It was the first god of war game I've played and I had a blast back then.
>cool lore drops
>nice simple story
>the very first real boss battle in 2018 game when the stranger comes knocking was very cinematic
>giant snake actually FELT huge
>mini bosses were a bit repetitive though it felt like 4 reskinned enemies over and over again
>also the brat was a bit annoying in the second game
They were 8/10 games overall, I don't understand where the hate comes from.

I'll give you a hint, it's not on one particular platform

>>713631185 (OP)
>It was the first god of war game I've played
Did you play the others? if not you literally have no context and frame of reference

>>713632417
I've seen the other ones, its mainly smashing buttons + poor graphics

>>713631185 (OP)
>says nothing about gameplay other than ONE boss felt cinematic

Hmm ... hmmm ... I wonder why people hated it.

>>713632616
>seen
Since you love movies this sounds right up your alley

>>713631185 (OP)
I hate them because they aren't God of War, especially gameplay wise.
If somehow we had Aphrodite sex scene in these modern titles, Kratos would probably say something like "I no longer seek pleasure for the pleasures sake and I will not taint my wife's memory!"

>>713632659
The rest of the battles were fun and cinematic too except that hell dog one (sucked complete dick)

>>713632029
Retarded console drone

>Cinematic Sonyslop for normies that "plays" like every single one of their other games (80% cutscenes)
>Kratos goes from a badass slaying gods to a cuck who supports his wife being gangbanged
>Angrboda is now a nigger
You had a blast? How about I blast my cum on your face you fucking retard. Get some standards.

Is Kratos going to eventually fuck Freya?
She seems down.

>>713631185 (OP)
I liked the simple hack and slash of the original trilogy, also liked the fact that they respected my time.
Meanwhile, in gow 2018 you spend most of your time running around and riding a boat on an awful map, has a shitton of bad side quests that you have to do so you can get good enough gear (not get one shotted in higher diff). I would write more, but nobody reads wall of texts
Tldr: i was very annoyed during the whole playthrough of gow 2018

>>713631185 (OP)
2018 is goty
ragnarok is trash
marvel humor and retarded story ruined it. sweet baby wasnt able to understand a thing from the nu gow and the previous episodes

>>713633871
>Permavirgin has to make up fake lore to be mad about to justify his anger
>Hasn't even played the game

Many such cases.

>>713631185 (OP)
2018 was good, but Ragnarok is an Anthony Burch special

>It was the first god of war game I've played
>cool lore drops

How the fuck would you know NIGGER

>>713631185 (OP)
GOOOOOOOOODSSSSSSSS

>>713634716
Yup I agree with this, 2018 is a decent game, Ragnarok is what happens when the writers want to be the next marvel

When they revealed it was the same Kratos my enjoyment diminished immensely. It's not a reboot. Its a sequel. But that nigga is dead.

>>713631185 (OP)
>t was the first god of war game I've played

>>713631185 (OP)
I actually liked the 2018 one well enough, but Ragnarok was incredibly underwhelming for me. The pacing of the story was truly awful, and the climactic end battle felt like it had no buildup despite playing for like 40 hours on top of a whole other game. Many of the worlds just felt like more of the same from 2018 with not enough to differentiate them or make it feel worth the while for a sequel. And to top it all off for me, the combat in Ragnarok somehow felt worse than 2018. Like, the camera being so close to Kratos at all times was already a huge annoyance, but it feels worse in Ragnarok because they add a ton of enemies that launch attacks outside the field of view that you have no way of avoiding (and Mimir calling out attacks is incredibly inaccurate and annoying 99% of the time).

>>713631185 (OP)
>2018
I'm fan of the old games, but I was really on-par with the new direction the game decided to take -- if we're gonna have a shitload of Last of Us clones, I'm fine with one starring a character
I already like. But the gameplay is not that interesting imo, and it really failed me with its impression of Norse mythology. It feels a bit underwhelming to explore imo, but I really like shifting from realm to realm. The story pacing could also have been done better. Also there is never really an impression that Kratos was anywhere close to returning to his former savagery. And every conflict with Atreus seems to kinda resolve itself too easily. Also the puzzles... I will just mention them because goddamn, they suck. The side quests are unimpressive.
Overall 6/10, would be 7 or 8 but the ending is fucking underwhelming as hell.
>Ragnarok
It sucked. Hope this helps.

On a sidenote, what was the deal with Odin just being 'The Bad Guy' with nothing else backing him up? Like, really? Everyone else is actually a good person deep down, except Odin? I feel that's kinda bullshit.
Either Odin also needed to be more humanized, or everyone needed to be more humanized into a flawed person, bad enough that it justified a ruthless person like Odin trying to establish his heavenly sky order or whatever.
It is *stupid* that we go from Greek Mythology where everyone is a bastard, to Norse Mythology where everyone is nice except Odin and his gay lieutenant.

>>713631185 (OP)
protip: the shitposters who complain about it have never played it

>>713631185 (OP)
the combat is extremely shallow, every major boss fight is 50% QTEs, you're not allowed to solve puzzles yourself because the mandatory follower npc will always give you the answer within 15 seconds, and the story is really fucking dull most of the time. I haven't played the original trilogy but I highly doubt context would have made me enjoy it more.

>>713631185 (OP)
Only played 2018, but no.
>>cool lore drops
That were retarded sjw propaganda like referencing the "hurr Columbus thought native Americans were Indians" myth.
>>nice simple story
It's the opposite of simple. Baldur is defeated because a dwarf randomly gave Atreus magic arrows that happen to be made of his only weakness and then a random strap happens to break and Kratos happens to fix it with an arrow. Also the whole plot happens because Atreus' mom is a retard.
>>the very first real boss battle in 2018 game when the stranger comes knocking was very cinematic
Yes. It was "cinematic".
>>giant snake actually FELT huge
And then it did nothing interesting.

Not to mention the entirely unsuitable camera for an action game, the stupid loot, the stupider level system that made said loot worthless, shitty voice acting, etc.

>>713635117
because i LIKE MYTHOLOGY YOU DUMB FUCKING IDIOT GORILLA MONKEY MAN

>>713631185 (OP)
2018 is solid
Ragnarok is shit

i dont hate em, they are pretty good.

gameplay wise, i think the originals are vastly superior. nice, tight combat.

as far as story, i hate with the new ones that they are presenting this whole "kratos has these toxic traits" thing but then any time he actually has to get something done, they LEAN on those toxic traits. like oh new bitchmader kratos is getting his ass whooped - TRIGGER ANGRY KRATOS THAT WE JUST SPENT ALL GAME SHAMING THE CHARACTER FOR.

its just kind clumsy. its not his calm collected attitude getting anything done, so the character development just feels super forced.

classic "have your cake and eat it to" writing.

>>713632616

>>713631185 (OP)
Someone post the sped up cuckboat segment

>>713637618
If you like mythology then why do you like a game that horribly butchers it

Some people enjoy movie games.
Some people do not enjoy movie games.
It's really that simple. You will always get a divided opinion and it doesn't mean the game is good or bad. Clearly moviegames appeal to a large number of people, since it sold so well.

>>713631185 (OP)
(You)'re a fucking retard baiter who didn't play the old games.

>>713631185 (OP)
But I liked 2018
And hated ragnarok

It's two boring moviegames with worse gameplay than the very first Greek GoW. There's no reason to dig up GoW's corpse and desecrate it like this. Some series should just say dead and not become walky talky railroaded slop with pointless RPG garbage slapped on so they can appeal to the lowest comment dominator.

>>713641738
>they can appeal to the lowest comment dominator
Sorry, that's the majority of gamers. Back when Ascension came out plenty of people shat on the new parry system because it was "too hard".

>>713638047
Not one to defend those games anon but they do make a point about how Kratos learns to CONTROL his super anger thingy.
He makes a point again and again that Atreus should not let his rage consume him, but rather redirect his rage. Control it, not be controlled by it.
It's never really about toning it down.

I don't hate them I like them both quite a lot but my biggest complaint is the camera is too fucking close during combat. Just pull it back 10 feet and it would improve 1000% and actually be worthy of all the praise it gets

That being said the original trilogy is still far superior even if they fixed the camera how I want, which is why nugow gets shit on

>>713631185 (OP)
>Movie games
>Ditches high energy alpha kratos, to make room for A bEtTeR mAn (if sony wasn't so pleased with proclaiming themselves as THE fag console, these games might have passed as character development/ growth)
I'm sure more engaged fans of the series could articulate more reasons, but those are my main grievances

>>713631185 (OP)
I really liked the original trilogy it felt cathartic to channel the rage Kratos felt and kill the gods who wronged him. The next games are 2deep4u movie game cucked bullshit and they neutered Kratos

they're a lightning rod for various trends people on /v/ seethe about. if you are simply looking for a middle of the road action adventure with an involved story element then nu god of war will probably seem fine, an inoffensive 8/10 on the ign scale.

>>713631185 (OP)
2018 is fine, it was flawed but it had promise, Ragnarok just doubled down on EVERYTHING 2018 did wrong, long stretches of just listening to boring NPCs, the combat is the same as 2018, which is one of the biggest flaws it had. And ALL characters are lame as fuck, ALL OF THEM. specially the Asir gods, fucking lame ass antagonists.

Fuck this game, and fuck you OP.

>>713631185 (OP)
Boring walk n talk "game"
Story and characters are gay and lame

It really is the worst video games have to offer as a medium

>>713631185 (OP)
why'd they make his "son" look like such a disgusting monkey lesbian with weak chin?

>>713631185 (OP)
It was overrated but better than the PS2 games at least

Because it's awful.

C'mere boy....mah boi... Thassa gud boi... then kraters gets yelled at by his ugly wife and his son starts dating an ugly mutt. The gameplay is OTS pseudo-souls garbage with magnetic combat.

GoW ended with 3.

>>713631185 (OP)
>I don't understand where the hate comes from
It's because it's a Sony game anon. Some of the criticisms people have are legitimate, but then those exact same people will shill Red Dead Redemption 2 which does everything they complain nuGoW does but 10 times worse. Then you also have the retarded 30 year old manchildren who never matured past the age of 11 that think being a psychopath that murders random innocent people who happened to be near you is badass and manly.

>>713647758
>think being a psychopath that murders random innocent people who happened to be near you is badass and manly
Yes.
Being your wife's bitch is not badass or manly. Being a cuck is not badass or manly. Looking like a söyjak is not badass or manly

>>713647758
THIS. They're all seething tendies.

>>713647575
wait, did the player miss the second prompt and thats why it looped? or am i seeing shit?

>>713647758
What if I dislike both because they feel like they are wasting my time and care more about being "cinematic" than being fun?

>>713636939
Really? So Kratos wasn’t manipulated by his new wife into killing the Norse gods and he doesn’t act with little to no actual autonomy throughout the whole story?

>>713647575
Basically Castlevania 64 gameplay + le epic cutscene qtes on top.

I don't get why kids love this shit. Even when I was a child I had better taste

>>713631185 (OP)
For me it's
-Bad writing: You can't have sappy emotional moments in a game series when as soon as the cutscene ends you immediately go back to raping and murdering and screaming
-Bad gameplay: It has several problems with camera and controls and combat that were ALREADY FIXED in Devil May Cry on the PS2 20 years ago.

>>713631185 (OP)
>why does /v/ hate god of war 2018 & ragnarok so much?
It copies all the bad parts of Sonic Heroes
>Homing attack on everything
>constant chatter and hand holding telling you what to do
>Gives you the answer to puzzles within 10 seconds of being in range of said puzzle(you might not have even seen it yet)
>Your still being given tips in the final boss
Why is this M rated game holding my hand more than most games for children?

>>713631185 (OP)
/v/ always mocked God of War but for nuGoW, it was because basedposting was at its peak during 2017-2020

>>713632417
The early games did not interest me that much.

>>713631185 (OP)
>preachy
>linear
>fake "I'm so mature" masculinity
>modern-day california dialogue
>marvel humour
>shitty progression
>melodrama, "muh emotional experience"
>irrelevant action cutscenes that change nothing and have no urgency
It is LAZY shit that relies too much on pretty graphics and brand recognition.
The movie"game" genre is fucking CANCER and I as the other anon said, is the worst this industry has to offer.
Go read a book or watch goyflix you consider this vrap good you tasteless bitch