There have been exciting questions on everyone's mind since the conclusion of the Norse chapter in Santa Monica Studio's God of War. Many believe that Kratos has put down his axe and is now retired.
God of War: Ragnarok is out on Steam and Epic Games. Although the game launched a few years after the first one (on PC), the visual quality is largely unchanged. There’s no ray-tracing or advanced global illumination tech to back up the delayed release, but Santa Monica has included a variety of upscalers.
God of War Ragnarok is now available on PC, and if you're wondering how it compares to the existing PS5 version, read ahead.
So practically the same. While pc is sharper, Ps5 must be a bargain then! These pcs are over twice the price!
From DF
PC is the better Version for now
( Ragnarök arrived on PC this week, offering a newly upgraded version of the PlayStation hit with a raft of graphical upgrades and new PC-specific features )
" Scaling beyond PS5, avoiding shader compilation stutter and plans for RT."
It’s not just how it looks but it plays. Higher frame rate is a big plus especially if you can push into the 144+ range.
Looks about what I expect from a first game developed for a console and ported by an unaccomplished studio.
Actually the game runs surprisingly well for an "unaccomplished studio" of 4 people. Mind you there are companies out here in these streets with hundreds or thousands of employees but can't get a PC port to run smoothly.
The game was developed for last-generation console hardware that is at least four PC generations old. Not to mention, the game itself is equivalent to a modern corridor shooter with intermissions in between, so not exactly what most sane people would call impressive or demanding.
So sorry, but no, that is not "surprisingly well"; it's quite literally the bare minimum. And I really wish people would stop praising mediocrity. When you do that, you set the bar low, which hurts both the industry and the consumer.
All your points are correct. We still haven’t seen what Sonys first party can do save for maybe ratchet and clank and returnal, but those were “launch games”. We need some meat on the bone with the new ones. State of play I just found the list, is not going to be that impressive
God dam where is new god of war and whatever naughty dog doing
You can also use Reshade to make the game and actually all PC games look better, though the FPS can take a minor hit but it's worth it. I cannot play a PC game without using this at all LOL. https://reshade.me/
God of War Ragnarök is the sequel to 2018's God of War reboot, and one of the best games ever made, coming to PC in a very polished port.
Probably but I feel future stories will be something coming for Kratos rather him going after someone by choice
If the Egyptian Gods for example hear of his acts against not only the Greek gods but the Norse they might think they are next and send people to try and dispose of him prompting him to investigate why there are continuous attacks on him.
He’s retired but he’s not going to sit back and let people hurt him or the people around him. I’m sure he could bring Freya along aswell to replace Atreus
Based on Ragnarok’s ending [and overall narrative] Kratos wants to become a benevolent steward of the Nordic realm. He intends to help the people rebuild. He is also old and tired of fighting. Conversely Atreus wants to to travel the world to find out more about the Jotunn and also embrace his adventurous nature. Therefore, I think a successor series to God of War could follow Atreus, with Kratos being a background character.
I hope not. He's way too awesome still.
I don’t see it for a few reasons.
For one, it makes them too much money.
For two, the retirement of Kratos would mean the retirement of the franchise. I think that’s a far jump in assumptions just because ragnarok ended on a good note. It’s strange for the series sure but no cliffhanger just means the next director has more freedom to take it where they want. I think people are looking too deeply into this.
Kratos making more babies