No way you can get away with making a GoW about any of the monotheistic religions. Too many crazies. Maybe in 100 years when people realize they are bs.
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God of War: Ragnarok is the end of the Norse saga. Can Kratos fight other cultures' pantheons w/o ugly, racial and cultural undertones?
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Give us Christianity so Kratos can fight these bizarre-looking, bible-accurate angels.
Would never happen but would be super sick
I wonder if they're still willing to do a modern day GoW 🤔
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Imagine the boss music when the Cherubim show up:
Would be great for a horror spin on the series.
Kratos has 'died' quite a few times now so it doesn't mean it'll be permanent.
I always imagined he'd be carried to Valhalla and have to fight his way out in the third game against enemies his killed before, including Greek gods.
I want him/Atreus to travel to Indian mythology over Egyptian.
If this was like the original GOW games where he kills everyone, I can see the backlash. I dont think thats an issue in the modern games.
I personally dont want to see tired mythologies like Egypt and am hoping to see some representation for other myths. Rarely do games venture into India, but GOW has the pedigree behind the name for it. And itd just be so cool to see a world and culture unlike any other that is rarely explored or featured in Hollywood/games.
If this was like the original GOW games where he kills everyone, I can see the backlash. I dont think thats an issue in the modern games.
I personally dont want to see tired mythologies like Egypt and am hoping to see some representation for other myths. Rarely do games venture into India, but GOW has the pedigree behind the name for it. And itd just be so cool to see a world and culture unlike any other that is rarely explored or featured in Hollywood/games.
An entire game just the fight, no exploration or story just them fighting for hours and people getting pissed
I think you could do Egypt without issue. Similarly, I think a sort of ancient Mesopotamian thing where he beats up Gilgamesh or whatever could work, but would maybe feel too similar to Egypt to do both. After that I think everything is at least mildly problematic (African, Mesoamerican, Chinese, Japanese, Hindu, Zoroastrian, some sort of Judeo-Christian angels and demons thing) or would be pretty low interest level from audiences (Celtic or Slavic mythology).
To make the game more interesting lol
Kratos jumps mythologies, so isn't a stretch.
Yes, variously Neopagans, Hellenists and Odinists, but those aren't contiguous with native worshippers in the past. They're not many, numbering in the low thousands at best. The Nordics were thoroughly Christianized and later thoroughly secularized. No traditional worship survived into modern day. However, there used to be a sort of folk belief in the old gods in the sense that people, mostly in the countryside, would sometimes attribute thunderstorms to Thor and ask the related gods for good luck in their relative areas and stuff like that, while at the same time being firmly Christian. If pressed they would have likely denied actually worshipping the old gods still, though, and affirmed belief in Christianity. But then again, what exactly constitutes genuine belief and actual worship isn't 100% clear at all times.
There's possibly a handful of Neopagans (we're talking in the 10s or low 100s) in those regions that do. Likely very covertly. The risk of outrage is lower than with worshippers of Mesoamerican gods, as there actually is a decent amount of native believers in traditional religions in those region, afaik, which is semi-contiguous with past belief. There's also local Neopagan revivalist movements as well.
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You can't keep this brown man down, it doesn't matter where you send him. It doesn't matter if you kill him. Hades, Hell ,etc etc etc. No afterlife will hold him, he will find his way out. Ghost of Sparda is going to Egypt and will end up trying to live in peace, only for another pantheon to sniff him out and harass him. Kratos isn't meant to live in peace for long, the gods will always fuck with him. I'm all for Kratos getting into scuffles with other pantheons, it's all fictional. I don't see this problem.
Discussing this game requires talking about the previous one. It's like trying to talk about Return of the Jedi without mentioning Luke's dad or training with Yoda. After awhile spoilers are just part of the discourse because you need the spoilers to talk about the sequel.
Because he walked there. The other Greek gods are dead, why would their spirit enter another pantheon's afterlife?
Given how people in this thread seem to worship him, I think the only God worthwhile of being killed by Kratos is Kratos
And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard Kratos. And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard Kratos. And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard....
And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard Kratos. And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard Kratos. And then Kratos can return from the dead to get revenge and kill that bastard....
Absolutely not. I can't imagine the amount of continues I would have to fight through in the final boss battle.
Okay by that logic here is your answer to your question.
Why would a Greek god go to Valhalla?
Because a Valkyrie took him there.
The trailer for God of War Ragnarok itself spoils a lot of the ending of God of War 2018...
Kratos vs Rostam. What an epic battle that would be.
Why are you even in this thread if you're angry about someone spoiling its 3-year-old successor?
I think if they do it respectfully it will be fine, GOW has also evolved beyond Kratos just going Mortal Kombat on everyone, i don't even think Thor will be a villain in Ragnarok. People are kind of expecting Egyptian gods in GOW one day, but yeah 100% it's an elephant in the room that Kratos is a European god & mindlessly killing African gods wouldn't be the best look to say the least, but i don't believe it will be written that way, it could easily be like the first God of War where the Greeks gods are your allies & there is only one god who has gone rogue, do the same with Egyptians.
Kratos fighting Japanese mythology would be sick af
But yeah I could see it being a problem lol
But yeah I could see it being a problem lol
I think Atreus is the one who is going to die. He's way too excited with knowing his part on Ragnarök while Kratos just wants for them to survive. I can imagine Atreus and Kratos being hunted, Atreus dying in order "to stop" Ragnarök but Kratos would bring destruction for everyone who took part on the death of his son. Then he would exile to another mythology.
Why foreshadow Krato's death? Well, I bet the game will be about not fulfilling prophecies, like the fate many gods have set on Ragnarök.
He didn't do that, Norse gods that picked a fight with him wanting to kill Atreus.
As much as I want to see Kratos fight an all-American Marvel Jesus then I don't think it would be a very good game.
Personally, I'd like to see him killed by Thor. It's time for someone else to take over before it's just another game with an unkillable main character.
Personally, I'd like to see him killed by Thor. It's time for someone else to take over before it's just another game with an unkillable main character.