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Cory Barlog confirms that Christianity exists in the God of War universe
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I can't help feel it would look something along the same line as this:
Most of society still has this weird mental hangup that mythology and religion are different. Mythologies are just religions no one believes anymore.
Isn't god of war with Christianity just Dante's inferno?
I fucking loved that game. Granted I was 14 and loved how Gory and gruesome it was. Haven't played it since then but I would imagine it holds up pretty well! Mabey I'll give it a replay after I beat FF7
I fucking loved that game. Granted I was 14 and loved how Gory and gruesome it was. Haven't played it since then but I would imagine it holds up pretty well! Mabey I'll give it a replay after I beat FF7
This reads like you've been wanting to post this for a good while lmao
I just dont see it, i mean, it is possible that Atreus becomes the new god of war, i think kratos is going to die in this new trilogy.
Agreed, and this would actually be pretty interesting. Like Winston said in Ghostbusters, "I love Jesus's style." Jesus is neither an optimist or a pessimist, but he'll call you out on your BS while at the same time inspiring you to lead a life not focused on yourself or the material things.
Epic Items to acquire:
Lucifer's Flaming Sword.
"As hot as the birth of the universe. Let there be Light!"
Lucifer's Flaming Sword.
"As hot as the birth of the universe. Let there be Light!"
I think that's what's happening.
A "fight" with Jesus would be nonsense but with the biblical God...
Was this in doubt? I always just assumed the God of War universe was essentially our universe. And when they cut from Greek to Norse myths I just assumed everything was fair game after that.
Tell that to the Old Testament. Shit gets pretty metal.
Seriously though, if you really want to get technical about it, there's a whole pantheon of Canaanite gods that were basically absorbed in to what would become the Christian god. Not that I think they will, but there's a lot of rope for them to run with if they wanted to do Judaism / Christianity, even if you don't consider the pre-monotheistic stuff, there's angels and giants and dragons and plenty of heroes with blessed powers. Hell if you want to get really in to the Abrahamic religions there's a lot of mysticism in Islam, some of it inherited from earlier Arabic cultures.
I wouldn't expect to see Kratos throwing down with Jesus by any means, but he could wrestle some angels or throw down with Samson, he could meet Nimrod in the forest on a hunt or be helped along by a mysterious figure that turns out to be Cain, who tricks him in to killing the Archangels so that Eden is unguarded. Though the height of this mythology predates even the first games by a while, by the time of the Greek city states most of the other Canaanite gods would have been killed or forgotten, some of the mysticism would probably still be in tact by the time the most recent game is taking place, but I don't know an exact date there.
It might make sense if he returns to Greece at some point after the current cycle, maybe via Britain and Ireland or central Europe, encountering the gods of the Celts and the Gauls in their waning days, then running in to the Roman Empire in the early stages of Christianization? But even then it wouldn't make that much sense to have the more mystic elements showing up in Rome. Maybe if he returned to Greece from the other side, going through Russia, South East Asia, India and the Middle East. That could be pretty sick. Who knows, Kratos gonna Kratos I guess.
Tell that to the Old Testament. Shit gets pretty metal.
Seriously though, if you really want to get technical about it, there's a whole pantheon of Canaanite gods that were basically absorbed in to what would become the Christian god. Not that I think they will, but there's a lot of rope for them to run with if they wanted to do Judaism / Christianity, even if you don't consider the pre-monotheistic stuff, there's angels and giants and dragons and plenty of heroes with blessed powers. Hell if you want to get really in to the Abrahamic religions there's a lot of mysticism in Islam, some of it inherited from earlier Arabic cultures.
I wouldn't expect to see Kratos throwing down with Jesus by any means, but he could wrestle some angels or throw down with Samson, he could meet Nimrod in the forest on a hunt or be helped along by a mysterious figure that turns out to be Cain, who tricks him in to killing the Archangels so that Eden is unguarded. Though the height of this mythology predates even the first games by a while, by the time of the Greek city states most of the other Canaanite gods would have been killed or forgotten, some of the mysticism would probably still be in tact by the time the most recent game is taking place, but I don't know an exact date there.
It might make sense if he returns to Greece at some point after the current cycle, maybe via Britain and Ireland or central Europe, encountering the gods of the Celts and the Gauls in their waning days, then running in to the Roman Empire in the early stages of Christianization? But even then it wouldn't make that much sense to have the more mystic elements showing up in Rome. Maybe if he returned to Greece from the other side, going through Russia, South East Asia, India and the Middle East. That could be pretty sick. Who knows, Kratos gonna Kratos I guess.
Depends on the version, old or new testament? SMT does the old testament versions of God a lot and they are awesome.
Don't really see the need to see Jesus fight.
Now Old Testament God, that's someone who deserves an ass kicking.
EDIT: Wait, I just had my mind blown. Old Testament God became New Testament God when he had Jesus (a Demigod, though the exact definition is " fully god AND fully human") which means he went through the same emotional changes as Kratos did when he has Ateus (a Demigod) O_o
Now Old Testament God, that's someone who deserves an ass kicking.
EDIT: Wait, I just had my mind blown. Old Testament God became New Testament God when he had Jesus (a Demigod, though the exact definition is " fully god AND fully human") which means he went through the same emotional changes as Kratos did when he has Ateus (a Demigod) O_o
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Yep, this is in the Fate's chamber.This isn't news, Jesus stuff was in God of War 2
There would be a ton of stuff to fight. There being angels literally means there is also demons.
God of War should go into the ones hinted at by 2018's game, aka Egyptian, Japanese and Celtic cultures. Buddhism is great too, so is Hinduism, though I'm sure outside of a "mythology" and not exactly a "religion" (i know the difference, its just clear that Christianity is practiced way more than Norse religions) , people may start getting offended so....
So, Celtic, Egyptian, Shinto and Greek.Watch the Norwegian netflix show, Ragnarok. It'll make a believer out of ya ;D
Technically Christianity existing in the God of War universe doesn't mean the Christian God is real in that universe
The Pharoah
King Herod
The four horsemen of the apocalypse
The archangels
Goliath
The whore of Babylon
Judas
The anti christ
Leviathan
The Serpent/Satan
Jezebel
Cain
The false prophet
Lucifer
Those are just a few of the obvious surface level figures you can use from the Bible to make a game out of.
You go outside of it and you can bring in all the princes of hell and the seven deadly sins and a bunch of other crazy angel shit, go even further with Canaanite sources and we're really cookin.
King Herod
The four horsemen of the apocalypse
The archangels
Goliath
The whore of Babylon
Judas
The anti christ
Leviathan
The Serpent/Satan
Jezebel
Cain
The false prophet
Lucifer
Those are just a few of the obvious surface level figures you can use from the Bible to make a game out of.
You go outside of it and you can bring in all the princes of hell and the seven deadly sins and a bunch of other crazy angel shit, go even further with Canaanite sources and we're really cookin.
Shin Megami Tensei? To be fair it's not strictly Christian though.
I don't think Kratos would have an issue with Jesus to be honest.
Maybe we get Kratos and Jesus team up buddy cop movie style.
Maybe we get Kratos and Jesus team up buddy cop movie style.
Why wouldn't it exist? I mean, we've seen Greek, we've seen Norse, and we've seen hints at others. They're all on earth, so why not?
Plus Kratos would probably have no beef with Jesus. Now, that Old Testament God? Yeah, Kratos wouldn't get along with him.
Plus Kratos would probably have no beef with Jesus. Now, that Old Testament God? Yeah, Kratos wouldn't get along with him.
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Sure, that's possible. It's a flexible IP.
Kratos is also a god so he can basically stick around as long as they want him to (aging isn't an issue). Not to mention that "God of War" is a title that could apply to anyone, doesn't have to be Kratos forever. Whether that's a passing of the torch to Atreus, or a soft reboot with another protagonist entirely
Wouldn't really make much sense as Atreus
is Loki, and Loki was the trickster god, not the god of war. Besides they better not kill off my man Kratos in favour of wussy little boi
? so they can use christianity unless for some reason you think it's modern
I seriously doubt Jesus would be an antagonist but, sure, I can see everyone from the Archangels to Lucifer and even YHWH going toe to toe with Kratos. Maybe we can get a God of War + Doom crossover and Kratos gets to fight Doomguy too.
It'd be the first time Kratos hears the boss music. 🤣
It'll never happen because of the controversy but I'd love that to be explored more in the future.
Considering the Monkey King shits on Kratos and Buddha shat on him, I think it's clear how that would turn out
I dunno what's so shocking about this, or why some people think they would never incorporate it in game.
Darksiders and Castlevania are two violent series that feature Christianity pretty heavily. There's also Dante's Inferno.
I can't see an entry where you have to kill Jesus or the Christian god or anything like that. However they could take inspiration from things like the crusades, Dante's writings, heresy and the inquisition. There were also many martyrs that were violently killed early on, and many people thought the end times would come quickly. If they went somewhere like ancient Rome I could see it mashing together Roman and Christian mythology.
Darksiders and Castlevania are two violent series that feature Christianity pretty heavily. There's also Dante's Inferno.
I can't see an entry where you have to kill Jesus or the Christian god or anything like that. However they could take inspiration from things like the crusades, Dante's writings, heresy and the inquisition. There were also many martyrs that were violently killed early on, and many people thought the end times would come quickly. If they went somewhere like ancient Rome I could see it mashing together Roman and Christian mythology.
