I have been playing the new God Of War game nonstop and I have been enjoying every single second of it. Kratos is back, but he's not the Kratos many of us remember. He's older now with a lot less of the rage from previous games. Now Kratos is in a new world with Norse gods and he has a son named Atreus and a wife who has recently died. This is where God Of War begins its story with a bit of sadness and then a powerful bang.
This also introduces you to a new weapon that Kratos uses, the Leviathan axe and the combat system tutorial. This gives you a tutorial on how to direct Atreus to use his fighting skills as well. It is well done and battles are fun. Atreus is not just a weak sidekick, he has useful skills that complement Kratos' fighting style. In the user menu, you can level up skills for both Kratos and Atreus on their weapons. It is easy to navigate and straightforward in telling you what each skill does.
The combat is excellent and while the world isn't completely open due to some areas being locked until later on in the story, it is quite vast and there are a lot of areas to explore. Besides the main story you can do a lot of side quests that offer rare items such as runic enchantments that enhance your weapons and armor.
In order to extend Kratos' health bar and rage bar you need to find Nornir chests. These are locked puzzle chests with a set of three runes on them. To unlock them, you need to break three pots or ring three bells with the matching runes on them. Some are easier than others, but when you unlock a Nornir chest you find either an Idunn apple (health meter) or a Horn of Blood Mead (rage meter) and you need three of each to increase the meters.
There is so much to see and do in God Of War. There are Norse gods naturally and a variety of mythical creatures. There are also incredible landscapes and views throughout the game. I would often just stop and look around at everything because it was absolutely stunning. The music for the game is fantastic and fits the tone of each moment. While I was disappointed that T.C. Carson was no longer voicing Kratos, I have to say Christopher Judge did an excellent job as the new voice of Kratos. The entire voice acting cast is great and they really brought the story to life.
The best thing hands down for me about the new God Of War is the story itself. This isn't just a story about Kratos. This is also a story about Kratos and his son. This gives such a strong in depth look at how Kratos is slowly finding his humanity again because of Atreus and Atreus is learning how to become a man and trying to understand who his father really is and what it means to him when his father tells him to be better than him.
*God Of War is available to play on the following platforms: Playstation 4
This also introduces you to a new weapon that Kratos uses, the Leviathan axe and the combat system tutorial. This gives you a tutorial on how to direct Atreus to use his fighting skills as well. It is well done and battles are fun. Atreus is not just a weak sidekick, he has useful skills that complement Kratos' fighting style. In the user menu, you can level up skills for both Kratos and Atreus on their weapons. It is easy to navigate and straightforward in telling you what each skill does.
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| Level up skills in the user menu. |
The combat is excellent and while the world isn't completely open due to some areas being locked until later on in the story, it is quite vast and there are a lot of areas to explore. Besides the main story you can do a lot of side quests that offer rare items such as runic enchantments that enhance your weapons and armor.
There are all kinds of enemies to fight in the game and there is a lot of freedom to figure out tactics and strategy for working with Atreus to take them down. There are even a few battles where you can use the terrain or items in the area to fight. It makes things pretty exciting and when you are successful in defeating an enemy like an ice troll, it's quite a rush.
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| Fighting an ice troll is intense. |
In order to extend Kratos' health bar and rage bar you need to find Nornir chests. These are locked puzzle chests with a set of three runes on them. To unlock them, you need to break three pots or ring three bells with the matching runes on them. Some are easier than others, but when you unlock a Nornir chest you find either an Idunn apple (health meter) or a Horn of Blood Mead (rage meter) and you need three of each to increase the meters.
Of course all that health and rage are no good to you without properly upgraded armor. This is where the two Dwarven smiths Brok and Sindri come in. Not only can they craft armor for Kratos and Atreus, they can upgrade the armor too. The better the armor, the stronger Kratos' and Atreus' vitality are. You can also add runic enchantments to weapons and armor that enhance things such as defense and evasion.
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| Find Idunn apples to increase the health meter. |
There is so much to see and do in God Of War. There are Norse gods naturally and a variety of mythical creatures. There are also incredible landscapes and views throughout the game. I would often just stop and look around at everything because it was absolutely stunning. The music for the game is fantastic and fits the tone of each moment. While I was disappointed that T.C. Carson was no longer voicing Kratos, I have to say Christopher Judge did an excellent job as the new voice of Kratos. The entire voice acting cast is great and they really brought the story to life.
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| Discovering amazing areas like this is one of the best things in the game. |
The best thing hands down for me about the new God Of War is the story itself. This isn't just a story about Kratos. This is also a story about Kratos and his son. This gives such a strong in depth look at how Kratos is slowly finding his humanity again because of Atreus and Atreus is learning how to become a man and trying to understand who his father really is and what it means to him when his father tells him to be better than him.
Some of my favorite moments in the game were of Kratos and Atreus in a boat on the Lake of Nine just having conversations here and there about Atreus' mother, about what it means to be a man, and sometimes bits of humor when Atreus tells his father he's not very good at telling stories. It was excellent storytelling and it made both characters seem more real.
The entire story is amazing because it does not hide the fact that Kratos never really was a good person and shows that he is facing that and acknowledging it. It shows his struggle with that on top of struggling to try to figure out how to connect with his son and how to teach him to be better and do better. There are a lot of great complex layers in their story and it made an incredible game. Even after the main story of the game is completed, there are still things I have missed side quest wise and I'm having fun finding all those things. God Of War is a masterpiece adventure with great gameplay and truly excellent storytelling.
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| Kratos and Atreus admiring the view. |
*God Of War is available to play on the following platforms: Playstation 4
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