God Of War Ragnarök - PS4/PS5

EoinMcLovin

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Releasing on Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 on November 9th, pre-order starts on July 15th

God of War Ragnarök – Standard Edition 

The God of War Ragnarök Standard Edition (digital and physical) comes with the full game for either PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. 

If you purchase the God of War Ragnarök standard edition for PlayStation 4, you can upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version for $10 USD (or currency equivalent). 

God of War Ragnarök – Digital Deluxe Edition 

Included in the God of War Ragnarök Digital Deluxe Edition, you will receive: 

• Full God of War Ragnarök game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. 
• Kratos Darkdale Armor**
• Atreus Darkdale Attire (cosmetic) ** 
• Darkdale Blades Handles for the Blades of Chaos** 
• Darkdale Axe Grip for the Leviathan Axe**
• Official God of War Ragnarök Digital Soundtrack 
• Dark Horse Digital Mini Artbook 
• Avatar Set 
• PlayStation 4 Theme

**Unlock in-game items via story progression.

God of War Ragnarök – Collector’s Edition

As you’ve seen in the above video, the God of War Ragnarök Collector’s Edition comes housed in a beautiful box representing the Knowledge Keeper’s Shrine. This shrine was of the triptychs that Kratos and Atreus came across in God of War (2018), depicting the tale of a powerful seer, the Giant Sorceress called Gróa, who was the first to have a vision of Ragnarök. 

Opening the Shrine, you’ll find the following: 

• Printed voucher code for the full God of War Ragnarök game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.* 
• A Steelbook Display Case (no game disc included) – The God of War Ragnarök Steelbook Display Case depicts renditions of the Bear and the Wolf. 
• 2” Vanir Twins Carvings – In the same style as Atreus’ wooden toy carvings of the Huldra Brothers from the God of War (2018) Collector’s Edition, the God of War Ragnarök Collector’s Edition completes the set with carvings of the Vanir Twins. 
• Dwarven Dice Set – This set comes with a set of dice with a quality wood-like finish in a dice bag with a symbol of Yggdrasil on the outside. 
• 16” Mjölnir Replica – A highly detailed replica of Thor’s signature weapon from God of War Ragnarök. 

Also included in the Collector’s Edition are the following digital items*: 

• Kratos Darkdale Armor** 
• Atreus Darkdale Attire (cosmetic) ** 
• Darkdale Blades Handles for the Blades of Chaos** 
• Darkdale Axe Grip for the Leviathan Axe**
• Official God of War Ragnarök Digital Soundtrack 
• Dark Horse Digital Mini Artbook 
• Avatar Set 
• PlayStation 4 Theme

God of War Ragnarök – Jötnar Edition

The God of War Ragnarök Jötnar Edition is a premium selection of items designed with care by our team here at Santa Monica Studio to be a collector’s set worthy of our amazing fans. You’ve seen it unboxed in the video above, but we’ll also run you through its contents here. 

Inside the Knowledge Keeper’s Shrine, you’ll receive: 

• Printed voucher code for the full God of War Ragnarök game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.* 
• 7-Inch Vinyl Record with music by Bear McCreary – This includes two tracks from composer Bear McCreary. 
• The Falcon, Bear, and Wolf Pin Set – Representing Faye, Kratos, and Atreus respectively, this pin set symbolizes our heroes’ family. 
• The Legendary Draupnir Ring – A ring from Norse Mythology, the Legendary Draupnir Ring comes in a red cloth bag. 
• Brok’s Dice Set – This dice set comes with a metallic silver finish with blue detailing. The dice bag features the Huldra Brothers’ brand. 
• Yggdrasil Cloth Map – This cloth map shows each of the Nine Realms within the branches and roots of Yggdrasil. 
• A Steelbook Display Case (no game disc included)
• 2” Vanir Twins Carvings 
• 16” Mjölnir Replica 

Also included in the Jötnar Edition are the following digital items*: 

• Kratos Darkdale Armor** 
• Atreus Darkdale Attire (cosmetic) ** 
• Darkdale Blades Handles for the Blades of Chaos** 
• Darkdale Axe Grip for the Leviathan Axe**
• Official God of War Ragnarök Digital Soundtrack 
• Dark Horse Digital Mini Artbook 
• Avatar Set 
• PlayStation 4 Theme

El Gato De Negocios

Day 1 for me. The last iteration I didnt play for well over 12 months from its release but when I did it absolutely blew me away. For my money its the best looking game ever on the PS4 so its tantalising to think what it will look like on the 5.

Potential-Monke

Suppose now's the time to restart my second playthrough! Hype is real, day 1 without a doubt. Gonna wait a bit closer to the release time but will be booking time off too. And that's me done with anything to do with this game until release. I'll be back then!

recyclops

Excellent stuff glad it didn't get pushed into early 23. November is normally full of call of duty so this will be a nice change of pace.

sticker

Where in Ireland can I preorder the collectors edition? Cheers

EoinMcLovin

https://www.gamestop.ie/PS5/Games/80016/god-of-war-ragnar-k-collector-s-edition

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119339731#Comment_119339731

johnny_ultimate

'Collector's editions' really are one of the greatest scams publishers have ever managed to pull off. Ludicrous price for worthless tat... and you don't even get a disc with it.

https://www.eurogamer.net/god-of-war-ragnaroks-jotnar-edition-costs-230

Jordan 199

Some Collector's Edition's are nice Johnny. But there is no way I'm going to spend £180 around €210 for the Collector's Edition for the new God of War game.

Standard edition will do me just fine.

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/ZjucT-UZzgg

Official recap of the first game

Retr0gamer

Recap:

'Boy, you are useless'

25+ hours of fighting mooks and palette swapped bosses.

'I guess you did good boy'

Potential-Monke

Oh feck off and play a Souls game so! 😛

Retr0gamer

https://www.eurogamer.net/new-combat-details-revealed-for-god-of-war-ragnarok

You can kind of only expect good things when the development team sounds like they are having so much fun developing the combat system.

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/_QZhk4w66_8

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DarC_Kn1ght

Seems strange to market the biggest game of the year like that

DarC_Kn1ght

https://youtu.be/iXV5NL8l9IA

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EoinMcLovin

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https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/09/08/what-to-expect-from-god-of-war-ragnaroks-extensive-accessibility-features

https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/09/06/how-god-of-war-ragnaroks-level-designers-made-dwarven-realm-svartalfheim-larger-than

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/hfJ4Km46A-0

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recyclops

Seems like more of the same, which isn't necessarily bad ( although didn't work for horizon)

Guess it'll be time to dust off and get some use out of the ps5 for a week come November.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119615644#Comment_119615644

Ah Horizon was secretly not that Greta a game and the sequel exposed that. GoW on the other hand is unquestionably great.

CastorTroy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119615913#Comment_119615913

Still need to pick up Forbidden West.

As for God of War, think I got the last one when it dropped in price. Though not sure how long it'll take this one to drop since they seem to take longer these days. And when they do they drop to around the old price for games.

Royale with Cheese

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119615913#Comment_119615913

I blasted through the original Horizon on easy last year when I got a PS4 to play all the exclusives I missed out on. I thought it was decent enough but have started the sequel recently and just don't think I can be arsed with it. God of War on the other hand was the best game I've played in a looooong time, I don't think more of the same there would be any issue whatsoever.

Potential-Monke

I'm the same. Loved ZD, but just couldn't get into FW. When the map opened up, instead of excitement I was disheartened. I'll give it another go again some day. It's a stunningly beautiful game, and it does have the best character interactions and animations of any game I've played yet. Just don't think I was ready for a massive open world slog. But more of GoW 2018? Yeah, no one will complain. I've heard there's new things in it, but I've avoided nearly everything so I can keep it fresh.

Icyseanfitz

Please Devs for the love of God do not kill off kratos so that atreus can become the protagonist.

Retr0gamer

https://twitter.com/KathleenTigue/status/1569897628078333954?t=89f3xJcQTwJ9mb_VoWLyDg&s=19

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BlakeS94

I think Forbidden west is a brilliant game, I rate it highly. It is a massive game, a bit too big I'll give you that, but there's always something to do and I enjoy the grind to upgrade weapons/outfits, quite liked the story, the side quests are decent and I think the combat system has a lot of good points.

The game just can't be played the same way you'd play ZD, have to adapt your playstyle. But what do I know I'm only 55hrs in and barely scratched the surface.

Penn

I did enjoy FW, but bigger isn't always better. There was a lot of fluff in the game, making things from the first game longer and more difficult rather than adding new stuff in (eg. Machine overrides and upgrading weapons/armour were just made far more complicated, rather than coming up with something new). The underwater sections, while beautiful, were frustrating to play. Some of the settlements were frustrating to navigate through. The combat could be just annoying at times trying to hit a tiny spot on machines which never stop flipping about. Aloy took forever and a day to get back up after being knocked down (think that was fixed in a patch though). The story was a lot worse than the first game too imo.

Decent game and I enjoyed it for the most part, but I really hope Ragnarok doesn't go down the same route. GoW was a very tight and focused game in everything it did. It doesn't necessarily need to be bigger. It just needs to be better.

Potential-Monke

Doesn't even need to be better, more of the same will suffice!

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119628097#Comment_119628097

Yep. I just want it to be like the original GOW 2. Give us a more polished version of the original with more variety and up the insanity and wow factor.

Potential-Monke

That comic perfectly sums it up. I've faith in Santa Monica.

Now I want them to remake the original trilogy with modern combat and graphics...

EoinMcLovin

https://insider-gaming.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-40-hours/

God of War Ragnarok is around 40 hours in length, Insider Gaming has learned. It's understood that the entire experience is around 40 hours, with 20 hours needed to complete the game's main story.

Sources have said that around 3 and a half hours of the 20 hours played will be cinematic scenes, with the remaining 16 and a half hours for gameplay.

The other 20 hours of game time is to complete all of the additional side quests, with around 19 hours dedicated to gameplay and an additional 1 hour of cinematics.

Of course, these numbers are just estimates and will vary wildly depending on your playstyle.

CastorTroy

How many of those sidequest hours involve dying to the Valkyrie equivalents?