GOWTLOZ on 12 January 2018
| d21lewis said: The only one I skipped was Ascension and I only played each one once but wasn't he already an asshole and a whore before he killed his family? |
He was an asshole, but not the kind he later became. Yeah he killed people and raided villages before, as the general of the Spartan army that was his duty, but he didn't kill for no reason and he wasn't seeking vengeance, nor was he perpetually angry and depressed. As you've played the games, you might notice that he becomes more and more bloodthirsty as the story moves forward as the Gods piss him off more and more and gradually kill the family he knew, his wife, daughter, mother and brother. So he actually grows as a character, as his quest for vengeance becomes stronger with every act that the Gods do. That was my point.
| torok said: I saw him evolving during the games in response to what the Gods did. On GoW 1, he was a broken depressed dude with severe anger control issues (he was always a douche). Either way, he still followed the Gods, doing their deeds with the promise they would end his nightmares. Well, they order him to stop Ares so he does it and also gets a sweet revenge. Then the Gods act as even bigger douches and say "screw you, we won't remove your nightmares". He tries to kill himself because he is sick of living like that. The Gods, once again being douches, won't even let him kill himself and make him the God of War. In the second game, he is losing his humanity. Frustrated with the guilt and nightmares, he is a total douche as God of War (well, I think it's part of the job). Focusing on his anger instead of being depressed. But, of course, the Gods don't want to leave him be and Zeus betrays him. So he is now pissed beyond belief and decides that Zeus must die so he can finally have some peace. In the third game, he finally realizes that Zeus is not the problem. The Gods are. And he will never have peace as long as Olympus exists. So he is finally consumed by his thirst of vengeance and becomes only anger and nothing else. That's the whole thing about him. He is a douche, of course, but nobody is perfect. The Greek Gods have total disrespect for mankind and just try to please themselves all the time. One of them ruins his life and the rest just toys with him (including Athena). The games are the history of a guy losing faith in his Gods until realizing that the only thing that could give him peace or freedom was to put an end to his Gods. During this mission, he goes from depressed victim to a man that has nothing except anger. The third game is quite clear about this when Pandora dies. She was the last thing that still had a meaning to Kratos other than vengeance. |
This.
