Kratos is back, and this time he's more than just a violent lump of muscle. God of War is a new start for the series, and it is sensational.
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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How has GOW not climbed back to 95 yet?? With this, and also the Digital Fix 10/10?
This is the 4th time I have seen GameCritics, actively seek to lower a Sony exclusive by providing a late, low scoring review.
Edge and GameCritics are the ultimate Sony haters (don't make me get the proof out).
Got to spend more time with the game over the weekend because I'm the explorer type:
Graphics - more WWWOOOWWW
Sound - WWWWWWOOWWWWW
Gameplay - HOLYSSHH*TTTT!!!
I've played games a loooooonnnnnngg time and it's just about perfect. The only thing that remotely got on my nerves has been small text.
Finished the story last night. Last thirty minutes were epic as all out hell.
Looks like theres still some people out there that complete these games before reviewing them.. Whoever is dropping 8s or lower, i doubt went back to get the full experience after the main quest.. That or they were trolling because even if you dislike action games, theres no damn way you can beat this and not see its magic.. On top of everything theres NO MICROTRANSACTIONS & NO SEASON PASSES & NO DAY 1 DLC.. How many games do that these days with this production value?!