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The First 9 Minutes Of God Of War
In the opening to God of War, Kratos and Atreus navigate a tragic situation and begin their long journey.
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Are you picking up God of War at launch?
I'm a GOD boiyyyy…..
I love the rage when Kratos chops down the tree. You can almost feel his sheer frustration and rage at just how, just as with his first wife, be now has to cremate a second.
Damn't i cry for this scane 😭
God of War is that wierd franchises that basically encompasses adolescence into adulthood of video games. The previous ones went "Louder, sexier, more violent, EDGIER!" then evolved into real maturity with this game. Still capable of being loud, action packed and violent. But it knows the drama and weight of a story lean on quiet moments as much as they do the action packed.
I've never been more moved to tears by the sounds of a man grunting. I can feel the pain he is experiencing 😢
8:43 what I love about this is that you can see the silent pain Kratos feels from the passing of Faye, his whole persona is so dope and the music does a great job adding to that feeling you get.
Song is: Ashes (feat. Eivør)
Epic
Hmmm…….. does anyone else suddenly find themselves craving some bacon or is it just me? Ha ha
One of the best openings in video game history.
Masterpiece
6:04 such a badass entrance!
I peed on myself 6:05
0:36
Kratos has a son
Iiight imma kut this tree 🌲 down
Fucking chills years later from this scene still, what a beautiful work of art.
I love the part 6:05 he looks like a absolute BOSS
Nobody? Else noticed the spirit of the mom heating up the knife the boy grabs. kratos understood the message and he began preparing the boy for the dangerous journey.
Kratos can lift a whole fucking temple and yet it took him 5 swings to cut down that one tree
“Captured on PS4”
Within the first couple of seconds you know it's going to be a very different game than the previous ones
6:04 the chills man
Kratos really has the best character development of any video character imo
Faes funeral hits differently, after losing someone. You can somehow feel the emotion in the scene
The last scream while chopping the tree – So much feels. Frustration and loss.
If this had been the announce video with the doorway shot as the Kratos reveal…
This is a masterclass of creating a setting in such short time. Within 9 minutes, you could be someone who knows absolutely nothing about the prior lore yet sense that Kratos is grieving as well as Atreus, and they have a major job to do as man and boy
Damn, only intro of that game makes me feel it's an ending
OMFG I remember when I got the game and atreus asked kratos which way and kratos just said in the direction of deer😂😂😭🤷
I play god of war it’s fun
Just from the opening music, you can tell this game would end up being absolutely amazing
6:04 how i feel when i go into my little brothers class
I played God of War about a year and a half ago. I thought it was really good, but not great. I played it while going through chronic fatigue and without having played any of the previous games, so I definitely think those 2 factors hampered my enjoyment (the chronic fatigue especially, and there are many games I have to replay and movies I have to rewatch because of it).
I recently "played" the rest of the God of War games in (what the internet unanimously said was) chronological order (Ascension -> Chains of Olympus -> GoW1 -> Ghost of Sparta -> GoW2 -> GoW3). I put " " around "played" because I watched longplays of them on YouTube, as I don't have a PS2 or PS3, so I couldn't easily access any of these games except for GoW3 Remastered. I really enjoyed them all, with GoW3, GoW2, and Ascension as my top 3.
Today, I restarted God of War (2018), and I'm actually playing it.
I can't tell you how much more I am getting from it. I really am loving it. This opening scene is amazing.
6:04 – 6:13 made me feel a series of emotions I rarely felt. First fear and excitement, and then sadness and sympathy. That combo of emotions happening so quickly almost made me cry, and it was fucking beautiful. There are some more moments in this game that I remembered from my first playthrough that I'm sure will have the same effect on me this time around.
I don't know why I'm writing this tbh, but I guess I just wanted to express my love for this game in particular. I finally realize how great this game is.
Side note: the combat is chef's kiss
Get in the boat boy.
Dammm that's a God speaking
Best beginning of any game I've ever seen!!!.. lol… This beginning is what made me play the game further!!!… Lol!!
Coming back years later and god damn the ps5 does wonders for the lighting and resolution
Never played the game wasn’t really expecting anything but within these first 9 minutes I realized it was revolutionary. So much emotion so much meaning such great music and scenery and timing and animation. I fell in love and really almost broke in tears at how beautiful this game really was
The scene where he cuts down the tree with him yelling has so much emotion to it. I just keep coming back to it.
WHAT IF KRATS IS IN MCU
the best game i ever played
Epic begining
Disnt he die in gow 3 ? And why cant he cut that tree he held a slap from cronos