Fun fact . In GOW 3 , The main theme where he says hold devils pot of tea is in reality people speaking in greek and they are saying το τελος αρχιζει τωρα which translates to : the end is beginning now
Just to save anyone the hassle, it's pronounced: "To telos arhizi(ah-ra-si like odyssey funnily enough)." Now ya know if you already didn't - and if that's the case, go listen to videos producing the songs so you don't mumble random nonsense to yourself while playing(at least that's what I did)
Sorry for me being pedantic, but that's 2's main theme. The End Begins the theme is called. Also, were there people who actually thought the lyrics were "hold devils pot of tea"?
Video game ost’s with non english languages made by western studios have the tendency to be epic but completely unintelligble, especially towards the native language speakers. Battlefield One’s ITTNOTT menu themes were apparently Russian and alot of Russian players couldn’t even translate what they were saying. Same with Greek players and GOW
God of War 2018 made me want to be a game dev. God of War Ragnarok made me swear to myself that I'll work in Santa Monica Studio one day. Still got a fair bit of a road in front of me, but it WILL happen.
Best of luck dude! I’ve only programmed Pong before in my life and its hard… but I was determined and still was graded really well. Put your heart into and never give up Spartan!
This is no way saying that one era of GOW is better than the other but i find it so funny how the ragnarok video is longer than the entire trilogy put together
@@tylerrobertson6228 additionally one Norse Game took as much budget time and effort and staff working as the entire trilogy combined I still love the Greek Saga more though
38:02 the ship captain DOES get a nod in GOW 2018! There is a treasure you can find and attached to it is a note that references him! Love the video man!
“Aphrodite cursed Medusa to be a gorgon.” No, actually! In the version in which Medusa is “turned into” a gorgon, it’s Athena who does it- usually as revenge for Poseidon assaulting her at Athena’s temple. Even then, THAT version was made up by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, who had a vested interest in portraying the gods as petty, cruel, and stupid, as an allegory for the king who banished him.
@@OXY187 Totally chill! The exclamation points are enthusiasm. I like mythology and just thought this fact was interesting, since the modified myth seems to be so pervasive.
@@jackblanton8184the greek version was written by Hesiod. The guy who wrote that women are the source of all evil, so maybe they did think it was non consenual just Hesiod didn't care to write that. Though we can't know for sure. In some archaic versions it did happen in a flower bed and implied to be romantic so it's possible at least in archaic greece they believed it was consenual. In ovid's metamorphoses and in every version of the myth athena/minerva didn't transform medusa out of pity as a form of protection, which was the femenist idea that was never an actual myth.
Its weird that they didn't even ask him to come back for 2018. I love Christopher Judge, and he does too, but still, at least offer dude the chance to comeback.
Doubt the devs were seeing that far into the future but it’s certainly a great way for them to use that line in the future games if they haven’t made up another plot line for that “realm rip” or whatever it is
Definitely one of the game series I will never put down Every single time I've played a God of War, no matter how many times I have prior, it is fresh, it is fun, and by all things holey(ha!) is it an experience Santa Monica is definitely one of the studios that deserves to be in the hall of fame. Their consistency is uncanny
A neat detail about God Of War III that I just noticed: There’s most likely another reason why Kratos didn’t give the Power Of Hope to Athena, and that’s the fact he knows that not only would she abuse it, but Kratos knows from experience taking the position of the God Of War from Ares caused him to become overzealous and terroristic like the mad god before him, so he wasn’t going to be letting Athena become Zeus 2.0 like how he has Ares 2.0, himself. *_”The cycle ends here.”_* *_”My vengeance… ends now.”_*
I'm early into the video so far but you've been saying that he hasn't "technically" killed many innocents, in GOW 2018, he does in fact tell Atreus that he killed many who were deserving and many who were not
God of War is one of my favorite franchises of all time, with GoW 2 being my favorite of the original trilogy. Angry Boi Kratos was an absolute BEAST, and his revenge arc was a blast to play through. But then to see him roughly 1,000 years later (give or take a few decades) and his arc to understanding WHAT that anger truly did, and his growth and maturity as a husband, father and GOD? I feel is a MASTER CLASS in character writing. He was still a beast, but I feel a lot of that pain and anger was tempered when he found Faye and had a second chance at a great love. Top tier, Santa Monica. Top tier.
After playing through Valhalla yesterday and seeing Helios return I couldn't help but get a laugh and think to myself. Kratos got his first head back LMAO 🤣
Fun fact about the 2D Zeus duel: you can infinite him by using the spell for the Namean Cestus and then spamming triangle in a certain timing and spacing turning him into a complete cathartic joke even on higher difficulties
1. Thanks for the time you’re taking with this thing. You obviously put a lot of effort into this and it’s appreciated 2. I have never understood the hatred for most QTE’s. They could’ve just decided you hit the end of the enemies life bar and show you a cut scene of the guy dying. Instead they give you this participatory cut scene, so you feel like you’re doing it. If done well it’s an extra little reward for all your hard work. Also, in the case of games like the original resident evil four, it was a way to keep you on your toes in the middle of a cut scene. You always had to pay attention. You couldn’t go pick up your phone and stroll through Twitter or something like that. yes, sometimes this is done very badly but when it’s done well, I love it
I appreciate the positivity in your videos. Gaming journalism was so poor when these games were out that people didn’t know what the stories were about. They just thought it was sex and violence.
@@DarkKing-z6b corey gave his approval on everything that happened in ragnarok, if you still have questions or didn't like how the story went they have said its not over and Cory is the one driving the ship.
What are the odds this video shows up right when I start my first play through of GoW 2018 on my PC. I had just watched a few vids explaining GoW 1-3 to know what the lore is. I literally started playing it 3 days ago. Insane timing
Trying gow 3 after gow 2018 was such an incredible felling, everything felt so much faster and more satisfying then in newer once. Damn i miss old gameplay sooo much...
After seeing the full playthrough of Valhalla Kratos has definitely come full circle but his story isn’t over as a God of Hope I feel he has a purpose to travel the world and bring Hope back to it
To be honest I probably watch this video about three times and I cannot get enough of it you are absolutely right I love these types of videos and you do a great job at them keep it up man
Currently playing GoW 1 for the first time, in Pandora’s temple thingy on Cronos back. A thing i’ve noticed, is that Kratos barely talks in the old games, he’s said maybe a total of 50 words at my point
I LOVE the twist in the end that recontextualizes the main menu and Kratos saying "my vengeance ends now" at the very beginning. on the main menu, you think the chaos behind him is due to the ongoing battle that Kratos is leading, leaving chaos in his wake. but as you get to the end, you realize it wasn't the battle that caused all of that chaos, but Kratos and his actions alone. and in the beginning, you believe he is referring to killing Zeus as his final act of vengeance, but at the end, you learn that his last act of revenge isn't just "the god of war killing the gods who wronged him" but "Kratos killing ALL of the gods". he is no longer the "god of war" nor is he the "ghost of Sparta", that is him reclaiming his humanity and becoming "Kratos" again. its not a subtle twist, but instead, in a true godly fashion, it is a deceitful twist that never lied about what it was going to be, but never corrected you on what the intentions were in the beginning.
I’ll always remember as a kid playing the opening scene of GoW1 in Blockbuster and thinking “oh yeah, I gotta see this all the way through.” Still the best trilogy I’ve ever played.
You don't even know as a kid. The platforming and Hades literally drove me insane. Insane. My mom came home from work. It was listening to me, curse as a little kid. She's like guaranteed trouble. Because I cursed so much at that platform.
I'd like to appreciate how with the first game, it doesn't just do away with high-level combat (like GOW 2 and GOW 3) did from the start, but rather, takes its time to get us USED TO the environment of the combat.
From the very beginning kratos has been one of my favorite characters in all gaming ...2018 and Ragnarok and it's DLC Valhalla just adds to his story and I pray we get to see more of him.... Do his son's standalone game but still have kratos.... And what that DLC truly showed us is we all want the original trilogy to get a remake
I never realized when i was a kid, but once you start the original game the background music actually says "Kratos, son of Zeus" It didn't hit me until i replayed it for the first time in AGES a couple years back, but when i caught it i was like holy shit they told us who he really was in the literal first 5 seconds of the game
It wasn’t until I watched the original GOW3 video that I realized we use our thumbs to hit the buttons in the same exact manner as Kratos gouging out Poseidon’s eyes.
The free Valhalla add on is probably the best add on to a game ever made, it’s a rouge like that encourages determination and learning from failure and playing at your own pace, I have never ever played a game that encouraged you to play this way constantly
I remember when I was like, 10-12 years old, me, my sister and our mom would put god of war 3 in the ps3 and pop some boneless buffalo chicken wings in the oven to snack on while playing, good times.
I have a defense for killing the boat captain. If before hou get to the hydra battle, theres a room full of people begging to be let out, but the boat captain had the key. He INTENTIONALLY LOCKED THEM IN THERE AND LEFT THEM THERE TO DIE! The boat captain cameos were fun, but trying to turn him into some innocent man is bull!
I love all of them but 2 of the old trilogy is my favorite cause I love the scenery the bosses and the Spear of Destiny is my favorite weapon and I used it from when I got it to when I finished
Just beat Valhalla and I'm more than amazed by the gameplay and story. It's everything I wanted the game to be, playing as Kratos only and fighting endlessly.
Something I always liked about posidens death is how it changes the perspective to show you how scary kratos is. It fits with kratoses story in this game. Because this game is all about him crossing the line. Where previously he was only known as the general or the fallen god, now he's a destroyer. He becomes a true monster and the perspective changes shows that. Another detail is just how brutal kratos kills posidon. Where previously he would kill his enemies relatively quickly with blades, hammers, and even his hands to simply snap there neck, this is different. He doesn't just kill posidon, he tortures him. And posidon as bad as he is hasn't done anything to kratos at this point. He's simply fighting him because Zeus commands it and to protect his own throne. But also even though a point of this is how kratos is becoming this monster there's still moments where he shows mercy and honor. It's also about how now kratos and his choices don't just hurt the people in his way, because by the end everyone is dead or dieing. Morals who may have never even heard of kratos. They weren't in his way, but they suffer the consequences anyway. Even in the previous games you could attempt to justify his actions as simply "they were his enemies, or they got in the way" but now you can't do that. Even when he burns the Athenian soldier in the chamber of sacrifice in the previous game, you could say "well he was an enemy soldier" but again by the end of the game kratos just kill soliders, he kills everyone. How many people of Sparta escaped the burning city? Were they alive when kratos doomed the world? I just love how complex the story can be when you think about it. On a final side note: this is also why I like the valhalla dlc so much, because even Tyr himself says it's not about forgiving or even justifying Kratos's actions, merely understanding them.
To me the og trilogy was the best of the series because of the mechanics and character development of kratos as we play the game and about all the critics and people criticizing kratos rage the reason for that was because the gods didn’t forgive him of his sins and Zeus betrayed him in gow2 then in the end of 2 he specifically said to Athena that he was only going after Zeus not the other gods then in 3 the reason that the other gods died was because they kept getting in his way and wouldn’t let him defeat Zeus so he didn’t have much of a choice when it came to defeating the gods of Olympus and I wish these people would understand the reason for his rage is because he was betrayed by the gods!
“I know you’re all just like me and rewatch videos” You’re god damn right brother Know how many times I put everything great about last of us or GTA’s when going to bed??? Between you cinema wins birdman and Lemino… I have you guys on a constant loop in my house. It’s always playing on one of my TV’s Keep it up big homie. Pizza
They did keep referencing The Boat Captain in the newest ones. There is a treasure map in one of the shipwrecks around the Lake of 9 titled The Boat Captain's Key and Kratos references The Boat Captain in his journal in Ragnarök after unchaining the whale that was trapped by Mimir.
24:48 I always thought it’s because he is the God of War, and how befitting that his final attack is a nuke centuries (according to known history as we have found artifacts tens of thousands of years old that could ONLY be created through nuclear fission) before it was invented. it is the most devastating weapon created by mankind and he will know ALL aspects of war, past, present, and future.
In defense of the bride of Poseidon scene: if you go back to the wreckage, the camera focuses on it like a lore tidbit and says… nothing. It’s as if kratos and the game itself is as speechless as you are. The ghost of Sparta has taken many a life, but this one had the chance to continue if it walked forward or to the side. The fact that it didn’t, that merely interacting with the usurper god of war leaves blood on his hands, gave him pause; it made him wonder if it was worth it. He would then rationalize it with “I’ve come too far to stop now, I’ve got nothing left but this crusade, and it’s Zeus’ fault for commissioning a faulty door design”. Kratos then did what he always did: put that trauma in a box, and focus on what he means to kill later.
@@GamingWinsin GoW 2,Gaia didn't really save him, Gaia just gave him the morale boost to keep going thus Kratos healing at will... also in GoW I, it's not like Kratos would forever be stuck in the Underworld as he not only f3cked the rules up but would still try his best to finding a way out...
@@GamingWinsand another plus, Kratos was already known as Death when he quite literally killed Death aka Thanatos in Ghost of Sparta and it's where Zeus disguised as the grave digger labelled Kratos as 'Death, The Destroyer of Worlds'
I am SO glad you understand Kratos' story was just as complex in the trilogy as it is in the Norse saga. I am sick of the narrative the mainstream media keeps trying to push that only written well now and that was just a "raging monster the the Greek saga!
If anyone complains about kratos being weaker in the Norse games notice how he went from fighting giant Greek monsters in the tutorial/opening to fighting Norse gods in the tutorial/opening
I’d imagine there’s a document of some kind with a video schedule, but I would like to suggest that you consider covering the Metal Gear Games. 1-5 and Revengeance.
Hey Mr. Wins. Fantastic video. You should check out Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Its often dissmissed as just a God of War clone but its so much better than that.
One fun fact for the trilogy is the meaning of his Rage mode cause each one shows where Kratos's Rage is at. Gow of War #1 is the Rage of the Gods since he's using the Rage the Gods have for Ares (but mainly his own Rage for Ares) to increase his power. God of War 2 is the Rage of the Titans since he's using their Rage to take down Zeus. And then God of War 3 is the Rage of the Spartans since he's all on his own and wants revenge with the very thing he has left to keep his power and strength. Neat way to tell where Kratos's Rage lies with each game.
Athena probably or Poseidon probably tasked Kratos to defeat the hydra that is ravaging the seas around Greece. Then Ares attacked Athens and suddenly they thought "Well good thing he is already so close."
I know I'm in the very minority for this but GOW2 is my absolute favorite game in the series, I love the music, I love the weapons and having the blade of Olympus as an actual weapon and not locked behind a rage or anything is just amazing, I also have some biased as it was the last game I played in the series before 2018 due to my copy on PS2 always freezing on the long chain ride back to the island after getting the horses to push it together so playing GOW 3 and seeing kratos kill Athena before even going back to finish GOW 2 and just being in anticipation on what happens in the game gives me nostalgia for it and makes it my favorite
I love both the new games & the originals, even the PSP entries & Ascension. But man, do they need a remake. Mainly the first two entries in the franchise. Not anything that changes the gameplay or pov at all, but a complete graphics overhaul & maybe some fresh voice acting. Hell, maybe even a few little extras thrown in. I'd spend whatever to get my hands on them if it ever becomes a reality. Doesn't even have to be all of them, I'd be happy with the main trilogy 🤷♂️💯 I'll keep dreaming though it probably won't ever happen lol
1:04 It's not just you the music does say "Kratos." And then right after says "Thanatos," which in Greek mythology is the god of death or the personification of death.
There is a reason why Hermes's death releases pestilence upon the world, goods and trade are the primary routes of disease, his staff is also a common symbol in modern medicine as well.
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“to catch a fly from the ass of zeus is not worth my time” is the only thing Kratos tells Hermes during the entire chase sequence
*wastes his time chasing Hermes down anyway*
@@themoongateofficial time paid off
Fun fact . In GOW 3 , The main theme where he says hold devils pot of tea is in reality people speaking in greek and they are saying το τελος αρχιζει τωρα which translates to : the end is beginning now
oooooo thats cool i didnt know that
@@YerielGonzález-m5u actually most of the tracks are in greek in the trilogy and they are saying about revenge,betrayal and sadness
Just to save anyone the hassle, it's pronounced: "To telos arhizi(ah-ra-si like odyssey funnily enough)." Now ya know if you already didn't - and if that's the case, go listen to videos producing the songs so you don't mumble random nonsense to yourself while playing(at least that's what I did)
Sorry for me being pedantic, but that's 2's main theme. The End Begins the theme is called. Also, were there people who actually thought the lyrics were "hold devils pot of tea"?
Video game ost’s with non english languages made by western studios have the tendency to be epic but completely unintelligble, especially towards the native language speakers.
Battlefield One’s ITTNOTT menu themes were apparently Russian and alot of Russian players couldn’t even translate what they were saying. Same with Greek players and GOW
Knowing now, thanks to Valhalla, Kratos‘s character arc is fantastic, and something to learn from.
and he isnt a bad guy.
@@filipbrcko Not anymore
@@TheTrueTyrannosaurusRex at first he was not but then turned into one in GoW2 and GoW3
It was already fantastic to be honest it just became better
@@filipbrckonot a good guy too, as tyr said, it's more complicated than people think
God of War 2018 made me want to be a game dev. God of War Ragnarok made me swear to myself that I'll work in Santa Monica Studio one day. Still got a fair bit of a road in front of me, but it WILL happen.
Go get em big dog
@@brandonkoch3764 Thank you, mate!🙌❤️
You got this mate. Make great games!
Best of luck dude! I’ve only programmed Pong before in my life and its hard… but I was determined and still was graded really well. Put your heart into and never give up Spartan!
Godspeed brother make us proud
I remember myself playing the first God of war game in the ps2 back in 2005. To think that it would become one of the best franchises of all time
This is no way saying that one era of GOW is better than the other but i find it so funny how the ragnarok video is longer than the entire trilogy put together
Because the length of Ragnarok is equal to all these 3 games combined 😂 I literally finished each one in a few hours
@@tylerrobertson6228They're all just as good tho
@@tylerrobertson6228 additionally one Norse Game took as much budget time and effort and staff working as the entire trilogy combined
I still love the Greek Saga more though
The Greek Saga still has 3 other games though
they are all good games(even ascension I WILL STAND BY THIS FACT)
38:02 the ship captain DOES get a nod in GOW 2018! There is a treasure you can find and attached to it is a note that references him! Love the video man!
Where is it tho?
@@YHWHandElohimthe treasure or the note?
@jackandlindsey5340 where's the note?
“Aphrodite cursed Medusa to be a gorgon.”
No, actually! In the version in which Medusa is “turned into” a gorgon, it’s Athena who does it- usually as revenge for Poseidon assaulting her at Athena’s temple. Even then, THAT version was made up by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, who had a vested interest in portraying the gods as petty, cruel, and stupid, as an allegory for the king who banished him.
well, the roman version has poseidon assault her. The original Greek version is consensual
Calm down man medusa is the snake mob that gives you also stone head
@@OXY187 Totally chill! The exclamation points are enthusiasm. I like mythology and just thought this fact was interesting, since the modified myth seems to be so pervasive.
@@Wingedvictory267 level 5 upgraded medusa head
@@jackblanton8184the greek version was written by Hesiod. The guy who wrote that women are the source of all evil, so maybe they did think it was non consenual just Hesiod didn't care to write that. Though we can't know for sure. In some archaic versions it did happen in a flower bed and implied to be romantic so it's possible at least in archaic greece they believed it was consenual. In ovid's metamorphoses and in every version of the myth athena/minerva didn't transform medusa out of pity as a form of protection, which was the femenist idea that was never an actual myth.
Hope this huge upload means we'll be getting a video for Valhalla soon....
I'm hoping the same
What a waste of a video. It should be a video on the new zelda instead
@@TheCosmerenaut1 um cry about it
Dude, I hope he covers valhalla. There's so much good story there
What a waste of a comment. 😮@@TheCosmerenaut1
It still genuinely kills my soul that TC Carson wasn’t able to voice kratos in the new games especially in the new DLC
Its weird that they didn't even ask him to come back for 2018. I love Christopher Judge, and he does too, but still, at least offer dude the chance to comeback.
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Honestly, the current voice has an awkwardness to it.
I feel like they should've brought him back for Valhalla...
Theory: I think the higher plain of existence Athena speaks of is the one which Odin is trying to learn about in GoW Ragnarok.
Doubt the devs were seeing that far into the future but it’s certainly a great way for them to use that line in the future games if they haven’t made up another plot line for that “realm rip” or whatever it is
We do see more of it in the comics and even see Kratos talk to Athena once again in that realm so I have some doubts.
Definitely one of the game series I will never put down
Every single time I've played a God of War, no matter how many times I have prior, it is fresh, it is fun, and by all things holey(ha!) is it an experience
Santa Monica is definitely one of the studios that deserves to be in the hall of fame. Their consistency is uncanny
A neat detail about God Of War III that I just noticed:
There’s most likely another reason why Kratos didn’t give the Power Of Hope to Athena, and that’s the fact he knows that not only would she abuse it, but Kratos knows from experience taking the position of the God Of War from Ares caused him to become overzealous and terroristic like the mad god before him, so he wasn’t going to be letting Athena become Zeus 2.0 like how he has Ares 2.0, himself.
*_”The cycle ends here.”_*
*_”My vengeance… ends now.”_*
I'm early into the video so far but you've been saying that he hasn't "technically" killed many innocents, in GOW 2018, he does in fact tell Atreus that he killed many who were deserving and many who were not
God of War is one of my favorite franchises of all time, with GoW 2 being my favorite of the original trilogy. Angry Boi Kratos was an absolute BEAST, and his revenge arc was a blast to play through. But then to see him roughly 1,000 years later (give or take a few decades) and his arc to understanding WHAT that anger truly did, and his growth and maturity as a husband, father and GOD? I feel is a MASTER CLASS in character writing. He was still a beast, but I feel a lot of that pain and anger was tempered when he found Faye and had a second chance at a great love.
Top tier, Santa Monica. Top tier.
Fun fact: the VA for hephestus is the same VA for Zues in Disney's Hercules
Rip torn. He's dead. RIP Rip
This trilogy is GODLY! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
of course god of war is godly as it is the best out there and if anyone say otherwise i'll... do nothing i can't do anything to any of you guys
@@Poja_0811Yup DMC is better(just kidding)
@@Snxggy1 i mean it is good but i haven't played it myself
@@Snxggy1both is good
@@Snxggy1nah you had it right dmc is better
After playing through Valhalla yesterday and seeing Helios return I couldn't help but get a laugh and think to myself. Kratos got his first head back LMAO 🤣
Well actually he had two heads before it (:
@@lightmohamed5700 Oh yeah Medusa and her sister. Well his first godly head should I say lol
Fuck I haven't finished it, fucken spoilers fuuuck I brought it on myself
Fun fact about the 2D Zeus duel: you can infinite him by using the spell for the Namean Cestus and then spamming triangle in a certain timing and spacing turning him into a complete cathartic joke even on higher difficulties
1:03:40 this scene really stuck on me, I was really shocked by how realistic the screams were.
The voice actor did an amazing job
1. Thanks for the time you’re taking with this thing. You obviously put a lot of effort into this and it’s appreciated
2. I have never understood the hatred for most QTE’s. They could’ve just decided you hit the end of the enemies life bar and show you a cut scene of the guy dying. Instead they give you this participatory cut scene, so you feel like you’re doing it. If done well it’s an extra little reward for all your hard work. Also, in the case of games like the original resident evil four, it was a way to keep you on your toes in the middle of a cut scene. You always had to pay attention. You couldn’t go pick up your phone and stroll through Twitter or something like that. yes, sometimes this is done very badly but when it’s done well, I love it
I appreciate the positivity in your videos. Gaming journalism was so poor when these games were out that people didn’t know what the stories were about. They just thought it was sex and violence.
Thank you for this my boy. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve flipped around your channel trying to find all three. Now there all in one place.
4:20. I always thought the blades changing in the cutscenes was just showing the blades progress in power.
I know these games so well that I can literally quote every single line from the first three games
19:07 its a masterpiece, to make u feel the rage kratos feels for the Gods
Cory Barlog is one of the only humans on the planet that i would trust his word.
Yes, not the one who made ragnarok
yes
@@DarkKing-z6b corey gave his approval on everything that happened in ragnarok, if you still have questions or didn't like how the story went they have said its not over and Cory is the one driving the ship.
@@mrpitman5496 corey has no say so about this game
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1:10:27 the Hercules fight will always be my favorite.
Hades boss fight Best fight
Would love a “Everything GREAT About God of War Valhalla” video
I hope you do a video on valhalla i just finished it and would love to hear your thoughts about it!! :)
What are the odds this video shows up right when I start my first play through of GoW 2018 on my PC.
I had just watched a few vids explaining GoW 1-3 to know what the lore is.
I literally started playing it 3 days ago. Insane timing
So I hate to do this, but most commonly in Greek myths Athena was the one to curse Medusa.
Also I saw that infinite magic exploit, don’t think you’re sneaky 😂😂
Trying gow 3 after gow 2018 was such an incredible felling, everything felt so much faster and more satisfying then in newer once.
Damn i miss old gameplay sooo much...
After seeing the full playthrough of Valhalla Kratos has definitely come full circle but his story isn’t over as a God of Hope I feel he has a purpose to travel the world and bring Hope back to it
Love your Videos, Especially the god of war selection!
To be honest I probably watch this video about three times and I cannot get enough of it you are absolutely right I love these types of videos and you do a great job at them keep it up man
*1:20:38* kratos knows science since technically there shouldn't be that good air also should be freezing cold up there
Hey boss, thanks for keeping entertained while I walked an hour to the bank in sub freeing temps. Love every video you share ❤
It’s what i’m here for :)
Currently playing GoW 1 for the first time, in Pandora’s temple thingy on Cronos back. A thing i’ve noticed, is that Kratos barely talks in the old games, he’s said maybe a total of 50 words at my point
Steven Blum as Ares will always make me happy. Dudes legit my childhood
I LOVE the twist in the end that recontextualizes the main menu and Kratos saying "my vengeance ends now" at the very beginning. on the main menu, you think the chaos behind him is due to the ongoing battle that Kratos is leading, leaving chaos in his wake. but as you get to the end, you realize it wasn't the battle that caused all of that chaos, but Kratos and his actions alone. and in the beginning, you believe he is referring to killing Zeus as his final act of vengeance, but at the end, you learn that his last act of revenge isn't just "the god of war killing the gods who wronged him" but "Kratos killing ALL of the gods". he is no longer the "god of war" nor is he the "ghost of Sparta", that is him reclaiming his humanity and becoming "Kratos" again.
its not a subtle twist, but instead, in a true godly fashion, it is a deceitful twist that never lied about what it was going to be, but never corrected you on what the intentions were in the beginning.
I’ll always remember as a kid playing the opening scene of GoW1 in Blockbuster and thinking “oh yeah, I gotta see this all the way through.” Still the best trilogy I’ve ever played.
the line, "all hope is lost spartan, even for you," and seeing how this trilogy went is an interesting thing they did there.
How are you not at 1mil yet!!
I’ll continue spreading the good word of gaming wins!
You must stay hydrated. If you know you know.😂
Also Corey Burton (GOW2 Zeus VA) voices Hugo strange in Arkham City, dude has a hell of a voice
You don't even know as a kid. The platforming and Hades literally drove me insane. Insane. My mom came home from work. It was listening to me, curse as a little kid. She's like guaranteed trouble. Because I cursed so much at that platform.
I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it but I love that you edit your own subtitles into the video because YT closed caption aren’t always accurate lol
0:23 what he says here is so real I’ve rewatched this vid and his other vids so many times while eating thanking for feeding my iPad tendency
I'd like to appreciate how with the first game, it doesn't just do away with high-level combat (like GOW 2 and GOW 3) did from the start, but rather, takes its time to get us USED TO the environment of the combat.
From the very beginning kratos has been one of my favorite characters in all gaming ...2018 and Ragnarok and it's DLC Valhalla just adds to his story and I pray we get to see more of him.... Do his son's standalone game but still have kratos.... And what that DLC truly showed us is we all want the original trilogy to get a remake
I never realized when i was a kid, but once you start the original game the background music actually says "Kratos, son of Zeus"
It didn't hit me until i replayed it for the first time in AGES a couple years back, but when i caught it i was like holy shit they told us who he really was in the literal first 5 seconds of the game
I'm praying he does a video on the new DLC, Valhalla, next after the release of this video; I'm absolutely loving this.
Can’t wait to see everything great about one of my favorite game series. ❤
Literally 10 minutes ago, and i already know it'll be a banger
It wasn’t until I watched the original GOW3 video that I realized we use our thumbs to hit the buttons in the same exact manner as Kratos gouging out Poseidon’s eyes.
The free Valhalla add on is probably the best add on to a game ever made, it’s a rouge like that encourages determination and learning from failure and playing at your own pace, I have never ever played a game that encouraged you to play this way constantly
Please do the darksiders games I’d love to see you play them and hear your opinions on those games
I remember when I was like, 10-12 years old, me, my sister and our mom would put god of war 3 in the ps3 and pop some boneless buffalo chicken wings in the oven to snack on while playing, good times.
You need to do metal gear series next!! Now that’ll be a hell of a video 😆
I have a defense for killing the boat captain.
If before hou get to the hydra battle, theres a room full of people begging to be let out, but the boat captain had the key. He INTENTIONALLY LOCKED THEM IN THERE AND LEFT THEM THERE TO DIE!
The boat captain cameos were fun, but trying to turn him into some innocent man is bull!
I love all of them but 2 of the old trilogy is my favorite cause I love the scenery the bosses and the Spear of Destiny is my favorite weapon and I used it from when I got it to when I finished
Just beat Valhalla and I'm more than amazed by the gameplay and story. It's everything I wanted the game to be, playing as Kratos only and fighting endlessly.
Love the great effort you put into your videos; it shows. And hope you're now doing better
Something I always liked about posidens death is how it changes the perspective to show you how scary kratos is. It fits with kratoses story in this game. Because this game is all about him crossing the line. Where previously he was only known as the general or the fallen god, now he's a destroyer. He becomes a true monster and the perspective changes shows that. Another detail is just how brutal kratos kills posidon. Where previously he would kill his enemies relatively quickly with blades, hammers, and even his hands to simply snap there neck, this is different. He doesn't just kill posidon, he tortures him. And posidon as bad as he is hasn't done anything to kratos at this point. He's simply fighting him because Zeus commands it and to protect his own throne. But also even though a point of this is how kratos is becoming this monster there's still moments where he shows mercy and honor. It's also about how now kratos and his choices don't just hurt the people in his way, because by the end everyone is dead or dieing. Morals who may have never even heard of kratos. They weren't in his way, but they suffer the consequences anyway. Even in the previous games you could attempt to justify his actions as simply "they were his enemies, or they got in the way" but now you can't do that. Even when he burns the Athenian soldier in the chamber of sacrifice in the previous game, you could say "well he was an enemy soldier" but again by the end of the game kratos just kill soliders, he kills everyone. How many people of Sparta escaped the burning city? Were they alive when kratos doomed the world? I just love how complex the story can be when you think about it.
On a final side note: this is also why I like the valhalla dlc so much, because even Tyr himself says it's not about forgiving or even justifying Kratos's actions, merely understanding them.
To me the og trilogy was the best of the series because of the mechanics and character development of kratos as we play the game and about all the critics and people criticizing kratos rage the reason for that was because the gods didn’t forgive him of his sins and Zeus betrayed him in gow2 then in the end of 2 he specifically said to Athena that he was only going after Zeus not the other gods then in 3 the reason that the other gods died was because they kept getting in his way and wouldn’t let him defeat Zeus so he didn’t have much of a choice when it came to defeating the gods of Olympus and I wish these people would understand the reason for his rage is because he was betrayed by the gods!
“I know you’re all just like me and rewatch videos”
You’re god damn right brother
Know how many times I put everything great about last of us or GTA’s when going to bed???
Between you cinema wins birdman and Lemino… I have you guys on a constant loop in my house. It’s always playing on one of my TV’s
Keep it up big homie. Pizza
They did keep referencing The Boat Captain in the newest ones. There is a treasure map in one of the shipwrecks around the Lake of 9 titled The Boat Captain's Key and Kratos references The Boat Captain in his journal in Ragnarök after unchaining the whale that was trapped by Mimir.
I didn’t know hardware limitations were a thing just because GOW1 was the first game I ever played. Because of scenes like 10:45
Loved the original trilogy you should do baldur's gate 3 next that game is juicy with so many good things
24:48 I always thought it’s because he is the God of War, and how befitting that his final attack is a nuke centuries (according to known history as we have found artifacts tens of thousands of years old that could ONLY be created through nuclear fission) before it was invented. it is the most devastating weapon created by mankind and he will know ALL aspects of war, past, present, and future.
Truly a great trilogy that still stands (yeah yeah yeah) couldn’t help myself
Doth none appreciate thyne 9th Symphony?
1:09:10 best line in the video😂. I never thought how much this story fit Hermès’ boss fight
I didn't know the R3 & L3 buttons existed before the Poseidon quicktime cutscene. I had trouble with the cutscene and had to Google what R3 & L3 were.
I had the ps2 discs for GOW 1 & 2 for ever and i finally got a hold of a PS2 so I’m gonna replay them
It was actually Athena who cursed Medusa.
“Have been playing longer then I probably should have” I felt that started when I was 5😂
In defense of the bride of Poseidon scene: if you go back to the wreckage, the camera focuses on it like a lore tidbit and says… nothing. It’s as if kratos and the game itself is as speechless as you are. The ghost of Sparta has taken many a life, but this one had the chance to continue if it walked forward or to the side. The fact that it didn’t, that merely interacting with the usurper god of war leaves blood on his hands, gave him pause; it made him wonder if it was worth it. He would then rationalize it with “I’ve come too far to stop now, I’ve got nothing left but this crusade, and it’s Zeus’ fault for commissioning a faulty door design”. Kratos then did what he always did: put that trauma in a box, and focus on what he means to kill later.
This video is awesome cause I can't watch the older ones cause age restriction exists
Yeah i tried my damndest to fix that with all the censoring!
@@GamingWins thx a lot for that 🔥🔥🔥
@@GamingWinsin GoW 2,Gaia didn't really save him, Gaia just gave him the morale boost to keep going thus Kratos healing at will...
also in GoW I, it's not like Kratos would forever be stuck in the Underworld as he not only f3cked the rules up but would still try his best to finding a way out...
@@GamingWinsand another plus, Kratos was already known as Death when he quite literally killed Death aka Thanatos in Ghost of Sparta and it's where Zeus disguised as the grave digger labelled Kratos as 'Death, The Destroyer of Worlds'
I am SO glad you understand Kratos' story was just as complex in the trilogy as it is in the Norse saga. I am sick of the narrative the mainstream media keeps trying to push that only written well now and that was just a "raging monster the the Greek saga!
If anyone complains about kratos being weaker in the Norse games notice how he went from fighting giant Greek monsters in the tutorial/opening to fighting Norse gods in the tutorial/opening
I’d imagine there’s a document of some kind with a video schedule, but I would like to suggest that you consider covering the Metal Gear Games.
1-5 and Revengeance.
Hey Mr. Wins. Fantastic video. You should check out Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Its often dissmissed as just a God of War clone but its so much better than that.
Love God of War. I also.love the gears games! You should do the second gears game soon!
One fun fact for the trilogy is the meaning of his Rage mode cause each one shows where Kratos's Rage is at.
Gow of War #1 is the Rage of the Gods since he's using the Rage the Gods have for Ares (but mainly his own Rage for Ares) to increase his power.
God of War 2 is the Rage of the Titans since he's using their Rage to take down Zeus.
And then God of War 3 is the Rage of the Spartans since he's all on his own and wants revenge with the very thing he has left to keep his power and strength.
Neat way to tell where Kratos's Rage lies with each game.
Athena probably or Poseidon probably tasked Kratos to defeat the hydra that is ravaging the seas around Greece. Then Ares attacked Athens and suddenly they thought "Well good thing he is already so close."
Absolutely love ur videos mate keep it up 🙏 ❤
Gow 2018 had a side mission that mentions the boat captain
5:30 It's a literal Deus Ex Machina, which is fitting for a Greek epic.
Hope you do the God of War DLC next I'm one of your Subscribers from the Philippines
I know I'm in the very minority for this but GOW2 is my absolute favorite game in the series, I love the music, I love the weapons and having the blade of Olympus as an actual weapon and not locked behind a rage or anything is just amazing, I also have some biased as it was the last game I played in the series before 2018 due to my copy on PS2 always freezing on the long chain ride back to the island after getting the horses to push it together so playing GOW 3 and seeing kratos kill Athena before even going back to finish GOW 2 and just being in anticipation on what happens in the game gives me nostalgia for it and makes it my favorite
The claws of hades are my favorite weapon in the whole game
One of my all time favorite series!
46:55 the first translator in the finla dificulty, had to glich the map to abuse of a checkpoint just for that part
"Well running like that, I don't think you're gonna get very far" 😂
19:17 "Enjoy my pain."
Me: Thank you, kind sir! I will! 😊
I love both the new games & the originals, even the PSP entries & Ascension. But man, do they need a remake. Mainly the first two entries in the franchise. Not anything that changes the gameplay or pov at all, but a complete graphics overhaul & maybe some fresh voice acting. Hell, maybe even a few little extras thrown in. I'd spend whatever to get my hands on them if it ever becomes a reality. Doesn't even have to be all of them, I'd be happy with the main trilogy 🤷♂️💯 I'll keep dreaming though it probably won't ever happen lol
1:04 It's not just you the music does say "Kratos." And then right after says "Thanatos," which in Greek mythology is the god of death or the personification of death.
There is a reason why Hermes's death releases pestilence upon the world, goods and trade are the primary routes of disease, his staff is also a common symbol in modern medicine as well.
Nothing will ever top the original GOW trilogy in terms of epicness
and of course another dismissal of Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta and Ascension...
Small correction, Athena cursed Medusa, not Aphrodite.