I beat just about everything including all the side missions except the ravens and the two post game bosses which I just couldn't overcome my skill issues for. Overall ,very great game and they mostly did a great job expanding the scope of the story from GoW 2018 (glad the whole game wasn't just reluctantly beefing with Freya). Loved the level designs and visuals and a lot of the side missions were great - the whale thing might have been my favourite part of the whole game. Legit great voice acting and I'm happy you had a lot of dialogue in stretches with no enemies.
That said, there are a few things that take it out of contention from being the best game I've played:
-Playing as Atreus kind of sucks and he's a little bitch. Cool companion characters tho. I will absolutely defend the Ironwood section, which a lot of people seemed to hate, imo the most worthwhile Atreus part.
- A bit overkill on the main missions having to complete so many puzzles to continue through the level. Hated how they gave you obvious hints for the easy stuff but not the hard stuff.
-The walking mode glitch in Svartalfheim gave me a stroke.
- Some of the side character's dialogue felt a bit MCUish/overly modern at times.
- Some of the side quests took too long. The flower collecting one and galaxy brain second crucible thing where you have to redo a bunch of them took more time than they were worth. My fault I guess for being a completionist and doing side missions that I knew didn't appeal to me.
- My biggest problem was the actual Ragnarok section. It felt very rushed. A lot of it is just rushing through mobs and I really would have liked to see more of the armies of the realms that were assembled. The final two boss fights were cool but I wish they did something more with the environment. Make it moving or something like the old games. Maybe fight on the back of the giant serpent or smth
Overall sick fucken game, I was just being critical because it could have been maybe my favourite ever with some tweaks. I loved what they did with Kratos' arc and the levels were cool and varied. Amazing visuals. Maybe should have been a trilogy but I get why they didn't want to draw out the Norse saga for over a decade. Would be super hyped for the Egyptian game ppl are speculating they'll do next
That said, there are a few things that take it out of contention from being the best game I've played:
-Playing as Atreus kind of sucks and he's a little bitch. Cool companion characters tho. I will absolutely defend the Ironwood section, which a lot of people seemed to hate, imo the most worthwhile Atreus part.
- A bit overkill on the main missions having to complete so many puzzles to continue through the level. Hated how they gave you obvious hints for the easy stuff but not the hard stuff.
-The walking mode glitch in Svartalfheim gave me a stroke.
- Some of the side character's dialogue felt a bit MCUish/overly modern at times.
- Some of the side quests took too long. The flower collecting one and galaxy brain second crucible thing where you have to redo a bunch of them took more time than they were worth. My fault I guess for being a completionist and doing side missions that I knew didn't appeal to me.
- My biggest problem was the actual Ragnarok section. It felt very rushed. A lot of it is just rushing through mobs and I really would have liked to see more of the armies of the realms that were assembled. The final two boss fights were cool but I wish they did something more with the environment. Make it moving or something like the old games. Maybe fight on the back of the giant serpent or smth
Overall sick fucken game, I was just being critical because it could have been maybe my favourite ever with some tweaks. I loved what they did with Kratos' arc and the levels were cool and varied. Amazing visuals. Maybe should have been a trilogy but I get why they didn't want to draw out the Norse saga for over a decade. Would be super hyped for the Egyptian game ppl are speculating they'll do next
Essa foi a sequencia que eu mais aguardo ansiosamente desde Last of Us parte 02. Tenho muito carinho pela série clássica e acho louvável a re-imaginação do jogo de 2018, mas infelizmente minhas expectativas não foram 100% atendidas.
Ragnaroki de forma alguma é um jogo ruim. Gosto muito do desfecho de todos os personagens principalmente da redenção de Kratos, além da jogabilidade que continua impecável, porem acredito que esse GOW tem um problema sério no ritmo da aventura. O começo da jornada é bem divertida e intrigante mas a partir da metade do jogo sinto que o mesmo se torna extremamente maçante e com plots mau amarrados.
O terço final do game também me causa estranheza, o mesmo não me parecia ser o grande epílogo da saga, pelo contrário, por boa parte do tempo sentia que provavelmente teríamos um terceiro jogo para concluir a história. O game de 2018 já apresentava problemas no ritmo, porem naquela época não me incomodou tanto.
Por fim concluo dizendo que no geral tive uma experiência positiva. O final de Kratos foi extremamente digno e estou ansioso para uma nova jornada em outro universo, de preferencia com outros personagem.
Ragnaroki de forma alguma é um jogo ruim. Gosto muito do desfecho de todos os personagens principalmente da redenção de Kratos, além da jogabilidade que continua impecável, porem acredito que esse GOW tem um problema sério no ritmo da aventura. O começo da jornada é bem divertida e intrigante mas a partir da metade do jogo sinto que o mesmo se torna extremamente maçante e com plots mau amarrados.
O terço final do game também me causa estranheza, o mesmo não me parecia ser o grande epílogo da saga, pelo contrário, por boa parte do tempo sentia que provavelmente teríamos um terceiro jogo para concluir a história. O game de 2018 já apresentava problemas no ritmo, porem naquela época não me incomodou tanto.
Por fim concluo dizendo que no geral tive uma experiência positiva. O final de Kratos foi extremamente digno e estou ansioso para uma nova jornada em outro universo, de preferencia com outros personagem.