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I'm a lil late on talking about this one but weirdly enough I had a lot to say about a short free DLC
Look. It ain't no Shadow of the Erdtree. But. Its damn good. Really good. That story is just 👌
This is like playing hades on crack
Being free doesn’t absolve it from criticism. Valhalla is poorly designed and not fun to play most of the time. the great story and character development doesn’t make up for the poor mechanics and gameplay that is completely unbalanced. I absolutely hated the DLC and I don’t think I'm ever going to touch it again. Extremely disappointing that we didn’t get a proper DLC instead of this clearly half baked mess of gameplay. I would’ve much preferred a proper story DLC even if it was not free.
Just finished it. Great story addendum. I'd only add that Valhalla acts like Catholic Purgatory, moreso than a paradise, which really worked.
Just finished Valhalla last night and the ending was phenomenal. The shot of Kratos walking out of Valhalla just like the pose in the mural was so memorable
If anyone thinks the original 6 games (1-3, Ascension and the 2 psp games) are just shallow action games, they need to play them or watch the cut scenes at least. Yes, they are great action games and maybe my favorite series ever, I also love the 2018 game but Ragnarok was the first game in the series that I put down before I finished it. I plan to finish it eventually and maybe I will end up loving it but I replay the older games pretty often.
This is definitely one of the best dlcs i have played, especially with it being free. Its just such a good cherry on top of an already mostly perfect game.
Jake only uploads this now because it took him this long to get to the final tyr fight lmao
in terms of the story being "slight" so it makes sense its free I disagree, they did full blown motion and facial capture and soooo much more dialogue I honestly think they could have gotten away with a 20 dollar price tag and people would say that's fair. I just don't think we should downplay how insanely rare it is for us to get THIS level of quality for a completely free dlc. also if you power through the story yeah it like 6 hours but there's so much more to unlock and more narrative to see if you carry on playing. ive already got an extra 20 hours in this.
Love hearing the love for the O.G trilogy. Are you hoping for a remaster of those old games?
I still need to finish Valhalla but as an OG GOW super fan man I loved Kratos brutality but the new softer version of kratos, as I age I really see Kratos struggles with his past. I love all the game including the spin offs but for sure in my opinion, God of War 3 is just the perfection of a video game
Wonder if these recent job listings are for bringing the OG god of wars back but with the 2018/Ragnarök elements 🤔
Hey Jake, did you read justice buster? If so, what were your thoughts?
What is your thoughts on "stop killing games" by Accursed Farms?
There is a short and a long form video
fallout review please 🙏🏽
Sorry Jake, I can't watch any God of War Valhalla or Allen Wake 2 content until they come to steam and I play them ☹️
Gonna play valhalla next and replay ragnarok ng+ with young kraits skin
Valhalla was certainly a solid DLC, elevated in large part due to its being free. However, and I know many people have said this online, I think the DLC's only failure is that it focused too much on Tyr. The fact that Older Kratos does not fight a younger version of himself (featuring his iconic weapons) is a wasted opportunity. Instead, we were given three different battles with Tyr… Why? What makes this even more perplexing is that it conflict with the central premise of the story. Valhalla is supposed to be an inner journey. Whereas Tyr is an external entity. Sure, Tyr could be used as a plot device to introduce the player to Valhalla, but beyond that his presence seems superfluous, like the developers were left with a largely forgettable character in the main game, and so they thought this was the opportunity to develop him. Unfortunately, this development came at the cost of Kratos' journey. Which brings me back to the missed opportunity of Kratos' fighting Kratos. Now watching Kratos' soliloquy to his younger self was awesome! But I think it would have been even more impactful if it had come after Kratos had beat himself. Especially since it would have tied into the Main Game's "we must be better" concept. It's one thing for Kratos to show mercy to Thor, but as Nietzsche said, one's greatest enemy is themself. Picture it: Old Kratos has OG Kratos pinned like Heimdall, yet rather than finishing him off he relents and delivers his soliloquy. Through this action the player would have witnessed Kratos coming face to face with the Monster within, yet showing enough maturity and wisdom to truly forgive himself. There is something to be said for a visual representation rather than words. And through such a scene we could have bridged the past and present Kratos showing just how far Kratos has come from the original game almost 2 decades ago. But no, instead we spend the experience getting lectured by Tyr, forced to fight this new character with no real connection to OG Kratos, all as part of some "inner journey"? In sum, there are signs of greatness within the DLC, and it certainly was a good time, but as a long time fan I felt it could have been better.
I will as soon as they release this gid damn game on PC
I also just came around playing Valhalla this week! 👍
I've played all the games post PS4, tried GoW 2018 and just could not do it after about two hours. I don't know why, but the game just does't click with me. Haven't touched it since, nor the sequel (obviously since it is a sequel and more of the same).
jake you got some audio pops in this video
My wife hated that it was a rogue like. She quit playing and just watched the cutscenes on YouTube.
not on pc yet, sadly
sony please bring valhalla and bloodborne to pc
Another thing, when Kratos is sitting on his “throne” at the end, his skin tone isn’t ashen white, almost as if through this journey he’s shed that, become human again – needless to say, I really enjoyed it
no spoiler warning jake??
Go back?
I haven't played it yet, too many games in my backlog.
My main disappointment over the DLC was it being released weeks after I had sold my copy. 😫🤦🏻♂️
I am currently playing one of the older titles and it is so much fun. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the old games. They are so epic and cinematic. The music sends chills down my back.
I absolutely hated Kratos by GoW 3 because he just sounded like a whiny A-hole who was just killing everything for no reason at that point, so older Kratos really redeemed him in a way that I didn’t think was possible
Hell No GOW Ragnarok is one of the worst games Ive ever played…. What a disappointment to the franchise.
What are people praising?!? It’s awful.
“Fugg yea! You see that.”
It sounds corny because it is.
It makes the new game plus content make sense too. You can beat Valhalla then go back and play through all the old games with the blades and the old Greek armor as well as the axe and new currency and it not be goofy. You can imagine it as kratos still journeying through Valhalla
DLC’s story was better than the base game imo🤷🏼♂️ Had a good few gripes with Ragnarök’s story sadly…
I normally hate tacked on rogues like modes that come out way later and tank my trophy or achievement percentage, but this one was actually really good.
I had mixed feelings honestly. It was a cool concept but I don't like the idea of it being the gameplay loop moving forward. I prefer the traditional open world action gameplay of 2018 and Ragnarok.
Ragnarok left me extremely burned out, it felt like they could have shaved a few hours off it here and there as it felt TOO big and epic. I don’t think I’ll be replaying it anytime soon due to that. This is coming from someone with a Leviathan axe tattoo btw.
Valhalla on the other hand – oh my. The story feels self contained enough (despite being an epilogue) but due to its gameplay over story focus I feel like I can come back to this again and again. Plus the roguelike genre has really hit the spot for me in recent years with Hades and Returnal, so this is a win for me.
No thanks, this DLC was hardly even better than trash, which is Trashnarock, and it doesn't mean much at all.
This on highest difficulty was the best combat I have ever experienced in any action rpg
Yeah, between this and No Return, I’m totally down for rogue like modes to become more common in single player games .
The another video from Jack, full of spoilers. Dude is just grabing out the players of emotions, we can get playing this dlc. We don’t need to play it anymore, you just have shared full range of content incl story piece. The channel has it’s identity crisis
I don't get the love for it. It's just the cheapest way to get some more use out of the existing assets with a bare minimum of plot. Nothing like the main game.
I think the Ragnarok story in general was quite disappointing compared to 2018
love the video, you still owe me pizza though.
"Pulling Mimir out of his ass." 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, Valhalla was unexpectedly incredible.
That shit was fire cant lie
🤣🤣🤣 he pulled Mimir out of his ass ?!?!! 😂