Kratos did what he did, he has already done it, it's not about he needs to be more brutal, or he needs to have sex all the time, it's about depicting what he did when he did, for the exact reasons he had.

About the sex, it being somewhat differently presented? Sure. It being removed? No.

About the violence, as you used numbers, if it was a 10, than it should keep being a 10. Why would Kratos need to be less violent? The guy was the embodiment of violent madness.

Toning it down is indeed a disservice.

Why are people so sensible? The game will be rated in line with what it presents, so the public knows it.

Again, those things already happened, people know exactly what to expect, and games or any kind of media, having explict content is completely fine. Games like Mortal Kombat or series like Game of Thrones, they are what they are.

God of War is what it is.

Kratos did what he did, he has already done it, it's not about he needs to be more brutal, or he needs to have sex all the time, it's about depicting what he did when he did, for the exact reasons he had.

About the sex, it being somewhat differently presented? Sure. It being removed? No.

About the violence, as you used numbers, if it was a 10, than it should keep being a 10. Why would Kratos need to be less violent? The guy was the embodiment of violent madness.

Toning it down is indeed a disservice.

Why are people so sensible? The game will be rated in line with what it presents, so the public knows it.

Again, those things already happened, people know exactly what to expect, and games or any kind of media, having explict content is completely fine. Games like Mortal Kombat or series like Game of Thrones, they are what they are.

God of War is what it is.

It's not a documentary, it's a game. Should they keep the walk cycle from the PS2 game because that's how he walked? Should they not amend or alter any aspect of the camera, gameplay, enemy logic, world design etc? 

I'm all in support of people wanting 100% 1:1 reskins (this may be that), but if you actually want the team to have creative input then that means things will change in some ways. If a camera angle changes as and slowly pivots to Kratos as he pummels another characters face into nothing, I won't cry over it or feel like they've made him less violent.

All I will add with is that those OG games sold like 5m each, the recent incarnations have sold 4x that amount. Taking that into account alongside the fact the team is likely 90% new, I'm just open to receive their interpretation without dictating exactly how the violence and sex needs to be represented.

It's not a documentary, it's a game. Should they keep the walk cycle from the PS2 game because that's how he walked? Should they not amend or alter any aspect of the camera, gameplay, enemy logic, world design etc? 

I'm all in support of people wanting 100% 1:1 reskins (this may be that), but if you actually want the team to have creative input then that means things will change in some ways. If a camera angle changes as and slowly pivots to Kratos as he pummels another characters face into nothing, I won't cry over it or feel like they've made him less violent.

All I will add with is that those OG games sold like 5m each, the recent incarnations have sold 4x that amount. Taking that into account alongside the fact the team is likely 90% new, I'm just open to receive their interpretation without dictating exactly how the violence and sex needs to be represented.

Can't say I am hyped for games I already played and enjoyed. But I am still a bit intrigued. I have played a lot of remakes over the years, but that is because I never played them before, so hopefully this brings more people into the glory of the OG trilogy and then they make another God of War in Greek mythology.

The only Sony game selling over 10M before The Last of Us in 2013 was Gran Turismo.

PS1 and PS2 were piracy heaven, I know it, I was there, nobody I knew had a single PS1 or PS2 original game, but everyone had the systems and played the games.

This is quite absurd to use as a point about content, to be honest.

Crash Bandicoot when coming to modern systems, being a remaster, so pretty much exactly the same games, sold over 20M copies, wanna compare it to the sales on those games on PS1 to point out what should be big changes in content to please the modern audience? Come on...

I'll try and remain constructive and simply ask you, do you honestly doubt 2018s GOW sales growth was connected to its change in creative direction?