God Of War's Writers On What The Ending Means For The Future

one detail I liked and found SUPER foreshadowing was the part when the serpent spits out the axe into the boat, because when Kratos picks it up a little text appears that reads "eitr imbued". After a bit of searching, it turns out that 'Eitr' is old Norse for 'poison', and according to Norse lore, Thor battles jormungandr at Ragnarok, killing the snake but simultaneously being poisoned by it, causing him to die after a few steps after the battle. Hence I believe that we gonna kill him with our axe that contains the serpents poison. Also, Ragnarok has started, because according to lore the events are set off with the death of Baldur, followed by a long winter (Fimbulwinter; the dwarves and Mimir mention it). The gods knew this, which is WHY Freya made him immortal, by talking to all creatures, trees and stones telling them not to harm him. Mistletoe I believe was too young to understand her, which is why it was his weakness (might be wrong on that one). It would be awesome and hilarious if the next game had a section where Atreus meets all the gods and insults them, like in the poem Lokasenna.

Loki, isn’t the “Evil Trickster God,” he’s the god that outsmarts the evil Aesir gods.

This game’s ending is how most endings should be, honestly. We already knew there were going to be at least two more games, and the way this game ended set them up perfectly. With Thor popping up at the end, I haven’t been this hyped for a sequel in...ever. It was pretty genius how throughout the game there were many hints that Atreus was going to be Loki. Not just that, but so many other unanswered mysteries too, such as who blew the Serpent horn when Atreus got sick, and how did Faye die, why did the Dark Elf leader mean when he said we made a mistake, etc etc etc. Baldur quickly became the most interesting boss the series has ever had. They developed him so well and he felt like a real character instead of a random CPU God that was just in the way. Easily my game of the generation with Bloodborne. Sony does it again.

Atreus won't be evil. Baldur was supposed to be the most moral, most beloved gods in the Norse mythology. In this game he was an absolute madman They're inverting the mythology

Probably just me, but in the next game or even if they updated this one, I'd like to hear Kratos tell a story or stories of the Greek gods to Atreus.

I am ready to pre-order the next one right now😑.

Everyone talking about Loki being “evil” check 14:00 - it’s all about perspective. Kratos even mentions it in this game. While our characters are working against the gods, those Norse gods think of Kratos and Atreus as the bad guys. It makes sense that Atreus is Loki - he and Kratos will be the downfall of all the Norse gods in the upcoming games. He may turn against Kratos for part of a future game, but he’s already “evil” in the minds of the Norse gods.

The theme of parents sacrificing for their children is all over the game, but the focus is mainly on Kratos and Freya. I think that Laufey's sacrifice was so tragic because of the reveal that she was the last full-blooded giantess. She (or her people at least) had the gift of prophesy, and she knew what her son would grow up to be. She knew he and her husband would face horrible and tragic things, and she couldn't be there. I can't imagine her pain, knowing she would die before seeing her son grow up into the person she saw in her visions. And how hard must it have been for her to keep her identity, visions, and fears to herself! No wonder the mural in Jotunheim showed her arguing with the other Giants. It would have taken her a lot of convincing to leave her people and to go live out the prophesy that would end with so much death and despair for her people and her family. It's bittersweet that we never got to see her as a living person because the lack of her presence is so obvious in how it impacts the main characters.

I think they touched on Midgard's actual size in the game. Remember Kratos' conversation with Atreus about the World Serpent and his size. Atreus said that he was big enough to wrap around the world- their idea of the world...Remember by this time Kratos has done some 'real' world traveling that's why he said it was an exaggeration. Midgard is relative to the Norse view of the world that's why all the other Gods Greek, Egyptian, and Japanese all exist within the same timeline.

The game trailer made it seem Norse gods were looking for Kratos (due to him being Greek) but they were actually looking for Giants (Fey.) Its crazy how much details you can find when replaying the game.

I loved when Atreus got cocky. Up until that point I kept thinking "they better not kill this kid" and then after that I was like "I don't care if they kill him anymore." LOL Atreus is the true star of the game.

“There are no good gods BOY”

The part when Atreus went arrogant then all of a sudden went nice and rational anback again always annoyed me i felt like something was missing . It makes sense now

God of War and Bloodborne are two of the best games in this gen.

So next game starts with Thor kicking the living crap out of you, destroying the Leviathan axe and abducting Atreus. He takes him to Asgard and adopts him as his "new little brother" just like Modi had said. There, the story can play out a little like the myths; Atreus would be a combination of the Loki of the books (constantly trolling the gods, joining Thor in adventures, maybe developing some sort of Stockholm syndrome companionship) and Thor's servant Thjalfi, who was a little boy that angered Thor and had to obey him in everything he did. This would open the door to playing as Atreus both in Asgard and in their excursions into Jotunheim as well as switching back to playing as Kratos seeking help from Brok and Sindri to reforge Leviathan and rescuing Atreus. Eventually they would reunite and join forces once again at some point in the game, concluding with a massive boss fight with Thor. Anyway, that's my idea for GoW II :P

the "back of the hand" part was great. when writers take small seemingly insignificant instances that occur in everyday life and weave them into their writing it seems to resonate with the audience in an almost subconscious level. it comes off very authentic and uncontrived. a lot of seinfeld episodes were made this way which is part of why it;s arguably the funniest sitcom ever

14:12 I agree with entirely. Everyone seems worried that Atreus being Loki means he’ll become evil but in GoW roles are reversed so he’ll be the god of mischief to the evil Aesir, not necessarily Kratos.

I honestly don’t want Atreus to turn evil. I just feel like after that journey Kratos raised Atreus to be good and I expect him to be better than he was. I’d be disappointed if he turns out to be evil. Man Those 30 minutes to one hour where he was embracing the dark side was so frustrating.

I loved the storyline especially as a father when he explained to artreus if it ment you living I'd be fine with you killing me blew me away

“Cory talked about changing up the leadership of God Of War for the future” yeaaaa please dont do that, although I love all God of War games, Ascension was the weakest next with Chains of Olympus, I enjoyed 2 which was done by Cory, Ghosts which he was apart of and wrote for it, and now the new 2018 God of War. I would hope Cory just works on the every game moving forward cause he has and knows the vision and story he set out to tell. Having someone else come in sometimes, i feel like itll just be all over the place .