Review - God of War, Kratos reaches the PC Master Race as the perfect preamble to Ragnarok

Sony continues to take its most recent exclusive to the PC Master Race and the last to make this arrival is one of the most acclaimed in recent years: God of War.The epic of Kratos and Domen can already be played in computers ... and we could say that it is the definitive edition of this great game.Of course, the original version and the compatible with PS5 were already close to perfection, but a good graphics card has had to reach order.But let's not go, we first invite you to know a little about this beautiful reissue.

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Without encouragement to go into details, God of War gives us one of the strongest and most exciting stories we could see in the last generation of consoles.Santa Monica Studios, under the direction of Cory Balrog, an old acquaintance of the saga, took all the action and bloody fights of the original trilogy to combine it with the maturity and narrative of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's masterpiece.The result?A video game that travels a particular path of the hero, where the rawness of each challenge does not compare with the enormous responsibility of fatherhood.It seems that the idea is not coupled to the players' profile ... until we discover that we are already reaching 30.

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The whole trip of Kratos and Atrus emerges from the unfortunate death of Faye, wife of Kratos and Mother of Domen.When we took control, Faye has already died and our duty is to accompany her to her last trip through Nordic lands.However, the Son of the God of War does not seem to have the necessary strength to face this challenge, so Faye's last will will become a huge lesson for survival, conviction and discovery, not only for the child, but alsoFor his father.

Leaving the sentimentalities a little, God of War renews his gallery of gods (after the events of God of War 3), so during the trip we will know some stories and deities from Asgard.This new catalog of characters present an interesting challenge, and shape a complex and equally epic story than what we saw in the previous games with the gods of Olympus.In addition, before the imminent launch of God of War: Ragnarok it is worth taking an eye on this story, either to remember what we live in 2018 or to live it for the first time.

Important to point out two things if this is your first time with God of War: 1) It is not necessary to play the previous 6 games, because there is enough context to understand at what point we find Kratos and Domen;Although if you can play them, do not miss the opportunity and 2) Ragnarok will take a long time to get to PC ... so you will be chopped for a long time if you do not have PS5.

Making a quick review of the playable section, God of War offers mechanics that are considerably different from the original trilogy, but, at the same time, they are quite familiar.From the outset, the main weapon changed, so chaos swords have been replaced by an ax with Mjolnir complex (Thor's hammer).In broad strokes to end with a lot.

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On this occasion the attacks are executed with a bumper and a trigger, which at first may seem complicated, but we quickly get used to;While Quick Time Events are maintained with the same formula or in key moments of battles.On the other hand, this God of War lowers the speed to Kratos a little, and sometimes we will take a few more seconds to travel the stage to reach an enemy that attacks us from afar or to overwhelm it and submit it to pure punch.While the idea of Hack and Slash is maintained, the real potential of the game comes out with its skill tree, much more complex than that of the previous games and with aggregates that provide a more interesting experience.

God of War also bets on an exploration that enriches the mythology of the character, his family and universe, while providing a better context to history in turn and invites us to get everything we need to improve our weapons and skills.God of War manages to redefine the myth of the character and the series, leaving behind his disruptive stage to dare with a deeper game system and a story not only more exciting, but better told and developed.All Kratos' potential has been expanded so that we would not have imagined at the end of that epic fight against Zeus.

God of War on PC Master Race

All of the above corresponds to both the original game, as to the downloadable version of PS5.And yes, we already knew that God of War is one of the best games in recent years, but what does God of War offer on PC?At a narrative or history level ... nothing.But in visual and performance question we are facing the definitive version ... as long as you have the necessary components to raise Kratos, like a NVIDA RTX.

God of War reaches PC with the possibility of being played in 4K, which had not been included in other versions.If you can choose this option, you will find a world full of life and bright colors, a game of lights that incredibly marks the atmosphere and an extraordinary detail in the design of the characters.Taking into account the performance of the original game, I recommend playing from the beginning in 4K, as it is the most interesting aggregate of this relaunch.In addition, it is possible to configure the game in 4K + 60 fps, which gives us a new generation experience, to the point where everyday movements such as ax management feel faster and faster.

Depending on your components, you can play with a soda rate of up to 120 fps or at ultra 4K with unlocked FPS.To expedite this type of configurations, God of War is compatible with NVIDIA and its different technologies, mainly with the DLSS, allowing a better performance in the paintings per second, without affecting the game performance.For the review we use an RTX 2080 TI in combination with an Intel I7-10700K and 16GB processor of RAM, with this machine we could play in 4K and high with a table of paintings per second between 70 and 80.If you have a latest generation RTX you can get creative with the options and get all the potential to this delivery, but even with a less powerful graph you can have more worked visuals than in PS4.

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If you are already on the PC you probably ask yourself about the controls, God of War can be played with mouse and keyboard, which is not ideal for an action/adventure game like this, but it works and is well implemented for basic actions.However, we recommend playing with traditional control, such as Xbox One or X/S series, because the configuration is completely adapted and we can see the graphics of the buttons natively;which could be a bit strange if you are a PlayStation fan.On the other hand, you can connect the PS5 dualsense, but the game is not compatible with any of its main features such as adaptive triggers.

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Is it worth God of War on PC?

Yes.First it is one of the most important games of the last generation in PS4.And secondly, this PC version looks better than the original, reason enough to go through this adventure or to live it for the first time.Of course, it somehow feels that this delivery does not display all the power that Santa Monica can give, because that is keeping it for Ragnarok in PS5.For example, we do not have Ray-Training or Dualsense compatibility, things that, relatively, would be simple to implement by Sony Interactive Entertainment and Santa Monica Studios.