What If The Next God Of War Was A Woman?

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?

[salmonade]

It would only be one of the worst ideas in gaming. There is only one God Of War and it's Kratos.

[purple101]

And now atreus

[Eonjay]

Well technically his son can't be the God of War because *spoilers*. And technically the last game makes a point to explain the there are more than one God of Wars... but yes there is no replacing Kratos.

Honestly, a more realistic article would ask if the could see Atreus filling his dad shoes in a later game.

[-Foxtrot]

God of Mischief really

[Rimeskeem]

You would know that is not true if you played the game ;)

[bouzebbal]

We have Atreus, taking over from Kratos. And with that shocker announcement he made at the end of the game on the true him, we can only look forward to what is yet to come

[Ratchet75]

I think atreus will become evil and Kratos will fight him at the end.
A true Greek tragedy.
😉

[ShinRon]

youre half right, Kratos is definitely not the only god of war ever tho as he took the title from Ares.

[FanboyPolice]

And also Atreus, and Ares. Actually there have been a few

[CorndogBurglar]

Atreus literally can't be a God of War...

[ChrisW]

Ares (Mars) is the only true God of War I recognize

[Smokehouse]

And Odin the Norse god of war. Kratos will always be the Greek god of war because he’s the only Greek god left, his son is a demigod. Kratos is the Greek god of everything really lol.

[ChrisW]

Odin? Really? You need to read a little more up on your Norse mythology...

[Smokehouse]

Yes Odin is a god of war. I have read a bunch on Norse mythology lol. Google it my dude. I have also seen Tyr and Freya be called god of war as well. My point is that the god of war doesn’t only exist in Greek mythology. The god of war exists in most mythologies.

[TechnoGoat]

You do know what a "what if" scenario means right? If Kratos was a woman it wouldn't be the worst Idea in gaming, cause that would of been the Idea from the start..

[syphon32]

I hear you but... dem tittiesssssss though

[DarXyde]

I didn't realize God of War was going for mythological accuracy...

Pretty much anyone can be a God of War, provided they have the lineage and they're not already God of something else.

[Orionsangel]

What if I basically said this 3 days ago and they stole my thought?? https://i.imgur.com/ytQqzNL...

[CanadianTurtle]

They already tried it. It's called Heavenly Sword (PS3)

[rainslacker]

A good title on its own right. But she wasn't a god.

[thorstein]

So. There are no godesses of war? Wow. How uninformed can you be?

[Daeloki]

There was a post about a Kratos genderbend cosplay a few days ago, and there someone jokingly mentioned a plot idea along the lines of "What if Kratos pissed off some witch who turned him into a woman, and he would have to go on a quest to change himself back."

Personally, I don't think Kratos would care one way or another, and I think it could be a fun change, even if only temporary, a female Kratos would be just as badass. Not to mention how hilarious it would be to see Atreus's and Mimir's reactions

[mandf]

Can anything in today's society just be as it is?

[FanboyPolice]

No. The base of continuing improving is to change stuff. If God of War wouldn't change, we would be stuck with the same GoW from PS2.

[prankster101]

STFU!

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

@prankster

Really? Triggered that much? Relax man

[Shikoku]

You literally just made the dumbest argument I've seen on here obviously this person meant not changing the character's gender for the sake of doing it.

[Legatus]

"The base of continuing improving is to change stuff."

Yeah, but changing from Kratos to some female just to pander SJWs and feminazis is not improving, it's actually quite the opposite.

[CanadianTurtle]

Changing the protagonist's gender does not equal "improvement."

[thorstein]

You riled the snowflakes. They are pretty angry that someone might disturb their carefully manufactured fantasies.

[TechnoGoat]

Today's society is ass, and you'd like to keep it that way?

[PowerOfTheCloud]

No it really isn't. While surely not perfect, Western societies are one of the big achievements of mankind.But It is mostly people who blame others for their own flaws and failures who try to present themselves as victims and make it seem like they live under some kind of tyranny while they were born in a place and time with almost unlimited freedom.

[MisterLou]

What if Zelda was a woman?

[mandf]

Zelda is a woman.

[jojo319]

@mandf best comment of the day.

[mandf]

Misterlou
Let's say link was a girl. Zelda on nes was my favorite game of all time. 30 years later we wouldn't need to make link a man just to appease someone.

If kratos started a women so be it. We wouldn't need to make kratos a man to massage someone's sense of worth or envy because the baddest character of all time is a man or woman.

[CanadianTurtle]

@MisterLou

Epic fail on your part. I hope you were being sarcastic.

[rainslacker]

If kratos started as a woman, the question would never be asked about if she were made a man.

[MisterLou]

@CanadianTurtle https://knowyourmeme.com/me...

[memots]

was it assigned at birth base on predetermined standard of a patriarchal society?
yeah its never ending with these idiots.

[mogwaii]

What if you grew a brain?

[MisterLou]

@mogwaii What if you sucked my D?

[ArchangelMike]

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 :)

[-Foxtrot]

I’d like to see Faye or even Freya

[conanlifts]

***spoiler***

Do you think Freya will be the enemy in the next God of war

[AspiringProGenji]

Probably, or she would put the Vanir gods againts Kratos at least

[solideagle]

***Spoilers***

I think she will join Odin/Thor to take revenge but she is soft hearted and change in the middle of battle...

[ShadowWolf712]

Bro, there is no way in Hell she would willingly rejoin Odin. Or that Odin's paranoid behind would let her.

[Kashima]

Don't mind as long plays like the old GoWs

[Fritzwochel]

I don't mind as long as we get a nude mod

[Silly gameAr]

@Kashima

But, if the GOW is female, aren't you afraid that it will be censored? /s

[Kashima]

Western games don't get censored

[annoyedgamer]

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.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Toxic masculinity seems to be nothing more than “catch all” term thrown around by SJWs to demean males. If there is such a thing as “toxic masculinity” its counterpart “toxic femininity” must also exist. How do the games Gears of War, Uncharted and God of War breed toxic masculinity? Also, there playable female characters in Gears and Uncharted. Gears 5 will have female lead and Uncharted: The Lost Legagcy was also female lead.

[Sirk7x]

Don't feed the troll lol. Don't do it.

[smashman98]

Lol were supposed to ignore dumb comments my brother.

[SegaGamer]

This is up there with the worst things I have ever read on here. People like you are ruining entertainment by trying to make it political instead of what it was intended to be........fun.

If anybody is toxic, it's people like you.

[thorstein]

This entire comment's section is up there with the worst things I have read on here.

Such dumbassery

[salmonade]

You must be joking. I mean I know you're a self loathing member of the LGBT community, but I really believe you don't believe what you just posted at all. It's kind of stupid really. Anyway, continue on friend.

[gamer7804]

I'm being honest here, are you just being sarcastic? I really can't tell if this is what you actually believe...

[conanlifts]

No, sexism is not the answer. The answer lies in creating new characters like Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn.
As for uncharted, they have with Nadine.

[KickSpinFilter]

Exactly, Aloy was a kick ass character

[AnubisG]

Exactly! The answer is crearing new characters and not replacing existing ones for the sake of social justice. I said this before, I don't want the next Kratos to be a woman just as much as I don't want the next Lara Croft to be a man.

[kneon]

@AnubisG

Changing Kratos to suddenly be female would be silly. But what if he finally retires (not dead of course as he has a long track record of not staying dead for long :) ), couldn't we then have a new female character take over as the God of War? It's a title after all, not an individual person.

[prankster101]

Given that men created gaming... what has women's contribution been, apart from crying rampant sexism and misogyny, despite the plethora of readily available tools being made available that readily enable them to go out there and make their own shitty games?

All the fcuktard women and SJWs who cry about this stuff should maybe put aside their victim mentality for a second, download a copy of Unity, and actually take the time to learn / craft good games. Maybe then they can dispense with their gender-based victimhood claptrap, and be judged according to meritocratic principles in a market that actually favours good games - irrespective of what gender the creator is.

And yes, I have watched Atlita. And played Beyond Good And Evil. Both great products starring strong women. Not these weak-ass women that the media loves to "champion".

Weakness is not a strength.

[Araragifeels]

And this is the reason why I dislike people bringing their agenda into our entertainment. Entertainment should be a place where is a safe zone from politics, religion, and extreme ideas from group of people. This is why I love Japan developers, they don't give two crap about politics, agenda or religion since the only that matters is making a great product and making profit. As a Latino, keep your ideas for yourself.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

Yeah sure buddy. Thats why they censor all of their porn. The Japanese version of Resident Evil 2 remake also reduces gore. Dont be so blind loving for Japan

[Araragifeels]

@Brave_Losers_Unite First thing, I don't care about Japan porn industry and I don't care about censor Japanese games since I don't play games for nudity but for the story, action and to have fun. Second thing, outside of Japan, Resident Evil 2 Remake doesn't have any reduce gore. I don't love anything that comes out of Japan but I respect how they don't care about Western politics, agenda and religion. And that they don't applied these to their culture and Entertainment.

[Shikoku]

Sorry snowflake but as your sexist ass put it "straight white males" still are the hobby, we are still the majority and if projections continue we will be the hobby for a few more decades. Most "straight white male" gamers I know are fine with females, homosexuals and people of color in games. What we aren't ok with is the bullshit you just shit out and especially when it's forced into a game narrative in obvious ways where it isn't needed or intended to be or when a character is changed from male to female or sexual orientation is change just to fit in with the counter culture cool kids. The misogyny and sexism being shown right now? Is your own.

[notachance]

this is why you can't ever "win" lol, changing established things is not the way to do it.

go make your own all-new masterpiece games, that's how you "win"

[UltraNova]

This is all sorts of fucked up and derailed.

MODs when ever you're ready...

[thejigisup]

Who are you kidding? They'd rather fail articles about gaming companies taking a stance about their advertising practices. Mods haven't really been on point lately.

http://n4g.com/news/2242883...

[AnubisG]

There is 0 misogyny and sexism in video games. If you think there is, it is because you are looking for it desperately and want to fimd it.

[spicelicka]

No. It should be the artist's discretion what they think fits a story, nothing should ever be done for political purposes. Most games are about killing people, it doesn't make sense to display women's empowerment by forcibly showing that they can kill people too.

[StormSailor]

A big pile of crap was said in the comment

It was expected to come from a person with this avatar

[syphon32]

Your way of thinking is toxic to masculinity

[rainslacker]

Considering we still make up the largest section of the consumer vase for these kinds of games, I'd say we still have control. Or at least we are still the primary audience.

Also, there is nothing to say the people annoyed by it are straight white males. I know some that are of differe races or sexual prefences that are annoyed by it, or just don't care, or roll their eyes at the pandering nature of it all.

Classifying those who express annoyance as straight white males is more sexist, racists, and I guess I'll say heterophobic than those you are calling out.

[MajorLazer]

You are the only toxic one with your toxic views

[The7Reaper]

Sounds like a good way to crash the market due to low sales lmao

[thejigisup]

I think you should rethink how you present your opinion it makes you sound not very intelligent. Look at the disagrees on this one. There's a million reasons to disagree with removing all make heroes... So you wanna get rid of Mario eh? How about link, Nathan Drake, master chief, banjo, Donkey Kong, Sonic, etc to push an anti white male agenda? You are really dense. Probably need to just start taking games at face value and appreciating them for what they are meant to do which is provide entertainment.

[Rimeskeem]

Logically speaking a God becomes a God after defeating said God.

Kratos is the God of War
Women kills Kratos
...Women is God of War

But given Kratos I DOUBT THAT

[The_Sage]

Actually... Kratos is the son of Zeus. He was already leading a Spartin army when he gave his life to Aries. It was with the help of the gods and his own god like power that he was able to defeat Aries and was crowned the new god of war by the other gods.

[isarai]

Pretty sure she wouldn't wear a belt as a top that's for sure, also wouldn't leave her hair down as it'd get in the way. And also doesn't that kinda fall into the realm of Athena? Not exactly a goddess of "War" but a goddess of the many values and aspects within war, and is often depicted as a warrior sooo.

[RedDevils]

In other words, what if Kratos have a VJ?

[CorndogBurglar]

Volkswagen Jetta?

No, that wouldn't work. The timeline is all off.

[Fist4achin]

Ha! I always thought VJ stood for victory in Japan, as in the end of WW2. Even so, again the timeline is off!

[Cobra951]

Still chuckling over here . . .

@Fist4achin - Yes, VE Day for Europe, VJ Day for Japan.

[FyBy]

Accompany...maybe...main character...Please, NO.

[FanboyPolice]

It would be great to have an spin-off adventure playing as a female warrior. Probably somehow connected with Atreus mother or Kratos himself. Probably playing like the younger Freya with no weapons but magic itself. I mean, Uncharted The Lost Legacy was great. Why not?

[conanlifts]

No need to change it, we have horizon zero dawn which is good enough.

[antikbaka]

i...kinda don't care. But it will ba scandel anyway just look at that bikini armour

[Inzo]

No thank you, Im good.

[ocelot07]

If there was a God Of War game but you play as a female character then I simply wouldn't care less. As long as the story is good as is the gameplay.

[The_Sage]

Then it would be goddess of war... Stupid. 😉

[rainslacker]

What if she identified as a male though?

[The_Sage]

Great... Now my brain hurts.

[prankster101]

Well, it's called GOD of War. Not GODDESS of War.

Duh... there's a difference.

[Harkins1721]

Female GoW was Hevealy Sword.

[ocelot07]

Hmmmm a new Heavenly Sword game but with gameplay like the latest GOW?......I like.

[Shikoku]

No thanks Im tired of the played out "it's new and fresh because its a chick" no it's not new and fresh is played out and frankly I've had enough character gender switches for this decade thanks.

[harmny]

Who says kratos identifies as a male?

[akaFullMetal]

The way GOW ended I doubt there will be a character switch unless it's atreus.
As long as the game is good, majority won't care though, if people had an issue with female character then horizon and lost legacy or tomb raider wouldn't be so popular.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

She would be the Goddess of War.

[Godmars290]

Not half as bad if a female character doesn't directly take Kraros' actual name rather than just the title of "God of War". Unlike a certain thunder god I could mention.

[InTheZoneAC]

1. It wouldn't be God of War
2. Save it for a game when it no longer centers around Kratos and Atreus

[KickSpinFilter]

This would be a terrible idea, especially after what the have done with the latest one.
This idea could have been an option if the latest GOW had not come out, or had not been a groundbreaking GOW game.

Ya wanna play a female God? Checkout Horizon Zero Dawn, Aloy is pretty "godlike" in that game.
Or hell even Hellblade but stellar games.

But no 1000 times no.

[Mr Marvel]

...and what if my Auntie had balls?... would that make her my Uncle?

Stop trying the switch genders and race on every fictional character. Just make new characters!

[G1]

I would like to see Nariko from Heavenly Sword and Kratos in the same game. That’s kinda a match made in heaven.😂😂 or can we get a new Heavenly Sword.

[e3kehoe]

I HATE when a sentence start with “What if” !!!!

Like .. what if the snow was warm or what if the ocean was jello? There is never an answer to a what if question. 5 year olds ask what if questions.

Anyone can ask a what if question

What is the next god of war was never made? There!

[linkuu128]

why not create a new game , with a female as a protagonist instead? why take something and just change the gender to please some SJW?? why?!?

[Starman69]

Please no. If the next God of war is lead by a woman or a homosexual, then Im not buying!!, just for the sake of being diverse or to be "modern" ... God of war is kratos. Kratos forever please..!!

[prankster101]

What if Kratos gets his d*ck cut off and turns into a tranny?

[Starman69]

Your opening a whole can of worms there pal. Let's quit whilst we're ahead 🤣✌️

[rainslacker]

I would lose a lot of respect for the dev, because the games were never about that. They weren't even about his masculinity. Kratos was just pretty masculine. Even when they had what I'd call a pretty cursory story, it was never a socio political story.

I like a story where he's growing as a character, I wouldn't care about him exploring his sexuality, which is pretty well established, and completely devoid of his more focused goal approach to getting things done.

[Neonridr]

If they have a good reason for there to be a standalone game for her, then I don't see why not.

[thejigisup]

What if people stopped speaking in hyperbole? What if kratos was actually Karen and his dick got cut off and now he identifies as a goddess? What if the next God of war was a turn based dancing sim developed by Bethesda?

What if we just get a good game that makes sense no matter what direction they decide to go in and people buy it and like it?

[Starman69]

Your forgetting that the red blooded, meat eating, heterosexual man is being bread out of society lol 😂.

[AnubisG]

What if? Than we would know that they are pandering to the SJW's. I don't want the next Kratos to be a woman nor do I want the next Lara Croft to be a man. It's that simple.

[thejigisup]

Lawrence Croft womb raider... That's a game I would play.

[sampsonon]

"what if i write an article to piss off a lot of people for know reason?"
"will that give me hits?"

[antarius]

Maybe they could be really edgy and make Atreus trans.

[Fritzwochel]

If the next god of war was a woman, the game would be like every other game out there fronting the gurl power agenda

[rainslacker]

If the next GOW was a woman, and they stayed true to the art design, and had her look like the thumbnail cosplayer, I think the SJW that they were attempting to pander to would probably be more upset. Normal women would probably prefer the beefy male kratos, and the male gamers are fine with him already. No reason to change him.

Having a playable female character in addition yo kratos, sure, but don't change the core of the game to explore something which no one cares about or asked for.

[Starman69]

Exactly!! We didn't change lara croft in tomb raider, instead we got uncharted, and had two amazing games to enjoy, accepting one is male and one is female. Yet because the shitty way this world is right now, the millenials will try and push for a female , vegan or a gay character in god of war to spoil our pissing fun!! Lol we need to bring this post down before they invade us 😂

[T2X]

Well, I would like it if this was in addition to not instead of.

[lcslick]

A badass women accompanying kratos would probably be cool. I'm pretty sure his wife was basically that if we seen her. But changing kratos for me is a no go. I like kratos, even if the god of war changed to another character regardless of sex, i still wouldn't like it. Make another game if you want with a female kratos like character. Just don't call it God of war.

[DillyDilly]

Go Woke Go Broke

[Redlife2g]

I have a better idea...that IS Kratos but now identifies as a woman...🙄😲

[ShadowWolf712]

...I think you're kinda missing the point of the title and series there but...

To clarify, there are already goddesses of war in varying cultures. It's been a thing. What you're suggesting is that anyone who would be a protagonist has to be one, or even who simply joined Kratos on a journey. This is not the case. The title of the series runs a bit deeper than the Title of the god of War.

Also, this article's title and summary gave off a LOT of "What if Zelda/Metroid was a Girl?" cringe vibes.

[Juiceid]

Well them tiddies definitely couldn’t stay contained in that leather strap.

[GrizToof]

I would have no issue with it as long as it was done properly and not a agenda move to show how woke the company is.

[spicelicka]

Go play Hellblade.

[StormSailor]

If someone were desperate for a huge flop, do it

[saimcheeda]

Nope

[Platformgamer]

i don't see why it should, unless we'll live in a world where SJW and feminists rule the world...
what a fucking nightmare

[NicSage]

As long as she has a big chest and meaty booty it's all good in my book.

[prankster101]

With armour created by the people behind Soul Calibur...

[CaitSith]

How about make a new IP with a female character instead of ruining an established one by replacing male protagonist with said female character? That's just lazy.

[Tross]

Hmmm...I don’t think anyone but Kratos should be the main character in this series, but maybe another studio could make their own IP and have a female protagonist take on mythological gods. They’d have to pull out all the stops to differentiate it and avoid making it feel like a poor man’s God of War, but that’s doable. I really don’t think God of War itself should switch protagonists though. It’s not like this is Castlevania or something where there’s a different protagonist every time.

[rainslacker]

Heavenly sword was probably the closest we've seen to date. Guess it depends on if were talking another take on the same theme, or actually replacing kratos in the current franchise.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’d buy it if she looked like that.

[Psychonaut85]

How about no! Ya frickin weirdo!

[Samus707]

This headline is literally the extent of the creative powers that currently reside within the walls of all the major AAA studios.

[Gwiz]

Then it wouldn't be Kratos,just like Mario wouldn't be Mario,or Zelda wouldn't be Zelda without Link?.
God of War,Kratos went trans edition lol.Why would you even ask this question without making it about politics?

[xRacer74x]

It has to be better than a grandpa and his kid was.

[Tankbusta40]

No

[Sieden]

She wouldn't look like that because the devs would fear the blow back from the anti-sexuality Western game journalists.

[BadElf]

No. Stop...unless some nips are involved...just like Kratos

[Traecy]

I would love that idea but it wouldn't sit well with male fans of the series,it would be like DmC all over again. A new IP with a woman protagonist like GOW & Heavenly Sword would be nice.

[PowerOfTheCloud]

Please not!

[OMNlPOTENT]

Now what if we got an article that read “What if the next Tomb Raider was a man?” Would that be acceptable? Because I don’t like either of these ideas. It’s not sexism, it’s the fact that we already have an established character.

[Rambokind]

So tired of these stupid articles. SJWs need to find work in a real world setting

[dreamoner]

Never played any GoW games but here's an idea: What if you/some developer created a new IP...Goddess of War or whatever with a female lead and left the existed one in peace?

[smashman98]

Nothing would change

[Swiftfox]

I kinda love how people saw the image attached to the piece and automatically assumed they mean changing Kratos's gender, instead of introducing a new character to play as--which is a possibility with any franchise. I understand people get attached to characters and they want to see them again, and again, and again, and again until they're begging for a new IP already, but I certainly don't see the harm in the series going in this direction. The series is called "God of War" not "Kratos" or "Super Kratos: Odyssey".

P.S. The mock up image for the article is poorly designed click bait.

[Phi39582]

Wahhhh!! You guys aren’t supporting Social Justice.....and now feelings have been violated!

[snkiworld]

Future is wahmen Bullshit

[theblue1]

Goddess of War

[calactyte]

Then it would be like every other movie and video game created since 2010 that thought they were so slick and progressive for making a "strong" female lead character.

1. Star Wars (movies)
2. Battlefield V
3. Mad Max (movie)
4. Ghostbusters (movie)
5. Darksiders 3

Just to name a few. That doesn't even get into how they de-feminized the She-ra cartoon. How the new Terminator movie looks to be practically an all female cast etc. Look I'm all for cool badass female characters, but it's so obvious that SJWs are calling the shots in both the movie and games industry. I won't support their propaganda.

I'll take Lara Croft and Ripley who can be feminine and strong without it being so obviously forced. Men and Women are not the same. Fight the programming.

[Gwiz]

5 is not a valid Entry,Fury is one of the horsemen.

[calactyte]

You are right Fury is one of the horesmen (depending on the interpretation), but they did go out of their way to make sure Fury was a female.

[Gwiz]

But wasn't Fury always going to be a woman though?They clearly had an intention of making games based on 4 characters.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Then N4G wouldn’t know what to do with itself like a female god of war ew but she is hardly wearing anything just like Kratos so wew? It’d make me laugh anyway it would piss literally everyone off the dipshits would be mad she’s a woman and the overly sensitive people would be mad she’s barely wearing anything...

[Traecy]

Pretty much.

[sprinterboy]

"What if the nxt tomb raider was a man" there fixed it

[xX1NORM1Xx]

That’s how we got uncharted... and uncharted is great so...

[sprinterboy]

Not on about that fool, think about it. I'm reversing the women/man in a BS pc world we love in.
I don't think you understand my comment.

[kayoss]

As long as she doesnt have a beard and dont call her kid "Boiiii" or "Gurrl". Im good.

[Miacosa]

Equality is awesome at every level and no one should argue different. However, this should be a new game like Horizon Zero Dawn not shoehorned in to just check-off a box that the creators never intended to include in the storyline. If its organic within the storyline and its creator's intent (men & women not just Cory) then cool include a new character regardless of sex, religion, gender etc. but not just to check-off some box.

It's within the game's lore that to become the God of War you must kill the god of war so anything is possible. Maybe Freya to start off GOW 2 you battle and the victor moves on...

[agent13]

the most possible scenario is playing as Faye in a prequel

[Da12RespectA]

She'd better have a nice ass and big titties!!!

[steven_seagull]

Edgy.

[sampsonon]

all you stupid gullible dummies.
someone writes a troll article and the fish come biting.
no wonder trump was elected. all one has to do is say something stupid and the dummies follow.

are you all this stupid? really? you mean you don't understand this is click bait intended to get hits?

anyone want to make money? just write an article about a woman doing, being, becoming anything in media and the dummies will come a running. don't believe me? look below.

what if they remade star wars with an all black cast? oh wait!? i have to make a site first..... be back in a few days with my bogus story.

lots of money to be made.

this community is really disappointing, and i am ashamed to be apart of it.

[THEGUNSHOWWW]

Could the new Tomb Raider be a man.... wouldn’t work for me!

[sampsonon]

hey, if society can make Jesus white, anything is possible

[carcarias]

Nothing. We'd all care about the only thing we ever care about - is it a good game?

Having said that, why not simply make a new franchise with a female goddess protagonist? After all, Kratos is popular because he's...well, Kratos. Having invested so much time into his character and having had the last game leave so much unanswered, why would you suddenly switch him out the franchise?

The whole question is just dumb and, I'm guessing, probably meant to try and provoke a sh*#storm of some sorts.

[rainslacker]

One of the remarkable things about the way they did the new game was they took the existing character and made him into something new. They didn't change him though, and his past was a big part of his present and future. They didn't reinvent the character, they grew the character, and that the the skill that a good story writer can bring to a project.

Changing kratos to a woman for the sake if it would be stupid. Having a woman assume his role makes more sense. But, given that they showed there is a lot to explore with his current character, I don't see any reason to go away from that. Kratos is the central part of the story. Everything revolves around him, and his character grows due to that....More so in the new game. Changing it out fundamentally changes what is a central part of the game.

If its some kind of spin off fine. But I think a new ip would be better, as it doesn't latch on any expectations, which gives more freedom to the devs. I loved heavenly sword, and was about as close to a female GOW that we've ever seen. I couldn't imagine the game or story would have been as good if they tried to force it into what we expect from GOW

[sampsonon]

ummm yeah?! lol.

this community is full of hatred and stupidity to the point where all one needs to do is make up a story that is geared to provoke dummies that are selfish and will never know what it's like to not be represented.
i feel so let down by our community when it comes to diversity. i thought we were better than this.

[Orionsangel]

What if I basically said this 3 days ago and they stole my thought? https://i.imgur.com/ytQqzNL...

[gammaray13]

Is this guy a complete idiot ??

[GameHead85]

As long as she looks like her. Kidding, kidding. No way man, It should be Kratos and always should be Kratos.

[Anorexorcist]

If it could somehow be done in a natural, logical way according to the narrative and canon, that sure I'm all for it. but if it was a shoehorn tactic just to appease all the hyper leftist lunatics, then no it would fail. #GetWokeGoBroke

If Sony wanted the next God of war to fail as badly as Captain Marvel is going to fail, then yeah then I would say it's a great idea. Identity politics is a plague, so these kinds of things must be done with great care and consideration.

[Dirtnapstor]

This would be dumb, and an obvious move to pander to a vocal minority who's thirst will never be quenched. There has not been anything in the lore thus far that has produced an inkling of having a female protege to follow Kratos.
I have no issues with female protagonists, but let's not change things up because it happens to be trendy at the moment.

[Aaroncls7]

well at least she is hawt

[MinnesotaFatts]

A) R34 would crash.
B) Shadman would be set for the next 15 years.
C) It'd be the worst idea in gaming.

[nucky64]

i think you don't introduce a new character BECAUSE it's a woman - the way the last GoW ended, it needs to be kratos leading the next game. and considering his child is a boy, i'd be expecting future iterations without kratos would explore the world of atreus. i wouldn't be against a prequel game with kratos wife as the lead - that could provide a lot of interesting lore/backstory.

[Knightofelemia]

God of War as a female would be interesting but unless they pull out some alternate universe like a comic book. Kratos will always be God of War personally I like Kratos as a dude the character has a good voice actor and the voice suits Kratos very well.

[AK91]

It couldn’t be done because:

A) Old Kratos was indeed a badass but someone who wore nothing but a loincloth in the original series, something that would be considered sexist and no raspac to Whamen

B) Current Kratos is not a Mary Sue in fact despite how powerful he is the game goes out of its way to show Kratos as an imperfect person who has made ALOT of mistakes in his life, could you imagine the backlash if they did that with a female character?

[SwagginMcdoodles]

I mean... if the boob jiggle is done well I'm cool with it... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[born28]

To Quote Ric Flair To Be The Man You gotta beat The Man Whooooooooo! Unless she beats Kratos it's no go and that ain't happening!

[DaNxtLT]

that would be a fantastic way to ruin a franchise!

[DarkHeroZX]

It would just be heavenly sword lmao.

[MrBobSugar]

Hey, what if they made a Ghostbuster movie starring all females? I'm sure using a beloved franchise for political games will work out great.

[rainslacker]

Despite the reception, it actually wasn't a bad movie. Lacked some of the magic of the original, but I doubt a male or mixed cast would have helped that.

But your right, it probably would fail pretty hard, because we're at a point where such things are seen as pandering, which makes people feel that it won't be aas good. A phenomenon which came about because it often is pandering, and it often isn't as good.as it could be, and people.just being generally annoyed at having to have their perceptions challenged with things that are supposed to be entertainment. I don't mind the deep thoughtful piece of entertainment, but more often than not, I want something done well, not as a way to preach to me or challenge my world outlook, which already doesn't involve me being discriminatory.

[ibrake4naps]

What if Zelda was a girl?! :-O

[HeroPsychoDreamer]

Hear me out people but what if the next Wonder Woman was a man?

[deno]

God of SJW!

[The7Reaper]

Then I wouldn't buy it, the God of War franchise is Kratos in my opinion, no him no buy.

[BoneMagnus]

What if all the SJW articles on this site were never approved?

[PCgamer98]

I'm pretty sure that there are lot of goddesses that would make a cool videogame, why not make one rather than change an already established character like kratos? Also having a second playable char wouldn't make sense because the game revolves around kratos which is the god of war.

[Redrex7000]

why do they need be the next god of war?
why not a new character that female?

[TheColbertinator]

They made one already. It was called Heavenly Sword and it rocked.

[LucidIllusion]

Just have to ruin everything huh

[DafunkyRebel]

She’s get her ass beat by a boss and sjws would complain about

[EricLane]

What if we created new characters that were women instead of this BS?

[rataranian]

Vaginos.

[djl3485]

I fapped.

[covcha]

Nope!

[howiewowwee]

goddess of wuss

[PorkMuffin]

but that would be Goddess of War, not God of War :))

[memots]

Let do a male bayonetta, he would be super jovial !

[Greedsin]

Then there would be a female God of War. Is that so far to imagine?

It honestly all comes down to writing in the end. if the writing of this character is shitty, then it's a terrible idea. If the writing for this character is good, then it will probably do well.

I wont go into the whole, 'Gamers Against Change' bs because lets face it, it gets really dumb really quick.

[Scissorman82]

i really don't understand this need to inject a female protagonist into established franchises. what if link was a women, etc. how about we leave well enough alone, and focus on the female protagonists that have been there all along: lara croft, jill valentine, claire redfield, samus, and more recently ellie, aloy. you don't see anyone asking for a male bounty hunter in metroid, and we shouldn't be asking for a female god of war.

[mkis007]

Faye will be in a game im sure of it.

[Bismarn]

What if Lara Croft were a dude, or Kassandra from AC Odyssey were a woman?

[BioDead]

Maybe if Atreus turns into transgender female (because their land got internet...etc, etc.) So maybe the next God Of War could be female??

[Elda]

That would be fab but it would be too many butthurt fans whining especially the men. I wouldn't mind if it was a a brand new ip & she was possibly related to Kratos or she was a goddess from his world or something like Heavenly Sword.

[ZeroToleranceX]

Kratos already killed Athena, Goddess of War.

[Dspdspes]

Larry Croft anyone?

[Realms]

Or maybe just maybe create a new IP featuring a female character why does it need to be shoehorned into an existing one.

[Smokehouse]

Joined by sure. I thought the duo dynamic was enough though, it was personal and he had gameplay. Mimir was the third wheel and comedic relief. Maybe have a woman join grown up Atreus after Kratos dies. I thought you meant replacing Kratos with a woman for no reason like the picture lol.

[feenix-5]

We had that back on PS3, it was called "Heavenly Sword" and it ruled ass

[DrShoe]

No! Take your nonsense back to the Mary Sue.

[irishyort]

I'd buy a PS5 if she looked like that!

[pixel_love1]

No, thank you.

[ginganinja]

I wonder what the comments here would be like if anyone had actually bothered reading the article ? We might actually have a thoughtful conversation about where the series might head in the future. What other mythologies could be used to influence further titles.

But, instead it's 'WAH, YOU CaN't chOP oFF KraTOS' WanG!' - which isn't even suggested in the article.

[Dragonscale]

What if the next masterchief or gears protagonist was a woman as well. How would that go down? Not very well probably. Stupid idea fgs.

[rdgneoz3]

Or you just play Heavenly Sword...