History YMMV / GodOfWarPS4

* FunnyMoments: Near the end of the Story Trailer, Kratos and his son are able to face what appears to be some unknown monster when Artreus asks his father if can kill something "that big." Kratos, whose fought Titans the size of skyscrappers and killed the entire [[ClassicalMythology Greek Pantheon]] looks at his son and thanks to the light reflecting on his eye, it looks like he's giving the audience AsideGlance.

* AwesomeMoments: Between all the epic fighting you'd expect of a ''God of War'' game, there's the reveal that Atreus can understand the language of giant monsters, demonstrated as the two face the World Serpent towering above them and releasing a booming, thundering voice.

* AwesomeMoments: Between all the epic fighting you'd expect of a ''God of War'' game, there's the reveal that Atreus can understand the language of giant monsters, evident by his translating what the World Serpent is saying in (presumably?) booming Norse.
--> '''Kratos:''' What does it say?

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Prior to the game's official reveal at Sony's 2016 E3 press conference [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjxfk7JNNDI they had a live orchestra play the game's main theme.]] Even better, said orchestra [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_wIEHCYz_U also played a live rendition of the game's background music during the stage demo.]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Atreus got this ''from the first trailer''. His fans say he's a character with potential who grounds Kratos and gives him a better motivation than he's had previously. Detractors say he's annoying and is a poor attempt to copy Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. It doesn't help that the first things you see him do are miss a shot then accidentally shoot his father, which is either adorable and makes him more relateable or makes him an absolute wuss.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Kratos' son got this ''from the first trailer''. His fans say he's a character with potential who grounds Kratos and gives him a better motivation than he's had previously. Detractors say he's annoying and is a poor attempt to copy Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. It doesn't help that the first things you see him do are miss a shot then accidentally shoot his father, which is either adorable and makes him more relateable or makes him an absolute wuss.

** The unofficial {{Fanon}} name of Kratos's son is ... "Boy"

* BrokenBase: It's shaking up the formula of a long running franchise, so a lot of this also goes under TheyChangedItNowItSucks
** The camera. Either it's too close and similar to a third-person shooter, which severely limits the player's vision or its closeness allows for more intimacy and easier, cleaner transitions into cutscenes.
** The combat. Some like that it looks more tactical and heavy, and think it better suits the story which features an older Kratos. Others say it goes against what ''God of War'' is supposed to be and is more reminiscent of something like the ''[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Souls]]'' series.
** The Norse setting. Some feel that the Greek setting reached a natural conclusion, or was even done to death, and it'll be interesting to see Kratos in a new setting, especially one so prominent thanks to the ''Film/{{Thor}}'' movies and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''. Others feel it's a cash grab ''because'' of those two things.
** Should the game even feature Kratos, or would it not be God of War without him?

* WinBackTheCrowd: A developer confirmed that the sex mini-games that were viewed as RatedMForMoney [[PanderingToTheBase gimmicks]] will not be returning.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries God of war]]'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''

* XMeetsY: ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries God of war]]'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''

* WinBackTheCrowd: A developer confirmed that the sex mini-games that were viewed as RatedMForMoney [[PanderingToTheBase gimmicks]] will not be returning.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Based on initial trailers, it looks like a Myth/NorseMythology-themed, HackAndSlash version of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* MemeticMutation: With the announcement the game would involve Norse mythology, fans have naturally joked primarily about {{Film/Thor}} and other Asgardians from the Frachise/MarvelCinematicUniverse freaking out about Kratos coming to kill them too.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Based on initial trailers, it looks like a Myth/NorseMythology-themed, HackAndSlash version of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Based on initial trailers, it looks like a Myth/NorseMythology-themed, HackAndSlash version of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Based on initial trailers, it looks like a NorseMythology-themed, HackAndSlash version of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* NightmareFuel: If [[FreezeFrameBonus you can spot them]] in the demo trailer, there are some [[http://i.imgur.com/b1SMqCa.gif eerie ghost figures]] that float hidden in the background. While they don't appear hostile, they are more unnerving than the actual enemies fought in the video.

** The combat. Some like that it looks more tactical and heavy, and think it better suits the story which features an older Kratos. Others say it goes against what ''God of War'' is supposed to be and is more reminiscent of something like the [[VideoGame/DarkSouls ''Souls'']] series.

** The combat. Some like that it looks more tactical and heavy, and think it better suits the story which features an older Kratos. Others say it goes against what ''God of War'' is supposed to be and is more reminiscent of something like the ''Souls'' series.

* NightmareFuel: If [[FreezeFrameBonus you can spot them]] in the demo trailer, there are some [[http://i.imgur.com/b1SMqCa.gif eerie ghost figures]] that float hidden in the background. While they don't appear hostile, they are more unnerving than the actual enemies fought in the video.

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* NightmareFuel: If [[FreezeFrameBonus you can spot them]] in the demo trailer, there are some eerie ghost figure that float hidden in the background. While they don't appear hostile, they are more unnerving than the actual enemies fought in the video.

* NightmareFuel: If [[FreezeFrameBonus you can spot them]] in the demo trailer, there are [[some http://img2.ibxk.com.br/2016/06/18/18141449419020.gif some eerie ghost figure that float hidden in the background]]. While they don't appear hostile, they are more unnerving than the actual enemies fought in the video.

* BaseBreaker: Kratos' son got this ''from the first trailer''. His fans say he's a character with potential who grounds Kratos and gives him a better motivation than he's had previously. Detractors say he's annoying and is a poor attempt to copy Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. It doesn't help that the first things you see him do are miss a shot then accidentally shoot his father, which is either adorable and makes him more relateable or makes him an absolute wuss.

* BrokenBase:
** The camera. Either it's too close and similar to a third-person shooter, which severely limits the player's vision or its closeness allows for more intimacy and easier transitions to cutscenes.