Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.

[JL2930]

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

[Snookies12]

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

[Monstieur]

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

[HellspawnPR1981]

High skill? When?

[solideagle]

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

[Golfcoachh]

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

[Crows90]

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

[JL2930]

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

[Fluke_Skywalker]

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

[TheEnigma313]

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

[Shane Kim]

The newer games are better imo.

[ravens52]

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

[Snookies12]

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

[Crows90]

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

[darthv72]

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

[ravens52]

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

[Fluke_Skywalker]

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

[Inverno]

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

[Crows90]

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

[Inverno]

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

[Crows90]

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

[Inverno]

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

[Gardenia]

I haven't played Ragnarok yet but I like the older games more. The ancient Greece setting is interesting and different from other games. It was less serious and more over the top which fits Kratos more. But I understand why they went for a different direction after years of the old GoW games.

[Barlos]

GoW 2
GoW 3
GoW 2018
GoW ragnarok
GoW ghost of sparta
Gow chains of olympus
GoW 1

Not played call of the wilds, betrayal or Ascension so can't comment on those.

[SimpleSlave]

God of War 2018 and Ragnarok are the worst God of War games EVER but they also happen to be better games that all of the other God of War games.

The reality is that these remakes should've either been a different IP altogether or started a new God of War character that could've later cross path with Kratos.

Not to mention the fact that making him lose most of his powers on account of not being able to load new zones quickly enough was beyond idiotic.

[goldwyncq]

Even if you like the newer games better, I can't see why people would put 2018 over Ragnarok. Ragnarok did everything the last game did but far better.

[InUrFoxHole]

Probably because you had to play the game 10hrs before it actually got good.

[Crows90]

The 2 recent ones are entirely different games.
The previous god of wars were action platformers with puzzles. The recent one are story driven action games.

All have great story. Great set piece moments. Great soundtracks. They're all good in their own right. Title should be "ranked from best to bestest"

[ravens52]

Exactly.

[Pyrofire95]

Ranking every "Ranking from worst to best" article from shit to shittier.

[ModsDoBetter]

Ascension got more hate than it deserved.
The MP was pretty fun and it tried something different.