While maybe not exactly deliberate or planned on the long run, the most impressive thing about the new God of War to me will always be its depiction of a developed Kratos. The game beautifully draws a fine line between his past and current life in a great example of how to carry over character development over a long time.
What works about Kratos, in my opinion, is that he is very familiar to many, and he has a very 'storied' history that it worked as grounds for such a drastic change in a way that you feel an interesting consistency rather than a feeling of disjointedness. The game is able to show Kratos grappling with his past in his new journey which also enriches the character all the better.
A question that bugged me, however, is if we have seen similar examples in the past, and if not which character do you think have enough history and depth to be be depicted in a new, more mature light, where his "maturity" doesn't feel unrealistic and rather interesting if done well?
I am not familiar with Metal Gear Solid, but it feels to me the closest thing we had wherein a character exhibited so much changes through a long journey is Snake, but that is just a unfamiliar observant's opinion.
So, ERA, which character do you think has the potential to undergo a drastic change? and do you think we already had one before Kratos?
