In preparation for God of War Ragnarok, I spent last weekend powering through Kratos and Atreus’ maiden voyage for the first time since 2018. Despite remaining familiar with the action brawler’s mainline story beats, I was surprised by how much of its minutiae I’d forgotten in the interim – which made reacquainting myself with Freya, Jormungandr, and the game’s litany of larger-than-life baddies all the more enjoyable. The word ‘epic’ is overused in casual parlance these days, but it really is the best way to describe the showdowns that involve hulking dragons, screen-filling Norse gods, and ripping the heart from the gatekeeper of Hel’s rib cage, to name but some of the memorable conflicts in God of War.
