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gurglesletch on 14 March 2010

Because they want to die.




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Feylic on 14 March 2010
kutasek said:
I mentioned it on the other tread, it's just a plot hole, just like whole time traveling. It's annoying but we wouldn't have GOW3.

How is it a plot hole? The god's didn't want to erase his memory.



Millennium on 14 March 2010
Kasz216 said:
Khuutra said:
richardhutnik said:

Apparently Kratos is angry because he is haunted by the memories of what he did.  So, why didn't the gods make Kratos just forget?  You know, have Zeus zap him with an eletric bolt in the head and perform a lobotomy, or something like that.

Isn't there a god of Memories in the world of Kratos who could lose his file or something?  Considering what is coming down, maybe they should of thought of it.

Listen, I'm not being a jerk here:

The Greek gods are jack-asses. They didn't do that because they are jack-asses.

Well... in this game they're jerk asses... the represenatations of the Greek gods aren't exactly spot on here... they're more like the depictions of the gods on Hercules: The Legendary Journies.

The Greek gods had their "jerk" moments in real life... but not nearly as much.

Also the more obvious point is "He couldn't kill them then could he."  Which would ruin the game.

Actually, they were for the most part a bunch of jackasses in the actual myths too. Except maybe Hestia, though I'm not too sure about that either: the few people who managed to anger her suffered some of the nastiest fates in the entire body of Greek mythology.

This actually holds true for quite a lot of faiths: most god-figures don't seem to act very often in ways that people would generally consider "good". Most faiths which include genuinely-likeable central figures don't speak of them as gods. The Buddha, for example, was quite the decent fellow, but was very insistent that people not worship him. According to some readings of the New Testament, Jesus did much the same. The concept of an omnibenevolent God used by some Christians is almost unique to that faith: a point that many Christian apologists emphasize.



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Kasz216 on 14 March 2010
Millennium said:
Kasz216 said:
Khuutra said:
richardhutnik said:

Apparently Kratos is angry because he is haunted by the memories of what he did.  So, why didn't the gods make Kratos just forget?  You know, have Zeus zap him with an eletric bolt in the head and perform a lobotomy, or something like that.

Isn't there a god of Memories in the world of Kratos who could lose his file or something?  Considering what is coming down, maybe they should of thought of it.

Listen, I'm not being a jerk here:

The Greek gods are jack-asses. They didn't do that because they are jack-asses.

Well... in this game they're jerk asses... the represenatations of the Greek gods aren't exactly spot on here... they're more like the depictions of the gods on Hercules: The Legendary Journies.

The Greek gods had their "jerk" moments in real life... but not nearly as much.

Also the more obvious point is "He couldn't kill them then could he."  Which would ruin the game.

Actually, they were for the most part a bunch of jackasses in the actual myths too. Except maybe Hestia, though I'm not too sure about that either: the few people who managed to anger her suffered some of the nastiest fates in the entire body of Greek mythology.

No they weren't.  They each had flaws... but they weren't outrigt jackasses.

By in large the greek gods were extremely fair, except for the few cases.



richardhutnik on 15 March 2010
Feylic said:
kutasek said:
I mentioned it on the other tread, it's just a plot hole, just like whole time traveling. It's annoying but we wouldn't have GOW3.

How is it a plot hole? The god's didn't want to erase his memory.

Considering what is coming, they might want to reconsider this.  Again, get Kratos wasted on Coronas and other things.

Side note: PLEASE don't take this thread too serious.  If you are a fan of God of War, I was just asking you to think a sec that MAYBE the gods would of been better off having Kratos forget.



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hatmoza on 15 March 2010

Without reading the OP or any of the comments, I must say I had a good laugh at the title of this thread.



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Severance on 15 March 2010

you wan't God of War to be Final Fantasy VII?



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Staude on 15 March 2010

you'll see why if you play through god of war 1. It's actually the ending. SPOILERS incomming.

He's like.. "i've done what you asked. Now remove my memories ! and the pain!"

they're like "nay !"

then he's like "oh noes. I'll throw myself off a cliff and end it !"

but then they stop him and are like "Nay ! once again !.. We cannot let you die. You're now the new god of war."



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snyperdud on 15 March 2010
Staude said:
you'll see why if you play through god of war 1. It's actually the ending. SPOILERS incomming.

He's like.. "i've done what you asked. Now remove my memories ! and the pain!"

they're like "nay !"

then he's like "oh noes. I'll throw myself off a cliff and end it !"

but then they stop him and are like "Nay ! once again !.. We cannot let you die. You're now the new god of war."

This about sums it up.

And man, the Gods are reals dicks.



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Kasz216 on 15 March 2010
richardhutnik said:
Feylic said:
kutasek said:
I mentioned it on the other tread, it's just a plot hole, just like whole time traveling. It's annoying but we wouldn't have GOW3.

How is it a plot hole? The god's didn't want to erase his memory.

Considering what is coming, they might want to reconsider this.  Again, get Kratos wasted on Coronas and other things.

Side note: PLEASE don't take this thread too serious.  If you are a fan of God of War, I was just asking you to think a sec that MAYBE the gods would of been better off having Kratos forget.

It's god of war... there is going to be plotholes.

Heck, I still haven't figured out why he didn't use his harp and time travel powers to completly change his and his familys destiny.  People say it's because his wife and daughter got to be in the Elysian fields... but they SHOULD go there anyway... if he goes back and changes his history to where he lives a less dickish un-Ares involved life... and then he could spend eternity with his kid and wife.