Table of Contents
- Good old-fashioned action, with RPG aspects
- a huge new world
- The best narrative in the God of War franchise
- Welcome to Norse Mythology
- A masterpiece from Sony
One of the most anticipated games of the year has been released! God of War arrived making great noise and surprising everyone! However, will the new game from Sony Can you fulfill the responsibility? Remembering that he has the role of following with the story finished in God of War III, from 2010. Well, that's what we're going to see here.
In the new God of War, exclusive to PS4, Kratos is much older and less impulsive than we saw in the past. Without much didactics or exaggerated presentations, Sony's game introduces players to a new setting. In addition, it also has new combat systems and a much richer story!
Good old-fashioned action, with RPG aspects
God of War has always been known for fast, bloody combat. In the fights, hordes of enemies jumped from all sides and players had to use bloody combos to beat them. However, one of Sony's innovations in this new God of War was the overhaul of the combat system.
The Leviathan Ax now replaces Blades of Chaos as Kratos' primary weapon. With that, we have more control than we do in combat. In addition, the immersion of combat is much greater due to the new camera, closer to the protagonist of the game.
In addition, we now also have a whole system of levels, skills and runes in God of War. If before the points were accumulated to be able to unlock Kratos' abilities, now we have even more complexity for combats. That's because, in addition to these points, we also have runes that release optional abilities for each weapon, as well as a skill tree for Kratos' son Atreus, which is a very useful support during combat.
a huge new world
One of the brilliant new features that the new God of War has is open world mechanics that give players much more freedom. In addition, several optional missions and even optional bosses are present throughout the game's map. Along with that, we also have collectibles and secret easter eggs.
However, even though it has great optional mechanics, Sony's new game is not as open as some might think. The setting revolves around a large map all interconnected with various challenges and side missions that can be performed or not by the player.
The point is that this map is very well defined and structured, without options to walk in the direction you want, in addition to having spaces unlocked only after certain events in the game. So, even though the game provides more freedom than the previous God of War, it is difficult to call it an open world game.
The best narrative in the God of War franchise
The plot of God of War manages to unite the new chapter very well with everything that Sony has already done with the franchise. Here, years after the fall of Olympus, Kratos lives among mortals to the north. Early on we are introduced to his son, Atreus, during his mother's funeral. God of War is both a continuation and a fresh start. And that makes him something even better, as he manages to masterfully combine the two auras.
Never before has a game in the God of War series had such good character build as we see now in this PS4 reboot. Already in the first minutes of the Nordic saga of the Spartan we see a depth of the character never seen before. While the Nordic setting is beautiful in its looks and sounds, the relationship between Kratos and Atreus is immersive.
Welcome to Norse Mythology
With brilliant game mechanics, incredible immersion and immersive storytelling, God of War is easily among the best games the franchise has ever seen, as well as one of the best games of 2018 so far. However, when we talk about the construction of the antagonist of the story, the Norse god Baldur, we have a slight criticism.
The character is brilliant, but it could be even more! That's because the god's conflict and his motivations become clear at the end of the story. However, it is only at the end that we see this. During more than ten hours of gameplay, we have no idea why Baldur pursues Kratos and Atreus.
However, even if the game is a little restrained in showing Baldur, it establishes itself as the beginning of a new phase of the franchise. This new God of War is very solid and bears good fruit for the future. Explanations during the game give the proper introduction to characters that we will probably see in a God of War 2. Some of them, already known in pop culture, such as Thor, Odin and Loki. Others, a little less mainstream, like Ymir and Tyr.
A masterpiece from Sony
Finally, we can say that God of War is everything a game that renews a franchise should be. The RPG mechanics were a great addition to the game experience, as were the new combat mechanics and even the new weapon.
In addition, Kratos is much more immersive, with a depth that gives him a soul he lacked in past games. Atreus also manages to shine, having a crucial space in the game. So, it can only be said that revisiting the world of God of War is quite an experience, worth every minute of his time.
