The BEST And WORST Parts Of Every God Of War Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Much ado has been said about God of War by me, which is only natural, great games and game franchises deserve plenty of lip service if you ask me. And as a self-proclaimed Fanboy of God of war, I definitely have plenty to say. But in the interest of balance you have to take the good with the bad, so why not examine both ends of the spectrum at the same time. So this is my personal best and worst things about every God of War game.
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Fun fact about the minigame of Kratos pushing Calliope away.
It's the *ONLY* instance of the entire series where Kratos has to mash the O buttons *3* times to succeed.
It was literally the most demanding thing Kratos has ever done.
That, and it was harder for the mashing than the other mashing sequences you see in the game
The way they seamlessly incorporate gameplay with storytelling is just genius. Little details like this is why i love the og GoW trilogy and spinoffs
@@TheCheeseMovesSideways One of my favorite moments in GOW is when you’re finally given the chance to just wail on Zeus as much as you want, but after a while you start to feel like there should be an end point or cutscene while continuing to maul Zeus, then the more you keep pressing ⭕️ the more you start to feel like this is lasting WAY too long and you just want it to end so you stop, and after a while the circle goes away, and you just sit there like “damn, I didnt need to keep punching him”
It was an absolutely genius way to show that the high of revenge is short lived, and Kratos brutally achieving vengeance was not something to celebrate
You actually mash it three times to drain blood from the translators to sacrifice to the sisters of fate in Gow 2 as well
@@ironwithin3875 actually translators have 3 times to smash his head, but it has different context kratos in that instance is actually just forcing and threatening the translator while with calliope he is pushing her gently and can't even look at her you can see the difference.
About the experience of someone who played God of War (2018) first before the rest: I fell like that scene does a really excellent job of expressing how important it is even to newcomers.
I played 2018 as my first game and it had a strange kind of feeling. I kinda knew what Kratos did and was confused why he didnt hold blades, because he was depicted with them most of the time. But as a newcomer, you can fully feel the sevirity of the situation without full context. Kratos'es stories made it even better in Ragnarok, because it made ne play gow 1,2,3 to just experience these remnants of his past.
@@dragonglass5650 Yup. And stories in GoWR really add more to how his mindset was then. My favorite thing being that there is no ounce of regret in him for killing the Olympians.
God of was 2018 was my first play through of the franchise , granite I have heard of the franchise before and seen friends play older ones but never have I played it. But I did handstand the significance of the return of the blades of chaos , I did end up getting gow3 when it was free. I didn’t enjoy that style tbh
@@ashtynwormsbaker6192 you didn't like GoW3!? L personality tbh, you're blasphemous
@@ashtynwormsbaker6192when you didnt grow up with the franchise, its like that , but no shame in it
My absolute favorite thing about God of War(05) is its simplicity.
The story is a straightforward greek tragedy. The games length isnt too long or short. And the gameplay doesn't overwhelm the player, but still requires you understand the core mechanics.
it just makes no sense how Ares murders kratos and then he comes back because zeus left a rope in the underworld? Why didn't Ares just kill Kratos earlier?
@@frogglen6350it's because there were no conveniently placed sharp pillars to be found at those earlier moments
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just say god of war 1 btw but yeah I agree
@@nathanial8587if he threw a building sized pillar at kratos how was it that kratos got impaled with a pike
On par with the blades of chaos in GoW '18 is the moment Kratos gains the rage of the titans ability (I forget the name they use for it in that particular game). The way it became available only when Atreus' life was threatened speaks to how much Kratos is supressing his own identity and the stakes it takes for him to release it. Its a very John Wick 'I'm thinking I'm back' moment.
*Spartan Rage*
@@Razeeq623 I hate how they switch Rage of Sparta with Spartan Rage. It's the same, but not....... ugh so annoying
@@marxist-leninist-protagonistnot really. Rage of Sparta comes off as a mention of nation. It's like Kratos is embodying the rage of the entire nation.
Spartan Rage sounds more personal. Sounds more like his own thing.
@andreluizxruz not really the same, but ok I guess
I wish Kratos talked more about his daughter on the Norse games
dlc
@@FudoDrmex Still, Kratos talking about Deimos/Lysandra/Calliope definitely deserves atleast a cutscene instead of just being spoken of while walking, i still love when he talks about it but feels like they should've had atleast 1 cutscene to really make it ''feel more important'' or whatever.
@@MrTongen yeah the fact that you only talk about it briefly and never mention it again is quite underwhelming. The perfect place for the scene would be when Atreus finally learned Kratos's true identity, a long talk with Atreus about Lysandra and Calliope after the reveal would've been so fitting and makes sense storywise
But that's the whole point of the story. The fact that Kratos refused to talk about his past.
6:57
If you skip all of the events between Zeus killing Kratos and Kratos reaching the Sisters of Fate, Kratos doesn't get the Rage of the Titans or the Golden Fleece, and without either of these he probably doesn't get past the Sisters of Fate and if by some miracle he manages to put up a fight against Zeus he would die in the QTE without the Golden Fleece. I'm also pretty sure a lot less players would have completed the game if they never got Atlas' Quake, including myself.
6:34 about the filler aspect of GOW 2, i did noticed it when you see the amazing animated intro in GOW 3 which recaps events from previous games. I remeber that the GOW 2 segment was very short despite the game having so many great moments.
So in other words GOW2 was filler done right
Tbf tho, the GOW1 segment was just as short. It's just because they added his whole backstory in that segment that made it feel long, but if you count only the parts that we played ourselves, it was just as short
That’s one critique i have with GOW2, a lot of the game is filler, which is still fun but could have been done much better
Even so those fillers are important somewhat because Kratos is almost as weak as a mortal so if he'd skipped almost half of the game with the Pegasus then he wouldn't be able to keep up with the Sisters let alone even reaching them. So in a way they're important fillers done right
@@TheCheeseMovesSideways I think most of GoW 2 will be less of a filler if they spaced the Sisters of Fate's fights, instead of cramming it in the final level.
Like Lahkesis' first fight is after Typhon, the second one is around the Bog or equivalent, Atropos' is after/on Atlas, Clotho's and the final rematch between the three on the final temple.
@@dinobro4273 honestly that does sounds better than cramming them all up at the last stage of the game, it would've build a better overall buildup to the finale too rather than having them be unknown with zero buildup till the end where they predictably betray Kratos
About the prophecy on destroying Olympus, it existed since the 1 game. On the chamber just before you reach Pandora’s box there’s a painting on the ground with the legend of a mortal challenging Zeus. It’s a weird thing that stuck in my mind since the first time i played it
the game even tells you that it is an image of the future
Wow?? I need to check this out
Another fact IS the use of Christian images
One in Athens with Jesus in the Cross (in a building/temple outside)
The other with that image of The warrior VS Zeus
There is a Paint with 3 stars with 3 wise men down
Wasn't that painting in God of War 2?
@@Robberatorpandora's temple is featured only in GoW 1
The prophecy was first teased at the end of the first game. There are murals depicting a human warrior going after the gods.
My favourite part of GOW Ragnarok was Thor, through both of these new GOW games we've been told what a despicable person Thor is, and at first we see that, he fights us, we barely survive, but then we see him as Atreus and realise that this guy is just as broken as Kratos was at the start of GOW 2018, he's lost both his sons, one of them being his own fault, finding out that he's tried to stop drinking recontextualizes the start of Ragnarok, despite bringing Mead as a peace offering, he never actually drank a single drop, and when Odin saw that he said Thor's "not fun anymore" trying to gaslight him into drinking again, I won't go over everything, but seeing Thor get drunk was truly sad, he looked pathetic being carried by Atreus and Thrud, and then the talking to he gets from Thrud, saying that she and her mum are both there for him, even when he's at his worst they love him, to which Thor acknowledges that he fucked up. His death at the end was heartbreaking, because Kratos actually was getting through to him, he was going to be better for Thrud.
yup, i love Thor in this game!
Thor was the perfect dark reflection for Kratos
I fucking loved the game’s depiction of Thor
I think one of my favorite moments with him is right after Kratos gives him his best punch. Thor was a man in the middle of making a change for the better. Him and Kratos both are. Kratos is trying to be a kinder man who saves his anger for battles, and Thor was trying to give up drinking. At the house Thor does not drink at all, even right before a fight with the freaking Ghost of Sparta. By the end of the fight Kratos let’s out all his rage in one blow after being egged on. To me Thor laughs off that punch because he proved himself better in that moment. He broke Kratos’ resolve while he kept his.
He seems proud of himself in that moment. And now he’ll finally have an opponent he will have fun killing.
God, Thor was scary in that moment. Almost more than Kratos was there
@@presseagainidareyou4704 Yes and i love the fact that Odin says that he liked Thor when drunk, and later on, Thor is 800% drunk
The only problem for me was both Thor fights were incredibly mid especially for a GoW game. Tbh every boss fight in GoWR was pretty mid
I love the puzzles in old GoW, sadly the newer games have much more simple puzzles + the newer games literally tell you immediately how to solve them.
When it comes to some enemies, I think most of them are fun and I rarely find really annoying ones.
I totally agree with you that the spinning cylinder with the blades spinning around is so ANNOYING! The blades are so way too close to each other and there are only small holes in between where you can and need to avoid them, forcing you to memorize they placement and movement.
@@godzillazfrictionyep it's like the devs have no faith in their audience when the old school GOW despite being seen as juvenile compared to the new ones treated their audience like adults by not hinting shit
i believe it's because of disabled people, newer games have to make puzzles simple so those people can complete.
@@shadowking4736the devs can make it easy for them by adding a hint button instead of spamming hints to everyone
@@alelzarterl212 yeah i agree, but another important thing i forgot to mention above, God of War is a AAA game, it's one of (if not THE) main games that carry Sony, (mainstream or whatever).. so puzzles in these games are always easier than any other game types out there, so everyone can complete it without too much effort. it's one of the reasons why indie games are much more appreciated nowadays.
The puzzles in the old games were stupid easy too
I’ve gotta stand up for my boy the rhythm game. I absolutely love that part. No joke it’s one of my favourite parts of the entire game. It’s just so satisfying to play
Plus it's a nice change of pace from long sections of combat after combat
i love these kind of moments in games. idk how can you not like it, youve been doing the same thing for hours now, the game turns into a different thing for literally half a minute, it's just cool man.
The buttons are also the Greek letters Δ Ο Π Χ
@@irasac1 playing devil's advocate for a second, I've known plenty of people who don't like stuff like the Rhythm mini game mainly due to the fact that it can be seen as "coming out of nowhere" a heavy, combat centric, gritty, hack n slash game.....suddenly becomes a rhythm game. It's pretty baffling.
@@classicrockkid345 God of War is also a platformer and a puzzle game. Always has been. Having a rhythm game as a little puzzle doesn't sound outlandish to me.
I'm genuinely surprised you mentioned the Nokia game, with god of war betrayal I think for 2nd place of worst aspect definitely has to be the lack of music and sound effects, the only sound you get is with a 10 second cover on the main theme in the menu and during gameplay the silence is interrupted by the single really loud blade explosion sound effect they had.
If they spent a little more time giving some ambience to the game it would of made a whole difference!
There was going to be more sequels to the game improving more things, but they got scrapped/cancelled according to the director of Betrayal.
Many games struggle with the audio with how límited it was
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For the 'rediscovering' the Blades of Chaos, it's really the musical cue that puts it over the edge for how amazing it is. Just those hints of the theme right before they come out.
The best part of the Valhalla dlc is the moment where Kratos literally talks to his younger self and it plays out like a Greek play and its just poetic and beautiful
also seeing young kratos on ps5 is so amazing
While yes- the "Prophecy" thing brought up in GoS came in as a suprise, it was already teased in God Of War 1, in a floor painting, where it shows a hero defeating the Olympus, although more than a hero it was a warrior.
I originally thought you’d talk about stuff like levels and such. I just love this franchise honestly. One interesting thought that came to mind is how Kratos became the God of War as a reward that he didn’t even want, and after Ragnarok, he learns that he is destined to become Odin’s successor, the new All-Father and King of the Eight Realms. A title which he never expected, and never thought he’d be worthy of attaining, which rather than anger him and cause him conscious rage because of his past, it gives him joy .
Despite how badly designed the Hades level is in GOW 1, I gotta say... it captures the feeling of the Underworld quite well. A foul purgatory of endless pain and suffering to relentlessly torture those unfortunate enough to end up in its depths, with only the strongest of mortals being able to escape its confines. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't make it a good level by any means whatsoever and I completely agree with all your criticisms, but if the developers intended to give us a taste of what literal hell would be like, I feel they did a decent job of it.
That said, it's still a frustrating mess and definitely could have used some more work. Heck, the developers flat-out admitted that they didn't even play test it. It's a shame, too, because with a bit of fine tuning here and there, it could have been a truly great level and an amazing lead up to the game's final boss. It just wasn't meant to be, I guess...
That is not how the underworld is in Greek mythology though, you are thinking of Tartarus which actually is eternal pain and suffering, the Underworld itself really isn’t that bad.
I really dont see whats wrong with the level, platforming was always a decent chunk of the og gow games so I would expect one of the last levels of the game to be more demanding. Most of the complaints towards hades is a skill issue and I find the clone section to be way more bullshit because of how many enemies they throw at you at once without magic or exploiting the clones spawns its rough.
i was honestly expecting the desert of lost souls to be the worst, i hate that section so much
@@naytny5819 i've only beaten the first game on Normal, and that fight nearly ended my entire run, it was so hard, i couldn't even imagine how hard it would be with 2 more difficulties on your belt
Fun fact. The first God of War has a bonus feature that talks about Deimos and Kratos' childhood in Sparta as a trailer-esque tease
Oh man, i loved even Ascention combat, it was really fun change between the powers. Of course, not as fun as the third main game (which is my favorite, with Gow 2 being a close second) but man i had fun with Ascention, i felt like there was a very steep learning curve in that one, and it was hard, but i loved it... i think i like that they tried something different.
What i didn't like about ascention is its story :p
I liked Ascension. Gave Kratos a humanising base that, in chronological order, you can see crumble game by game
@@gadget8637 oh i liked the story in itself, i didn't like the overall presentation and pacing.
Excellent video. You are wrong about Ghost of Sparta, you can parry the grabs of those enemies that come out of the ground.
18:00 the prophecy wasn’t the end of the olympians but rather it was Zeus going to be overthrown by a marked warrior but as we all know and while Kratos did have valid reason to attack the gods, it was Zeus actions and decisions that would bring his downfall
If you asked me what was the worst part of GoW1 after my first playthrough, I'd almost agree with your choice in Hades. But with repeat playthroughs, the area becomes pretty fun cuz you know what to expect and how to handle it. If I was to pick my least favorite thing about GoW1, it's a toss up between the lack of bosses or the circle mashing QTE's. I'm a huge boss fight fan so that's obvious why it's my least favorite, but I absolutely hate how quick and hard you have to mash circle for those QTE's. They hurt the hell out of my hand and make me refuse to do those QTE's outside of the required boss fights. Thank God they knocked it down a lot in the sequels.
The worst part of Ragnarok is easily the inconsistent pacing. When I played 2018, I barely ever put it down but the pacing in Ragnarok was so bad it took me a month to beat the game. Whenever the game slowed to a crawl, I just felt a crap ton of exhaustion and stopped. It doesn't help that the actual Ragnarok event just comes and goes. I was expecting us to participate in a huge war where we'd switch between Kratos and Atreus doing cool stuff and a battle with Thor that took us all over the battlefield. Then we convince Thor to join us and we duo against Odin until he kills Thor and enrages Kratos and then the rest of the fight goes how it does in the game. Instead we just run in a straight line, fight Thor in a very undynamic way and then fight Odin. The final fight with Baldur felt more epic and dynamic than the entirety of the Ragnarok event. Which is a huge shame cuz I really like Thor and Odin as characters.
There’s lots of bosses in GoW 1. Ares, the Hydra, Medusa.
@@BruceWayne-fj9bm God of War 1 has three bosses and a mini-boss lol
The worst thing about GOW 3 is definitely the Zeus boss fight. It’s mostly centered on cutscenes and QTE rather than actual gameplay
God of War Ascension is proof that if the team responsible for optimization gives a damn then there's no reason for your game to perform as bad as so many games do nowadays.
The best part of ragnarok is by far that moment in Asgard where Kratos tells Atreus to open his heart, it is an amazing moment and just sums up everything I love about ragnarok
There are so many great moments in the series. I think 3 and Ghost of Sparta hit the hardest.
One thing i dont like at all about chains of olympus is the choice for villain. Atlas and Morpheus working together made much more sense. Persephone kinda came out of nowhere. Ironically they show Persephone again in GOW3 but when Helios dies Morpheus is nowhere to be seen, even though his powers should be unstoppable now that the sun is gone forever
Well I think after helios dies Morpheus really starts devouring the world. It's just that they don't really " show it " in the game. Maybe Olympus is just not affected by it
My personal headcanon is that Zeus killed him once the sun came back up. He doesn’t seem to tolerate challenges to his power.
@@dantesprophet9612 that wouldn't be good. Morpheus is needed for the balance of the world. Killing him would make things bad
@@senseithomes yes. In tales of Morpheus, it is said that he is the one who keep the Balance between Light(Helios) and Dark(Nyx), he has a similar role as Apollo, ensuring the Balance is not disrupted.
I think Morpheus just saw all the carnage and destruction that kratos was causing and was like "Nope, I'm not interfering with that"
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The most surprising revelation I heard from this video is the fact you described GOW3 as perfection when I had the impression GOW2 was your favorite.
If im remembering right, the Hades level in GoW(05) was one of the untested levels and it shows. They need to stop breathing down developers necks so we don't get rushed levels(gow05) and half finished games (dmc4)
The ironwood part took me about 7 hours.
Cause I fell asleep.
We need the gow bosses ranked video
I shed a tear the moment Kratos said "today we will be better" in Ragnarok. To me, that's one of the most iconic lines in pop culture, up there with "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", "no, I am your father", "Bond, James Bond" and "why so serious?"
For me it was at the end when Atreus and Kratos go there separate ways and they hug one another. I lost my dad a long time ago and had a very complicated relationship with him. But them hugging made me realize how much I miss him and long for one more hug from my dad
@@jalenallen4942nah ngl when Kratos said “Loki goes but, Atreus remains” I shed a couple tears.. such a well done goodbye between them
For me, the best thing in God of War 3 was beating the absolute dogsh*t out of Zeus😂😂
Kratos woop his ass. Killed him. Wooped Zeus ghost ass back into his body and PROCEEDED to woop his Ass again UNTIL the CREDITS ROLL😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
My gf’s sister was going through the games for the first time with us (I’m a long term fan) and when she got to that point in GoW 2018, she absolutely lost it. So I’d say it’s affective even to new fans
I'm pretty sure the developers admited that they did not playtest the underworld level in the first god of war and it shows XD Though oddly I would consider the kratos clones worse. Yes metaphoricly it's brilliant, but playing through it is a pain
the sisters of fate are such a great boss fight, I always forget that I have to fight Zeus right after, who I don't enjoy as much... I dunno, the arena looks more great, the sisters clearly have more power than zeus and more unique and creative designs and overall just feels more epic.
That Hades level nearly broke me with how frustrating it was. Played on emulator on PC and boy did I hate how many times I ended up dying by falling off a platform or getting sniped by archers. That level can go to Tartarus for all I care.
Tbh i would say the worst thing abour gow 3 is the scorpion boss its not the hardest but its the only boss thats not fun to fight for me
Hermes?
@@jonasjojofalco9896 His chase theme, Stalker, is banging and a top 10 song in the franchise, and his O event is really fun. He's barely a fight unlike the Scorpion. Fuck Titan and Chaos difficulty Skorpius.
I really like the rythm game actually. My least favorite part of gow 3 is (controversially) the opening. It was awesome the first time, but after that it's just beating up a few hippocampi and the really easy fight against the sea god himself. Part of it might be bias though because I love Poseidon and I was disappointed by how little he was used
the grapple enemy you talked about Kari’s wrath can’t be blocked but can be parried you just have to get the timing down cause it’s really specific but they are still a major pain in the rear when they do get you especially on very hard cause it’s an instant death pretty much
Original gow is my favorite simply because it's what made me fall in love with this series and I played it a million times in my formative years
for GOW4 is not only enemy repetition, I think finisher repetition too. This goes up to Ragnarok unfortunately BUT, in the grand scheme of things, it would just take like half a point away from a 10/10 game if you're super strict.
half a point for finishers and dmc reboot "hit enemy with specific weapon", half a point for the 15th troll boss.
Nah it HAS to stay 10/10 game of the century. Let's just say all negatives are now 0.1 points each pls!
For me the worst part of GoW 1 is that damn box puzzle with the arrows at the beginning of the game
Love this channel I really am the only person I know that played all of the GOW (except Rangok I am broke) but you hit everything on the head, the blades of chaos was such a powerful moment in 2018 and I can not wait to finish the series if Ragnarok is the last one
rangok
Yeah in ragnarok when i played new game+ and teaching iron wood i give IT to my brother to play this part😂
For me GOW 1's worst part is the way you make through Athens before you enter the temple, I've grown to like it more with time, but I still want to pass through it and the desert as quick as I can so the game can finally "start", but hey, I can't imagine the game without it
The worst part of new God of war games is lack of sex minigames
I've played all of the Greek set games in this series, but not the Norse mythology ones due to not having the more recent system(s).
With what you said about the Sisters of Fate, I can't wait for the inevitable boss ranking.
The Wraiths in GoS on Very Hard was the first time I came close to tossing my controller in sheer rage. Using Thera’s Bane explosions or any combo ender means the Wraiths are gonna try to grab you, 100%.
The one bad thing I could say about God Of War 3 is that it lacked New Game+. I know it was impossible due to how the game was designed, but still
You can start a new game+ with a glitch
Mostly agree your takes on the game. So, this was a good analysis for all the GOE games 👍
God Of War 2018 was my first time playing a God Of War game fully. I had tried GOW 3 a little bit before, but 2018 was the first GOW I actually finished. From what I recall, I was mostly confused. I knew nothing about God Of War before, and Athena being there, I, like I said, was mostly confused, but more so than anything excited to use a different weapon. When I finished the game, only then did I start looking into the God Of War franchise, and began realizing just how important the blades truly were. Played GOW 3 (which was pretty good), and overall I am quite passionate about God Of War and the character of Kratos now. So much so that I legitimately get chills every time I watch that blade scene now, it's such a powerful moment, and it's incredibly well made, from acting to camera angel to the small detail of the lightning striking when Athena says "father". Bloody fantastic lads.
What i dont really like about GOW 2018 and GOWR is how much weaker Norse Gods are in comparasment to Greek, Norse arent weak but they arent gonna stack up against Greeks, there imo isn't anyone on Zeus's level, not even Odin and Thor, Odin might be smarter but he cant beat him imo
as someone who just platinuimed ascension that trial on hard was stupid like I was trying for 2+ hours 😂
and you don't get health at all most of the enemies give magic while the others give rage orbs ...
Pushing your daughter away is definitly not fun💀🤦♂️ IT was the worst thing in chains of Olympus seriously i didnt wanted to press that cicrcle😢
Kraits was extremely annoying in Ragnorak. Also the pacing issues ruined the game. I was super disappointed with Ragnorak
I don’t know why the didn’t just reduce the archers’ HP so the Light of Dawn would be useful.
I couldn't agree more with the best thing in GoW Ragnarok being Kratos himself and his development as a round character.
Rag >>>> 2018
The bladed cylinder climbs out of Hades wouldn't be half so bad if it weren't for how obnoxiously fuckin huge the god damn hitboxes on the blades themselves are. One of them will be hardly even graze Kratos, if at all, and he'll still be thrust into a rapid descension towards the base of the fuckin pillar. No matter what difficulty I play the game on, that part always infuriates me.
Man I remember the first time I played sisters of fate , best boss fight I had in my life when I was a kid it was really memorable fight
Gow 2018 was my first gow game and that moment was chilling without even the full context
Damn that just unlocked some memories.
I'm pretty sure I dropped Ascension and never came back to it because of the exact reason in this video. That trial was too damn hard and I believe there was no health refill back when I first played it so I just got frustrated with it and uninstalled. Never even finished the story and didn't care whatsoever.
Glad that you finally highlighted God Of War: Betrayal in this vid. I thought I was the only one who played this fever dream of a game XD
I remember getting GOW 1 on Ps2 and preordering GOW2, but what really suck with me about 2018 is the beginning. In all of the others shit has pretty much already hit the fan and youre in the middle of something. But 2018 start is incredibly quiet, almost peaceful, and is a very good example of "show, dont tell". We see Kratos, obviously much older, and we see him put his hands over a hand print, smaller than his, and hes grieving. But hes not in an uncontrolled berserk. We do see a sort of a flash of anger for just as long as it takes to cut down the tree, and then its back to a stoic demeanor. And his blades are gone, replaced with an axe. While still a weapon, an axe is far more "mundane" as its still a tool. It can be used to help "build" or create. And then we hear a small voice say "Father" and we know that Kratos is a father again, meaning the handprint most likely belonged to his lover, showing more growth because Kratos started a family again.
All of this was a juxtaposition and contrary to the man we last saw in GoW3. And we continued to see how he had changed (and would still grow and change) with many things, such as killing. In GoW1, Kratos could and would kill civilians, people who were of no threat to him. In 2018, he teaches Atreus that they should refrain from killing if they can.
And Kratos actually makes friends and shows concern for other people. The last person he showed concern for (chronologically) was Pandora, i think.
I ragequit GoW 1 BECAUSE of the Pandora's Temple...
lol
14:30 Not so fun fact: You can get softlocked while doing this, and you’ll have to reload from the last autosave or supernatural checkpoint.
Source: This happened to me once on God Difficulty.
the trial of archimedes on Ascension, used to be way harder i think, cuz there was no checkpoints in between the phases, also, managed to platinum the game before the patch (beating the game on hard difficulty was one of the trophies) and not gonna lie, the adrenaline rush was awesome. Despite the difficulty overall, i just love that part
THAT SCENE from 2018 was one of my favorite moments in gaming ever.
The only good part of the Ironwood segment is when you throw a skipping rock at the drauger that comes out of the water and it actually does a bit of damage
I am surprised."that Athena was not mentioned or brought back in Ragnorok, even in the Valhalla DLC, but it never crossed my mind until this video.
the hades trials from god of war 1 is probably my least favorite moment in all of god of war. PSP games included. closely followed by that final gauntlet in ascension. nothing comes close to my pain in those besides trying to beat Dead or alive 5 arcade on the hardest difficulty
About Santa Monica acknowledging the past, with the recent free DLC Valhalla, I think SM not only acknowledge the past greatly, but I think they embrace and accept it. They feel little to no shame for the past games and actually give reason for Kratos’s more infamous acts. Not excuse them but reason.
Plus, to quote Kratos’s line at the end, “You [past Kratos] are cruel, arrogant and selfish, but you are more than that. You are more than what others saw you.” And I feel like that’s true!
That line is literal 4th wall break for some new fans thinking old GoW was just "Emotionless killing machine too angry to die on a typical revenge story."
I'm going to disagree with the Pandora's temple one. While I enjoyed the 3 challenges, I was getting annoyed by how long it was taking to get to the next area. Then there was Another bit added onto that!
I do 100% agree with the Hades level though. Those spinning cylinders you have to climb was so annoying
Ragnaroks flaws
1. Black washing
2. Several unanswered questions.
3. Odin not being well written, What they should have done was have the big reveal that tyr was odin before his bood fight.
4. Rushed story
5. Terrible fan girls
6. That one dude who "sacrificed" himself only for the player to find out he's still alive
7. Asgard and valhalla being underwhelming.
Angraboda missions in Ragnarok were fucking awfull.
Yeah you're definitely on point about the run backs after you die.
It'd be so much if they would've did it as a souls like game. I mean it's already half-assed souls like anyways.
Ascension multi-player was fun but was super unbalanced. I'd love to see something similar now.
I loved all of the different combos that you could do with the different weapons but especially in gow 3 with each of the weapons having different attacks
Everyone shits on the spinning blades wall from 2005, but I enjoy it. Especially after basically memorising it for the trophy, I feel like I've gained a respect for it.
there is a way to skip iron wood , just make a manual save after you go back as atreus to the house and every time you want to skip iron wood just reload that save
This video actually got me to realize that there are more necessary games to play that I have never gotten to, than I originally thought 👀
Well for the rhythm game in gow3 they could have gotten rid off the bottom line on the square to make it pi. Then you could have Greek letters
My least favorite thing about the original god of war is that godamn escort mission where you have too drag a cage up a cliff that will fall if you let go while being attacked by enemies that are actually pretty strong
you probably could put the ending of god of war on youtube, most video game stuff doesnt get content ID like movie and tv show stuff does, barring a few exceptions
He’s been struck for it before for violence. That’s why he’s being so careful.
It's not copyright, it's content. That ending has Kratos attempting sùìçìdè, which will get the video struck. He made a video about it.
Iron wood and playing as Atreus are the absolute worst things to happen to a GoW game
"I know....but I am your monster no longer"
The worst thing about most of the series is that the old games are not ported to the newer generations and then I'm forced to use an emulator to play 1, 2, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of sparta.
As a new player going into 2018, the scene where he picks up the blades will forever be one of my favorites of and time. While I have never played the old games knew their story and the importance of the blades. To me it's a sign of how much he actually cares about Atreus, willing to relive his past and tap into the monster that he once was to save his son.
Another fun fact about Chains of Olympus. Kratos killing Charon is the reason why for the rest of the franchise people FALL to the underworld. Since there is no ferryman anymore waiting to transport them.
I beat the trails in Ascension on my second try, pre-patch. 🤷🏾♂️
Sorry but I strongly disagree, gow ascension gameplay is insanely good it's just way harder to master and make it feel satisfying,you can go the whole game without understanding it but if you do get it, trust me , it is AWESOME. The blades feel far more aggressive, ascension is soooo underrated.
Ironwood took me 3 hrs to finish at intermediate difficulty atreus controls were so wild that i nearly broke my remote 💀 i had to put the game in easy mode for atreus gameplays and it was the one i hated to my core and best thing for me was dawn of ragnarok moment when kratos gives battle speech and blows gjallahorn it was absolute cinematic masterpeice for me and best game moment as well
There is actually a damage threshold for the keres wrath, as long as you dont do full combos on them or hit them with theras bane explosive charge they wont try to escape and grab you
Where my opinions differed:
1-W. I've never had as much trouble with Hades as I did with the bullshit swimming wall.
Worst thing about every Greek Game post-1:The R1 button being pretty much useless in actual gameplay. GOW 1 had the right idea making an attack that serves as a faster form of movement. The other games only use it for chests, save points and context-sensitives. I especially hated not having a fast movement option in GOW 3 since the Hermes boots are RIGHT THERE. You have to go to NG+ and activate infinite Rage of Sparta to get a fast movement speed. It's also something the Norse Games got right.
Worst thing about the Norse titles: The camera, especially mid-combat. They added the dialogue from other characters and the indication markers specifically to remedy this instead of just making the camera zoom out in normal gameplay, making especially the Valkyrie fights really unfair. The Honourable Mention for 4 especially is the slow pace of the climbing.
For me, the worst part of GOW 2018 (and Ragnarok) was the CAMERA.
That tight, intimate third person camera works good for ranged combat (and occasional boss fights where you only need to worry about one target) but for melee combat with multiple enemies that requires situational awareness there’s zero reason they couldn’t just pull the camera back a la the Arkham games when melee brawls kick off so you can see the enemies around you. The arrows are hard to read in the heat of the moment and it just becomes a very messy affair when dealing with enemy groups.
I was aboutta say that hades level in gow 1 wasn’t that bad but then u thought up the cylinder and I remembered I was stuck on it for 30-45 mins
Bro thinks the filler is the worst part of GoW 2 when I think we all know it was the Theseus boss
Who's "we"? That bossfight is easy as hell
@@TBP NO DO YOU KNOW MY SUFFERING ON TITAN LEVEL
@@TBPOK back I replayed and no you were right filler is the main problem with the game and it doesn't feel like were going anywhere for 90% of the game