Sony Santa Monica has weighed in on the age old debate of Hulk vs. Kratos by saying, “Kratos would destroy Hulk into Ghostbuster goo.” - PSLS
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After virtually annihilating the entire Greek pantheon, Kratos (who is voiced by Christopher Judge) and his son Atreus (voiced by Sunny Suljic) are in dire need of new challengers and new realms to conquer in God of War 6.
I think it'll have to be set in Egypt. It's the only place with a recognisable set of gods ready to go. I don't see them using anyone obscure they'll want characters well known in pop culture.
The setting also lends itself well to the series visually and would be a welcome change from snowy landscapes.
How about German.? I bet they have some wicked gods. There is also Persian, but theirs is not one with many gods but one god with two sides as far as I understand it. They do have a lot of mythical heroes and “divs”. There is also Japanese gods and demons from shintoism.
You are right I looked into it, ( a very short google search)
There are other sets of gods like the Indian ones And this setting would be ripe for a game landscape but as you say, the gods are not recognisable to lots of people.
There are Native American set of gods-
And that landscape would also be ripe for a game , but But there not recognisable either
Egypt it is
(Spoiler) when you fight Tyr repeatedly in Valhalla, he pulls out what looks to be Egyptian Kopis blades for one fight, what I believe are Mayan obsidian edged swords for another, and what looks like a Chinese dao (or maybe a heavily stylized) katana. I feel like maybe those are teasers for possible settings
There are...alot of references to Tyr travelling to Egypt in both games. In the recent DLC there are pyramids in the background of valhalla. I'm gonna take a guess it'll be Egypt with all the references, I would like to see some eastern ones myself but Egypt seems the most likely candidate. Would love a shinto one if there weren't so many Japanese mythology based games already.
I can see them going with Egyptian, but the only issue would be... how? The Norse mythology takes place in the iron age, same as the Greek. After in fact, but Egyptian mythology takes place even earlier in the bronze age. They would have to create some sort of time travel narrative so Kratos could go back several thousand years to deal with the likes of Ra, Seth, Anubus, and Osiris.
I know its a game, they can do pretty much whatever they want but having two game mythologies in the right order would seem to mean they would try to keep that order. So after the iron age comes the late antiquity age which is where Arabian and Slavic mythologies are part. Neither of which are as well known as something like Egyptian.
I take your point, but if there was a cutscene which went "what's that, some kind of portal!?" and then Kratos appears in ancient Egypt personally I wouldn't question it or care in the slightest.
Nah do something new, I acknowledge they are good games but I just want to see SSM tackle a new IP
Yeah I think he even hinted at it himself, and him not being primary director on Ragnarok would seem to bear that out. I love his work, would be so cool to see a new IP from Santa Monica with him at the helm.
There have been exciting questions on everyone's mind since the conclusion of the Norse chapter in Santa Monica Studio's God of War. Many believe that Kratos has put down his axe and is now retired.
Probably but I feel future stories will be something coming for Kratos rather him going after someone by choice
If the Egyptian Gods for example hear of his acts against not only the Greek gods but the Norse they might think they are next and send people to try and dispose of him prompting him to investigate why there are continuous attacks on him.
He’s retired but he’s not going to sit back and let people hurt him or the people around him. I’m sure he could bring Freya along aswell to replace Atreus
I mean, he has unfinished business there and I don't think they would make a comic with him going there for like a minute to be forced to kill one of their gods is not going to eventually come back tbh
His past catching up to him sounds like plausible way forward even though he has changed.
Exactly
Just because you’ve change it doesn’t erase the past or the reputation outside of Norway
Having Kratos travel will show more civilisations that the God of War has changed.
Yup the ending with him being the benevolent god is just a path, it hasn’t happened yet. The next scene could be an army of pantheons moving on Kratos.
This really I think is the only way a new game would work for me.
In saying that, I think kratos has an absolutely amazing run, some of the best games of all time and now an iconic figure I'm gaming.
I felt they wrapped ragnarock up nicely with his future being mortals looking up to him and praising him.
Unless they could reboot the gameplay yet again for an Egypt story I'm content if they leave it there and retire kratos on the hight note that is ragnarok.
Just please don't make an atreus game, hated him in the second one and would have zero interest in playing as him, not to mention he isn't the God of war.
If this is where it ends for kratos then there are not many series that have had a better run.
Would love to see ssm work on a new ip which I believe Cory is doing atm :) can't wait to see what he has instore
Yeah a lot of people are saying the ending set up for Atreus to take over but like you said he's not the God of War
Also I didn't care that much about him when I was playing him Ragnarok, he's a good side character but he's not a leading man. I enjoyed Freya a whole lot more as Kratos's companion than him because she was so well written and the acting was on point, not to mention she was more interesting.
I feel like they got rid of him in a way so if there was a new game for Kratos you wouldn't have the same old Dad/Son story again along with the same kind of gameplay
Based on Ragnarok’s ending [and overall narrative] Kratos wants to become a benevolent steward of the Nordic realm. He intends to help the people rebuild. He is also old and tired of fighting. Conversely Atreus wants to to travel the world to find out more about the Jotunn and also embrace his adventurous nature. Therefore, I think a successor series to God of War could follow Atreus, with Kratos being a background character.
It's called God of War not Boy of War. Plus Atreus isn't likeable enough to carry the series by himself. If they continue it Atreus will likely get himself in trouble exploring some other area for the Giant's souls and Kratos will have to go rescue him or Atreus will start a fight with someone and they will chase him back to Kratos and he will get forced to kill a new pantheon of Gods cause they keep trying to kill him.
Atreus has more than proven himself capable after the events of Ragnarok. Besides, if we do continue with Atreus he'll be an adult by then.
It simply makes no sense for Kratos to regress back into a god killer.
@Goldwyncq His fighting skills aren't the problem it's his personality it isn't likeable enough. Also Kratos never stopped being a God Killer at the end of Ragnarok he just realized he doesn't need to shut himself off to the world and will instead become a God that helps people. He cried when he saw the final mural because it showed a statue of himself being worshiped in the future showing he will succeed. Killing evil Gods like Odin would be helping those people so it isn't a regression.
Hated atreus in ragnarok, absolutely zero interest in playing as him,.
Either find a way to reboot God of war yet again with Egypt mythology or let the legend rest and give us some new ips.
Imagine what new experiences ssm could give in a new world.
Or a game based on sindri playing as him, getting his revenge, that I'd pay for.
Yep i am with you on this one ... God of war means Kratos to me if they can't keep going with him then just retire the IP till they can do another reboot or just keep going with him
Unless Atreus inherits Kratos' weapons, I think it'd be kinda boring.
The bow and the sword he used were fine in short sequences, but I want to use the Blades of Chaos or the Draupnir Spear again!
I don’t see it for a few reasons.
For one, it makes them too much money.
For two, the retirement of Kratos would mean the retirement of the franchise. I think that’s a far jump in assumptions just because ragnarok ended on a good note. It’s strange for the series sure but no cliffhanger just means the next director has more freedom to take it where they want. I think people are looking too deeply into this.
I think it would depend on what weapons were available to Kratos.
"Puny God."
Okay, "Puny God-killer" to be exact.
I would pay good money for some Ascension DLC that lets you fight Hulk.
World War Hulk. Take a look for the answer to this question.
But hulk died fighting in space i believe in an old comic i read. Kratos is a the god of war & killz gods for dinner. Hulk is badazz but he also has weaknesses. If gods cant kill Kratos then how is hulk suppose to? Just saying, I know its all fiction & opinion but going by what both characters went through in battles, id say Kratos has the edge.
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You have your opinion but do remember Kratos doesnt need to get angrier, hes already as strong as it is and wont hesitate to kill you if he has a chance, my proof is his brother hercules who is all brute strength like the hulk but didnt stop Kratos from smashing his own brothers face in. I think hed do the same to hulk. Also this sharingan fits me because I can use it. You are not of the Uchiha Clan so be gone in my genjutsu lol. =]