Two are of interest if you’re looking for an extra challenge - Niflheim and Muspelheim.

Set in Norse mythology, God of War has you travelling to several realms during the course of the story. God of War travel runes, Niflheim and Muspelheim Taking on additional quests and challenges helps as well. Doing so allows you to gain XP and Hacksilver at a faster rate. Although Luck is often ignored, you’re best served finding gear that raises this stat. This is where the Luck stat comes in handy. But if you’re looking to master every possible ability you’ll need every XP bonus you can find. Over the course of a normal playthough you’ll be able to unlock most of them. XP or experience points in God of War let you buy new skills for Kratos and Atreus. Why you ask? We explain that in the next section. In our first playthrough we focussed on Strength and Vitality, while our second time around had us upgrading Luck. This allows for a certain degree of customisation, allowing you to tweak Kratos’ attributes to suit your play style.

Cooldown - reduces recharge time of runic attacks, summons, and talismans.

Luck - increases XP and Hacksilver gains.

Vitality - increases maximum health and decreases the severity of hit reactions from enemy attacks.

Strength - increases damage for all standard attacks.

Kratos has several stats that are impacted by the armour and weapons you carry. God of War's Combat Borrows From Dark Souls and Improves on It And though Kratos’ fists are a good alternative, you’re best served recalling the axe as soon as you can. Lobbing it at an enemy in front of you sees it return immediately while using it to solve a puzzle three rooms earlier means you’ll be waiting a bit before it gets back to you. While being a handy trick that lets you solve puzzles with ease, you need to keep in mind that the time it takes for you to get your axe back depends on where you threw it. You can throw your axe by pressing R1 and recall it with the triangle button. This time around you’ll be using the Leviathan Axe instead of Kratos’ blades. With that in mind, here’s what you need to know before tackling God of War for PS4. Levelling up, earning currency, gaining more abilities and gear, all of these have more in common with fully-fledged role-playing games than Kratos' past adventures. Not only is the setting different but the combat is also far from what we've come to expect from past entries. If you’ve checked out our God of War review you probably noticed that Kratos’ latest outing is far from the bombastic, over the top fare we’re accustomed to.

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