I wish more risks were taken, as it certainly feels like an expansion of the 2018 PS4 game. However, I couldn’t help but be disappointed by the lack of surprises Kratos and company had to offer, and I had trouble shaking the feeling that I was retreading the same steps albeit over slightly different terrain. And the game’s powerful story hits just as hard as you’d hope, with many of the eccentric cast returning with sublime voice acting in tow.īut it’s impossible to ignore that God of War Ragnarok feels like a safety-first sort of sequel, with refinement over reinvention being the main goal, and with cutbacks made to ensure the game runs well on PS4, as opposed to harnessing the power of the PS5.įor better or worse, it’s also instantly familiar, which some players may be relieved to hear – after all, there’s nothing worse than when a developer completely loses sight of what made a game so special in the first place. That’s not to say God of War Ragnarok isn’t a glorious-looking game – the bombastic set pieces and incredibly detailed cutscenes do a fine job of repeatedly hammering home that fact.

After hours of snapping necks, dismembering bodies, solving puzzles, and flying into fits of unbridled rage, one thing became patently obvious during my time with God of War Ragnarok… the Ghost of Sparta’s potential has been hamstrung by the aging PS4.

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