Only 4 more days until
God of War hits the shelves and, to make the waiting easier, a new Countdown to Launch video has just been released by Sony. In this new video, Creative Director for the game, Cory Barlog, tells us about Kratos' journey and what we may have missed out on since we last saw him.
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Kratos has undergone a lot of change so that, when he ends God of War 3 and is transitioning into this one, there is a period of time where he's kind of wandering the earth alone. And he believes being alone is probably better."
When talking about Kratos' mindset, Barlog mentions that he[Kratos] thinks that his interactions with people were the problem. "
The reality is he has internal problems and he needs to face those. He needs to deal with them. In my mind, he has hit rock bottom emotionally." When digging deeper into Kratos' mind, Barlog explains that "
He is in a time when the gods and the monsters are wandering the earth, but he's also in this headspace where he's open, even consciously more open to change."
According to Barlog, Kratos was always blamed for things he did or things he didn't do, during the time he spent in the Greek era. It was his fault that someone else did something bad, it's his fault just because. "
It's never his fault."
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He's not ready to deal with any of these things. But I think as he's arrived in Scandinavia, he's open to that. He just doesn't know how to do it."
Barlog mentions that that is the reason why it's so important to have Atreus involved in all of this Journey of Kratos because "
Atreus is the hand that pulls humanity out of his sort of dark heart. This thing that he stamped down." This all comes down to Atreus and him being able to give Kratos some sort of redemption. It is much more satisfying to take somebody that has fallen so far and give them redemption because you feel like you've accomplished something and that something feels earned.
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He[Kratos] is not going to reach the end of the game and ride the white horse and save everyone. He is not on the heroic journey. He is on the journey of, at least, regaining a small fraction of his humanity."
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive…And teach his son to do the same. This startling reimagining of God of War deconstructs the core elements that defined the series—satisfying combat; breathtaking scale; and a powerful narrative—and fuses them anew.
God of War will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 4 when it releases on the 20th of April.