That part where Kratos thanked the bus driver with tears in his eyes and proceeded to jump off the battle bus was truly one of the most impactful moments in gaming.
Having the option to swipe the touch pad to enable or disable the HUD was the best thing. I played almost the entire game without the compass on screen and really never needed it in normal play. Only really when I went back to complete side objectives I would turn it on momentarily to get my bearings. It really is the best way to use the compass.
I used an aftermarket remote controller cuz the OEM ones were broken. Things were fine and dandy, up until I got to the random ass point where I jade to frickin swipe left or some shit with Faye and the aftermarket remote didn't work cuz the tough pad is more of a click pad. I flipped the hell out until i googled the solution. Turns out you can control puzzles into he settings menu Random ass shit I swear And it was ONLY for that part! No other parts!
I couldn’t put my thumb on it but the Compass thing was a little wacky for me too so I went into settings and found that you could enable R3 to pan the camera in the proper direction… This is really helpful because you can just spam that button until you are where you need to be
Dude when Kratos discovered that Atreus was the front man for Atreyu the band, and then Odin became a groupie for the European tour and followed them around? Wow. I mean seriously I was blown away.
This man and Skillup are the two more thoughtful game reviewers. Skillup’s scripts can’t be matched but Luke’s willingness to pull no punches is also appreciated. Edit: lol bunch of little baby haters in the comments. Grow up.
This man better ralph twitter is pure cringe. Never forget the time he said on twitter his not doing tlou part 2 spoiler video because his comment section are bigots
I think the main reason they were originally gonna release it within 3 years of the previous one is due to the fact that in Norse mythology, Fimbulwinter lasts 3 years
Very interesting with the map. I've gotten into the habit of not really using the compass and just map+cardinal direction navigating myself through the world. I didn't even realize that was an issue in the last game too
My favorite part of the game was where Kratos and the California Raisins take over New Hampshire and Odin leaves them alone because he knows he can't compete with that
That's how you know standards are at an all time low. "Wow! A game that isn't broken day 1. A MASTERPIECE!" I'll wait till the honeymoon period is over to see what people really think of the game.
@@inputfunnygame is mid af. Beat it and platinumed it. Story is mid, combat is mid, it feels like AC: Valhalla with better combat. You can really feel it when Kratos chops someone in half or rips of a head. Musical score is forgettable and the new characters introduced are annoying besides like one or 2. Oh there is also like 4 hours of cutscenes so that always nice. You get to put down your controller for like 15 mins at a time and listen to these norse gods and creatures speak like modern day Twitter users while kratos stands there like an idiot listening. I have no clue why these games are put on a pedestal when there are mediocre games that are easily compared to it.
@@temp-td2uk Spot on. This game is a 6/10 at best and I even think I'm being generous with that score. It's basically a Marvel movie that you can play sometimes.
@@temp-td2uk …I’m convinced you’re just pretending every part of the game is mid just because you WANT to hate it. Also it’s put on a pedestal because not everyone shares the same opinion as you.
On the compass: I like the way it is because I use it to confirm that I’m going in the wrong direction as a means of fully exploiting. In other words: if the compass is pointing me to a choke point I know that is the critical path and can turn around and explore. Beyond that you literally don’t need the compass for critical path. The characters are constantly egging you on in the critical path direction to the point of being annoying.
@@Bruh-ok1rq Do NOT buy a console just to play one or two good games. Just borrow someone's for a weekend or go over to their place and finish the game. Since it's around 30 hours, you can probably experience it over two or three weekends. This is not some revolutionary title like a GTA game or content rich game like From Software titles where you could play it for years to come to justify a system purchase.
Puzzles every 5 steps. Sections that drag out a lot. Navigation sucks. Bullet sponge enemies that constantly jump exactly 180 degrees behind you to inflict maximum annoyance since you have to move the camera in an insane degree making you dizzy. I didn't had those issues at the original...
It seemed buggy in the first too, especially when you're on the boat. It tries to navigate you around the world to get you where you need to go since you can't just make a beeline to your destination. But I felt sometimes it was off, telling me to take the long way round rather than the most optimal route.
You can literally turn off the compass which I did for the whole game. Also, I really don't understand your difficulty complaint.. there are literally 2 difficulties higher than what you played to make it more challenging? You didn't even talk about the actual flaws of the games, primarily the atrocious fast travel system, the map and the tedious traversal.
Yeah. I think Luke is best when he sticks to recapping game stories beat by beat and maybe adding some Milquetoast commentary on the story or gameplay.
so we are at an impasse. I do not understand why people would appreciate a compass system where it only ever points in a single direction regardless of how twisty-turny dead-endy the map is. So just eff’ off with this whole ‘makes no sense’ thing.
@@sleepchasers08 because that is not how compasses work, maybe? Pretty easy to understand I think. lol Im happy many of you like it. But no. Following a constantly moving objective marker is maddening. lol
Combats the same. Enemy variety has slightly improved but the gameplay is the same. Last games enemies appeared to be more deadly and detailed and felt like beasts. For the story sake you have to play with multiple characters without your choice. The format is exactly the same as last one. It's a DLC to the 2018 game.
@@mayasamsara it’s a sequel 💀 god of war 2018 was a soft reboot but this is a sequel, what else would a sequel do other than improve and add some stuff to expand the game series, you expected this to change the entire series again? You wanted kratos in an fps to change the combat enough for you?
Have I just become over sensitive to spoilers or are people showing things in thier reviews they say are spoiled free that genuinely suprise me and make me regret having watched it so soon. For anyone watching…. Around 10:00 in theres a scene that genuinely surprised me and I wish I would have learned on my own. This is the second time this happened with these reviews…. So I guess I’m going dark until I’m deep into the game. Can’t wait to start tomorrow at midnight! Ganna be a long night!
With the navigation it makes sense to me, especially if the map is busy in a sense mant different directions etc so in a complicated way it’s guiding you I’m happy with it, it might encourage you to even learn some of the map. So I like it
@@BossBros7900 yes it is, his complains of the puzzle being too easy also doesnt make sense since their purpose is to break out the combat so they cant be too hard
Yeah I personally prefer the compass to be this way because it lets me know which path has optional chests and which path is the main way to go so I don’t accidentally go down the main path and then have to backtrack for side content
@@joshuacollado6433 exactly. And because the maps can be mazes, pointing me in a direction isn’t helpful. I might have no idea how to actually get there. It’s like a map with directions. When you put a adress it doesn’t just point you in a straight line and say “go this way” it gives you it in steps and which turns to make and where. This is the how this compass works. That’s a good thing lmao
The whole appeal to a lot of these Sony IPS is tied to the Story and Graphics. I have never once been impressed by the gameplay loops for either of the God of Wars or the Horizons for that matter. Having mediocre traversal puzzles sprinkled into a third person action/adventure game should not be a requirement.
The media sold the first one as a generational game.. got it and it was a good story with virtually no gameplay progression and lazy enemy design. It's hard to trust the same people that gave the first game a 10. I'll wait for people actually dropping money to review this.
I think you didn't quite comprehend the weapon system-. You can do really crazy stuff. Like an undying Kratos or doing massives amount of damage melting even the toughest bosses withiin seconds.
I agree with the compass point but maybe it's just me but because of how it was designed I was actually paying more attention to the world and overtime figured out where things were naturally although definitely at the beginning of each realm yes I completely agree that is a problem I'm glad it wasn't just me that was having that problem
2018 had the same compass and I preferred that over a singular direction because instead of trying to get to the location, it tells me exactly where to go instead of scratching my head to how to get to point “y”
I DIDNT LIKE THE WAY THOR AND ODIN STORYS ENDED...I FELT THAT THEY WERE JUST SOMEWHAT STRONG AND NOT LIKE THE NUCLEAR POWER GODS THAT THEY WERE BACK IN GOD OF WAR 2018
I love when kratos just looks back at the camera before fighting Thor and says " get up and work harder if you wanna afford a PS5 and play with this" points to his ass
I just turned off the compass, and u can assign a gesture in the touch pad for it to show up when you need it. So I played the game with it off and only brought it up briefly when I was truly lost.
@@livibam I just look how to solve them online if it takes me more then like 5-10 minutes I ain’t spending my whole day trying to solve some dumbass mini game puzzle that has nothing to do with the story
I loved the part where Kratos sits down and realizes its all a dream and his son is imaginary. His wife also sleeping with thor and kills him at the end, crazy!
Huh, one thing I would praise about 2018 is the compass. It always told me the exact route to go, which is beneficial to me. Instead of trying to figure out how to get to my destination, the compass tells me how. It's a good time saver. If I want to explore, I know which ways I can go because the compass isn't pointing in those directions.
The part where it's revealed that Freya is Atreus' mom was such a twist. I wouldn't have imagined that Kratos would get those memories removed. I guess I should have seen it coming since Atreus and Faye don't have the same hair colour but Freya's and Atreus' hair colour is the same.
The compass isn’t useless? Have you gone for platinum? It legit saved my life. There are multiple floors in many areas in which the compass helps immensely through navigation. Extremely confusing to traverse the realms without in some places. Can’t be the only one who found that baffling.
@@milkman-30 This game is misplaced. The scenes. The story. Everything. The only good thing about it is the performances. The actors have put their heart into their performances.
I enjoyed the minimalistic feel of GOW 2018. This new game has a very different feel, it’s so dense, offers so many new characters and plot points…I’m not sure which formula I prefer yet, I have to replay Ragnarok and take my time with it.
Me to I beat ragnarok an found that 2018 was better. I took my time an enjoyed it but the writing just doesn't seem as sharp an the story to overly convoluted. Things happen to quickly to. Like u said u beat sooo........ if u didn't just don't read this Freya joining as quickly as she did felt wrong to me. Don't get me wrong it was cool when she's all of a sudden ur companion with her own skill tree but the end of 2018 an the beginning of this made it feel like she would b a nagging enemy that shows up periodically. Idk. An I love this series more then any other. So to feel disappointed or let down goes against my wishes as I want this game to succeed an b revered like 2018 is
I would really appreciate seeing how the game looks and runs on the base PS4 as I can't be bothered to spend money on a PS5 while there are so few games I want to play on it when my PC will probably get to play most of those games in a years time anyway.
I felt the same, but I got an invitation from Amazon to buy the digital edition at the normal MSRP, so I pulled the trigger and bought it. And man, I am so glad I did cause it's an amazing system. Just the controller features alone make it worth it. My PC hasnt seen much action since I got my PS5.
@@antthomas7916 yeah, I know that it's a great system and that it does some amazing things. And I have a DualSense and it deepens the immersion a lot in some games. But the way Sony is operating right now, with it's games coming quicker and quicker to PC I just can't justify the purchase as my financial situation, while not terrible, isn't that well off that I can just throw out half a grand for no reason. Or I could, but I'd rather invest it in other things in my life and just wait until Ragnarok comes to PC a few years down the line.
I have already seen their video, although the dedicated PS4 video isn't even out yet. But they mentioned that it's a really solid version of the game. The "problem" with their approach is that they don't have enough time to waste to check out the most taxing parts of the game, which are usually endgame content and the final few bosses. Nothing they can really do about that as that would be a disproportionate amount of time to spend for like 5-30 seconds of video material. But I will check out the PS4 video anyway, just to get a general impression of the game. They usually do a good job with those videos
Yeah that waypoint system is correct its basic data tree stuff, if you struggle thats on you, x to y equals people going the wrong way alot. Its a usability feature
After finishing the game im still in aw on how amazing it really is. Santa Monica did exactly what I wanted them to do. I just wanted more and thats what they gave us. They didn't reinvent the wheel or do some stupid pointless thing just to make it different. No, they gave us everything we love, but more and better this time. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but wow I was shocked on how much was in here. Every-time I thought I knew what was gonna happen I was wrong. They just kept coming with surprises in the best way possible. The first game was a more grounded story that I absolutely loved. Ragnarock is a truly epic emotional conclusion to this story. One of the best things they did was flesh out the characters. For example Sindri and Brok got way more character development in this game and It made me love them even more. This game really earned itself as a sequel with the story and the gameplay. I loved Elden Ring so much, but I think GoW Ragnarock is my GOTY. Santa Monica really knows what they are doing and they are an insanely talented studio. Except for the UI. Somehow the UI in this game got worse.
"they gave us more" *Looks at the objectively worse combat system* Yeah, they gave us more... It's still a game at the end of the day and needs to nail that. It's more walking and cutscenes than anything else.
@@cokeweasel1064 This gotta be the most braindead reply ever lmao. The combat is pretty much the same with a couple more mechanics added actually. Way more bosses and enemies. You probably didn't even play the game LMAO.
@Chandler Burse They removed way more than they added. And what is new is pretty lame, the triangle attacks which are the main focus brake the flow of combat as you have to pause more or less for each one of them. They added a new weapon, but removed his bare hands abilities, and the new weapon is lame af. Check God of War Ascension - they did a great spear gameplay in the pvp section of the game.
Watching this long after I played and beat the game, sorry to hear you had some problems where I had little to no problems with my game and I had no problem with the Puzzles and so on. it took me 53 hours to play through and do everything plus I took my time doing as much as possible.
I didn't like how Odin and Thor spoke, their dialogue was really weird, like they were mobsters or bikers. I thought Ryan Hurst was a great Thor and Odin was fine too, but the dialogue written for them just kind of takes me out of it and ruins the immersion in my opinion. None of the other God of War games were like that, and they never needed to be, instead they had solid writing and there-in, solid dialogue. The story of Ragnarok is fine even with the weird changes to Norse Mythological lore, they just should have phrased the dialogue different, so it doesn't feel like you're watching Sons of Anarchy or some other show, it felt just inappropriate for the setting.
Cant believe Luke didn't mention the scene where Kratos grabbed his axe after years of promising only peace for him and Atreus, looked his son in the eyes and said " I will once again be God Of War: Ragnarok (2022)" Truly one of the games of all time
Once you figure out compass I think it works way better than if it just pointed at the objective. I would of gotten so lost if the compass didn't use waypoints. Especially in the vanaheim crater. You don't have to constantly stare at it either. You see it in your peripherals. You're just nitpicking something you couldn't get the hang of.
The point on your compass doesnt change. It stays the same. The camera movement and the boundary of the compass line makes the point bounce all around that line. It's not a feature where there are more points leading to your destination
assuming it wasn’t because of changing the setting in the settings but i’m SOOO glad you’re actually able to see the distance on the compass for markers - one of my gripes with GoW 2018 was blindly following the compass and not knowing exactly how close i was to the destinations
I think it added to the surprise factor and anxiety in the game, exploring a new Norse World not knowing what's in store, not being spoiled by a quest marker was a cathartic experience for me personally. The distance markers are still a good change.
…No it doesn’t? They just talk like normal people. Which is probably what they were going for trying to go against how the greeks spoke in the original trilogy since these gods are much more rough around the edges and aren’t as “majestic”
@@milkman-30 Bro, you know that there are many ways to write archaic-sounding dialogue, right? Hell, Kratos himself in the Trilogy sounded much less refined than the Olympians. All they had to do is copy how he spoke to draw a nice parallel, but no, Odin has to be a shifty accountant from New York because the writers are limp-wristed diversity hires or nepotism stooges that never worked a day of physical labor in their life. Softboy feminist dad Kratos who apologizes to everyone and trusts everyone he meets is such a step down from even GOW 2018 which was already mediocre when compared to the original trilogy or even just the original first game.
Yo man, the compass is truly a complete non-issue. Did you ever look in the gameplay settings? It’s not “ever-present” if you don’t want it to be. I changed the HUD settings to custom and put the compass on ‘swipe’ pretty much as soon as I got it. I would just use the touch pad to toggle it on/off and it vastly improved my experience with the game. don’t make a big point on the issues with the compass without making it clear it’s a 100% OPTIONAL mechanic that the player can tweak to their liking. Great video tho lol I enjoyed your thoughts on the game either way
6:27 funny how we don't really think about it, but we're still in the bad old days of crappy game animation that's still TRYING to become better. Funny to think this is the "olden days" for future generations.
I can't believe Kratos actually Fortnite danced on top of Thor after John Wick, Kratos's teammate, sniped him across the entire map. Oh wait I was playing a different game, but this somehow still really happened. *The State of Gaming in 2022*
2018 is the better overall game. The writing is better am the story if more fluid. I beat the game yesterday an found that the story is a little confusing an convoluted. There r breath taking moments an absolutely boring moments that really bring the game to a halt. The game has surprisingly fun moments that I wasn't expecting. It's also quite the journey especially if u played this right after 2018. I'd also say things happen that just don't jive with me, the fashion with which they happen either r way to quick or utterly unbelievable. I also highly disagree that there aren't pacing issues. As I said above there really r. Just for my bona-fides I've played an beaten every entry at least 5 times each other then the phone game betrayal. I bought my ps5 cuz of ragnarok an wouldn't have played on a ps4 as i want to play these games the best way possible immediately. I love this series more then any other so when I feel disappointed or let down its to the extreme cuz I want this game to succeed. I turned so many people onto 2018 when it came to PC an they loved it. Idk if I can say to someone u will throughly love this entirely as I do with 2018. Still great tho I do really like it, its just 2018 was so refreshing an ragnarok is the same so the evolution isn't there this time. And again the writing isn't as sharp imo 8.75
I love the story in this game but it does feel like the pacing was off at some points but I dont think it hurts the final product too much. Plus the ending was just…beautiful. I’d give this like a 9.6 but I definitely see where you’re coming from.
@𐌌𐌉𐌋𐌊 I have to replay it. I dont know what's up I replayed 2018 immediately after an have beaten it prolly 9 times but ragnarok once an I don't feel compelled to replay it
I literally just completed the 2018 game for the first time yesterday, and immediately went n preordered ragnarok.. The navigation was probably the only real issue I had with the 2018 game, seems like this games nav might be just as jacked as the original one lol
Yeah he's magnetized to the ground. Match that with the all-one-shot cinematography, and you have a gsme that is NIGHTMARE to get around in. And NO ONE talks about that.
@@blippitybloo .. most games when I complete the main story I’m at least 70% done with all the content in the game.. god of war? 27% lol n that’s mainly because getting around and navigation is such a pain in the ass I just couldn’t be bothered to do most of the side content
An honest review: Great Sequel, technically more impressive than previous one, more gear options and arguably better combat. Bigger but less impressive and less consistent story tuned for 10 to 14 year old kids. For an adult it is a stretch to consider it compelling, the previous game had a more compelling story suitable even for an adult audience. One thing I would add to the game is some villages with people/npcs in each realm so they don't feel completely deserted after Ragnarok, maybe it's just me but that emptiness while going for platinum made me sad.
I finished GOW three times so I wished they moved away from the boat everywhere gameplay, fresh it up a bit. So finding a bit of a drag doing to the same structure again. 10hrs in and its a good game but am not blown away.
The part where Kratos tells Thor, "I fart in your general direction", turns around and farts him out of Valhalla will forever be an epic moment for me.
Speaking about the compass, that sounds to me like exactly same thing they did in 2018 gow, and I found that very helpful even though at first Lil confusing, the way the map was created in 2018 one was soo "turny" that this compass for me atleast made the traversal ALOT easier but thats just me, soo I for one am happy it's the same setup
hahhaha spell check capitalized the word "Lil" in your comment.. you must be a fan of rappers with "Lil" in your name.. Thats how the algorithm learns from our shit :P
It sucks that Luke disliked the compass so much, but I quite liked it in 2018, and to hear it's basically identical in ragnarok is good to hear, personally. I hope you can make it smaller though, it's a bit distracting at the top of the screen like that
Do you have any thoughts on the accessibility settings? Did you look at them? I've been reviewing Ragnarok & I totally agree with your wayfinding issue
That part where Kratos thanked the bus driver with tears in his eyes and proceeded to jump off the battle bus was truly one of the most impactful moments in gaming.
LMAO kratos is literally in fortnite as well which makes this 10x funnier xD
@@bardiatalebi3649that was the point
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The part where Kratos told Odin "I am the vengeance, I am the night, I am BATMAN!" really sent shivers down my spine. Simply incredible moment.
Damn if it was actually a Batman game instead i would probably buy a PS5 lol
Spoiler!
I thought Kratos said "It's the man with no fear, batman is here!"
bruh that shit is so corny lmao
I wish this actually happened, it would have made this game an easy 10/10 goty
My favourite moment was definitely when Thanos came to help Kratos so they both could get their revenge against Thor.
This is the best!
My favorite part of Ragnarok is when Odin asks a dying Kratos “how about some Gwent?”
A Gwent joke on RUclips? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
@@Chadius_Thundercock it’s an older meme sir, but it checks out. I was about to share it.
No spoilers
@@TheRoleplayer40k I got a bad feelin about this meme.
I love when the Kool-aid man from family guy busts through the wall of Kratos house😂 Best cameo EVER! Lol shit was hilarious bro. I love this game.
My favourite part of the ending of Ragnarok is when Kratos yells “it’s Kratin’ time” and then Krates all over the Aesir.
Oh come on, that meme is old AF... Like me.
@@DarthWall275 make it stop make it stop make it stop, its so unfunny
Good one :'D
LOL
Don’t stop I live for these comments
Having the option to swipe the touch pad to enable or disable the HUD was the best thing. I played almost the entire game without the compass on screen and really never needed it in normal play. Only really when I went back to complete side objectives I would turn it on momentarily to get my bearings. It really is the best way to use the compass.
I did the same thing, best way to play imo.
I used an aftermarket remote controller cuz the OEM ones were broken.
Things were fine and dandy, up until I got to the random ass point where I jade to frickin swipe left or some shit with Faye and the aftermarket remote didn't work cuz the tough pad is more of a click pad.
I flipped the hell out until i googled the solution.
Turns out you can control puzzles into he settings menu
Random ass shit I swear
And it was ONLY for that part!
No other parts!
At the end, when Kratos says "Its Morbin time" I literally got chills...
Same, definetly gonna get game of the year
Did he do a Fortnite dance as well?
Please stop
It's God Of Warrin' time
No. He said it's Miller time
I couldn’t put my thumb on it but the Compass thing was a little wacky for me too so I went into settings and found that you could enable R3 to pan the camera in the proper direction… This is really helpful because you can just spam that button until you are where you need to be
Bless you for this 🤣 I freaking hated the compass, it was so confusing to me, but I get why the game designers did that. Glad there's a work around
literally put your thumb on it
Dude when Kratos discovered that Atreus was the front man for Atreyu the band, and then Odin became a groupie for the European tour and followed them around? Wow. I mean seriously I was blown away.
"There she gooesss again!!!!"😂😂
😴
The crimson by atreyu goes really well with the god of war series! Please give it a listen!!
Yo that scene where Kratos pulls the blade of Olympus from in between his ass cheeks was epic. Who knew he had with him all along.
Damnit game spoiled
Don’t forget when he rides mjolnir into Odin’s face and hits the griddy with atreus
@@AnAngryRoach Dammit cheeks T H I C C
There goes the best part of the game
PUT A FUCKING SPOILER WARNING FFS
This man and Skillup are the two more thoughtful game reviewers. Skillup’s scripts can’t be matched but Luke’s willingness to pull no punches is also appreciated.
Edit: lol bunch of little baby haters in the comments. Grow up.
True
Dude says HFW is mid and AC Odyssey good lmao. Flaws of HFW are good point in Odyssey how thoughtful is this
Skill up is the guy who couldn’t beat that wolfenstein boss lol
This man better ralph twitter is pure cringe. Never forget the time he said on twitter his not doing tlou part 2 spoiler video because his comment section are bigots
Not skillup...
It was great to see Kratos throw it back at the end of game.
I think the main reason they were originally gonna release it within 3 years of the previous one is due to the fact that in Norse mythology, Fimbulwinter lasts 3 years
Very interesting with the map. I've gotten into the habit of not really using the compass and just map+cardinal direction navigating myself through the world. I didn't even realize that was an issue in the last game too
Spoiler: You play as Kratos.
NO BRO WHY’D YOU SPOIL IT
@@grandmacrinkle8094 could've pulled a last of us 2
Lol
Oh how rude...I was wanting to find that out myself 🤣🤣🤣
How DARE you!!!
My favorite part of the game was where Kratos and the California Raisins take over New Hampshire and Odin leaves them alone because he knows he can't compete with that
It’s crazy to even see a game come out anymore that’s actually finished and playable yet alone great out the gate
And runs great also
That's how you know standards are at an all time low. "Wow! A game that isn't broken day 1. A MASTERPIECE!" I'll wait till the honeymoon period is over to see what people really think of the game.
@@inputfunnygame is mid af. Beat it and platinumed it. Story is mid, combat is mid, it feels like AC: Valhalla with better combat. You can really feel it when Kratos chops someone in half or rips of a head. Musical score is forgettable and the new characters introduced are annoying besides like one or 2. Oh there is also like 4 hours of cutscenes so that always nice. You get to put down your controller for like 15 mins at a time and listen to these norse gods and creatures speak like modern day Twitter users while kratos stands there like an idiot listening. I have no clue why these games are put on a pedestal when there are mediocre games that are easily compared to it.
@@temp-td2uk Spot on. This game is a 6/10 at best and I even think I'm being generous with that score. It's basically a Marvel movie that you can play sometimes.
@@temp-td2uk …I’m convinced you’re just pretending every part of the game is mid just because you WANT to hate it. Also it’s put on a pedestal because not everyone shares the same opinion as you.
I don't know why this Starfleet Engineer is doing a review of a video game, but it's cool that he traveled back in time just to do it.
I cant believe kratos gets lumbago and dies at the end of the game so sad
On the compass: I like the way it is because I use it to confirm that I’m going in the wrong direction as a means of fully exploiting. In other words: if the compass is pointing me to a choke point I know that is the critical path and can turn around and explore. Beyond that you literally don’t need the compass for critical path. The characters are constantly egging you on in the critical path direction to the point of being annoying.
Can't wait to play this in 3 years when it releases on PC
😂😂
You could pick up a ps4 if you're desperate enough, they arent terribly expensive at least in my area
I bet its way sooner than that.
@@Bruh-ok1rq Do NOT buy a console just to play one or two good games. Just borrow someone's for a weekend or go over to their place and finish the game. Since it's around 30 hours, you can probably experience it over two or three weekends. This is not some revolutionary title like a GTA game or content rich game like From Software titles where you could play it for years to come to justify a system purchase.
PC gamers are seldom into these kiddy console games, but Sony has to make their money somehow.
Puzzles every 5 steps. Sections that drag out a lot. Navigation sucks. Bullet sponge enemies that constantly jump exactly 180 degrees behind you to inflict maximum annoyance since you have to move the camera in an insane degree making you dizzy. I didn't had those issues at the original...
Crazy that a GOW game makes me hate fighting enemies. Didn’t think it was possible but these two recent games have managed to do it
I’ve had about two months roughly to marinate on the game and it’s still excellent and takes a spot as my favorite game.
My favourite part was when Odin shouted: "It's treason then!" And then does a mad 360 spin.
I can’t believe Kratos strangles Atreus to death for the sake of maintaining the stability of the Norse realms
My favorite part was when Kratos started kratosing and kratosed all over the place!
@@justarobo_ Forgot that Kratos said it's Kratin time and revived Zeus before that...
It was a bold choice for the devs to have a 20 min Odin X Kratos sex scene. Very wierd but brave
Ok I'm buying the game right now 😳
Highly enjoyed the first one and now I’m on my second playthrough with gow raganrok. God I love this game 😊👏
Freya gives Kratos the compass in the last game, so maybe it being buggy is accurate because she’s pissed lol
It seemed buggy in the first too, especially when you're on the boat. It tries to navigate you around the world to get you where you need to go since you can't just make a beeline to your destination. But I felt sometimes it was off, telling me to take the long way round rather than the most optimal route.
You can literally turn off the compass which I did for the whole game. Also, I really don't understand your difficulty complaint.. there are literally 2 difficulties higher than what you played to make it more challenging? You didn't even talk about the actual flaws of the games, primarily the atrocious fast travel system, the map and the tedious traversal.
Yeah. I think Luke is best when he sticks to recapping game stories beat by beat and maybe adding some Milquetoast commentary on the story or gameplay.
I’m actually quite fine with the compass system, makes it easier to not miss little gaps or entrances that you need to reach
it's awful. Love the game. But the compass is atrocious.
I agree, totally fine with it.
@@christiansjolander86 you are fine with something weird. Makes no sense to me
so we are at an impasse. I do not understand why people would appreciate a compass system where it only ever points in a single direction regardless of how twisty-turny dead-endy the map is. So just eff’ off with this whole ‘makes no sense’ thing.
@@sleepchasers08 because that is not how compasses work, maybe? Pretty easy to understand I think. lol Im happy many of you like it. But no. Following a constantly moving objective marker is maddening. lol
Please do a 5 hour critique. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration 🎉
Yor dan
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@@AsteroSloth No e
I would love to see a "Critique" video for this game after release.
Its coming 🤗
Combats the same. Enemy variety has slightly improved but the gameplay is the same. Last games enemies appeared to be more deadly and detailed and felt like beasts. For the story sake you have to play with multiple characters without your choice. The format is exactly the same as last one. It's a DLC to the 2018 game.
@@mayasamsara Ok now. Let's hear an opinion that doesn't suck
@@yourdad5799 Facts
@@mayasamsara it’s a sequel 💀 god of war 2018 was a soft reboot but this is a sequel, what else would a sequel do other than improve and add some stuff to expand the game series, you expected this to change the entire series again? You wanted kratos in an fps to change the combat enough for you?
I loved when kratos said, "it's kratosing time" and then kratos'd all over everyone
Woah there, there's a boy in the vicinity. (right, I don't remember) He could see significant prison time doing that.
Have I just become over sensitive to spoilers or are people showing things in thier reviews they say are spoiled free that genuinely suprise me and make me regret having watched it so soon.
For anyone watching…. Around 10:00 in theres a scene that genuinely surprised me and I wish I would have learned on my own.
This is the second time this happened with these reviews…. So I guess I’m going dark until I’m deep into the game. Can’t wait to start tomorrow at midnight! Ganna be a long night!
No you are right. He spoiled a lot of stuff
There were some spoilers with subtitles too.
With the navigation it makes sense to me, especially if the map is busy in a sense mant different directions etc so in a complicated way it’s guiding you I’m happy with it, it might encourage you to even learn some of the map. So I like it
Is the compass not like this in gow 2018 anyways?
I replayed gow 2018 a few weeks ago. The compass is like this in 2018
@@BossBros7900 yes it is, his complains of the puzzle being too easy also doesnt make sense since their purpose is to break out the combat so they cant be too hard
Yeah I personally prefer the compass to be this way because it lets me know which path has optional chests and which path is the main way to go so I don’t accidentally go down the main path and then have to backtrack for side content
@@joshuacollado6433 exactly. And because the maps can be mazes, pointing me in a direction isn’t helpful. I might have no idea how to actually get there. It’s like a map with directions. When you put a adress it doesn’t just point you in a straight line and say “go this way” it gives you it in steps and which turns to make and where. This is the how this compass works. That’s a good thing lmao
My favorite scene was when Kratos said "it's Ragnarok time" and God of War'd all over Odin. Truly one of the video games of all time.
Amazing that was amusing
My favorite part of Ranarok was when I got to actually play as Kratos. All the disney movie shit with Aterus pissed me off.
The whole appeal to a lot of these Sony IPS is tied to the Story and Graphics. I have never once been impressed by the gameplay loops for either of the God of Wars or the Horizons for that matter. Having mediocre traversal puzzles sprinkled into a third person action/adventure game should not be a requirement.
The media sold the first one as a generational game.. got it and it was a good story with virtually no gameplay progression and lazy enemy design. It's hard to trust the same people that gave the first game a 10. I'll wait for people actually dropping money to review this.
same
its a masterpiece.
Didn't know David Fincher was a big fan of God of War and Star Trek. Very cool.
It's really uncanny how much he sounds like david fincher, even his sense of humor is similar to david fincher in interviews.
when thor realized he was fighting on the wrong side and said "avengers assemble" i literally pissed myself
I think you didn't quite comprehend the weapon system-. You can do really crazy stuff. Like an undying Kratos or doing massives amount of damage melting even the toughest bosses withiin seconds.
I agree with the compass point but maybe it's just me but because of how it was designed I was actually paying more attention to the world and overtime figured out where things were naturally although definitely at the beginning of each realm yes I completely agree that is a problem I'm glad it wasn't just me that was having that problem
"I'm not gonna spoil anything"
"Bear mcreary is in the game!"
My game experience has been ruined....
Don't act like a MCU fanboy
@@soutrikpal3466 🤓🤓
@@andresdanielem disappointment immeasurable
@@glasgowblackchigowski6117 Indeed 🥲
2018 had the same compass and I preferred that over a singular direction because instead of trying to get to the location, it tells me exactly where to go instead of scratching my head to how to get to point “y”
I DIDNT LIKE THE WAY THOR AND ODIN STORYS ENDED...I FELT THAT THEY WERE JUST SOMEWHAT STRONG AND NOT LIKE THE NUCLEAR POWER GODS THAT THEY WERE BACK IN GOD OF WAR 2018
I love when kratos just looks back at the camera before fighting Thor and says " get up and work harder if you wanna afford a PS5 and play with this" points to his ass
Damn. You really called out Under the Mayo there.
I just turned off the compass, and u can assign a gesture in the touch pad for it to show up when you need it. So I played the game with it off and only brought it up briefly when I was truly lost.
Puzzles in games are why I often stop playing and never finish. It’s often very tedious
It’s so boring because a lot of times they’re not even cool just pointless and time consuming
@@JM00237 yeah.. I hear you
@@livibam I just look how to solve them online if it takes me more then like 5-10 minutes I ain’t spending my whole day trying to solve some dumbass mini game puzzle that has nothing to do with the story
@@JM00237 I used to try and solve them myself until I noticed that it made me dislike the games 10x more
@@thebadwolf3088 yeah uncharted is pretty tedious for me but Skyrim was a cake walk.
I loved the part where Kratos sits down and realizes its all a dream and his son is imaginary. His wife also sleeping with thor and kills him at the end, crazy!
Bro I was impressed with the references Kratos says when he kills Odin. “They ain”t believe in us, GODDID” Literally made my heart melt with joy
Huh, one thing I would praise about 2018 is the compass. It always told me the exact route to go, which is beneficial to me. Instead of trying to figure out how to get to my destination, the compass tells me how. It's a good time saver. If I want to explore, I know which ways I can go because the compass isn't pointing in those directions.
The part where it's revealed that Freya is Atreus' mom was such a twist. I wouldn't have imagined that Kratos would get those memories removed. I guess I should have seen it coming since Atreus and Faye don't have the same hair colour but Freya's and Atreus' hair colour is the same.
I hope thats 🧢 because i havent played the game. Also dont respond to this comment becai will get the notification on youtube
@@Atrippyboy hello
@@Atrippyboy hello. Tis but 🧢
The compass isn’t useless? Have you gone for platinum? It legit saved my life. There are multiple floors in many areas in which the compass helps immensely through navigation. Extremely confusing to traverse the realms without in some places.
Can’t be the only one who found that baffling.
The 2018 writing was better. And that's all I am gonna say about it.
And even then, I think this game still had some really good writing and probably some of the most emotional moments for, me at least
@@milkman-30 This game is misplaced. The scenes. The story. Everything. The only good thing about it is the performances. The actors have put their heart into their performances.
Didn't like how Kratos was always sorry. And kept trusting his kid after fuck up over and over
The ending goes like this: Bob Newhart awakens and realizes it was all a dream.
Underrated comment that most will not get. I’d love a Newhart cameo
That shirt makes it look like you’re about to board the Enterprise
You can easily toggle the compass on and off during gameplay. I very rarely use it
I enjoyed the minimalistic feel of GOW 2018. This new game has a very different feel, it’s so dense, offers so many new characters and plot points…I’m not sure which formula I prefer yet, I have to replay Ragnarok and take my time with it.
Me to I beat ragnarok an found that 2018 was better. I took my time an enjoyed it but the writing just doesn't seem as sharp an the story to overly convoluted. Things happen to quickly to. Like u said u beat sooo........ if u didn't just don't read this
Freya joining as quickly as she did felt wrong to me. Don't get me wrong it was cool when she's all of a sudden ur companion with her own skill tree but the end of 2018 an the beginning of this made it feel like she would b a nagging enemy that shows up periodically. Idk. An I love this series more then any other. So to feel disappointed or let down goes against my wishes as I want this game to succeed an b revered like 2018 is
GoWR is part 2 rather than a sequel. So the developers were probably working on it since the start of the 2018 game
I would really appreciate seeing how the game looks and runs on the base PS4 as I can't be bothered to spend money on a PS5 while there are so few games I want to play on it when my PC will probably get to play most of those games in a years time anyway.
I felt the same, but I got an invitation from Amazon to buy the digital edition at the normal MSRP, so I pulled the trigger and bought it. And man, I am so glad I did cause it's an amazing system. Just the controller features alone make it worth it. My PC hasnt seen much action since I got my PS5.
@@antthomas7916 yeah, I know that it's a great system and that it does some amazing things. And I have a DualSense and it deepens the immersion a lot in some games. But the way Sony is operating right now, with it's games coming quicker and quicker to PC I just can't justify the purchase as my financial situation, while not terrible, isn't that well off that I can just throw out half a grand for no reason. Or I could, but I'd rather invest it in other things in my life and just wait until Ragnarok comes to PC a few years down the line.
According to digital foundry, the game is very well optimised no matter what console you will be playing on.
Check out the Digital Foundry video.
I have already seen their video, although the dedicated PS4 video isn't even out yet. But they mentioned that it's a really solid version of the game.
The "problem" with their approach is that they don't have enough time to waste to check out the most taxing parts of the game, which are usually endgame content and the final few bosses. Nothing they can really do about that as that would be a disproportionate amount of time to spend for like 5-30 seconds of video material.
But I will check out the PS4 video anyway, just to get a general impression of the game. They usually do a good job with those videos
I didn't had any problem on the compas at all and i did 100% of the game.
I know it is just my experience but wasn't hard to understand to me
Yeah that waypoint system is correct its basic data tree stuff, if you struggle thats on you, x to y equals people going the wrong way alot. Its a usability feature
After finishing the game im still in aw on how amazing it really is. Santa Monica did exactly what I wanted them to do. I just wanted more and thats what they gave us. They didn't reinvent the wheel or do some stupid pointless thing just to make it different. No, they gave us everything we love, but more and better this time. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but wow I was shocked on how much was in here. Every-time I thought I knew what was gonna happen I was wrong. They just kept coming with surprises in the best way possible. The first game was a more grounded story that I absolutely loved. Ragnarock is a truly epic emotional conclusion to this story. One of the best things they did was flesh out the characters. For example Sindri and Brok got way more character development in this game and It made me love them even more. This game really earned itself as a sequel with the story and the gameplay. I loved Elden Ring so much, but I think GoW Ragnarock is my GOTY. Santa Monica really knows what they are doing and they are an insanely talented studio. Except for the UI. Somehow the UI in this game got worse.
"they gave us more"
*Looks at the objectively worse combat system*
Yeah, they gave us more...
It's still a game at the end of the day and needs to nail that. It's more walking and cutscenes than anything else.
@@cokeweasel1064 This gotta be the most braindead reply ever lmao. The combat is pretty much the same with a couple more mechanics added actually. Way more bosses and enemies. You probably didn't even play the game LMAO.
@Chandler Burse They removed way more than they added. And what is new is pretty lame, the triangle attacks which are the main focus brake the flow of combat as you have to pause more or less for each one of them. They added a new weapon, but removed his bare hands abilities, and the new weapon is lame af. Check God of War Ascension - they did a great spear gameplay in the pvp section of the game.
@@cokeweasel1064 “Objectively worse” Yeah no that’s an opinion buddy.
Watching this long after I played and beat the game, sorry to hear you had some problems where I had little to no problems with my game and I had no problem with the Puzzles and so on. it took me 53 hours to play through and do everything plus I took my time doing as much as possible.
I didn't like how Odin and Thor spoke, their dialogue was really weird, like they were mobsters or bikers.
I thought Ryan Hurst was a great Thor and Odin was fine too, but the dialogue written for them just kind of takes me out of it and ruins the immersion in my opinion.
None of the other God of War games were like that, and they never needed to be, instead they had solid writing and there-in, solid dialogue.
The story of Ragnarok is fine even with the weird changes to Norse Mythological lore, they just should have phrased the dialogue different, so it doesn't feel like you're watching Sons of Anarchy or some other show, it felt just inappropriate for the setting.
Cant believe Luke didn't mention the scene where Kratos grabbed his axe after years of promising only peace for him and Atreus, looked his son in the eyes and said " I will once again be God Of War: Ragnarok (2022)"
Truly one of the games of all time
"Well John, it looks like this is it for me. I guess I'm going through a...... Red Dead Redemption, part 2 (2018)"
Once you figure out compass I think it works way better than if it just pointed at the objective. I would of gotten so lost if the compass didn't use waypoints. Especially in the vanaheim crater. You don't have to constantly stare at it either. You see it in your peripherals. You're just nitpicking something you couldn't get the hang of.
I loved the bit when kratos fought eivor from assassins creed and then made out with the logo of ubisoft
After Thor was beaten by Kratos, i heard he asked for help from the Guardians of the Galaxy
GOW has always had puzzles in between its combat sections.
They are a part of the franchise. And most indeed are hard at all.
They aren’t supposed to be hard. There supposed to give you a break and there supposed to make you think
@@jonathanking9954 They arent hard though? I had zero problems completing any of the puzzles?
@@jonathanking9954 they dont even make you think, characters give you a billion hints 15 seconds into the puzzle
Spoiler Alert: Kratos becomes the next black president of the United States
oh please its a carbon copy except you get to play as his insufferable son now.
By this logic, Batman arkham city is a carbon copy
The point on your compass doesnt change. It stays the same. The camera movement and the boundary of the compass line makes the point bounce all around that line. It's not a feature where there are more points leading to your destination
assuming it wasn’t because of changing the setting in the settings but i’m SOOO glad you’re actually able to see the distance on the compass for markers - one of my gripes with GoW 2018 was blindly following the compass and not knowing exactly how close i was to the destinations
I think it added to the surprise factor and anxiety in the game, exploring a new Norse World not knowing what's in store, not being spoiled by a quest marker was a cathartic experience for me personally. The distance markers are still a good change.
The compass was that same way in the last game. It can at sometimes be annoying but I think it was the better choice for these games.
100% of the dialogue in this game sounds like twitter threads or millenials whining.
Virgin Odin argue with spineless Thor.
…No it doesn’t? They just talk like normal people. Which is probably what they were going for trying to go against how the greeks spoke in the original trilogy since these gods are much more rough around the edges and aren’t as “majestic”
@@milkman-30 "rough around the edges" and soylent-sipping bisexual graphics designer from San Francisco are very different tones, dude.
@@k.constantine If you got those tones from the dialogue that sounds like a personal problem. All I heard were just y’know, people. talking. Normally.
@@milkman-30 Bro, you know that there are many ways to write archaic-sounding dialogue, right?
Hell, Kratos himself in the Trilogy sounded much less refined than the Olympians. All they had to do is copy how he spoke to draw a nice parallel, but no, Odin has to be a shifty accountant from New York because the writers are limp-wristed diversity hires or nepotism stooges that never worked a day of physical labor in their life.
Softboy feminist dad Kratos who apologizes to everyone and trusts everyone he meets is such a step down from even GOW 2018 which was already mediocre when compared to the original trilogy or even just the original first game.
Yo man, the compass is truly a complete non-issue. Did you ever look in the gameplay settings? It’s not “ever-present” if you don’t want it to be.
I changed the HUD settings to custom and put the compass on ‘swipe’ pretty much as soon as I got it. I would just use the touch pad to toggle it on/off and it vastly improved my experience with the game.
don’t make a big point on the issues with the compass without making it clear it’s a 100% OPTIONAL mechanic that the player can tweak to their liking.
Great video tho lol I enjoyed your thoughts on the game either way
Freya was super annoying in my opinion. I was taken out of the experience when her and Kratos would talk. I really liked her in 2018.
What I don’t like is that the game is $100 Canadian dollars for only 30 hours of story…
6:27 funny how we don't really think about it, but we're still in the bad old days of crappy game animation that's still TRYING to become better. Funny to think this is the "olden days" for future generations.
Biggest complaint is he thought give me a balanced experience was too easy and not a challenge. *Looks at give me a challenge difficulty*
Can’t stand the puzzles.
Hate puzzles in games
Superman shows up at the very end to fight Kratos
When master chief pulled up on the banshee to help Kratos fight Odin 🤯
Unbelievable moment 10/10
I liked how at the end Kratos said: "I am god of war"
I can't believe Kratos actually Fortnite danced on top of Thor after John Wick, Kratos's teammate, sniped him across the entire map.
Oh wait I was playing a different game, but this somehow still really happened.
*The State of Gaming in 2022*
Rinse and repeat….. Few new enemies, changing the upgrade system, boring puzzles and range lizards….
2018 is the better overall game. The writing is better am the story if more fluid. I beat the game yesterday an found that the story is a little confusing an convoluted. There r breath taking moments an absolutely boring moments that really bring the game to a halt. The game has surprisingly fun moments that I wasn't expecting. It's also quite the journey especially if u played this right after 2018. I'd also say things happen that just don't jive with me, the fashion with which they happen either r way to quick or utterly unbelievable. I also highly disagree that there aren't pacing issues. As I said above there really r. Just for my bona-fides I've played an beaten every entry at least 5 times each other then the phone game betrayal. I bought my ps5 cuz of ragnarok an wouldn't have played on a ps4 as i want to play these games the best way possible immediately. I love this series more then any other so when I feel disappointed or let down its to the extreme cuz I want this game to succeed. I turned so many people onto 2018 when it came to PC an they loved it. Idk if I can say to someone u will throughly love this entirely as I do with 2018. Still great tho I do really like it, its just 2018 was so refreshing an ragnarok is the same so the evolution isn't there this time. And again the writing isn't as sharp imo
8.75
I love the story in this game but it does feel like the pacing was off at some points but I dont think it hurts the final product too much. Plus the ending was just…beautiful. I’d give this like a 9.6 but I definitely see where you’re coming from.
@𐌌𐌉𐌋𐌊 I have to replay it. I dont know what's up I replayed 2018 immediately after an have beaten it prolly 9 times but ragnarok once an I don't feel compelled to replay it
@@slappydoodle I’m waiting for new game plus but I have had some time to marinate on the game and I definitely still love it
I 100% thought he was dressed as a yellow shirt from star trek for a quick second...
Still love the content man. Keep it up!
I'm not a Trekky, but I thought that too!
I literally just completed the 2018 game for the first time yesterday, and immediately went n preordered ragnarok.. The navigation was probably the only real issue I had with the 2018 game, seems like this games nav might be just as jacked as the original one lol
Yeah he's magnetized to the ground. Match that with the all-one-shot cinematography, and you have a gsme that is NIGHTMARE to get around in. And NO ONE talks about that.
@@blippitybloo .. most games when I complete the main story I’m at least 70% done with all the content in the game.. god of war? 27% lol n that’s mainly because getting around and navigation is such a pain in the ass I just couldn’t be bothered to do most of the side content
@@SayMy_User_Name 100% the same for me. I started down the road to platinum it, but quickly bowed out.
An honest review: Great Sequel, technically more impressive than previous one, more gear options and arguably better combat. Bigger but less impressive and less consistent story tuned for 10 to 14 year old kids. For an adult it is a stretch to consider it compelling, the previous game had a more compelling story suitable even for an adult audience. One thing I would add to the game is some villages with people/npcs in each realm so they don't feel completely deserted after Ragnarok, maybe it's just me but that emptiness while going for platinum made me sad.
im few hours in ragnarok and im not impressed, hopefully callisto surprised me and i have a feeling it will
yeah, I will skip this PS4 copy and paste GOW complete for Callisto Protocol
I finished GOW three times so I wished they moved away from the boat everywhere gameplay, fresh it up a bit. So finding a bit of a drag doing to the same structure again. 10hrs in and its a good game but am not blown away.
The part where Kratos tells Thor, "I fart in your general direction", turns around and farts him out of Valhalla will forever be an epic moment for me.
You have to delete your game save for the Heimdall fight so he can read your next move, great MGS Easter egg
Speaking about the compass, that sounds to me like exactly same thing they did in 2018 gow, and I found that very helpful even though at first Lil confusing, the way the map was created in 2018 one was soo "turny" that this compass for me atleast made the traversal ALOT easier but thats just me, soo I for one am happy it's the same setup
hahhaha spell check capitalized the word "Lil" in your comment.. you must be a fan of rappers with "Lil" in your name.. Thats how the algorithm learns from our shit :P
It sucks that Luke disliked the compass so much, but I quite liked it in 2018, and to hear it's basically identical in ragnarok is good to hear, personally. I hope you can make it smaller though, it's a bit distracting at the top of the screen like that
Do you have any thoughts on the accessibility settings? Did you look at them? I've been reviewing Ragnarok & I totally agree with your wayfinding issue