Is God of War: Ragnarok Really a Masterpiece? - Evaluating a Highly Anticipated Sequel

[@ImGardenGnome]

Which would ya’ll wanna see next, Cyberpunk or Ghost of Tsushima?

[@eemmvvee3155]

ghost

[@uglynerd8764]

I like ghost of tsushima more.

[@danielfinegan6717]

Ghosts

[@joshanjorin]

GHOST OF TSUSHIMA

[@ImGardenGnome]

Analysis will come in like 2 days :)

[@SirDoubleYou]

The reason why Atreus went after that elf that cut off its arm was because they were using it to power the light bridge. I'm surprised you missed it, but they mention early on how the elves wear the light on them to power the bridges, back when you had to knock over the statues to power them. That's why the elf cut its arm to escape, so they couldn't progress further and why Atreus tried to grab them

[@ImGardenGnome]

Ah makes sense. I’m surprised I didn’t catch it either. Oops 😅

[@aryiascolbert8487]

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[@aryiascolbert8487]

😅unfortunately u you Jin no go no ik Inkj

[@monarchofllamas2150]

You deserve literally so many more subscribers, listening to your videos is getting me through my job while keeping my sanity for the past week and the length and quality of your videos are great. You'll blow up with these videos, I know it

[@ImGardenGnome]

Thanks so much man 🖤

[@joaohenriquerocha3425]

Atreus chased the Elf because the bridge would give out beneath them without the crystal that Elf carried, which is why Tyr was dragging it and why the bridge did eventually give out

[@samalmond2321]

Ratatoskr was a runic summon in GOW 2018

[@Nelster]

a fun tidbit about 'Chauli', when Santa Monica first revealed character concepts for Atreus, people jokingly called him Charlie, so the turtle house scene from the last game was their way to have a bit of fun with it.

[@spliffrollasparxx]

I love your videos. As much as I love single player adventure type games my adhd brain skins over things so I always looking up a overview after. So glad these videos exist!

[@marcuslong3938]

Wow, I just watched this one last night, didn't even realize this was you. Another great vid, and the long length of it got me through a long project I was working on.

[@frannymak]

@ 58:24 Atreus chases after the elf because they were using it to light the bridge. It was a light elf, and they use the light for power. That's why Tyr was dragging him, to use its light to power the bridge. Thats also why the bridge collapsed when the elf jumped off.

[@frannymak]

Sorry, just noticed you saw someone else comment this. Great video BTW, enjoying the recap after just finishing the game myself

[@TheIronChancellor]

My favoutire game ever, just finished it for the second time, definitely top 5 games of all time, and best ending to a game, im suprised thus game was made by humans

[@francovieri4996]

whatever lil meatglazer

[@PinoyMagicianVlogz]

I can see why people love this game. I played a good chunk of it. Got the spear and everything. But it felt like work to me getting through the game. Just didn’t click to me for some reason. Really wanted to love this game but just couldn’t get into it like I had hoped I would.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

That actor playing the role of Odin seemed familiar to me as well while watching this, so I looked up the actor whose name I believe is Richard Schiff. That name might not ring a bell, but his appearance likely could as the man has been in many, many movies of which he often played a supporting role audiences might overlook that producers/directors tend to keep in mind. But in this game the performances across the board and also the fucking camera work is just unreal, with so much nuance to go along with it's magnificent overall scope so the end result is something gripping if not downright hypnotic. Great vid, love how you do this type of content

[@randycrawford1132]

He is in the Good Doctor

[@shinthetibia]

As someone who watches the game movies (videos that splice the cutscenes and relevant gameplay parts together) 90% of the time rather than playing the game myself, I really appreciate your content for its story and character analysis. I also watched your TLOU ones! The current number of views on these are atrocious and I can't wait for this video (and the rest) to blow up in the future when people discover your channel and binge everything in succession 🤓

[@ImGardenGnome]

This means a lot to me man. Thank you so much :)

[@zacharyking4428]

Something to notice after Atreaus' rampage is that Kratos is thinking like a general.

[@mike-mz6yz]

something you missed in the first dream....there were 3 logs in the way Faye moves the one on the right Kratos the one on the left then she asks him to move the middle one. So she clearly can move one. One point though....at this time (before the first game) Kratos shouldnt know Faye is a giant right? so why isnt he surprised she can easily lift a log?

[@ImGardenGnome]

I know about the logs, I was just trying to joke around haha. And yea the last point you mentioned makes sense. He should be more surprised.

[@strikingdiscussion5263]

Damn… good points idk how I missed that haha

[@ImGardenGnome]

I wish I would have figured that out before uploading lmao. I would have put it in the critique. Thanks for pointing it out @mike3455

[@mike-mz6yz]

@@ImGardenGnomebtw the issue with the compass is it doesnt point to the destination it points to the next turn or door basically. So picture it like a GPS in your car but it only gives you an arrow instead of saying "turn in 500 yards" Thats why sometimes it jumps around, you just passed the invisible checkmark and your compass starts aiming to the next one.

[@MattSwift1988]

They battled to a stalemate the first time they met. He already knew how strong she was.

[@Para2normal]

What a cracking review! Keep up this quality of work and your channel will surely catch on. (stupid Algorithm that forces me to actively find good quality, but small creators)

[@ImGardenGnome]

Thank you! I am trying for sure :)

[@jacovro]

Your channel is very underrated

[@gonza2477]

I knew who fenrir was in norse mythology, so the wolf dying did little for me, kinda expecting he would comeback somehow

[@scatterthoughts]

Yeah while playing this game, I kinda felt lucky to know almost nothing about Norse mythology lol

[@stringtales]

Damn, bro. you should have said "all cutscenes with commentary... sometimes"

[@bm-ye1jj]

A lot of the smooth brain criticisms I’ve seen of GoW are people saying souls like games and JRPGs are just better. I have no clue where this is coming from like there’s da a sub community of people that seem to just not like it since it’s a narrative game that’s not from Japan

[@ImGardenGnome]

I hate to compare the two, they are just different. GoW is narrative driven. DS is gameplay driven

[@SayMy_User_Name]

A video game should always be gameplay driven though lol I mean u can still have a narrative, a very good one at that, but it still has to be driven by gameplay otherwise what is the point of it being a video game? This game has too much narrative and unskippable cut scenes, n not nearly enough gameplay .. rhe only fun to be had is the boss fights and there is literally nothing else in the game that is fun to PLAY through, that is not ok, and it’s damn sure not a masterpiece

[@ImGardenGnome]

@@SayMy_User_Name I very much don’t agree with you but that’s okay. You like what you like, no problem with that.

[@Thonato420]

​@@SayMy_User_Nameagreed, wished we had an encounter select mode but nah shit santa studios just went "fuck the amazing combat we've development, let's have some romance scenes"

[@Morfe02]

Kratos kill three gods and now he doesnt want to make another action that cause- BRO the Aesir still are gonna kill you after reading all the mimir stories Second "Groa lie about the destruction of the realms" is still POINTLESS because Odin destroy 8 realms and the giants just to save his own realm is the same reason THEY EVEN POINT THIS "whats the difference" NOTHING NOTHING because is a prophecy and Odin would do the same with A or B the only difference is the post game after doing Story mode Third the champion is just a guy who use the horn literally would be cool if the champion is the general the guy who plans the battle and a second "champion" the killer who beats some gods and well play about it being Loki the killer of gods and NO Kratos even if they repeat about his past Four KRATOS DIES yeah like 3 times and he travel to the realm of the deads like FIVE TIMES in multiple games

[@johnwerner6445]

Dude enough with letting cutscenes play out already. We have already seen them hence why we watch videos like this.

[@ImGardenGnome]

Had a lot of people give criticism about this so I won’t do it much anymore. But you can always skip through the cutscene man.

[@johnwerner6445]

@@ImGardenGnome you need to segment the video. sometimes i skip to far

[@ImGardenGnome]

@@johnwerner6445 I agree, will do better on the next video :)

[@saniakshay12]

I think the slow pacing is why it hits its emotional beats so well. It is literally about trying to spend as much time with your loved ones before the end. The old games rushed a lot because they focused almost completely on the next set piece. Ragnarok chooses to focus on the ride and those riding with you.

[@JustJoeKing5]

I felt this game was kinda easy as I played on the hardest difficulty but with my fists only. Obviously not all the time but at times where I was forced to use a weapon I did (like heimdall. I did love the game though so 8/10-9/10

[@tonywatts2584]

The snake doesn't say "you'll be there." He says "Jarnvidr" which means "Iron Wood" So basically he doubled down and repeated what he said to Atreus.

[@SayMy_User_Name]

It’s ironic to me how the Norns say “there is no fate , only your choices” in a game that is scripted to the letter, allows for no player choice what so ever even within its gameplay, and is quite literally fated to play out exactly the same way for every single player who plays it .. come on, that’s irony at it’s best

[@loonar7960]

Absolutely masterpiece level. The only big issue is that its two games smushed into one. So as a single game it feels a little bloated, but some aspects of the story feel a bit less fleshed out than I'd like. I enjoyed seeing the Asgard side of things more than I thought I would and kind of wish they delved into Thor a little more. Maybe even make him a playable character. The other nitpick is that I hated playing as Atreus. I just felt too weak and Ironwood dragged sooooo much. None of this holds it back from being an easy 10/10. These are just my personal nitpicks. Combat is top tier and characters and their arcs and VAs are next level. It also looks stunning while running at 70-90 fps on PS5. I wish more games were made of this quality.

[@RespiteofChampions]

Is Ragnarök a "masterpiece"? The short answer is YES. ABSOLUTELY YES. This is how a sequel should be made. It takes everything good about the first game and just elevates it all to an 11.

[@mrpitman5496]

I wouldn't even say what they did was making it an 11, more about understanding if you go from rock to rap you have to adjust your tuning. And usually you get crap like the dark knight rises that was just out of tune with the rest of the album.

[@RespiteofChampions]

@@mrpitman5496 But they didn't go from rock to rap. They went from phenomenal to insanely amazing. They didn't even adjust any tuning like that. They took what they already had great and just made it better in every way. And I don't know about you but TDKR was a fantastic movie.

[@RespiteofChampions]

@@lilmikey6983 The only thing that irks me are the colored people yeah, but other than that it's a gem. He wasn't emasculated, he matured emotionally.

[@jiren6346]

11 dice XD,con una historia patetica de aburrida,arcos argumentales cerrados de la peor manera como el de freya,antagonistas sin impulso argumental,para los casuals es una “obra maestra” si jugaste el anterior sabes que este juego queda a medias en casi todo

[@mytyak07]

Funny how artreus decides to leave straight away haha

[@_crane_7475]

This IS a masterpiece.

[@B0BBYJ4CK]

13:07 ...Uh, yeah you shouldn't have said that. some of us are perverts.

[@Slymufasa1510]

This kid has to have never been in a relationship if he can’t understand why Faye would want her husband to pick up a log for her

[@awadhhasan5937]

I’d say close to a masterpiece that’s my opinion it was missing one thing straight direct story in god of war2018 from the get go we knew what to do spread the ashes ,while in ragnarok until the near the ending u got know what, for some this is good for others this can be boring it felt more like a movie rather than gameplay that’s my opinion atleast, the ending was alright it felt like game of throne ending ragnarok fight was supposed to be huge scale fight instead it felt like a fast paced thing,that quite annoyed me for some reason

[@demo3456]

master piece? No It's a good story pretty basic. Every ones standards are pretty low right now with all the sub standard garbage that is made. A simple good story and can seem like a epic master piece and that is god of war. A simple retelling of the hero"s story nothing more nothing less.

[@12th.jahlil]

What would you claim to be a masterpiece?

[@evil63]

Subjective

[@rywuki]

your analysis is great…but too much cutscenes lol

[@GeneralxGrant]

The compass in this game was never broken, people just don’t understand for some reason…It does it’s job perfectly.

[@jaylinwesley3044]

You should do God of War 2018 "was it really a masterpiece" since you've played Ragnarok. It arguably makes it a better game.

[@randycrawford1132]

This video was almost 4 hours anyways lol

[@BigmacConnoseur]

No. Very imaginative names for the bot accounts in the comments

[@jgn]

mans made an almost 4 hour long video but couldn't talk about combat for more than a minute lmao

[@Chrispytophur]

Holy shit

[@EHBradley]

Nope, the combat is just not for me, I play a lot of souls, Elden Ring and Sekiro, so when I play this it just doesn't compare, I can't connect with the story either, but hey that's just me....

[@bm-ye1jj]

Interesting, I platinumed sekiro and elden ring and the combat in GoW kind of feels right up that alley, in fact while I love the variety of builds in a game such as elden ring GoWs more focused arsenal adds more depth to the minute by minute combat. I would put GoW ragnarok on the same level as sekiro and elden ring, GoW having the best story, elden having the best world and sekiro having the best combat. Genuinely confused tho how someone who likes sekiro and elden ring doesn’t like GoW, ur loss ig that sucks

[@EHBradley]

@@bm-ye1jj felt the same way about the first game, went back a year or two after launch and loved it, weird I'll go back in a year or two and see if I enjoy it more then

[@Souphover]

Short answer no it’s not a good game

[@longmuskratrathue2451]

The only masterpiece is last of us part 2 it is my favorite game the story and pacing are great and I absolutely loved abby.

[@randycrawford1132]

This game should have won Game of the Year, not Elden Ring!

[@user-zu9yp4xx8g]

Elden Ring was better

[@evil63]

​@@user-zu9yp4xx8gsubjective

[@joshuaradloff1070]

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