There is no release date yet. The studio behind the game asks for patience: it will come out in 2021 … when it’s ready … to become a key title of the PlayStation generation.
God of War: Ragnarok will be, except for great surprise, one of the games that will mark the history of PS5 . When we talk about the Santa Monica Studio saga, we are talking about one of the most mythical franchises in history and its fifth installment is going to arrive at the best moment. Why? Because after what seemed like the end of Kratos and his fight against the Greek Gods on PS3, he revived on PS4 with the fourth installment of the saga, a reboot that moved the Spartan warrior much further north and that conquered us all. God of War 4 was not only the best game of 2018, but it has been one of the three or four best of the entire PS4 generation, like God of War 3it was from the PS3 and the first and second from the PS2. But the four had special merit because everything that changed and modified the idiosyncrasy of the saga was, impressively, for the better. A game that borders on perfection and, if it does not reach it, it is only because it was a beginning, one of which we will now have the long-awaited continuation that will surely mark the PlayStation 5 generation .
‘God of War: Ragnarok’: Release date, price and exclusivity of PlayStation and PC?
The big surprise at the September PlayStation 5 Showcase was a small final clip revealing little more than the game’s logo and a date, 2021. And that was more than enough to make it the big news of the season. There will be a new God of War 5 in 2021 but it is more than likely that it will not be until the end of the year, towards November or December. And all this taking into account that there are no delays, something that with a game of such demand usually happens. Recall that, for example, The Last of Us 2 or Cyberpunk 2077 were delayed half a year from their initial dates. Therefore, we cannot rule out that God of War: Ragnarokdo not arrive until spring 2022. However, we cross our fingers so that this does not happen …, we already have the letter to the wise men for Christmas 2021-2022 written and it ends with a “Signed, Kratos”. Game Director Cory Barlog recently asked fans for patience: the game will be released when it’s ready to go, not before or after.
‘God of War: Ragnarok’: Plot
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In short, all God of War 4It was a journey for Kratos and his son, Atreus, to the highest peak in the world to deposit the ashes of his wife, Faye. Hiding from the Gods as mortals, Atreus learned that his father was a God and he, therefore, a Demigod. As Baldur, the son of Odin and Freya, chased them around the world, Kratos embraced his divinity and revealed his nature to Atreus. After killing Baldur and winning Freya as a future enemy, Kratos and Atreus arrived in the world of the Giants to deposit the ashes on the highest hill. There Kratos learned that his wife was not a common mortal either and that his son is, for the giants and the Gods, Loki. A family mess very typical of classical mythology that ended with the beginning of Ragnarok and thunder that announced the arrival of Thor.
In the Greek trilogy, Kratos defeated Ares in the first game, Athena in the second, and the rest of the gods, including Zeus, in the third. Something similar happens here. Despite Thor and Odin’s continued shadow, the game’s great rival was Baldur, a lesser God in celebrity who seemed made to pave the way to the great climax. With the game coming out the first year of the PS5 it is most likely that we will have another God of War , the closing of this new trilogy, in this same generation. Therefore, as it happened in the first, we do not believe that the story ends here. We therefore leave Odin and Asgard for another time, for the third installment. Everything here points, as the post-credits scene of God of War 4 announced , to a fight against Thor.
Loki, whom many will know from Marvel and Tom Hiddleston, is the son of the ice giants, contained by Thor and Odin so that he does not cause Ragnarok. However, both in Marvel and in the Santa Monica Studio video game, it ends up starting it. The Ragnarok finally attracts the attention of the first figures, that is, of Thor, the executor and murderous hand of Odin, who goes to the same door as Kratos.
Although Thor may be the game’s first confrontation, as was Baldur in God of War 4 , it is most likely also the last, the great battle in the middle of a chaotic world in full destruction by the Raganarok and in that we will revisit the 7 worlds that the Bifrost connects. Let’s remember that in God of War 4 we moved mainly through Midgard (our world), Helheim (the world of the dead), Alfheim (the world of elves), Niflheim (the world of fog), Jötunheim (the world of the giants) and Muspelheim (the world of fire).
Therefore, Kratos still has to visit Svartalfaheim (the world of the dwarves and orcs or dark elves), Vanaheim (the home of the Vanir gods like Freya) and Asgard (the realm of the Æsir gods like Thor and Odin) . Also, we hope to see more of the giants after learning that Atreus is one of them. After all, we only see a very small part of Jötunheim at the end of the game. The same could be said of Muspelheim, which in the past game was a simple combat proving ground. Ragnarok begins precisely there, where the fire giant, Surt, awakens the rest of the giants to march towards Asgard to destroy it.
‘God of War: Ragnarok’: Gameplay
We are still far from knowing specific technical details of the new God of War: Ragnarok but it is born to hope that it is not a fairly continuous system of God of War 4 . To the always essential Swords of Chaos will be added the Ax of Leviathan, an explosive mixture of fire and ice that made us enjoy more than ever massacring enemies.
In the same way, the game is expected to repeat its successful hybrid between linear story and open world, a kind of false opening that did more than hit the mark in God of War 4 and that brought many extra hours and freedom to the game. history. We can even foresee that this freedom will increase and open spaces to explore will be even greater. Of course, we cannot imagine a story as powerful as that of God of War, and less in the middle of Ragnarok, without an established direction. In the same way, it will repeat the role structure in which Kratos and his weapons had levels of improvement and abilities to achieve and increase, essential to take down the most difficult enemies (yes, we are talking about the Valkyries).
The main question, and probably the most interesting thing that Santa Monica Studio has left to do with the gameplay , is the place of the Atreus / Loki character (not that other Loki ). As in The Last Of Us , the greatest wealth in the history of the game was in the coexistence of both protagonists, during the cutscenes but also during the gameplay . Improving Atreus and his bow became an essential part of the fight although he never became, unlike Ellie, a playable character. It would be a real blow to the table and a breath of fresh air to the saga that, even in certain missions, we could handle Loki in some moments. For all this, unfortunately, we have to wait several months.