The “ *You ACTUALLY hit me!* “ line hits harder when you actually experience the fight. Going from constantly being dodged and evaded IN the fight to punching that smug little *shit* in the face…it’s more impactful.
2:38:52 this scene truly hits hard when you go through the actual game trying to solve Brok's riddles. Brok asked "What gets bigger the more you take away?" to Mimir during their journey to 'the lady'. Mimir couldn't find the answer back then but finds it right at Brok's funeral "A hole, gets bigger the more you take away" implying the hole Brok's death has left in our hearts, and that's just masterful writing!!
He couldn't do it for his son in GOW 4 for a long time and now he does it for everyone who is grieving. Just another simple thing that shows Kratos' growth in these two games.
There’s been a massive hit at “Tyr”’s falseness since they first rescued him. Every time a character mentions Týr there’s an accent over the y in the subtitles. But whenever he himself speaks his name is spelt Tyr, without the accent. From the very beginning, something was off about him, and it was right in front of our faces.
Unpopular opinion: I actually kind of hate that 'clue' bc it kinda makes no sense. It's really arbitrary to have his name spelled without the accent solely just to be a hint. There's no story or linguistic reason for it. It's only there to be a hint and I kinda dislike it for that.
@@hugomendoza5665 It is a contextual clue to the reader (player) that is often used in literature. Since this is a player-controlled media, and not one simply read like a book is read, they did it in a way that would be literarily hinted at (reading subtitles) and not visually or audibly hinted at. It's an effective way to drop a hint at something /almost/ without dropping a hint at something. This is even further enforced in that you'd NEVER get this hint if you played with no subtitles at all. It all comes down to it being a literature technique being injected into what is essentially a visual story and not a store that is read off the pages of a book.
There is actually SO much foreshadowing that Odin is Tyr in hindsight. For example, when “Tyr” first sees that the giants hid prophecies within the shrines, the camera pans to Tyr, but ODIN’s score starts playing. There was so much hidden in plain sight that pops out in subsequent viewings and I absolutely LOVE that
The end where Kratos sees the shrine of people worshipping him always makes me tear up. The way he is shaken by the reveal and the nature of his future itself is so beautiful. Some, even the original creator of Kratos, disapprove of him "becoming soft" as they call it, but I personally absolutely adore this development. Beautiful peace of work right there.
The creator who didn’t like it was a joke and even had kratos being worshipped by Spartans they literally prayed to him especially in battle in god of war ghost of Sparta and god of war 2
It's not just about the revelation to him. That part of the shrine was painted in Faye's signature bright yellow paint. The combination of both of those things is what brought that reaction out of him.
@@JackShingle I'm so stupid, I thought Angrboda was the one who painted that for him as that's the future she now saw for him. So much more meaningful now
Damn!!!! I've watch Brok Funeral so many times, but now in this video it hurts for me the most, because I've just lost my dad a couple of days ago. Dammit!!!!
I'm so sorry to read that fella. I hope this video made you forget the hurt you're feeling even for just a minute or two. Hopefully one day you'll be able to watch that scene without the pain.
Yeah..not much connection with some characters is because more dialogue happens during gameplay. And when sometimes the camera is not moving is because the camera is in the players control
Did you notice? 2:08:30 is the mural of “Kratos” dying in Atreus’s arms, it was never Kratos it was Odin all along, the mural showed a bald bearded man, no red tattoo. It also showed something coming out of Odins mouth, which is his soul parts.
Exactly what I said after beating 2018 god of war and every kept saying I was wrong but in all the pics you see kratos with a dark skin and tattoo and the person on the ground doesn’t have that
And it's Angrboda re-doing third panel, it's her habd and colour choices, there was something different under that. Our characters changed their destiny
i mean it was definitely kratos.. the whole point was to say the visions they have aren't necessarily going to come true. The other unbroken mural shows his tattoo and it shows odin in full. They look totally different. There's a lot these games do to foreshadow but this specific thing isn't one of them, it's literally just to show they changed their "fate".
all the crazy theories from that triptych were suddenly shattered, like SO many people were on the idea that Loki creates Jormungandr from Keaton’ soul, and all that’s just dust to the wind after a closer look
55:27 my favourite thing about this scene is how I'm pretty sure this is the first time the dwarves are seen teleporting on-screen/in view of people. They had a tendency to disappear and reappear while out-of-view throughout both games
it was a great touch. Never seeing how the disappearing/reappearing actually happened really gave a big payoff to seeing it for the first time. And even moreso it's not even fancy, it's literally just a tiny blur effect and then nothing. And the simplicity of it really makes it hit harder.
I love the ending. It goes back to Odin's question. "What do you know of Godhood? Have you ever imagined what it feels like to be worshiped? No!" I really solidifies Kratos' change
2:35:00 That's a hurdy-gurdy, a string instrument with a rotating drum that draws along the strings and keys to change the notes along with one or two drone strings.
1:47:52 In actual Norse mythology, when Thor and Jörmungandr fought, Thor sent the serpent back in time to a place where he wasn’t born yet (time paradox thing), so if you didn’t catch it in the first game, Jörmungandr actually says that Atreus seems familiar to him, because by that time, Jörmungandr had met Atreus because Atreus had created him already, but to young Atreus that was the first time they had met, that’s just so cool to me, the thought of a time loop is just so cool to me
That cut is sometimes outright criminal. I get that it concentrates on the cinematics but sometimes there are important bits of dialogue either leading in our out of the cutscenes that are completely missing, For example after the Sindri in Mourning scene where he tells them to fuck right off, Kratos muses in defeat that every path he takes always seems to lead him back to vengeance like an unbreakable cycle.
The moment Kratos says "Open your heart to their suffering." marks the moment Kratos breaks his predicted fate. Everything from their is a series of events that allows Thrud to help them and allows Kratos to get through to Thor and end the fight. Allows Thor to die with some dignity (love Thor's story arch) I just really love how that bit came together, ugh this game is such an amazing experience.
"A hole" was the answer to a riddle that Brok asked Mimir and kept mocking Mimir when he couldn't answer. Mimir realized when Brook left a hole in Sindri.
Hello Kai, Thank you for uploading this series. I joined your Patreon after Part I. I have played this game five times, and each time has been a fantastic experience. It was particularly rewarding to revisit the game with *your* perspective and film-making insights. I was particularly impressed by your explanation of the technical aspects of scene implementation and their intended messages. Coming across your channel was a real treat.
Amazing reaction... at the End there Mimir solves a riddle that Brok Challenged Mimir and Kratos to Solve, Brok is quite happy and Enjoying Himself as Mimir and Kratos struggle to solve the riddle. Mimir solving the riddle at the End as they all experience the Loss of Brok. Another Great Story design is Sindri is Kind of a germophobe always cleaning himself off, when Brok dies in his arms he stops wearing gloves and has not washed Brok's blood off of His Armor and Clothes.. that part of him died. these parts of the story and several other parts were cut out by the editors that made the Video you Reacted to..Btw Sindri's Germophobic tendencies happened when he retrieved part of Broks Soul bits being covered in the souls that tried to stop him, he succeeds in bringing Brok back without his permission which Brok forgives him for in his last moments. I highly recommend You give the series a try and enjoy the complete story .
To add on to this, Sindri wasn’t able to retrieve all the soul parts of brok. Sindri retrieved all soul bits except for one which was the most important one. This soul bit essentially allows a person to go to the afterlife and since Sindri didn’t get this soul bit and brok died without it, this essentially means that brok is denied an afterlife and is not able to be reborn MEANING that he is truly dead making Sindri’s pain much more impactful and sad.
about not catching the Tyr-Odin-switcheroo, there are more signs of it during the game, but those have mostly been cut from the compilations you watched since they happen in ambient dialogue or during sidequests
so unfortunately there was a part that wasnt included in the previous video on the way to forge the spear where brok is joking around with mimir trying to outsmart him and he comes up with a riddle "what gets bigger the more you take away" which finally gets its full picture of mimir realizing the answer is "a hole" upon seeing sindri at the funeral
Original trilogy is a must! It will fill in all of the gaps. Then when you play the newer games yourself, you’ll understand much more than you did during these reactions 🙏🏽
Another thing about Sindri I just realized is his first and last interactions with Kratos are him standing up to Kratos, albeit for different reasons and in very different contextual ways. The first time is when the meet, and he sees the Axe and thinks Kratos might have stolen it from Faye. The last is Kratos trying to comfort Sindri, but him rejecting it due to his grieving for Brok.
I personally think you should watch the originals then Valhalla to truly feel the impact of valhalla. The ending is so huge for the direction of the games and kratos character development.
2:35:38 that's a Hurdy Gurdy. It's like the bagpipes of the sting instruments. In the same way that a bagpipe have "drone notes" played by single pipes so does the Gurdy with single note strings. And it also has a continuous wheel that rubs the stings like a Violin/Cello in the same way you pump air into the "bag" of the bagpipes to get that none stop continuous playing.
Oh there's something this cutscene video won't cover that feels very important for Valhalla if you plan on checking that too. In the post game you get to explore scattered parts of Asgard that fell in the other realm after the war, in one of them in Niflheim you find a prison and at the end of it you find the real Tyr. Turns out that Odin needed him alive to be able to transform into him. He also does not feel broken at all, just sad he wasn't part of the war against Odin. After that you can encounter him meditating in various places in the game. Also you are right, Thrud is indeed looking for Mjollnir, another post-game content where you can see her find it.
Don’t know if you’ll see this Kai, I personally feel as a God of war fan that I don’t think you would enjoy the old God of war cutscenes as much, I might get attacked for this but the main thing I love about your videos is the professional proper cinematic breakdowns you do. I feel as though the old games might be lacking jn that department (not in terms of games but in terms of modern god of war). I think watching the cutscenes you would be viewing them as more of a fan rather than both a fan AND knowledgeable film maker. Feel free too though, I shall gladly watch 🙋♂️
I agree all though the Greek pantheon story of kratos is great the cut scenes won’t add much depth beside kratos being angry and wanting revenge lol maybe a quick recap is better?
They sadly skipped that scene, but no dwarf army ever comes to Asgard. Atreus: "The dwarves are here! Way to go, Sindri!... Eh, it's _just_ Sindri." Sindri: "I know, I'm late." Kratos: "Where is your army?" Sindri: "No more dwarves are dying for this!"
in the fight in Asgard one of the scene skipped was showing Sindri coming out of the svartalfheim gate alone saying he won't sacrifice more dwarves to this war. So no he didn't pop out of nowhere.
That moment gets important when you're fighting zoomed out for MINUTES, TRYING TO HIT THIS GUY but you cant. Then that scene plays. You need to remember you're not playing the game, you are not getting 90% of the context before and after these scenes. They are just thrown together one after another. It's a game, not a movie, you are watching the 1% out of context
2:26:50 I love this moment so much. In the past, Kratos has always been depicted as this brutal murderer, and everyone fears him. Then he sees the picture of him being celebrated and worshipped by the people, which makes him realize that he can be more than the monster he has always been depicted as.
59:06 - They didn't change before the reveal. The visual one, sure. But they changed halfway through sentence from "Tyr" to "Odin" at the exact same moment his voice changed from Tyr's to Odin's voice during the line delivery
In the previous game Kratos tells Atreus to close his heart, in this one he tells him to open it. Unfortunately, dialogue lost in the cut after the first fight with Baldur.
Now that you’ve finished this… go and rewatch the scene in alfheim where Kratos gets attracted to the light of Alfheim. The scene where you hear Faye’s theme. When the camera turns back around when Atreus stops Kratos from re-entering the light of Alfheim, you’ll hear an ominous shift in the music seeding the doubt of uncertainty as one character pops up on screen. The fake Tyr. If you remember correctly, in the first game, when Kratos stepped into the light of Alfheim, it was Faye’s soul guiding him and showing him a path in glimpses and I think this was a beautiful way of her warning Kratos the moment she felt Odin close to them in the form of Tyr. Bear Mccreary actually told you the story in music at certain points like comfort and nurturing when Faye’s theme pops, Respect and “I’ll figure it out” energy when Kratos’s theme pops and Fun, uncertainty and a little scrappiness when Atreus’s theme pops up. Oh and every scene with Freya’s theme is just pure doubt… like when she attacks as a Valkyrie, or when Atreus creates the eclipse, them meeting hildisvini and so on.
I feel like the gameplay gives the Heimdall part a lot more weight, you as a player need to find out how to actually beat him (it's not too complicated) and he's talking a lot in both phases, very pompous in the first, filled with anger in the last one so I feel like when the player goes through it all, it hits just perfect.
2:27:24 Also that part of the game holds heavy significance because if you know Kratos backstory you would have never guessed that for him. Also earlier in the game when Odin visited Kratos after he made the spear he asked Kratos if he even knows what it feels like to he worshipped to be loved. And he sees the painting showing him a future where he is being worshipped and loved. Truly a beautiful scene.
When Brok was dying he said, “I know what ya did…” he was talking about how Sindri had saved him before when he died previously, which is why part of his soul was missing, and why the Lady couldn’t speak to him before, and that’s why Brok got angry after the spear was forged, because he realised what Sindri did for him, I feel like the cuts in the video didn’t really make that clear, this is also why Sindri is so distraught, he’s saved his brother before so he felt that he couldn’t lose him again
There's two world serpents, but they're also the same. The "different" looking one in Ragnarök is the snake Loki and Angrboda saved in Jötunheim, grown up. That one then gets sent back in time by Thor hitting it really hard, and becomes the one we meet in Midgard.
2:25:31, you can see a silhouette of Faye, watching over her son as the rock formation in the cave,(interesting enough, when I first beat the game, I thought I was bugging, like, why does the rock formation look like a face, and in an interview with the Devs, they said that they intentionally made the rock formation look like a face to resemble, Atreus's mom watching over him.) Pretty nice touch.👌
Sindri's change from warm, funny "whacky uncle" to his broken self is just absolutely heart breaking. I hope we get some kind of closure or update for him.
I've watched some people figure out there's something wrong with Tyr early on, and when that scene comes they're super suspicious of him. For me, the whole game I thought he would have a secret way into Asgard that he will aid us with in the end, so when he offered to do so, I got excited. Then he called Atreus "Loki" and I my instant thought was "Wait, why'd you call him Loki? Odin calls him Loki!"
On the point about the standard of gaming and storytelling. Games like this tend to come once in a blue moon. At the same time, i find it amazing how much has come together, the story, the art style, the direction, the music... To name a few. There are a handful of developers who get it bang on. Santa Monica studios and Corey Balrog have knocked it out the park and into thr stratosphere.
Good reaction. I wish they showed more of the Heimdall fight. When you fight him, he dodges all your attacks. You must stun him with the spear 3 different times. The first time, you miss every punch, the second time, you get closer, and hit his bracers (because Heimdall blocks your attack) and the third time, you actually hit him. Then he fights out of control after you blow up his arm.
Haven't watched this part yet but I'm already gonna say it was a blast watching your reactions to this game. You just find the right balance between being thoughtful and entertaining that works very well. If there was other games "all cutscenes" you'd like to react I highly recommend Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Metal Gear franchise and Death Stranding aldo I didn't play the last one yet so I can't be the judge. But it's widely known that these games cinematography is peak level in video game industry. Edit: And if you want to react to the GoW prequels, well... Let's just say that there are more than just three games, so it's not much of a trilogy
14:07 items you didn't pick up after defeating enemies out in the world spawn in those chests near a Brok and Sindri shop. They frame them in cutscenes around the shop as a visual reminder instead of having them constantly mention it every time you're near. It also glows blue when you have items in there
Some small details you might have missed: the last dream Kratos has with Fey is the only dream where he wakes up peacefully and not in a rage. When Atreus tells Odin at the end, "There is always a choice,” he's using fake Tyr's own words against him. The way Atreus is holding Odin as he siphons his soul is the same way he holds Kratos in the mural that says Kratos dies. The last mural Kratos sees of him being worshipped is tied to what Odin asks Kratos after he gets the spear: "How many times in your lifetime has anyone prayed to you. How many times have they worshipped you?" Kratos has been feared as a god of war, not worshipped. He sees that using his godly powers to save the realms has made the people worship him as a good god, also contradicting his own self that "there are no good Gods."
Fun trivia: Garm, the wolf that became Fenrir, is the father of Sköll and Hati. Also, a nice touch I choose to believe - at 44:00 when Mjölnir comes smashing through the wall, it doesn't go to his hand like always, it falls to the floor as much as too say "I'm not happy with you right now Thor!". Maybe a nod to the popular "Marvelisation" that you have to be worthy to hold Mjölnir. Also, at 47:48 you asked where his blade was - if you look again she comes out and protects him from Thor's hammer.
Loved following along with this reaction. I'm such a huge fan of the God of War series, been playing since 2005! Yep, still playing. So so good. Had a great time, Kai, planning to check out your other content. Cheers from the northeast US!
Kratos seeing the final shrine, as a beloved God, worshipped, loved, same way Týr was. The way he thought he'd never be again after what he did in Greece. He finally FELT redeemed, more than any words, he finally acknowledge the he's no longer cursed by his past.
Fun fact the raeb dwarf ( the one playing the instruments) is bear mcreary the person who did the ost for both new god of war games and the song for broks funeral is called Raebs lament
I discovered your channel from these reactions to gow: ragnarok and I have never seen a reaction like this from anyone before, but I enjoyed your reactions so much. Your filmmaking background makes it so much more interesting too; anyway thank you for your reactions, I’m subbed to your channel now and can’t wait to see more!
Just like you said, part of the one shot camera is it's meant to be seen from start to end. So cutting away such big parts can be confusing or not get the impact that some moments have. Heimdall's whole fighting sequence is way better without cuts. You get to FEEL the first time you hit, since he dodges for whole minutes. Also Birgir's sacrifice (big guy with big sword) is exactly as you said : you don't know who he is. If you don't take a LONG time going around in their camp, talking to them, you don't even hear his voice or learn his name before that sequence. And even if you go to him, he doesn't say much. Turns out he didn't die there, and there is a whole area of the map to explore and rescue him, learning a lot more about who he is. I don't know why they did the opposite of what they should have done to make us feel worried about him dying. Such a shame.
Ever notice Tyr’s tone when he says “THEY stole Draupnir?“ Odin is finding out that the dwarves took one of his treasures and his tone matches that. Sneaky bastards on both sides of the conflict😂 Love the vids by the by! As an aspiring filmaker and avid video game player, I’m very pleased to learn your insights on the story and cinematography whilst seeing your reaction to one of my favorite games ever. Keep doing what you do man!👍
Great video! Watching through to the end, your comment about what a cinematic game could be with cuts, I immediately thought of Red Dead Redemption 2. Might be worth a look if you are looking for another powerful story driven game to check out.
Just like the 2018 God of War videos, this was just special. It's never tiring. Edutainment at it's finest in my opinion. I highly recommend taking a look at FatBrett's videos on the characters of this game. Especially the Odin and Tyr one. There's sooo much to Odin's manipulations that gets hidden in scenes and whatnot. Can't recommend enough. Valhalla is a perfect ending to Kratos' story, but it's not too cinematic. Your videos never cease to entertain. And hey... I mean... Last of Us would be one hell of a next step in the future lol.
57:08 I really liked how they pulled off Kratos saying all that analogy with animal being wounded and needing to stop the bleeding, that everything else is only a distraction from your processing what has just happened. The old ways of processing traumas is thinking and going through them. I related. Insane idea of dialogue. Very mature topic and relatable to our era when we are so easily distracted with media, game and music being constantly around us. We almost don't have actual time to process and heal and they reminded us of that.
Loved watching your reactions to such a beloved game! I got to experience it again! And I appreciate it so much more because of all your notes on the cinematography and score! Thank you!!!
What I find really nice is when Kratos rises from his last dream, he rises very slowly and peacefully. It's in direct comparison to all of his other moments of waking up, where it was in panic or rage.
The thing at the end about "A hole" that mimir says : Earlier when getting the spear for Kratos, Brok tries to come up with a riddle to stump mimir. "What gets bigger the more you take away?" After seeing what a hole brok's death caused to sindri's life, He realizes the answer. It's also implied that Sindri is so germophobic because he went to the underworld to get Brok's soul back and he "could feel their cold dead hands all over him"
Absolutely loved this series! God of War 2018 and Ragnarok are both in my top 4 games of all-time, with The Last of Us Part 1 and 2 being the others to round out that top 4. Really hoping you eventually cover those! Just joined the Patreon to help decide that for a future series! Anyway, back to God of War stuff. For one of your questions regarding the power levels of Odin/Zeus and Kratos needing Atreus and Freya to help him defeat Odin, I think it's moreso just for the narrative payoff of having the three of them working together in the end. Yes, Kratos did defeat Zeus on his own, but I think he probably could've done the same with Odin if needed. I do agree that he definitely feels older in these games, but I don't necessarily think that equates to him being weaker. I think it's just him being more measured and in control of himself than the pure rage he has in the original trilogy. Also, not sure if you're into watching video essay on here, but I'd highly recommend this series ruclips.net/video/ZCvsnPFIYaQ/видео.htmlsi=wsFZ8YZwbngWnk-D, he's got a ton of videos on the different characters from these games and really gets into the narrative and thematic meat of what's going on in these. Well worth the watch. Hope you eventually cover the original games at some point, but it might be worth it to wait a little bit because rumor has it a remaster of them should be announced pretty soon! Anyway, fantastic series and hope you have a great one!
Skipbladnir - Freyr's flying boat which folds up to the size of a handkerchief. I wasn't surprised when the boat went past the waterfall since I knew the myth Thor is noted in the myths for having a prodigious appetite and at one point he drank an alarmingly large portion of the ocean. The great battles of Ragnarok - Thor vs the Midgard Serpent, Odin vs Fenrir, Freyr vs Surtur and Heimdall vs Loki - all perish. Who survives? Oddly enough two of the survivors are Magni and Modi. The other thing they've chosen to leave out - in order to chain Fenrir (the way the story has been told here it would probably have been Garm). Fenrir boasted that no chain could hold him. The first chain the Dwarves made didn't hold him, so they made a bigger, thicker chain that also didn't hold him and them they came with a slender string (made from rare items - women's beards, bird spit...) which after the other two attempts made Fenrir suspicious. He wanted a guarantee so Tyr put his right hand in Fenrir's mouth and when Fenrir couldn't break the string he bit Tyr's hand off. So they've obviously gone off script
It wasn't included since it wasn't a cutscene, but during the travel to the point of forging of the Draupnir spear, Mimir and Brok were playing riddles, and Brok stumped Mimir with the riddle "What gets bigger the more you take away?" So when Sindri traveled away after Brok's funeral, Mimir finally realized the answer to the riddle, based on Sindri's grief. "A hole. Gets bigger the more you take away."
the story he told atreus before the war in the tent was about himself. the story is a reflection of Kratos's own journey. Kratos's evolution from a vengeful Spartan warrior and the Ghost of Sparta in the original GOW games to the more introspective and restrained father figure we see here. it's a moment of vulnerability and connection, showing how Kratos tries to guide Atreus in ways that protect him while still passing on valuable life lessons.
I remember hearing that the game director of the first game was not going to be doing the sequel and I was very nervous but man they delivered. They improved on the game in every aspect while also continuing and ending the story in the most satisfying way possible. Seeing the journey of Kratos and Atreus develop and move to it’s ending left me speechless. The thing I love about these videos is the extra context you provide I never even thought about when Kratos is closing the panel it’s him closing out this chapter and it is like a good book. Then the reveal that he saw his and Atreus story but on the back his wife in the yellow paint left his story and as a player of all the games before this myself and Kratos never even conceived that he would one day be worshipped as a true god and protector of his people. Just absolutely incredible.
My favorite detail after Brok's passing is that Sindri no longer has his gloves on when he's forging that dagger. He no longer cares if things are dirty, if he gets gore on him, if he has to get messy. If he has to kill people.
The most important thing I feel this cut left out was Kratos and Freya's discussion before fighting Nidhogg. In this cut Freya goes from openly hostile but begrudgingly working with Kratos to suddenly breaking the knot and, while still wishing to kill Kratos, decides everything is fine enough to move on and continue working with Kratos. What actually happens between those two points is an hour or two of Kratos sympathizing with Freya, talking about how he understands her feelings because he had a daughter that he killed and how his brother died. Kratos makes a connection with Freya during this time which really helps solidify Freya's decision after breaking the knot.
The instrument the dwaarf is playing during brok's funeral is called a Hurdy Gurdy, it's a string instument that gives of a sound pretty similar to bagpipes
Something that I noticed is that Kratos decides what they do based on how Atreus is feeling. That “We are done.” Was because he could see how Atreus was falling apart knowing he was the one who searched for Týr. He decided that what Atreus needed was a break and so that’s what he chose for them to do.
This was a great series of videos. I adored this game so much, and I loved watching your reactions and analysis of it. You’re quite insightful, well done man!
@@kaizammitdefinitely The Last of Us. There are few games that rival the powerful, cinematic storytelling in God of War, but The Last of Us is one of them. If you watch it, be sure to go with the version called “The Last of Us Part 1,” because that is the most recent remaster and will have the best lighting effects and character animations.
I remember your last video you had talked about different lighting to show moods. As I'm watching this, I don't recall ever seeing a bright "hopeful" light on "Tyr" it was always dark and grim as a hidden foreshadow.
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The “ *You ACTUALLY hit me!* “ line hits harder when you actually experience the fight. Going from constantly being dodged and evaded IN the fight to punching that smug little *shit* in the face…it’s more impactful.
It was basically a gimmicky slugfest, so when playing the game each cutscene does hit like a truck.
2:38:52
this scene truly hits hard when you go through the actual game trying to solve Brok's riddles. Brok asked "What gets bigger the more you take away?" to Mimir during their journey to 'the lady'. Mimir couldn't find the answer back then but finds it right at Brok's funeral "A hole, gets bigger the more you take away" implying the hole Brok's death has left in our hearts, and that's just masterful writing!!
I love that Kratos keeps putting his hand on people’s shoulders.
He’s learned a single comfort technique…and now uses it for every situation 😂
He couldn't do it for his son in GOW 4 for a long time and now he does it for everyone who is grieving. Just another simple thing that shows Kratos' growth in these two games.
I also think it's a way he can show comfort, whilst also being in a dominant position not making himself vulnerable by doing so
Wdym, he knew how to hug since the first game.
There’s been a massive hit at “Tyr”’s falseness since they first rescued him. Every time a character mentions Týr there’s an accent over the y in the subtitles. But whenever he himself speaks his name is spelt Tyr, without the accent. From the very beginning, something was off about him, and it was right in front of our faces.
I always loved that detail once I found that out!
@@dburg5759 me too
Unpopular opinion: I actually kind of hate that 'clue' bc it kinda makes no sense. It's really arbitrary to have his name spelled without the accent solely just to be a hint. There's no story or linguistic reason for it. It's only there to be a hint and I kinda dislike it for that.
@@hugomendoza5665 It is a contextual clue to the reader (player) that is often used in literature. Since this is a player-controlled media, and not one simply read like a book is read, they did it in a way that would be literarily hinted at (reading subtitles) and not visually or audibly hinted at. It's an effective way to drop a hint at something /almost/ without dropping a hint at something. This is even further enforced in that you'd NEVER get this hint if you played with no subtitles at all. It all comes down to it being a literature technique being injected into what is essentially a visual story and not a store that is read off the pages of a book.
@@hugomendoza5665 Says there's no linguistic reason for it. Proceeds to hate on a linguistic hint
There is actually SO much foreshadowing that Odin is Tyr in hindsight. For example, when “Tyr” first sees that the giants hid prophecies within the shrines, the camera pans to Tyr, but ODIN’s score starts playing. There was so much hidden in plain sight that pops out in subsequent viewings and I absolutely LOVE that
The end where Kratos sees the shrine of people worshipping him always makes me tear up. The way he is shaken by the reveal and the nature of his future itself is so beautiful. Some, even the original creator of Kratos, disapprove of him "becoming soft" as they call it, but I personally absolutely adore this development. Beautiful peace of work right there.
The creator who didn’t like it was a joke and even had kratos being worshipped by Spartans they literally prayed to him especially in battle in god of war ghost of Sparta and god of war 2
It's not just about the revelation to him. That part of the shrine was painted in Faye's signature bright yellow paint. The combination of both of those things is what brought that reaction out of him.
@@JackShingle I'm so stupid, I thought Angrboda was the one who painted that for him as that's the future she now saw for him. So much more meaningful now
Damn!!!! I've watch Brok Funeral so many times, but now in this video it hurts for me the most, because I've just lost my dad a couple of days ago. Dammit!!!!
I'm so sorry to read that fella. I hope this video made you forget the hurt you're feeling even for just a minute or two. Hopefully one day you'll be able to watch that scene without the pain.
@kaizammit Thank you. It just hits harder now than before because I relate to that scene.
Yeah..not much connection with some characters is because more dialogue happens during gameplay.
And when sometimes the camera is not moving is because the camera is in the players control
Did you notice? 2:08:30 is the mural of “Kratos” dying in Atreus’s arms, it was never Kratos it was Odin all along, the mural showed a bald bearded man, no red tattoo. It also showed something coming out of Odins mouth, which is his soul parts.
It also meant the mural was told in a clockwise manner - Atreus not having noticed this due to focusing more on what he thought he was seeing.
Exactly what I said after beating 2018 god of war and every kept saying I was wrong but in all the pics you see kratos with a dark skin and tattoo and the person on the ground doesn’t have that
And it's Angrboda re-doing third panel, it's her habd and colour choices, there was something different under that. Our characters changed their destiny
i mean it was definitely kratos.. the whole point was to say the visions they have aren't necessarily going to come true. The other unbroken mural shows his tattoo and it shows odin in full. They look totally different. There's a lot these games do to foreshadow but this specific thing isn't one of them, it's literally just to show they changed their "fate".
all the crazy theories from that triptych were suddenly shattered, like SO many people were on the idea that Loki creates Jormungandr from Keaton’ soul, and all that’s just dust to the wind after a closer look
55:27 my favourite thing about this scene is how I'm pretty sure this is the first time the dwarves are seen teleporting on-screen/in view of people. They had a tendency to disappear and reappear while out-of-view throughout both games
Correct, it is. It's meant to show that Sindri doesn'r care about keeping the mystery anymore, he's lost everything.
it was a great touch. Never seeing how the disappearing/reappearing actually happened really gave a big payoff to seeing it for the first time. And even moreso it's not even fancy, it's literally just a tiny blur effect and then nothing. And the simplicity of it really makes it hit harder.
I love the ending. It goes back to Odin's question. "What do you know of Godhood? Have you ever imagined what it feels like to be worshiped? No!"
I really solidifies Kratos' change
2:35:00 That's a hurdy-gurdy, a string instrument with a rotating drum that draws along the strings and keys to change the notes along with one or two drone strings.
And raeb, the character playing the hurdy-gurdy is Bear McCreary himself. Such a masterpiece of a game
1:47:52 In actual Norse mythology, when Thor and Jörmungandr fought, Thor sent the serpent back in time to a place where he wasn’t born yet (time paradox thing), so if you didn’t catch it in the first game, Jörmungandr actually says that Atreus seems familiar to him, because by that time, Jörmungandr had met Atreus because Atreus had created him already, but to young Atreus that was the first time they had met, that’s just so cool to me, the thought of a time loop is just so cool to me
That cut is sometimes outright criminal. I get that it concentrates on the cinematics but sometimes there are important bits of dialogue either leading in our out of the cutscenes that are completely missing, For example after the Sindri in Mourning scene where he tells them to fuck right off, Kratos muses in defeat that every path he takes always seems to lead him back to vengeance like an unbreakable cycle.
The set-up for "a hole... gets bigger the more you take away"
at 1:17:25 you asked if she was in the other game, yes, she was the final boss of the side quest to kill all corrupted valkyries
Ahhh thought so.
@@kaizammit She was also in the visions when they went and met with the Norns, when we got Mimir's illusion.
The moment Kratos says "Open your heart to their suffering." marks the moment Kratos breaks his predicted fate. Everything from their is a series of events that allows Thrud to help them and allows Kratos to get through to Thor and end the fight. Allows Thor to die with some dignity (love Thor's story arch) I just really love how that bit came together, ugh this game is such an amazing experience.
"A hole" was the answer to a riddle that Brok asked Mimir and kept mocking Mimir when he couldn't answer. Mimir realized when Brook left a hole in Sindri.
Hello Kai,
Thank you for uploading this series. I joined your Patreon after Part I.
I have played this game five times, and each time has been a fantastic experience. It was particularly rewarding to revisit the game with *your* perspective and film-making insights.
I was particularly impressed by your explanation of the technical aspects of scene implementation and their intended messages.
Coming across your channel was a real treat.
That's awesome fella and thank you for the support! If you're still a member, make sure to get your vote in on the next big game!
Amazing reaction... at the End there Mimir solves a riddle that Brok Challenged Mimir and Kratos to Solve, Brok is quite happy and Enjoying Himself as Mimir and Kratos struggle to solve the riddle. Mimir solving the riddle at the End as they all experience the Loss of Brok. Another Great Story design is Sindri is Kind of a germophobe always cleaning himself off, when Brok dies in his arms he stops wearing gloves and has not washed Brok's blood off of His Armor and Clothes.. that part of him died. these parts of the story and several other parts were cut out by the editors that made the Video you Reacted to..Btw Sindri's Germophobic tendencies happened when he retrieved part of Broks Soul bits being covered in the souls that tried to stop him, he succeeds in bringing Brok back without his permission which Brok forgives him for in his last moments. I highly recommend You give the series a try and enjoy the complete story .
Thank you for watching brother!
@@kaizammitwhy did I read that in Mimir’s voice 🤣
To add on to this, Sindri wasn’t able to retrieve all the soul parts of brok. Sindri retrieved all soul bits except for one which was the most important one. This soul bit essentially allows a person to go to the afterlife and since Sindri didn’t get this soul bit and brok died without it, this essentially means that brok is denied an afterlife and is not able to be reborn MEANING that he is truly dead making Sindri’s pain much more impactful and sad.
about not catching the Tyr-Odin-switcheroo, there are more signs of it during the game, but those have mostly been cut from the compilations you watched since they happen in ambient dialogue or during sidequests
also, Faye actually is played by Deborah Anne Woll, the actress you were referring to that played a role in Daredevil
so unfortunately there was a part that wasnt included in the previous video on the way to forge the spear where brok is joking around with mimir trying to outsmart him and he comes up with a riddle "what gets bigger the more you take away" which finally gets its full picture of mimir realizing the answer is "a hole" upon seeing sindri at the funeral
Original trilogy is a must! It will fill in all of the gaps. Then when you play the newer games yourself, you’ll understand much more than you did during these reactions 🙏🏽
1:01:20 Notice how he isn't wearing his gloves anymore. Losing Brok cured him of his fear of germs
Another thing about Sindri I just realized is his first and last interactions with Kratos are him standing up to Kratos, albeit for different reasons and in very different contextual ways. The first time is when the meet, and he sees the Axe and thinks Kratos might have stolen it from Faye. The last is Kratos trying to comfort Sindri, but him rejecting it due to his grieving for Brok.
God of War Valhalla DLC
I definitely want him to watch it I just think watching the original games would make Valhalla hit even harder.
I personally think you should watch the originals then Valhalla to truly feel the impact of valhalla. The ending is so huge for the direction of the games and kratos character development.
Agreed.
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I'm laying here ill in bed and you dropped this just while ago, perfect timing, thanks!
I hope you enjoyed it
32:27 He shut the door because odin’s raven was inside and he didn’t want the raven seeing angrboda.
That raises the question if Odin can't hear through the Ravens' perspective.
2:35:38 that's a Hurdy Gurdy. It's like the bagpipes of the sting instruments. In the same way that a bagpipe have "drone notes" played by single pipes so does the Gurdy with single note strings. And it also has a continuous wheel that rubs the stings like a Violin/Cello in the same way you pump air into the "bag" of the bagpipes to get that none stop continuous playing.
Oh there's something this cutscene video won't cover that feels very important for Valhalla if you plan on checking that too. In the post game you get to explore scattered parts of Asgard that fell in the other realm after the war, in one of them in Niflheim you find a prison and at the end of it you find the real Tyr. Turns out that Odin needed him alive to be able to transform into him. He also does not feel broken at all, just sad he wasn't part of the war against Odin. After that you can encounter him meditating in various places in the game.
Also you are right, Thrud is indeed looking for Mjollnir, another post-game content where you can see her find it.
I just adore you) You reactions felt warm. I dunno how to say it but ive been waiting last part with inpatience. Its rare. Much love from Belarus ❤
I appreciate your time and thank you for hanging out with me. Glad you enjoyed it! Much love from the UK.
Don’t know if you’ll see this Kai, I personally feel as a God of war fan that I don’t think you would enjoy the old God of war cutscenes as much, I might get attacked for this but the main thing I love about your videos is the professional proper cinematic breakdowns you do. I feel as though the old games might be lacking jn that department (not in terms of games but in terms of modern god of war).
I think watching the cutscenes you would be viewing them as more of a fan rather than both a fan AND knowledgeable film maker. Feel free too though, I shall gladly watch 🙋♂️
I agree all though the Greek pantheon story of kratos is great the cut scenes won’t add much depth beside kratos being angry and wanting revenge lol maybe a quick recap is better?
They sadly skipped that scene, but no dwarf army ever comes to Asgard.
Atreus: "The dwarves are here! Way to go, Sindri!... Eh, it's _just_ Sindri."
Sindri: "I know, I'm late."
Kratos: "Where is your army?"
Sindri: "No more dwarves are dying for this!"
in the fight in Asgard one of the scene skipped was showing Sindri coming out of the svartalfheim gate alone saying he won't sacrifice more dwarves to this war. So no he didn't pop out of nowhere.
That moment gets important when you're fighting zoomed out for MINUTES, TRYING TO HIT THIS GUY but you cant. Then that scene plays. You need to remember you're not playing the game, you are not getting 90% of the context before and after these scenes. They are just thrown together one after another. It's a game, not a movie, you are watching the 1% out of context
2:26:50 I love this moment so much. In the past, Kratos has always been depicted as this brutal murderer, and everyone fears him. Then he sees the picture of him being celebrated and worshipped by the people, which makes him realize that he can be more than the monster he has always been depicted as.
59:06 - They didn't change before the reveal. The visual one, sure. But they changed halfway through sentence from "Tyr" to "Odin" at the exact same moment his voice changed from Tyr's to Odin's voice during the line delivery
In the previous game Kratos tells Atreus to close his heart, in this one he tells him to open it. Unfortunately, dialogue lost in the cut after the first fight with Baldur.
Now that you’ve finished this… go and rewatch the scene in alfheim where Kratos gets attracted to the light of Alfheim. The scene where you hear Faye’s theme. When the camera turns back around when Atreus stops Kratos from re-entering the light of Alfheim, you’ll hear an ominous shift in the music seeding the doubt of uncertainty as one character pops up on screen. The fake Tyr. If you remember correctly, in the first game, when Kratos stepped into the light of Alfheim, it was Faye’s soul guiding him and showing him a path in glimpses and I think this was a beautiful way of her warning Kratos the moment she felt Odin close to them in the form of Tyr. Bear Mccreary actually told you the story in music at certain points like comfort and nurturing when Faye’s theme pops, Respect and “I’ll figure it out” energy when Kratos’s theme pops and Fun, uncertainty and a little scrappiness when Atreus’s theme pops up. Oh and every scene with Freya’s theme is just pure doubt… like when she attacks as a Valkyrie, or when Atreus creates the eclipse, them meeting hildisvini and so on.
I feel like the gameplay gives the Heimdall part a lot more weight, you as a player need to find out how to actually beat him (it's not too complicated) and he's talking a lot in both phases, very pompous in the first, filled with anger in the last one so I feel like when the player goes through it all, it hits just perfect.
Yeah, not having the gameplay actually drops a lot of the weight from the actual “cutscene” parts.
2:27:24 Also that part of the game holds heavy significance because if you know Kratos backstory you would have never guessed that for him. Also earlier in the game when Odin visited Kratos after he made the spear he asked Kratos if he even knows what it feels like to he worshipped to be loved.
And he sees the painting showing him a future where he is being worshipped and loved. Truly a beautiful scene.
When Brok was dying he said, “I know what ya did…” he was talking about how Sindri had saved him before when he died previously, which is why part of his soul was missing, and why the Lady couldn’t speak to him before, and that’s why Brok got angry after the spear was forged, because he realised what Sindri did for him, I feel like the cuts in the video didn’t really make that clear, this is also why Sindri is so distraught, he’s saved his brother before so he felt that he couldn’t lose him again
34:41 how Fenrir's tail was wagging in the back IS SO GODDAMN ADORABLE, HE'S THE BESTEST OF BOIS
There's two world serpents, but they're also the same. The "different" looking one in Ragnarök is the snake Loki and Angrboda saved in Jötunheim, grown up. That one then gets sent back in time by Thor hitting it really hard, and becomes the one we meet in Midgard.
2:25:31, you can see a silhouette of Faye, watching over her son as the rock formation in the cave,(interesting enough, when I first beat the game, I thought I was bugging, like, why does the rock formation look like a face, and in an interview with the Devs, they said that they intentionally made the rock formation look like a face to resemble, Atreus's mom watching over him.) Pretty nice touch.👌
Sindri's change from warm, funny "whacky uncle" to his broken self is just absolutely heart breaking. I hope we get some kind of closure or update for him.
I've watched some people figure out there's something wrong with Tyr early on, and when that scene comes they're super suspicious of him. For me, the whole game I thought he would have a secret way into Asgard that he will aid us with in the end, so when he offered to do so, I got excited. Then he called Atreus "Loki" and I my instant thought was "Wait, why'd you call him Loki? Odin calls him Loki!"
Thank you for this greatly enjoyable reaction. You definitely have a new subscriber.
Can’t wait for you to play the game. There’s SO much more.
On the point about the standard of gaming and storytelling. Games like this tend to come once in a blue moon. At the same time, i find it amazing how much has come together, the story, the art style, the direction, the music... To name a few. There are a handful of developers who get it bang on. Santa Monica studios and Corey Balrog have knocked it out the park and into thr stratosphere.
Will you watch the Valhalla DLC cutscenes now? 🥺
Yes I will, coming soon!
@@kaizammit Awesome, some incredible scenes in it
@@kaizammitif possible i suggest watching the Greek GOW games first for better understanding
I NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO FAST 🎉🎉🎉
Good reaction. I wish they showed more of the Heimdall fight. When you fight him, he dodges all your attacks. You must stun him with the spear 3 different times. The first time, you miss every punch, the second time, you get closer, and hit his bracers (because Heimdall blocks your attack) and the third time, you actually hit him. Then he fights out of control after you blow up his arm.
Haven't watched this part yet but I'm already gonna say it was a blast watching your reactions to this game. You just find the right balance between being thoughtful and entertaining that works very well.
If there was other games "all cutscenes" you'd like to react I highly recommend Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Metal Gear franchise and Death Stranding aldo I didn't play the last one yet so I can't be the judge. But it's widely known that these games cinematography is peak level in video game industry.
Edit: And if you want to react to the GoW prequels, well... Let's just say that there are more than just three games, so it's not much of a trilogy
14:07 items you didn't pick up after defeating enemies out in the world spawn in those chests near a Brok and Sindri shop. They frame them in cutscenes around the shop as a visual reminder instead of having them constantly mention it every time you're near. It also glows blue when you have items in there
Some small details you might have missed: the last dream Kratos has with Fey is the only dream where he wakes up peacefully and not in a rage. When Atreus tells Odin at the end, "There is always a choice,” he's using fake Tyr's own words against him. The way Atreus is holding Odin as he siphons his soul is the same way he holds Kratos in the mural that says Kratos dies. The last mural Kratos sees of him being worshipped is tied to what Odin asks Kratos after he gets the spear: "How many times in your lifetime has anyone prayed to you. How many times have they worshipped you?" Kratos has been feared as a god of war, not worshipped. He sees that using his godly powers to save the realms has made the people worship him as a good god, also contradicting his own self that "there are no good Gods."
Fun trivia: Garm, the wolf that became Fenrir, is the father of Sköll and Hati. Also, a nice touch I choose to believe - at 44:00 when Mjölnir comes smashing through the wall, it doesn't go to his hand like always, it falls to the floor as much as too say "I'm not happy with you right now Thor!". Maybe a nod to the popular "Marvelisation" that you have to be worthy to hold Mjölnir. Also, at 47:48 you asked where his blade was - if you look again she comes out and protects him from Thor's hammer.
I died at “I don’t even know who that character was” 😂😂 that was everyone’s reaction to Birgir
Loved following along with this reaction. I'm such a huge fan of the God of War series, been playing since 2005! Yep, still playing. So so good. Had a great time, Kai, planning to check out your other content. Cheers from the northeast US!
Kratos seeing the final shrine, as a beloved God, worshipped, loved, same way Týr was. The way he thought he'd never be again after what he did in Greece. He finally FELT redeemed, more than any words, he finally acknowledge the he's no longer cursed by his past.
Fun fact the raeb dwarf ( the one playing the instruments) is bear mcreary the person who did the ost for both new god of war games and the song for broks funeral is called Raebs lament
Camera Design "Erol Oksuz" that explain why it was so freaking peerless the guy is a legend.
Literally just hit the 1st of December and this gets uploaded. Perfect early Christmas present lol
I hope you watch the DLC. It’s so good for Kratos’ final development
I discovered your channel from these reactions to gow: ragnarok and I have never seen a reaction like this from anyone before, but I enjoyed your reactions so much. Your filmmaking background makes it so much more interesting too; anyway thank you for your reactions, I’m subbed to your channel now and can’t wait to see more!
That's so awesome to hear! Thank you for subscribing and hanging out with me, I very much appreciate it. K|Z
Just like you said, part of the one shot camera is it's meant to be seen from start to end. So cutting away such big parts can be confusing or not get the impact that some moments have. Heimdall's whole fighting sequence is way better without cuts. You get to FEEL the first time you hit, since he dodges for whole minutes.
Also Birgir's sacrifice (big guy with big sword) is exactly as you said : you don't know who he is. If you don't take a LONG time going around in their camp, talking to them, you don't even hear his voice or learn his name before that sequence. And even if you go to him, he doesn't say much. Turns out he didn't die there, and there is a whole area of the map to explore and rescue him, learning a lot more about who he is. I don't know why they did the opposite of what they should have done to make us feel worried about him dying. Such a shame.
Faye’s quote on “to grieve is to have loved fully” is one of my favorite quotes of all time
Ever notice Tyr’s tone when he says “THEY stole Draupnir?“ Odin is finding out that the dwarves took one of his treasures and his tone matches that. Sneaky bastards on both sides of the conflict😂
Love the vids by the by! As an aspiring filmaker and avid video game player, I’m very pleased to learn your insights on the story and cinematography whilst seeing your reaction to one of my favorite games ever. Keep doing what you do man!👍
Thank you for reacting to this series. It was quite insightful on which techniques were used to give these god of war games such a cinematic feel.
Sindri's character arc and scenes. Wow! This was incredible :o
Just seen my YT year recap. I'm in your top 0.6% viewers 😊
Keep up the great work
Great video! Watching through to the end, your comment about what a cinematic game could be with cuts, I immediately thought of Red Dead Redemption 2. Might be worth a look if you are looking for another powerful story driven game to check out.
Just like the 2018 God of War videos, this was just special. It's never tiring. Edutainment at it's finest in my opinion. I highly recommend taking a look at FatBrett's videos on the characters of this game. Especially the Odin and Tyr one. There's sooo much to Odin's manipulations that gets hidden in scenes and whatnot. Can't recommend enough. Valhalla is a perfect ending to Kratos' story, but it's not too cinematic.
Your videos never cease to entertain. And hey... I mean... Last of Us would be one hell of a next step in the future lol.
Currently winning the poll on the Patreon so you might have your wish. Thank you for watching again fella!
also fun fact they hint that Mimir is from the celtic lands as kelpies are from celtic myth plus he's got that scottish accent
He also said he travelled north from his lands. His stories also featured thanes and lairds
57:08 I really liked how they pulled off Kratos saying all that analogy with animal being wounded and needing to stop the bleeding, that everything else is only a distraction from your processing what has just happened. The old ways of processing traumas is thinking and going through them. I related. Insane idea of dialogue. Very mature topic and relatable to our era when we are so easily distracted with media, game and music being constantly around us. We almost don't have actual time to process and heal and they reminded us of that.
In the words of Count Dooku, “I’ve been looking forward to this”
Great vid, you rock!
I highly recommend watching the original trilogy before the Valhalla DLC as it brings up a ton of Kratos' Greek past from those games.
Loved watching your reactions to such a beloved game! I got to experience it again! And I appreciate it so much more because of all your notes on the cinematography and score! Thank you!!!
The DLC is about his past as a Spartan. You would like it and learn things about his past an his inner Conflicts.
What I find really nice is when Kratos rises from his last dream, he rises very slowly and peacefully. It's in direct comparison to all of his other moments of waking up, where it was in panic or rage.
The thing at the end about "A hole" that mimir says :
Earlier when getting the spear for Kratos, Brok tries to come up with a riddle to stump mimir. "What gets bigger the more you take away?"
After seeing what a hole brok's death caused to sindri's life, He realizes the answer.
It's also implied that Sindri is so germophobic because he went to the underworld to get Brok's soul back and he "could feel their cold dead hands all over him"
Absolutely loved this series! God of War 2018 and Ragnarok are both in my top 4 games of all-time, with The Last of Us Part 1 and 2 being the others to round out that top 4. Really hoping you eventually cover those! Just joined the Patreon to help decide that for a future series! Anyway, back to God of War stuff.
For one of your questions regarding the power levels of Odin/Zeus and Kratos needing Atreus and Freya to help him defeat Odin, I think it's moreso just for the narrative payoff of having the three of them working together in the end. Yes, Kratos did defeat Zeus on his own, but I think he probably could've done the same with Odin if needed. I do agree that he definitely feels older in these games, but I don't necessarily think that equates to him being weaker. I think it's just him being more measured and in control of himself than the pure rage he has in the original trilogy.
Also, not sure if you're into watching video essay on here, but I'd highly recommend this series ruclips.net/video/ZCvsnPFIYaQ/видео.htmlsi=wsFZ8YZwbngWnk-D, he's got a ton of videos on the different characters from these games and really gets into the narrative and thematic meat of what's going on in these. Well worth the watch.
Hope you eventually cover the original games at some point, but it might be worth it to wait a little bit because rumor has it a remaster of them should be announced pretty soon! Anyway, fantastic series and hope you have a great one!
Skipbladnir - Freyr's flying boat which folds up to the size of a handkerchief. I wasn't surprised when the boat went past the waterfall since I knew the myth
Thor is noted in the myths for having a prodigious appetite and at one point he drank an alarmingly large portion of the ocean.
The great battles of Ragnarok - Thor vs the Midgard Serpent, Odin vs Fenrir, Freyr vs Surtur and Heimdall vs Loki - all perish. Who survives? Oddly enough two of the survivors are Magni and Modi.
The other thing they've chosen to leave out - in order to chain Fenrir (the way the story has been told here it would probably have been Garm). Fenrir boasted that no chain could hold him. The first chain the Dwarves made didn't hold him, so they made a bigger, thicker chain that also didn't hold him and them they came with a slender string (made from rare items - women's beards, bird spit...) which after the other two attempts made Fenrir suspicious. He wanted a guarantee so Tyr put his right hand in Fenrir's mouth and when Fenrir couldn't break the string he bit Tyr's hand off.
So they've obviously gone off script
The musician playing the instrumental is Reab. Which is the composer's name, Bear, spelled backwards. Bear voices the musician as well.
The way you passionately talk about film making makes me want to get into it, it is so awesome!
It wasn't included since it wasn't a cutscene, but during the travel to the point of forging of the Draupnir spear, Mimir and Brok were playing riddles, and Brok stumped Mimir with the riddle "What gets bigger the more you take away?" So when Sindri traveled away after Brok's funeral, Mimir finally realized the answer to the riddle, based on Sindri's grief. "A hole. Gets bigger the more you take away."
I never get tired of this game. The story is so beautiful but also the music is amazing. I wish i could experience it for the first time again
I really enjoyed watching this series with you, thank you for your hard work. 🏅
the story he told atreus before the war in the tent was about himself. the story is a reflection of Kratos's own journey. Kratos's evolution from a vengeful Spartan warrior and the Ghost of Sparta in the original GOW games to the more introspective and restrained father figure we see here. it's a moment of vulnerability and connection, showing how Kratos tries to guide Atreus in ways that protect him while still passing on valuable life lessons.
I remember hearing that the game director of the first game was not going to be doing the sequel and I was very nervous but man they delivered. They improved on the game in every aspect while also continuing and ending the story in the most satisfying way possible. Seeing the journey of Kratos and Atreus develop and move to it’s ending left me speechless. The thing I love about these videos is the extra context you provide I never even thought about when Kratos is closing the panel it’s him closing out this chapter and it is like a good book. Then the reveal that he saw his and Atreus story but on the back his wife in the yellow paint left his story and as a player of all the games before this myself and Kratos never even conceived that he would one day be worshipped as a true god and protector of his people. Just absolutely incredible.
Alternate title: MIMIR reacts to GOW ragnarok
31:45 when that tree lands and then Fenrir appears it is like playing when you throw a stick and your dog gets it back, nice little detail
what i feel like is Sindri is going to
be the new VILLIAN of GOW series!
Love the vids, especially watching you react to god of war! keep up the awesome vids! :)
Thank you so much for watching!
My favorite detail after Brok's passing is that Sindri no longer has his gloves on when he's forging that dagger. He no longer cares if things are dirty, if he gets gore on him, if he has to get messy. If he has to kill people.
The most important thing I feel this cut left out was Kratos and Freya's discussion before fighting Nidhogg. In this cut Freya goes from openly hostile but begrudgingly working with Kratos to suddenly breaking the knot and, while still wishing to kill Kratos, decides everything is fine enough to move on and continue working with Kratos.
What actually happens between those two points is an hour or two of Kratos sympathizing with Freya, talking about how he understands her feelings because he had a daughter that he killed and how his brother died. Kratos makes a connection with Freya during this time which really helps solidify Freya's decision after breaking the knot.
The instrument the dwaarf is playing during brok's funeral is called a Hurdy Gurdy, it's a string instument that gives of a sound pretty similar to bagpipes
Something that I noticed is that Kratos decides what they do based on how Atreus is feeling. That “We are done.” Was because he could see how Atreus was falling apart knowing he was the one who searched for Týr. He decided that what Atreus needed was a break and so that’s what he chose for them to do.
This was a great series of videos. I adored this game so much, and I loved watching your reactions and analysis of it. You’re quite insightful, well done man!
Thank you so much for watching and hanging out with me. Where should we go next please?
@@kaizammitdefinitely The Last of Us. There are few games that rival the powerful, cinematic storytelling in God of War, but The Last of Us is one of them. If you watch it, be sure to go with the version called “The Last of Us Part 1,” because that is the most recent remaster and will have the best lighting effects and character animations.
Birgirs sacrifice scene hits me hard each time. Barely know him, know he survives, yet it still hits. Just a real good scene.
I remember your last video you had talked about different lighting to show moods. As I'm watching this, I don't recall ever seeing a bright "hopeful" light on "Tyr" it was always dark and grim as a hidden foreshadow.
Very much could have been!
Im loving this God of War reaction series, please do a quickie for all the earlier games aswell to get Kratos's Story!