Is This What The God Of War Sequel Is About?

In a recent interview, Cory Barlog discussed what narrative he would like the God of War sequel to explore.

[The_Sage]

I would like to know more about how they met, but I do not want a prequel. Just have it told through story and maybe flash backs.

[NecrumOddBoy]

I wonder if they would drop the single camera Effect for this. The fluidity of one continuous camera really made the experience fluid and beautiful.

[The_Sage]

I just watched the movie 1917 last night. It's amazing that the whole thing is one shot. Great movie.

[Lilrizky]

It's such an underrated feature when talking about the game. I read some people say God of War didn't innovate or redefine the genre but that camera work alone is revolutionary imo.

I really hope they never drop it

[I_am_Batman]

A no-cut camera can makes sense for a movie which you can watch in one sitting. Even then I'd say most of the effectiveness comes from reducing cuts to a minimum or to zero in a single scene. You can have some carefully chosen cuts and still achieve mostly the same effect. Having zero cuts in a whole movie is much more a technical achievement, than it is necessary an effective story-telling device imo.

In a game like God of War it's completely useless to be idealistic about having absolutely zero cuts. You get a loading screen everytime you die after which you have to replay the same sequence again. You also effectively get a cut everytime you go into a menu or pause the game. But even when looking at pure gameplay there are some fade to white moments that are basically hidden cuts. Not to mention that you probably won't play through the game in one shot anyway, so you're bound to pick it up from some point in between.

I absolutely love the continuous hand-held camera aesthetic in the story segments of the game, but you can keep most of it intact where it matters and still utilize some cuts, to unlock a lot more storytelling potential. The events following GOW3 weren't covered at all. They will probably have to explore that time-period in the next game so I think the one-shot idea has to go. If they do it correctly they can still have the same cinematic immersion while being much more flexible in terms of plot.

[Edito]

They can't drop it... it's the game signature at least for me...

[ClayRules2012]

@The_Sage

I loved 1917. That one shot with the camera was a complete surprise & really makes you, as the viewer, feel that much more involved in the story being told with these characters & don’t miss a single moment of what’s going on.

Fantastic movie.

[The_Sage]

For me it ramped up the anxiety. You see everything they're going through in real time and know that with everything they get no chance to rest. It's surely a movie that I'll watch again in the near future.

[-Foxtrot]

I’d like to see a bit of Freya’s backstory as well, I loved her character and would have loved to play her in a DLC expansion, maybe a young child Baldur to mimic Atreus gameplay

*spoilers*

Shame about her dark turn but I do hope she’ll snap out of it at the end of the next game and help you finish it in the third game. She’s just struck by grief at the minute.

[nucky64]

i don't know, man........she seemed pretty pissed. some wounds never heal.

[mgszelda1]

I mean I'd put her entire speech but I think it's safe to say she hates kratos lol. One of these best ps4 moments is her speech.

[The_Hooligan]

****Spoilers****

What if Freya kills Atreus at the end of part two to get revenge on Kratos for killing Baldur. Then Kratos ends up pretty much killing everyone in the Norse Mythology in part three.

[DVAcme]

@The_Hooligan

Actually, you're not far off, but flip Kratos and Boy.

[UltraNova]

Now that Kratos is a more complete character its even harder for me to accept a story twist where he dies. Personally, I don't wont to see anyone else being God of War other than Kratos. That said, I'd be fine if at some point they introduced another main character(Atreus?) and play with both of them in turns throughout the game, it might freshen things up this way by giving us a second character with an entirely new moveset and abilities something that will simultaneously open up new story and combat avenues for the dev as well.

[-Foxtrot]

Considering the prophecy about Kratos and Loki

I doubt Atreus will die in the second game

[AK91]

I'm more interested to know if they'll 'kill' Kratos off in this entry or the third one.

[Smokehouse]

The next game will be about the locked realms and Thor. Wild guess... I wouldn’t mind a flashback about his wife. She’s a huge part of the story even though we haven’t seen her.

[Az1ner]

I'm just excited for the sequel. Envisioning the kratos-thor fight? Wozers,. Seeing an older streus too, see if he sticks by pops or goes his own way. Interesting.

[Critic4l_Strik3]

I just want to know how the hell Kratos got there after GOW3... Did he just get up and wander around till he arrived in Midgard? Was he picked up/teleported by someone? HOW?!?!?!?

[I_am_Batman]

How they deal with this part of the story will be absolutely crucial. Before GoW (2018) was announced I was very sceptical about the next GoW being set in a different mythology, because of the can of worms it would open. Every civilisation has their own creation-myth, afterlife and gods. If all those myths take place in the same world some things have to give, because they are in direct contradiction to each other. So they are either parallel worlds/realms or they are cyclical and the whole world was destroyed after GoW3, which lead to a new creation of the world according to the norse myth.

[Smokehouse]

“ Every civilisation has their own creation-myth, afterlife and gods. If all those myths take place in the same world some things have to give, because they are in direct contradiction to each other.”
I dont think it’s that complicated. Earth is earth, it’s always considered the middle ground. Asgard is Asgard, Olympus is Olympus, other realms but still connected by the world tree. I like the idea of different pantheons sharing earth as their playground and fighting over territory and favor like any other kingdom. Diplomacy etc. We already know the gods are aware of each other. Creation could be explained by region. In ancient times your region was the entire earth. Afterlife like hades or hell are just other realms. I dunno but I like the way it is so far.

[Smokehouse]

I think it’s just that easy lol.

https://www.ancientgreecere...

Midgard is just another name for earth. If you look at that mythology map like they are countries or kingdoms it makes more sense. He fell into the water at the end of 3 right? Probably washed up on Norway. Cool giant lady nurses him back and bada boom. I’d like to see Loki eventually walking into the Slavic region.

[Gamehard]

As long as Thor continues to have a huge buildup that leads to an amazing fight, I'll be happy. It'd be kinda awesome if they got Chris Hemsworth to do the voice of Thor just for fan service. They got Kevin Sorbo to do Hercules in GoW3 and that was great lol.

[Smokehouse]

The norse Thor is nothing like marvel Thor though. He’s a massive asshole in the stories and I doubt marvel wants anywhere near that. Odin as well. They were all pretty awful aside from Baldur who was perfect, ironically. It’s a cool twist. Loki being the son of giants and adopted outsider remade into the son of Kratos is also awesome.

Loki did kill baldur in the Norse mythology with mistletoe and it set everything off. As soon as saw the arrow I knew but I never guessed Loki. It’s great storytelling and a good way to shift into these new gods. Easily my favorite story this gen. I’d rather the norse fan service over the marvel fan service but that’s just me lol. Much more brutal.

[Gamehard]

I didn't mean to make Thor's character in GOW anything like the MCU Thor. Just like how Hercules in GOW3 was nothing like the Hercules from the Kevin Sorbo series. Like I said just getting him to be the voice actor was just kinda neat. Jeez lol.

[Smokehouse]

I’m not hating on you i just disagree. I picture him sounding like a dumb grizzled brute. He’s not a hero by any means lol. Plus Marvel wouldnt let that happen. He is currently Thor in an ongoing franchise. Hercules was produced by Sam raimi, the guy behind evil dead lol. He wouldn’t care even if Hercules was still around.

[-Foxtrot]

Smokehouse

Hemsworth is talented, I’m sure he could put on a bigger voice and make himself come off as a massive arrogant sounding arsehole

He was a dick as the cult leader in Bad Times at the El Royale

[Smokehouse]

@Foxtrot
I don’t doubt that he could do it but I think there are better options. It would be a cool nod to marvel fans but Marvel wouldn’t let it happen due to brand confusion.

Hercules was a hero in the show, myths and the games. There is no conflict, plus Sorbo is no longer in the role. Marvel Thor is a hero and helmsworth is currently playing the role, myth Thor is an ultra violent idiot.

[InUrFoxHole]

GOW could be about kicking rocks and I would still play it

[MrVux000]

I remember from an interview, they planned to make Kratos vs Baldur first fight even bigger and more complex. The fight would go on from Kratos home to top of a nearby mountain. They planned for Kratos to crumble the mountain with his fists and throw it onto Baldur, but due to lack of time and resources they had to settle for a runed boulder drop.

Hopefully they will make that mountain drop battle against Thor in a sequel, just imagine the epicness!

[Edito]

I've been telling this since ever that no matter how many studios MS buy they can't compete on the same level... now watch the video from minute 20:05 when she asks "About the trust and his vision" and he says that it's not the video game way it's the Sony way... Sony knows how to handle game development in a better way it's not just about the talent of their teams it's how they really feel about the industry and it's outcomes...