God of War Ragnarök

God of War Ragnarök

Released: November 09, 2022
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation 5

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG) Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Fantasy Open world

Player Perspectives:

Third person

Ratings

User Rating

90.9
Based on 777 ratings

Critics Rating

94.6
Based on 13 ratings

Total Rating

92.7
Based on 790 ratings

Summary

God of War: Ragnarök is the ninth installment in the God of War series and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Continuing with the Norse mythology theme, the game is set in ancient Norway and features series protagonists Kratos, the former Greek God of War, and his young son Atreus. The game kicked off the events of Ragnarök, where Kratos and Atreus must journey to each of the Nine Realms in search of answers as they prepare for the prophesied battle that will end the world.

Storyline

The freezing winds of Fimbulwinter have come to Midgard, making survival for Kratos, Atreus, and Mimir in the Norse wilds even more challenging than before.

While the last game built an enormous amount of trust and understanding between father and son, there is still a great deal of complexity in their interactions – especially after the revelation of Atreus’ Giant heritage and the hidden prophecy only Kratos saw.

Atreus is desperately curious. Like most young people, he wants to understand who he is more than anything. In this case, he wants to understand who he could be. The mystery of Loki’s role in the upcoming conflict is something that Atreus cannot let go of. He wants to keep his family safe, but Atreus also doesn’t want to stand by and do nothing while conflict consumes the Nine Realms.

Kratos, still bearing the knowledge of his past mistakes, wants to spare Atreus the bloody lessons he learned from his conflict with gods. He wants to keep his son safe, above all, and their confrontation with Baldur has vindicated the belief that only tragedy will come from further entanglements with the Aesir.

Together, Kratos and Atreus will have to make a choice about which path they will take. Whatever they choose will define the fate of all those living in the Nine Realms as Ragnarök approaches.

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Involved Companies

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Role:
Publisher

SIE Santa Monica Studio

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Developer

Valkyrie Entertainment

Role:

Jetpack Interactive

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Bluepoint Games

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RedHot Software

Role:

Original Force

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SuperAlloy Interactive

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Supergenius Studio

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Keywords

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Alternative Names

God of War Part II God of War: Ragnarok 戰神: 諸神黃昏 战神:诸神黄昏 God of War Ragnarok God of War: Ragnarök

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