God of War
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 4 of 12 action adventure games by recommenders
Recommended for its polish, cinematic presentation and epic set pieces, with many calling it among the best games ever made. Critics say the puzzles practically solve themselves.
Recommended for its polish, cinematic presentation and epic set pieces, with many calling it among the best games ever made. Critics say the puzzles practically solve themselves.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polish and stability
“I find the level of polish/stability of those games to be utterly incredible”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Jailbreaking the Switch 2” “it looks better than a big chunk of PS2 games”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “God of War on PSP, recompiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser” “graphic so good and detailed”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “God of War on PSP, recompiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser” Cinematic, epic presentation
“The cinematic experience of God of War”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “Triple-A Minesweeper” “God of War games hit 50-60fps pretty well on PS2 and had all the epic bosses and set pieces”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters” Considered among the best games
“still considered among the best games of all time”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's” “the new God of War games are great”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters” “God of War and GoW Ragnarök are pretty good imo.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Puzzles hand you the solution
“by essentially having NPCs spontaneously tell you the solution to the puzzle at some point”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “Making difficulty curves in games” “The puzzles almost solve themselves.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Game design is simple”
Other action adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other action adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Wild | 27 | 8 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 17 | 3 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 14 | 2 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| God of WarThis page | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
16 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I find the level of polish/stability of those games to be utterly incredible”
“the old God of War games managed to garner a wide audience while being R rated”
“if you kept playing it, you were kinda fucked up”
“The cinematic experience of God of War”
“graphic so good and detailed”
“it looks better than a big chunk of PS2 games”
“So for me this look like magic.”
“still considered among the best games of all time”
“by essentially having NPCs spontaneously tell you the solution to the puzzle at some point”
“God of war is plainly movie on rails compared to E33”
“God of War and GoW Ragnarök are pretty good imo.”
“God of War games hit 50-60fps pretty well on PS2 and had all the epic bosses and set pieces”
“the new God of War games are great”
“later 'God of war') to let all players experience the story fully”
“This has infected everything AAA, not just JRPGs.”
“The puzzles almost solve themselves.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.