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If you haven’t played the 2018 PlayStation 4 game God of War, go do that. We’ll wait… So, you hated it? Then don’t worry about this review. But if you loved its deep combat system and careful portrayal of a tenuous father-son relationship, then boy, do I have some fantastic news about its sequel. god of war ragnarok is what happens when a development team (Santa Monica Studio) looks at a blockbuster title and says, “What if we make everything, you know, better?” – and actually succeeds.
I spent more than 40 hours playing ragnarokoutside now on ps4 Y ps5and this is what you should know, without spoilers.
the plot
in 2018 GoWwe saw a much smoother protagonist than the previous seven hack-and-slash GoW titles A god slayer named Kratos, himself a god, just wanted to settle down with a family! Have a son! He lives a quiet life in the forest in a world inspired by Norse mythology! But his wife died, leaving him with a son he couldn’t connect with and a quest to scatter his spouse’s ashes from the highest peak of all the kingdoms. That started a thoughtful journey for both Kratos and his son Atreus, which saw the old warrior struggling to learn how to let his son near him, killing a god or two in the process.
In ragnarok, we meet Kratos and Atreus three years later, training hard and surviving a prophesied harsh winter that will precede, well, Ragnarök, or the end of the world. In an effort to stop Doomsday, the pair travel, sometimes together, sometimes apart, to all nine realms (more so than in the first game, where only a few were accessible). The journey reunites the couple with old friends (as the talking head of Mímir) and new ones (the giant Angrboda). There are also some complete ones. imbeciles they have to contend with, including Odin, Thor, and the realm’s three-time champion of Asgard’s most punchable face, Heimdall.
