[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

I wrapped God of War Ragnarok this evening, and I can’t say it really impressed me much.

Mechanically it was identical to the first game except for the

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<new weapon> introduced like 70% of the way through the game

Narrative wise I don’t think the game paid off at all, and on top of that there’s massive pacing issues in the second half of the game and a lot of bloat thanks to pretty “meh” side quests.

Yeah, it’s a well produced game but it’s 100% colouring inside the lines of the first game/most of the over-the-shoulder first party games Sony produces.

I am disappointed.

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There was space in this story that they could have used for significant story developments but there just wasn’t anything done with it. Thor’s story ends in a lacklustre way. Odin was poorly cast, and they really banked on the dwarf’s death being more impactful than it was. “Be better” - yeah, sure - you first Ragnarok

I like it more than you. I acknowledge it's not a 10/10 game like a lot of reviews but it's still a very good 9/10 game (probably my 2nd best game of the year) and much better than Horizon Forbidden West. I just feel they have taken that formula (enter area, fight enemies, unlock chest, figure out how to proceed to the next area) rinse and repeat formula as far as it can go. We have got so used to open world games that it's extremely jarring to play a game that is so area restricted with artificial boundaries everywhere you turn. Still the story is decent, the combat fun and you can't dispute that Sony 1st party games are released at a level of polish higher than the rest of the industry. As I stated a few pages back they are over relying on the same formula for all their franchise games now and there's too much of a sameness feeling to all of them. They need more releases like Returnal.