PLEASE NOTE: This article contains MINOR Spoilers for God of War Ragnarok. Proceed at your own risk.Essential to any God of War game is its combat, whether it is one of Kratos’ hack-n’-slash adventures in the Greek pantheon or one of his newer over-the-shoulder epics in Norse mythology. There is a respected lineage within the franchise for different weapons and boss battle spectacles, and each game’s set pieces make for memorable sequences in combat and platforming. The God of War franchise has transitioned away from traditional platforming featured in earlier installments, but its set pieces and combat arenas have been greatly sustained and improved since, particularly in God of War Ragnarok.