We got our first good look at God of War Ragnarok in action
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During the September 2021 PlayStation Showcase, Santa Monica Studios released our first good look at God of War Ragnarok, the sequel to God of War released back in 2018.
It’s a lengthy trailer and there’s a lot to digest as before this was revealed not much was known about the God of war sequel. It wasn’t even confirmed to be called God of War Ragnarok until now.
The trailer doesn’t waste any time as we see an older Arteus still with his father Kratos as they face the coming of Ragnarok, which in norse mythology is the end for both god and men.
For the most part, everything looks stunning but nothing really stands out visually in God of War Ragnarok, making me instantly think that they retained what they did in the first game for the PS4 version and that there will be technical and visual improvements on the PS5 version.
Based on the blog post featuring God of War Ragnarok, senior community manager Grace Orlady provided more context on Kratos and Atreus' next journey:
“While the last game built an enormous amount of trust and understanding between father and son, there is still a great deal of complexity in their interactions—especially after the revelation of Atreus’ Giant heritage and the hidden prophecy only Kratos saw.”
“Atreus is desperately curious. Like most young people, he wants to understand who he is more than anything. In this case, he wants to understand who he could be. The mystery of Loki’s role in the upcoming conflict is something that Atreus cannot let go of. He wants to keep his family safe, but Atreus also doesn’t want to stand by and do nothing while conflict consumes the Nine Realms.”
“Kratos, still bearing the knowledge of his past mistakes, wants to spare Atreus the bloody lessons he learned from his conflict with gods. He wants to keep his son safe, above all, and their confrontation with Baldur has vindicated the belief that only tragedy will come from further entanglements with the Aesir.”
“Together, Kratos and Atreus will have to make a choice about which path they will take. Whatever they choose will define the fate of all those living in the Nine Realms as Ragnarok approaches.”
God of War Ragnarok currently has no release date and is set to release on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
