Masterpiece gets thrown around FAR too often today. God Of War Ragnarok a masterpiece? Please. The story is fine for a video game but nothing special compared to other mediums, hence why we need to stop trying to make video games into films. I need to remain in control of the game, and not have to stop every 5 minutes to progress a fucking story!
I’d rather put something like Returnal ahead of Ragnarok in the masterpiece stakes due to the fact it’s actually a video game I control and it’s actually more fun to PLAY! Story wise it’s mysterious which I prefer but that’s obviously subjective.
Anyway, gaming was better in the days of gameplay and control over your character as opposed to games trying to be films.