It has been a while since I’ve played God of War and so I thought this audiobook would be a cool way to quickly refresh my mind of the story before the next release. (I even listened to some of it while clearing up the map in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, which I thought was a pretty decent unintentional fit)

The narrator being the same voice actor as Mimir from the game was brilliant as he has a recognisable style and accent that fits the world so well. Although, my first thought was that it’s a shame they didn’t have the other voice actors to do their parts too, because despite the narrators best efforts, his Kratos voice is obviously not as perfect as the original and at times his Atreus voice was close to being annoying (but that might have just been because of the character too).

I later noticed that the majority of the story-telling was plot, dialogue and the characters’ thoughts while a lot of the combat scenes are summarised very quickly. This is fine for us who already know what the combat is like and remember the key moments of gameplay, but I can see it being disappointing for those who have not played the games. I think this is the main reason why I’m not rating it 5 stars because you do miss out on what is arguably the best part of the game. 

Nonetheless the story here is still as terrific as I remembered. Seeing how Kratos’ relationship with his son develops… The weight that is lifted when he finally reveals the truth about himself… The ending reveals which still gives me goosebumps… I even gave a small applaud of excitement after the epilogue despite already knowing what it would be. 

So was it worth me listening to? Absolutely! I can’t wait to return to these characters in Ragnarok and I’m so excited to see what is to come! 

(Now to go play as Kratos in Fortnite in the meantime…)