Topic: God of War OT

I finished the main story on Saturday and honestly really really enjoyed it. The characters, interactions, and the environments all of them amazingly well realised and an ending that felt epic in scale. I enjoyed GoW 2018 so much that they could easily have given me the same again just with a different story and I still would have loved it. Instead they've packed a ton more stuff in here that's made it feel like an even bigger experience without taking away that great wide-linear structure that they developed.

@MightyDemon82 Congrats on earning the platinum. I'm heading that way myself but I've plenty to do before then and I'm not disappointed by that.

@render Thanks, I certainly enjoyed everything the game had to offer. the side content is excellent so I hope you have a great time going through it all. back to continuing Tales of Arise for me which I was enjoying but Ragnarok couldn't wait.

Obviously I don't want to be spoiled, but the payoff better be worth it as I hit the point Atreus goes all "entitled brat" like what really bothered me in the first game. This is the first time in the game he actually bothered me, as up until that point he was a lot better by a wide margin. Him flipping out and going to Asgard was absolutely ridiculous. I'm sorry, but maybe people would trust you if you weren't constantly lying and hiding things. Maybe actually speak the truth for once and stop literally acting like an entitled brat whenever things don't go your way.

I finally finished Ragnarök (main story-wise) yesterday and I absolutely adored the game. I thought the previous one was great but this improves on that in pretty much every conceivable way. I feel it impressively utilizes the seamless one shot camera, especially when 'switching perspectives'.
The best game I've played probably since RDR 2 and now amongst my all time favourites.

I hadn't left too much to do post story but really liked how they handled that also. Not ashamed to say I knocked down the difficulty to do all the 12 'gravestones' (I attempted 2 during the story but got nowhere) and the 2 final big ones after that. I was quite chuffed I only had to look up 3 ravens and one hilt (which was very near a chest I opened so don't know how I missed it).

I'm doing the crater, and this is something else. I feel like it is all side stuff, but it's so much. I don't think I'll ever be done here, or find my way around this place.

@xeofate you don´t have a cloud save?

Completed it last Friday, absolutely gorgeous story telling and character development.
Took my time about 40 hours , will platinum if can though. Not sure about a sequel with just autreus though.

Spoiler alert. I finished the main story (stopped right after the credits).

As for what's next. I think Atreus' adventure may even hint at some kind of DLC, as I expect they will move to Egyptian mythology with the next proper game. At one point I was thinking that Kratos traveling to Egypt may have been a way trying to retrieve Brok's soul(s). With death being a central theme in Egyptian mythos, I could see them tracking down Osiris to get Brok back or something. Could be a reason to set the new saga into motion. But I haven't been to Brok's funeral, so I don't know how conclusive the game will be with that story arc.

Also, who blew the horn?

@Jswift56 I know you could say it's my own fault for coming in here when I wasn't finished yet, but you'd also expect somebody to spoiler tag something like that. Damn, thanks btw for being so lazy....

So I played GoW 2018 just in time for Ragnarok's launch (just a bit late to the party, I know lol) and also recently finished Ragnarok too.

Gotta say, these two games are up there in my favourites of all time. Everything from the story, characters, gameplay & music just blew me away. 10/10 from me!

@KilloWertz sorry thought it wasn't specific or detailed. It sounds more final in what i said than the real ending but sorry should of put a spoiler alert on.

@Jswift56 No, it wasn't detailed, but a spoiler is still a spoiler even if it's just a few words. Talking about the next game obviously could give away what happens.

Knowing that it doesn't necessarily mean what I thought it meant is a potential relief, but I'm sure it's understandable why I was angry to see that at the time since I haven't finished the game yet. Regardless, I've learned my lesson and won't be coming back in here until I'm done other than to read your reply if there is one.

Had a fun experience last night… .
Went to see my cousin last night for Xmas. He’s much more a casual gamer. Just plays the annual sports games (FIFA, NBA…), final fantasy & Kingdom Hearts. Over dinner I was shocked to find out that he had actually beat GOW (2018), loved it so much that he had bought Ragnarok a couple of days ago.
He loved 2018 but felt that the ending was anticlimactic. He expected another boss fight.
After a bit of probing I found out that he never went ‘home’ (he hates spoilers). So as soon as we got back I got him to do that & then watched him play Ragnarok all the way to the real first boss fight.
I was just entertained by watching someone play this game for the first time, who has had nothing spoiled to him whatsoever.
It was also hilarious as he did not not know that ‘locking on’ was possible (yet beat 2018) & got frustrated that there was no compass (I ensured him that he’d get it after a few hours).
Felt very wholesome & very Christmasy 🍻

Got the Platinum. After about 30 attempts to beat King Hrolf, I changed my armour and bam, did him first go. Then all I had was Gna and remembering the last game, I knew I would want to smash my controller. But no, kicked the crap out of her with half my energy still there. Phew. Haha.

Absolutely amazing game. Gutted it’s all over.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika It's amazing that they still haven't fixed this after over a month. Luckily for me it didn't keep me from finishing the story, but I wonder if I would have had it happen to me at some point if I did more of the side quests. I couldn't bring myself to do more as I thought some of them were the weakest part of the game.

Given how often the game autosaves, I'm surprised reloading one of them doesn't fix the problem, but I guess not given that people are still having issues with it.

Started Ragnarok last night, 2 hours in, so far a pretty epic opening!! Here we goooo!!

Greatness recognises greatness. As one of the handful of people on this earth who sincerely loved The Order 1886 (I play it to completion once a year as is now tradition) it made this aging bitter heart feel a smidgen of joy seeing this reference.

Dear lord, the optional area in Vanaheim is absolutely massive! You could easily spend 5+ hours here. Granted, it's probably there to help people grind before the final fight(s) since you get so much good loot that'll help you level up very fast. But it's still crazy that there's this much optional content since it's actually very good.

8 hours in now and this game just keeps getting better, I just constantly want to keep seeing what's next and then what's next! It's been worth the wait!