Yeah even if you’ve played the game I’d advise listening to the book. If the additional insights aren’t enough for you the voice actor makes it much more fun.
@@TamvA In God of War, Mimir isn’t the real Mimir. He’s Puck disguised as a Norse god and all of his stories are lies. Norse mythology actually had one of the most benevolent pantheons throughout global cultural mythologies. Cory Barlog’s adaptations of Mythology are incredibly disrespectful towards the cultures of people who’s ancestors would have worshipped the gods in the games.
I think it could be because that compared to the stories he's heard, and the fact that he (as he even put it) was a machine of war, the fact that a story that starts with anything blood would interest him.
And then the lesson for that was to not have revenge and make peace with his past, which is what Kratos didnt do and struggled to achieve respectively.
@@Xzander.v2 thanks. I care about your opinion as much as I do for remembering the Pythagorean theorem. Try not to break your arm jerking yourself off, sharing your opinion, as if it’s important
28:15 "Reflect longer" That one killed me the first time I heard it. There is an optional story you missed, because whatever triggers it, it's not just the shrines. It's a follow-up to the one about Hrungnir, the giant born with no head or heart, so they made him ones of stone. In my 7 full play-throughs I've only ever heard it once and I don't know what triggered it, or what prevented it all the other times.
Ha ha, that's one of my favorite lines. Oh i haven't heard it, i played through it about 5-6 times, could have been i heard it and thought it was a repeat or missed it. I'll try to find it.
I recorded it the one time it happened to me, but since the PS4's internal video recorder craps itself all the time, there's a chunk of it missing. It's about how after the giant fell on Thor, nobody could lift the body from him, and while everyone gathered to think of a solution, Magni and Modi (still children at the time) came in and pushed it over. Magni got the credit, because he's blond, and Modi has been bitter for it ever since. I had the blades of chaos on in the video, and Baldur's dead dragon was visible behind the Svartalfheim tower, but there was no snow falling.
@@coladict yo wtf I had that on my first playthrough, it's was definitely atfer I fought them and killed them both but before I fought balder again I'm pretty sure and I was by Thor statue pretty sure
28:00 😂 Mimir: silence for the next few moments and reflect on Odin's capacity for cruelty. Mimir (just within few seconds): And SOooo.. Kratos: Reflect longer
@@JohnWillsJr , the mistletoe was originally used to cause the end of the world in Norse Mythology because of the fact that Baldur is unkillable unless you used an arrow with a mistletoe on it like what Atreus did in this game, and that’s why even in a story like One Piece seems to know more about the origins of the mistletoe than Hollywood does.
@@neththeobnoxioussponge8929 We are more prone to remembering stories then we are retaining this in an essay like manner. Wonder if schools might ever try making this into their teaching methods.
12:18 So Mimir’s from a “far off Island” south of Midgard? (Nordic Countries) Hmm. . . . [Mimir could be from Ireland] **UPDATE** He’s from Scotland. When Atreus picks up that knife inside Tyr’s Vault Mimir says “a sgian-dubh from my homeland” that’s that small knife they keep on the lower leg when they wear kilts.
[I GOT IT!] He’s from Scotland. When Atreus picks up that knife inside Tyr’s Vault, Mimir says “a sgian-dubh from my homeland” that’s that small knife the Scottish keep on their leg when they wear kilts.
@@kelnmiirkageoni1667 Like Oberon Since he mentioned that he was a jester and would play tricks on the local mortals for fun, and above all else, he said they were called Goodfellows, Like Robin Goodfellow aka Puck
@@iftheshoefits7124 Yea, Kratos was tricked to put all of his god power into that Blade of Olympus by Zeus, make he mortal again. But anyway, Kratos, son of Zeus, is a demi-god. And that made sense as the colossus hand did not smash him to pieces.
"Odin robbed Freya of her warrior spirit" And in the newest trailer, Freya was real close to stabbing Kratos in the neck. Either Mimir was misinformed, Odin was tricked into believing his curse worked, or Freya somehow broke Odin's curse
There’s an alternate ending to this game where mimir talks to kratos about how he was visited by freya while kratos and Atreus were in Jotunheim, she was grilling him about finding her Valkyrie wings I think ? Something like that. I’m guessing she found them in between this game and the new one 😱 poor freya :( I feel so bad for her
22:57 One of the few times we really hear Mimir get angry. Really helps sell that of all Odin's depraved acts, including Mimir's imprisonment and torture, this was one of his most egregious
Disturbing fact, or fact of fiction I should say. That story with the giant who built a wall for Odin. In the actual mythology Loki was there as well and, once Odin realized he was going to lose his wadger, he tasked Loki with stopping the giant. Well forced really. He did this by becoming a female horse, which would lead the giant's own trusty steed away, and would make the giant lose. Of course here is how Loki managed to keep the steed away without it losing interest. Basically he had to let the stead impregnate him. His child would become the 8 legged horse that Odin himself would employ as his own noble steed. That's the actual mythology in a nutshell.
Yeah, the walls were destroyed by the war between the Vanir and Aesir so the giant offered to rebuild them out of stones but in exchange he wanted Sol (the Sun), Mani (the Moon), and Freya. But the reason for the wager was partly Loki's fault... He convinced the gods to agree to the giant's terms, claiming the task would be impossible to finish in the allotted time... Honestly Loki could best be described as a god who embodies the characteristics of a sleezy used car salesman.
ngl, despite shit like that, I'm really hoping that this game's version of Loki (being deliberately vague here) will somehow manage to retcon himself into the stories... I'd like to see how all that turns out.
@@tuesdaynext7370 I imagine that Atreus will travel back in time and sabotage Hrimthur's work somehow. Instead of defying The Fates (Moirae) like Kratos did, Atreus has to help The Fates (Nornir) put the timeline back on the right course. :-)
When you stopped under the bridge the details are awesome even the water looks amazing. Every time you stop I can't help but look around and see the detail on everything around you. Some of those stories are so interesting I love it!
Funny about the story of Thrym, because those of us familiar with the actual myth of the Theft Of The Hammer know that Loki (Atreus) actually played a pretty critical role in that story!
Y'know, where Zeus was such a complex "villain" by the end of GOW3, cunning, proud, powerful but also fearful, and somewhat justified in his actions, Odin on the other hand, feels so petty, spiteful and cowardly that it's not hard imagining him sitting on his throne in Asgard, twirling his moustache and going "MWA-HA-HA!" while thinking of the next woman he'll tie to the train tracks (a figure of speech, but you get the idea).
Random thought, what if odin was infected by the evil from pandora's box as well after greece fell? Seems unlikely but seeing the timeline of GOW I keep that thought.
@@larrytherustyboii7442 it would be interesting, but according to Mimir's stories, Odin was always an @sshole, since the dawn of time, maybe. Unless the "Viking world" came to be after GoW1.
In all fairness, this is Mimir's perspective and he hates Odin with every fiber of his being. He probably committed those actions but if you knew you were going to die and your grand kingdom would become cinders, you too would do everything you can to avoid it. Still, there's no doubt there are instances where his envy and ego creep in and reveal true evil
11:25 - This heavily implies Mimir is Puck or one of his friends, as one of Puck's names is Robin Goodfellow who is the jester of the fairy court. Also given that you encounter the Celtic Triskele in the game, which is a common symbol of The Morrigan who is/are the gods of Fate/War, this seems to be foreshadowing for another game.
I love Norse mythology so much and have read about the gods and their great stories, it made sense that Vikings fought their battles in their name, even hoping to die as warriors to go to Valhalla; but hearing the these stories again by Mimir, but darker and more evil... It's actually more logical? Idk, I would love to see an expert of Norse mythology reply's on this.
It’s interesting that Mimir describes Surtr as a selfless and patient person. Usually he’s depicted as the villain in Norse mythology but in this version he’s a hero of sorts.
16:29 In actual Norse myth, Hrimthur had a horse that helped him build the wall. When he was almost then with the wall, the other gods call upon Loki to pull something, so then Loki comes in transforms into another horse, and *&^# the giant's horse, making the giant unable to finish.
@@crackcourier2814 I know, I apologize for misinformation. i bought the game and tried to scramble notes from the internet to sate my satisfaction. there i found that it is not. Though, his tone and cleverness is spot on for me.
Here in 2021 thinking, man it would’ve been absolutely hilarious, if SMS were to have named the sequel anything else other than Ragnarok. Mimir hypes it up so much in the first game, it’s almost exhausting. 🤣 Really breaks my heart knowing the game is delayed, & isn’t on track for a Winter 2021 release though. 🤦🏻♂️ I’ll definitely b visiting the video regularly, to refresh my memory. 💯 Thanks. 🤲🏼🌹🤲🏼
The game was delayed because of Christopher Judge, the actor for Kratos. He had to have surgery on both his hips, one or both of his knees, and his back I believe. They went out of their way to delay the game so Chris could recover. That is abnormal for a studio to do, especially in that industry.
Most storytelling in games work best with a show-don't-tell narrative But the opposite works best when you have a narrator with a soothing voice to tell you everything during a ride across the world
"Goodfellows, they called us.." "Goodfellows" is a mobster movie. what's another mobster movie? The Godfather. who's the player character in this game? Kratos, the Greek GOD of war, and FATHER to Atreus. genius.
I remember the narrator of Krato's life in GoW1-3. I'm always waiting for that narrator to talk and tell a story. And now, in GoW4 that Mimir comes. I miss the lady who tells the story and what's happening in previous GoW.
Story Legend: 0:45 Aesir VS Vanir. Odin & Freya 2:06 Fjorgyn, Odin’s first love & Thor’s mother 3:28 Odin & Freya divorce 4:46 Jötunheim Tower (Gone) 5:00 Thamur, The Stonemason VS Thor. Hrimthur & Njörd 6:37 A Way to Jötunheim 7:32 Odin’s Watching & Atreus’s Condition 8:01 Atreus’ Abilities 9:15 Sunken Ruins 9:27 Tÿr & The Giants 11:12 Mimir Working For Odin 12:16 Mimir’s arrival in the nine realms 13:32 (Don’t know what to name these tales)
I wonder if the next god of war games will involve Kratos using these stories as knowledge to unleash ragnorok. The weakness for the walls of Asgard, maybe even clearing the way for Surtr the brave to destroy it all.
@@RicardoPerez-rz8pu No... I believe they will save it for the third game. They're definitely making a trilogy with this mythology just like they did with Greek.
@@Ace-tw6cr given that loki has a lot of thing to do, his role as father of Jörmundgandr, Hel, and Fenrir alone is beyond the 3 years of fimbulwinter to pull off And given that time travel is at play here, i dont think the next game would be *simply* about ragnarök
So by Mimir being Robin Goodfellow, Puck as it were, that means his first king was Oberon, king of the Faeries. Who I played myself in production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Which means I have actively participated in God of War lore and somehow that’s absolutely hilarious to me.
“A fairy king’s errand boy and official jester.” I wish I noticed soon they merged Puck and Mimir together. Awesome. However, I also noticed his reference to the time he messed up in *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*.
The stories are fairly faithful. 17:43 That story is altered though, originally the giant mason asked for Freya's hand in marriage, and Loki foiled the wager by seducing the giant's horse while disguised as a mare himself.... Must be weird for Mimir to share that story with Atreus who is basically Loki lol... God of War's story is sketchy but a fun alternate take on the norse gods I guess lol.
I think this story was suppose to add towards the next game, he says “I think there is something that could be exploited that she knows of” and it has to do with the walls, witch is crazy the amount of depth they are giving about the next game just by this one story.
@@iwu5737 I can already picture Kratos beating Freya's teeth down her throat to wrench the secret out of her, just so Kratos and the BOI can play with a giant dominoes set piece for 15 minutes xD
Hey, I managed to get that missing story properly recorded ruclips.net/video/L2PrfRJ2e1k/видео.html
That is great man, that must have taken a long time to get it to show up properly, i commend you!
Pinned for your commitment and for awareness!
Yeah even if you’ve played the game I’d advise listening to the book. If the additional insights aren’t enough for you the voice actor makes it much more fun.
god of snore sucked. i hope theres 10x as much going on in the new game
@@littlefoot7148 no one likes homework
@@J.Wolf90 bro stubbed his toe and chose violence 💀💀💀
Fun fact: Mimir's voice actor is the narrator of the audiobook version of the game's novelization. So as a matter of fact, he did tell Atreus's story.
That's awesome they did that
Hes got the perfect voice for it so I'm happy
Another Fun Fact: the VA also did Senator Armstrong.
Where can I hear this?!
Seen that last week and it wasn't long enough at all only 9 hrs if I remember correctly. Damn great though
So thor is half god and half giant? WEIRD
Kratos: ...
Faye turned to be a cheater.
@@nehh_aksat ?
Kratos:you also half god and half giant boi
Same goes for Atreus
Kratos didnt know Faye was a giant.
4:17 "He robbed her of her warrior spirit."
That's a rather sanitized way of saying Odin ripped Freya's fucking wings off.
did he now>
The wings aren’t natural they are attached to the Valkyries
@@HTCS10
Just like how Icarus got his wings?
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx not sure not much detail about it
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx One of the eddas mentioned that Freya had a “winged suit” that Loki frequently “borrowed”.
32 minutes. Thirty-two minutes. THIRTY. TWO. MINUTES. of this seductive buttery sweet Scottish commentator telling me about Norse mythology. *Yes.*
God of war 5 needs 1 hour.
@@chrono2208 more like 8 days
GOW audiobook is “read” by Mimir. It’s longer than 32 minutes that’s for sure 💯
I'd love to listen to anything read by him. More than the audiobook at least
This is how you make traveling on a boat exciting. Like I generally looked forward to going on a boat ride because I wanted to hear more lore
"And sooo-" _"Reflect longer."_
This made me laugh like crazy idk why???😂😂😂😂
@@iota0216 because it's another way of peace and silence for kratos at the same time a modicum of respect towards odins ruthlessness.
Mimir reminds me of my old Highschool history teacher. He used to tell story’s of mythology like he was bard.
Was he just as much of a liar as “Mimir”?
Puck is such an effing fraud. Cory Barlog should be ashamed of himself.
Have you read Perct Jackson? Yoır teacher reminds me of Chiron
He was a bard he’s been alive for millennia
@@LordHayabusa85 lol wot
@@TamvA In God of War, Mimir isn’t the real Mimir. He’s Puck disguised as a Norse god and all of his stories are lies. Norse mythology actually had one of the most benevolent pantheons throughout global cultural mythologies. Cory Barlog’s adaptations of Mythology are incredibly disrespectful towards the cultures of people who’s ancestors would have worshipped the gods in the games.
25:13
Mimir: “It begins in an ocean of blood.”
Kratos:”Finally. A story worth hearing.” Me:🤣🤣🤣
I like how Kratos just wants to hear stories that contain blood and such things like that lol
Me: "What the F**K, man???"
I think it could be a call back to the 3rd game when kratos was in fear and weak he swim in a ocean of blood and voices
I think it could be because that compared to the stories he's heard, and the fact that he (as he even put it) was a machine of war, the fact that a story that starts with anything blood would interest him.
And then the lesson for that was to not have revenge and make peace with his past, which is what Kratos didnt do and struggled to achieve respectively.
Kratos: Head, you are full of stories.
When will you tell one that entertains?
I love that 😂
19:51 for those who want to find it.
@@lenengquist592 mvp
I think that it probably is because most of the stories that Mimir told bore kratos.
I beg your pardon
9:20 Aye lad! A forgotten city. What does it call? --- I forgot!
LOL. So logical!
“Wouldn’t you agree brother?”
*grunt*
Quite right
Precisely!
@@juliobrian4757 is that a fucking ratatoing reference?
Mimir is probably one of my favourite companion in any videogame I've played in the last 20 years, the voice actor did such an excellent job
Either him, or Ellie from the first The Last of Us, with her dialogue
@@Clone4082 Ellie's jokes were funny tho you're right :v
@@simplebryll123 Joel: I used to own a canoe once.
Ellie: Wow, really?!?!
Joel: No
@@Clone4082 last of us was shiet
@@Xzander.v2 thanks. I care about your opinion as much as I do for remembering the Pythagorean theorem. Try not to break your arm jerking yourself off, sharing your opinion, as if it’s important
28:15 "Reflect longer"
That one killed me the first time I heard it.
There is an optional story you missed, because whatever triggers it, it's not just the shrines. It's a follow-up to the one about Hrungnir, the giant born with no head or heart, so they made him ones of stone.
In my 7 full play-throughs I've only ever heard it once and I don't know what triggered it, or what prevented it all the other times.
Ha ha, that's one of my favorite lines. Oh i haven't heard it, i played through it about 5-6 times, could have been i heard it and thought it was a repeat or missed it. I'll try to find it.
I recorded it the one time it happened to me, but since the PS4's internal video recorder craps itself all the time, there's a chunk of it missing. It's about how after the giant fell on Thor, nobody could lift the body from him, and while everyone gathered to think of a solution, Magni and Modi (still children at the time) came in and pushed it over. Magni got the credit, because he's blond, and Modi has been bitter for it ever since.
I had the blades of chaos on in the video, and Baldur's dead dragon was visible behind the Svartalfheim tower, but there was no snow falling.
I thought that was a scripted line, I feel lucky that I got it my first play through
yes!!!
@@coladict yo wtf I had that on my first playthrough, it's was definitely atfer I fought them and killed them both but before I fought balder again I'm pretty sure and I was by Thor statue pretty sure
24:38 “For there is nothing so vile as a child killing their father.”
Kratos: *“Hmmmm”*
That made me wonder. Did Mimir not know about the cycle🤔?
@@apoorvaahuja7470 he didn't know kratos was THE kratos, the ghost of Sparta. As soon as he realized who he is, we see that he fully knows that story.
@@KutluMizrak Cronos,Zeus,Kratos love to hurt their parents with Kratos killing both of them
@@apoorvaahuja7470 well by now yeah because when Kratos goes back to Midgard with the blades, Mimir says “You’re the bloody *GHOST OF SPARTA”*
Kratos: (thoughts) So that makes it okay for a parent to willingly kill their child? (a very good question)
28:00 😂
Mimir: silence for the next few moments and reflect on Odin's capacity for cruelty.
Mimir (just within few seconds): And SOooo..
Kratos: Reflect longer
One of Kartos’ best lines. Killed me for a bit with that
14:18 I don't know why but I absolutely love when a character with a vast vocabulary and a certain class drops a bomb
There are two ways to drop an f-bomb.
Either through an eloquent and polite character like Mimir, causing a humorous surprise…
Or Brock…
Everyone has a weakness.
Not him, I'm afraid. *(monotone) Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical.*
He gets to talk all the shit
Well in the tales of the Norse gods, Loki talked to Freya and manipulated her into thinking mistletoe was harmless,
Hmm he is bewitched to not speak what he knows
@@clxwncrxwn how's that possible? Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical.
@@JohnWillsJr , the mistletoe was originally used to cause the end of the world in Norse Mythology because of the fact that Baldur is unkillable unless you used an arrow with a mistletoe on it like what Atreus did in this game, and that’s why even in a story like One Piece seems to know more about the origins of the mistletoe than Hollywood does.
14:15 The best line of Mimir
Never heard him say the f word before, thats awesome 😂
Damn i was just playing the game , and i couldnt beleive what i heard , so i had to confirm it
I prefer "I'm hanging from the hip of the bloody Ghost of Sparta!"
@@jstar3382 The Ghost of Sparta: "Do NOT call me that"
@@RicoGamerBoi when someone who rarely swears drops a bomb, you can tell they are serious or going out of their way to make a point.
I would've enjoyed school even more if Mimir was my history teacher.
Agreed
It's because he tells it like a story rather than just reading an essay
@@neththeobnoxioussponge8929 We are more prone to remembering stories then we are retaining this in an essay like manner. Wonder if schools might ever try making this into their teaching methods.
21:34 Mimir calling Atreus "m' son" is wholesome.
12:18 So Mimir’s from a “far off Island” south of Midgard? (Nordic Countries) Hmm. . . .
[Mimir could be from Ireland]
**UPDATE**
He’s from Scotland.
When Atreus picks up that knife inside Tyr’s Vault Mimir says “a sgian-dubh from my homeland”
that’s that small knife they keep on the lower leg when they wear kilts.
Could also be from australia, moving north but gradually turning west
@@dondeka2086 I’m guessing this takes place WAY before Europeans made it to Australia.
[I GOT IT!]
He’s from Scotland.
When Atreus picks up that knife inside Tyr’s Vault, Mimir says “a sgian-dubh from my homeland”
that’s that small knife the Scottish keep on their leg when they wear kilts.
@@pdg90 He also mentioned fairy kings, so yeah
@@kelnmiirkageoni1667 Like Oberon
Since he mentioned that he was a jester and would play tricks on the local mortals for fun, and above all else, he said they were called Goodfellows, Like Robin Goodfellow aka Puck
It's funny how Thor got crushed by a stone giant for being an asshole, because Kratos went through something similar with a steel colossus
ya, but kratos only got clapped b/c he was mortal at the time
@@iftheshoefits7124 Yea, Kratos was tricked to put all of his god power into that Blade of Olympus by Zeus, make he mortal again. But anyway, Kratos, son of Zeus, is a demi-god. And that made sense as the colossus hand did not smash him to pieces.
Mimir: It begins, with an ocean of BLOOD
Kratos: FINALLY A STORY WORTH HEARING!
Me: " Dude...seriously?"
"Odin robbed Freya of her warrior spirit"
And in the newest trailer, Freya was real close to stabbing Kratos in the neck. Either Mimir was misinformed, Odin was tricked into believing his curse worked, or Freya somehow broke Odin's curse
There’s an alternate ending to this game where mimir talks to kratos about how he was visited by freya while kratos and Atreus were in Jotunheim, she was grilling him about finding her Valkyrie wings I think ? Something like that. I’m guessing she found them in between this game and the new one 😱 poor freya :( I feel so bad for her
Kratos: I know all too well how rage can break some curses
At the end of the game its is told freya is looking for her wings which would break the curse
She most likely broke the curse as she asked mimir where to find her wings.
28:25 "Reflect longer"
Omg dude :D
22:57 One of the few times we really hear Mimir get angry. Really helps sell that of all Odin's depraved acts, including Mimir's imprisonment and torture, this was one of his most egregious
The giant with 8 arms makes me sad
I know right :c
It's must have been a terrifying troubling life to live with 8 arms like that.
Ricardo Perez not if your a giant in a norse mythology xD
@@RicardoPerez-rz8pu but hes strong tho, almost as strong as thor
@@trihermawan9553 yeah but to be killed by cutting off eight arms is overkill
"For a long time my job was to enable Odin , and I was FUCKING excellent at it" -Mimir
Boat story time with:
Kratos!
Atreus!
and Mimir!
Mimir is such a lovable character, I'm glad they put him in the game :D
2:22
Atreus: So Thor was half god and half giant? weird.
Little did boy know
"There is nothing nature so reviles than a child who kills his own parent."
Kratos: *Looks away*
atreus: are you sure you haven't heard any voices.
kratos: not as you do.
30 minutes earlier: athena get out of my head.
😂😂😂😂 well tbh she was actually there
They really want us to hate Thor and Odin don't they. Funny how we all adore the MCU Thor and we despice the GOW thor with passion
I agree quite hilarious this thor has roid rage
That’s the beauty of art isn’t it? One interpretation of a character ends up becoming a heroic icon, and another a hated roid junky.
Well and the Thor of mythology is pretty much defined by his defending of and being a friend to humanity.
@@andmicbro1 but this is gow we're talking about
the most cynical and spiteful portray of the gods is only expected
Disturbing fact, or fact of fiction I should say. That story with the giant who built a wall for Odin. In the actual mythology Loki was there as well and, once Odin realized he was going to lose his wadger, he tasked Loki with stopping the giant. Well forced really.
He did this by becoming a female horse, which would lead the giant's own trusty steed away, and would make the giant lose.
Of course here is how Loki managed to keep the steed away without it losing interest. Basically he had to let the stead impregnate him. His child would become the 8 legged horse that Odin himself would employ as his own noble steed.
That's the actual mythology in a nutshell.
when it came to that story I just had amused face, wondering how are they going to change it so it doesn't mention Loki
Yeah, the walls were destroyed by the war between the Vanir and Aesir so the giant offered to rebuild them out of stones but in exchange he wanted Sol (the Sun), Mani (the Moon), and Freya. But the reason for the wager was partly Loki's fault... He convinced the gods to agree to the giant's terms, claiming the task would be impossible to finish in the allotted time...
Honestly Loki could best be described as a god who embodies the characteristics of a sleezy used car salesman.
ngl, despite shit like that, I'm really hoping that this game's version of Loki (being deliberately vague here) will somehow manage to retcon himself into the stories... I'd like to see how all that turns out.
@@tuesdaynext7370 I imagine that Atreus will travel back in time and sabotage Hrimthur's work somehow. Instead of defying The Fates (Moirae) like Kratos did, Atreus has to help The Fates (Nornir) put the timeline back on the right course. :-)
@@michaelblower7363 "somehow" lol... Here's hoping he doesn't do it the way he did in the myths
All three actors were perfectly cast, and set up perhaps the best world setting in an open world video game so far.
28:16 LMAO Kratos is awesome.
28:25 mimirs feelings "why are we still here, just to suffer"
When you stopped under the bridge the details are awesome even the water looks amazing. Every time you stop I can't help but look around and see the detail on everything around you. Some of those stories are so interesting I love it!
I agree, i can't believe the detail sometimes, and they really went all out with the Norse Mythology hah love learning about it.
Mimir's voice actor also did awesome job as Celebrimbor from Shadow of Mordor
Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical.
Except mistletoe🙈
Funny about the story of Thrym, because those of us familiar with the actual myth of the Theft Of The Hammer know that Loki (Atreus) actually played a pretty critical role in that story!
Mimir: "And so-.."
Kratos: "Reflect longer."
Brilliant. xD
Y'know, where Zeus was such a complex "villain" by the end of GOW3, cunning, proud, powerful but also fearful, and somewhat justified in his actions, Odin on the other hand, feels so petty, spiteful and cowardly that it's not hard imagining him sitting on his throne in Asgard, twirling his moustache and going "MWA-HA-HA!" while thinking of the next woman he'll tie to the train tracks (a figure of speech, but you get the idea).
Zeus was just infected by the evil fear tho
Random thought, what if odin was infected by the evil from pandora's box as well after greece fell? Seems unlikely but seeing the timeline of GOW I keep that thought.
@@larrytherustyboii7442 it would be interesting, but according to Mimir's stories, Odin was always an @sshole, since the dawn of time, maybe. Unless the "Viking world" came to be after GoW1.
I'd like to remind y'all that Athena is still out there.
And I'll eat my hat if she is not revealed to be at least planning parts of this by 3rd game.
In all fairness, this is Mimir's perspective and he hates Odin with every fiber of his being. He probably committed those actions but if you knew you were going to die and your grand kingdom would become cinders, you too would do everything you can to avoid it.
Still, there's no doubt there are instances where his envy and ego creep in and reveal true evil
“Reflect longer” that killed me 😂
11:25 - This heavily implies Mimir is Puck or one of his friends, as one of Puck's names is Robin Goodfellow who is the jester of the fairy court. Also given that you encounter the Celtic Triskele in the game, which is a common symbol of The Morrigan who is/are the gods of Fate/War, this seems to be foreshadowing for another game.
The symbol next to Omega and Tyr was definitely of The Morrigan's.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS
The nords call him puck
@@bradleybarnes8170 I know, my post was a year ago, before GoW:Ragnarok was released.
That's what I picked-up on too. I immediately believed that the Fairy King was Ouberon, and immediately started thinking a Midsommer Night's Dream.
I watch the entire video in a complete silence. Memir is a great story teller.
I love Norse mythology so much and have read about the gods and their great stories, it made sense that Vikings fought their battles in their name, even hoping to die as warriors to go to Valhalla; but hearing the these stories again by Mimir, but darker and more evil... It's actually more logical? Idk, I would love to see an expert of Norse mythology reply's on this.
It’s interesting that Mimir describes Surtr as a selfless and patient person. Usually he’s depicted as the villain in Norse mythology but in this version he’s a hero of sorts.
In this world the stories where the Aesir are heroes are mostly propaganda spread by them
In God of war every God is shown as a sorta of a villain or a bad guy...so makes sense the monsters are shown as good guys.
Surtr isn’t a villain in general any ways he is what seals the fate
16:29
In actual Norse myth, Hrimthur had a horse that helped him build the wall. When he was almost then with the wall, the other gods call upon Loki to pull something, so then Loki comes in transforms into another horse, and *&^# the giant's horse, making the giant unable to finish.
voice actor of Mimir is Clavicus the Vile in Skyrim. His voice fills him as very clever.
Is he really?
No he isn't
@@crackcourier2814 I know, I apologize for misinformation. i bought the game and tried to scramble notes from the internet to sate my satisfaction. there i found that it is not. Though, his tone and cleverness is spot on for me.
Odin trippin on shrooms
That had me laughing good lol
That story with the giant with 8 arms is super depressing
IN-VUL-NER-A-BIL-ITY - The way Mimir pronounces that word is satisfying as anything.
Kratos' one-liners on the boat are comedic gold.
"Reflect longer".
I forgot my book at home so here i am listening to a talking head telling stories about gods and giants... yeah, interesting
Its actually really interesting.
Here in 2021 thinking, man it would’ve been absolutely hilarious, if SMS were to have named the sequel anything else other than Ragnarok. Mimir hypes it up so much in the first game, it’s almost exhausting. 🤣
Really breaks my heart knowing the game is delayed, & isn’t on track for a Winter 2021 release though. 🤦🏻♂️
I’ll definitely b visiting the video regularly, to refresh my memory. 💯
Thanks. 🤲🏼🌹🤲🏼
The game was delayed because of Christopher Judge, the actor for Kratos. He had to have surgery on both his hips, one or both of his knees, and his back I believe. They went out of their way to delay the game so Chris could recover. That is abnormal for a studio to do, especially in that industry.
Most storytelling in games work best with a show-don't-tell narrative
But the opposite works best when you have a narrator with a soothing voice to tell you everything during a ride across the world
"Goodfellows, they called us.."
"Goodfellows" is a mobster movie. what's another mobster movie?
The Godfather.
who's the player character in this game?
Kratos, the Greek GOD of war, and FATHER to Atreus. genius.
huh. clever.^^
Wrong Goodfellow.
I think he's talking about Puck from Midsummer Nights Dream.
You got that from jacksepticeye
Listening to Mimir makes me see how a piece of work Odin really is
I remember the narrator of Krato's life in GoW1-3. I'm always waiting for that narrator to talk and tell a story. And now, in GoW4 that Mimir comes. I miss the lady who tells the story and what's happening in previous GoW.
Well that narrator is Gaia and well... Kratos.... let's just say he broke her heart.
Basically he killed the fucking narrator
He killed Gaia at the end of GOW3
"Can I turn into a wolf?" - Atreus. Apparently yes
28:26 made me chuckle. Sounds like when Ron from P&R found out about lil Sébastien "have some damn respect"
Story Legend:
0:45 Aesir VS Vanir. Odin & Freya
2:06 Fjorgyn, Odin’s first love & Thor’s mother
3:28 Odin & Freya divorce
4:46 Jötunheim Tower (Gone)
5:00 Thamur, The Stonemason VS Thor. Hrimthur & Njörd
6:37 A Way to Jötunheim
7:32 Odin’s Watching & Atreus’s Condition
8:01 Atreus’ Abilities
9:15 Sunken Ruins
9:27 Tÿr & The Giants
11:12 Mimir Working For Odin
12:16 Mimir’s arrival in the nine realms
13:32
(Don’t know what to name these tales)
All these are named in Lore and legends!❤
This is done so well. I only intended to listen to the first story, but i ended up watching the whole video. xD
“Reflect longer”
And that day, shall be the "Ragnarok"
The twilight of the gods. Love that line
"Back then in my land, there was a god who couldn't shut up, Mimir"
"What happened to him?"
"I cut his leg"
"Thank god I'm just a head"
"Back then in my land, there was a god who couldnt shut up, Head"
24:36 "...for there is nothing nature so reviles as a child who kills their parent."
Kratos: this one I know too well
It would do well to sit in silence and reflect on Odins capacity for cruelty...
And so-
"REFLECT LONGER!"
14:15 the only time Mimir swears?
Best story teller
I wonder if the next god of war games will involve Kratos using these stories as knowledge to unleash ragnorok.
The weakness for the walls of Asgard, maybe even clearing the way for Surtr the brave to destroy it all.
I'd wonder if Surtur is going to appear on the next God of War and he and Kratos are going to be allies , if Jormungar is Kratos ally so can Surtur
@@RicardoPerez-rz8pu No... I believe they will save it for the third game. They're definitely making a trilogy with this mythology just like they did with Greek.
@@FatalShotGG it’s called Ragnorak tho, it has to be about Ragnorak.
@@Ace-tw6cr given that loki has a lot of thing to do, his role as father of Jörmundgandr, Hel, and Fenrir alone is beyond the 3 years of fimbulwinter to pull off
And given that time travel is at play here, i dont think the next game would be *simply* about ragnarök
@@khangle6872 oh, the next game will be ragnarok for sure
12:40 holy crap that ties into the new game perfectly, odin just misses his high
Kratos: Head... your full of stories. When will you tell one that entertains?
Mimir: Feed me to the fish...
So many times when going for 100%, I would just sit on the boat waiting for the story to end
Thank you so much for this, mimirs story’s are amazing
Let's talk facts: Mimir deserves a spin-of
So much new context for a lot of these story’s after ragnarok
Thor being half giant and half god just like atreus is a pretty cool touch.
mimir seems kinda like a deus ex machina for the story at offset, but i guess it fits his character in his knowledge i suppose.
Throughout every story, Mimir's disdain for Odin as a person is both clear, and concise.
wait i never heard that last one. really cool to think it like that.
Atreus: looks like there was city under the water...
Mimir: aye lad a forgotten city!!!
Atreus: what was it's name??
Mimir: well... I forgot!!,🤣🤣🤣🤣
So by Mimir being Robin Goodfellow, Puck as it were, that means his first king was Oberon, king of the Faeries.
Who I played myself in production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Which means I have actively participated in God of War lore and somehow that’s absolutely hilarious to me.
3:35 clearly her curse has been broken since she was seen attacking Kratos in the new God Of War Trailer
I thought that too
Awesome video great fun game play
appreciate it as always!
i feel like when fraye spit on his face he couldnt tell them his weakness
28:15 by far, THE funniest moment in GoW.
The more of Mimir's stories I hear, the more I am convinced God of War(2018) is somehow a treatise on Foreign Relations.
Atrues: father, do you know any good stories?
Kratos:...a talent agent is sitting in his office...
“A fairy king’s errand boy and official jester.”
I wish I noticed soon they merged Puck and Mimir together. Awesome. However, I also noticed his reference to the time he messed up in *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*.
Mimirs story telling is as good as Kratos fighting and his wisdom is as great as Kratos Strenth in combat
Boat Simulator 2018
Yes, but Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical
my inner child got awoken. the voice actors kids must be so happy
The stories are fairly faithful. 17:43 That story is altered though, originally the giant mason asked for Freya's hand in marriage, and Loki foiled the wager by seducing the giant's horse while disguised as a mare himself....
Must be weird for Mimir to share that story with Atreus who is basically Loki lol... God of War's story is sketchy but a fun alternate take on the norse gods I guess lol.
I think this story was suppose to add towards the next game, he says “I think there is something that could be exploited that she knows of” and it has to do with the walls, witch is crazy the amount of depth they are giving about the next game just by this one story.
@@iwu5737 That should be interesting.
@@zion6680 well they basically had to alter it considering that loki (probably the most important figure in north mythology) doesn't exist
@@datonekidvids1432 In the game universe or irl? I mean irl makes sense, but can you elaborate further?
@@iwu5737 I can already picture Kratos beating Freya's teeth down her throat to wrench the secret out of her, just so Kratos and the BOI can play with a giant dominoes set piece for 15 minutes xD
I can imagine kratos cracking a small smile at these tales. Like a grough old man.
8:00
Atreus: "You sure I can't turn into a wolf?"
Kratos: "You are welcome to surprise me"
Atreus in Ragnarok: "Bet"
Cool stories and all. But it’s very important you understand that Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical.