Gamedaily.Biz writes: "Kratos' first adventure on the PSP is easily one of the best games on the portable, and gamers snatched up over 340K units in its first month. We chat with SCEA's Jeff Reese about the game's great start.
God of War II made a very large splash in March 2007 and was a classic example of a late generation success on a venerable console. The game was incredibly polished and featured graphics that may be the most technically advanced in the PS2's history. It set the bar very high and left many wondering how the series would translate onto the next planned entry for the PSP.
A year later, God of War: Chains of Olympus is out and it's more than lived up to the lofty expectations placed upon it. The game is proving to be one of the most critically acclaimed titles in the PSP's history and is also turning into one of the system's most successful launches yet. With God of War III impending for the PS3 sometime in the near future, God of War: Chains of Olympus may be the perfect solution to keep the hype for the franchise going strong.
We talked with Jeff Reese, SCEA Director of Software Marketing, to find out why Kratos is so angry all the time."
Whatever form the next God of War game takes, it needs to be clear about what role Kratos is playing, lest the franchise lose direction.
I'm pretty sure it'd be a major mistake having Atreus as the main character in the next GoW. Seems to me like at best people tolerate him and his gameplay sections.
Ideally the story for the next game would be that Atreus has gone missing in Egypt, Kratos gets mad about it, picks up Mimir and goes on a god killing rampage.
If that is an option for the dev team then they need to make it a clean slate. No Atreus, No Mimir. That's what happened when he changed pantheons before. Lets Kratos be in that world. But it will be a difficult task to complete. Kratos and his past demons are getting a bit redundant as far as story telling goes.
Yeah there's not a lot of meat left on the bone story wise. Personally I'd happily accept any goofy reason they could come up with for why Kratos is in Egypt chopping off heads. I'm personally not that bothered about the finer points of the storytelling, although they do it well.
I would still like to have Mimir in the next game. They (devs) can justify it by saying that Mimir wants to gain knowledge about other realms/pantheons. Also, personally I think Alastair Duncan did a great job as Mimir and would love to see the continuation of the small banters Kratos and Mimir had in the past games.
The point of Ragnarok's ending is to show that Atreus is his own man now. Having Daddy Kratos save him in Egypt after getting himself into trouble would just undo his entire character development.
The point was more to do with getting Atreus out of the way rather than him being saved. Let's say he's off on his own adventures then and invent another reason for Kratos to be in Egypt.
Could be that Kratos thinks he's been captured or killed as motivation but at the close of the game it turns out Atreus has been up to his own shady shenanigans.
They need to bring back the "God of War" in God of War. I was expecting to unleash hell and fury in Asgard against Thor that they really talked up in the first game but all we got was brooding middle aged dad drunk in a beer hall. Ragnarok was still "good" but I left that game expecting a lot more.
Tried Rag... just couldn't get into it. Felt like more of the same. I would welcome a Kratos only game again.
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Cant wait for God of War 3. YOU DARE DEFY THE GOD OF WAR!