![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than downplay or ignore Kratos' past actions to avoid confusing new fans or streamline his development, God of War and God of War Ragnarök openly address the events of past games to show how each act of betrayal and violence changed Kratos into the man he is now. However, the writers of 2018's God of War managed to make this transition feel incredibly natural by acknowledging what Kratos has done and how his actions affected him. Given the sheer magnitude of Kratos' body count, the task of developing him into a more emotionally-open character seemed all but impossible to many long-time fans of the series. However, Kratos' ascent of Olympus also showed that there was still a fair amount of humanity within the Ghost of Sparta through the affection he developed for Hephaestus' daughter Pandora, who bore a striking resemblance to Kratos' daughter and wasn't afraid to criticize him for the destruction he caused in his pursuit of revenge. ![]() Utterly consumed by rage, Kratos slew Olympian after Olympian, causing cataclysmic disasters to ravage Greece and bring a violent end to thousands of lives. Even after learning from Athena that killing Zeus would bring the world to ruin, Kratos still attempted to claim his revenge and declared war on all of Olympus after Zeus escaped.ĭuring God of War III, Kratos proved that there were no longer any limits to the lengths he was willing to go to claim his vengeance. Driven only by his desire for vengeance, Kratos became even more ruthless than he was in the first game, slaughtering monsters and mortals to reach the Sisters of Fate and undo his death at Zeus' hands. After being betrayed and murdered by Zeus, Kratos embarked on a mad crusade to murder the King of Olympus, showing none of the mercy he'd shown in his earlier quests. Having learned that everyone he loved had been taken from him by the gods, Kratos swore revenge upon Olympus.īy God of War II, Kratos had given into his rage, leading the Spartans into war against the city of Rhodes for no other reason than to sate his bloodlust. This growing frustration with his divine peers eventually hit a boiling point in God of War: Ghost of Sparta when Kratos discovered that his mother Callisto and his brother Deimos had been imprisoned and tortured by the Olympians for decades to prevent a prophecy that heralded their demise. Unfortunately, despite Kratos' attempts to maintain his honor after his ascension to godhood, his resentment of the casual cruelty of the gods of Olympus and the lingering guilt he felt for murdering his loved ones gradually drove the Ghost of Sparta to embrace his darkest impulses. Throughout the God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ascension prequels set before the original game, Kratos is depicted as a man more than capable of mercy, showing surprising restraint in the pursuit of his goals and even expressing respect and gratitude to the mortals and gods who helped him on his journey, while reserving his fury for his foes. While the original God of War established the aloof and vengeful persona that Kratos would maintain through most of the series' Greek era, the games that succeeded it would begin to slowly expand on the Ghost of Sparta's character by offering more details about his traumatic past. ![]()
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