I love how they did Odin, he's like a sleazy politician that you want to trust but something in the back of your head tells you not to believe his charm
"I killed her son. There is no letting that go." I love how deeply Kratos understands Freya. He would never forgive anyone for killing Atreus, so he doesn't resent her, despite the fact that killing Baldur was necessary
@@StormofSpanks Yeah, that's fair for some gods, but I'm referring to people like Thor who kept trying to push him to show him his "real power." Like bro you know he is the ghost of Sparta who killed the entire pantheon of Greek gods along with the titans and plenty of other abominations why are you trying to unlock his anger once more?
This is so rare to see outside of Indie games now days, the devs really putting heart in this game. And.. wow it pays off, the series is on a high note, again and again. Love it.
I love that at the end of the 2018 game, everyone expects it to be a big fight when Thor finally appears, but adversing that the fact he brought Mead and for a chit-chat. I love it.
The voice actor for Freya did an unreal performance when she screams “KRATOS” and everything comes crashing down behind them. Chills man literal chills
The pacing in this game is phenomenal. I couldn’t tell you at any point wether or not it’s the climax or just another quest. The entire campaign is just one giant cinematic climax.
Except the ironwood section, right? Don’t wanna spoil it for u in case u haven’t reached it yet, but I can assure u that the game later feels like it was written by two writers with polar opposite visions, one of them being excellent and the other absolutely talentless and boring. I hope you don’t share my view when you reach the part I’m talking about though
@@saucyjack4936 Ironwood was magical. (Spoiler) It gave both Atreus and the players a painful I sight into their future and expanding the lore, while also showing ‘Loki’s’~~ slow and adorable connection with Angrboda. Yeah, the beginning chunk wasn’t as “death at every corner” as the rest, but GoW is a story as much as it is a fighting game. Ironwood is without Kratos, so its mostly also without chaos 😅
The part where Thor defribrilates Kratos back to consciousness during the death screen has to be one of the most ingenious uses of game/story synergy I've seen a AAA-game use in a long while.
That frozen lightning strike Kratos and Thor made when they clashed is legitimately one of the coolest looking things I've ever seen. And it goes all the way up to the fucking sky.
16:15 Charlie asks why Kratos says no and to me it seems pretty clear. Odin is to Thor what Zeus was to Kratos. Kratos knows better than to trust deals from gods even if it means causing war.
Kratos emphasizes on his diary that the thing that made him completely dismiss Odin's offer was his veiled threat to Freya. Even after she's been nothing but a huge danger to them for the last three years, even after her son came after them and almost killed both him and his son more than once, Kratos doesn't for one moment ever stop caring about Freya or holds her anger against her, not hesitating to refuse what really sounded like a great deal. I really love these two's relationship in this game more than any other.
@@MamadNobari the arkham games are a little different, you actually die when that happens. The one in this game is part of the game, it tricks you into thinking you didn't button mash well enough just to actually be part of the story
@@Kurzxclan or just play NieR:Automata lol. although that is technically an older game anyways since its...an older game than ragnarok. oh well. overall it's the most mechanically Innovative and has the most advanced gameplay diversity of any game.
Sitting your magical god-weapon on the table slow and begrudgingly to indicate that you're "just here to talk" is awesome af but Best Boy putting the cups on the table too is what made me burst out laughing. Made the scene epic
This fight absolutely slaps. The dialogue, the set pieces, and the acting is top tier! Hats off to everyone at Sony Santa Monica, they did an excellent job!
@@g80gzt "Fenrir gets a very happy ending, i won't say any more." Could you make it any more obvious he gets resurrected? You're giving it away while pretending to avoid spoilers.
I noticed how much of an Actual God Charlie is in games after watching Jacksepticeye die a bunch of times to the bear on mid difficulty and Charlie wrecked him in one try on nightmare
What really? haven't watched his playthrough yet. I always start games on normal difficulty but the fights aren't that harf in the game which make me switch to no mercy(hard) at least. He really died to the bear fight? the combos become readable like a boook after like, 30 secs
yea I dropped it to give me no mercy after the hell the last game put me through "for no trophy" so seeing charlie destroy the bear when I died to it once on a lower setting yea actual god is a good description, maybe he's a god of games?
Tbh I was thinking the same thing. I'd like to think I'm decent at GoW combat after 100%ing 2018 GoW on gmgow difficulty, but died like maybe ten times trying to fight Thor anyways.
It's a great touch along with Charlie pointing out the last punch would break his jaw. You literally see Thor pull out a broken teeth and just throw it on the ice. Bad ass
As soon as I saw the Frozen lighting after the Leviathan axe and Mjölnir collided I knew we were in for a masterpiece. One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in a game had my hyped.
MINOR POST-GAME LORE SPOILERS: Dude, I just got the "This feels familiar." line. There's one of those same frozen lightning bolts in The Crater in Vanaheim. I just put so many pieces together. I learned that Faye fought Thor with that same axe, and created the same frozen bolt of lightning when they clashed weapons. The Crater itself was created by their fight, and that frozen lightning bolt is present in the middle
@@strengar7145 Yeah...I already knew that. That's why I posted it? I just can't remember if they said anything about shaking the 9 realms, but if they did, I'm sure Kratos and Thor did too
At the beginning I was curious about why she didn’t just go for the dogs, but then I remembered her compassion love for animals. But then she almost crushes them with trees so who knows.
She's mostly mad at Kratos. She could've used Atreus as a distraction or kidnapped him but like you said, she's compassionate but also grieving which led to her mindless quest to try and kill the person who killed her son
I agree one of the best intro in gaming for sure and I'm loved how they made Thor and Odin in this game I mean they look great and the actors are perfect for them, I also love how Odin is kinda like a mob boss in this game but honestly I'm excited to see them more in my playthrough.
In the 2018 game they established that Freya cares deeply for nature and animals, so I imagine thats why she didnt just take out the dogs that were pulling the sled
"You know my past? Then you know what I'm capable of" is one of the hardest pieces of dialogue ever. The way Christopher Judge delivers the line, the truth behind that statement...just so good.
@@noobatron2663 It's the opposite of GOW2018, it starts off easier and gets harder instead of stupid hard and then getting easier. I'm geared up as I should be a few dozen hours in with a lot of defense and bosses 2-3 shot me, big moves 1 shotting.
Oh yeah man. I don’t game with stuff like this. I stick to old school second gen games like crash bandicoot. But man I loved every minute watching my brother play this game. It’s like all my cinematic movie dreams come to like. Badass Nordic lore. So sweet.
Lol 8 months ago i was watching this masterpiece and then remembered in 2018 i had played the older one on my lil cousins PlayStation so then I waited til my birthday to get a Playstation and I've been enjoying it ever since 😅
The emotional impact of kratos finally getting angry enough to unleash his true self through Thor's provoking is just amazing writing, that gutteral yell he makes only adds to it, couldn't be happier with the direction this game is going so far
Rarely do I see motion capture accurately capture facial expressions as intricate as Kratos' in that exact scene... You can see everything come out, the rage, then the memories, then the realization that he's losing control, then the breathing and discipline to reign it all back in. In just a few seconds, you get told an entire story about Kratos and now you understand him on a far deeper level, even if you've never played the other games. Masterful.
@Conquest On the first one i completed the storyline and went back to the house so i knew thor was going to be in it but i didn't think the fight would be that good
i like the idea that its canon kratos sees a screen telling him tips on how to be better when he dies prematurely. or it wouldve been if the text appeared in that instance
@@countedcat477 Its because odin mentioned the part about Freya, the lore entry for it talks about how he strongly considered it but allying with her ex-husband against an old friend was off the table for him
@@TheFirstCurse1 also kratos really doesnt harbor any ill will towards freya, he is 100% understanding of why she's doing what she's doing, she also saved his son and was a friend so he's in her debt
This game felt more like a cinematic masterpiece with the way it introduced Thor and Odin coupled with how the combat is complimented by the soundtrack. Just outstanding.
The Baldur fight was more hype for sure, but the dialogue in this and the scene with Mjolnir carrying Kratos through the sky made it phenomenal in different ways.
The dialogue is f*cking terrible. They literally talk like modern people. Odin says 'my ex...." it is like bad high school film. The VA's also don't match who they are playing
@@nicbellnicastro3119 They talk like modern people. Odin literally said "my ex..." Gaming used to have good dialogue, but this feels like a parody and everyone is just going along with it
16:15 The reason Kratos says no, you can read the journals right after Is the moment he threatened Freya. While Kratos hates that she hunts them, he wishes no harm to her, and is understanding of where she is right now.
Another thing to think about is that Kratos (idk if I understood this wrong or what) but apparently Kratos speaks Greek in 2018 but everyone could understand him...either that or I'm just an idiot and they actually all speak English and their native languages or wtv lmao
@@kayballer_ He spoke Norse in 2018, he just couldn't read Norse. It's like going to a foreign country learning to speak the native tongue but you never learned to read or write in it. He only started to read Norse in this game, clearly the result of him learning during fimbulwinter.
@@Vaultboythefightingmachine I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
What does that even mean? What "shovelware" are you referring to? This year's been good and it's only gonna get better after Darktide and Callisto Protocol.
18:06 when Thor snaps his finger to make his hammer block an attack was great, idk why it hyped me so much but I guess that kind of cheeky detail of a fight scene is awesome. The intro is a 10/10 beautifully done. Edit: wrong time stamp…
Odin’s intro was great, power doesn’t need to be said outright or flaunted, but the fact that he can sit down and casually drink the God of War’s mead along with Thor’s just tells you all you need to know.
Which is why I'm more terrified of Odin than Zeus. Sure, you can say Zeus is more powerful, and I'd agree with that. But what's terrifying about Odin is that this guy knows he can still fuck you up no matter if you're more powerful than him or not, simply because of how cunning and sly he is. Its like a twisted form of wisdom used for selfishness that is... oddly worse than Myth Zeus.
@@Odinsday Imagine Odin with Zeus' power level (if its confirmed that Zeus is more powerful, either in GOW or mythological power scaling)... Zeus just got paranoid because of Pandora's box, Odin was just a natural asshole, and goddamn...
@@borponoida9161 I'm at a point where I believe that odd "Two Grave Digger" theory in the GoW series, where one of the Grave Diggers was actually Odin (due to facial scar placements), just so he can fuck over the Greek Pantheon for whatever reason. Who knows, maybe the Norns told him a prophecy and he wanted to avoid it, or Zeus pissed him off. In a way, if that theory holds truth, that means Odin pushed enough of Kratos' buttons to set him on a path to destroy the Greek Pantheon.
I love when the lighting freezes and thor says it feels familiar, you actually learn about it later that thor fought faye in vanaheim when she had her axe
Little detail for those who've finished the game/know the story: you can actually see one of Fenrir's 4 soul "parts" hang back and go into Atreus' knife while the other 3 fly away. Of course no one would notice, but since we know now that Atreus later finds out and uses it to revive Fenrir in Garm's body, we notice it's been in front of us all along.
20:27 BTW when thor said "this feels familiar" Is because she fought the wielder of the axe before and created the same frozen lightning. it was kratos wife
@@mihaimercenarul7467 you mean it was hyped and it was actually deserved because it's a masterpiece? Thank you for caring, now go to bed. Your mom will surely care about your 16 year old trash opinion.
@@mihaimercenarul7467 underhyped* there were people saying elden ring was gonna be game of the year, if thats not underhype then i dont know what is calling god of war ragnarok overhyped is honestly just hating
That scene with Fenrir brought me to tears. Had that same interaction with my service dog a couple months ago, she beat the cancer thankfully but it really brought me back. Very well done scene
When thor said "This feels familiar" its so interesting how much detail they put in the game. He is just randomly refering to a sidequest that you can do far later in the game. Really great that you can notice such little details when you replay gowr
Atreus's voice is so weird. It makes sense because I think this takes place a few years after the events God of War 4. (Well, it does obviously take place after GoW4, I just don't know the timeline.) but it's crazy to see how far these two have come. I like the attention to detail with Fenrir's death, though. Atreus stated he was doing a little better yesterday, but died anyway. Of course, this phenomenon is called "The Surge before Death" and basically occurs when someone is about to die. They gain a significant boost of energy which makes others believe they'll get better, when in reality, they're basically in a state of overdrive where their body is putting in so much effort, that they start to feel fine. This surge can vary from hours to years. Do you all care about this? Probably not, but it's cool either way.
The portrayal of Odin is surprisingly 'realistic' in this game. By that I mean that you hear all these stories of his monstrosities in the first game and than you see and hear him and think "that's supposed to be the awful guy everyone was talking about"? Had situations like that several time in real life.
That part with Fenrir and boy hit close to home for me when I played it. My dog is 13 and struggles sometimes. There have been nights where I think shes on her way out and Ive done exactly that. Just hold her give her pets and say "youre a good girl, go if you gotta kiddo."
@@goobadoob i just cant get over the camera angles, regardless of story it makes the game unplayable for me. What happened to God of War on PS2? Thats the last time i remember playing any of these GoW games and it was great, now the camera is zoomed up right behind Kratos like its GTA, and its not even centered properly.. makes me feel like everything is so cramped together. The other thing that really gets me is the graphics, its so realistic its almost too boring/normal to look at. Unlike games like Dark Souls or Elden Ring, they don't have the best AAA graphics but they have really good art design and environments.
Dad of Boy Ragnarok is exceeding all expectations so far, the intro blew my mind and all the reveals so far are crazy, can't wait to see how this journey ends!
I love Kratos' attitude during Odin's deal. Odin out here trying to talk to Kratos and come to an understanding only for him to give a long pause, stand up, walk up to Odin slowly, stare him directly in his eyes, adding all this pent up, butt-clenching tension to an already tense scene... "No" Like it wasn't even a deep voice " *NoOo* " where you can literally hear his throat rumbling. It was just a small and simple yet sassy response.
to be fair you watch steamers for the streamers so if he just sits in the corner watching whats the point. If you want to watch gameplay go watch the youtuber that does solely gameplay.
@@rainfall2880 yea but 90% that's exactly what he does he just chooses to talk at the worst times, I have to assume that it is some way for him to break up the emotional tension of a scene or something because he never gives a genuine emotional reaction to any game he's ever played besides just laughing
@@ascended313 I didn’t take into consideration the giant took much strength, magical ability yes but we actually get to see her physically fight and hold her own against kratos in the mid game when she attacks him in disguise.
I love how its canon that kratos' afterlife is a loading screen with tips
Bro cut the sea of hands and came back to life.
It probably actually is cause i doubt he would go to any Norse afterlives and all the Greek ones probably got destroyed
and then he just restarts
@@foidmeister very late but it's cannon by the curse of Athena he's cursed to immortallity
It’s the only afterlife that he accepts lmao
Whoever thought of doing a fake out death screen during the Thor fight is an absolute genius
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Fr, I was so pissed for a minute, like was I not mashing enough???
these npc's bruh
@@Floppa-oz1kp Same, I was like "and people who hold the button, insta win?"
I played was screaming at that part, my father later played it too and had the same reaction lmao
I love how they did Odin, he's like a sleazy politician that you want to trust but something in the back of your head tells you not to believe his charm
If we have bad guys like that in real life, why would you want it in a fantasy setting?
@@totallynotthebio-lizard7631 it makes him a more grounded relatable and realistic villain
@@emiliomejia4293we get it, you like Game of Thrones, could you not assimilate the rest of the genre, please?
@@totallynotthebio-lizard7631 who is we
@@totallynotthebio-lizard7631 you're by yourself on this one
"I killed her son. There is no letting that go."
I love how deeply Kratos understands Freya. He would never forgive anyone for killing Atreus, so he doesn't resent her, despite the fact that killing Baldur was necessary
If she would have been honest at the start the whole thing could have been avoided. Just like Baldur never telling kratos what he wanted.
It's not just the thought of losing atreus. He understands cause he's lost his family before
I mean the reason we got this far is because Ares make kratos kill his own family, so yeah...
Kratos understands more than anyone. This is the man who killed an entire pantheon for making him kill his family.
@@bobmccaffrey2235 Yeah there's a reason he's called the ghost of sparta
i love the fact that when Kratos let go of a tiny bit of his rage his theme song started playing much more aggressively
Notice how it's when Atreus is mentioned to be in danger that he unleashes "The Real Kratos"
one of my favorite parts in the new games
Time Stamp?
@@plokoon100 21:02
@@mrsly6986 Thanks!
It's still crazy to me how all of these gods know about Kratos's past and STILL try to fuck with him
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I think they’re aware kratos is really holding back his power these days, kinda like Superman. So they’re gonna exploit that
Well tbf Odin did try making a deal which really favoured kratos so I don't think he wants to fuck with him
@@StormofSpanks Yeah, that's fair for some gods, but I'm referring to people like Thor who kept trying to push him to show him his "real power." Like bro you know he is the ghost of Sparta who killed the entire pantheon of Greek gods along with the titans and plenty of other abominations why are you trying to unlock his anger once more?
Because the gods are arrogant and full of themselves. See: Hermes in God of War 3.
This is so rare to see outside of Indie games now days, the devs really putting heart in this game. And.. wow it pays off, the series is on a high note, again and again. Love it.
since god of wawr 1 ..
Uh a lot of Sony studios do very good
the story was wack, God of war 3 was better
@@smithjones2442 bruh wtf
@@smithjones2442 dude you are literally like one in a million that thinks that so not relevant
*"Death Can Have Me When It Earns Me"*
------ Kratos
Literally a gigachad quote
ares and zeus did earn it
@@sunthi9619 not rlly considering the whole game was caused by Zeus avoiding a prophecy that he caused by fighting Kratos
Here's another 1 "Don't be sorry, be better"
Guess Thor didn’t think Kratos earned death either
ALL OF THE BOTS ARE MAD AND JEALOUS CUZ THEY'RE FATHERLESS. PEGUINZ0 IS WAY BETTER...
I love that at the end of the 2018 game, everyone expects it to be a big fight when Thor finally appears, but adversing that the fact he brought Mead and for a chit-chat. I love it.
And then they deliver on the fight that was promised anyway.
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Or how Odin acts like a “benevolent” mob boss throughout the series
Yeah, it was honestly funny to have expectations subverted...
And then he popped off after Kratos said no
@@Vaultboythefightingmachine what
The voice actor for Freya did an unreal performance when she screams “KRATOS” and everything comes crashing down behind them. Chills man literal chills
Allegedly, she recently went through a divorce so she likely channeled a lot of raw emotions into her performance. :D
@@Random-Stranger fuck u dude you made me chuckle.
@@Random-Stranger . . .
So...she's single?
@@assassingamer5983 asking the REAL questions
@@ardent1983 I've yet to get my response
do not deny me my answer
The pacing in this game is phenomenal. I couldn’t tell you at any point wether or not it’s the climax or just another quest. The entire campaign is just one giant cinematic climax.
Seriously! It's full of amazing moments
Except the ironwood section, right? Don’t wanna spoil it for u in case u haven’t reached it yet, but I can assure u that the game later feels like it was written by two writers with polar opposite visions, one of them being excellent and the other absolutely talentless and boring. I hope you don’t share my view when you reach the part I’m talking about though
@@saucyjack4936 i loved the ironwood section we got to learn so much from that part of the game
@@saucyjack4936 Ironwood was magical. (Spoiler) It gave both Atreus and the players a painful I sight into their future and expanding the lore, while also showing ‘Loki’s’~~ slow and adorable connection with Angrboda. Yeah, the beginning chunk wasn’t as “death at every corner” as the rest, but GoW is a story as much as it is a fighting game. Ironwood is without Kratos, so its mostly also without chaos 😅
@@saucyjack4936 wait you didn't like ironwood? I personally loved it, and Angraboda's character. As well as loki's relationship with her.
The part where Thor defribrilates Kratos back to consciousness during the death screen has to be one of the most ingenious uses of game/story synergy I've seen a AAA-game use in a long while.
@FemonicZI These bots are wild XD
@@TheBlackAntagonist the fact they call him penguin gives it away lol
Eh tbf I think kratos died and thor brought him back to life that's why it gave you the game over screen
@@StormofSpanks but they didn’t have to give you the game over screen
I love a good Fission Mailed moment, and that was a really good one.
That frozen lightning strike Kratos and Thor made when they clashed is legitimately one of the coolest looking things I've ever seen. And it goes all the way up to the fucking sky.
oh right I had no idea what that was meant to be for a while
It's kinda dope later on you get to go the the valkerie area from God of war 2018 you can see it reach up to the sky.
@@habijjj you can also see it when you go back to midgard or whatever (the starting location but you go to some cliff and see the strike)
@@anuragneelam8527 bro stop spoiling
@@elitedonut1089 fixed, srry
16:15 Charlie asks why Kratos says no and to me it seems pretty clear. Odin is to Thor what Zeus was to Kratos. Kratos knows better than to trust deals from gods even if it means causing war.
And in the codex he says one of, if not the main reasons he doesn't take the deal, was because he didn't want Freya to get hurt
also in the journal he says he was tempted to accepy but Odin saying he would deal with Freya made him refuse the deal
after greece he doesn't trust gods
didn't kratos serve ares tho?
@@AWSOMzombie Yeah, but Zeus was Kratos' father I believe.
Kratos emphasizes on his diary that the thing that made him completely dismiss Odin's offer was his veiled threat to Freya. Even after she's been nothing but a huge danger to them for the last three years, even after her son came after them and almost killed both him and his son more than once, Kratos doesn't for one moment ever stop caring about Freya or holds her anger against her, not hesitating to refuse what really sounded like a great deal. I really love these two's relationship in this game more than any other.
damn i should read that later, lots of cool and well thought out lore
its atreus diary i think
@@vegitasama7633 Kratos was the one writing on it this time, that was kinda one of the main changes from this game to the last.
@@infamousplayer8772 ohh
That made me look at the game in a very different light
That death screen to back to life is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a video game
@@MamadNobari the arkham games are a little different, you actually die when that happens. The one in this game is part of the game, it tricks you into thinking you didn't button mash well enough just to actually be part of the story
Play some older games!
@@Kurzxclan or just play NieR:Automata lol. although that is technically an older game anyways since its...an older game than ragnarok. oh well. overall it's the most mechanically Innovative and has the most advanced gameplay diversity of any game.
It is super well done and perfectly executed. Just so you know though, it's been done in a lot of other games. But still, the one here was a 10/10.
@@MamadNobari They did it in Kingdom Hearts 3 against Xehanort. I thought it was pretty cool
This intro was absolutely god tier. Like holy fuck the goosebumps I got.
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Wow the bots
Relax, it wasn't that crazy lol
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture1022 okay I won’t
Ikr
Sitting your magical god-weapon on the table slow and begrudgingly to indicate that you're "just here to talk" is awesome af but Best Boy putting the cups on the table too is what made me burst out laughing. Made the scene epic
I like how Kratos slaps Thor's hand away when he offers one to Atreus.
no way u said "beast boy" instead of atreus or loki
even "boy" would be fine
@@vegitasama7633best boy not beat boy
@@ChromaWRLD999 ok man😭
the worst thing about this game is they had the audacity to drip Kratos out in the best cloak you’ve ever seen and you never get to wear it
I guess they couldn’t solve the clipping issue.
When it hopefully gets to PC, modding can fix that
Good news, you can now get it in the free Valhalla update for Ragnarok!
@picklejho69 you also got it in new game+ at the very beginning
I love how Odin and family are almost like aging mobsters. Mean but desperate.
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That’s how I also viewed Norse mythology lol 😂. Lotta family drama between the Aesir and Vanir gods.
The literal GODfather
@@Vaultboythefightingmachine Aaaand done.
@@armyofuno8196 Fuck yes!
This fight absolutely slaps. The dialogue, the set pieces, and the acting is top tier! Hats off to everyone at Sony Santa Monica, they did an excellent job!
Yeah both actors really sell it. Christopher Judge as Kratos is a god tier casting tbh
LMAO. The dialogue sucks. Marvel phase 4 level of writing.
@@arcanea9598 LMAO you are maybe the 1% that hate the game
@@sahilm483 wait for many to finish the game. The story is a letdown.
@@sahilm483 not gonna lie the dialogues aren't pretty or poetic but the Voice acting is very good.
Absolutely loved Atreus’s last moments with Fenrir. Such a heart breaking scene and his voice actor really nailed it
His character has developed fantastically thus far, ever since his introduction.
It's very well done.
But.
Fenrir is best boy and gets a very happy ending! I won't say any more, but Fenrir is best boy.
Atreus resurrected Fenrir
@@g80gzt Since he's Fenrir I figured there was more to it, but I wasn't sure how. Preciate you not spoiling any further, I'm still near the start.
@@g80gzt "Fenrir gets a very happy ending, i won't say any more."
Could you make it any more obvious he gets resurrected? You're giving it away while pretending to avoid spoilers.
Love that the moment Atreus is touched he goes for the Axe. 15:39
Great eye, i didn't even notice that tiny detail
The EXACT MOMENT 😂
Also at 15:14 when Odin steps towards Atreus.
Damn did not catch this. Fuck i love this game
bro i 100% the game and i didn't notice that
I noticed how much of an Actual God Charlie is in games after watching Jacksepticeye die a bunch of times to the bear on mid difficulty and Charlie wrecked him in one try on nightmare
What really? haven't watched his playthrough yet. I always start games on normal difficulty but the fights aren't that harf in the game which make me switch to no mercy(hard) at least.
He really died to the bear fight? the combos become readable like a boook after like, 30 secs
yea I dropped it to give me no mercy after the hell the last game put me through "for no trophy" so seeing charlie destroy the bear when I died to it once on a lower setting yea actual god is a good description, maybe he's a god of games?
@@awesomearsam1890 wow really out here with the not-so-humble brag, I bet your friends think you're a really fun person to play games with
Tbh I was thinking the same thing. I'd like to think I'm decent at GoW combat after 100%ing 2018 GoW on gmgow difficulty, but died like maybe ten times trying to fight Thor anyways.
It's been a while since he played the last game. Give him a break. Anyways, he seems to enjoy the exploration and stuff more.
It's a great touch along with Charlie pointing out the last punch would break his jaw.
You literally see Thor pull out a broken teeth and just throw it on the ice.
Bad ass
@FemonicZI shutup
As soon as I saw the Frozen lighting after the Leviathan axe and Mjölnir collided I knew we were in for a masterpiece. One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in a game had my hyped.
MINOR POST-GAME LORE SPOILERS:
Dude, I just got the "This feels familiar." line. There's one of those same frozen lightning bolts in The Crater in Vanaheim. I just put so many pieces together. I learned that Faye fought Thor with that same axe, and created the same frozen bolt of lightning when they clashed weapons. The Crater itself was created by their fight, and that frozen lightning bolt is present in the middle
Tbh I hoped the reason for the other frozen lightning bolt would've been time travel
I thought that they're clash was felt by all 9 realms
@@strengar7145 I can't remember. It might've been, but either way, it happened in Vanaheim.
@@Gunsblazin94 It was bc thor and faye fought before in Vanaheim but I was just sharing what I thought at first
@@strengar7145 Yeah...I already knew that. That's why I posted it? I just can't remember if they said anything about shaking the 9 realms, but if they did, I'm sure Kratos and Thor did too
At the beginning I was curious about why she didn’t just go for the dogs, but then I remembered her compassion love for animals. But then she almost crushes them with trees so who knows.
She’s tunnel visioning on Kratos
She's mostly mad at Kratos. She could've used Atreus as a distraction or kidnapped him but like you said, she's compassionate but also grieving which led to her mindless quest to try and kill the person who killed her son
@FemonicZI Russian flag and z in name, yeah definitely a bot, how’s Kherson going??
Her hate boner for Kratos makes her think less and rage more...
Santa Monica missed chance to give her a rage meter of her own
I think she just wasn't being cautious, she was blinded by rage and wanted to aim straight for Kratos.
19:10 Thor actually went for the head
Hats off to Moistcritikal for giving the most boring expressions and reactions to the most hype scenes in the game
it really has to be a skill
It's a mentality born from thinking you are more intelligent than you really are
Right after I read this Kratos gets STABBED and all he says is “Oh hey now”
Yea dude is fking boring
I mean, it's realistic, when i was playing i was so hype, but i wasn't screaming or something
I agree one of the best intro in gaming for sure and I'm loved how they made Thor and Odin in this game I mean they look great and the actors are perfect for them, I also love how Odin is kinda like a mob boss in this game but honestly I'm excited to see them more in my playthrough.
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I honestly like how "savage" Odin and Thor feel compared to the Greek gods, it's a really good contrast on the devs' part.
yeah i thought it was pretty cool how they made the greek gods so high and mighty while they made the norse gods seem like regular assholes
I love that they gave Thor a proper strongmans body, not a weightlifters. Such a huge difference to his vibe.
My friend and I were wondering why Odin sounds like straight up new yorker lmao
"oh no, i say when we're done" IS SO COLD
BEST INTRO TO A GAME EVER THE WHOLE THOR FIGHT GAVE ME CHILLS
calm down, child. It was a mediocre intro
@@mihaimercenarul7467 calm down, old person. It was pretty good.
@@mihaimercenarul7467 bro stop spamming “mediocre” on every single comment 💀 it’s peak gaming you’re just too mad to admit it 😂
@@mihaimercenarul7467 You’re more mediocre than Marvel’s Avengers 😂🤡 You’re just upset it’s not on Xbox
@@mihaimercenarul7467 POV no father
In the 2018 game they established that Freya cares deeply for nature and animals, so I imagine thats why she didnt just take out the dogs that were pulling the sled
She could have cut the ropes so the dogs would have run away and the cart would have been left behind
"You know my past? Then you know what I'm capable of" is one of the hardest pieces of dialogue ever. The way Christopher Judge delivers the line, the truth behind that statement...just so good.
This game is absolutely stunning, the intro and choreograph of the fight is amazing
Ik this game is incredible
These fucking bots man
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My farts are better than Charlie's farts.
Wish I could see the beautiful graphics, but my ps4 is a whole potato now😂
6:40 "this doesn't feel as hard" as he is picoseconds from death in the first enemy encounter of the game
Nah, he has a point. He made a ton of mistakes and still lived. Previous game early on you could take two, maybe 3 hits maximum on give me god of war.
@@noobatron2663 It's the opposite of GOW2018, it starts off easier and gets harder instead of stupid hard and then getting easier. I'm geared up as I should be a few dozen hours in with a lot of defense and bosses 2-3 shot me, big moves 1 shotting.
Charlie did the Bjorn fight in God of War difficulty like it was a walk in the park
Truly a moisty man that cant be dried
Even without playing the games I felt this... this was epic.
Oh yeah man. I don’t game with stuff like this. I stick to old school second gen games like crash bandicoot. But man I loved every minute watching my brother play this game. It’s like all my cinematic movie dreams come to like. Badass Nordic lore. So sweet.
Lol 8 months ago i was watching this masterpiece and then remembered in 2018 i had played the older one on my lil cousins PlayStation so then I waited til my birthday to get a Playstation and I've been enjoying it ever since 😅
The emotional impact of kratos finally getting angry enough to unleash his true self through Thor's provoking is just amazing writing, that gutteral yell he makes only adds to it, couldn't be happier with the direction this game is going so far
until you reach the ending 😢
Rarely do I see motion capture accurately capture facial expressions as intricate as Kratos' in that exact scene... You can see everything come out, the rage, then the memories, then the realization that he's losing control, then the breathing and discipline to reign it all back in. In just a few seconds, you get told an entire story about Kratos and now you understand him on a far deeper level, even if you've never played the other games. Masterful.
@@alextheboobalishious the ending was fantastic dunno what you're on about
The first boss fight was probably the best fight i've been in with a video game. I'm so glad i dodged ALL and any spoilers for this game
@Conquest probably means that he didn’t see any spoilers about the fight itself, not Thor showing up
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@Conquest On the first one i completed the storyline and went back to the house so i knew thor was going to be in it but i didn't think the fight would be that good
you probably never played a From Software game if you think these fights are good lol
@@SubZyYT I never found those types of games very fun tbh (But i never put in the effort to get good in them so obviously i won't find them fun)
"Even in death you put him last."
Hardest hit in this entire fight, let's be real.
"The Fuck you say?"
"Oh we got a model father here"
😂
20:20, I absolutely love that the result of the Leviathan and Mjölnir clashing was a frozen lightning bolt.
This opening and GoW 3 opening always make a tough competition of best openings
Always? This game has been out for 2 days
@@TheScottyboi369 hes talking about god of war 3
@@TheScottyboi369 I am,speaking about the Titans and Kratos vs Olympians opening
@@vineetjolly9616 thank you sire
@@mr.skidmarks1034 your welcome boy
This really feels like a continuation of the past game, no a slow slide of life but the aftermath and consecuences of killing Baldur.
i like the idea that its canon kratos sees a screen telling him tips on how to be better when he dies prematurely. or it wouldve been if the text appeared in that instance
His "No." At 16:03 makes perfect sense but I don't have the time to explain
Thanks for the clarity👍
Quick attention to detail: Kratos knew once he rejects odins offer a battle will commence, yet didn't reach his axe until Thor attacked first.
I'm still not sure why he didn't take the deal
@@countedcat477 bro it's Odin
He is known to deceive and lie. Something sus he is hiding
@@countedcat477 Its because odin mentioned the part about Freya, the lore entry for it talks about how he strongly considered it but allying with her ex-husband against an old friend was off the table for him
@@jamesh5179 That makes sense. Like there's a reason why they're divorced, and plus Odin is known to be a liar and a snake.
@@TheFirstCurse1 also kratos really doesnt harbor any ill will towards freya, he is 100% understanding of why she's doing what she's doing, she also saved his son and was a friend so he's in her debt
This game felt more like a cinematic masterpiece with the way it introduced Thor and Odin coupled with how the combat is complimented by the soundtrack. Just outstanding.
@FemonicZI third grade me explaining why I should be class president:
17:28 I like how kratos' attack here leaves thor with an open wound for the rest of the game
Apparently it's because Jormungandr's venom is in the axe and it's poisonous to Aesir gods so it doesn't heal
It's because the Axe is covered in Jormugandr's spit/poison since GOW4 iirc
9:26 Why I love Charlie
Fucking right
The Baldur fight was more hype for sure, but the dialogue in this and the scene with Mjolnir carrying Kratos through the sky made it phenomenal in different ways.
The dialogue is f*cking terrible. They literally talk like modern people. Odin says 'my ex...." it is like bad high school film. The VA's also don't match who they are playing
@@pyropulseIXXI M'Kay
@@nicbellnicastro3119 They talk like modern people. Odin literally said "my ex..."
Gaming used to have good dialogue, but this feels like a parody and everyone is just going along with it
@@pyropulseIXXI M'kay
@@pyropulseIXXI ok
16:15
The reason Kratos says no, you can read the journals right after
Is the moment he threatened Freya. While Kratos hates that she hunts them, he wishes no harm to her, and is understanding of where she is right now.
“The only power kratos has is super anger and super strength” so basically a dad😂
i love how modern Thor and Odin's dialogues sound so modern, like the gods just talk like us.
I wondered that too. It’s weird considering Kratos doesn’t talk like that. Plus I was expecting Thor and Odin to talk like his sons did.
@@urvakshbagwadia8007 ya
Another thing to think about is that Kratos (idk if I understood this wrong or what) but apparently Kratos speaks Greek in 2018 but everyone could understand him...either that or I'm just an idiot and they actually all speak English and their native languages or wtv lmao
@@kayballer_ He spoke Norse in 2018, he just couldn't read Norse. It's like going to a foreign country learning to speak the native tongue but you never learned to read or write in it.
He only started to read Norse in this game, clearly the result of him learning during fimbulwinter.
@@jonathanmasilela1569 ohhh ok ty
It's so refreshing playing a game that people put so much love and care into..After all the shovelware that comes out nowadays
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@@Vaultboythefightingmachine I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
@@pootisman5501 Doesn't stop an AR with a 100 round drum.
try elden ring its twice as hard as this game though so be careful
What does that even mean? What "shovelware" are you referring to?
This year's been good and it's only gonna get better after Darktide and Callisto Protocol.
18:06 when Thor snaps his finger to make his hammer block an attack was great, idk why it hyped me so much but I guess that kind of cheeky detail of a fight scene is awesome. The intro is a 10/10 beautifully done.
Edit: wrong time stamp…
Probably the most cinematic fight I’ve seen in the last few years god damn
Thor restarting Krato's heart with his hammer so he can keep fighting him is the coldest moment in the game
Bro when Kratos said that quick “No” I burst out laughing
Odin - so what do you say?
Kratos - Yes
*end credits*
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Game of the year
Why did he even say no? Isn't living in peace what he wants?
@@joaquinchua3348 probably knows that peace isn't real till there's no threats left
I was waiting for a "pick your answer" then remember this is Kratos we're playing as
Odin’s intro was great, power doesn’t need to be said outright or flaunted, but the fact that he can sit down and casually drink the God of War’s mead along with Thor’s just tells you all you need to know.
Which is why I'm more terrified of Odin than Zeus. Sure, you can say Zeus is more powerful, and I'd agree with that. But what's terrifying about Odin is that this guy knows he can still fuck you up no matter if you're more powerful than him or not, simply because of how cunning and sly he is. Its like a twisted form of wisdom used for selfishness that is... oddly worse than Myth Zeus.
@@slushyslushslushbruh Zeus was a terrible god, but Odin is just an absolute monster. He makes Zeus look like a saint.
@@Odinsday Imagine Odin with Zeus' power level (if its confirmed that Zeus is more powerful, either in GOW or mythological power scaling)... Zeus just got paranoid because of Pandora's box, Odin was just a natural asshole, and goddamn...
@@slushyslushslushbruh Odin was a natural asshole in his legit lore. Dude screws over everyone. Including his own Valkyries.
@@borponoida9161 I'm at a point where I believe that odd "Two Grave Digger" theory in the GoW series, where one of the Grave Diggers was actually Odin (due to facial scar placements), just so he can fuck over the Greek Pantheon for whatever reason. Who knows, maybe the Norns told him a prophecy and he wanted to avoid it, or Zeus pissed him off. In a way, if that theory holds truth, that means Odin pushed enough of Kratos' buttons to set him on a path to destroy the Greek Pantheon.
I love when the lighting freezes and thor says it feels familiar, you actually learn about it later that thor fought faye in vanaheim when she had her axe
Little detail for those who've finished the game/know the story: you can actually see one of Fenrir's 4 soul "parts" hang back and go into Atreus' knife while the other 3 fly away. Of course no one would notice, but since we know now that Atreus later finds out and uses it to revive Fenrir in Garm's body, we notice it's been in front of us all along.
19:25 Careful Thor... you're Vegeta is showing.
19:38
Atraus: Did... did he just knock the Super Spartan out of him?
20:27 BTW when thor said "this feels familiar" Is because she fought the wielder of the axe before and created the same frozen lightning. it was kratos wife
This entire intro is a masterclass in how to open a game, no room for improvement, absolutely 10/10
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it really was overhyped
@@mihaimercenarul7467 you mean it was hyped and it was actually deserved because it's a masterpiece? Thank you for caring, now go to bed. Your mom will surely care about your 16 year old trash opinion.
@@mihaimercenarul7467 the only thing over hyped was your birth this game is a masterpiece
@@mihaimercenarul7467 underhyped*
there were people saying elden ring was gonna be game of the year, if thats not underhype then i dont know what is
calling god of war ragnarok overhyped is honestly just hating
That scene with Fenrir brought me to tears. Had that same interaction with my service dog a couple months ago, she beat the cancer thankfully but it really brought me back. Very well done scene
Hope she gets better.
Dogs are some of the best animals we have.
When thor said "This feels familiar" its so interesting how much detail they put in the game. He is just randomly refering to a sidequest that you can do far later in the game. Really great that you can notice such little details when you replay gowr
Atreus's voice is so weird. It makes sense because I think this takes place a few years after the events God of War 4. (Well, it does obviously take place after GoW4, I just don't know the timeline.) but it's crazy to see how far these two have come.
I like the attention to detail with Fenrir's death, though. Atreus stated he was doing a little better yesterday, but died anyway. Of course, this phenomenon is called "The Surge before Death" and basically occurs when someone is about to die. They gain a significant boost of energy which makes others believe they'll get better, when in reality, they're basically in a state of overdrive where their body is putting in so much effort, that they start to feel fine. This surge can vary from hours to years. Do you all care about this? Probably not, but it's cool either way.
18:56 “dumbass!” 😂 I love how they interpreted the gods in this game
The portrayal of Odin is surprisingly 'realistic' in this game. By that I mean that you hear all these stories of his monstrosities in the first game and than you see and hear him and think "that's supposed to be the awful guy everyone was talking about"? Had situations like that several time in real life.
I just noticed that one of Fenrir's soul bits intercepted Atreus' blade.
I legit cried during the wolf scene, it hit me on a real personal note because that’s basically how I lost my first dog
That was sadder than the mom dying in the first game!
@@GarredHATES to be fair you are watching a kid losing his dog
Same
LMAOO NBC.. IM MAKE BETTER MUSIC THAN PENGUINZ0
@@GarredHATES not that hard, we hardly knew anything about her and she died before the events of the game
Legendary first line 00:01
Indeed
4:30 damn Charlie's instincts are sharp
Thor flying after saying 'be seein ya' is so FXCKING COOL!
That part with Fenrir and boy hit close to home for me when I played it. My dog is 13 and struggles sometimes. There have been nights where I think shes on her way out and Ive done exactly that. Just hold her give her pets and say "youre a good girl, go if you gotta kiddo."
Damn
It's truly one of the best intro of a story mode of all time and awesome video man :]
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Heavily scripted and on rails. Objectively mid. Unless you are talking about the story, then also mid.
@@goobadoob "its bad"
"why is it bad"
"its bad!"
@@goobadoob i just cant get over the camera angles, regardless of story it makes the game unplayable for me. What happened to God of War on PS2? Thats the last time i remember playing any of these GoW games and it was great, now the camera is zoomed up right behind Kratos like its GTA, and its not even centered properly.. makes me feel like everything is so cramped together. The other thing that really gets me is the graphics, its so realistic its almost too boring/normal to look at. Unlike games like Dark Souls or Elden Ring, they don't have the best AAA graphics but they have really good art design and environments.
@@SubZyYT the fuck are you on about? go make a game then if you know so much about how they should be made
5:17 "not now freya im trynna sleep i dont wanna fight"😭😭 fucking killed me
"⭕️"
When thor said "this feels familiar" He probably means when he fought against tyr.
Dad of Boy Ragnarok is exceeding all expectations so far, the intro blew my mind and all the reveals so far are crazy, can't wait to see how this journey ends!
Dad of boy you say, soo you are following jacksepticeye's playthrough
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No spoils, but it’s a very satisfying ending in my opinion. Really hits you hard in so many different ways. What an experience this game was.
2022 was a good year for story/singleplayer games
I love Kratos' attitude during Odin's deal. Odin out here trying to talk to Kratos and come to an understanding only for him to give a long pause, stand up, walk up to Odin slowly, stare him directly in his eyes, adding all this pent up, butt-clenching tension to an already tense scene...
"No"
Like it wasn't even a deep voice " *NoOo* " where you can literally hear his throat rumbling. It was just a small and simple yet sassy response.
That dream sequence is wild. The way they transitioned from the dream to the real was cool
When Kratos said “it’s Kratos’ing time” I really felt the power in his words
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Unfunny
you really tried to comment as soon as possible
My farts are better than Charlie's farts.
14:00 “D’oh! Welcome! An old man!” 💀
3:11 Kratos and Freya were in a perfect position for Kratos to land a clean right hook.
that would’ve been funny 😭
charlie has a talent for talking during the best parts
Fr he’s like those dude talking during the movies 😂
to be fair you watch steamers for the streamers so if he just sits in the corner watching whats the point. If you want to watch gameplay go watch the youtuber that does solely gameplay.
@@rainfall2880 not during important cutscenes. I get making some comments are fine but constantly talking over the dialogue is meh
@@rainfall2880 yea but 90% that's exactly what he does he just chooses to talk at the worst times, I have to assume that it is some way for him to break up the emotional tension of a scene or something because he never gives a genuine emotional reaction to any game he's ever played besides just laughing
I have to say. This game looks mighty sexy in 60fps on PS5... like damn
I always love me some hype dialogue during battle
Chills every time I see that punch and he starts to rage up and then Thor be like there he is.
The dialogue alone is so amazing that we get such a strong sense of the character alone. This is god tier game development
19:53 i like how thor does a little willem dafoe laugh here
When Freya started running at Kratos and Atreus that was jaw dropping, then when she screamed Kratos's name that shit gave me goosebumps
I like how he says “killing a baby deer” as if it isn’t like a 9 point buck
Alastair Duncan is such an amazing voice actor, plays mimir and also celebrimbor from shadow of Mordor/war
Freya is so much stronger than I imagined she was in the first game
She was the leader of the vanir after all. And do I need to remind you she reanimated a giant to fight for her?
I mean she is a god after all
idk, she controlled a dead giant in the first one, she didnt feel as strong in ragnarok
@FemonicZI please be quiet
@@ascended313 I didn’t take into consideration the giant took much strength, magical ability yes but we actually get to see her physically fight and hold her own against kratos in the mid game when she attacks him in disguise.
I can't believe they got Toby from the West Wing to play Odin
I wonder how mimir just chillin in the back