What if one of the most masculine gaming franchises out there decided to include a female protagonist? What if the God of War himself was joined by a battle-hardened playable female character? What if the next God of War introduced a new female hero to accompany Kratos and Atreus on their bloody adventure? What if the next God of War was a woman?
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.
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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It would only be one of the worst ideas in gaming. There is only one God Of War and it's Kratos.
Can anything in today's society just be as it is?
Well to be fair they could do a spin-off for Faye. She's a goddess and 'giant' after all. Sort of a prequel to God of War ***spoilers*** before she died. She obviously went on a quest and left all those yellow hand markers for Kratos and Atreus to follow. Also it could connect the story to why Baldur came to Kratos in that first encounter expecting to see one of the giants. That might be a cool concept.
Buy yeah, Kratos is Kratos - alpha male, demi-god, unstoppable force of rage and testosterone. Go make your own female character, and leave Kratos alone :)
Don't mind as long plays like the old GoWs
Considering the high levels of misogyny and sexism in gaming, removing all male heroes would be a good idea to show cishet straight white males they no longer have control of the hobby. I say make God of War a female, Gears of War and Uncharted should be next as well. All these fandoms are is a breeding area for toxic masculinity anyways.