Everything Wrong With EWW God of War 2018 - GCN Gaming Sins 

God of War lore time The one you asked to debunk in the comments about mimir and Odin In the lost pages it's mentioned that Odin killed groa and took all of her knowledge and before that happened groa saw a vision about kratos and atreus at the center of ragnarok and when Odin went to Jotunheim he stole their knowledge and it's mentioned that he saw a ghostly ash white God traveling with a child to jotunheim , so he knew about the whole journey and everything Odin didn't do in Gow 4 was part of his plan as he already knew about it Even in the game atreus says how did Odin know we were going to Jotunheim before we did and mimir said that's not important , what's important is that he was right And that's the reason for everything Odin didn't do in Gow 4 , he is a man with a plan : )

About the apple Fun fact: in Greece it was common practice to toss an apple at someone and if they were to catch it ment you are reciprocating feelings for them almost like a marriage proposal. That may be why kratos cut the apple basically rejecting the proposal.

37:28 actually in ancient grecce. Throwing an apple to someone and then catching it, actually means that you are confesing your love to them hence why kratos sliced the apple.

I would say for me personally, the only things that I despise from GOW 4 are: 1) the overly complicated rpg mechanics (I'm not saying to remove them I just want them to be simpler as they can be very unfair and immersion-breaking at times) 2) The lack of a manual jump button (This one for me is not that big of a deal because combat is still awesome, but jumping'd be cool) Aside from these complaints, the game seems to be pretty fucking good and Ragnarok will be even better!

44:09 i think the reason kratos can survive the cold is the same reason he got the blades of chaos. It wasn't just to kill ice enemies in helheim but to actually keep kratos alive and not freeze to death in helheim. The blades are foreign magic after all Atreus is revealed to be loki and loki is an ice giant so that can be the reason atreus doesn't freeze to death in helheim Mimir is basically dead and reincarnated so i dont think the cold can affect him And baldur cant feel pain or be killed so he isn't even bothered by the cold

Changing kratos's voice actor was a good decision but changing his voice actor for the helheim scene was not a good idea

About mistletoe, it's kinda mythology legend theme. In legends Freya did cast invunerable spell on baldur, but mistletoe was so rare that everyone thinked that it does not exist anymore in any of nine realms so that's why she didnt cast spell on this. Of course in game its not shown or said but still, cool detail!)

I personally think that the armor sets was the only thing wrong with the game they made kratos look like big chunges

Actually Kratos denied the apple because in ancient Greece many would toss an apple to someone to express their love and interest in them, considering Kratos just lost his wife and old habits die hard, he denied the apple because he's definitely not interested.

Man, this is why I like you. You have variety in your content while also not driving far from the core subject which is the one you built your channel upon. Really good stuff, bro. Keep it up!

HONEY, WAKE THE FUCK UP, NEW EG MASTERPIECE DROPPED! Bro, how the fuck? An hour? I don't know how you pull it off, I can only admire the amount of effort you put in into something like this. AND the quality is consistent all the way through. Massive respect, you're really making something unique every time. You had nothing more to prove after the iceberg videos, but goddamn.

I'm a fan of Clownpuncher myself, so watching video was really cool!

Nice video man! The jokes and counter arguments makes this vid enjoyable to rewatch. Also at 11:00 I was 100% convinced that Kratos, the god killer, easily killed “The Stranger,” during my first playthrough.

51:45 You both ignored the real sin where Smoke Kratos was holding the Blades of Chaos instead of the Blades of Exile when fighting Smoke Zeus.

30:00 I think this one meant that the mistletoe arrow was gonna come back like the chekhov's gun to kill the final boss

I actually didn't expect this, now i know I'm gonna enjoy this video a lot

Bro this video is really good hope it blows up

Freya's mark helped to keep their location concealed so neither Odin nor Thor's son's could find them. We see Thor's son's trail their destruction and only find them on accident before their battle.

I liked so much this video, laugh a lot, Keep it up!

Can’t wait to watch this after a long day woooooo baby

Technically kratos was born a god cause his father was zeus then after he killed Aries he became a full god

I feel like the main problem with lightning arrows is that despite a main theme of the game being about how kratos is healing from being a monster, choosing to use lightning arrows makes me feel like more of a monster than anything in the greek games

44:53 Gunnr shouldve been placed here, having her be the only essential valkyrie. She is the first available Valkyrie to fight therefore the easiest. It wouldve given you the insentive to find and kill the rest of the optional Valkyries.

The thing about the apple is a hidden detail. In greece throwing an apple at somebody is a sigh of love and when sindri threw tha apple kratos sliced it because he didn't feel anything for the dwarf at that time

For the faye prophecy I personally interpret it as not a prediction of the future, but as a record of the past.

Tbh I think everything about god of war 4 is great, just needs refinement around the edges, I love the menu and how simple it is, although most people don’t like the rpg mechanics of there being too many armor sets etc, I’m totally fine with it, it adds variety, but one thing I do hate is the armors that cover all of kratos’ chest 😂 I have Valkyrie armor + but I use deadly mist armor because it looks so much better, but I like the runic attacks and the enchantments and the talismans a lot, really adds variety and then in the endgame you can become insanely op if you have the best enchantments and armor etc, it’s a fun mechanic and adds replay-ability imo, and makes new game + rewarding.

45:50 but Zeus is his father so he’s a demigod

I will personally debate the fact that he was born of God because yes he was Zeus is his dad he may have been born a demigod but that still counts as being born of God now he was raised as a mortal a Spartan mortal

45:45 Kratos was born a god because he's the son of Zeus, Later he got other powers by killing gods and other means but he WAS born a god.

23:25 In my theory🤓 I think that the gow World is far bigger Then people think IMO every country has its own mythology and universe with different omnipotent beeings that can controll that country (universe) that they live in. Its very confusing but imagine earth beeing not planet sized but a huge round land that has its own realities in different countries

When it comes to the Loki reveal, as someone who knows a decent bit of Norse Mythology, it still surprised me quite a bit, because its not really what I came to expect because of how close Atreus is to us. i was wondering where Loki was in the myths, but I had assumed that perhaps he was already captured / dead as Odin seemed to be portrayed as more evil and ruthless, so instead of capturing his kids ( Hel, Fenrir and Jorm ), he just killed him instead, or captured him. Its also just a surprising reveal considering how close Atreus is to us, so despite the clues, its surprising, but the clues make it understandable, it instantly clicked into my head and the other seeds like Jorm being sent back in time fixing the " Atreus giving birth to a giant snake " and so on.

F*ing notifications sent late GCN has this sarcastic tone so you know that his sins videos are meant to be funny

His father was Zeus so yes he was born a god but like Atreus he didn't know.

So you see your dad smashes a boulder to dust you would just be like " totally normal nothing out of the ordinanry here" okm

45:48 since he is a child of Zeus, he and Deimos we're born gods, semi-gods but still gods.

I already tought that this is going to be inspired by clownpuncher but im very glad i was right

Atreus just knows that his dad is THE GIGACHAD

GCN is definitely one of those guys who's a bit too jaded for my taste but I can see why you like him

In the sin 42:36, it's actually more of a sin if you take a look at the god of war 1 and 2 novels. i believe it's said that the blades are in the armory of Ares thrown room. But Kratos leaves them there cause A- the blades of Athena at the time were more powerful than the blades of chaos and B- since it brings back bad memories (for obvious reasons) he leaves them there. Before someone says the books aren't cannon, it's been stated multiple times that it's secondary canon. This means that some portions are cannons unless contradicts the games that make it non canon. And it's near the end of i believe the first book where the game originally ends. Which added more and did not contradict the ending of the first for the most part.

30:38 😂😂😂 this made my horrible day waaay better

45:46 I think the reason Kratos said he was born a god to Atreus was to hide his past, and to have him talk about it at the end of the game.

I went to the actual video of the gaming sins, and he got so much backlash from his video 😭😭this video should have thousands of more views

When he says that Kratos wasn't born a god but kratos is the son of Zeus so that makes him a god

your content is so fucking amazing and im enjoying the videos so much w the humour u mix up. whys there no socials in your yt?

9:02 * 1,000 years after Greece's destruction 33:23 He's 11, and while he's definitely still a little kid at this point, he's far older than a toddler. 37:05 The reason that Mimir is hesitant that Kratos, or even Thor could get through that ice is because that isn't just any regular ice. That ice was made from the breath of Thamur which he did right before he died against Thor, this ice is powerful enough that it spread around the entirety of Midgard. 42:41 While you didn't say anything wrong here as this is the lore explanation as to why has the Blades of Chaos, it still leads me to ask as to why it took them so long to follow Kratos? Like even if we take the prequal comic in mind and accept that they came back to him not long after the destruction of Greece, there were still multiple years in between Gow 1 and the end of GoW 3 so why did it take the blades YEARS to come back to him? Was it that when it's mentioned how the blades follow him "wherever he goes" that it specifically refers to when he goes to different mythologies? Potentially, but it's never specifically stated anywhere which makes me annoyed by it. 45:47 I'm pretty sure Kratos is referring to the fact that he was born a demi-god when he says this, as he also refers to Atreus as being a god despite that he's unaware at this point that his Mother was a Jotun (another species of gods) 57:37 I kind of see what you mean... but considering how if he let Baldur live than he would have just killed Freya, which would be apart of both the Gods killing other Gods cycle, as well as the Gods killing other Gods cycle. So I believe he chose to end one cycle in order to prevent that cycle, plus one more cycle to continue. 1:00:52 Honestly I feel like this twist would be even better for people who know about Norse mythology, as it would be like putting together pieces for a puzzle that not everyone picked up on; before the final piece gets put together with Atreus mentioning that he was Loki. Also God of War doesn't exactly have a track record (although I can't be 100% sure either, as I also wasn't a very big norse mythology/mythology in general fan before I got into GoW lol)

Nah here's a real better name for the game, "dad of boy"

Love the clownpuncher reference, he underrated af

37:25 catching apples in the ancient tome was a offering for marriage

So if only someone in the comments could explain ehh? Yeah Faye gave them the mark to hide them from "those who would make your journey difficult" aka The Nords gods. I imagine odin has better things to do then torture him personally every day. You could easily infer that someone is torturing Mimir Odin's command, or maybe an animal. Also he says he tortures me every day. There's a lot of time in one day, like 24 hours. Plus 2 sins.

Nah bruh the bitter squirrel gives u health mid fight. The 167 cooldown is valid

15:11 I'm pretty sure when GCN mentioned that he didn't mean *Atreus* to joining in on that, bruh! I have a cursory understanding of the GoW franchise but even I know those minigames had Kratos and 2 other *adult women.*

Actually Atreus is half god an half mortal an only after he found out he was part god his geek side could have been unlocked making him able to stand the cold maybe only a theory and my opinion

god of war 2018 is my favourie god of war game by far combat is realy good i love it moretha hack and slash combat story is better then all previos games and graphics are amazing and don't think i hate the older games i love them aspecialy gow 3 but i think gow 4 is the best and i think gow ragnarok is going to be even better btw great video

The reason that they didn't use tc Carson for the new gow is because tc Carson was to short for the cgi tracking suites they use and was to short for the kratos they wanted.

Hehehehe HE LEFT THEM IN GREECE This Is Why I Love You Man ❤️🌷

Technically being born as Zeus’s son Kratos was born a god

I think in Norse mythology you dont have to earn godhood or something if one of your parents is a god you automatically classify as a god like thors parents were odin and a giantess

the reason why kratos rejects the apple is because in ancient greece throwing an apple meant they love and cathing the apple means you love them back and kratos aint gay

if freya knew that kratos was a god she probably knew his name but i don't know why she doesn't says his name

At 37:04 I’m pretty sure they said the ice was magically and that’s why they needed to use the hammer but don’t quote me on that

I know I'm late but the reason kratos didn't catch the apple back in ancient times throwing an apple was a way of saying ypu love someone catching it means you love them back it was do with Aphrodite

He adds and removes sins to the point where is ten or 20 less than the Game sin counter making me think he made this video for a quick view grab

At 29:37 the arrows are the thing that break the invincibility of baulder, so in fact gcn is right in this sin

Here's my question how does tyr travel to other pantheons via his bifrost eyes which are exclusive for realm travel between the nine realms that heavily implies that all the pantheons exist within the nine realms so yes the blades are from the nine realms otherwise tyr would not be able to go to other pantheons plus kratos sailed from Greece to Scandinavia which means midgard shares the same realm as Greece Olympus is above Greece not a separate plane of existence Hades it's below Grease the same way ,The Olympian Pantheon exists within the realm of Midgard yes the blades of chaos are from the nine realms Also with the modi lightning thing *Lighting is lightning* no matter where it's from

1 hour? nice

Bruh.Kratos was born a god.after all, he was the son of Zeus a literal god.

They could've add gunnr the weakest valkyrie in hel or something so people will not get overwhelmed and put rota in midgard instead

37:29 In Greece accepting a tossed apple was a sign of love.

24:47 Well, irl a child can and will die if people are willing to do so. No ifs or buts. However... keeping in mind how journalists lost their shit when games displayed dead children (even though there was no sick murder involved) makes it easy to understand why the devs tried to harm Atreus as little as possible. Imagine the dark elves would just impale him or throw him off a cliff to his death. Even if the game ends after that and you have to load a save anyway this would end in drama.

48:58 how was he not born a god if his dad is a god he has multiple brothers who god's but kratos is still just a mortal someone explain

Hey Zesty have you ever heard of Omega BlackHeart?

I am late but the apple thing you both got wrong in greek if you throw an apple to someone it is a declaration of love so thats it

I think that you miss something kratos was born a demi god but did something that caused him to lose it and then while mortal he swore to ares

I don't think Atreus, illness was related to him thinking he was 100% mortal. Freya said it was his , nature , which is also Krato's true nature , that was killing the boy which I have reason to believe is related to His Spartan rage flames. You see the flames of Spartan rage coming out of Atreus and he falls the second after that..we find he is ill and dying at Freya's house and what is that she asks Krato's to bring her The heart of Gate keeper and if you look at heart of Gate keeper it has winds of Hel the coolest thing. That literally is counter i think a cool counter to the flame of Spartan rage inside Atreus. Also a quick side theory Greek gods were infected by that black world's all evils and Kratos was infected by Rage what if Spartan Rage is just that, that's why Kratos doesn't like to use it anymore.

5:10 god of war 2018 combat is FARRRRRRRR from dark souls just because it’s melee focused third person with an OPTIONAL lock-on button for focusing on a single enemy DOES NOT mean it’s trying too he like dark souls or is copying a dark souls or anything like that it just means that dark souls is popular and came out before this game (also I know it’s not u saying that mate)

Personally, I like the game being called “God of War” again. This is because it’s a new beginning for the series as Kratos says in the E3 trailer which is also the description of the game when you hover over it on the ps dashboard. Also, I don’t think there being a 4 or a IV in the title would have been good looking. I feel that the God of War title without the numbers, in this scenario, looks a lot better.

I'm also a big fan of clownpuncher.

Actually the reason they switch his voice actor because they want someone who would pair up his son in this game so they replace t.c. Carson

22:58 That was so unhinged I'm dead

W clown punched reference

BRO CLOWNLUNCHER139 reference lmaoooo

What???? Kratos was not born as a god? He being son of Zeus is not enough for him to be considered as demi-god at least ??? You mean that God in God of War is not a characteristic but just a title ???

I play with the attack on the shoulder button.

yo is that a banger dokkan music in the beginin?

To me this game is not that great but I understand if some of you like it.

yea i did not like the main story of this game. spreading the ashes of some dead woman i've never even met. Great, sounds like fun. And cashing in on what TLOU already did with the whole guardian/child dynamic was kinda weak tbh. I was looking for a new story, not a retread on old themes from other games.

I'm only 6 minutes in and I already at the point where I wanna make my own video responding to this lmao.

Why kratos died with only one shot? bc it's a fucking game

What's the song in the beginning

You could even start a series called.... wait for it.... sin sins🤓 My family says I'm dumb but they have no idea my genius lies on the interweb.🙌🙂🙌

47:25 well considering there are way more gods for each thing a lot of these things should not have changed

Kratos was born a demigod. It's still counts as a god.

Me who watch full GOW ragnarok:You both are wrong plus 2 sins

There is a lock on function??

I won't lie, the only thing I really don't like about the video is that both of you guys, while you make some good, and sometimes weird points admittedly, never really talk about how many time constraints were caused by how much they had to create. They never got to be as creative as they would have liked to be, and Hell, even in Hel, you were SUPPOSED to fight the bird, but again, time constraints, so, Troll fight. That goes for every enemy in the game being similar, and marginally the same. It's a nitpick of mine, and I'm probably being too nitpicky, but I feel like some research should be done for those reasons to be fully realized, and to make sense as to why it happens. Even the documentary shared that Cory and the team were in complete chaos with how stressful it was to finish the game because they took a year and a half, if not longer just to make the E3 demo they made, and now had to finish the game within a timeframe, while also reasoning with Sony to delay the game longer to buy as much time as they could, and a lot of the sins I've noticed, while not a majority of them, are just conflicting to me because of the amount of times I could say "Time constraints". But the same can't be said for some things like why T.C Carson couldn't return, as, apparently, he was too short to fit the motion capture, but at the same time, you did mention he wasn't told about this whole thing, but he, indeed, was. Just a lot of things I could think about after having seen, and even researched while watching this video, and my time just knowing God of War in general making me curious to know everything I can about Kratos and his stories, and the development process the games took to perfect what they could, and the conditions that were given because of everything that went down. Also, just to add, yes, he wasn't born a God, but he was also making sure he doesn't tell Atreus everything about his past life so that way he is spared even knowing about what Kratos did, or ever thinking about who he was, or the road he took because of it. So, his way of making sure it's unknown is by saying "I was born a God", not "I was made into a God", because Atreus would question why he was made into a God, and it would lead to various things Kratos would have to worry about with his past of being the Ghost of Sparta.

19:40 this aged poorly, as you can now use those doors as shortcuts between the realms in Ragnarok

11:03 add a sin to you cause WE know he wasn’t dead, hell they never made it a big fact that buldar was ‘dead’ even with Kratos he wasn’t surprised it’s more that he did the act that now “he gonna be chased with boy” so…

Wait, no-one knows why voice actor changed ?

56:00 Based

I really like the new GOW games but I honestly after playing Ragnarok, I can’t help to say that I really wish GOW would return to the old formula man. I like the open world and stuff but the rpg part is something I honestly dislike. I don’t like the idea of Kratos having to be a certain level in order to fight a enemy and also it’s like every game is becoming a rpg game which is overwhelming at times with having to look at stats and enchantments, it’s just too much of a grind especially at the age I am with trying to figure out my life and I can’t spend too much time on the game. I really think new GOW games should be more like the old games and with the old games taking a lil bit from the new GOW games