My Favorite Moments in God of War: Ragnarok
[Inspired by my favorite moments in God of War 2018]
Spoilers
- Watching Atreus slowly break through the fog with a fresh kill that he hunted himself, a head or so taller than we’d last see him, and clearly much more confident in himself.
- Atreus and Kratos’s immediate display of affection for each other, in stark contrast to the previous game, with Kratos gripping his son’s shoulder in acknowledgement and Atreus smiling to his father.
- Mimir “sitting” inside of the house, on a pillow with a candle next to him and a book to read and a nice pipe to smoke. He clearly has become part of the family.
- The fear in Kratos’s voice when he searches for Atreus’s after Fenrir’s death
- OH FUCK A HUGE BEAR
- OH SHIT THIS HUGE BEAR IS ACTUALLY BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF KRATOS. HOW CAN A BEAR GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH KRATOS
- OH F U C K IT’S ATREUS
- Kratos shouting Atreus’s name as he lies limp in the snow and you see, for just a moment, Kratos wondering if he has once again killed his own child with his own hands.
- Thor just casually stopping by their house and pouring them some mead
- The way Thor just launches Kratos, just like his brother did in the game before
- The way the ground crackles like thunder when Thor slams his foot down
- Thor shocking Kratos back to consciousness to continue the fight
- The frozen lightning bolt that stays for the rest of the game
- Sindri and Atreus being besties
- Tyr finally standing straight once Kratos snaps some sense into him and he’s towering over everyone
- Atreus constantly messing up when he’s trying to bond with Angrboda
- Atreus TURNING INTO A WOLF
- Thrúd
- Just all of Thrúd
- “What do I call you?”
- Atreus running into Kratos’s arms and staying there, holding tight, face buried in his dad’s chest even when Kratos lets go
- Kratos’s gentle “What has happened?”
- Kratos standing up for his son when all of the other companions tell him how much of a massive fuck up it was to release Garm
- Fenrir, now resurrected in Garm, and his floppy wittle ears
- “I am sorry.”
- “Do not be sorry. Be better.”
- The bar fight back in Asgard
- Thor actually listening to Atreus and being affected by it. The visible shame Thor felt. Atreus’s honest desire to help.
- Ingrid saving Atreus
- “Which way are we headed?”
- “In the direction of deer.”
- Sindri’s entire character arc, starting from a loveable comic relief character to a bitter, vengeful brother in mourning, unrelenting in his rage towards Atreus and Kratos
- “I AM RAGNAROK.”
- Thrúd and Atreus making back up in Asgard during Ragnarok
- Atreus pushing his father out of the way during the blast in a final attempt to save him from his prophesized death
- “Does it scare you?”
- “Yes.”
- “That is why you must do it.”
- The HUG
- Kratos finally crying openly when he sees what his wife painted for him at the back of the mural
