Chapter 1132: The Great Cliffhanger Master Can End Anything Under Heaven (First Update)
Many players joked in a teasing tone: "The God of War series is a scam! In the first three games, the God of War was Kratos, but in the fourth game, the real God of War is his son! It’s a word game! The player is playing as a fake God of War!"
Some players lamented with heartfelt advice: "Never pick the highest difficulty!! Melee grunts can kill Kratos in just three hits, and ranged grunts only need two! After two days, I’ve turned the God of War into the God of Hiding, can you believe it? The most common tactic is to hide in a corner with your shield up, letting your son shoot all the enemies dead, or stand across a pit, wait for enemies to jump over, and kick them down! Even seven cycles of Dark Souls isn’t this hard!"
Of course, the players’ emotions were so stirred mainly because the transition from God of War 3 to God of War 4 was seamless. No one was mentally prepared. They expected to keep slaughtering gods and Buddhas like in God of War 3, but suddenly it turned into burning a wife’s ashes while raising a kid. The psychological drop was enormous.
However, this change didn’t cause God of War 4’s reputation to crash. Instead, most players, when mentioning the God of War series, praised God of War 4 just as highly as the first three games.
Even many professional game review media felt a bit lost, because the effects of the God of War series were quite fragmented. God of War 1 to 3 and God of War 4 had obvious differences.
How do you even score this?
But no matter how you look at it, both styles were equally brilliant!
For the Greek trilogy’s God of War, it was a satisfying hack-and-slash game, but by no means a crude or shallow one.
Because the entire trilogy built a vast and reconstructed worldview: the gods turning dark, the demigod Kratos storming Mount Olympus, slaughtering every deity. Each god had a unique appearance, skills, and boss fight mechanics, making this IP stand out. Even among the super IPs developed by Thunderbolt Interactive, it held its own!
Moreover, in the Greek chapter’s combat, the crisp kills, dazzling bloody scenes, and visually impactful battle sequences could captivate any male creature. The game also had rich puzzle-solving elements and fun items, like Medusa’s head, the Sun God’s flashlight, etc. Kratos often faced level-based obstacles that required these special items to solve.
The Norse version of God of War 4 used a completely different approach to reinterpret "God of War." Relatively speaking, those game media were even more interested in God of War 4, sparing no ink to analyze it.
After God of War’s scores came out, players said they felt no waves inside, even a bit amused.
Another perfect score, move along, next!
In the evaluation system, God of War had clearly become a new work stamped with the "Serent label," with no sparing of praise in the reviews.
"This is an unexpected surprise. No one thought Serent would deliver a triple-A masterpiece at this time, but after playing the God of War series, you have to admit it’s another divine work, a nearly perfect piece."
"What’s especially surprising is that God of War 4 doesn’t continue the previous story. It even feels like the long Greek god-killing tale wasn’t just to make players have more fun, but also to lay groundwork, all to highlight God of War 4’s perfection."
"Kratos in God of War 4 is no longer the one-dimensional character from the previous games. He becomes a complex role—a father, a warrior, and also an executioner. It’s hard to call Kratos a good person, but in God of War 4, his change is obvious to all. This transformation of a god of war fills the game world with human warmth. It can be said that God of War 4 is the most thrilling and unforgettable work in the entire series, crafting an unforgettable adventure."
"Score: 10/10 (Divine Masterpiece)"
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On the highest peak of the Nine Realms, Atreus took out his mother’s ashes and handed them to Kratos.
Father and son together scattered the ashes from the bag into the air.
Both their faces carried very complex emotions. Atreus’s eyes glistened with tears, and even Kratos’s eyes showed a faint glint.
Indeed, they had gone through so much to get here. Along the way, Kratos worked hard to teach his son how to be a god, while the bratty kid taught Kratos how to be a human.
The incessant Baldr was finally dead, and in Norse mythology, it was precisely his death that triggered Ragnarok.
That meant the God of War story wasn’t over yet. This old and young pair of gods of war would still tear the Norse realms apart.
Lin Xue was also filled with emotion, but when she looked at the barrage, the mood vanished instantly.
"Ending with mom scattered!!"
"Look, your mom’s ashes!"
"Ending with ashes scattered!"
"Finally scattered his mom’s ashes, what a struggle!"
Lin Xue’s face was full of black lines: "You guys are too much! How did ‘ending with mom scattered’ even come up?! Wait, what did this brat just say? He’s Loki????"
The final segment had way too much information. The brat was Loki, named Atreus after a Spartan soldier’s name... With Baldr’s death, Ragnarok began...
At the very end of the game, a few years later, Kratos and his son were in a cabin. Outside, thunder roared.
A burly man stood outside the door, a black cloak hiding his face.
Kratos shouted loudly: "Who are you?!"
The stranger didn’t speak, just flung his cloak back. At his waist, a war hammer glowed with a faint blue electric light.
The game ended there, abruptly.
A barrage slowly drifted across the stream: "Kratos: Nice hammer, but it’ll be mine in the next game."
Lin Xue, who had been stunned speechless, burst out laughing at this barrage.
"Hey hey hey, don’t go too far! I’m still building up my emotions! Wait, let me sort out this game. Is it like this: Kratos comes to the Norse realms, has a son named Loki, they kill the light god Baldr together, triggering Ragnarok, and then the next game is fighting Thor... Wait, next game?"
"So from God of War 1 to God of War 4, there’s still a next game?! They made such a long game in one go, and it’s still a cliffhanger???"
"I give up. Chen Mo is truly the Great Cliffhanger Master! He can end anything under heaven!!"