SKYKILLA

1y

Just got the plat

Finding the real tyr was so underwhelming lol

There was more effort put into the random Mimir stories and other casual conversation as you’re free roaming

You surprisingly find out the real tyr has been alive in the prison the entire time, you tell him Odin is dead and Asgard is gone - and he just says I need to be alone to process this information

He sits on the floor. That’s it.

TiTi

1y

When I bumped into dude in Freyr's camp in Vanaheim doing some mad yoga s***

SKYKILLA

1y

I thought it was front heavy tbh

Everything after brok gets killed is so rushed. The Ragnarok mission at the end is like 1 hour and you just quickly fight thor and then Odin 2x in fights that aren’t really cinematic at all. Baldur fights in 2018 are better easily imo.

They mentioned all these armies helping and then the dwarves and helheim don’t show up. You get the elves and the Valkyrie’s.

This should have been a trilogy

russianbot23

1y

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Man the more I think on this the more this game felt like S8 of GOT.

• The biggest driving force of the plot was Odin’s deus ex machina mask, which was never fleshed out enough for us to care. Like yeah dude forbidden knowledge, that’s really what all of this was about?
• The mask/forbidden knowledge became the driving force by default because Kratos and Atreus are really just meandering around and reacting for the vast majority of the story. They have no goal in this one, Kratos even considers walking away and just going home about 80% in. The antagonists don’t want conflict, the main character doesn’t want conflict, the story just awkwardly stumbles towards a conclusion that feels pretty avoidable, rather than inevitable.
• The Tyr twist was ineffective because Tyr was useless and unlikable anyway for the entire game.
• Thor and Odin were TOO likable every time they’re actually on-screen to the point where they don’t make effective villains. Sure Thor is rough-around-the-edges and Odin is a bit of a d***, but all of the truly horrible things that they’ve apparently done are told to you by other characters. That isn’t good storytelling and doesn’t translate well when you actually meet their characters. The only one that I really wanted to kill based on his personality was Heimdall.
• Kratos should’ve just taken the peace deal in the beginning, for 90% of the game he actively is saying he doesn’t want war, doesn’t want Ragnarok, but when Odin comes and offers peace in the beginning he says “nope.” Kinda stupid to have that offered to him and then never give us a compelling reason for why it would’ve been a bad idea, besides Mimir going “noooo don’t trust him!”
• They spent so much time in Ironwood with Angrboda suggesting that a solid chunk of the giants have survived and they may fulfill Groa’s prophecy of an army of the Jötnar marching during Asgard. But nope, sorry, developers were on sharp deadlines so we’re not actually going to include that plotline or animate any of the armies besides the elves into the battle of Ragnarok. Make sure you buy the Loki spin-off to see what happens to the giants!*

SKYKILLA

1y

I was just expecting more at the end. The visuals are awesome with having world serpent and srtur in the background and you’re just in the trenches f***ing s*** up, but I think it should have been more

It could have been a 2-3 hour thing before you finally get to Thor + Odin fights and those fights should be more epic and cinematic. Odin is pretty much the Zeus of this mythology after all

Would have been cool if you had to run through even more enemies and just a bunch of mini bosses along the way in the trenches before Odin + Thor. Travelers, Valkyrie’s, soul eaters etc. it should be a diverse amount of enemies seeing as Odin has prepped for years and should have his defenses ready

MEMBER DATTEBAYO

1y

Imma be heated if they win GOY. They already robbed RDR2.

BlueDream

1y

I'm so impressed with this story...it touches on so many subjects

Grief, prophecy, trauma, growth, love, trust, purpose, alcoholism, mental abuse. And so much more.

RCLamp

1y

Also I went through a complete mindfuck when I realized that the voice actor for Sif is the same as Elena from Uncharted lmao

Makaveli842

1y

so can mortals cast spells in this world? cause kratos thought faye was mortal but they both talk about the protection stave in the first flashback

also if mortals can cast spells why is faye secretly mouthing a spell when leaving a handprint in the final flashback instead of just saying it out loud?

russianbot23

1y

Yea… I just beat it. F***. I’m kinda underwhelmed.

Ragnarok just could’ve been so much more… we never see the armies of Hel, Skoll and Hati never eat the Sun & Moon, Jormungandr & Fenrir are just background characters (they kill Thor and Odin in the mythologies.) The battle goes too quick. The Thor fight felt really rushed and one-dimensional, and his death was anticlimactic. And we don’t even get Mjolnir 🙁 Surtr’s role is weird and we hardly get to see him destroying Asgard. Odin‘s part and final fight was alright but nothing mind-blowing.

A ton of time in the game is also given to the prophecy of Kratos dying, which never even comes close to fruition and hardly gets mentioned after killing Heimdall. I also didn’t really understand the last prophecy boards at the end, and Atreus leaving felt like it came out of nowhere. Then the game is just over. No resolution between Sindri and Atreus?

I dunno man I just expected more from such a good series.

russianbot23

1y

Man the more I think on this the more this game felt like S8 of GOT.

• The biggest driving force of the plot was Odin’s deus ex machina mask, which was never fleshed out enough for us to care. Like yeah dude forbidden knowledge, that’s really what all of this was about?
• The mask/forbidden knowledge became the driving force by default because Kratos and Atreus are really just meandering around and reacting for the vast majority of the story. They have no goal in this one, Kratos even considers walking away and just going home about 80% in. The antagonists don’t want conflict, the main character doesn’t want conflict, the story just awkwardly stumbles towards a conclusion that feels pretty avoidable, rather than inevitable.
• The Tyr twist was ineffective because Tyr was useless and unlikable anyway for the entire game.
• Thor and Odin were TOO likable every time they’re actually on-screen to the point where they don’t make effective villains. Sure Thor is rough-around-the-edges and Odin is a bit of a d***, but all of the truly horrible things that they’ve apparently done are told to you by other characters. That isn’t good storytelling and doesn’t translate well when you actually meet their characters. The only one that I really wanted to kill based on his personality was Heimdall.
• Kratos should’ve just taken the peace deal in the beginning, for 90% of the game he actively is saying he doesn’t want war, doesn’t want Ragnarok, but when Odin comes and offers peace in the beginning he says “nope.” Kinda stupid to have that offered to him and then never give us a compelling reason for why it would’ve been a bad idea, besides Mimir going “noooo don’t trust him!”
• They spent so much time in Ironwood with Angrboda suggesting that a solid chunk of the giants have survived and they may fulfill Groa’s prophecy of an army of the Jötnar marching during Asgard. But nope, sorry, developers were on sharp deadlines so we’re not actually going to include that plotline or animate any of the armies besides the elves into the battle of Ragnarok. Make sure you buy the Loki spin-off to see what happens to the giants!*

Dr FyaskHO

1y

Spoiler alert: this didn’t win game of the year @NobodyWins

Dr FyaskHO

1y

Spoiler alert: this didn’t win game of the year @NobodyWins

Keepthereceipt

1y

Holy

Keepthereceipt

1y

Holy

russianbot23

1y

Yea… I just beat it. F***. I’m kinda underwhelmed.

Ragnarok just could’ve been so much more… we never see the armies of Hel, Skoll and Hati never eat the Sun & Moon, Jormungandr & Fenrir are just background characters (they kill Thor and Odin in the mythologies.) The battle goes too quick. The Thor fight felt really rushed and one-dimensional, and his death was anticlimactic. And we don’t even get Mjolnir 🙁 Surtr’s role is weird and we hardly get to see him destroying Asgard. Odin‘s part and final fight was alright but nothing mind-blowing.

A ton of time in the game is also given to the prophecy of Kratos dying, which never even comes close to fruition and hardly gets mentioned after killing Heimdall. I also didn’t really understand the last prophecy boards at the end, and Atreus leaving felt like it came out of nowhere. Then the game is just over. No resolution between Sindri and Atreus?

I dunno man I just expected more from such a good series.