Kratos can also infuse his armaments with fire or ice elemental attacks, that deal more damage and stun incoming hordes of enemies.
New gameplay is also put on display, as we see Kratos leaping across large gaps, using the Blades of Chaos as a grappling hook/ anchor - functioning as a double jump ability in select regions. There's also a brief conflict between the father and now-teenaged son - who has discovered his name to be Loki - as they journey deeper into the nine realms.
“All that blood on your hands, on your son's hands,” mentions Tyr, indicating that events from the first game have their consequences. The sins of his past have come to haunt him, with a pair of punishingly difficult Valkyries calling him a Pretender God. The God of War Ragnarök trailer speaks of fate, as Kratos guides his son in creating his own destiny.
