I'm convinced Falcon doesn't play any of the games he does videos for. The amount of times he mispronounces things that are said in game is incredible lol
Special Mention: There is a relic called the "Mystic Heirloom" that doesn't seem to do anything when you trigger it and it has a 16 second cool down. What it's FOR... is you use it close to these troll statues which are in 3 locations, and you awaken the troll for a troll fight like from the first game. There is also a dragon statue you can use it on to get those last pesky dragon claws necessary to upgrade the armor you get from the Crater. This stone dragon is literally the last dragon in the game, and not really all that tough as dragons go.
I literally said “Wow” reading this new piece of information hahaha thanks! Just finished the game 2 days ago and was trying to wake up the troll in alfheim with all sorts of attacks 😂
I almost missed the crater. It was massive, has amazing enemy diversity and loot, has some really beautiful locations, and ties into the story pretty well. It adds a good 5-6 hours on and is completely missable. Crazy.
yup.... this is completely insane.. i got to the end of the game and atreus was with me and he said this area can only be accessed with freya using her magic.. so i loaded an earlier save and found the crater but still have not gotten to the area that atreus was talking about.. it's insane that the game was designed this way..a massive part of the game can easily be missed.. as well as the other area where you need to have freya with you... just crazy.
It's not easily missed though logically why wouldn't you finish the side quests before heading into the main story? especially when mimir and Atreus do a pretty good job of being anoying about it 🤣
@@unbreakable_360 because some hate Sidequest and always go for story first and annoying side quests last... If even. Probably hop on to the next game to beat.
For those hesitant to mess with the High Contrast Display and don't want it on at all times, go to gameplay setting and navigate to touch pad shortcuts, there you can set a swipe motion on the touchpad for high contrast display which lets you toggle it on and off.
I loved how they did that but I couldn't tell a difference when toggling it on and off. Does it give an indication when you toggle back and forth with the touch swipe?
When traveling in the realm between realms you don't actually have to move for the exit to appear. If you just listen to the conversation going on it automatically appears in front of you when the dialogue is complete.
yeah I actually didn't realize this until near the end of my first playthrough. When I realized you didn't need to run around I was like "these bastards... they really hid a loading screen right under our noses lmao" edit: near the end of my first playthrough of gow 2018 to be specific. I already knew this going into ragnarok
I just enjoy running around the tree of realms 🤣 it really does make me feel like it’s not loading and that the gateway is on the other side of the tree haha
bonus tip: you can still quick turn in this game. I don't remember the game ever actually telling you how, but in this game since down is for putting away your weapon, you press shield and then down to do a quick turn. It helps a surprising amount and I thought they just straight up removed this from the game but it was just kind of hidden
Yep! Ps5 hold L1 press down on direction pad... Since L1 is default block you're good just holding it until he completes animation. So glad I bought it day 1
Thanks dude. Was trying to figure this out. I was like "I could have sworn you could instant 180 turn in last one..." Appears you can go into gameplay settings and set a touchpad swipe keybind for it too. Shield bash and spartan rage, high contrast mode etc. Cool feature
My personal easy-to-miss thing that I severely overlooked was how amazing the Realm Shift build is. With the right setup and a full mastery over your favorite weapons, that can easily turn the tide of battle in as little as five seconds. For it to work, you need the Pommel, Handle and Hilt of the Nine Realms after a certain point in the game, which upon triggering Permafrost, Immolation or Maelstrom will trigger a 1.5 second Realm Shift. The Rönd of the Nine Realms is also mandatory as it triggers the same effect under a Parry (shield doesn't matter, though I would recommend either the Onslaught or Stonewall Shield for efficacy on interrupting Blue Rings). Accompany that with a Boon of the Nine Realms and your damage goes SAILING under the Realm Shift effect. You can also throw in the HILT OF HOFUĐ to extend the Realm Shift timer, allowing more damage with your Runic Attacks and shredding health bars very quickly. I was able to bring down King Hrólf in 3 minutes due to this build, so my recommendation is get yourself a Nine Realms kit as soon as possible.
As someone who is legally blind. I’m loving all the little options Sony has been putting in their games to be more accessible. Just makes things feel so much better instead of struggling with basic gameplay like QTEs or dificult to see items like this.
It was actually pretty cake. Most of them I found on my first run through and the rest were all in Vanaheim because that place entirely blows fucking chunks.
A good way to know that you've covered every area in god of war ragnarok is by collecting everything, i got 100% game completion and i got the platinum trophy months ago
About the Omar creatures, the game actually tells you really early about them when you are doing main quest and even gives the hint of attacking it from behind though. Ragnarok does a good job of giving you information about these things.
My biggest end game note that I'd provide is that unless there's a secret realm tear or a few in the game, you will not have enough Dust of Realms to upgrade everything. I did a Completionist Playthrough and bought every piece of gear and spent time gathering materials to upgrade it all, and by the time it came to upgrading my shields & ronds, it boiled down to being left with either one shield, or two ronds unable to be maxed out. Not the most important note to provide, but given that New Game Plus is an implemented feature later on, I would recommend being picky with what you max out in case there's a specific build you want to use in a NGP Playthrough.
@dr jcup, the Trials of Musphelheim do offer valuable resources for end game upgrades, but the Dust of Realms can only be aquired from Draugr Holes, Hel Tears, and Yggdrasil Rifts.
I started spending all my resources and once I started to see I wasn't going to be able to afford most (I also excessively looted and did 100% completion), I re-loaded the save before I spent anything. I'll just wait for NG+. It's also worth noting it should be common sense you can't max EVERYTHING out in 1 playthrough of GoW. The only thing that was noticeable to me was even if you complete all labors and earn all possible challenge xp, there's not enough to upgrade absolutely EVERYTHING. I got all skills with all 3 characters, all relics, and a lot of runic upgrades, but not all. I fell short with 2 of the weapons. You had more than enough xp in the first game to upgrade everything so I was surprised when I noticed you'll need ng+ in this game to do so.
You forgot one. If you Equip a stone from all 9 realms, it vastly increases the damage of L1 triangle attacks. The game doesn't tell you or give you a hint that this is a thing.
The armor you get from crucible is the best armor if you like to attack all the time reduces your stagger while your attacking and boost your attacks when you hit enemies
For me the high contrast mode was the smartest move by the devs to help all gamers to find every collectible in order to reach 100% completion to each area of the realms.
The chest armor that gives you a health burst when you hit r3 for a finisher is op!! Also the waist armor that slows time when you dodge at the last second is a must have
I was scrolling through the comments searching if someone had recommended this, such a good chest armour and you get it early game too! For anyone wondering it's called the "Niðavellir's Plackart" chest armour Pairing it with the complete armour set also makes it easier to hit that R3 prompt
Sure thing! I made practically all my walkthrough with this set and it is excellent. You can also use attacks with no weapons to quickly increase the finisher bar for easy kills and HP
Biggest tip I can give is to NOT ignore your permafrost move (the L1+triangle charge move). It can do SOOOO much damage with the right equipment. I used the relic that slowed time, the axe attachement "Grip of the Nine Realms" which gives you slow time when you activate permafrost, and permafrost and that shit just MELTS enemies. SPOILERS FOR AN EQUIPMENT YOU GET LATER IN THE GAME Also throwing the spears is so much better than throwing your axe if you're trying to take down an enemy projectile or even if you just wanna back up and throw some projectiles while you get some health or whatever
I only saw #10 and #9, and I feel that I’m spoiling the game on me. I’m definitely coming back to this video after two days! Thank you for your great work as usual 👍🏻
IMHO, by far, the most valuable resource the game doesn’t give you a great reason to collect (*until you find the pond*) are the shard fragments you can get by using the spear to break them all around the crater. Also in Vanaheim certain plants will give you resources. Hit them with the purple spell then break by throwing the axe
something the game doesn't tell you is that, while playing with Atreus, you can dodge while aiming and shoot while dodging, Atreus will do a leap while aiming, it's super usefull and i found out only on my second playthrough
@@raphaelsilva9474 that's exactly how i figured it out, funny enough, the first time i played it on hard and did many side quests, this second time in playing on normal, and doing everything i can, and that's when i found out, some dude was gonna hit while i was aiming
worth mentioning on number 4 that Valor is also usable when you are stunned AND if you time it right it right before you get it you negate the damage, get a damage buff + health back. Seems better than wrath in most cases.
@@deceptiveoni710 be really aggressive, I just spent 3 hours tryna fight him over 3 sessions on gmgow, I just went to stack damage on runics and permafrost/immolation and the runic that applies storm of bifrost by using 3 different weapons runic attacks. Pretty much cycled light axe (axe throw runic , Helios flare shot blades, then throwing of a thousand spears for stun stagger (made sure I hexed for extra damage with Atreus gear and amulet perk.) Then use the relic where you do damage to yourself but deal massive damage also used wrath rage and the amulet perk where you do take status afflicted enemies and convert status effects to damage. Also used the armor for chance to get 70% runic back so after u arrow spam for extra damage using three runic to get bifrost, then attack a bit more then once bifrost disappears I used heavy runics with the one light I didn't, then he was almost dead and waited for 2 cooldowns. I had almost dead every time, when I waited for runic attacks it seemed like the people he summoned got me, so I saved rage to mainly use on them or my frost axe if I built up enough permafrost on it as it has good crowd control. Or if I didn't have rage throw spear and explode then it kills nightmares, so far he has been the hardest berserker.
@@deceptiveoni710 Bro I was yelling at the game. I got his health down to pinch health to hit by some poison blast in the back. I had put this fight on very easy before I break my controller.
man, i didn't knew you played video games, always thought you were too busy vlogging and helping people....... anyways, all the best on your future success karl, namaste!
@@ayushdwivedi2655 I am too busy hehe! Just watching these videos until I get the time to play God of War Ragnarok - I’ve got it, but I’m out vlogging for next we while with Manisha.
@@KarlRock I'll be looking forward to the vlogs as well, I also haven't got the game, I pre-ordered from amazon, let's see when I get it Anyways man, thanks for the reply, and yeah, come to Prayagraj as well, I can help you with your videos here
Along with the Ravens tear Cuirass there's a particular Vitality enchantment that needs 60 VIT to activate. Provides constant passive health regen. Very helpful
Another muspelheim seed is found in vanaheim near freyr’s camp where you throw your spear into the hole and jump across from there. That way you can get it earlier than what you showed us
I used the high contrast mode against the Berserker in Vanaheim. Fighting a green berserker assisted by additional green-colored enemies in an effing forest was so frustrating. So i turned the background white and the enemies red.
Can't wait to play this game! This is gonna be an amazing game and everything about it just looks and feels so prefect! From the graphics to the story to the combat... And I just can't wait to fight Thor!
Interesting view point. I'm curious if you ever played the original gow 1&2, as personally I find these remakes to be inferior in combat, story and graphical style. Honestly just curious, not trying to hate on anyone who likes the remakes :)
I waited so long to watch this today lol, I was so torn because I've been avoiding basically everything on the game due to wanting to keep it all a surprise, but on the other hand im sitting here feeling like my entire day is messed up bc I haven't watched gameranx daily video today lol. I know you guys work hard to never throw spoilers out and thank you dudes for that. Ultimately decided to come check it out because I know there's going to be a point later I miss something covered in the 10 things they don't tell you video. Thanks guys for all the amazing content! Im so hype for Ragnarok to drop, ill for sure be going through many of the symptoms of the late night gamer videos. That's ok though ! Im true to this not new to this !
Downloaded this the first day and was about to start it but at the last minute chose to play GOW 2018 first since I'd never played and I'm glad I listened to everyone who suggested to play it first. How amazing!
Did I just wait until midnight to start it? Yes, I did! Is it as awesome as I expected it to be - no, it's waaaay waaaay waaaay more awesome!!! The only game I have ever pre-ordered! Can not wait to sink hours in it!
If you are closer enough to an enemy, using Spartan Valor will make them flinch basically allowing you to complete the animation. Valor is also good for instantly removing bifrost, which is especially useful against a certain Berserker King that has a move that bifrosts your entire health bar that I'm not sure can be avoided at all.
Want a tip? When you have the resources upgrade the survival set (first armor of the game) to the max and it will be absolutely amazing, its my best armor set
Yes, the base gear is by far one of the most broken sets in the game. At LV 7 and above, they give buffs to every stat which is cracked in its own right. I'm using a mix of both the Survival Gear and the Nine Realms gear, and it has saved my ass more times than I can think of.
Cant believe he did not mention the stone trolls you can fight using the mystical heirloom, cause thats a thing the game actually does not tell you about whereas most of the things he listed are not that hard to find and you get a really good armour set for it
Damn this looks great. Also just wondering whether you guys have a “1 year later” vid planned for bf2042. Think it’s in a much better spot atm and I reckon your opinions would have changed greatly since launch :))
Is it in a much better spot? In a year. They added like 2 maps and “fixed” 2 maps. That’s why it’s still at 4k players on steam for a 24 hour period. The bugs are better but the core of the game is still not fun
Get the 3 pieces of Lucinda's armour and upgrade it. Gives poison damage when using hand to hand combat. I beat alot of the end game bosses using this.
I'm speedrunning the plat for God of War 2018 before that to honor the long shot style of this. Almost as though I'm seemlessly going from this to Ragnarok.
I really appreciate the auto pickup of resources and of health/rage stones (when needed). Also, being able to hold down a button instead of mashing it. I just wish Kratos could climb a little faster up and down on the sections where you can only climb. And one day, the "squeezing through cracks in the wall" mechanic to slyly load areas will be a thing of the past, eventually.
Maaaaaaaaan I can’t even watch this yet as much as I wanna and the fact y’all posting this is shameless lollll. Now I need to add to my “watch later” list. Haven’t looked at that thing in months lmaoooooo😂. Love everything about y’all btw!
Tip for anyone struggling in musphelheim, or want to farm upgrade materials. Just change difficulty settings to easy, farm and then change back as you still get the same rewards regardless of difficulty level.
Ivaldis anvils or mists of helheim is more helpful if you go for area attacks, ivaldis avail can hit enemies behind you and paired up with the hels touch you have 4 Stun wave blasts if fully upgraded all the way
One of the things the game doesn’t tell you is there is one final boss hidden away after beating the game that is way harder than any boss in the game and you get hints of where it is through scrolls from doing a certain side quest at the end. Avoiding spoilers here.
Lol well when you beat it do the side quests that pop up and two secrets come from scrolls which lead you to the boss on one and a new area in the other.
in addition to the slow down time relic, may i present the Radiance armors set. i think the gauntlet and the waists armors slow down time each time you get a last second evade and it’s been my favorite set. plus you don’t have to wear them all because they timers don’t stack so you can just wear one piece.
@@maelerose5807 You're not wrong but a spoiler warning would be a decent courtesy to people. It's one thing to explain how we can do a new thing with the blades or axe, like environmental things but straight up telling people how to unlock a secret and where to go/what to do is just a walkthrough, not "something the game doesn't tell you."
Raven tear cuirass is my absolute favorite bro. Working my way thru the game for the first time and absolutely has saved my ass a few times. That plus the berserker resurrection stone
I love that God of War makes you have to roam around and seek things out but at the same time I wish there was a point where you can upgrade the map to show you the general location of certain chests and whatnot. Why give the incentive to explore if the paths to do so are so easy to bypass?
I'm just dropping by to leave a like and say i'm so excited to play this game (i respectfully decline to watch the video for now but i will come back) See you then guys :)
Can you make a video about what to do or what to get to use the wind ports that are seen in clip 3 of the videos. I can’t figure out how to use them. It’s on the stage with the little pop up lizard as well.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the relic that supposedly does nothing but can actually be used to awaken stone trolls. Edit: and also other creatures! I awakened a dragon the other day.
Hi Falcon, I love all of the God Of War, franchise, I can't wait to get Ragnarok, I'm paying off The Quarry And Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, then I can start putting it on lay by and ResidentEvil 8 . Anyway keep up the good work from Dave in Australia.
Survival armour is actually meta. Luckily I realized this after only buying a handful of other pieces of armour. It upgrades much higher gives great a cross the board stats! It’s sneaky cuz that was NOT the case in 2018
A lot of people don’t know this but if you’re near a travel door, you Dan leave the engagement, open the portal (without going anywhere else) and you’ll refill your rage and health bars
If u are low in hp and rage, just find a mystic gateway. Interact with it then cancel it, it will refill ur health and rage to full
Can you do it in the middle of a confrontation with enemies?
So it’s lowkey a bonfire is what your saying 😭😭
this isn't new been in the last game too
@@orion5748 in the last game it only refilled health, is it different this time around?
@@KiDD2Keen can't get away from the truth
I'm convinced Falcon doesn't play any of the games he does videos for. The amount of times he mispronounces things that are said in game is incredible lol
Same here, I kept involuntarily cringing every time he kept saying “moose-spell-heim”…
@@mistahanansi2264 that's where it got me too lol and I remember he couldn't pronounce the protagonist name in A Plague Tale a while back either lol
The queerest of raven tears.
I wonder how people do that when they clearly hear people pronounce something 😅
They don't play they just read a script
Special Mention: There is a relic called the "Mystic Heirloom" that doesn't seem to do anything when you trigger it and it has a 16 second cool down. What it's FOR... is you use it close to these troll statues which are in 3 locations, and you awaken the troll for a troll fight like from the first game.
There is also a dragon statue you can use it on to get those last pesky dragon claws necessary to upgrade the armor you get from the Crater. This stone dragon is literally the last dragon in the game, and not really all that tough as dragons go.
Thanks
Except on the new game plus on the second to hardest difficulty, it hits really hard
I literally said “Wow” reading this new piece of information hahaha thanks! Just finished the game 2 days ago and was trying to wake up the troll in alfheim with all sorts of attacks 😂
I almost missed the crater. It was massive, has amazing enemy diversity and loot, has some really beautiful locations, and ties into the story pretty well. It adds a good 5-6 hours on and is completely missable. Crazy.
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It’s funny cos I was almost gonna ignore the side quest too but thought fuck it cos it was on the path
yup.... this is completely insane.. i got to the end of the game and atreus was with me and he said this area can only be accessed with freya using her magic.. so i loaded an earlier save and found the crater but still have not gotten to the area that atreus was talking about.. it's insane that the game was designed this way..a massive part of the game can easily be missed.. as well as the other area where you need to have freya with you... just crazy.
It's not easily missed though logically why wouldn't you finish the side quests before heading into the main story? especially when mimir and Atreus do a pretty good job of being anoying about it 🤣
@@unbreakable_360 because some hate Sidequest and always go for story first and annoying side quests last... If even. Probably hop on to the next game to beat.
For those hesitant to mess with the High Contrast Display and don't want it on at all times, go to gameplay setting and navigate to touch pad shortcuts, there you can set a swipe motion on the touchpad for high contrast display which lets you toggle it on and off.
I loved how they did that but I couldn't tell a difference when toggling it on and off. Does it give an indication when you toggle back and forth with the touch swipe?
@@huffnbassist8779 There is no indication/notification but if you change the background color to white or black it will be easy to tell if its active.
Thx for the advise
I do that to enable and disable the HUD
Thank you!
When traveling in the realm between realms you don't actually have to move for the exit to appear. If you just listen to the conversation going on it automatically appears in front of you when the dialogue is complete.
Yep, this is actually a really smart loading method.
yeah I actually didn't realize this until near the end of my first playthrough. When I realized you didn't need to run around I was like "these bastards... they really hid a loading screen right under our noses lmao"
edit: near the end of my first playthrough of gow 2018 to be specific. I already knew this going into ragnarok
I just enjoy running around the tree of realms 🤣 it really does make me feel like it’s not loading and that the gateway is on the other side of the tree haha
Also, don't look backwards at all or the exit can spawn somewhere behind you lol
a better tip then almost every thing on here
bonus tip: you can still quick turn in this game. I don't remember the game ever actually telling you how, but in this game since down is for putting away your weapon, you press shield and then down to do a quick turn. It helps a surprising amount and I thought they just straight up removed this from the game but it was just kind of hidden
HELL YEA CUZ I BEEN GETTING MY ASS KICKED LMAO THIS SHOULD HELP ME OUT 💯
You can also change this to quick swipe on the touch pad
Yep! Ps5 hold L1 press down on direction pad... Since L1 is default block you're good just holding it until he completes animation.
So glad I bought it day 1
@@nicholasbattaglia6762 that is awesome!!!!
Couldn't think of any functions I needed to map on touch pad. Quick turn is PERFECT!
Thanks dude. Was trying to figure this out. I was like "I could have sworn you could instant 180 turn in last one..." Appears you can go into gameplay settings and set a touchpad swipe keybind for it too. Shield bash and spartan rage, high contrast mode etc. Cool feature
My personal easy-to-miss thing that I severely overlooked was how amazing the Realm Shift build is. With the right setup and a full mastery over your favorite weapons, that can easily turn the tide of battle in as little as five seconds. For it to work, you need the Pommel, Handle and Hilt of the Nine Realms after a certain point in the game, which upon triggering Permafrost, Immolation or Maelstrom will trigger a 1.5 second Realm Shift. The Rönd of the Nine Realms is also mandatory as it triggers the same effect under a Parry (shield doesn't matter, though I would recommend either the Onslaught or Stonewall Shield for efficacy on interrupting Blue Rings). Accompany that with a Boon of the Nine Realms and your damage goes SAILING under the Realm Shift effect. You can also throw in the HILT OF HOFUĐ to extend the Realm Shift timer, allowing more damage with your Runic Attacks and shredding health bars very quickly. I was able to bring down King Hrólf in 3 minutes due to this build, so my recommendation is get yourself a Nine Realms kit as soon as possible.
Agreed, I also defaulted to the Realm Shift build and it melts enemies. I still died like 30 times to King Hrolf, but hey, at least it was fun!
@@silicon-shaman Rusty fighting him, or were you on Give Me God of War?
As someone who is legally blind. I’m loving all the little options Sony has been putting in their games to be more accessible. Just makes things feel so much better instead of struggling with basic gameplay like QTEs or dificult to see items like this.
Legally? Is it possible to be illegally blind?
@@Witty_Jackson
I think it just means he’s confirmed and diagnosed blind
@@Warlord7 I was being facetious, thank you though 😁
@@Witty_Jackson ohhhh aight then
@@Warlord7 it also just means they can see but their sight is so bad that they fall into the range of “blind” medically
I’ve just played the first couple of hours and I am already in love. This game was worth the hype
THIS!!
Looks worse than the first game
@@Rusty84CV 🤓
Wait till u finish it... you wont be satisfied :( I wasn't anyway
@@Rusty84CV either you didn't play the first game or this one or both.
The game is a massive improvement from the gameplay of the first game
A good way to know that you have explored every area in god of war Ragnarok is by collecting all 48 ravens
It was actually pretty cake. Most of them I found on my first run through and the rest were all in Vanaheim because that place entirely blows fucking chunks.
@@alantyler5242 Lmao I have 5 left and they’re all in the crater 😂😂
That is a good idea, I was about to get some online help in finding them all, and you just gave me an added mega bonus, Good thinking
@@alantyler5242 Is blowing chunks good or bad, forgive me, I'm Oldndusty
A good way to know that you've covered every area in god of war ragnarok is by collecting everything, i got 100% game completion and i got the platinum trophy months ago
You should include the Survival armor set - give you stats in EVERY categories if you fully upgraded (7-9)
Never used another armor set. Also believed that armor was meant for Kratos' true look.
@@theunderdog9595 You could also just transmog
Yeah it's easy to upgrade you can farm crucible challenges and upgrade all your armor and weapons to max or close to max
Where to get?
About the Omar creatures, the game actually tells you really early about them when you are doing main quest and even gives the hint of attacking it from behind though. Ragnarok does a good job of giving you information about these things.
good answer, you do need to hear the game with all the advice you sometimes get, I guess that's why there is very little music
My biggest end game note that I'd provide is that unless there's a secret realm tear or a few in the game, you will not have enough Dust of Realms to upgrade everything. I did a Completionist Playthrough and bought every piece of gear and spent time gathering materials to upgrade it all, and by the time it came to upgrading my shields & ronds, it boiled down to being left with either one shield, or two ronds unable to be maxed out. Not the most important note to provide, but given that New Game Plus is an implemented feature later on, I would recommend being picky with what you max out in case there's a specific build you want to use in a NGP Playthrough.
I think you can get Dust of Realms by replaying the Muspelheim trials.
@@drjcup3228 wish i saw this earlier but I'm probably gonna do another completionist run b4 NG+ comes out lmao.
@dr jcup, the Trials of Musphelheim do offer valuable resources for end game upgrades, but the Dust of Realms can only be aquired from Draugr Holes, Hel Tears, and Yggdrasil Rifts.
I started spending all my resources and once I started to see I wasn't going to be able to afford most (I also excessively looted and did 100% completion), I re-loaded the save before I spent anything. I'll just wait for NG+. It's also worth noting it should be common sense you can't max EVERYTHING out in 1 playthrough of GoW. The only thing that was noticeable to me was even if you complete all labors and earn all possible challenge xp, there's not enough to upgrade absolutely EVERYTHING. I got all skills with all 3 characters, all relics, and a lot of runic upgrades, but not all. I fell short with 2 of the weapons. You had more than enough xp in the first game to upgrade everything so I was surprised when I noticed you'll need ng+ in this game to do so.
It's better to use fury to get out of a stun and cancel it instantly, it uses very little and lets you break stuns more often as it recharges
Yes but you don't get health
You forgot one. If you Equip a stone from all 9 realms, it vastly increases the damage of L1 triangle attacks. The game doesn't tell you or give you a hint that this is a thing.
The armor you get from crucible is the best armor if you like to attack all the time reduces your stagger while your attacking and boost your attacks when you hit enemies
For me the high contrast mode was the smartest move by the devs to help all gamers to find every collectible in order to reach 100% completion to each area of the realms.
The chest armor that gives you a health burst when you hit r3 for a finisher is op!! Also the waist armor that slows time when you dodge at the last second is a must have
I was scrolling through the comments searching if someone had recommended this, such a good chest armour and you get it early game too! For anyone wondering it's called the "Niðavellir's Plackart" chest armour
Pairing it with the complete armour set also makes it easier to hit that R3 prompt
Sure thing! I made practically all my walkthrough with this set and it is excellent. You can also use attacks with no weapons to quickly increase the finisher bar for easy kills and HP
A great time to be a gamer. So many games to look forward to, including this one. Happy gaming, everyone 🍻
What other games?
I just wish I could keep up!!
Great games lol? 2022 has been probably the worst gaming year ever.
@@criticalpotat0 Resident Evil 4 Remake next year march we soon there
@@Asyerooo I played that game 15 years ago what new ip what new next gen experiences are releasing for ps5 and series x
Biggest tip I can give is to NOT ignore your permafrost move (the L1+triangle charge move). It can do SOOOO much damage with the right equipment. I used the relic that slowed time, the axe attachement "Grip of the Nine Realms" which gives you slow time when you activate permafrost, and permafrost and that shit just MELTS enemies.
SPOILERS FOR AN EQUIPMENT YOU GET LATER IN THE GAME
Also throwing the spears is so much better than throwing your axe if you're trying to take down an enemy projectile or even if you just wanna back up and throw some projectiles while you get some health or whatever
The spear also makes getting the ravens a piece of cake as well
I only saw #10 and #9, and I feel that I’m spoiling the game on me. I’m definitely coming back to this video after two days! Thank you for your great work as usual 👍🏻
I didn’t even make it through number 10 lol
same it is basically all probably hints that take a little context which means i’ll be revisiting like i did for the elden ring video
As an Xbox players who gives a sh*t
@@machogandalf they’re aren’t many of you
Stopped at No9 also! PUT A SPOILER WARNING ⚠️ ON THE VIDEO TITLE!
IMHO, by far, the most valuable resource the game doesn’t give you a great reason to collect (*until you find the pond*) are the shard fragments you can get by using the spear to break them all around the crater. Also in Vanaheim certain plants will give you resources. Hit them with the purple spell then break by throwing the axe
something the game doesn't tell you is that, while playing with Atreus, you can dodge while aiming and shoot while dodging, Atreus will do a leap while aiming, it's super usefull and i found out only on my second playthrough
On harder difficulties you need to constantly dodge, so you will find about it sooner rather than later.
@@raphaelsilva9474 that's exactly how i figured it out, funny enough, the first time i played it on hard and did many side quests, this second time in playing on normal, and doing everything i can, and that's when i found out, some dude was gonna hit while i was aiming
The game actually does tell you, but some people just don't bother to read the tips or explore the skill trees.
it's so useful and fun
worth mentioning on number 4 that Valor is also usable when you are stunned AND if you time it right it right before you get it you negate the damage, get a damage buff + health back. Seems better than wrath in most cases.
The game explicitly tells you that's the best way to use valor. Soooo
@@Death_by_Inches yeah, but people seemingly ignore cause of the risk, which I get, you can't always be ready to eat a hit.
Some of the berserker souls actually have the same attack pattern.
I hate Hritserker with a passion. I can deal with extra enemies, but summoning them on a whim AND poison buildup is just absurd
@@deceptiveoni710 be really aggressive, I just spent 3 hours tryna fight him over 3 sessions on gmgow, I just went to stack damage on runics and permafrost/immolation and the runic that applies storm of bifrost by using 3 different weapons runic attacks. Pretty much cycled light axe (axe throw runic , Helios flare shot blades, then throwing of a thousand spears for stun stagger (made sure I hexed for extra damage with Atreus gear and amulet perk.) Then use the relic where you do damage to yourself but deal massive damage also used wrath rage and the amulet perk where you do take status afflicted enemies and convert status effects to damage. Also used the armor for chance to get 70% runic back so after u arrow spam for extra damage using three runic to get bifrost, then attack a bit more then once bifrost disappears I used heavy runics with the one light I didn't, then he was almost dead and waited for 2 cooldowns. I had almost dead every time, when I waited for runic attacks it seemed like the people he summoned got me, so I saved rage to mainly use on them or my frost axe if I built up enough permafrost on it as it has good crowd control. Or if I didn't have rage throw spear and explode then it kills nightmares, so far he has been the hardest berserker.
@@deceptiveoni710 Bro I was yelling at the game. I got his health down to pinch health to hit by some poison blast in the back. I had put this fight on very easy before I break my controller.
Thanks! These videos really help.
man, i didn't knew you played video games, always thought you were too busy vlogging and helping people.......
anyways, all the best on your future success karl, namaste!
@@ayushdwivedi2655 I am too busy hehe! Just watching these videos until I get the time to play God of War Ragnarok - I’ve got it, but I’m out vlogging for next we while with Manisha.
@@KarlRock I'll be looking forward to the vlogs as well, I also haven't got the game, I pre-ordered from amazon, let's see when I get it
Anyways man, thanks for the reply, and yeah, come to Prayagraj as well, I can help you with your videos here
@@ayushdwivedi2655 I’m definitely coming 👍
@karl rock
Well you are a fraud yourself. You broke so many laws. And now you are just commenting here for clout
They never told me Caillou grew up 😢
Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with
He’s a backyardigan actually
@@chayz1884 stop🤣
Omg caillou is the worst human being ever
He doesn’t even look like him
"... It only takes one opening to tear you down to nothing in terms of health"
*Shows gameplay of taking almost no damage*
Just started; loving it so far, and I'm sure that will continue!
Along with the Ravens tear Cuirass there's a particular Vitality enchantment that needs 60 VIT to activate. Provides constant passive health regen. Very helpful
which one?
@@PaGNifY something something regenerating essence. You should google it. Not sure where I got it from.
there's also another one that has more regeneration but needs 170 VIT to use it
I'm so excited for this game and I have to say thank you guys for all your videos cause I enjoy every one of them.
Another muspelheim seed is found in vanaheim near freyr’s camp where you throw your spear into the hole and jump across from there. That way you can get it earlier than what you showed us
I used the high contrast mode against the Berserker in Vanaheim. Fighting a green berserker assisted by additional green-colored enemies in an effing forest was so frustrating. So i turned the background white and the enemies red.
Can't wait to play this game!
This is gonna be an amazing game and everything about it just looks and feels so prefect!
From the graphics to the story to the combat...
And I just can't wait to fight Thor!
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Interesting view point. I'm curious if you ever played the original gow 1&2, as personally I find these remakes to be inferior in combat, story and graphical style. Honestly just curious, not trying to hate on anyone who likes the remakes :)
@@jaweebelow6431 is GoW from 2018 a Remake of GoW 1? I thought the 2018 one was a Reboot of GoW?? I may be wrong though.
@@ReanuKeevesAus the new games are reboots not remakes. The story of the original games was based on ancient Greek mythos.
I waited so long to watch this today lol, I was so torn because I've been avoiding basically everything on the game due to wanting to keep it all a surprise, but on the other hand im sitting here feeling like my entire day is messed up bc I haven't watched gameranx daily video today lol. I know you guys work hard to never throw spoilers out and thank you dudes for that. Ultimately decided to come check it out because I know there's going to be a point later I miss something covered in the 10 things they don't tell you video. Thanks guys for all the amazing content! Im so hype for Ragnarok to drop, ill for sure be going through many of the symptoms of the late night gamer videos. That's ok though ! Im true to this not new to this !
Downloaded this the first day and was about to start it but at the last minute chose to play GOW 2018 first since I'd never played and I'm glad I listened to everyone who suggested to play it first. How amazing!
Nice
Same
Just a few hours to go! I'm so excited! Thank you for these spoiler free video's.
Our pleasure!
3 hour left
@@king489 Little less than 8 hours for me. Hope you enjoy the game!!!
Not totally spoiler free I thought Freya was gonna be hunting us like crazy but at 1:08 she's just chilling with Kratos?
We're gonna let you slide on those *"Muspelheim"* and *"Cuirass"* pronunciations just this once lmao. Keep up the good work mate (;
Did I just wait until midnight to start it? Yes, I did!
Is it as awesome as I expected it to be - no, it's waaaay waaaay waaaay more awesome!!! The only game I have ever pre-ordered! Can not wait to sink hours in it!
0:15 "At number ten, how to acces miss-spellheim."
FALCONNNN!!!! We’ve missed you bro!!! Make them let you do more reviews!!! I love your delivery man!! You’re easily my favorite gameranx member
In the land of the dwarves, there is a dragon statue you can awaken and get all the dragon tooth you need. It keeps respawning after you defeat it.
How do you awaken it
If you are closer enough to an enemy, using Spartan Valor will make them flinch basically allowing you to complete the animation.
Valor is also good for instantly removing bifrost, which is especially useful against a certain Berserker King that has a move that bifrosts your entire health bar that I'm not sure can be avoided at all.
So excited to play tonight!
9:48
Dio -
"THE WORLD!"
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You guys are the best, you guys never have dull videos 😎.
Want a tip? When you have the resources upgrade the survival set (first armor of the game) to the max and it will be absolutely amazing, its my best armor set
Yes, the base gear is by far one of the most broken sets in the game. At LV 7 and above, they give buffs to every stat which is cracked in its own right. I'm using a mix of both the Survival Gear and the Nine Realms gear, and it has saved my ass more times than I can think of.
You can also get the second seed for muspelheim in muspelheim when you go there in the story
The mission where atreus goes there? I didnt see it
Can't wait to get off work and play at midnight tonight. Let's goooo.
Cant believe he did not mention the stone trolls you can fight using the mystical heirloom, cause thats a thing the game actually does not tell you about whereas most of the things he listed are not that hard to find and you get a really good armour set for it
Totally agree. I found the heirloom by accident and didn’t know what it did until I googled it.
You can discover that by reading the lore in the game lol
That's why I come here, a TH-cam channel with real tips, thanks guys 👍
Thanks
The way he said mooseleheim is so funny
“Meh spell heim” 🤣🤣🤣 sorry i laughed too hard at that!! It’s not a dog you find it’s a boar.
Damn this looks great.
Also just wondering whether you guys have a “1 year later” vid planned for bf2042. Think it’s in a much better spot atm and I reckon your opinions would have changed greatly since launch :))
it’s just so empty
Is it in a much better spot? In a year. They added like 2 maps and “fixed” 2 maps. That’s why it’s still at 4k players on steam for a 24 hour period. The bugs are better but the core of the game is still not fun
I loved watching your guys channel when elden ring came out. It was such a fun time when elden ring was still new to release
These are some of the best tricks bar none for GOWR. Thank you so much for helpingy stepping up my game. Just subbed.
Love your vids keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
Get the 3 pieces of Lucinda's armour and upgrade it. Gives poison damage when using hand to hand combat. I beat alot of the end game bosses using this.
I'm speedrunning the plat for God of War 2018 before that to honor the long shot style of this. Almost as though I'm seemlessly going from this to Ragnarok.
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Update: It is done.
Vanaheim’s The Crater was absolutely a banger. It was the only really fun and REWARDING puzzle to solve!
So excited for this game!
I just bought God of War, I'm excited to play now. I've put it off for a while now . Thanks Falcon.
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I really appreciate the auto pickup of resources and of health/rage stones (when needed). Also, being able to hold down a button instead of mashing it.
I just wish Kratos could climb a little faster up and down on the sections where you can only climb. And one day, the "squeezing through cracks in the wall" mechanic to slyly load areas will be a thing of the past, eventually.
climbing, lifting rocks, squeezing through passages etc. are all loading screens
Maaaaaaaaan I can’t even watch this yet as much as I wanna and the fact y’all posting this is shameless lollll. Now I need to add to my “watch later” list. Haven’t looked at that thing in months lmaoooooo😂. Love everything about y’all btw!
video boiled down to explore and do sidequests nothing truely interesting
Tip for anyone struggling in musphelheim, or want to farm upgrade materials. Just change difficulty settings to easy, farm and then change back as you still get the same rewards regardless of difficulty level.
Ivaldis anvils or mists of helheim is more helpful if you go for area attacks, ivaldis avail can hit enemies behind you and paired up with the hels touch you have 4 Stun wave blasts if fully upgraded all the way
One of the things the game doesn’t tell you is there is one final boss hidden away after beating the game that is way harder than any boss in the game and you get hints of where it is through scrolls from doing a certain side quest at the end. Avoiding spoilers here.
Damn I wanna know but at the same time I just got the game two days ago so I dont wanna know 😂
Lol well when you beat it do the side quests that pop up and two secrets come from scrolls which lead you to the boss on one and a new area in the other.
@@halolosers for sure! I accidentally heard how it ends cause of a TH-camr but idk if he was fucking with us or if he was really spoiling the ending.
The accessibility features in this game are great. Even as a non disabled person, I've found a lot of use out of the features.
The crystal well I found being super useful to get resources to upgrade
I must have gotten over a million hacksilver from that crystal well. Like probably more than I could ever spend
So who else is staying up till this drops, and playing it for a couple hours? Even if you gotta go to work tomorrow?
here here
in addition to the slow down time relic, may i present the Radiance armors set. i think the gauntlet and the waists armors slow down time each time you get a last second evade and it’s been my favorite set. plus you don’t have to wear them all because they timers don’t stack so you can just wear one piece.
One piece gives you 1 second of slow time. Adding a second piece adds .75 of a second. So 1.75sec with waist and gauntlets.
Stuck in a rut right now....playing a game and I've cornered myself in lol. Great video....I always enjoy them....can't say that enough.
Dude is just straight telling you where things are. Let people have a chance to find things themselves. The game isn't even out for me yet, damn.
Yup.
don't watch then, simple
@@maelerose5807 You're not wrong but a spoiler warning would be a decent courtesy to people. It's one thing to explain how we can do a new thing with the blades or axe, like environmental things but straight up telling people how to unlock a secret and where to go/what to do is just a walkthrough, not "something the game doesn't tell you."
Omg I can't wait for this to drop I wish it would hurry up!
I just think it’s funny that in every video with Falcon in it he finds a way to horribly mispronounce a name lol
Cuirass being pronounced 'queer-est' has me cringing so bad
@@Vince005aran mf must hold the record for mispronunciation or something
@@Vince005aran Yeah, that's one of the most bizarre mispronunciations I've ever heard
Raven tear cuirass is my absolute favorite bro. Working my way thru the game for the first time and absolutely has saved my ass a few times. That plus the berserker resurrection stone
The game tells you all of this.
I love that God of War makes you have to roam around and seek things out but at the same time I wish there was a point where you can upgrade the map to show you the general location of certain chests and whatnot. Why give the incentive to explore if the paths to do so are so easy to bypass?
Every tip listed is essentially spelled out to you in the game. All these tips are layer out in a way that's almost impossible to miss.
“Muh Spell Heim” 😂😂😂
The most real review I’ve heard. Every other video I’ve seen says “ how I defeated the berserkers easily”
What a shame I miss realm travel via Tyr's temple
10:40 "Sorta poop out at the end" So true
Mus-spell-heim is crazy tho
I'm just dropping by to leave a like and say i'm so excited to play this game (i respectfully decline to watch the video for now but i will come back) See you then guys :)
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As soon as I heard Moose-pell-highm you lost me
I'm so excited my PS5 gets here tomorrow with this game I have the last half of the week off and I'm gonna go crazy on this game.
Can't wait to platinum this
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Thanks for the tips. Thought I was nearing the end soon. Nope. Lots left. Thanks Falcon.
So something I found out, the second muspelheim seed can also be found in the legendary chest by freyrs camp
i liked muspelheim in the first game.. i don't like the new one.
Can you make a video about what to do or what to get to use the wind ports that are seen in clip 3 of the videos. I can’t figure out how to use them. It’s on the stage with the little pop up lizard as well.
Just wait you get it eventually.. don’t want to spoil
Misspellheim 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣
For point 4 fury is way more useful for breaking stuns as it only uses a small percentage of your rage bar if you just cancel it right away.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the relic that supposedly does nothing but can actually be used to awaken stone trolls.
Edit: and also other creatures! I awakened a dragon the other day.
Hi Falcon, I love all of the God Of War, franchise, I can't wait to get Ragnarok, I'm paying off The Quarry And Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, then I can start putting it on lay by and ResidentEvil 8 . Anyway keep up the good work from Dave in Australia.
Please stop saying Muspelheim...
For REAL dawg
Survival armour is actually meta. Luckily I realized this after only buying a handful of other pieces of armour. It upgrades much higher gives great a cross the board stats! It’s sneaky cuz that was NOT the case in 2018
Don't watch the video now! There can be some spoilers. Watch it after playing the game or after watching TH-cam playthroughs (whatever you do).
A lot of people don’t know this but if you’re near a travel door, you Dan leave the engagement, open the portal (without going anywhere else) and you’ll refill your rage and health bars
High contrast mode is kind of like odins sight