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[LakeOf9]

Sony and Nintendo both put out cool ass duologies of their fantasy action adventure series that they rebooted with more RPG elements last gen. God of War 2018 and God of War Ragnarok led the charge for Kratos into Norse mythology and a more adventure and exploration oriented style of gameplay; Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom led Zelda into an era of open worlds and emergent gameplay, relying more on player agency, and creativity driven solutions to the problems the game poses.

Both duologies have been extremely well received:

GOD OF WAR:

• God of War (2018): 23 million units sold, 94 Metacritic
• God of War Ragnarok: 15 million units sold, 94 Metactitic

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA:

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 33.3 million units sold, 97 Metacritic
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: 20.28 million units sold, 96 Metacritic

Which of the two do you prefer, and why?

 

[Fart Knight]

Zelda because it doesn't have Atreus

 

[Banjo64]

Zelda. Norse has been done to death in the media over the past decade (done well mind).

 

[Killjoy-NL]

God of War, because I have no interest in Nintendo-games.

 

[GymWolf]

God of war by a landslide.

Vastly better combat, boss fights, trash mobs, story and characters and challenge.

 

[Tommi84]

God of War.

Why?

Because of violence, of course

 

[GigaBowser]

zelda better scores better sales better games wayyyyyyy more to do I'm sorry my friends

 

[Pejo]

I haven't played Ragnarok yet, but God of War's spectacle is usually second to none, which I appreciate in that type of game. The Zelda games have their moments of awe, but I think God of War does it better.

As far as other metrics,

• God of war
  • MUCH better combat.
  • Better story.
  • Graphics, obviously.
• Zelda
  • More variety and more novel content (puzzles, shrines, physics puzzles etc).
  • More alive world.
  • Variety of equipment
  • An entire race of redheaded tanned tomboys.

Overall, I give the win to Zelda just because it will still be just as good of a game in 10+ years, whereas I feel GoW will feel dated.

 

[IAmRei]

Zelda, for the gameplay and art style
I can write essay, but nah, you know why, most people also have their own preferences. This just one example, i prefer zelda botw and totk. To each to their own

 

[yurinka]

God of war: better visuals, combat, gameplay, weapons (that don't break), soundtrack, narrative, lore and story plus modern motion capture and voice acting.

I know it was something new to many Nintendo users, but I got tired of Ubisoft open world games and Monster Hunter cooking crafting a generation or two ago.

 

[CashPrizes]

I am a definite Sony backer, I think Nintendo's output is generally lackluster, and have not even played TotK yet.....
But Breath of the Wild is an astounding achievement. God of War 2018 does not even compare.

I beat God of War, did not quite 100% it, found the itemization boring and only killed half the Valkyries and probably stopped at 80% through fire world gauntlet. The narrative is pretty good, that opening Baldur fight is one of the best boss fights ever, and the "one shot" directing style is fantastic (disappointed it breaks when moving between worlds). But yeah other then that I don't think the game is super amazing, it is a solid 9.0 or high 8. I really greatly prefer Ghost of Tsushima, Uncharted 4, Last of Us 1 + 2, Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. As far as Sony 1st party 3rd person cinematic games go.

 

[Represent.]

God of WAR

NOT open world, Real visuals, vastly superior combat, a story that matters and has an emotional impact, gore, amazing rogue mode in Valhalla, better characters, better boss fights.

 

[Same ol G]

Zelda cause fuck Kratos

 

[Robb]

Zelda, and it’s not very close. But I even prefer the old GoW games to the new ones, although the new ones are still decent.

 

[gow3isben]

God of War inarguably has superior Combat, story, characters, graphics, bosses, set-pieces music.

Far superior overall.

Zelda has better puzzles and exploration if you are into that sort of thing.

 

[Hrk69]

Zelda because it has more content

 

[Hudo]

Zelda by far. The nu-God of War games killed any interest in the IP I had.

That being said, if they ever release a game where I can kill Atreus in a variety of ways, and Kratos becomes the god of fucking war again, I'm gonna buy it.

 

[HL3.exe]

Even though I'm not into anime, definitely Zelda on this one. (and I don't even like the previous iterations)

Just for the sheer technical and design ambitions. BOTW/TOTK pushes physicality in games and open-ended problem-solving forward with a substantial leap, and on a 2015 powered tablet no less.

I liked GoW enough. Even if the self seriousness grated on me a bit, the character ark development was executed well. The PS360 level crawler with lite Metroid elements where fun enough, but it didn't leave a lasting impression overall.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Zelly for reals

GoW got more conversation corridors disguised as exploration than I can handle

Fun fact: a series of 5 games is called a quintamagoogily

 

[Kenpachii]

Zelda, no interest in god of war games after they moved to the new formula.

 

[Akuji]

Some of the best games ever in those 4 titles.
For me, God of War.

 

[RyRy93]

Zelda edges it thanks to the slow walking and talking sections in GoW, thanks Uncharted

 

[daclynk]

Zelda Open Air​

 

[Lethal01]

Zelda mostly because of its emergent, multiplicative gameplay due to they chemistry/physics, It could also work even if the story was more linear.

The world and character of Zelda are also far better.

 

[Soodanim]

I have only played the first of each. With that limited experience, I say God of War. I got more enjoyment from that than Zelda, which was more about frustration at pointless mechanics and emptiness.

 

[Robb]

That being said, if they ever release a game where I can kill Atreus in a variety of ways, and Kratos becomes the god of fucking war again, I'm gonna buy it.

But he’s so helpful with those puzzles. Who could’ve ever figured all that stuff out without him?

 

[Zathalus]

If we were just comparing God of War and Breath of the Wild I would have leaned towards God of War. Tears of the Kingdom was a way better sequel then Ragnarok though, so comparing the duologies I say Zelda is better.

 

[drganon]

Overall Zelda, but combat wise, I preferred God of War.

 

[protonion]

Zelda traditional> Gow traditional>Gow norse>>>>>>>>Zelda open air borefest

 

[Sintoid]

God of war because I have no interest in sanbox games where you can do anything ending doing nothing

 

[Podge]

Zelda, a million times over. I get lost in Hyrule every time I play. Absolutely incredible games.