretty easily explained how the bow lost its power. There's a set amount of energy in the bowstring, that Freya had used up herself. That energy was constantly used up by Atreus in a relatively short span of time, and likely far more over the span of three more years. Fimbulvetr likely exacerbated this loss of power as well.
Or just stop being a nerd about it and accept that its a new game and it needs a progression system.
Truly life changing information!
Losing my Valkyrie armour was devastating.. I bled for that armour 😢
Yeah, Kratos disinfected the entire greek pantheon with those blades.
A more simple answer is that upgrading your weapon was cosmetic and not canon
not in this case
In the first game the huldras actively acknowledged when they made your weapons stronger via triggered cutscenes and Kratos even mentions to Brok how the Axe feels better to use, then after GOW 2018 they go 3 years without getting am upgrade for those weapons, and you can't just make a magic axe more magic by sharpening it on a grindstone especially when there's a 3 year long super winter ushering in the end of times, sucking away all magic and decaying even stone to a more fragile form
I actually like that they at least make an effort to explain, other games don't even bother
Jesus every time I’m on YT I see videos of GOW logic being explained in the game, these devs are amazing, thought about literally every detail
I love that! I love that it does explain the reason!
I liked to think that just lost their edge as they would in real life due to Kratos using them a lot without visiting the dwarves but i guess that makes sense too, except for leviahan's Axe
The one thing i was annoyed with was when you upgrade the weapons you don't give the dwarfs the weapon for them to strike it with the hammer like the last game. Missed opportunity in general with the shop upgrades
I liked when they ask Kratos about all of his old armor and he just tells them “I used it”
Captain Veloth from Skyrim and Mimir have the same voice actor I just realized, that's neat.
I think in the Blades of Chaos, Kratos seemed to leave it in their house while he trained Atreus. And since the blades maintain their strength by the amount of blood (aka red orbs), it would make sense to wilt back to level 1.
Well if you think about the grand scheme of things, no power is infinite by "Laws of the Universe" thing. I think that's what they're going for. So the weapons needed maintenance and when they don't, they lose the little things they have. Like a Blade's Sharpness.
Also another dialogue:
Brok/Sindri(cant remember which): What happened to all the armor we did for you?
Kratos: I used it
Kratos providing exposition to Mimir, a local. Smartest one, at that.
I get it that they had to pull a Metroid to dial all of the weapons and powers back to level 1, but I was happy that fimbulwinter was a simple enough explanation for it all.
The only explanation part here is Brok’s line. Kratos’ line at the beginning is describing the environment, Sindri’s line at the end just said fire is a disinfectant, only Brok really stated fimbulwinter did things to the axe.
Either way, thanks for posting, havent found out about this one yet.
Idk if Dontnod were the first to do it, but Santa Monica should've done what they (Dontnod) did with LiS where the game gives you the option to allow it to search your system for save files from the previous game. And then it adjusts gameplay and storybeats accordingly.
everyone needs a bit of that Brok love
I love how the characters acknowledge Kratos lootin chest lol
That must be one heck of a winter if it wears down even the most refined equipment.
I like how the devs didnt make the weapons back to lvl 1 a mystery but instead explained it or make a cutscene or anything makes it really cool to be honest,Respect for the devs
These last 2 GOW games really put effort into giving little explanations for the game-y parts of their world, or making the narration feel like part of the game. All the navigation markings on climbable surfaces were put there by a future-seer, Atreus being in his righteous puberty phase blocked your controller inputs for him, you need to level and buy gear again because of Fimbulwinter. These things are not necessary, but they can really heighten your immersion and enjoyment.
In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the beginning of Act 1 opens with the main character surviving a terrorist bombing. This resets the player's cybernetic augmentations which is a good way to start fresh from the previous game, however resetting these abilities also reveals new experimental hardware, introducing new abilities to unlock.
GOW: Ragnorok does something similar with Kratos's shield becoming damaged, leading to new designs with new abilities. Not to mention the plethora of even more abilities, weapons, and tools on top of it!
In the beginning of the game Mimir says something about fimbulwinter melting away the magic they acquired
In game mechanics made lore is fantastic
Mimir also mentions early in the game how the winter nearly drained them of magic.
Some old games took a different approach. For example if the game was a sequel the character level would start max from the previous game but that was the base of the new game like level 50 was the new level 1.
A common phrase throughout the game is "take care of ______ and it/they will take care of you." I think it applies here.
it would have been very funny if brok said that's fimbul winter for ya right before dying
I was a big fan of the Shatterer Star shield, till I got the one that gives you the dash and slam.
That is still one of those gameplay mechanics that no developer has solved to my satisfaction when it comes to sequels. If you have a level tree for weapons and skills I want the RPG approach and keep all my experience from previous games. Like in the classic D&D games like "Baldur's Gate" where they solved this by capping the first part at Level 7 and then made the sequels from level 7 to 20.
This relevel approach was especially narratively stupid in the Tomb Raider reboot. The first game solved it so well, by having a newbie Lara having to learn survival skills on the Island. And then the sequel comes and she has lost almost all of those skills again...
My favorite is:
Sindri: "What'd you do with all the armor we made you?!"
Kratos: "I used it."
Still makes me chuckle. You can't argue with that.
The attention to detail in this game was just unbelievable
You missed one
Sindry: what happened to all that fancy armor we gave you before?
Kratos: I used it.
Sindry: well can you try to make these last a little longer?
Kratos: I will not.
The dialogue in the game is so good and so important.
I appreciate that for once we’ve been granted an explanation as to why our weapons and magic deteriorate. I mean, for the last game there is an explanation presented here. Freya says that Kratos’ powers died when Greece did, as well as due to Zeus draining his power. However I wonder what empowers the Blades if that’s the case. In God of War 1 Kratos’ power level decreased after COO probably due to Kratos not properly maintaining it, or the affect of the magical powers are limited, or overtime these powers are absorbed into Kratos’ essence, thus his power gradually increases overtime.
honestly I feel like it's a band of a hand wave excuse. would of been pretty cool to keep the upgrades from the previous game and maybe even add more on top of it.
You missed out on a dialogue with Kratos and Brok, Brok asks Kratos "What happened to all that armor I gave ya", Kratos replies "I used it"
Would have been cooler if it kept the look after being fully upgraded from God of War 2018 and just add on to the look here to resemble upgrading
They didn't need to explain it but it's cool that they did
I kinda expected a Mass Effect like system where they just slap MOAR!!! Levels on top of what you already have from the past game for you to keep leveling by detecting the save data from the previous game.
I will give a big a VERY BIG comment. This is the only god of war franchise were Kratos has an animation to put his Leviathan Axe, and Blades of Chaos in his back and his Draupnir Spear on his ring whenever he open chest with both of his hands(except for wooden chest containing hacksilver and equiped the Leviathan Axe on his right hand) or does a finisher on his ememies and once finished he will bring out the weapon he use before the animation.
I actually prefer the old and rustic look of the level 1 weapons. There's just something about seeing the cracks in the blades. Maybe they can implement a feature where we choose how the weapons look?
would be nice, just like you can choose what appearance has you armor
They did, not sure if you need to max out the weapon or armour but you can choose which ever look you prefer
@@eggplant4418 I tought you could change only your armor appearance once you max it out, weapons too?
@@eggplant4418 Wait a minute. You can choose?
Yep you can pick any upgrade look you want (i think once you max the weapon). I wasn't a huge fan of the final look of the leviathan axe and noticed I could change the appearance. You can choose any appearance of the weapon you want. So if you want to rock the base version of the leviathan axe at max level you can
Kinda confused why the Leviathan axe works in Helheim now, there was a whole thing about the Chaos Blades in the first game, cant remember any explanation given why the Axe works in Helheim now
what about mimirs line about fimbulwinter wearing down only the useful magic?
I thinks it's Mimir that says "Fimbulwinter wears down all magic including all of our we collected last time"
That's pretty slick!
I like how Sindri say's that about the blades of chaos, but in a different conversation Kratos says if he were to cook meat with them the blood would taint the meat lol
yes, but sindri was being literal and kratos metaphorical, so it checks out
The devs have seriously nailed this game
Even interesting features like this
It is so funny how the developers add literally one line saying "oh yeah this thing affects ALL things" and everyone eats it up and even praise them for "attention to detail" at this point I'm not sure who is more stupid
I'd say GOW are coping on this.
But honestly it is bit better than most games without explanations.
Like The Witcher 3 where he lost all stuffs from previous game and choices that don't even matter.
Yeah but my issue is the appearance. Both the axe and the blades were upgraded physically in the previous game but upon starting Ragnarok it’s just back to their default phase. So Fimbulwinter can just reverse physical changes now?
Have you ever used a blade so much it dulls, they became less efficient magically with Fimbulwinter so my guess it Kratos had to use the axe and blades more to fight off the raiders of Midgard which made them dull much faster
Mimir said "isn't it curious how fimbulwinter destroys all the helpful magic" at the beginning of the game
That's Fimbulwinter for ya!
What happened to that armor of yours?
Kratos: I used it.