God of War (dunkview)

00:00:00.000I want to know what it was like the

00:00:02.760moment those reviews start rolling tell

00:00:05.250me what it was like when you were sad

00:00:07.020five o'clock when the embargo was up

00:00:08.820what was so we hold the phone Cody

00:00:11.639Balrog off a street fighter looking

00:00:13.559[ __ ] yeah you got some 10th from

00:00:15.540a bunch of [ __ ] ass sellout reviewers

00:00:17.369nobody good to [ __ ] about but now it's

00:00:19.080time for a real guy to play the game you

00:00:20.880know somebody that was strategically

00:00:22.260selected to not receive the game early

00:00:24.420because I actually criticize games from

00:00:26.189time to time so are these [ __ ] limp

00:00:28.349dick critics that don't know [ __ ] about

00:00:30.179video games just being stupid again no

00:00:33.690it's actually really good God of War for

00:00:35.700wait it was a god oh god of war is the

00:00:38.700first game in the God of War series you

00:00:41.010play as the bereaved Kratos who was a

00:00:42.840grumpy old game that has to take his

00:00:44.670peppy son up a great big mountain now I

00:00:47.129know what you're thinking hey this is

00:00:48.719just ripping off the last of us but no

00:00:50.550it's actually ripping off up and Kiku

00:00:53.219Jiro and hunt for the wildered people

00:00:55.050it's a tried and tested dynamic and it

00:00:56.850works here to great effect Kratos is

00:00:58.739more vulnerable than ever before because

00:01:00.420he actually has something to lose and

00:01:02.399his son boy is constantly seeking his

00:01:04.920approval after a very understated

00:01:06.990opening where you fight a gigantic troll

00:01:09.180monster you're launched into one of the

00:01:10.920most insane boss fights I've ever

00:01:12.990witnessed as always God of War is a

00:01:15.450ridiculous over-the-top thrill ride with

00:01:18.000unmatchable scale and a thunderous

00:01:20.040menacing orchestral score drowning out

00:01:22.409sounds of the carnage on screen but

00:01:24.450where all their titles would fill those

00:01:25.890gaps between set pieces with Ramblas

00:01:28.080puzzles and brawling this new

00:01:29.670installment tells a gripping story we

00:01:31.829find Kratos living as a mortal in the

00:01:33.840land of Midgard which is enveloped in

00:01:35.820this ethereal fog and adorned by sunken

00:01:38.640monuments to the gods as you play to

00:01:40.860discover these shrines depicting the

00:01:42.720history and future of this forsaken

00:01:44.759place as its scope gradually expands

00:01:47.430even though he's older and wiser

00:01:49.110fray dosa still that same boneheaded

00:01:51.390[ __ ] doofus as usual throughout their

00:01:53.549journey he routinely scolds his son for

00:01:56.040being such a friend function jackass

00:01:59.509he's trying to teach him discipline and

00:02:01.490restraint but I mean it's Kratos were

00:02:03.439talking

00:02:10.230it's this contradiction that makes the

00:02:12.910game so interesting and hilarious many

00:02:15.400of my favorite moments in the game are

00:02:17.020just them sitting in a boat with Kratos

00:02:18.760producing all these classic fables into

00:02:21.460the most lifeless literal

00:02:22.960interpretations possible but enough

00:02:25.180about this stupid [ __ ] doesn't even

00:02:26.800matter at all let's talk about the

00:02:28.420combat it is brutal there was such a

00:02:32.140satisfying wait behind your moves in

00:02:34.330this if you can split or do it in half

00:02:35.860with your charge of the pick

00:02:39.870throw your accent to a guy freeze them

00:02:42.180and kick them into a long shadow room do

00:02:43.860100 pieces when you hit triangle your

00:02:48.690weapon will fly back into your hand like

00:02:50.849Thor's hammer you have these crazy-ass

00:02:52.440special attacks you can turn your rage

00:02:56.519mode on and knock dudes around like

00:02:58.260little pulling things dodging and

00:03:00.900rolling is a central part of the

00:03:02.400experience you have this little

00:03:03.599indicator and that Clues you into when

00:03:05.280your enemy will strike and you have the

00:03:07.080option of doing a quickie bade which is

00:03:08.849harder to time but allows you to

00:03:10.500battalion faster or a big roll which is

00:03:12.870safer but less aggressive now I know

00:03:14.880what you're thinking this game is just

00:03:16.410ripping off of Dark Souls correct there

00:03:22.680is a lack of variety among the sub

00:03:24.540bosses and a couple of noxious elements

00:03:26.819that bog the game's pacing down such as

00:03:29.129weak side missions and annoying fast

00:03:31.260travel system and tack down RPG stuff

00:03:33.780but in the face of what the game gets

00:03:35.549right these are minor issues God of War

00:03:37.860is a masterful balancing act it plunges

00:03:40.379you into its desolate treacherous realms

00:03:42.480of Norse mythology and is punctuated by

00:03:44.489raw satisfying combat there are powerful

00:03:47.160quiet moments sandwich between

00:03:49.489jaw-dropping spectacle and it ends on

00:03:51.870such a cool moment where you can't wait

00:03:54.299to see what happens next

00:03:55.450[Music]

00:04:12.290four out of five finally the ps4

00:04:15.420receives its nat killer

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00:04:54.159knack one that is not an act - come on

00:04:57.050let's let's not be animals here