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Reviews for the latest edition of the iconic game ‘God of War’, and ‘God of War Ragnarök’ has become the highest-rated game on the Sony PlayStation 5. The game has garnered a Metacritic rating of 94, making it the second-highest-rated video game of 2022, just behind Elden Ring (96). However, among first-party titles, Kratos’s latest exploits in God of War Ragnarök trump all of them.

‘God of War Ragnarök’ is the ninth installment in the series, and the game is available on PS4 and PS5. As expected, the pre-launch reviews of the game have been over the roof, as the game is all set for a worldwide release on November 9.

God of War Ragnarök becomes Sony’s highest-rated game on PlayStation 5

Santa Monicas sequel, ‘God of Ragnarök is officially with a Metacritic rating of 94, becoming Sonys highest-rated PS5 game and also the second-best game of the year 2022.

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[Northeastmonk]

With all the emotional energy I had for Elden Ring. I’m happy it’s a close 2nd.

 

[iHaunter]

With all the emotional energy I had for Elden Ring. I’m happy it’s a close 2nd.

I loved Elden Ring, but it's a little overrated. A lot of Copy/Paste. It's still an amazing game overall. But it definitely winds down mid game.

 

[PlayedStation]

Yes and now we'll see how well Spiderman 2 reviews next year. My hopes are astronomically high for that one.

 

[ShinyMan]

Demon's Souls is a much better game.

 

[vodka-bull]

If that‘s the highest, I‘ll wonder what we‘ll see once PS5 exclusive titles release.

 

[Danjin44]

And you know what happens every time a game becomes most highly rated around here? Eventually people start calling it “overrated”.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It's overrated.

 

[Represent.]

Demon's Souls is a much better game.

Worst combat in the genre, possibly all of gaming.

 

[feynoob]

But it definitely winds down mid game.

Can you believe the nerve of this guy?

Edit. Elden ring honestly is a unique game. Its very interesting concept, in which I hope certain devs use it for their games.
Plus the game is above mid game. At least its very good game.

 

[iHaunter]

Worst combat in the genre, possibly all of gaming.

Worst combat, but still the best atmosphere by far. No Souls game has yet to replicate Demon's Souls atmosphere. Bloodborne is a close 2nd.

 

[ShinyMan]

Worst combat in the genre, possibly all of gaming.

Exaggeration of the fucking century, I mean holy shit my dude.

Combat in GoW is much worse honestly, DeS is worse than it's successors obviously but the remake only showed that it still plays really well.

 

[TintoConCasera]

possibly all of gaming.

You haven't played many games, don't you.

 

[Danjin44]

Worst combat in the genre, possibly all of gaming.

Maybe you should play Skyrim before claiming that. Compare to other FROM games it has very basic combat which make sense it was experimental game structure and how online worked.

 

[Represent.]

Exaggeration of the fucking century, I mean holy shit my dude.

'GOW'

You haven't played many games, don't you.

Maybe you should play Skyrim before claiming that. Compare to other FROM games it has very basic combat which make sense it was experimental game structure and how online worked.

I feel like you're all trolling when you say Demon Souls has great combat.

Im not even exaggerating when I say I dont think I can find a more simple, uninspired, boring and just straight up fucking WACK combat system.



It's run. Block. Hit. Mixed in with retarded AI. Amazing combat!

Show me something worse. I dare you.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Show me something worse. I dare you.

The Witcher 3 if you want a modern game.

For older games, check out Arx Fatalis combat. Game is pretty cool but holy shit, melee combat in that game couldn't be more simple. It's an RPG tho so it gets a pass, combat isn't the focus.

Edit: forgot about King's Field lol, that'd be the obvious answer.

 

[Thief1987]

Guys, guys, i read the title and it seems it's about GOW Ragnarok

 

[damidu]

Exaggeration of the fucking century, I mean holy shit my dude.

Combat in GoW is much worse honestly, DeS is worse than it's successors obviously but the remake only showed that it still plays really well.

talk about exaggeration of century, lol

 

[SlimySnake]

Good God. Now THATS a PS5 game. Beautiful.

 

[El Pistolero]

It's overrated.

Elden Ring? Yeah, a tad overrated...Excellent, with superb world building, bestiary and gameplay loop, but quite repetitive and plagued with technical issues.

 

[01011001]

game ciritcs are braindead wannabe Journalist with zero credibility...
so who the fuck cares?

I bet a solid 90% of them palyed it on the lowest difficulty mode

 

[Trazyn the Infinite]

but it's a little overrated. A lot of Copy/Paste. It's still an amazing game overall. But it definitely winds down mid game.

You just described 99% of Sony's first party output for the past decade.

 

[Yoboman]

I loved Elden Ring, but it's a little overrated. A lot of Copy/Paste. It's still an amazing game overall. But it definitely winds down mid game.

Yeah I doubt most reviewers got that far

The first 50% of the game lives up to reviews but the later half is much weaker and you begin to see how much is reused

 

[Yoboman]

You just described 99% of Sony's first party output for the past decade.

He literally didnt

If anything Sony's recent games have a flaw of starting too slow and taking a couple hours to really take off

 

[Trazyn the Infinite]

He literally didnt

If anything Sony's recent games have a flaw of starting too slow and taking a couple hours to really take off

He literally did. Aside from the rare entry such as BloodBorne, most of their games are the same after the halfway mark with just busy work and zero depth. Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider Man, Miles Morales, Horizon 1 and 2 - normally this isn't an issue but when the games are needlessly long and lasting for over 40+ hours? Shit gets old.

 

[Thief1987]

You just described 99% of Sony's first party output for the past decade.

So equally amazing games as Elden Ring. Got it.

 

[tommib]

And you know what happens every time a game becomes most highly rated around here? Eventually people start calling it “overrated”.

It's overrated.

 

[THE DUCK]

Most shocking thread of the year.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Steam users reviews > Metacritics average

Spoiler

Last God of War is 96% positive out of 43k reviews

 

[Black_Stride]

It rated higher than Demons Souls, Elden Ring, Hades and It Takes Two?

I dont know whether to be impressed or disappointed, if Ragnarok is "the best game" on PS5 this far into the generation.
As in technically speaking, God of War Ragnarok is currently game of the generation....and its crossgen and doesnt bring any of the "nextgen-ness" of what we were promised the PS5 would offer.

 

[MasterCornholio]

It rated higher than Demons Souls, Elden Ring, Hades and It Takes Two?

I dont know whether to be impressed or disappointed, if Ragnarok is "the best game" on PS5 this far into the generation.
As in technically speaking, God of War Ragnarok is currently game of the generation....and its crossgen and doesnt bring any of the "nextgen-ness" of what we were promised the PS5 would offer.

The title did say Sonys.

God of War Ragnarök becomes Sony’s highest rated game on PlayStation 5​

As for Demon Souls it has a meta of 92.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/demons-souls

As for it being crossgen as long as the game is awesome it shouldn't really matter. Don't think critics are docking points because a PS4 version exists. The game is too good for that to happen.

 

[solidus12]

The best is yet to come.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Cant wait for this but turned off the latest episode of nextlander once they started highlighting their issues with how much loot and constant upgrades loot management etc. It sounds extremely bloated in its loot and combat systems but I just want to jump in now and see for myself.

Glad it's god if war that's the highest rated, I just hope we see another Sony Santa Monica game that is true next gen only before the gen is over.

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[MasterCornholio]

Only a week left to find out.



Happy I have a PS5 to play this one.

 

[Whitecrow]

Good God. Now THATS a PS5 game. Beautiful.

Looks very mid.
Textures ok. But lighting is a generation behind still. Theres nothing impressive going on there besides texture resolution.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Worst combat in the genre, possibly all of gaming.

Imagine being so desperate for attention on the internet that you say stuff like this.

 

[Pelta88]

Metacritic: God of War Ragnarök’ has become the highest-rated game on the Sony PlayStation 5

Stevivor:

 

[ShinyMan]

I feel like you're all trolling when you say Demon Souls has great combat.

Im not even exaggerating when I say I dont think I can find a more simple, uninspired, boring and just straight up fucking WACK combat system.



It's run. Block. Hit. Mixed in with retarded AI. Amazing combat!

Show me something worse. I dare you.

I didn't say it was great necessarily, just that it's much better than GoW's combat. Then you haven't played many games at all my dude, a few users already pointed out a few examples of games with much worse combat. I'd throw The Witcher in as well, the combat in those games is fucking atrocious.

As for the run/block/hit...two things: ridiculous oversimplification of it, which can be done to pretty much any game to make it look worse, and this isn't an Hack n' Slash.

 

[M1987]

Demon's Souls is a much better game.

It's clunky,and the combat is terrible and slow

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

and this isn't an Hack n' Slash.

Probably should have stopped then if you didn't want to compare it to a hack and slash

 

[Robbinhood]

GoW probably has the best combat in an action game, let’s be real. Unlike games dmc, it’s not just offense, you can’t button mash your way through. You have to read the enemies, defend and time things. Plus it feels way more fun which is the point of video games. I agree the camera can be too close but nothing is perfect

 

[MasterCornholio]

Metacritic: God of War Ragnarök’ has become the highest-rated game on the Sony PlayStation 5

Stevivor:

Oh yes we know what's coming.

 

[Portugeezer]

A rating in the mid 90's is a huge achievement.

I was looking forward to this game, but now it's a must-play.

 

[ShinyMan]

It's clunky,and the combat is terrible and slow

No it isn't, but ok.

Probably should have stopped then if you didn't want to compare it to a hack and slash

I wasn't comparing the type of combat, but the execution of what both games were trying to do. He made a ridiculous oversimplification of the combat while missing the point of the game itself. A forward is a totally different kind of player than a defender, but you can still determine which one did his job better.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

No it isn't, but ok.

I wasn't comparing the type of combat, but the execution of what both games were trying to do. He made a ridiculous oversimplification of the combat while missing the point of the game itself. A forward is a totally different kind of player than a defender, but you can still determine which one did his job better.

No you fucking weren't. You haven't even played the game you clown lmao

 

[Carmen Winstead]

Demon's Souls is a much better game.

 

[Saber]

Did people just took advantage of this thread to look down on Elden Ring? Bunch of old bastards you lot.

Also congrats to GoW. Thats one hell of a high score.

 

[ShinyMan]

No you fucking weren't. You haven't even played the game you clown lmao

Yes I have, it's the same fucking combat system as the first one. Even the reviews say so.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

The highest rated ps5 game is……. A ps4 game? /s