"But as the post-credits scene reveals, Kratos was no longer on the ground. In his stead, a trail of blood led back to the sea, implying that he still refused to accept his fate. "
"Kratos reveals that all he saw was what he lost when asked by Athena what it was that changed him, when we look at his despair for losing Pandora and her message of hope and seeing his family and Pandora in the fear and chaos of his soul he states to Athena, "Look around everything is in ruins" which may indicate that when he says what he saw was what he lost then it becomes clear that he had lost hope. With the hope quote stating it is what we fight with when we have nothing else, if he has no hope then there is nothing to fight anymore so he kills himself. "
"Many assume Kratos has rewound his own thread of life yet again, after having stabbed himself, thereby seemingly enforcing upon himself another trip to the Underworld. His ultimate fate however, remains unknown, as at the end of the credits his body has disappeared, and a trail of blood leads off into the distance. "
