I just realized I made a mistake with this video and I was wrong when referring to the “Newtons secret law of the Dick to Hand Ratio” it was a mistake it meant to read “Beef must be greater than size of hand”

God of war 2018 wasn't building up Tyr to be the Norse version of Kratos. It was building him up to be the opposite of Kratos. "You can either serve yourself or put your godhood in the service of others."

My only criticism is that the odin boss fight underwhelming because i expected a clean 1v1 between him and kratos but I have to admit for the story it makes sense that it was a 4v1

The Gowr team knew damn well what they were doing when they designing Sif. They're definitely gonna be some spicy images of her floating around on the internet.

so why would people think Tyr was the norse equivalent to Kratos in the first place? he was always depicted as the opposite being a proponent of a peace and love rather than war and vengeance.

Most criticisms I've heard are addressed in the actual game, which tells me people didn't pay attention for whatever reason "Why can't fenrir just make a tear to Asgard?" 'were safe here, in Asgard, but everywhere else...' "Why did sif go from hating Loki to defending Loki immediately?" *Cut to sif clearly trying to convince thor to kill Odin but he took it to mean kill Loki since his head is foggy understandably

This game is god tier just because we get to hear kratos say woo

"So many characters that arent fleshed out" Kratos finally regain his humanity back and learn how to be more open and merciful towards his enemies, Freya from being a vengeful mother chasing Kratos finally realized there's nothing to gain from revenge but more to gain from forgiveness like FINALLY BECOMING FREE FROM ODIN'S IMPRISONMENT AND REGAINING HER WINGS BACK AS A QUEEN OF VALKERIE. Brok becoming an actual friend to Kratos next to Mimir and dying after sniffing out the lie of Odin and also learns to forgive his brother for lying to him, Sindri turning from being a lovable companion to being a broken man after actually losing everything and the one to actually have a downward character arc. Thor finally standing up to his abuser/dad after sucking all the guilt he has for killing giants. Angerboda despite knowing she would be forgotten in the story still helped Atreus in his quest because she just genuinely wants to help him. Shall i continue?

Subjectively my only issue with frayrs death is that it felt like he totally had time to run out with the rest of the people and also i didnt understand what atreus's stunt was supposed to be because it didn't do anything except get him hurt (but it did feel in character for him to try to do something in that moment) That said, emotionally I would have enjoyed it more if Ingrid had sacrificed itself to save freyr. But that's just me.

Can also add more significance to not only broks death, but his funeral and sindris feelings towards. We know brok died before and didn’t have all his soul bits, so when he died, poof, that’s it. No afterlife. So the funeral given to brok was a typical Norse/Viking funeral, placed on a boat and drifted out. The boat is significant in that the Norse did this to allow “safe passage” to the afterlife. So us knowing this, means Sindri knows this. He’s giving his brother without a soul with no way to get to the afterlife a funeral that means absolutely nothing as there’s no afterlife for brok. The other dwarves may not know or understand this, but Sindri does. The funeral, in essence, was useless to sindri, provides no closure, no relief knowing his brother is safe in the afterlife, and further drives home the fact that Sindri will never again be with his brother, ever, eternally. And that part of broks finality lies squarely on himself, and he knows it. That’s why there’s no comfort in the funeral for Sindri.

The actual objective (and subjective) problems I can come up with is camera tends to screw you over in combat, NPCs give you hints almost immediately, a glitch where Atreus says the same line over and over, parts going on too long, a lot of times when the story is picking up pace it slows down for side characters depth, Sif not hating you quickly and acting like she didn’t just send Thor after Loki like a dog, and Thrud switches to your side really quickly during Ragnorok (I can see her not caring about her brothers because grandpa says and acts like they’re useless so it doesn’t matter to her and IG I can see why she doesn’t hate him from the get go) I still don’t think it completely ruins the game but def hurts or hinders it.

The new GOW games were both amazing! Reviews like those boggle my mind to no end. "Did you actually play the game? Did you watch it? Were you awake during it? Did you pay attention to anything going on?" I want to ask them these questions. "Too many characters introduced...." Oh wonderful. Thank you. Writers, please keep your stories focused on two characters at most and one plot point from now on. .>

The only unanswered question in god of war ragnarok and 2018 which hasn't been answered intentionaly is who blew the horn when atreus was sick and kratos was bringing him to freya. this has already been adressed and they said it will be revealed one day (next game)

Half of the "criticisms" of the game continues to tell me some ppl really shouldn't have opinions

My main problem with this game was the puzzles and getting confused atleast once during every mission. And the Atreus solo parts were a bit drawn out but they weren''t that bad

the game isnt perfect but its pretty damn great, the characters are great, plot twists was great, combat is a tiny bit of a downgrade in my opinion just because we lost some very satsifying moves from gow 2018, but the new shields i loved, i loved it when thor stood up to odin and all he said was "no", i like that atreus and kratos have alot more drama going on, and the twist with odin and tier was absolutly insane, overall this game is really really good, im not sure if i like this game or 2018 better, also this video was great

I love this game so much, So many moments in this game hit home for me and I couldn't help but feel emotional about it. I got confused a little bit about Lady Sif when she confronted Thor and Thrud but thankful you cleared it up for me. Thanks for covering this dude, I can't believe so many people have rediculous takes on this game

I’ll agree there is a couple unanswered questions. For example the whole thing with the god forseti. Mentioned by name multiple times when you’re in asgard but not shown once during the story, ragnarok itself, or post game. No mention whatsoever. & with the revelation of heimdall saying not every aesir is a god, forseti himself being one he should’ve been shown. Actually one of my biggest gripes with this game but its still amazing overall

Tbf 90% enjoy the game. You know the saying minority are the loudest. If they see a game doing well they will speak out etc

Calling a game ‘bad’ cause you didn’t like or understand the story pisses me off, and one of the worst ‘criticisms’ is saying “the game didn’t do much different than the last one”, like yea as if they’re going open world and adding multiplayer and fucking horses in a direct sequel of a game that’s already a masterpiece.

Your take on elden ring and those type of games just not being fun is exactly how I feel. I praise them for the game art and design, but the story doesn’t draw you in nearly as well as god of war ragnarok. For Christ sake, ragnarok made people cry! Elden ring never once got me close to that emotional state.

Synthetic Man just felt a disturbance in the force.

I liked this game. Yes its not perfect, there are things that I found a little more drawn out than they should've been, there were things I would've loved to see more of, but I think GoWR would be a worthy GOTY.

I love how people don’t think about the fact tht the prophecy wasn’t even wrong. The prophecy said showed tht the God of War would lead the charge against Odin. Tht didn’t mean it would necessarily be Tyr, Kratos was who the prophecy was referring to

My one key gripe is that the second Thor fight was a tad bit meh, at least in comparison to the first fight which was basically perfection. I woulda liked a situation where Thor smacks you around so much that you fight him literally across many realms. But instead we just fight him in front of the Lodge and that was it.

imo the only thing you can really criticize the game for as an objective flaw is the game constantly giving you the answers to puzzles.

Bro that joke about Thor and his wife that you did just for that, I literally have to subscribe I thought I was going to choke on my sweet tea.🤣

I love the game but there are some unanswered questions or ones that are either not meant to be asked/implied to be answered but not concretely stated. I like subtext but sometimes it can feel a bit like the story is in limbo. The other realm/mask wasn't explored enough if you ask me. The game sorta implies it's an afterlife but if a character directly calls attention to something like "why did Magni not turn when he died" I was hoping for a direct answer from Ragnarok. Yeah, maybe there is an afterlife for Aesir, but in this case I want definitive confirmation. Same with who summoned the world serpent in 2018. Was is Baldur? Odin? Modi? Was it Gjallahorn from Ragnarok reverberating throughout time? Again, this is directly acknowledged but never directly answered. What was Loki's connection to the mask? This one is not as bad since it's more a story device plot point, but still. I'd also have loved to have seen the mural explored further, especially in the game. That creepy smoke coming out of Kratos and seemingly feeding on Atreus, was that Kratos' soul? Some demonic entity? I don't know. Again, probably implied to he Kratos' soul but still. I understand the desire to not repeat GOW II but I honestly was hoping for a scene involving time travel. Atreus being transported into the rift and seeing every possible timeline. Seeing how the prophecy would play out on screen. Again, that's more subjective but I felt a bit blueballed (I know that's the point). Ragnarok as the event played out felt a bit anticlimactic, and rushed. I also found at that point I got a bit lost in the sauce and the battle happened because it's the climax, I didn't feel the urgency of Odin waging war. Again, loved the game, but I do think there are flaws whether it be subjective or how everything comes out in the wash as far as set ups and payoffs. I really love Heroes season 1 and the finale isn't the greatest, but it doesn't tarnish the journey. It's not as bad as Mass Effect 3. It just went from a near masterpiece for the first 80% to a damn good/near excellent game for the last 20%.

This game is a 7/10 at most. The last 3rd of the game went straight downhill.

There's tons of things wrong with this game and the main problem I have with the two newest Gow games is that they're more like movies than games, you hardly even get to play the game which makes it incredibly boring

I loved this game, but i did feel that regarding the thrud moment as well as kratos' turning moment in the final battle were somewhat rushed and could have been given more time

The pacing feeling weird is entirely a personal thing in my opinion and I feel like the pacing could be just a tiny bit better, but that’s literally my only criticism of the game. It’s mostly the Angrboda section, like you said. However, also like you said, the boss fight was cool, and it was necessary for Loki’s character development. Fantastic game. No scale can measure the quality of the game.

5:52 I like that even though Sindri is furious with Atreus, he still goes to save him without a second thought.

Everyone is entitled to have their opinion. But some of the justifications behind these negative opinions make zero sense. It's like they lack critical thinking skills or just flat out ignore the things that put holes in their justifications. I personally enjoyed the game. It's not perfect but I think it has a good story, it's fun, and it's challenging. There are a few things I wish they would have done in the story. Like explain who and why the horn was blown in the 2018 game. But I suspect that will get addressed in the next game.

The later half of this video reminds me of my experience in Grad School. I am working on getting a Masters in English with a focus on creative writing and there was a point where I felt discouraged because my classmates and instructors had issues understanding what I was trying to say even if my family and close friends thought it was obvious. I literally felt like I had to spell it out as if I was presenting my work to kindergartners it was very discouraging and it made me feel that my work was inadequate. No one in my class thought what I was writing was bad, in fact they wanted to know more, its just they had issues grasping certain concepts relating to the story or the characters that I feel was obvious. Point being there are some people out there where things like plotlines, character arcs, hidden concepts that work to make the characters, story, or environment more complex, just flies over their head. This is something that I feel applies to all forms of fiction, be it literature, video games, comics/manga, movies/tv. Some people can be oblivious to things presented within a given medium, and that is where videos like this is important for shedding light on something that maybe misunderstood among the consumer. Edit: I have no idea why i put Episode instead of video initially. Must have been my brain going on Auto Pilot.

The pacing of the game is just incredibly poor in both gameplay and story. Ragnarok has little to no replay value for me, which in my books means it is not a masterpiece of a game like many say.

its less of a game and more of an interactive story. which is a great idea but difficult to pull off. its like a cool movie that I want to watch... once.

From the 2018 GOW I have to say when we start building up to the endgame it suddenly feels like it all happens in a blink, like I honestly didn’t like that after Thor we went directly to Odin it was really sudden and it’s just right to the final boss, it feels really fast and I would’ve liked to get the chance to have thors death sink in

the fact that i never saw the first game and could pick up and understand everything that was happening in the 2nd shows how good the storytelling is. these guys are ridiculous with their takes

the only part i hate is the Ironwood part. I kinda dont wanna do that part again on my NG+ run..

I will say I agree with the second thor fight but not because of emotion, weight, mechanics, i think it mainly stems from arena switching and scale of the fight, like imagine thor hits you so hard you both land on top the the wall or on top of surtr and fight there or idk just something to switch the background not to a foggy lodge I realize how simplistic and dumb that sounds but something similar to the first games baldur fight where you are constantly moving around the area in creative ways would’ve been more climatic

I loved the game. Nevertheless I will always enjoy playing as a literal God of War. As a fanatic of fantasy games, Kratos has always had a special place in my heart. From his betrayal, to growing into a admired man. I'll never forget the glory of smashing aphordite, oh the blessings I received at 11 years old.

Both games are heavy hitters and I totally get why elden ring isn’t for you. Its always going to be like that, it honestly sucks that we’ve gotten to a point in gaming we’re everyone is constantly trying to push opinion on why you should like this or hate that. It takes away the fundamental which is having fun. But that being said good job on the video and totally agree GOW definitely should be game of the year 👑

i feel most issues people have with the game are those set due to going in with the sole intention of hating the game, some issues do hold merit but some are just far fetched, now i havent played the game yet (waitnig for the PC port) but from what i see and what i hear from players it seems like ill enjoy it greatly for the combat, the one thing i think GoW4 kinda fumbled a bit

0:17 THIS! THANK YOU! I absolutely hate it when people do this, sold me in the first 20 seconds xD. Off the top of my head I think the only real issue I had with the game is how long and drawn the Angroboda section was. Here's the beauty of objectivity and subjectivity: It is a FACT that that section is long and drawn out, however although I SUBJECTIVELY didn't like it, there will be other people that did enjoy it despite, or even in spite of its length. I think you really hit the nail on the head with this and it's a really common issue with reviewers that don't get this distinction

I enjoyed the game it wasn't perfect but I am not disappointed in pre-ordering it also I can't wait to see what they can do next with Kratos and Atreus now that Ragnarok is done

I hate how this game is so amazing and yet it gets hate for the dumbest reason that has been proven wrong so easily

People seem to forget that this game is based on Norse myth, Thor is supposed to die in ragnarok, freyr is supposed to die in ragnarok, there are some characters that defy fate, loki isn't killed for example (he is also supposed to die in ragnarok), kratos doesn't die as the whole plot of the game circles around his possible death, but most of the deaths are not because the writers decided that that character needed to die, it's because it was written like that God of war ragnarok takes a lot of creative liberty to create its own interpretation of Norse myth, but at its core its still Norse myth, we knew how this would end since it began

The only things I wish were done differently are that some cutscenes are really long(like 2 or 3) and I wish there had been more actual mythological figures, Njord, Aegir, Skadi, Idunn, Bragi, etc.

I appreciate your point at the beginning of the video where you don’t shit on people for liking a game, a certain reviewer I saw was calling anyone who liked gow ragnarok woke or stupid, or they only liked mediocre stuff.

God of War was destroyed with 2018 1-3 was three of the best games ever.

Thanks for being crystal clear, it's much needed in our society.

While i love FromSoft games, i absolutely hate their fanbase. The souls fanboys pretty much think every game needs to be like a FromSoft game and while i will once again repeat that i do love those games, i would absolutely not want to live in a world where every game is like a FromSoft game.

"Tyr is the norse version of Kratos" That guy payed no attention to anything, if something isn't exploding every five seconds with Subway Surfer playing on the background, he can't focus! ADHD is not an excuse

Great video. Unfortunately there’s a severe lack of basic media literacy among gamers.

For the genre of game it's amazing. The story, voice acting, graphics are its strongest points. Gameplay is very good but not as strong. Some feel too much emphasis on the former. I'll always take gameplay over story. In general I'll watch a cut scene once and then skip in future play throughs. I prefer storytelling in other types of media.

Oh thank God I'm not the only one who questioned how Lady Sif was able to take Thor's...hammer, despite being a 3rd his size.

Pinecone overall great points and I also hate that some people just try to say their opinion as fact like “the boss fight was underwhelming” what did you want to happen?

Love how real fans love it then there’s others hate the game they used to praise for

I'm gonna settle this. Game is 8/10. Good not great. Didn't live up to the hype it set up. Didn't even feel like end of the world. Playing as atreus was atrocious and easily the worst part of the game when it comes to gameplay. 2 many characters I couldn't give a crap about. The worst part of the game comes down to the ending feeling rushed and underwhelming. Trust me when I say replaying this game will suck more than the 2018 version regardless of having possibly better combat from the last entry. Game should have been called Loki and friends.

Pinecone. That guys review of God of War: Ragnarok is honestly braindead

The only bad thing I can say about this game is that on God Me God Of War Difficulty, this game is hard. The only part of the game I dislike is the angyrboda (don't know how to spell her name) part because it's very slow and I kept dying cuz of the enemies on Give Me God Of War which made it even longer. I stopped playing on that difficulty when Gorm was freed and I finished it with my cousin when he caught up. The game is an easy 9/10, it's better then 2018 God Of War easily. I just don't believe that there's a perfect game but if there is, this is the closest thing to me. The story was definitely a 10/10 tho

12:07 the 2018 game actually made a point that Tyr WASNT like Kratos because Tyr believed more in peace than he did war. Kratos was never one for peace until he came to Midgard. Wtf is that dude talking about? Did he even play the 2018 game?

This game is soo good I’m having to fully complete it a second time, so the amount of hate this game is getting is just unneeded I think it needs to be respected more and just stop getting hate mostly from the Elden ring nob gobblers bc when u take a deep look at this game it actually teaches u a lot bout life and makes u smile and cry sometimes bc the writing hits.

if you can enjoy your 2nd playthrough of this game and not notice how poor the pacing is, how utterly brutal all the excess meaningless walking and climbing is, how the characters are all whiny and spineless and how tedious the combat is you are a better man than me. However, if you are happy playing a $70 game once, basing your opinions on that and never touching it again, more power to you.

I use to think there were reasons for people easily hating things these days. After playing a masterpiece and then seeing the comments afterwards, I guess people are just desperate.

10:00 I had that question, but it’s on how Rhea was able to have kids with Cronos in the game 😂😂😂

Wait... YOU CAN USE MIMIR FOR AN ATTACK???

I try to watch some of these videos because I love hearing other opinions about things I like/dislike etc. however, 98 percent of these videos saying “iTs GArBAgE” have absolutely zero redeeming qualities or have no idea what they’re blabbering about. It’s all to start drama and controversy.

One unanswered quiestion was who blew the horn in 2018... and i can agree with some of the pacing complaints... atreus sections are getting more digestable i still feel like the Ragnarok portion of the game was too short and wouldve been more impactful if they wouldve at least teased kratos's death but kinda just brought it up several times without even coming close to dying.... all in all 2018 and Ragnarok are my 2 favorite games 😁

5:06 Sif doesn't want Thrud to be involved in training and violence because Odin will manipulate and control her. Sif saw it from not only for Thor, but for her sons Magni and Modi. Which led to their deaths

Now I've played ragnarok twice the second was for story, paying real close attention to detail and everything and one of the things I noticed (and this has to do with Týr) when you first meet him in his prison (had subtitles on) there was no line in the top of the Y in his name (don't know what that line's called) which me paying attention was weird then when you meet the real Týr he has it. I really like that sort of detail at first I thought it was an oversight but that may have been an indicator that the Týr at the beginning was truly fake.

The game isn’t bad, but absolutely disappointing. Newly introduced characters such as Freyr, Tyr, Thrud and even Odin are just paper thin, 1 dimensional characters, Ragnarok itself was only 30 minutes long in a 20 hour game, absolutely abysmal moments such as Iron Woods (and pretty much every other Atreus section), Freya forgiving Kratos in the first 3 hours of the game, the game being afraid of it being over the top (Kratos fought Baldur pretty much all across Midgard in their final battle with Jormungandrr and a reanimated dead Giant interfering in their battle, while Kratos fought Thor in the Pig Pin) and the absolute wasted potential of characters such as Fenrir, Angrboda and Odin

Personally i can say there are 15 hours of cutscenes witch is wild cause you spend most of the game (if you are not bullshitting around) watching instead of playing so when you come from Gow1-3 that are mostly gameplay it’s boring asf to watch instead of playing the story is fine it’s the game that’s the problem like it’s not a game for gameplay it’s a game for cutscenes it’s kh3 all over again once again the story is fine but the game is ass imo

The game’s ost goes so hard tho

You keep throwing around the words “objectively” and “subjectively,” but after watching this video, I genuinely don’t think you know what those words really mean.

Some people said the game is shit cause Kratos isnt his old self and just raging and killing every god😂. Instead of looking at the story for what its woth and how Kratos has come full circle to abandon the killing spree, they just want to play a game were the main character does the same thing kill and kill and kill for sake of hype. Edit: Pinecone

I agree with almost All points. But they are a few unanswered questions, like what exactly happened to faye and was is with Sindri?

God Of War:Ragnarok is good, but I think it's more of a good interactive story more than a game. But fuck, that story is amazing.

This is cool as fk!! Your points are spot on! And I loved this game!! Thank you!

Who's the best side character in this game

So I just have 1 question when was kratos going to die they talked about it multiple times in this game and even showed it at the end of the 2018 game but not a single time did kratos come close to death like did they just forget about it or was it replaced by broks death. That is the one thing I was confused about in this games story other than that I enjoyed the game a lot

You’re wrong on everything

Some people Just like Beeing assholes sadly, the worst part Is that for example: Dude points out random issue that has no base, same bullshit like "now it's woke" (beacause apparently akbowledging emotions Is bad now) I respond sayng that the game ha sactual issues ecc ecc I get called a fanboy cause of course

One of the most overrated games of all time. If this wasn't a first party Sony game, it would never be in the same breath as Elden Ring.

DMM privated all his videos, do you have any of his videos save up by any change?

I mean the only really unanswered question is who blew the horn in god of war 2018 when loki was sick

Oh also something to note is that a criticism being subjective doesn’t make it invalid. This is directly for your comment on Thor and Odin boss fights. And those fights would be visually impressive two generations ago. But now, compared to bosses in sekiro, Spider-Man, or elden ring, it comes up short in terms of actual gameplay

If there're some questions unanswered I'd say the death of Faye(it's never fully explained what happened to her) and the four dragons you helped back in Midgard

People who call Ragnarok a "bad game" are not to be respected or taken seriously... Having some criticisms towards the game is totally fine! By all means, express how you think it could've been improved. But calling it a "Bad Game"!?!? You need to seriously consider getting to the root of why your life is so miserable. Because no person who has his shit together would spew such nonsense. You're just looking to stir up waves with people who're having fun with the game and who're actually happy, unlike you. You just want to get into arguments online for attention. Over a video game. It's very sad... Fix yourselves please and godspeed! (pun intended)

The pacing towards the end could have been better but odins boss fight also showed who he was when he used the books and scrolls to attack you which was amazing

The only actual criticisms I’ll accept for this game is the pacing for the angraboda section, and (what felt somewhat rushed) Thor sending jourmangandr back in time.

Anyone else think the finale was just a overall mess?

I played both the original and the new god of war and loved them both but for different reasons; I loved the first god of war for the combat and story not much the exploration then again that game didn't have much exploration since they were linear, I loved the new one for the story and exploration but not much the combat as it seems slower but I know why it's slower because Kratos is calmer not as aggressive as he was in the first game but that doesn't mean he isn't the same Kratos from the first games and that's what makes me enjoy these games more. Both games aren't better than each other they just connect perfectly together despite the retcons. I love both games equally and I'll continue loving both games equally. Though I'll say this I'm ready for the story to end for Kratos I'm ready for Santa Monica to focus on a new story in the same world. I'm ready for a game with Loki as the main character, despite how annoying he is.

The game of unanswered questions…wow have they ever played a souls game

I feel like the biggest criticism is with Freya, like sure I can see how she could start to like Kratos, but he killed her son, imagine someone killing the one person you wanted to protect the most and then forgiving them, shit takes time.

I've been playing god of war games since the first game was released, gowr ragnarok was super disappointing both story and gameplay wise and i'm so glad elden ring ( a far better game ) won goty this time instead of another sony movie game

Holy shit you probably think Marvel movies are works of art and have good writing as well...

Litteraly every streamer who played this game and turned the difficulty up, COMPLAINED about how hard the game was🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good video dude, it’s nice to see someone who actually pay attention to this game.