God of War: Ragnarök Review

Daniel Soresco
3 min readJan 16, 2023

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God of War: Ragnarök is a great game that is at the level (or even higher) of the God of War (2018). Continue reading for the full God of War Ragnarök review if you want to find out if this game is for you. The new God of War saga is an even more mature affair. I have in mind the comparison to the admittedly juvenile (however, really really amazing) earlier God of War. Of course, this game of the series does not forget its roots in action and adventure, and they are fully on-show in God of War: Ragnarök. Anyone can appreciate the fabulous storytelling of this video game. The narrative works so well in tandem with its thrilling combat. God of War: Ragnarök is a game for the ages. All come together to create a massive action-adventure video game that will certainly leave an impressive mark in the history of video games.

The new game picks up a few years following the 2018 God of War and follows the Spartan god-slayer Kratos along with his strong son Atreus when they climb one of the most imposing peaks in the realm of Nine, Jotunheim for example, and scatter his wife’s keeps. In short, Atreus then admits that he had been searching for Tyr on his own, in defiance of Kratos’ wishes, eventually discovering a clue to his detention in the realm of the dwarfs called Svartalfheim. He begs Kratos to aid in rescuing him to discover a method to stop Ragnarök, to which Kratos begrudgingly agrees.

God of War: Ragnarök — maybe the best action-adventure game to date

Contrary to God of War (2018) in which players explored all of the realms in Norse mythology, Ragnarök lets you research all covering the nine realms that are included, such as Dwarves, Svartalfheim, Midgard, Aesir, Asgard, Vanir, and Vanaheim. In contrast to the fact that God of War, the game released in 2018 God of War had effectively only one major exploration center in Midgard featuring a myriad of linear realms as well as optional arenas, God of War Ragnarök includes an open zone with various side quests across all realms. The player might visit the nine realms of God of War Ragnarök, which includes Jotunheim as well as Asgard, quite easily.

God of War Ragnarök
God of War Ragnarök — close fighting

The God of War’s battles have always been the glitzy spectacle that draws a crowd in to be wowed by its tale, but Ragnarök is a continuation of that trend. Combat’s core is always balancing the attack of the icy Kratos Leviathan Axe to wail on single foes, while the intense hellfire of the Blades of Chaos burns everything around you. The majority of these additions focus on creating an entirely different and more rapid speed of battle, relative to the prevailing weapons used in God of War (2018) in addition to creating an alternative style of combat dynamic, requiring you to rewire your muscles and create a mental diagram of how to approach a face.

God of War: Ragnarök — Final Words

At the conclusion of the entire game, there’s an additional quest that carries the player into an alternate realm this is certainly as large as the entire scope for the other realms, but it’s moreover possible to complete the story without ever seeing it. God of War Ragnarök is quite generous in terms of adventure points, and I managed to unlock most abilities by completing the main game’s quest. I have to say that God of War: Ragnarök was one of the best ever video game experiences I have ever had. For me, it is so easy to recommend God of War: Ragnarök. I don’t think you want to miss this one.

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Daniel Soresco

I have fun playing video games and occasionally I write reviews.