God of War: Ragnarok - Angry Review 

I disagree. I thought it was awful and it took me out of the game every time he talked.

@@soraceant facts

@@soraceant I disagree it was great.

@@soraceant you know there is no point in arguing with fanboys

@@soraceant Coz you have Syndrome of Odin from Thor Movies ? The Voice and Overall Posture and look of Odin was different - I think the Voice did Fit his Look and Overall personality - Thou it was annoing coz you know hes full of bullshit yet he trys to play this Nice Uncle with good intentions Stright into your freaking face and he knows.. you know.. and still plays the bullshit Nice Uncle Tom whanabe xD

It's how Kratos says his name in the Spanish dub lol

Joe: "I'm kinda retarded."

but he's right?? it's not an english name

@@theREALmistafu it's a south american name

@@creed22solar123 It's a greek name as far as i can remember, like in Atreus the King of mycenae? Or is it something different? Only played the old god of war games

Because he doesn’t know shit about god of war ..

Well he is the smartest man alive

Mimir sucks lol. In every way

I'm impressed how fast he finds his place when he joined the party halfway through the last game. For a series that was primarily about a sole adventurer, you would think devs would stop at including Atreus.

Yeah? Even the part where he’s telling u explicitly that u have side quests left?

Yeah, I definitely got mob boss vibes. He's like the patriarch of a dysfunctional mob family. I liked the portrayal.

That was my thought of him when Atreus first opens the door and you just see him there with his jacket draped across his shoulders. Like a mafia godfather loosening up from his tux. My only gripe is Odin seems more Jewish then Norse personally and seems somewhat out of place.

i really like the depiction here its a breath of fresh air

@@patrickdoherty4527 Nah, this scrawny lil squeaky person is definitely the matriarch of a dysfunctional family.

He is also kinda like a businessman. Making deals, talking about projects, and talking to his ravens like he is in a conference call.

And talk to people without recalling the axe

Same 🤣

The only thing I can say about the auto-climbing from before is... it was made as a way to get back to a previous location for when you were exploring the opened world and they made it one smooth, swift action to grab the chain and rappel down. I, too, found it a bit annoying when all I wanted was to kick the chain down and continue instead of going back. However, from having dabbled in code and programming, I can also say it makes sense that they would code one specific action, test to make sure it works flawlessly with the animations included... then just copy and paste the code where they were going to use the chain. If you go and watch "Rasing Kratos", which is free on RU-vid and is a 2hr documentary on them making the game... they only had two years to complete the rest of the game after the initial E3 showcase in 2016. So... yeah... they cut some corners, but 2018's game was super amazing regardless and such a minor thing can be ignored just because you only encounter it when you're setting things up for backtracking later and finding new shit with the tools you get to explore what you couldn't before.

@@emilrogengellschwaner3555 The recalling of the axe was a mechanic thrown in there to make sure you had the axe when you were going to proceed with the story. Probably the same idea as the chains that they copied and pasted if you were going to use the Realm Travel room because it wouldn't make sense if you could call the axe through dimensions... which is basically what we see with this version of the Bifrost. All of the realms were layered on top of one another and were different according to what realm you went to... so you were dimensionally traveling. They probably used the "story progression axe recall" code with talking to Sindri, Brok or Freya because it typically progressed the story... plus when you talked to the Huldra brothers, you'd need your axe with you to upgrade it... so... it just "makes sense"? *shrugs*

@@emilrogengellschwaner3555 You don't recall your axe when talking to people irl? :O

Odins always been more of a manipulative diplomatic wizard type.

right? ho wanted a copy of Zeus no 1

I kinda felt for him. He was an asshole but he was just scared of death and thats what cost him everything

Odin was probably the worst final Boss fight in the entire GoW franchise, but okay.

Yeah, Odin felt like a mob boss and it was very fitting with Asgard was run.

If you want to go by the viking point of view, I'm pretty sure no viking thought Odin talked like that.

@@mohammadsaleem5990 don't they describe Odin as an old man that displays himself as trustworthy? I'm good on gigachads, I already beat gow 3 there were nothing but gigachad buff enemies there.

​@@mohammadsaleem5990 Quite certain, the Nordic religious thought of Odin as the All-father, a shapeshifter of wisdom, speaking to his followers in the manner that befits them the most, so I would assume "vikings" whatever that means wouldn't fret over an accent especially given the fact he is speaking the Queen's English and not some variation of Old Norse, or North Germanic language.

I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, but I honestly was expecting a lot more for Asgard with tons of gold, big architecture, etc. Tyr’s temple really made me believe this, along with all of the statues, because those are what you’d think would also belong in Asgard. That all being said, actual Asgard is beautiful and it felt awesome to see its true state.

I realized it was meant to be more realistic and still would have preferred if it looked more like mcu asgard tbh

Odin. Definitely odin

"What gets bigger the more you take away?"

Even after funeral? That’s all I did so far I’m considering it done because I have done most of the side quest during the game

@@Vallarok117 that almost made me tear up

@@Bonbonbon739 Turning a joke into one of the saddest lines in the game is just great writing.

Heimdall the Gigachad . we want to play him instead of Atreus .

@@CoolSs the worst take in all of these comments-award goes to you man

@@awildmoose6541 lol

@@CoolSs atreus had amazing gameplay and heimdall was literally written to be hated

@@awildmoose6541 play more games . i don't want to sound like dick to you telling what you like is bad . regardless . i don't think he is good . in terms of character and gameplay . play nier automata (or Replicant if 2b is too distracting) side characters can be great if done right . we should not root for the bad guy because we find the side protagonist to be obnoxious with mindless auto aim gameplay .

Heimdall said it best

I was dissapointed with their power 😂 even more than asgard itself

It looked liked Poseidon could solo Asgard with his water form

Ending of Ragnarok was extremely disappointing . Very lame fights, no set pieces. Nerfed kratos . Wtf was that

@@AliHamza-sv4ni How was Kratos nerfed?

I like their depiction of Angrybooa, a bubbly child (spoilers: she is Loki's wife in the classic literature and old tales), not offended with the skin color decision, not into brown skins but to me she looks more like a Native American in appearance

@@rdu239 same thing (spoiler alert) with Durin’s wife in the lord of the ring Amazon tv series. She is dark skinned but her son in the Hobbit movie is white. I don’t mind any skin color but I find it in consistent with previous movie series.

@@rdu239 I don't think you've met much natives have you?

@@rdu239 you sound like someone who never met a black person or brown skinned person in their life. The fact you think she looks native American is the weirdest thing I read all day. do you even know what a native American person looks like???

When he first appears, I was underwhelmed cause he gave off the impression of being a frail old man but when that twist came, holy shit. Richard Schiff absolutely nailed the role

Yeah he was dangerous without being detected

A practical man who doesn't care about anyone as long as he gets what he wants. He was dominating every scene that he was in, even when he was losing at the end. He manipulated everyone and he was always one step ahead. We knew that he had a plan but we didn't know what it was and it was kinda scary. You don't need to make buffed warrior Odin to make him a good villain.

@@zzickos No but you needed to show the power he was hiding and a fight that reflected that which it really didn't. He's half the god he should be

@@alexanerose4820 you barely beat him 1v3. He had upper hand the entire time.

fun fact odin is played by sean murphy's doctor friend from the good doctor

No.

@@ramonandrajo6348 yes

@@ramonandrajo6348 oh right, based on your other comments in this review, you're upset Odin was black. You aren't upset Kratos is voiced by a black dude, though?

@@ramonandrajo6348 Ratio.

I liked Odin as a character, I wish he would’ve become more manic and evil when than he did when he -spoiler ahead- breaks the mask and ruins all his plans

What do you mean old format?

@@BlackangelKatakuri you don't watch the channel regularly I take it ....to answer your question, for the first half of this year or so they were releasing game reviews in the same discussion panel format as their movie/series reviews .....needless to say, it wasn't received well and they reverted back to this far superior original format for game reviews.

@@EvEnMoR yeah, sadly they rapid fired plague tale

@@meh8726 ya, it's always a bummer when that happens... Feel kinda bad saying that as a fan cuz they aren't bad reviews, just disappointing when put up against the quality of a full AJS Review and when that's what you're hoping for with a particular game... However, I get it, there's only 3 of them and there's only so many hours in a day. Especially since they've taken on all the additional content covering news, movies, TV, tabletop games, etc.

Don’t get your hopes up. Joe used to make 15-20 real Angry Reviews every year. Now he makes 5 if we’re lucky.

Only thing that was predictable was a false Tyr or him betraying them

@@David-nq8cv I disagree, I probably wasn’t paying enough attention but it was a nice twist. Sucks that Brock’s soul is lost. 😢

I felt like the ending was predicatable in the sense that nothing surprising happened at all it was pretty underwhelming.

@@SickRidez4Sale you were expecting Atreus to leave? Or expecting that Odin would have his soul put into an orb? Or that Sindri would smash said orb? Did you expect that Kratos would be known as “Kratos the Rebuilder” (as the writer said)? Was any of that predictable?

"Everyone's perception of the mythology has been warped by popular media" xD what a clown. read eda or havamal. Odin is not Zeus evil like....

As soon as I hear “you fucked it up” I know how it’s gunna go if I don’t hear that then I know it’ll be alright 😂

NO THEY ARE NOT.

@@themagnus2919 what is a better portrayal? I get that this isn’t entirely mythologicaly accurate but what adaptation is?

Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen…

@@themagnus2919 butthurt bobby

@@themagnus2919give a better example then boy?

It's great yes.. But ya gotta know elden ring will take the cake. And it deserves it tbh.

God of war will win

Eh, both games are more than deserving of it. I'd be happy with either or winning.

@@Resin311 I like Elden Ring But we need to stop pretending it's anything but a glorified open world dark souls That mainly claimed attention because people heard George RR Martin helped write it.

@@jacobmcmahan109 Well god of war has been the same game for 5 or so games.

Yeah all these fanboys are stuck on the MCU Odin look like marvel is the say-so of Norse mythos.

He reminds me so much of a Tzeentch sorcerer vs Krato's Khornate powers.

​@@ryanthompson2723yeah but it doesn't automatically make this better though. From a video game point of view the battle with these gods felt like fighting a small mini boss from the older games. Very underwhelming

They basically wanted him to be like Odin from the marvel movies which is honestly played out I like cunning mob boss Odin

@@goku8621 tbh i prefer gow potrayal of odin, he suits the scheming and manipulative person that was portrayed and voice well by Richard Schiff, people get so caught up in the MCU that they think thats how asgard always was based on, a comic franchise

Agreed, I actually like this Odin, sneaky, scheming and manipulative. Having him as a friendly old guy really made you think is he that bad? Later you see yes, yes he is.

I guess you never have read the nordic Sagas nor the Edda. He himself conquered many lands and was superior to every God in battle. Keep your mouth shut arab if you dont know what you are talking about.

If he's so smart why did he kill thor? It didn't help him one bit. Just another reason to point and say oh he's the bad guy. His actions were poorly written. Why did he forbid thor from killing kratos in the beginning? That's not even in line with his character. Just terrible writing

It does feel like they gave Odin some slight "Loki from original norse mythology" traits.

i loved odin, thor and heimdall carried this game so hard for me, all amazing well written and acted characters

@@fippylol Heimdall OMG the guy playing him. Played it to perfection. I wanted no more than to end the arrogant prick more than any of them

Actually Odin is more serious

At the same time, he only presents himself as the God of Wisdom. In truth, he is an opportunitistic brute that tries to pretend he is anything but that.

That's what makes Odin kind of disturbingly devious. He himself doesn't indulge in the Aesir lifestyle but he encourages everyone else, especially Thor, to indulge as much as possible because it makes them easy to manipulate

@@ramonandrajo6348 Grow up man babie

@@ramonandrajo6348 What does agenda have to do with any of this if anything this the least woke game that came out this year there was almost not a single moment where they shoved agenda stuff in a mythology based story yall have to stop calling everything woke because it didn't have a giga cool white dude like fr

The one thing they missed out one was showing him be more evil a few more times. We hear about his evil deeds more than we see them in game (kind of all crammed near the end) and that makes him being the last boss kind of..meh. For the most part he just seems like an old man who wants that mask piece. A twist that would be ideal in my head is that Freya, Mimir and Tyr are actually the ones manipulating you and the Asgardians are violent towards you just because that is their culture, but that twist would have plenty of plot holes.

@@75353866 Odin doesn't really do anything evil directly except for the dwarf (avoiding spoilers) and the very first fight. Even his manipulation leads you to helping more people/creatures. Honestly if he had shown his actual madness more. He could have been better. Similar to atreus's interaction with a certain grandmother. All in all, Odin wad never given the strength to really take away from the heroes or manipulate them into a total loss.

"Hey, it's me? Your entire economy?" Odin was such a good antag, easily well-done with this modern take.

Nope, both sucks in this game. Also, the game is WOKE.

@@ramonandrajo6348 what is woke about the game exactly?

@@mr.baldzher5193 they aren't all white. That's "WOKE" for some reason

@@mr.baldzher5193 don’t bother with the waste of space he is going in every comment thread and spewing this bs.

You know that Ragnarok final arc would have been a great time to put lots of those log carrying trolls in the background

Uhh no

It’s because of the No-cut camera

Yea this really was one of the worst stories ever

@@MH-bw9zt Troll

I liked the politician comparison. I think it fits Odin very well he’s kinda slippery and one isn’t quite sure about his intentions and how far he’d go to achieve his goal. In general I like how the game doesn’t have too many marvel like characters and I like that a lot

@@kenb.1096 i agree but he coulda looked cooler at least. Tyr was a big flop when he showed up too, seemed more jesus than some viking god of war

I could not stop laughing! 🤣 "Well...at least it's not the end of the world or anything." RAGNAROK! LOL! 🤣🤣

He's a manipulator. There i summed it up for you.

@@badmedicine65 yea, MAJOR letdown. I rolled my eyes so fkn hard when he started whining about being a pacifist lol

i guess the problem would be the dialogue, it sounds too modern and not from the time period. Ex. "shit ill sweeten the deal"

@@edggge2242 gow has a time period?

Joe never played the originals so he never got to experience Kratos bashing Zeus’s face in 😂

you just discribe loki not odin

@@phasmidjelly1429 your correct, but I don’t think that’s what they were going for in the God of War games in my opinion

This is true

Yeah but it never felt that great in the 2018 title either. It's a ghost of what it was in the OG GoW saga which I guess kind of goes with the theme of it. I didn't use the standard spartan rage at all in this one, only the 3rd version you get where you do a finisher. That version was perfect for this gameplay where you have to manage status ailments and stuns. It's basically a get out of jail free card that also awards you some health and a heavy finisher

Lol it's a heal mechanic now it feels like

@@malazan6004 its exactly the same as it was in 2018, nerfed little bit bcs you now can change it up with other rage bar abilities. Wrath etc. so where is the downside here? Its just a pointless nitpick. If you played 2018 you get tired of the standard ability anyway after a short time.

It’s the same as 2018. It’s not supposed to be like an iwin button. It’s there so you can stunlock enemies, get health back and be really hard to kill.

Wrong. Odin was done dirty. He isnt evil in the original mythology. Can you tell me what Odin did wrong that he deserves all this hate and death? In the past he did wrong yes, but all these people forget what Kratos did. Or freya or Mimir. This game is about redemption, yet nobody gives him a chance. Straight out he offers peace to Kratos. Even at Asgard he is kind to little bitch atrejus. It's not manipulation. He only kills brok when they actually are plotting to kill him. This game is absolute trash. Nonsensical story, awful pacing ( for 15 hours you're trying to do? What? Nobody knows. Avoid war, fate only to accept it at 20 hours and go to war), pointless black washing ( angroboda is NOT BLACK ), pointless scenes, characters are idiotic, Kratos turned from a killing machine to a bitch. Gameplay is lackluster, repetitive enemies. Bosses are good but too few. This is trash compared to old gow games. I don't get it. All these people forget the past so fast. Or is it that they are too young to remember it? It's a shame. Joe and the rest have no idea how great gow 2 and 3 was. They butchered the series. Absolute trash.

I didn't like his outfit, I would have liked to see his big hat and staff more.

@@CaptainPupu It's called evolution. Kratos wasn't a bitch, he has a fuckin kid you dunse. If you were a fan of the original trilogy, you'd know how important family is to Kratos considering the entire reason he slaughters the Greek pantheon is to get revenge for his family. I'm sorry you expected some 2 dimensional caveman Kratos to come through and just murder everyone again- this is the reason fans don't make the games lol

Fear? A character that let's Kratos and Atreus do whatever the F they want to in the entire game. Even at the Sutr part where Kratos says this is too easy, Odin knows this is our only hope and still Odin did nothing! No this story was really bad!

@@CaptainPupu He killed his own son you absolute freak. What have you been smoking? Go back and play the old games if you don’t like it why are you here? I loved the game. You didn’t like it. Sucks to be you I guess. Gutted mate 😂

My problem with is that im okey with him being all manipulative and deceiving but what was kinda disappointing was the final boss fight like tyr it would have been cool to see him turn onto his true warrior form where he seems some what more threatening and serious instead of the old man fighting you with a stick fight They also skipped over his nine legged horse slepnir it would have been so cool to have him attack you from the horse like the huntress boss fight but cooler and epic, IMO i was totally oke with this depiction but i just wish we got better final boss fight shit even thors boss fight was better than this

@@marcianomorisson Im guessing you played the old gow games. And yes i agree with you about odin's appearance in the final battle. It would've been cool if he had this final form or something. But at the same time im fine with it. Still was an awesome boss IMO. But i guess I got used to final forms with final bosses. 😅

100% agree. joe missed that obvious story trait.

Yeah but.... He KNOWS who "the ghost of sparta" is..... And you didn't mean to tell me he didn't prepare for this....? Like dude didn't even pick up a weapon till like.... The last part of the game...?

I love the game but two things could have happened to make the story ascend. 1. Have Kratos fight with Thor against Odin rather than Atreus. Have Thor die after the first part of the fight. 2. Have Kratos become his old self before controlling it again. And when that happens, have Rage of Sparta playing in the background. They had a great chance to do this against Heimdall but didn't.

@@ramonandrajo6348 what are you even talking about. Lmao, that's sounding like incel basement dwelling internet addict talk.

I like his voice and mannerisms even though its not menacing at all, which i feel he needed at least a bit. What i cant get down with tho is alot of the dialogue and the way its delivered.

@@ramonandrajo6348 what modern project doesnt tbh. Ive learned to phase out the political pandering in modern entertainment to at least get a little enjoyment out of it. Once in a while tho we get a true passion project like Northman, Top Gun etc.

@@standardreplicantKD6-3.7 you didn't think top Gun was political pandering?

@@standardreplicantKD6-3.7 True.

Because Atreus is the main character of the game after all..........

Also this games walking simulator. 70% walking and only 30% of actual fucking combat. 10 minutes of walking or puzzles and after maybe 1 combat encounter them straight back to walking. This game ain’t a masterpiece you guys should know this. But it’s not the worst. I’d give it a 7/10

@@josephstalin5751 typical baby mode player

​@@AcTiVeReLoAdZhe is right. I just started new game plus after a year... i love the game, love the story. But i know when the game has the slog of walking. But i never was bored first playthrough... just like elden ring. I loved and ittook me 60 hrs to beat. Now on new game plus 7 or 8 or9 idk.. im lvl 350 and can walk into boss rooms and speed run in under 5 hrs. For any game or story if one/player doesnt feel for characters than it will feel like a chore. So in the end dont hate one anyone who doesnt like th games. My best friend hates cut scenes. Always skips them. He is the meme i dont know what im doing, but i must kill.

@@michaelfiori6700 I am like your friend. I play GoW 2018 not for the story, but how bad ass Kratos and the runic attacks are at end game (Zeus armor set and others). I only do not skip the EPIC moments. Then back to killing more. And yes, there is too much "parkour" in this game (2018)

Well he is a villain, you are not supposed to like him…

@@marksantiago9841 Sure you are. You can like a villain AS a villain. Look at Darth Vader.

Odin's voice gave off a nice deception vibe. Like he was a smooth talker, seemingly friendly. But his intentions were different.

He looked like Mimir but spoke like Brok.

Sounds like a pretty boring and uneventful life

@@scottneil1187 His blades are imbued with the power of Khaos. The 1st primordial being after the birth of the universe. The power is far older than the gods or titans themselves.

@@shinkounova8485 well this explains why the blade's fire still works but what about the fact that the blades returns or goes back to Kratos whenever he tries to get rid of them? What kind of magic is that returning part?

@@Dante999000 They were cursed to be bound him if im not mistaken.

@@shinkounova8485 so I'm guessing that the blades would get destroyed if Kratos dies or would it gets pass on???

@@Dante999000 Yea thats my best guess as well.

Agreed man Odin was used masterfully

"Uninmidating"?

How about 2018?. GOW, RDR2, Spiderman ps4

@@meetparmar4494 never played Spiderman not really into super heroes but yeah your right guess 2020 makes that seem forever ago

All these people giving the game top scores forget what god of war is. Joe and most never played the old gow games. You've no idea how lackluster, and boring this game is compared to them. The story makes 0 sense, Odin did and does NOTHING wrong. How is he the villain again? Straight out he offers Kratos peace of they stop searching for Tyr. And he only kills brok because they plan to kill him. Everybody was done wrong here. Kratos turned to a bitch. Check out gow 2 or 3 and see how brutal and unforgiving he is. Atrejus is annoying and stupid as always, the mythology the real mythology is thrown out the window. First off, angroboda IS NOT BLACK. black washing bullshit. A black Viking? More over a black Viking woman, wife to a god? Yeah. Fuck off. Story takes ages to find itself. The character including yourself have no idea what to do or what they looking for for at least 6-7 hours into the game. First let's go find some paintings then let's find Tyr oh Tyr didn't work out let's find Freya oh Freya didn't work out let's find angroboda oh she didn't work out let's find Odin oh Odin didn't work out let's go back to father oh wait Odin did work out let's go back to Odin. For 15 hours the whole story is " it's destiny, we can't break it, we will die, you will hold me in your hands son and we will French kiss. And we don't want war. At all cost it must be avoided! Then, all of a sudden " general Kratos! Are you ready for war?" Bull fucking shit. Most of the gods were portrayed good, heimdallr was overly evil tho, and Odin was done very dirty. He isn't evil in the original mythology. Then at the ending they just kill Odin and all these nonsense custcenes 20 hours you spend for what? Nothing happened, you did nothing good, if you didn't go to war, everything would have been fine , atrejus didn't find any redemption, he just figured to go find more giants which could have been done without any killing. Gameplay and combat is very lackluster compared to old gow games. I expect a lot more variety in moves, weapons, and enemies. The few bosses there are are good, but again, nothing compared to say gow 3. Repetitive, nonsensical story, lackluster combat, idiotic characters, black washing, and the music???? What happened? 2018 was decent this is ? I can't remember a single song from this. I can still remember all the songs from old gow games because they're were badass. But all of you forget that. All of you forget what real god of war is. Shame

you wont find that kind of quality with microsoft games

witcher 3 had the best side quests i have ever played.. gameplay yea sucked a little bit but if gow had side quests like witcher 3 it would be awesome

Yeah, absolutely hated that section. Luckily it picked up immediately after.

@@kentzhodiono6938 Same. It just felt like that whole section was DRAGGING. Didn't mind it at first, but it definitely overstayed its welcome.

Gonna suck going through it again in NG+. Maybe they'll find a way to streamline it somehow.

Oh, god i hated that part. It seemed as it would never end.

I hated pretty much every single Atreus gameplay part. Too long and most of his story bits just draaaaaaaaaagged on. The part in Ironwood was the worst. Angrboda herself wasn't really the problem. It was the awful pacing. Closely followed by climbing the wall in Asgard.

Probably not being in his homeland means he's weaker. Can't draw power......

S P O I L E R S He was clearly rattled in Groa's shrine.

I mean do people truly believe Odin is a good god 💀

Odin was a major disappointment. He looked like a guy with max testo levels, who banged over 300 women, and suddenly, he gets chemically castrated with lupron (the thing 9yo sad boys get, along puberty blockers, in order to become sterile, with a micro penis, to try to become something that they will never be), he also gets female estrogen shots... and he becomes a docile bitch that anyone can bully or spank, without any kind of reaction... when instead, he should be that powerful destroyer of galaxies, that would make everybody shit on their pants, just by hearing his ground- shaking voice ! I was able to beat him, at normal difficulty level, without even dying once... when the dude should have killed me at least 50 times, even before I was able to hit him and steal a bit of health.

@@noteminemsburneraccount324 I played Valkyrie Profile on PS1 and Odin was initially depicted as a might, majestic and noble god in Asgard...only to discover he is very sly, conniving and evil, I believe he stole valuable treasure each from the Jotuum and Vanirs that is why the events in the game was set in motion

@@only4posting you have the most backwards interpretation of odin. Odin in mythology is not like the mcu or zues. He's not a very powerful god. He's basically the god of wisdom, a shape shifter, he sits in the back lines and commands people to do what he wants. So it only makes sense that Odin would be like this. And just because you beat Odin first try doesn't mean it wasn't a good fight. The final baldur fight was awesome but most people did it on their first try. Plus if you played on a harder difficulty you would have a harder time.

Tbh they just followed what the Norse mythology is like Norse gods are not as theatrical as the Greek ones, they are down to earth Which is why I don’t get when people say Odin felt out of place? This is exactly how they described him in gow2018 And all the characters do act more human not just Odin.

I’ll pass on that “ it was described” on the previous game, they’re Gods. I prefer they’re portrayed as more other worldly not anywhere near “relatable” in any human way.

The snake at the grandmothers that Atreus put the giant soul into was Jormungandr that we saw fighting Thor in Asgard. Remember he “looked different” because he was the younger version and then Thor hit him so hard he blipped back in time to eventually become the world serpent we know from Midgard.

@@BuddyChy Oh I know of that one. I was referring to how kind of inconsequential the boss fight against the grandma was way after that moment.

@@ramiking745 it’s more background character building especially for Angrboda. Also they simply thought animals having their souls taken was fucked up and wanted to do something about it.

@@BuddyChy I do get it was done for character building. I just thought it was kind of shoehorned in or that the narrative needed some fat trimming to get to that moment. Its hard for me to explain or justify what I think of it while avoiding the harsh criticism the segment got from others.

@@ramiking745 I get it. I can imagine someone only having a couple hours one day being really in the mood to play as Kratos, but all they have time for us to get through that section. I don’t blame someone for being unable to enjoy it under certain circumstances and headspace.

Exactly. I’m tired of the non review content

Gaming news are interesting too though

@@morriganrenfield8240 the movie reviews are very low effort and probably generate a lot of revenue. I agree tho, I miss these reviews.

@@chuckdude514 I appreciate the gaming news, as well.

@@hashholla It's the mobile gaming of channels. I feel like if his content were video games, he would be treating the movie/trailer/tv reviews as mobile games and yelling about them.

Grefg! Never surrender.

good god mass effect definitely did dont get me started on the suicide mission in mass effect 2 shit had me sweating like hell

Gods don't age

Omg the Peter pan hook thing was my first thought! Angry joe I live an hour and a half from Austin. Come to Fredericksburg and let me buy you a beer!

They toyed with it on Twitch, but honestly Joe probably did not finish it, just like he barely touched Elden Ring. GOWR and Elden Ring with all their lore dont get spoiler discussions, but She Hulk does????? Its sad to see what has happened to Joe in recent years. Unless a game is a multi player shooter that can be fully played in a few days, COD, Battlefield, Madden. If its a large single player game with some difficulty, Joe doesnt play it.

Can’t help his accent.

agreed like some people says that Odin aspect di not works, he´s not Zeus for god sake.....He is manipulative and deceiver and Richard Schiff(voice actor for Odin)delivers that so well.Sorry for my english still learning greetings from portugal

I’ve been waiting for this! You are not from here, in our culture theres something called blood payments

GoW Ragnarok is WOKE.

@@ramonandrajo6348 Nice bait. Try harder next time.

@@mattcubed9658 The fanboy is salty. XD

@@ramonandrajo6348 Aww well you aren't any fun. Not even a good troll. Better luck next time.

Yea.. Ragnarök should have been more consequential. The story became anticlimactic and rushed in the second half. Personally, I think Eldenring deserves GOTY a bit more for being innovative gameplay wise. The story of GoW wasnt good enough to back up the linearity in gameplay. And while Eldenrings Story presentation was mediocre, the amount of freedom in gameplay and exploration you get is just simply phenomenal. Cant blame people choosing Ragnarök over Eldenring because its rough for the mainstream to get into, but I think "true" gamers know which game has the bigger experience to offer. I mean, Eldenring had the world, even Newcomers like me, glued to the screen for like weeks.

@PrettyBoyG listen, don't get it twisted- I beat elden ring 5 or 6 times. It's a phenomenal game and one of the best rps I've ever played, I just think God of War has a lot more to offer the gaming industry as a whole. Just a little buff up in npc interaction or narrative presentation would make me give it to elden ring-but I can't deny God of war delivers on 10/10 combat while still using its platform as a AAA title to tell a legible, compelling, and interesting story. It could've been a better story, but to say it was a strong effort would even be an understatement. I'd be happy with either of them winning and while I could be swayed to agree elden ring deserves it for setting a standard- im worried giving them goty will tell the industry you can get rid of all npc interaction or story and be successful. I don't want my rpgs to get rid of the moments like red dead 2 where you encounter a stranger with an interesting story, or a side quest. I want those experiences layered in a rpg but elden ring might have a drizzle of that-at best

Wasn't Alex Kratos for the 2018 game?

OJ is pretty muscular himself, but def alex wouldve had height compared to both lol.

How can there be a trilogy when it's the end of the world? o_O (23:47)

Nah, they intentionally wanted to subvert the big glamorous structures gods were known for having in the Greek games, as well as pay homage to Death Stranding/Iceland.

@@Alex_Logan22 I can understand that, but, at the same time, Asgard looked so empty to me for a place that’s supposed to have the “fiercest warriors” out there.

It definently felt like they rushed things. I mean, you fight both Thor and Odin back to back in the same tiny, bland arena.. compare that to the incredibly climactic boss fight with Baldur in the last game with several phases and grand cinematic sequences. Whereas in this game, the most "exciting" part is when Odin divides his little arena circle into pizza slices. Like, the introduction fight with Thor was more impressive than what we ended up with at the end. Not to mention that the entire event of ragnarok is way shorter than the Angrboda "sidemission" section where you just aimlessly wander from point A to B and doing boring tasks like.. picking fruit.. The phasing is all over the place. You go from super-slow phasing into full-on ragnarok in 5 seconds. We go from having no army to suddenly having the entire elven population fighting for us in one day (the same elves that has been at war with each other for thousands of years), just because they "like" freyr so much

Sad that you learned norse mythology from marvel.

@@grandadoboman1995 sad that you have no clue what you are talking about. Marvel's portrayel of Asgard is thematically far closer to how Asgard is described in the sagas than GoW's. It's always fascinating how you people can claim such things so confidently when you are completely wrong. Like, how does this even work. You clearly haven't read the sources or sagas, yet you are still 100% convinced of your opinion.

I would have something bad happen to Atreus, I like the idea that Odin was hesitant to put the mask on because what if it just sucked out your energy and killed you, he was using Atreus as a test subject then maybe he would.kill.him and take the mask if it worked out.

It just felt off from how a norse viking god would approach a literal godslayer. Thors felt much more natural

How can it be game of the year or generation... Every man and his dog done a youtube video or series on elden ring not gow.. That's the sole reason elden ring needs to be game of the year

@@Disilluisoned It is but a personal opinion, sir/ma'am. God of War's story speaks to me on intensely deep levels, its combat keeps me entertained (without limitations of a mortal such as stamina bars, regardless of the stragical thinking it enforces), and its world and lore keep me fascinated. Kratos and Arteus story is the best one and speaks a universal language of father and son, to me, even if to no one else. Of course, this does not diminish Elden Ring's achievements but only that I piviot towards God of war.

Thats called, assassins creed Valhalla. It came out a couple years ago. Great game.

@@Raytheus movies can speak to you. Video game award are for those that were too busy playing to even realize a games trying to speak to them. Like red dead redemption and elden ring.

@@Disilluisoned God of War came out LESS than a MONTH ago. Elden Ring came out NEARLY a YEAR ago. Of course Elden Ring is going to have more videos and people discussing it.

Cant say atreus correctly though ,even though he played the game for 60 plus hours.

Get off your knees

Haha Kickassia! Good times.

That would have been badass!

Agreed, id add in that the ending in asgard felt a bit too rushed, I would've loved to roam around asgard talking to npcs like other games with city designs.

@@marklo6283 I agree, we saw so little of Asgard. They teased us going there for so long only to lock us to a linear path the whole time.

I found the storytelling to be a step down in general. I don't think there was much uniqueness to this game, either. It felt too close to 2018 in terms of settings. We went to mostly the same places, dealt with the same people, covered a lot of the same ground character-wise. Some of the mechanics were improved, but nothing too crazy. I still think the variety of enemies kinda sucks in terms of how we are meant to deal with them. They pretty much do the same things over and over and there's still the issue of having only a small handful of enemies going at a time so you don't get a sense of really kicking ass since you're taking on only a couple things at a time. It's not a bad game at all, still really enjoyable overall, but I don't really get the affinity for it.

This game has a ton of great moment that are unfortunately tied together with too many macguffins and elements that go absolutely nowhere and only serve to have characters either end up some place inorganically or quickly moved to a place so they can experience something they otherwise cannot where they exist at certain moments in time. Pacing in general is a huge issue about half way in and it never really recovers once it starts having these issues bringing all its elements together The big moments are all there, it’s connecting them together that they seemed to struggle with here.

Me too, I thought the old man look was just a disguise.

@@FerdinandJosephFernandez Odin in the mythology is very close to how Gandalf is depicted. He's not a big warrior dude, he's smart, sneaky and ruthless. He did everything and anything for knowledge and ability. He even practiced Seidr which was magic restricted to women.

@@Reverendshot777 ''He even practiced Seidr which was magic restricted to women.'' Norse mythology was oppressive to males? Holy shit.

Damn! I didn’t think of that 😅

Well no it was suppose to be kratos the whole premise was that they changed destiny

Odin was deceptive he made me believe he was right

@@Pricelessking14 yeah the writers did an amazing job with odin

@@ramonandrajo6348 Care to specify how they were spreading "the message"? I'm against what is commonly referred to as "being woke" myself, but come on man. When you are paranoid about it, and hyper fixated on it, you will literally start looking for it in everything, which makes you eventually see it in everything even if it really isn't there. So what "woke" messaging is in Ragnarok? Were there Mary Sues? Was race made a big deal? Were men portrayed as weak and dumb? Everything typical of "woke" messaging is not present in Ragnarok from what I saw. So please, give examples.

@@leetlc441 ignore the dude he is spamming on every comment here feels like he is that I DUNT WANT POLITICS IN MUH VIDYA GAMZ kinda guy

@@ramonandrajo6348 You mean portraying Odin as he's described in Norse mythology? As a god that frequently disguised himself as an old man to interact with and aid mortals? Because Norse gods were very different from Greek ones.