God of War Valhalla Review - A Love Letter to Fans

[@iLveLean]

‘ A love letter to fans’ corny asf

[@CosmicEye597]

Darngit.

[@tonym2585]

That's what it is 🧐

[@kyellverdonschot9922]

It's also a great description of Valhalla

[@GourSmith]

Says the goofy-tootie-fruity who names himself “iLveLean” 🤡🤡🤡

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Shut yo prеtеntious аss up

[@jasonpypsaeris4643]

Santa Monica deserves dlc of the year award for what they dropped here. What an amazing journey for Kratos’ character. We had the amazing Tom Hiddleston Loki arc and now the amazing Kratos arc.

[@vans1271]

We just need a category of most consumer conscious. Like dead cells.

[@thespider8654]

I am not fan of dlcs. I prefer main campaign of every games. But this dlc was easily the best dlc I ever played. Even though it’s short but they still able to do so much with this dlc. I thought it’s just gonna have few enemies, but all the locations are the same locations from the previous story. But they did so much that I genuinely was shocked. They literally gave you blade of Olympus. Brought back a character from Greek mythology. Brought back the greek mythology locations. EVEN brought back the original enemies from the OG gow. The story was also surprisingly very engaging. Made me excited for the future of this series.

[@sgtroach1510]

Plus it’s free

[@unclebobboomergames]

Cuz it WAS part of the campaign. Just extra. But i getchu

[@extraordinarygamer937]

Its the best DLC ever man, it was even better than Blood and wine and Old Hunters for me

[@TalesZuliani]

It could be just a rogue-like mode, would be good enough but no, they went and added a fucking great epilogue and pretty much closing to Kratos' road to self forgiveness

[@oukeith]

Valhalla's story is an epilogue for gow 3 and gow ragnarok easily the best writing in the modern gow games.

[@MyNameisMyName25]

I felt like ragnarok had some awful pacing issues compared to 2019, and looking back, Odin was a weak villain. His most menacing act during the game was killing a 3 ft dwarf lol

[@atlasthechamp82]

​@@MyNameisMyName25he literally killed thor tho

[@matthewdimattesa7292]

I actually ended up using the Spear more than any weapon.

[@vilek_7235]

That "adds a new element to the spear after every throw" perk was so fun to use

[@cbanks5289]

Spear = OP AF in Valhalla

[@sendittobrandon2012]

Same I started zoning the shit out of everyone

[@aparker884]

I had this game ordered last year. December was a sad month in 2012 and 2014. December 6th 2012 my best friend died and December 8th 2014 my dog was put down. Well 10 years after my best friend died my copy of God of war ragnarok arrived in the mail on December 7th.

[@GodKillerKRAT0S]

Bro i wouldve been fine paying like 20-25 bucks for this, the fact it was free is crazy, hands down best dlc ive ever played

[@cbanks5289]

I absolutely love this dlc its amazing

[@CosmicEye597]

It's a goodie

[@Diogolindir]

God of war 4, ragnarok and VAlhalla are so good that I don't even have a console but I've seen the whole story and Im in love with it. I played the first 3 and feel like I've matured as a man alongside Kratos is a great feeling.

[@alexanderrivera9705]

Might be the best DLC I have ever played. The facts that it literally is longer than the whole COD campaign is actually insane

[@peterkujawski1370]

Axe superiority big swing

[@trilja6665]

I think the only ever free dlc I've seen that can compete and beat this is the ones in hollow knight. Its truly that amazing

[@silence-dl9ru]

Love that they went with a hades like setup

[@oolooo]

Minus the obsessive desire to spam enemies that basically punish you for daring to try to dodge , parry or block their attacks , extraordinary free content and enhances the characters and brings the higher and higher .

[@sendittobrandon2012]

Valhalla and Phantom Liberty made two games that were Already phenomenal. Idk more phenomenal

[@CosmicEye597]

Phantom Liberty is amazing!

[@gagetherage98]

Great vid, better voice

[@j.wellington777]

Tyr's weapons... a callout to the potential locations of the next GOW game? 🤔

[@Iamwallacewayne]

Your great man I wanna see more thoughts on other great games as well!

[@CosmicEye597]

I hope to do more stuff like this in the future :) Thank you for the kind words

[@2ndplayeruser]

Idk the Spear REALLY helps in the higher difficulties becuase of the resistances it gives you from enemies

[@maryus5050]

The Most Beautiful DLC ever made for For one Epic Saga !!! No words need to describe it !! (and with the weapon, your not the onlyone thinking that 😂 )

[@rich925cal1]

I think the spear and blades are better than the axe .. I mean axe is strong sure but the blades are better for crowd control imo, and the spear better for overall versatility being able to do more special things that no other weapon can do

[@Nicholenickinicscott]

as someone that fell in love with god of war cause of the 2018 one, im glad that something good came out of god of war 5 and mind you im never gonna be picking up gow 5 again, i just could not get through it by the time i almost finished it , i never played the first 2 and never finished the 3rd, but this is another great franchise and i hope they remake the first ones someday

[@luizhenriquebarbosadasilva8667]

the kanabo is actualy a macuahuitl a weapon from the aztec period that has on its sides obsidian

[@B1it3krieg]

Are Kanobo, Katana and Khopesh a way of foreshadowing of what's coming in future? Japan and Egypt?

[@achillesholmes3622]

God of War 3 fighting mechanics feels so natural as opposed to the new God of War skill set

[@LudwigderKunde]

at rfirst i thought oh its just a fighting simulator but no new rage mode tyr gets a big role and his battle theme is epic

[@tim.noonan]

… the whole game is a fighting simulator

[@rawrisiloveuindinify]

I really don’t want to play only as Kratos for the next installment. Because I don’t want his character development to backslide. I want another epic war story but not at the expense of this beautiful completed story arc for Kratos. It’s time for Kratos to rest and pass the torch to another angry powerful god. (Not Loki tho he’s too Norse and I’m done with the Norse mythology it’s time for Mayan or Egypt.)

[@codecatx5]

Definitely use the blades way more in this dlc. I think the reason the world was unaffected by the death of the Aesir gods is partially because the Norse world is compartmentalized into the 9 realms and because as Helios said being a god of war is a “solemn metaphysical role” meaning ie the disastrous effects of killing type Greek gods came from their metaphysical link to their role. Hell when Kratos killed Ares there was no disaster to follow because he was linked to or responsible for real phenomena.

[@Leviathan1000]

Only thing missing was the OG voice of young kratos. TC Carson was the one thing I was hoping they would bring back.

[@CosmicEye597]

I remember watching a video on TC Carson's thoughts on the new games. Long story short, He and Santa Monica may not be on the best of terms. I would have liked to hear that iconic voice one more time, but I don't think we ever will

[@Leviathan1000]

@@CosmicEye597 that's what should have happened at the end of the dlc. Kratos talking to his younger self and boom Carson voice meets judge, and as a past the torch, a farewell to a legend 👏🏻 and an apology for firing him without even letting him know. You don't just fire someone after a long time working with them! That's just disrespecting right there.

[@CosmicEye597]

@@Leviathan1000 I agree with you. That would have been perfect. I've been playing GoW for 18 years and that would have been the perfect send off. TC Carson really was dedicated to Kratos for many years and many games.

[@zachadair52]

I actually found the spear as my favorite completing this dlc

[@awesomeredpandax2267]

I couldn't find a proper review on this dlc apart from the bullshit content farms like gaming bolt and IGN I hate those channels because they can't make a video that has heart to it so thank you for bring genuine

[@CosmicEye597]

Thanks for the genuine words :] Hopefully you enjoyed!

[@dbzdave06smith38]

I used to spear the most in this dlc. The game jyst gave me the most upgrades for it. Every run, I'd have a maxed out spear but my axe and blades might have only had 1 runic attack or skill upgrade

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

The spear is so damn good. So many perks around stun or elemental buffs make it the jam, plus the detonate skill is so great for crowd control.

[@matti.8465]

There's probably some sort of system keeping mythologies separated and unnafected by each other, otherwise it'd be an instant war for power and territory.

[@randyjax09]

Thank the lord they didn’t bring back the godforsaken satyrs from GOW III.

[@firefly1222]

I truly hope other companies see the praise and love and respect that the fans are giving this company just for simply giving out something for free And it to be so fulfilling in the actual story to feel like an actual ending Santa Monica studio anyone and everyone that works for that company our true life of Evolutionaries of the gaming industry one of the very few who still have pride, love and respect for the genre they work on, and it shows

[@lenOwOo]

For me the spear is more useful because it can generate more stun.. . More stun, more R3, more rage, more health Regen. .

[@samurgaming1358]

I’m gonna have to disagree abt the blades of chaos being the only good weapon. It’s the spear, If you have the siphon buff, spear throwing siphoning, and all kratos triangle weapon attack buff on then you’re gonna melt every single health bar.

[@benliftin4awhile]

Yep, literally melt them.

[@benliftin4awhile]

Beat it on the second available difficulty on my first attempt and it was very hard, I’m going up in difficulty but I don’t think I have what it takes for the hardest one.

[@sleepy9102]

I’m sad that they didn’t mention Poseidons princess in the people kratos has slaughtered.

[@pranjaydass6240]

I agree with you except for "accession" Santa Monica has always produced Masterpieces

[@CosmicEye597]

I only played that game once. I'd like to play it again someday.

[@Cheeks730]

I’d like to disagree with you with what you said about players who didn’t like Ragnarok not liking this I personally wasn’t crazy about Ragnarok I thought it was extremely underwhelming but when I played this, I felt like a kid again and I was happy with the storytelling involved, although it is very repetitive. It’s made me appreciate Ragnarok a little more. I still think the main storyline is extremely boring and is one of the least epic god of war I’ve ever played in my life.

[@CosmicEye597]

Legitimately fair. It's interesting to hear someone's perspective that didn't like the base game. Thanks for the insight :)

[@Cheeks730]

@@CosmicEye597 no problem, great video

[@CosmicEye597]

@@Cheeks730 Thank you :]

[@TalesZuliani]

damn it was a great DLC

[@CosmicEye597]

I agree

[@nikosspyris]

See like I understand what they tried to do, and I liked this DLC, but I really feel like Kratos moved past his sins too easily. Like "oh I hope I can be better that I was", no man, he condemned millions of innocents utterly unrelated to his vengeance to death and suffering, and That's therapy session are not gonna change this by just giving him the perspective of "but you helped the people before when you saved them from a barbarian horde of thousands". Well, he then unleashed plagues, floods, famines, storms and the undead and god knows what else else upon them so no, I am afraid that no amount of good Kratos did in Greece will undo the fact that he is solely responsible for its complete ruin. Kratos can never be a hero, anti hero perhaps, but they are trying to hard to push this hero narrative that just does not work for me. I also do not think Greece is done with Kratos yet. When they mention the rebuilding of Greece I expect that some of the surviving local gods are responsible. As far as I know for example, Kratos never killed Apollo, Artemis, Hestia, Demeter and Dionysus/Pan. These would make sense as aiding rebuilding since Apollo is a good of many good things, amongst them light, the sun, healing and the arts, Dionysus/Pan and Demeter both associated with the harvest and nature and Hestia being associated with family. Artemis as a goddess of the hunt is so perfectly suited to taking the role of tracking Kratos, either for revenge or to retrieve the Hope he "stole" from Pandora's Box, only to see how he has genuinely changed. I think there is a lot of potential in introducing some of the Greek gods never slaid and bring Kratos to terms with his past through them.

[@pr075]

Your ignoring the fact that from gow3 to gow 2018 hundreds of years have passed. He’s been struggling with his sins for many years, and just now he’s getting over them.

[@donniebell7887]

My one issue is they didn't cover that girl he jammed into that door YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT we all did it.

[@Baddad36]

It needs a patch I feel. There's too much of a difference between the early level enemies and Tyr at the end. The mini bosses are often easy to kill then Tyr one shot kills you. Just my opinion - don't hate me. But then, that's what happens in the main game too. I guess the answer will be - it's free, stop bitchin'.

[@TheStenius]

My highlight is Helios😁

[@brmawe]

I haven't played the DLC yet but it already sounds way better than the main story by far. The Ragnarok campaign is decent with solid moments but overall there's nothing to give overwhelming praise about it (like most Sony games, not all). I felt like it missed out on a lot of things including well RAGNAROK the end of the world. Overall good video & love your future of Souls games.

[@CosmicEye597]

The DLC Truly is great IMO. Glad you enjoyed the future of souls games video :]

[@brmawe]

@@CosmicEye597 That's great to hear! Haven't played Ragnarok in a minute & it's taking forever to download😂

[@mullaoslo]

I just watched David Jaffe play the dlc live and get to that very first Greece segment with the cage... He wasn't LOVING the dlc (neither did I) but that part got to him ❤

[@rich925cal1]

yea whoever the fk David Jaffe is tho

[@mullaoslo]

@@rich925cal1 just the guy who created God of war.. Not the 2018 game, the OG one, the franchise.. Mabye learn to Google before you say some stupid shit..

[@arock323497]

​@@rich925cal1 damn imagine not knowing the creator of the series

[@rich925cal1]

@@arock323497 yeah imagine not knowing 😭 lmao who gives a damn

[@mullaoslo]

@@rich925cal1 any fan of any franchise

[@Moe9990]

tbh this dlc honestly is better than the whole Ragnarok sequel, i didnt like how the story focused on atrues and was was basically his story not kratos, beside no jump buttons and the bad camera the most unsatisfying thing is that kratos feels like the weakest character in the game due to his character development which is sad and not the kratos who we know i hope the next gow will take criticism into consideration, gow is action based game with meaningful story not a 25 hour movie.

[@grauspaule]

For me it's to hard... I can't beat tyr in the 3rd fight and I'm pissed that i have to spend 20min every time to get to fight him...everything else i really enjoyed in this dlc

[@johndodo2062]

Not sure if I would only say the combat is good enough for a rogue game. It's got better combat than any rogue I have ever played, including hades and dead cells

[@GodWarsX]

I think this combat could support an entire full.length game with a triple A budget. I cant get enough of it

[@teo2216]

⁠​⁠@@GodWarsXyou think that because it is an entire a triple A budget game 💀

[@GodWarsX]

@@teo2216 i mean roguelite game. Take this combat and this format and expand it to full length and full budget title.

[@danieladamczyk4024]

A fanservice isn't love letter.

[@tylerleach8796]

No, but showing respect to the past is.

[@eques9280]

the thing that disappointed me the most with gow 2018 and ragnarok is the number of gods/heroes that we meet, the story seems to have been half written during the adventure of Kratos and Atreus . I very seriously hope that Kratos will no longer be the protagonist of other games, that we can appreciate other mythology with Atreus. in Greece we were in the foreground from start to finish, there I have more the impression that we are witnessing the middle and the end.

[@number1enemyoftheuseless985]

If they really cared they would have made it open world.... Like the last one. Not chop it up into little segments and pepper in agenda... Last thing I knew Norse mythology didn't allow their children to mouth off and be sarcastic.

[@gagetherage98]

This is a really, really, REALLY bad take. Just because it’s not open world, they don’t care? More of the same is fine, but the switch up makes the gameplay more engaging AND makes it so people can play it indefinitely. Also, if you’re the type of person to think that God of War of all games and SMS of all studios are sprinkling in,”agenda” you seriously need to take a long look in the mirror.

[@number1enemyoftheuseless985]

@@gagetherage98 I don't care ... If I don't like it If you going to sell me a mythical story and stick to the narrative Don't basteurize it with new age word play...

[@gagetherage98]

@@number1enemyoftheuseless985 do you have any examples of this at all? Would love to see the,”pasteurization” these woke libs and lizard people are doing to our games.

[@nickkokenspargermusic8666]

This dlc probably is good but this dudes a shill

[@Youalreadyknowbaby]

GOW fans when the levels are literally copy and paste but its free

[@tylerleach8796]

Bad take

[@I-own-your-feelings]

This was complete trash 😂