Contains spoilers of the first part.
- We met first samples from playing.
- It takes place years after the story of the first game.
- The fateful “Great Winter” of Fimbulwinter has already arrived.
- The onset of frost also brought new and more terrifying monsters.
- At the heart of the story is Atrea’s true legacy.
- Only Kratos saw the hidden prophecy in the last game.
- Astreus wants to know not only who he really is, but who he would be could stand.
- Kratos does not want his dreams to repeat the same bloody mistakes and get involved in a war with the gods.
- Decisions on how to deal with the impending catastrophe (Ragnarök) will have to be made together.
- Thor and Freya are the two main opponents.
- Freya is not only a powerful witch, but also an excellent warrior: she wants revenge on her son’s death at all costs.
- Thor engages all his legendary bloodlust and anger in his brother’s revenge.
- Thor’s nickname is “the deadliest butcher in the nine realms” after he killed most of the giants at Odin’s command.
- The battle hammer Mjölnir really rules with storms.
- New runes and abilities.
- The goal is richer possibilities in combat when controlling a pair of characters: combos, elements, defense, etc.
- All 9 empires accessible in the game.
- The original 6 empires will have new locations, in addition to which we will also visit Vanaheim, Svartalfheim and Asgard.
- In the end, the game is really officially called God of War: Ragnarök.
- According to the authors, this will be the conclusion of the “Norwegian saga”, so any further play will theoretically take place in a different mythology.
- The game has been under construction since 2018 (they started right after the end of the development of the first game).
- The director of the game is Eric Williams (he has participated in all parts of the series, he has been in the studio since 2004).
- Eric replaced Cory Barlog from the previous game, but Barlog remains the studio’s creative director.
- Bear McCreary returns as a music composer.
- The trailer did not contain any release date for the game, nor is there a certain PS4 version of the game.
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