bugrimmar said:
1.) So Kratos already has the Blade of Olympus by the start of God of War 3. Why not just use it all the time? After all, it ended the great war and single-handedly defeated all the titans. It's odd that he only brings it out during certain moments. If he wanted to, he can just destroy Olympus with just one move, and wouldn't need to even climb the damn thing (judging by the cinematic in God of War 2, Zeus destroyed all the titans in one blow).
The sword alone is not what ended the war. It was the power of the one wielding it. If you remember Gow2, Kratos poured most of his godly powers inside the sword (tricked by Zeus, since Zeus wouldn't unmake a God, in that moment anyway, you could argue he didn't want to kill his own son). That sword with Kratos' powers inside alone couldn't destroy Kratos in Gow2 even while being held by Zeus himself, couldn't obliterate Athena at the end of Gow2 (although she was transformed because of her sacrifice), the sword alone couldn't destroy Zeus either, as Kratos needed the power of Hope to finish him off. So the sword augments his powers you would say, and enables him to kill Gods, without it he can't do it (although Hope was more than enough to kill Zeus at the end). You must also understand that the Gods grew weaker by the day from the plague that Pandora's box unleashed. Zeus became weak, although none of them realized this.
2.) Why did the gods allow Kratos to open Pandora's Box when they knew it would be a totally horrible thing to open it? It's so weird that the very reason Zeus wants to kill Kratos is because of the fear that was released from the box, but it was he who allowed that box to be opened in the first place.
If you followed the story from Gow1 and Gow2, you know there was a prophecy. In the palace of the Sisters of Fate and in Pandora's temple t of gow1 there's a story of someone who would stand against the Gods. If you remember, Ares had turned against Zeus, he was willing to take over Olympus himself. Zeus feared Ares was the one the prophecy spoke about, so he used his other bastard son Kratos to kill Ares and replace him as God of War. The only way to do that was Pandora's Box of course. Zeus contained all those evils inside the box, but he never realized Kratos would turn against him too. He most likely thought Kratos would absorb all the evils inside the box, Kill Ares, and then Zeus could dispose of Kratos like he once did with all the evils. The plan backfired, but Zeus knew there was (or thought there was) still a greater power inside that box, that's why it was still precious and he retrieved it and took to Olympus and guarded it with the Flame.
3.) What's Athena's angle here? She has Kratos open the box, though she knew that the contents would eventually destroy the gods, but she sacrificed herself to save Zeus, then helps Kratos to kill him, and then wants her power back in the end. I don't understand her motives. She's like pulling a new face every game.
Athena didn't know the evils would destroy the Gods. In Gow3 Hephasteus says in his tale that Zeus thought the evils created by the Epic Battle against the Titans were more a threat for the world of men than to the Gods themselves. And maybe Athena was greedy all this time? it seems so, she always had a plan and she used Kratos from the start. After knowing of her intentions at the end of Gow3 it wouldn't surprise me she wasn't too sorry the evils had infected the Gods of Olympus.
4.) Why was Kratos so obsessed with opening the box again in God of War 3? He already has the power to kill a god, I mean, up to that point, he's killed at least 10 gods already. I don't understand why he still had to go through all of that trouble to open the box again only to find it empty, since obviously, he already opened it before.
Athena deceived him, once again. She tells him there's still a greater power inside the box, but she doesn't explain much more about it. She did tell him some partial thruths, though. He needed that power to destroy Zeus.
5.) Kratos vows that "all of Olympus shall die" but fails to kill Aphrodite. He hates all the gods, why not kill her too after "finishing" his business?
He wasn't willing to kill Hephasteus, either or Poseidon's busty wife for that matter. He only killed Hera after she hurt his paternal feelings. I guess he only wanted to kill all who stood in his way.
6.) I'm not too sure, but I just rewatched the ending of God of War 2 and kinda saw Chronos as one of the titans climbing Olympus. Also, in God of War 1, he was wandering around in the desert of lost souls. How is it that in God of War 3, he's found wandering around in Tartarus?
Nah, it's too small and blurry to make any Titan climbing that mountain. It's not very relevant either to your question about Chronos. When the Titans where fighting against Zeus and the Olympians in the epic battle, Chronos was not there, he was already taken prisoner. He didn't travel in time with the rest of the titans. Chronos remained in the present wandering around the desert, and after Zeus reclaimed the box (sometime between god of war 2 and 3) he took Chronos to Tartarus, still a slave.
Would appreciate some explanations.
Hopefully all that made sense :D
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