Damn, God Of War Ragnarök’s Opener Still Whips
I’ve been replaying God of War Ragnarök now that it’s on PC, anddespite some clear, widespread technical issues with depreciating framerate, this is still fundamentally the same excellent sequel that launched on PlayStation in 2022. I put a few hours into the game again to test how it ran on PC, and revisiting it after a perhaps unwise rushed first playthrough two years ago has compelled me to reassess Ragnarök. In the early moments, before it has a chance to overload itself with too much story for one game, god, it packs a punch. Specifically, it has an incredible, succinct early boss fight that captures the sequel’s new stakes in brilliant fashion, fusing cinematic prestige sensibilities with a clever twist that only a game could pull off. Goddamn, I love the first Thor boss fight in Ragnarök. – Kenneth Shepard Read More
