There have been exciting questions on everyone's mind since the conclusion of the Norse chapter in Santa Monica Studio's God of War. Many believe that Kratos has put down his axe and is now retired.
Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'
I’m more interested in what else he said.
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every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'
from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4
and now we will see what they do with ps5,
Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me
You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.
It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.
Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.
You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.
He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.
I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.
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Probably but I feel future stories will be something coming for Kratos rather him going after someone by choice
If the Egyptian Gods for example hear of his acts against not only the Greek gods but the Norse they might think they are next and send people to try and dispose of him prompting him to investigate why there are continuous attacks on him.
He’s retired but he’s not going to sit back and let people hurt him or the people around him. I’m sure he could bring Freya along aswell to replace Atreus
Based on Ragnarok’s ending [and overall narrative] Kratos wants to become a benevolent steward of the Nordic realm. He intends to help the people rebuild. He is also old and tired of fighting. Conversely Atreus wants to to travel the world to find out more about the Jotunn and also embrace his adventurous nature. Therefore, I think a successor series to God of War could follow Atreus, with Kratos being a background character.
I hope not. He's way too awesome still.
I don’t see it for a few reasons.
For one, it makes them too much money.
For two, the retirement of Kratos would mean the retirement of the franchise. I think that’s a far jump in assumptions just because ragnarok ended on a good note. It’s strange for the series sure but no cliffhanger just means the next director has more freedom to take it where they want. I think people are looking too deeply into this.
Kratos making more babies