The Reinvention of God of War - 5 Years Later (Retrospective)

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - History of God of War
05:51 - Opening a New Era
26:09 - A Growing World
49:46 - The MacGuffin Hunt
1:12:22 - Atreus Tips The Scales
1:28:00 - Back to Helheim
1:37:22 - The Cycle Ends Here
1:57:16 - The Peaks of Jotenheim
2:05:41 - Fimbulwinter
2:13:10 - Ragnarok
2:15:16 - Conclusion
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@LazerzZ Год назад

Thanks everyone for watching! All important links are in the description, for sources, shout outs and my social media/other channels along with the timestamps for each chapter. This video was a pretty big task, but one I enjoyed every second of, really hope you enjoy!

@8butsideways295 Год назад

There are in totaly 3 cheat jump scares in gow 2018 😁

@garethconner1009 Год назад

Watched it all, enjoyed it 👌

@rara3538 Год назад

1:29:00 that is clearly Kratos. That image there isn't Modi, it's his father. Hell is already tormenting him with visions. "That wasn't me" because Atreus didn't kill his father, but he was going down the path that would eventually lead him there. Look at the bald head and the attire the image is wearing, it's Kratos. Everyone gets this wrong, I wish the devs included his red tattoo that would have made it much clearer. Hell just took a memory Atreus had and warped it to torment him, and given the theme of the game that's where he should have ended up if he didn't break the cycle of domestic violence between son and father

@garethconner1009 Год назад

@@rara3538just watched, actually does look a little like kratos but doing the motion of what modi and atreus did earlier on. And the subtitles say 'modi' so who knows, maybe a little Easter egg prophecy or just visually a little confusing

@eliasjonassen2240 Год назад

O 😅h😮🎉

@mordercainear9573 Год назад

Using the blades that killed his daughter to now save his son is poetic as hell

@p3pable Год назад

Like a wise man once said "its story is still being written"

@epicevanhogan6489 Год назад

No it’s spelled like Hel Not hell silly

@Flipitmixit Год назад

Holy hades

@tsgcomics2684 Год назад

@@p3pable you’ve come a long way from when I first met you brother

@alex-bp2kz Год назад

You mean Hel

@MrHazz111 Год назад

45:32 Mimir explains this later in the fast travel sections. The world serpent claims that he recognizes Atreus, after which Mimir states that during the final battle between Jormungandr and Thor in Ragnarok, their clash splinters the world tree, and the world serpent is hurled back in time before his own birth.

@ibrahimimran3858 Год назад

which is exactly what happened in god of war ragnarok

@Joeman4627 Год назад

Yea the serpent never dies for some reason

@poobface4218 Год назад

@@ibrahimimran3858 minus the splintering

@kittensareawesome2789 Год назад

@@poobface4218 Not necessarily. The splintering doesn’t necessarily have to be visible, as we have no idea the extent to which it actually affected the tree. Could be small, could be big.

@ATFprdepartment Год назад

@@Joeman4627 I mean kinda makes sense, since he’s basically stuck in a time loop which coincides with the end of the world as far as the Aesir are concerned

@YoruWasTaken Год назад

Man now I can’t stop thinking about Apollo riding his chariot while being endlessly chased by a gigantic wolf LMAO. Thank you for putting such a wonderful image in my head James

@sopranophantomista Год назад

"Who's a good boy? You are!" - Apollo to Skoll, probably.

@jaredvester Год назад

I actually think that's a really neat idea and makes sense why the wolf is chasing it.

@skyelily8601 Год назад

He's walking the dog.

@zsu-23-4shilka2 Год назад

Helios & Ra arguing over who gets to walk Skoll on which particular days while Amaterasu drinks Shinto sake would be one of the most hilarious God of War spin-offs yet

@nemus00 Год назад

Ok so i think that we give things meaning. Like we find something valuable acording to the situation we are in (sometimes money, sometimes food, etc...) So basically greeks belived that Helios was the one who put out the sun so there he was doing the deeds mortals imagined him to do, but in Norse mythology there were the wolfes so with Norse's faith there they were. If noone belived they existed they wouldn't exist to begin with and they would have no value. I hope it makes sense 😁

@Gattsu_the_struggler Год назад

One of my favourite things in the third act of the game is how Atreus pretends not to have seen Zeus. He lies to Kratos rather than questioning him on it. By this point he knows his father would rather tell him on his own account

@LazerzZ Год назад

True, very very good character writing

@animationcity8178 Год назад

Also a tiny bit of foreshadowing of him being Loki

@pub1 Год назад

Yes, Atreus suddenly get drunk on godhood did seem out of character. But it also comes immediately after being given wine that is hundreds of years old. He literally is drunk, whilst still trying to come to terms with finding out about his godhood. Its a clever, subtle touch that i love

@perrydunetz882 Год назад

No, it starts before the drink, way back when he first heard he was a god he starts to lay on the ego

@mwahahaha2100 Год назад

Not even a child would get drunk on a sip of wine for mortals.

@jmurray1110 Год назад

Not really Atreus didn’t drink that much and then got a magic revitalisation after falling I’ll it’s likely the thing didn’t even intoxicate him Also I question how they are even drinking it Ancient wine isn’t like modern stuff it was essential a concentrate (thing a squash or liquid kool aid) and would be syrupy in nature and needed to be watered down to be made drinkable

@TAP7a Год назад

... what child, no matter how empathetic or conscientious or otherwise, *wouldn't* go absolutely nuts if they found out they were a god?

@grigoregruesome3606 Год назад

@@TAP7a seriously. He went from feeling like the smallest weakest thing in this world to finding out he’s a literal god. What 11 year old wouldn’t have a power trip.

@jmcman6104 Год назад

Kratos in my eyes is a perfect representation of trauma, I guess more specifically how a parent’s trauma can affect how they raise their children. It’s also such an honest representation of how a lot of men bury their trauma because of our traditional idea of masculinity.

@duaneashley8194 Год назад

Asking for a friend, how does a male go about allowing themselves to, we’ll be vulnerable and talk about the things that bother them👉👈 I don’t wanna seem weak..

@ernimuja6991 Год назад

Find a therapist or a good friend, otherwise don’t. Some of the people here might decry the evil of traditional masculinity and whatnot, but from personal experience, weak and vulnerable men are seen as worse than trash. No sympathy will be given to you. From everyone I talk to, and from my own experiences, it is better to not talk about it and find your own way out.

@khalidahmed8402 Год назад

@@duaneashley8194 personally I think it’s about stoicism - knowing when to show weakness, be vulnerable and expressing intense emotion. When you are in front of your enemy you can’t do that, why, because everyone is counting on you to keep them safe and protect. It also would also be giving your enemy leverage. In front of your family, close friends and by your self I would seem more than acceptable I can understand Atreus’ want for his father to connect with him but I can also understand Kratos’ not wishing to open up. This world is dangerous and he’s only thing standing between Atreus’s well-being and death. He can’t be someone who Atreus deems someone that he can’t rely upon. I do think what the game is trying to say isn’t that Kratos’ is wrong in his approach but that he needs to trust and connect with his son for his own benefit, and if he ever wants Atreus to become a man better than him.

@AsteroSloth Год назад

@@duaneashley8194 it’s weird, but you need to be strong to be honest about them. There’s a lot of weakness in not being able to confront the shame of releasing one’s feelings. This doesn’t means you can be a rampant ball of emotions, you have to be mature about how you let them out. You’ll find that as soon as you comprehend your feelings it’s easier to let go of the bad ones, and express the good ones-which trust me, everyone will think better of you the moment you start expressing your good feelings openly.

@Splishy27 Год назад

@@duaneashley8194 there is no greater teacher than time and experience. One gains a different wisdom from hardship than you can from words.

@coladict Год назад

A small, but important detail that I would have put from their return to Helheim is how in trying to mend his relationship with Atreus, Kratos invites him to help with lifting that stone away from the ship, even though he doesn't need his help. It helps Atreus feel included and useful once more, just like with the giant hammer.

@3ftninja132 Год назад

When Kratos reveals up the Blades of Chaos, the start of the game's theme plays. The lyrics translated is this: Exiled God. Father's shame. Mother's love. Wounds remain. Confront the past.

@oosmanbeekawoo Год назад

Woah! And what language was it?

@Yes-ly1nx Год назад

Norse, it's sung in Norse. An Icelandic dialect I believe

@tylerosborne3106 Год назад

So awesome, reminds of Dual of the Fates, I believe the song is sung in Sanskrit but I may be wrong.

@icatfishedyourdad2767 18 дней назад

⁠@@tylerosborne3106No you’re definitely correct! According to Wiki, the lyrics are based on part of an old Welsh poem but were sung in Sanskrit 😊

@nicoloreynolds4979 Год назад

I love the threat from Freya of doing the most vile shit to him as he's basically already had the worst threats happen to him in the earlier games and he's just like meh it'll be fine

@user-ns4zm8qe9p Год назад

She mad cuz bad

@grigoregruesome3606 Год назад

It was less a ”meh” type reaction and more of a “ yeah I’d probably want to destroy the whole world if someone did that to my son”

@krounos1 Год назад

@@grigoregruesome3606 He also already did exactly that because of what he was tricked into doing to his previous wife and daughter.

@veiregor Год назад

Only that kratos is on a whole different power level than her.

@shahtayyib Год назад

Kratos doesn't fear her but he acknowledges that he did the wrong thing for his own reasons. It wasn't what she wanted, it was what he wanted. That's why he doesn't react to it. He knows what he did was unsolicited and for that he doesn't regard her desire as unjustified.

@blacknerdtalks7921 Год назад

35:50 what everyone fails to mention is Atreus taking out that _ENTIRE_ Dark Elf army by himself, proving how capable he is on his own. I was honestly impressed. Because I remember _I_ couldn't even handle them on my own, when they would swarm me in that particular section of the game.😨

@LazerzZ Год назад

True that’s a really good point that I just completely glossed over, wish I’d mentioned it

@blacknerdtalks7921 Год назад

@@LazerzZ I think a lot of us did, but it made me really respect Atreus. I could imagine how traumatic that experience would be for a child, even if they're a demi god.

@bigtone7824 9 месяцев назад

He didn't take them on all at once it was over a period of time

@blacknerdtalks7921 9 месяцев назад

@@bigtone7824 very good point, still very impressive for Atreus to do that on his own.

@erhiueQWEF Год назад

One of my favorite lines from Kratos is when he said "I killed many who were deserving, and many who were not." really drives it home how much he regrets being a killer.

@aeroscantsee1665 Год назад

Atreus seeing his own reflection in helheim suggest more of his denial. He couldn't believe he was that cruel to a humanoid. He was crying over killing the deer at the game start. He thinks he's a good person but the reflection says otherwise.

@ThatOneDudeTo Год назад

"It is not who you are, but it is who you have been as of late."

@Naz-se7um Год назад

I think it's cool that the first thing Atreus asks after learning if he's a god is if he can turn into an animal, and then in Ragnarok one of his main abilities is turning into animals. Amazing foreshadowing

@MrKirk94 Год назад

What about the scene where Jormundgander spits the axe back to Kratos in the boat when they first see him. It said "Eitr Imbued'.....Eitr is a poison from the belly of the world serpent. Low and behold after 30 hours of game play and you beat GOW 2018, and then wait almost 5 years for Ragnarok to come out, you see it finally take form in the first fight with Thor. His wound from the Axe never heals. And if you go into the top area of the Great Lodge when playing as Atreus in Asgard you can listen in on two characters conversation amongst themselves speaking about a rumor that someone has tried to poison Thor. Also that a God named Forsetti is investigating this poison. That is truly some amazing foreshadowing!

@harleenvt 10 месяцев назад

Do remember its foreshadowing of who he actually is. What his name was supposed to be.

@Nanobot1989 9 месяцев назад

@@MrKirk94that actually really frustrated me. You’re not wrong in what you said at all. It’s just that it felt like such a lack luster conclusion. A wound? One little slash on his side? It didn’t even seem to effect Thor. He never seemed like he was in pain. He was never weaker. So what the fuck was the point of that amazing seed? It’s like putting a shotgun on the wall and having it do nothing. Sorry, don’t mean to bitch. Rag kinda let me down. 2018 was amazing and I felt like we were not delivered what was expected.

@samzorn4656 Год назад

Regarding the end to God of War 2018 and in accordance with Norse mythology, Loki's father is called Fárbauti, which literally means "cruel-striker". This is what the Jötnar call Kratos in the mural of Jotunheim and it fits him to a T when taking into account his bloodstained past from the previous games.

@big-byrd3821 Год назад

I'm absolutely loving the Ass Creed slander within the first minute 👍

@hypsin0 Год назад

Ass Ass Inn's Creed.

@yodaddyrc1220 Год назад

Dirty, smelly Ass Creed

@perrydunetz882 Год назад

It’s not that Atreus doesn’t remember doing those things, when he says “that wasn’t me” it means that seeing it from the outside he doesn’t recognize himself in how he was asking, honestly a real weird assumption to make from that

@MackSalvador Год назад

Can I just say how beautiful this game’s soundtrack is? The sound design and every track on the games soundtrack is absolutely either beautifully stunning or providing a sense of power.

@bengough6772 Год назад

@KC ohhhhhh yes I feel the weight of it every time I play it

@MishraArtificer Год назад

"Echoes of An Old Life", by itself, is an absolute masterpiece.

@BronzetheGolden Год назад

"Seek and find brave men To Valhalla, they go and dwell there"

@Tenchigumi Год назад

"Freya wants to rebuild her relationship with her son, but Baldur is too far gone, and she just doesn't see that." I don't think she "doesn't see" that he's too far gone, but that she doesn't care. Knowing everything that Freya went through, her broken marriage to the treacherous Odin, the betrayal of her own people, her inability to reconcile with them due to Odin's lies, and the continuously degrading condition of the realm she was trapped in; Baldur was literally the only thing left she had to live for, and death by his insane hand was probably preferable to everything else, a small penance for the damage she knew she had caused. But once he died, she continued to live for a new reason, and that was vengeance.

@joemccormack9910 Год назад

This was the perfect video to watch before Raganrok's release! Brilliantly written, narrated and edited I'm blown away by how hooked you kept me for the full 140 minutes. Great job!

@LazerzZ Год назад

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoy 🙌🏻

@smokeyjoe2816 Год назад

These retrospective videos are some of the best gaming videos on RU-vid! Fact

@peterlawson8040 Год назад

False.

@smokeyjoe2816 Год назад

@@peterlawson8040 bears eat beets

@bushidobrown6742 Год назад

@@smokeyjoe2816 bears beets battlestar galactica

@RedDeadDepressionist Год назад

@@bushidobrown6742bears do not eat- what is going on? WHAT ARE YOU DOING

@jbcatz5 Год назад

The fact the Witch of the Woods freaks out upon seeing the mistletoe arrows is a clue as to her identity as Freya to these who don’t know the game beyond what they’ve played yet do know Norse mythology and that Baldur has already been identified in the narrative (if you know your mythology you probably pegged him as such by the prologue fight against him).

@MishraArtificer Год назад

Not to mention, as Kratos and Atreyus are sailing through the Lake of the Nine for the first time, Kratos asks Atreyus about the local Norse gods, specifically any that are *incapable of feeling pain*.

@wesleycolvin7158 Год назад

It's refreshing to see a post using 'reinvention' instead of 'reboot'. I've seen the latter in regards to 2018 so often, that I was a bit concerned regarding how many people understood the concept of reinventing rather than rebooting.

@rusky4791 Год назад

In regards to the speculation of what the story of Atreus of Sparta means, It could be that there’s a deeper meaning that will be revealed but I think at least part of it’s message is already laid bare, kratos obviously respected Atreus of Sparta’s strength, skill and sacrifice, but that’s not the core of why he named his son after this man, he even says that all Spartans were more or less like that, they were raised from birth to exhibit those qualities and be willing to sacrifice themselves for their brothers, it’s not massively special for a Spartan, what kratos really remembered about Atreus of Sparta and seemed to respect even more was his attitude and his outlook on life, he was happy and kinder than your average Spartan, he faced the world with a smile instead of a frown, that’s what made him stand out and earned him the admiration of his fellow soldiers, the memory of Atreus brought him comfort and it seems he wants the same qualities and fate for his son, not to be hard faced and cold like kratos or to face the world grimly like he says all Spartans did and like Atreus thought he had to in order to earn his fathers respect, rather he wanted a son who could be like Atreus of Sparta, to be happy, wear a smile, hold compassion and be unlike himself, which is exactly what the game preaches, for Atreus to be better than kratos, to be like Atreus of Sparta

@LazerzZ Год назад

Yeah definitely, which I do think is the core meaning behind the story, to show that Kratos does actually deeply respect who Atreus is as a person and is proud of him, it’s this reflection that again, Atreus can be better than he was.

@Jsharkey87 Год назад

Atreus of Sparta is the Spartan Captain who is first introduced in ‘God of War II’, the one Kratos accidentally kills before fighting the Kraken and someone Kratos has great admiration for. It’s just another example of the developers reverence for the lore of ‘God of War’.

@Runic_Firebird Год назад

I can't express how much this game means to me. As a son with a rocky relationship with my father for a long time it spoke to me. This franchise was the first game my father gave me to own. And the bond we share with this series and story it told brought us closer. No matter how amazing this video is and it is amazing. I don't think anyone can truly describe what this game does for people. It's something you have to experience yourself. Well done vid. This game is a once in a lifetime time experience and you did such a good job conveying the lesson and story that comes with it

@wesleycolvin7158 Год назад

I think one of the things the makes the original series so compelling is how it portrays the destructive nature of wrath. By the time 3 kicks in, he's lost (or sacrificed) who he was and in many ways become the very thing he hates all in the understandable pursuit of revenge. That's why him finally taking in the sheer scale of the collateral damage he's caused in his crusade is so compelling to me.

@Nazylexx Год назад

What amazes me is how GoW 2018 is basically GoW 4 (but they wanted to avoid confusion I guess). I cannot think more of other series that had sequel that changed so much but stayed familiar

@jmurray1110 Год назад

Yeah at the very least the first game is a greek tragedy

@SourCherryBomb Год назад

"But I think it's really good" My guy, I'm barely a God of War fan; I only recently got interested in GoW 2018 after seeing a close friend be hyped for Ragnarok for a couple months by now. I not only watched this, I thoroughly enjoyed it! It's a perfect video to have playing in one ear while I waste away on a work shift. Excellently paced, if my friend's hype didn't get me interested, the way you framed this retrospective has sold me.

@scarabyt Год назад

god i’ve missed this so much

@GoodBloodGames Год назад

This was a great watch! Love your style of delivery. Thanks for the shoutout as well. A few of your community members jumped over and said hi!

@LazerzZ Год назад

Truly appreciate that, really love your work 🙌🏻

@bpn9761 Год назад

This actually got me even more hyped than I already was for Ragnaröck. Good job

@thalamicfuture9304 Год назад

ragnarök*

@FH4Player6397 Год назад

*Ragnarök

@Chronic_Reaper Год назад

i fucking love when you post long video essay type videos always amazing editing while talking super in depth about some of my favorite games

@LazerzZ Год назад

Thank you! I love working on them, glad to hear they resonate with people, it always makes the process feel that bit more worth it 🙌🏻

@sopranophantomista Год назад

Man, this game is just...so good. I just started my own playthrough a couple of days ago. I know what happens story wise, so I'm not worried about what happens next, and I'm fine watching analysis videos like yours on it. Even on easy (because I'm here for a good time, not for a long time), I have to give props to the scaling. I'm only at Alfheim, but that realm tear? Kicks my ass. Every time. And I wouldn't have it any other way. It feels awesome. While I'm undecided on the Valkyries, I really wanna try at least one to "get" it, you know? I also wanna give a shout out to my own favourite playthrough, that being from Jesse Cox and his friend Jirard "Dragonrider" "The Completionist" Khalil. I've never had so much joy watching two dudes fanboying over the return of one of their favourite franchises return. And like, Jirard doesn't skimp on difficulty either. The video on fighting Sigrun is especially an interesting study of muscle memory, anticipation, and the absolute elation defeating her you don't see anywhere else except for defeating Soulsborne bosses.

@thebitten1 Год назад

I Cannot Wait for Jesse and Jirard's playthrough of Ragnorak.

@lilchaos9212 Год назад

Your point about the dozen or so trolls we fight in the game does make a lot of sense but I can't really blame them since the team DID want to include other bosses, like the giant bird in Helheim, but ran out of both time and budget and so had to use the trolls so much. Hopefully with Ragnarok and Sony having way more faith in it than 2018 they have the budget to keep the beautiful visuals AND give the team more room to include more boss and enemy variety. And about the mistletoe arrows being very convenient. I think that ultimately ties back to Faye and her foresight. She knew what needed to happen. We know that she and Sindri were close. Faye would've foreseen that Baldur's weakness is mistletoe. She also would've known that pushing Atreus and Kratos to become closer throughout the story would ultimately lead to Atreus wanting to protect his father. It would make sense Sindri had made those at her request at some point and still had them in his magically huge bag because she never came back for them, and also why he'd give them to Atreus because that is her son and him helping save Sindri may have reminded him of her. All the pieces line up far too easily for it to have NOT been Faye's doing, and the subtly of it works because it would be far too large a hint to outright say it. Also kinda bummed you forgot about the scene of Atreus fixing the sky lantern in the mountain since it shows Kratos actively remembering things about his son and paying attention to him since he does the exact same thing later with the ship in Helheim. A little neat parallel like Atreus parroting Kratos' "I've got a plan. JUMP!" line that he had on the hammer later on in Helheim as well. It really shows their bond and how they learnt from one another.

@LazerzZ Год назад

Nah for sure, I’m not blaming them, I’m just critiquing the game as it exists, whether there was a good reason or not it is a negative aspect. Not something that ruins the game though.

@ericpeterson9110 Год назад

I think if the troll in helheim and the two in Tyrs temple were replaced that would improve the game immensely. I dont think the issue is the number of trolls, I think they are a good first boss fight and later serve as a good miniboss. In fact i'd love to have seen them feature in Musphelheim. The issue I have is that those two examples in paticular feel like locations where we could have expected to see something a lot more interesting.

@victory8928 5 месяцев назад

I feel that saying it is all Faye’s work is a bit cheap cause yes she is mysterious but other than the fact that she was probably a good mom and wife from both Kratos and Atreus and is a formidable fighter and survival that is all we knew with the prophecy being very vague. It is entirely possible that they were there prior and Faye knew so wanted Atreus to see them hoping that he was Loki. Which is why she wanted to name him as such. As to why the mistletoe arrows. I believe she found out from Mimir thought it doesn’t mean she didn’t trick him for the information that Mistletoe was Baldur’s weakness prior to Mimir being silenced by Freya on that topic. So she had Sindri make them cause Baldur is Odin’s tracker and was tracking her down for him and Thor. So she knew she needed the arrows to defend herself but once the arrows were done things happened. I think this is when Kratos showed up which changed Faye’s plans a good bit and due to this she didn’t have the time or forgot to visit Sindri or thought that the arrows would be better used by Sindri. After all he and Brok would need the arrows if Baldur decided to chase two legendary smiths down to make something for Odin.

@vickssekhon 9 месяцев назад

I just finished platinum 🏆 today and i love to say this one of the best game i ever played

@vickybruh7412 9 месяцев назад

HOrah!

@The_Nocturnal_Raven Год назад

One thing about the optional worlds, is that the roguelike is required for certain achievements. You need to go there for the valk. You need the armor to get enough time to beat the valk. You need to go there to get the final upgrade for your weapons. That is, if you don't go to NG+

@sarcastichamsandwich5413 Год назад

You got yourself a new sub from this vid. I’ve just finished Ragnarok (yes, it’s just as good as it’s made out to be in marketing; I honest to God cried at the end. Real tears that I had to wipe away because I couldn’t see the screen anymore), and since then, I’ve been neck deep in GoW videos. I listened to this while at work and was totally engrossed with your breakdown of the 2018 story. I’m so excited to hear your breakdown of Ragnarok, and I’m supremely interested to listen to your other video essays. Cheers

@Tonba1 Год назад

24:42 family was actually a REALLY big deal in old norse culture alot of people mistakenly assume the biggest thing in old viking culture is war and battle but not your family was the most important thing to you thats why you fought

@MichaelOdendaal Год назад

James I freaking love your videos man. Seriously! Thank you for making these masterful breakdowns. They are so insightful.

@Crow4o Год назад

God of War Ragnarok was the most epic story I have ever seen. God of War never disappoints. Hope we will see more of this! Unbelievable job by the developers and the whole cast of actors involved, truly amazing!

@LusciousTwinkle Год назад

Really? Ever? You need to consume some culture. It was a mediocre story with much morality posturing and plot holes.

@towel2043 Год назад

@@LusciousTwinkle where are the plot holes? I can respect your opinion on the story even though I disagree, but I genuinely cannot think of any plot holes

@bengough6772 Год назад

@Towel I thought it was narratovely excellent and emotionally resonant but I think 2018 is a better and tighter game. I found Ragnarok itself underwhelming which is really sad. Gonna play 2018 and Ragnarok back to back now to see how they feel together with no rest

@towel2043 Год назад

@@bengough6772 I agree. I absolutely loved the first 2/3 of the game but everything after tyr’s betrayal felt super rushed to me. 2018 definitely had a more impactful third act but overall with the gameplay and qol changes ragnarok is the better game in my opinion (just barely though).

@bengough6772 Год назад

@Towel I think 2018 is better overall but I'm still gonna do a bunch of this end game content and then replay both back to back to see how that feels

@kmukayed Год назад

Seriously great video man, extremely well put together and the pacing is great. It gave me even MORE appreciation for this game than I already had which I didn’t think was possible. I salute you

@Jean-jl1zk Год назад

Genuinely love these videos. I have to respect your craft and dedication to these videos. Take it easy chief

@LazerzZ Год назад

Really appreciate it!

@mattjones2435 Год назад

This is the perfect refresher/recap vid before Ragnarok

@edwardk7133 Год назад

This video is so amazing, can't imagine how much time and effort you had to put in. Great work 👍

@gigidii Год назад

Thank you for mentioning Jeremy Davies phenomenal performance as Baldur!! He truly stole the show everytime he was on screen. He is a fantastic actor!

@aarongonzales66 Год назад

James you killed this vid man. Damn great job. Just watching your retrospective brought back all of the feelings I had in the first play through. Brilliantly written and edited.

@arley3166 Год назад

incredible video. I like that u focused on analysis, rather than just recounting events that happened. Humour was rly good and almost all jokes landed

@Niggaface Год назад

Finally, love u man for making this video, I'm so excited for it to drop 🔥🔥🔥

@Nanobot1989 9 месяцев назад

Holy shit man this is a great analysis. I loved your Ragnarok review too. We agree on a lot.

@vickybruh7412 9 месяцев назад

Well done! Love this guy's personality!

@hammad9091 Год назад

You got a real talent of making these long videos engaging.

@LazerzZ Год назад

Appreciate it! 🙌🏻

@reecenotryhs Год назад

Super stoked for this, had such a good time with the game when I first played it last year.

@SanneARBY Год назад

This was a wonderful analysis, thank you so much for making it! I never played any other GoW games until the 2018 and Ragnarok ones, but still they gave us so much to work with and it's so character driven it's made me cry multiple times. They're real masterpieces

@00berserker Год назад

WELL DONE MAN!! This video was epic. Thank You LazerzZ

@sktdrummer Год назад

Glad I stumbled onto this video. Was an excellent experience, well done my guy.

@caitlinbrewer4843 Год назад

One thing I noticed is that Kratos still didn't tell Atreus about killing his previous family, something I think is going to come back to bite him in the ass in Ragnarok

@MishraArtificer Год назад

I think they're added into the "and many who did not" that he alluded to...

@caitlinbrewer4843 Год назад

@@MishraArtificer sure but there is a big difference between telling someone who killed vaguely large number of innocence and telling your son that you killed his half sister and your first wife.

@keremyldrm3792 Год назад

Just commenting to help with the algorithm and to let you know that this is by far one of your best videos. Keep it up, you deserve better and you probably will have it. The quality of your work is immensely high.

@LazerzZ Год назад

Appreciate you!

@slothofthe7sins709 Год назад

Well this video earned a sub. I will never not be down for multihour retrospectives on stuff like this.

@spidiccus8561 Год назад

Fantastic video. It's gotten me even more hyped for Ragnarok. I watched this after watching your Subnautica Below Zero video, which was also great. Keep up the good work man

@LazerzZ Год назад

Truly appreciate it!

@LimeGuy101 Год назад

Everybody labels the old games as nothing but rage, and I suppose that's mostly true. However, I always come back to the first line we ever hear Kratos say.. "The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope" - As he casts himself off the mountain, presumably to his death. This is a seriously personal and introspective moment, and gave tremendous depth to the characters motivations in the first seconds of the first game. That coupled with the death of his family, I always thought God of War was a tragedy, not so much about rage, but about loss.

@LazerzZ Год назад

For sure, I agree, it’s about both. It’s about revenge and the trauma that comes from deep loss. It just doesn’t hugely explore that outside of the revenge angle, GoW 2018 takes the time to do that.

@Macavity91 Год назад

AMAZING video! Look forward to the next one!!

@dappercrook6238 Год назад

Amazing video once again, we’ll needed for a refresh before Ragnorok and highlighted some things I still have never considered about this masterpiece of a story. As far as your retrospectives go aswell, this is a fucking banger banger

@connorryan2715 Год назад

Subscription earned. This was excellent. Can’t wait for the Ragnarok video and what ever comes after.

@Sherlock_Hulmes__ Год назад

Congratulations you have been selected amongst our shortlisted winner's ✅ A direct message ☝️

@RoastedToasted0 Год назад

When Zeus speaks to Kratos in Helheim, all I hear is Count Dooku

@LazerzZ Год назад

Classic Corey Burton, he’s everywhere!

@MozeOlynth Год назад

Love these retrospective videos, keep it up

@ChaseBuck Год назад

Live from the lunch break, so pumped for this, James!

@zpacemag Год назад

Can't wait! Both for the game itself and for this video

@youremother8354 Год назад

This video is amazing. It perfectly encapsulates the absolute awesomeness and satisfaction of the beautiful story of God of War. Many times was I agreeing with an insight I had also found about the story that you displayed and many times did I learn new insights about this vast and multifaceted masterpiece. It feels like you captured all my emotions about this game and condensed them into a video. Thank you.

@pedersennicklas99 Год назад

This video got me jazzed for Ragnarok! Stellar work, Dr. Gaming!

@z_Darkstar Год назад

Another incredible retrospective. Thank you 🙏🏻

@moonshade_xr8349 Год назад

I already enjoyed this game but damn now I love it a thousand times more. Most of your explanations I already thought on my own but certain things such as Baldur symbolizing what Atreus could be and what Kratos was just makes me see it in a whole new light. This was a very beautiful video, attention grabbing and filled with intelligence. You have gained a new subscriber for sure.

@mickeycee8559 Год назад

The combat is so in-depth. I didn’t realize til my 3rd playthru you could level up the runics and get added animations and attacks. So fucking good

@Nazylexx Год назад

I really like changes they made for sequel. Especially for many unique boss fights I faced in Ragnarok. I prefer easier combat systems (Like Sekiro for example) but game (Gow Ragnarok and Gow 2018) still manages to provide many options and not force to use only one

@mickeycee8559 Год назад

@@Nazylexx the combat in Ragnarok is absolutely amazing

@abhishekhenry9907 Год назад

I love this stuff. What a great video mate! This is my favourite game and I'm hype to play ragnarok in two days!

@RS-NOS Год назад

It's nice to watch this on the eve of the release. Thanks for this awesome video James!!

@jackbrassil5318 Год назад

32:47 A PORTAL 2 REFERENCE!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! AMAZING!!

@jessilyngray1223 Год назад

I'm maybe 10 hours into Ragnarok when I stumbled on this video. I sorta forgot how beautiful the first Norse god of war game was. That ending still gets me

@DRENIC10 Год назад

I just wanted to say that your videos are amazing. Editing and Narration are on point. I use them as podcast to hear while i doing something, but I put more attention in your commentary than what I am doing lmao

@sktdrummer Год назад

Not only is this an excellent video but you also gave great shout outs to other channels and videos that I have enjoyed. Always cool to see people who are great at their craft that also build up other creators in their field

@LazerzZ Год назад

Truly appreciate that 🙌🏻

@cameronbowerman8691 Год назад

Ahh dude I've been waiting to watch this for weeks. Hype is real

@callmequaz9052 Год назад

i like to think Magni and Modi are simple by themselves because they're just a fraction of what Thor is and what he is capable of, especially when you see casually and easily he can throw Kratos around *without even using his hammer* in Ragnarok. whether or not it was intended, i think it's a pretty neat idea.

@lvpaix9847 Год назад

This was really good, and I've subscribed!

@weewee3486 Год назад

So hyped for the next game I cant wait for it to come out Im watching so many GoW videos, thank God I saw this video, And thank you for this AMAZING video🔥❤️

@Spacedust24 Год назад

dude, i thought id just skim through this, but sat down and watched the whole thing, remarkably done a brilliant essay about a brilliant game, you've hit all the beats I myself sensed while playing and love to see that it wasn't just me who enjoyed the storytelling in this game (well ofc apart from the stupid troll fights and the OBVIOUSLY GREEN ARROW HEAD ON ATREUS' CHEST, is freya legally blind?)

@MishraArtificer Год назад

"Target Fixation" sucks. She's focused on taking the mistletoe arrows and destroying them over all else in that moment. Besides: it's not like Atreus can launch just the arrowhead at Baldur...right? And Freya didn't even know at that point that Baldur was the one following them.

@cambo438 Год назад

been watching for a few days, and i’m replaying and like i’m trying to play cod too but watching this again is really making it hard to play any other game this story is just insane. i’m about to have my first kid in may so maybe it just hits harder now but i can’t wait to play this with my child BOY or girl

@krishkris007 Год назад

Such a beautiful and in-depth review of the cinematography, story and the gameplay

@miro9832 Год назад

watching this 4 days before release. Maaan such a good video. Thanks again James :)

@walkerpierce5446 Год назад

It does make sense that there where so many "But there's still another thing" because it shows the lengths that Tyre went to to protect the giant's realm and Odin's paranoia and desire to prevent travel to realms that could lead to his down fall.

@GabrielNordstrom Год назад

The story, the characters, the score, the gameplay and the performances are out of this world. The greatest game of all time and one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks for making this amazing retrospective James. You are the best in the game when it comes to these types of videos!!

@IlNamelessKinglI Год назад

I dislike the RPG elements and exploration of the game. It felt like 90% of the time I was picking up useless garbage from the ground just to sell it and traveling on the slow ass boat. I hope the new cart with the 2 wolfs is funner to use and that the RPG elements are more flashed out so that there are actually good builds to make instead of using those 3 4 meta builds while everything else is useless.

@tbrown5836 Год назад

@@IlNamelessKinglI doesn’t take away from the excellent combat

@fletcherhughes1355 Год назад

Your breakdown videos as good as ever 👍🏾 keep em going

@jordaneubanks9445 Год назад

Love all the work you put into this 🔥🔥

@gavinbeard4026 Год назад

As somebody who started with 2018 I don’t see how anybody can not like it I mean the visuals are incredible, the world and lore is fascinating, the characters are all interesting, the music is incredible and the gameplay is hell of a lot of fun but does get a little repetitive with a lot of the same enemies which I think is it’s really only weakness. I mean I get it it’s a pretty big departure from the original formula but it evolved imo in a good way

@SullySideUp Год назад

My only minor disappointment with the adaptive storytelling in the side quests (and this is really very minor) was that I didn't complete Fafnir's Storeroom until the postgame, so Atreus' shock at the reaver killing his dad felt kinda hollow, given he already knows that Kratos killed Zeus at this point

@animationcity8178 Год назад

Yeah, I agree

@SAFCSpencer73 Год назад

I’ve just spent the last 2 hours before GoW Ragnarök watching this video, and you brought back all the feelings I had playing this game for the first time. You’ve earned a new subscriber 😁

@crashwithkirby6708 Год назад

Fantastic video, my dude!

@flashparodox7612 Год назад

yeah i reckon i'll signal boost this one 📈

@juliet4093 Год назад

The thing that really takes me out of this game, is that the enemies dissolve immediately after death like an old arcade game, felt like they didn’t understand the new tone they set

@bengough6772 Год назад

Possibly too tricky graphically?