Why does this feel like a GOW reveal trailer? 😊The title says “Serious Kratos...” so we already know Heimdall is already screwed. Have to get my popcorn ready! 😁😁
because she had fought him multiple times and failed (AND KNEW HE WAS HOLDING BACK) the whole time because he did not want to fight her. hence why she disguised herself in her final fight with him...... and still he held back once he knew it was her! She knows no one stands a chance against the "Ghost of Sparta" :)
@@LoneRoverr Heimdall's death was the only luck on his side. Kratos was INSANELY lucky with his cards, speaking he had the help of Atreus, Mimir, Freya, Freyr, and the Huldra brothers
i think the thought process was try to use power attacks it didnt work ok we will try weaker but faster attacks i hit him but be was able to block them, time to combo with fast attacks till i can grab him and hit him hard
Kratos here is holding back so much. What he does in this game is nothing compared to what he’s truly capable of. The original games are Kratos at full power and it’s terrifying. He still has his natural born godly abilities but the magic of his home land is gone. In the original games it’s canon that the magic he learns in his travels he never forgets or loses but for gameplay reasons he only uses that games newly acquired magic. With that said Kratos with his own natural power plus his magic would make him a God among Gods. It would include his mild Pyromancer abilities he still currently has, strength so great he can lift the weight of the world, the ability to heal from any injury given time. All the magic would include: Bending Time like Heimdall does, controlling water, summoning spectral Spartans, reigning down Fiery Spectral Spears, Lighting, Ripping souls out of peoples bodies, raising the dead and probably a few more I forgot. Thank god Kratos no longer has his old magic tricks
I think Kratos(unintentionally) did what Thor did. Where he says ‘look into my eyes and find out if I’m lying’ Kratos gave a glimpse to Heimdall on different ways he can kill him. And Heimdall calls Thor sick whereas Kratos is called a monster.
@@Broomer52 apparently he is even stronger in the latest games compared to the older games were he was younger. In the old games it was blind rage, blinded and fueled by vengeance, were as here he has more control over his anger and can use it with more precision, although sometimes he reverts back to his old self when he is pushed, which we saw at the end when he took Heimdall's life.
@@MelodiesFromTheStars Kratos gave him a tiny glimpse of what he is truly capable of should you push to hard! if only Odin was REALLY as wise as he wanted people to think he was. He would have taken one long look at whats left of Greece and Said "NOPE" no even gonna temp "Fate"
@@DarksideGmss0513 Most of his actions were justified. He only "had it coming" because he did it to the son of a foreign god who also lives with the Huldra brother, aka the makers of Mjolnir.
To be honest, Heimdall's death seems very tame. Heimdall should count himself lucky for not suffering the same death as what Kratos did to Helios back in Greece.
Or what Kratos did to Poseidon, who had his eyes squashed/gouged out with Kratos's bare hands in that fight. Definitely one of the more brutal deaths in the series, with only the insane beatdowns that Kratos gave to both Hercules and Zeus probably topping it.
Kratos was trying to be better. Odin and his acolytes would have stood no chance against GOW III Kratos. He truly was the monster that his reputation made him out to be.
@@Harvester88 when you consider Kratos only choked Heindall to death it's really tame. Compare that to his younger self who picks Hermes up by his feet and cuts both legs of just to nik his shoes. Or literally ripping Helios's head of his shoulders with his bare hands. Kratos realized in his younger days that he was a brutal and violent warmonger who killed many innocent people simply because his Gods and father told him to, this cost him everything and all he want's to do is just live peacefully and try to be a better person but Odin and his crew just had to press him.
@@gamercreature2587 news flash, he was still holding back. Quite a bit. This fight was like Sonic fighting Saitoma! Sonic's going all out. Saitoma just holds his fist still, in the air. fight over....................
If anything,im glad it actually concluded like this. Should be canon on how Heimdall stood NO CHANCE against Kratos. Plus...this a great way to rub it in his ignorant ass face.
I like how after killing heimdall, Kratos is so out of it that he fumbles when trying to grab the horn the first time and only manages to push out a grunt towards mimir
@@velvetrosang4684 he even admits it to Atreus later, when they're in Helheim. "I failed, I went back to my old ways" He is in complete disbelief, he knew at the moment he let his hands off Heimdall's throat that he let out, for a brief moment, the old monster he once was
Notice that the stun meter is totally full in Phase 3 which alludes to how the boss is totally unstable. He attacks you without stopping like a cornered, wounded animal. The cackling. Everything ties lore and gameplay together. This right here is quality game.
What I loved about this fight is how it starts with Heimdall being able to read almost every move Kratos makes, then the more he gets beat the sloppier he gets to the point where everything is wildly telegraphed and you are the one reading Heimdall's every move.
Exactly, Kratos is hitting his stride while Heimdall is starting to panic as the unthinkable is happening: someone is actually landing attack after attack against him. Kratos has gone full tactical mode as a master of combat while Heimdall is losing his shit and not thinking clearly enough to retain his edge.
@@VegetaLF7 Not just that, but Heimdall can read his mind. Heimdall is weirded out when he goes "I can't read what's behind your eyes" because Kratos has just gone basically "Full Instinct" . Kratos, and Thor whom Heimdall had spoken the same words to, don't need to "think' about fighting. They have done it so long that they just 'do' and that's what made the difference against Heimdall who is used to people thinking about their moves.
His first warning was when Kratos managed to land a hit, but he let his ego get in the way instead of taking that warning. Also realistically he would be shitting his pants since he hadn't managed to land a single hit the entire fight and Kratos just started picking him apart.
@@DanStaal For being a god that can read other peoples minds and know everything about them, he sure was blind as a bat to what Kratos could and would do..................
@@HighmageDerin To be fair, Kratos' combat abilities have always been more intuitive and tactical than properly strategic. A lot of times even Kratos doesn't know how Kratos will win but he wins anyway, thus there wasn't really any 'secret information' Heimdall could use to win. Heimdall can't read memories exactly but even if he could it wouldn't make a difference vs Kratos.
@@Archedgar Well his interactions with Atreus led me to believe that he had some kind of mind reading ability. Because he knew exactly what Atrias was planning.
@@TheMETALICA40 No he was never concerned...he taunted Kratos till the bitter end. The fight in itself doesn't make sense since Heimdall is supposed to read minds/intentions so he should have read that Kratos was fighting with a special spear made exclusively to defeat him. He either chose to ignore the fact or was just too arrogant to think he could actually lose.
can't dodge a mountain cracking earthquake, I guess. We're still yet to see Kratos at his full, rage-fuelled monster level of power in the new games. If it came to it, I think he'd have created his own volcano to throw Heimdall into.
The reason the spear is the best chance is because it removes Heimdall's ability of foresight. However, this ability was not enough to win the fight in its entirety. Heimdall heavily relied on his foresight, much to the point of lacking any actual fighting capability. Even without the spear, Kratos outspeeds Heimdall and would have won the fight through skill alone, although the spear does remove Heimdall's only advantage in the entire fight. TL;DR: Heimdall relies too much on his foresight and would lose the fight due to sheer skill disparity between him and Kratos, the spear just gives Kratos an even larger advantage than what he already had.
My favorite part is the first three times you get the quick time event against Heimdall you can actually see Kratos figuring out how to beat him. First exchange is a set of blows that don't impact and do nothing. Second one repeats the process but adds in an extra attack that forces Heimdall to actually block instead of dodging. Third time Kratos baits Heimdall with repeating the same attack to trick him into blocking but shifts it instead to land the first punch. From that moment forward Kratos has his strategy figured out: distract and overwhelm Heimdall by hitting him with things he can't predict.
Remember that he’s always holding back in the Norse games so that he doesn’t slip back to his old ways. This is him slowly letting out more and more of his Ghost of Sparta side to achieve victory, and at the end he has to go very close to the edge to beat Heimdall and finish him off. You can see how much that scares him at the end
Something that would have been nice to see would have been the bosses talking differently based on your performance in the fight. Taunting if you're doing poorly, or becoming frustrated that you have the upper hand.
I remember during my fight with Baldur In 2018. I kept getting my ass kicked. He then said, “Ever hear of a shield?” Then I realized, “Oh shit, I do have that!” Then things became way easier.
@@exursix Not sure myself either, but I know it can be done. MGS Snake Eater did this for its bosses, and it was a PS2 title. I'm sure there are other examples but that is the first one which comes to my mind.
@@brandonbyrd1307 I'd be willing to bet that was something they added to guide players on how to beat him if you were having trouble. Both of the games have a somewhat annoying habit of announcing exactly what you're supposed to be doing at any given time if you do not immediately pick up on things like puzzles solutions.
For a brief moment after killing Heimdahl, Kratos' face looks slightly more sunken, more hollow. For that moment, he even looks less human and more like the rage fueled monster he fears becoming
You forget he still is. Still acts on them. Still has it in him. But I believe everyone can change. It’s unfortunate the people around him want to gut his family and him simultaneously. Monster or angel. Doesn’t matter in the moment of war. Gods of war.
@@ghost245353You don't get It,it's not because Kratos killed him,it's because Kratos killed him out of pure rage like he killed the greek gods,If Kratos Just cuted Heimdal i'm pretty sure Mimir would Just say something like:"Well you didn't have any choice he wanted you to kill him and refused mercy" but that's not how things happened here
Hermes was a dumbass in every concept of the word. Like Kratos had already murced Poseidon AND Hades by that point in the game and he really thought "Your luck ends today!" was a valid notion. At least Heimdall had the excuse of not knowing how absolutely thorough Kratos is at disposing of threats, especially godly ones. Like bruh Baldur was invulnerable and Thor fought with him and he didn't want the smoke from him so his arrogance was at its peak for not reassessing whether to retreat or not.
I love how kratos fumbles with the horn while picking it up, judge actually missed the horn when he went to grab it and im glad they used that take, perfectly captures kratos’s emotions
8:09 The old Kratos is showing in this frame. This is what he used to be, filled to the brim with anger. impressive that heimdall managed to push him this far.
ngl, I know Kratos is trying to be a better man, and he is fully succeeding, but I did enjoy even the littlest glimpse of "old kratos" making an appearance. He did what I wanted to do to that cocky little shit from the start.
What I didn’t think about at first was how horrifying Heimdall had to feel at the end, like not only is he feeling the horrendous pain that Kratos is inflicting on his body, but also the fear, shame and surprise at losing the fight AND he is FEELING Kratos’ intent to kill him violently. And all he could manage to say about it was, “Monster…”
The genuine fear in Mimir's voice as for once he actually has a front row seat to seeing the pure rage inside Kratos. He now finally comes to witness that the tales of the Ghost of Sparta were more truth than he had ever dared consider.
When Heimdall finally says *Monster* I think he was reading Kratos's mind and saw all the horrible things Kratos did in Greece which Kratos was using to channel his own rage during this fight.
You see him fumble with picking up the Gjallarhorn. In the motion capture for that scene Christopher actually did mess up trying to pick it up in one attempt but they kept it in because it sold the idea that Kratos is visibly shaken from realizing he lapsed into his old habits.
How about not getting hit, not stunlocking, not using rage and not running from parries? If that sounds good check out this fight on GMGoW on my channel.
I like how Heimdall acts surprised that Kratos actually hit him, but the whole time he hasn't landed a blow on Kratos. 😂😂 I wish the dialogue would reflect stuff like that, but I know that means extra voice work that probably won't be heard by most people.
Love the small details in Kratos losing himself in his rage. You can see it on his face that he just realized he became a monster to kill Heimdall despite knowing it suited his fate.
I really freaking love how this game became so modernized... This GoW duology battle style is insane and really emphasizes that Kratos is pretty much an Old Veteran now but still got the slick moves!
Well, so much for Heimdalls precognitive abilities. If your body can't keep up it doesn't matter if you see it coming, Kratos knew that and that's the mark of an experienced warrior 💪
I love stuff like this. This is their first and only time meeting. We, the audience, already know both of them and now can see them interact. I love when two already established characters meet up.
I never realized but as Heimdall kicks dirt in Kratos's face his spartan rage goes off. It feels like an incredible detail since usually the player/Kratos is in control of it. The brutality of this immediately brought me back to the vengeful Kratos.
At 5:50 you actually hear Kratos's voice crack a little. He's really does not want to return to the god killer that was the Ghost of Sparta but Heimdall just keeps pressing that button.
3:32 Kratos knows from earlier in the fight that Heimdall will at the very least stop dodging to block an attack so I like how this time Kratos grabs him instead to get a punch in. Actually kind of looks like Kratos baited him into it.
The perfectly beaten boss plus just the sheer speed at wich u defeated heimdall really did make it feel like Kratos was enraged. So u made this even better than when others played it. Well done I could feel the rage of Kratos as u killed heimdall.
4:22 Heimdall: "STOP THAT" Kratos: *proceeds to stab continuously at the speed sound, not allowing heimdall to either dodge, counter attack or even react*
it breaks my heart how even mimir couldn't stand with him, by calling him "kratos" and not "brother" and saying that it was disgusting. He tried so hard and after losing his rage he looks so lost for few seconds... also the little detail of not grabbing the horne the first time, like he's very nervous. Love this game and love kratos!
At first I thought the fight was going to look familiar to me. Then the Perfect Combo started and I realized that this guy is way better at the game than me.
"You do not get to decide my fate!" Well when you're pinned to the wall by an explosive spearhead, and he doesn't kill you, he is, by definition, deciding it.
1:50-1:54 Heimdall: "with your reputation i thought i would at least break a sweat" Me: bro of course you haven't broke a sweat all the work has been done by your pet
This player have godly reflexes! "Duel of the fates" should be playing during this fight; since you engage a guy who can predict your moves in epic fight and that you want to change prophecy by...fulfilling it! Anyhow, that was fight worthy of gods!
The way you dominated this fight, shows a crazed Hemidall struggling to deal with his mortality, and Kratos slowly stepping his aggression up to deal with the threat. Which to me is perfect canon. Thank you for making the masterpiece.
Notice in the cutscenes when he's facing Heimdall, he doesn't look directly in his eyes until the moment he's killing him, to help give him a better picture of what he was facing against
Godlike GoW player. Was so cool to watch this for seeing the potential of the game's combat and timing that I missed in my playthrough. Definitely gonna check out your other videos.
nice to see a boss fight with the majority of it not being dominated with runic attacks but with the dirtiest parries in existence jeezus that shield stun to cancel his AoE attack 😮💨
"Dirtiest parries in existence". Seriously? Dude didn't even parry the slowed down move to start Phase 2. No disrespect but I did and a lot more. Check out this same fight on GMGoW on my channel. No damage, no rage, no need for stunlock.
A lot of people are bringing up how Kratos is using this flurry of punches against Heimdall, but that only works because he dazed him with the spear explosion first. But that’s how it works in God of War, Kratos always needs some extra thing to help him defeat his more powerful enemies, be it with Pandora’s box against Ares, the titans against the Greek pantheon, all the united realms against Asgard and here the Draupnir Spear against Heimdall.
Wow I just realized at 3:32 if you play .25x speed or pause it at the right moment you can actually see Kratos grab Heimdall and pull him in for that blow to the face knowing he would try and block one of those attacks he used that to his advantage
Do you still planing on doing the bosses before this? Garm for example is loved by the community. Just curious... But im hyped of course. This might become one of the best ragnarök videos yet. Cant wait! 💯👌
To be real i disliked the second phase. 1st phase was sick though and a great introduction to the spear. A very big target on a huge battlefield. Wished it had just continued there with the gimmick. Thought it was a natural way of a gimmick. It wasn't required but making him untochable most of the time kinda forced you into it. But to get to the point i think people just like him cause he becomes fenrir and that is one of the best scenes in the game. Story is more important in this case. Nidhogg for example is the best big boss in the game but you'll remember her as headless piece of meat and not the best boi on this earth^^
I did it better. No disrespect but no cap either. Check it out on my channel and tell me I'm wrong. GMGoW, no damage, no rage, no stunlock but with more moves and parries. Plus I show difficulty and build.
If you notice closely in the first three flurry of punches that kratos throws he's increasing the speed everytime just to see how he reacts and in the third one as Heimdal goes to block the last one kratos reads it holds his hand and lands the right hook
Why does this feel like a GOW reveal trailer? 😊The title says “Serious Kratos...” so we already know Heimdall is already screwed. Have to get my popcorn ready! 😁😁
Only a peasant who haven’t played the game will say something that obvious 🙄😂
@@steveneyle9344 peasant ? Do you know this persons age? Or financial situation 🤣
@@plumbus7253 he's struggling sorting out his pennies, let him be 💀
He's the peasant he's just mad he's been on TH-cam for 2 years with no subs ctfu now that's what I call a peasant lol
Now I want serious sam vs Heimdal
What I love about this is how in Freya's head this fight's already concluded, she just told Kratos not to feel bad about it lol
because she had fought him multiple times and failed (AND KNEW HE WAS HOLDING BACK) the whole time because he did not want to fight her. hence why she disguised herself in her final fight with him...... and still he held back once he knew it was her! She knows no one stands a chance against the "Ghost of Sparta" :)
It’s because the sisters of fate told them that he will kill Heimdall
@@patrickmcmahon4536 Except now we know that wasn't Kratos' Prophecized End. It was Odin's
@@snmash sisters of fate? They’re dead lmao it’s the Norns in the Norse pantheon
@@HighmageDerin it was, but thanks to Faye the whole prophecy changed.
Heimdall: “You’re the one that killed Baldur?”
Audience: “Clearly.”
"That seems about right"
Says as he takes a million spears to the evertthing
Y al Olimpo
Heimdall: LOL YOU'RE SO WEAK AND SLOW OLD MAN. ARE YOU EVEN TRYING?
This video: KRATOS 1V1 HEIMDALL SPEEDRUN NO-HIT.
@@Kayriel 🤣🤣
“Luck! That’s all this is!!”
Well, he wasn’t wrong. He was lucky to survive that long.
Heimdall was lucky*
@@LoneRoverr Heimdall's death was the only luck on his side. Kratos was INSANELY lucky with his cards, speaking he had the help of Atreus, Mimir, Freya, Freyr, and the Huldra brothers
@@lekacious3529 not lucky, but fated.
@@LoneRoverr Fate doesn't mean jack shit in GOW anymore
@@lekacious3529 it does, everything happened, including The Ghost of Sparta dying.
I never realized Kratos picked up the pace of his punches each time. Basically see how fast heimdall was compared to knowing the outcome
i think the thought process was try to use power attacks it didnt work ok we will try weaker but faster attacks i hit him but be was able to block them, time to combo with fast attacks till i can grab him and hit him hard
I read what others say about the scene and they said was that Kratos was sizing him up as a warrior.
@@caos950042 he was by doing the same punch pattern to throw heimdall off with the last one being different
@@JDFlyy yeah its the classic boxing technique. Keep throwing the same combo but switch up the last punch and they wont predict it
It's also a nice touch that you only see the "scratch" from the draupnir ring when the first punch connects with heimdall.
When Heimdall said monster. In that moment he truly realized what Kratos is capable of and knew he was holding back.
Kratos here is holding back so much. What he does in this game is nothing compared to what he’s truly capable of. The original games are Kratos at full power and it’s terrifying. He still has his natural born godly abilities but the magic of his home land is gone. In the original games it’s canon that the magic he learns in his travels he never forgets or loses but for gameplay reasons he only uses that games newly acquired magic. With that said Kratos with his own natural power plus his magic would make him a God among Gods.
It would include his mild Pyromancer abilities he still currently has, strength so great he can lift the weight of the world, the ability to heal from any injury given time. All the magic would include: Bending Time like Heimdall does, controlling water, summoning spectral Spartans, reigning down Fiery Spectral Spears, Lighting, Ripping souls out of peoples bodies, raising the dead and probably a few more I forgot. Thank god Kratos no longer has his old magic tricks
I think Kratos(unintentionally) did what Thor did. Where he says ‘look into my eyes and find out if I’m lying’ Kratos gave a glimpse to Heimdall on different ways he can kill him. And Heimdall calls Thor sick whereas Kratos is called a monster.
@@Broomer52 stop with this narrative. The dev themselves said that Kratos is now way stronger than he was in Greece, stop the fanboyism
@@Broomer52 apparently he is even stronger in the latest games compared to the older games were he was younger. In the old games it was blind rage, blinded and fueled by vengeance, were as here he has more control over his anger and can use it with more precision, although sometimes he reverts back to his old self when he is pushed, which we saw at the end when he took Heimdall's life.
@@simonl5074 weird thing to be mad about, they can say it all they want but I haven’t seen any proof
Love that Heimdall's final words are "Monster".
He is reading Kratos' mind and all Kratos is thinking that he has become the monster again
I like to think he saw the sheer terror Kratos brought upon the last pantheon
@@MelodiesFromTheStars Kratos gave him a tiny glimpse of what he is truly capable of should you push to hard! if only Odin was REALLY as wise as he wanted people to think he was. He would have taken one long look at whats left of Greece and Said "NOPE" no even gonna temp "Fate"
But tbh Heimdall had it coming
@@DarksideGmss0513 A high school bully on steroids?............. definitely had it coming...
@@DarksideGmss0513 Most of his actions were justified. He only "had it coming" because he did it to the son of a foreign god who also lives with the Huldra brother, aka the makers of Mjolnir.
To be honest, Heimdall's death seems very tame. Heimdall should count himself lucky for not suffering the same death as what Kratos did to Helios back in Greece.
Or what Kratos did to Poseidon, who had his eyes squashed/gouged out with Kratos's bare hands in that fight. Definitely one of the more brutal deaths in the series, with only the insane beatdowns that Kratos gave to both Hercules and Zeus probably topping it.
Kratos was trying to be better. Odin and his acolytes would have stood no chance against GOW III Kratos. He truly was the monster that his reputation made him out to be.
I WISH IT COULDVE BEEN THE SAME
@tonts5329 or what Kratos did to Zeus where you just press O infinitely.
In all actuality Kratos has been calm an reasonable the whole time hes been dealing with the Norse Pantheon
There are very few times I've felt so satisfied with the brutal death of a Boss...
This is still tame compared to original Kratos. They really did a good job of showing his restraint.
@@Harvester88 when you consider Kratos only choked Heindall to death it's really tame. Compare that to his younger self who picks Hermes up by his feet and cuts both legs of just to nik his shoes. Or literally ripping Helios's head of his shoulders with his bare hands. Kratos realized in his younger days that he was a brutal and violent warmonger who killed many innocent people simply because his Gods and father told him to, this cost him everything and all he want's to do is just live peacefully and try to be a better person but Odin and his crew just had to press him.
@@jarrettodom3943 At least even if he couldn't stop being a brutal person, he was still capable of killing without destroying
@@syadammaulana8571 Yep and only really kills because he's forced to.
@@jarrettodom3943 Do it because it's necessary, not because it's written in prophecy
Man, this is not fair. Heimdall is figthing the final boss.
This is the kratos you get when he finally stops holding back.
Heimdall is fighting the Final Boss and also he never choose to do his sidequests first.
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx like the be friends with loki sidequest
WHAT??!! Maple is in this game??!!
@@gamercreature2587 news flash, he was still holding back. Quite a bit. This fight was like Sonic fighting Saitoma! Sonic's going all out. Saitoma just holds his fist still, in the air. fight over....................
Seeing Heindall getting stunlocked was just nasty bro....nice work!
Appreciate it ma man 🤗
I thought stunlocking was impossible in this game, I couldnt believe my eyes
Yeah doing that to Heindall was pretty nasty
I started laughing when I caught it. Damn son!!!
I stun locked him with holding R1 and detonating. Rince and repeat. One of the easiest bosses. Also playing on GMGOW during my first playthrough
I wasn’t expecting a flawless, not damage taken, boss fight. That was badass
I just posted this fight. GMGoW, no damage, no rage but also no stunlock and I didn't run from parries. Check it out.
little did Heimdall know that he was going to fight the true unhittable being
FLAWLESS VICTORY!
If anything,im glad it actually concluded like this. Should be canon on how Heimdall stood NO CHANCE against Kratos. Plus...this a great way to rub it in his ignorant ass face.
I like how after killing heimdall, Kratos is so out of it that he fumbles when trying to grab the horn the first time and only manages to push out a grunt towards mimir
Read somewhere that the actor for Kratos actually missed the horn accidentally but was kept in
@@Valome_Virtual_Gravedigger it makes sense because he did the one thing he hated doing and was so angry he was, like I said, so out of it
@@DepressedCrow That wasn't just anger in his face. That was shock, disgust, and even a little fear too. Fear of falling back into his old ways.
@velvetrosang4684 in that moment, he felt what the Greek gods felt during his rampage
@@velvetrosang4684 he even admits it to Atreus later, when they're in Helheim. "I failed, I went back to my old ways"
He is in complete disbelief, he knew at the moment he let his hands off Heimdall's throat that he let out, for a brief moment, the old monster he once was
Notice that the stun meter is totally full in Phase 3 which alludes to how the boss is totally unstable. He attacks you without stopping like a cornered, wounded animal. The cackling. Everything ties lore and gameplay together. This right here is quality game.
That stupid ass sprint tells it too
You can feel his frustration, you know? It is immensely satisfying
woahh!!gameplay elements that show symbolism?!?!!!!!!
@@clementfermn6711 goofy ahh sprint.
The part when heimdall says " Oh LoOk ThE sTiCk is bac-augh what the " 😭😂😂💯
2:54 thought that a cool and realistic detail too 🤣
Heimdal's 1st and last lesson in life 😂
"Do not pick a fight with the Ghost of sparta "
Especially if that Spartan is using a spear.
What I loved about this fight is how it starts with Heimdall being able to read almost every move Kratos makes, then the more he gets beat the sloppier he gets to the point where everything is wildly telegraphed and you are the one reading Heimdall's every move.
Exactly, Kratos is hitting his stride while Heimdall is starting to panic as the unthinkable is happening: someone is actually landing attack after attack against him. Kratos has gone full tactical mode as a master of combat while Heimdall is losing his shit and not thinking clearly enough to retain his edge.
The gaming equivalent of "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face"
@@VegetaLF7 Not just that, but Heimdall can read his mind. Heimdall is weirded out when he goes "I can't read what's behind your eyes" because Kratos has just gone basically "Full Instinct" . Kratos, and Thor whom Heimdall had spoken the same words to, don't need to "think' about fighting. They have done it so long that they just 'do' and that's what made the difference against Heimdall who is used to people thinking about their moves.
its like mike tyson said "everyone has a plan untill they get punched in the face"
His first warning was when Kratos managed to land a hit, but he let his ego get in the way instead of taking that warning.
Also realistically he would be shitting his pants since he hadn't managed to land a single hit the entire fight and Kratos just started picking him apart.
I was thinking that Heimdal is doing a lot of shit-talking for someone who has yet to land one hit.
@@DanStaal For being a god that can read other peoples minds and know everything about them, he sure was blind as a bat to what Kratos could and would do..................
@@HighmageDerin To be fair, Kratos' combat abilities have always been more intuitive and tactical than properly strategic. A lot of times even Kratos doesn't know how Kratos will win but he wins anyway, thus there wasn't really any 'secret information' Heimdall could use to win. Heimdall can't read memories exactly but even if he could it wouldn't make a difference vs Kratos.
@@Archedgar Well his interactions with Atreus led me to believe that he had some kind of mind reading ability. Because he knew exactly what Atrias was planning.
@@HighmageDerin I thought the same thing especially he knew kratos was thinking about sparing him
2:23 I love how he is mocking you while getting absolutely destroyed 😁😁😃
Denial,he knows his time is up
@@TheMETALICA40 You mean over-confidence
@@XDG At that point he was not,he knew he was no match for kratos hes basicly mocking kratos because he knew he couldn't do nothing else.
@@TheMETALICA40 No he was never concerned...he taunted Kratos till the bitter end. The fight in itself doesn't make sense since Heimdall is supposed to read minds/intentions so he should have read that Kratos was fighting with a special spear made exclusively to defeat him. He either chose to ignore the fact or was just too arrogant to think he could actually lose.
His attitude is what i expected Loki to be like before the reveal
3:09 "The spear remains our best chance".
Meaning not the ONLY one. I'm curious what other ideas he had in mind for this fight.
well he killed hermes the normal way so there's that
can't dodge a mountain cracking earthquake, I guess. We're still yet to see Kratos at his full, rage-fuelled monster level of power in the new games. If it came to it, I think he'd have created his own volcano to throw Heimdall into.
The O prompt
Best I can guess is to start interacting with the environment around him... or just throwing hands until one lands
The reason the spear is the best chance is because it removes Heimdall's ability of foresight. However, this ability was not enough to win the fight in its entirety. Heimdall heavily relied on his foresight, much to the point of lacking any actual fighting capability. Even without the spear, Kratos outspeeds Heimdall and would have won the fight through skill alone, although the spear does remove Heimdall's only advantage in the entire fight.
TL;DR: Heimdall relies too much on his foresight and would lose the fight due to sheer skill disparity between him and Kratos, the spear just gives Kratos an even larger advantage than what he already had.
You made that fight look choreographed. It was like watching art in motion. Thanks for sharing!
🙏 thank you much
I love the little touch at 4:59 of having Kratos do just a tiny toss/catch with the spear, like "Now, let's try this again."
He's simply readjusting his grip
I love how it feels like Kratos is just getting stronger as the fight goes on.
My favorite part is the first three times you get the quick time event against Heimdall you can actually see Kratos figuring out how to beat him. First exchange is a set of blows that don't impact and do nothing. Second one repeats the process but adds in an extra attack that forces Heimdall to actually block instead of dodging. Third time Kratos baits Heimdall with repeating the same attack to trick him into blocking but shifts it instead to land the first punch. From that moment forward Kratos has his strategy figured out: distract and overwhelm Heimdall by hitting him with things he can't predict.
But also heimdall lack combat skills
It feels that way because Kratos was slowly upping his strength in this fight every time he measured Heimdall's power.
Remember that he’s always holding back in the Norse games so that he doesn’t slip back to his old ways. This is him slowly letting out more and more of his Ghost of Sparta side to achieve victory, and at the end he has to go very close to the edge to beat Heimdall and finish him off. You can see how much that scares him at the end
Something that would have been nice to see would have been the bosses talking differently based on your performance in the fight. Taunting if you're doing poorly, or becoming frustrated that you have the upper hand.
wonder how can that be scripted
I remember during my fight with Baldur In 2018. I kept getting my ass kicked. He then said, “Ever hear of a shield?” Then I realized, “Oh shit, I do have that!” Then things became way easier.
@@exursix Not sure myself either, but I know it can be done. MGS Snake Eater did this for its bosses, and it was a PS2 title. I'm sure there are other examples but that is the first one which comes to my mind.
@@brandonbyrd1307 I'd be willing to bet that was something they added to guide players on how to beat him if you were having trouble. Both of the games have a somewhat annoying habit of announcing exactly what you're supposed to be doing at any given time if you do not immediately pick up on things like puzzles solutions.
The game actually has that lol
For a brief moment after killing Heimdahl, Kratos' face looks slightly more sunken, more hollow. For that moment, he even looks less human and more like the rage fueled monster he fears becoming
which I don't get. He gave him a final warning. He disobeyed. Kratos killed to secure his safety. I am not sure how Kratos is becoming a monster here
You forget he still is. Still acts on them. Still has it in him. But I believe everyone can change. It’s unfortunate the people around him want to gut his family and him simultaneously. Monster or angel. Doesn’t matter in the moment of war. Gods of war.
@@ghost245353Exactly. Especially in the moment of war. His war against those who mean death to him and his family.
This was one of three fights Kratos lost in the Norse Saga. He lost it to the Ghost.
@@ghost245353You don't get It,it's not because Kratos killed him,it's because Kratos killed him out of pure rage like he killed the greek gods,If Kratos Just cuted Heimdal i'm pretty sure Mimir would Just say something like:"Well you didn't have any choice he wanted you to kill him and refused mercy" but that's not how things happened here
Heimdall was an entertaining character. He reminded me of Hermes from GoW 3, but more prominent in the story. Impressive display as always bro 💪🏾.
Hermes was a dumbass in every concept of the word. Like Kratos had already murced Poseidon AND Hades by that point in the game and he really thought "Your luck ends today!" was a valid notion. At least Heimdall had the excuse of not knowing how absolutely thorough Kratos is at disposing of threats, especially godly ones. Like bruh Baldur was invulnerable and Thor fought with him and he didn't want the smoke from him so his arrogance was at its peak for not reassessing whether to retreat or not.
@@w47765 Lmao, all facts! 😆
@@w47765 Atleast Heimdall fights and entertains. Hermes runs and waste everyone's time.
Heimdall was way cooler than Hermes.
At least Heimdall put up more of a fight
I love how kratos fumbles with the horn while picking it up, judge actually missed the horn when he went to grab it and im glad they used that take, perfectly captures kratos’s emotions
8:09 The old Kratos is showing in this frame. This is what he used to be, filled to the brim with anger. impressive that heimdall managed to push him this far.
Heimdall was the I in Him
Yessir those Angry Rageful Eyebrows sticking out brought back alot of memories especially in God of War III
ngl, I know Kratos is trying to be a better man, and he is fully succeeding, but I did enjoy even the littlest glimpse of "old kratos" making an appearance. He did what I wanted to do to that cocky little shit from the start.
What I didn’t think about at first was how horrifying Heimdall had to feel at the end, like not only is he feeling the horrendous pain that Kratos is inflicting on his body, but also the fear, shame and surprise at losing the fight AND he is FEELING Kratos’ intent to kill him violently. And all he could manage to say about it was, “Monster…”
I like to think at that moment he also saw into Kratos’ memories and saw what he did to the Greek gods.
4:26 I never thought I would see someone full combo Heimdall with the spear
SPARTANS
WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION
The Spear was the backbone of Spartan warfare along with the shield. Kratos had trained in using one since he was a child.
Heimdall Before Getting Hit:Really Cocky
Heimdall After Taking Damage And Losing His Arm: OW! STOP! STOP!
Heimdall Directly After:Still Wants To Fight
The genuine fear in Mimir's voice as for once he actually has a front row seat to seeing the pure rage inside Kratos. He now finally comes to witness that the tales of the Ghost of Sparta were more truth than he had ever dared consider.
When Heimdall finally says *Monster* I think he was reading Kratos's mind and saw all the horrible things Kratos did in Greece which Kratos was using to channel his own rage during this fight.
The dude playing is absolutely insane also I love how Mimir seems terrified watching Kratos kill the dude and how he almost reverted to his old self
Imagine Using Realm Shift
And You Still Cant Hit The Enemy
Heimdall Must Be So Mad
He Forgot How To Feel Fear
You see him fumble with picking up the Gjallarhorn. In the motion capture for that scene Christopher actually did mess up trying to pick it up in one attempt but they kept it in because it sold the idea that Kratos is visibly shaken from realizing he lapsed into his old habits.
Just like the Norns said "You will learn that Heimdall intends to kill Atreus, and you will do what you do best." 5:40
And than Ragnarok
Flying through multiple stages of a bossfight without getting hit or being locked on the enemy is wild
How about not getting hit, not stunlocking, not using rage and not running from parries? If that sounds good check out this fight on GMGoW on my channel.
Heimdall: Nobody can hit me!
Kratos: Hold my Lemnian wine.
In that moment, he wasn't a monster. He was a father.
I like how Heimdall acts surprised that Kratos actually hit him, but the whole time he hasn't landed a blow on Kratos. 😂😂
I wish the dialogue would reflect stuff like that, but I know that means extra voice work that probably won't be heard by most people.
Love the small details in Kratos losing himself in his rage. You can see it on his face that he just realized he became a monster to kill Heimdall despite knowing it suited his fate.
I really freaking love how this game became so modernized... This GoW duology battle style is insane and really emphasizes that Kratos is pretty much an Old Veteran now but still got the slick moves!
Kratos is such a DOG!! That cutscene allowing him to live only to blast his arm as a warning!! COLD
3:27 idk if those spears were on purpose but the way Heimdall fell into it was epic
Those combos were extremely crisp. Planned on only watching the cutscenes but the gameplay had me hooked.
I won't lie, the way Heimdall dodges is hella mesmerizing
My man bullied him into a corner - love it!
“What idiots”
Said the man going after the Queen of the Valkyries and the God of war at the same time
Heimdall : you expect the stick to give you an advantage..
Me : " yes. " Lmao
Well, so much for Heimdalls precognitive abilities. If your body can't keep up it doesn't matter if you see it coming, Kratos knew that and that's the mark of an experienced warrior 💪
I like how Mimir says "you hit him once, you can do it again" and you've already hit him somewhere around 20 to 30 times.
Easily one of my favorite boss kills ever. So satisfying to the his lights go out, such a prick.
😂
I love stuff like this.
This is their first and only time meeting. We, the audience, already know both of them and now can see them interact.
I love when two already established characters meet up.
I never realized but as Heimdall kicks dirt in Kratos's face his spartan rage goes off. It feels like an incredible detail since usually the player/Kratos is in control of it. The brutality of this immediately brought me back to the vengeful Kratos.
Time stamp it
7:59
At 5:50 you actually hear Kratos's voice crack a little. He's really does not want to return to the god killer that was the Ghost of Sparta but Heimdall just keeps pressing that button.
3:32
Kratos knows from earlier in the fight that Heimdall will at the very least stop dodging to block an attack so I like how this time Kratos grabs him instead to get a punch in. Actually kind of looks like Kratos baited him into it.
Heimdall: “You are the one who killed baldur?!!”
Also baldur: currently getting his ass beat
Kratos: …yes
Heimdall: I can't remember the last time someone actually hit me!
Kratos: Huh you as well?
Poor Heimdall ... Died without touching his opponent, such a sad ending for a legend ⚰️.
Lmfao
No no he did... With his face... Getting bashed in
But his arm! ...That... Got blown off
Somehow you manage to make Kratos seem even more epic than he usually is. It's nice.
"Hit them faster than they can hit you until they die" Man took this to another level
The perfectly beaten boss plus just the sheer speed at wich u defeated heimdall really did make it feel like Kratos was enraged.
So u made this even better than when others played it. Well done I could feel the rage of Kratos as u killed heimdall.
4:22
Heimdall: "STOP THAT"
Kratos: *proceeds to stab continuously at the speed sound, not allowing heimdall to either dodge, counter attack or even react*
it breaks my heart how even mimir couldn't stand with him, by calling him "kratos" and not "brother" and saying that it was disgusting. He tried so hard and after losing his rage he looks so lost for few seconds... also the little detail of not grabbing the horne the first time, like he's very nervous. Love this game and love kratos!
Heimdall: “you don’t get to decide my fate”
Kratos : “first time?”
4:29 "Watch this, i call it BULLY COMBO"
Ironic that Heimdall couldn't land a single hit on Kratos.
Because it's a game
Heimdall: "You can't hit me! I know your every move!"
Kratos: *Pulls uno reverse card
8:04 -- No blades. No 'stick'. Just pure RAGE seaping out of Kratos -- like some animal, like a.... MONSTER.
Kratos’s reflexes are so godly!
At first I thought the fight was going to look familiar to me.
Then the Perfect Combo started and I realized that this guy is way better at the game than me.
I love the subtle panic kratos has after killing heimdall, from the uneven breathing, to the clumsy grasping at gjallerhorn
"You do not get to decide my fate!" Well when you're pinned to the wall by an explosive spearhead, and he doesn't kill you, he is, by definition, deciding it.
1:50-1:54 Heimdall: "with your reputation i thought i would at least break a sweat" Me: bro of course you haven't broke a sweat all the work has been done by your pet
This player have godly reflexes! "Duel of the fates" should be playing during this fight; since you engage a guy who can predict your moves in epic fight and that you want to change prophecy by...fulfilling it! Anyhow, that was fight worthy of gods!
4:53 he deadass said "OKAY! STOP! STOP!!"
I never get over that scene at 5:35 as soon as hiemdall
Mentions Atreus kratos goes from peaceful to murder machine in an instant
Thanks god its atreus but for calliope it will be different story last time i know he just wipeout a mythology
The way you dominated this fight, shows a crazed Hemidall struggling to deal with his mortality, and Kratos slowly stepping his aggression up to deal with the threat. Which to me is perfect canon. Thank you for making the masterpiece.
Notice in the cutscenes when he's facing Heimdall, he doesn't look directly in his eyes until the moment he's killing him, to help give him a better picture of what he was facing against
Love that Kratos didn’t get fully pissed off until Heimdall kicked dirt in his eyes
Godlike GoW player.
Was so cool to watch this for seeing the potential of the game's combat and timing that I missed in my playthrough. Definitely gonna check out your other videos.
Check out this fight on GMGoW without stunlock, more move diversity and way more parries on my channel.
watching heimdall struggle and squirm realizing he stood no chance against someone with genuine battle experience was so damn satisfying.
oh my gods this aggressive combat is so cool and inspiring to watch
This was the only time, when fighting a boss, that it reminded me of the old God of War games.
nice to see a boss fight with the majority of it not being dominated with runic attacks
but with the dirtiest parries in existence jeezus that shield stun to cancel his AoE attack 😮💨
"Dirtiest parries in existence". Seriously? Dude didn't even parry the slowed down move to start Phase 2. No disrespect but I did and a lot more. Check out this same fight on GMGoW on my channel. No damage, no rage, no need for stunlock.
A lot of people are bringing up how Kratos is using this flurry of punches against Heimdall, but that only works because he dazed him with the spear explosion first. But that’s how it works in God of War, Kratos always needs some extra thing to help him defeat his more powerful enemies, be it with Pandora’s box against Ares, the titans against the Greek pantheon, all the united realms against Asgard and here the Draupnir Spear against Heimdall.
Tbh it was overly satisfying to watch him finally get whats coming to him
Wow I just realized at 3:32 if you play .25x speed or pause it at the right moment you can actually see Kratos grab Heimdall and pull him in for that blow to the face
knowing he would try and block one of those attacks he used that to his advantage
Não tem preço ver o Kratos tirando o sorriso do rosto dele. Ótimo vídeo irmão
i have never seen someone so cracked at god of war in my life like dayum this guy is insane
Bro literally overwhelmed his senses by stun locking him
Do you still planing on doing the bosses before this? Garm for example is loved by the community.
Just curious... But im hyped of course. This might become one of the best ragnarök videos yet. Cant wait! 💯👌
Why is garm loved???? Its such a gimmicky fight to me
@@cosmicfrank5465 that’s why it’s loved. The game has many regular bosses and mini bosses. Gimmick fights feel unique and especially good narratively
To be real i disliked the second phase. 1st phase was sick though and a great introduction to the spear. A very big target on a huge battlefield. Wished it had just continued there with the gimmick.
Thought it was a natural way of a gimmick. It wasn't required but making him untochable most of the time kinda forced you into it.
But to get to the point i think people just like him cause he becomes fenrir and that is one of the best scenes in the game. Story is more important in this case. Nidhogg for example is the best big boss in the game but you'll remember her as headless piece of meat and not the best boi on this earth^^
I've got this fight and both of Garm's in full on my channel. GMGoW and no damage or rage used on all. Check em out.
“Oh look, the stick is b-Ahhhk, whst the..”
That was bad ass 2:50
7:38 God I love this transition so much, it's almost traight out of a movie
Awesome... Now that is what I call "close combat" @ it's best, again you manage to fight circles around this boss.
I did it better. No disrespect but no cap either. Check it out on my channel and tell me I'm wrong. GMGoW, no damage, no rage, no stunlock but with more moves and parries. Plus I show difficulty and build.
@@The_Gamers_Gamer I saw your video and this clip is better, that's just my opinion.
Atreus: "Dad, so how did you beat Heimdall?"
Kratos: "He could not predict the hands of a God, boy" 😂
If you notice closely in the first three flurry of punches that kratos throws he's increasing the speed everytime just to see how he reacts and in the third one as Heimdal goes to block the last one kratos reads it holds his hand and lands the right hook
This Heimdall is the kind of bully you meet by the hallway school lockers. 😆
Guy made this into a devil may cry game the fast switches, agressive button mashes truly a fun way to play this game