The J man has extensively played all God of War games and by far the first was his favourite out of the 3 , Kratos unknowingly kills his family because of the god he worked for and works his way even through hell to get his ultimate revenge and also try to forget the deed he had done......he was broken but eventually killed Ares and eventually takes his place as the god of war...but then it gets weird.
At the beginning of GOW 2 we are shown that Kratos has revived his spartan army and is attacking...wait for it....ATHENAS CITY for absolutely no reason!!!....The god who (it could be argued) got him his position as the god of war. The god who warned him to stop going out of control or face the reprocussions was having her city destroyed by the person she helped though his journey........they zeus comes and rightfully kills Kratos (not before geniously taking away his powers as gods cant fight gods).........and then Kratos cheats death because of the titans blah blah blah.
What do you think of kratos ...do you still feel he has a purpose or do you believe that this is a position he put himself and deserves to die?
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He's an anti hero. He's not suppose to be nice. The first one indeed had an understandable story. And even though many think the second one was lacking in that department, I think it made sense. Kratos was just showing his true colors.
As I said, he's an anti hero. Kratos is a guy who's murdered many many people (and things). Although I think Kratos is one of the most memorable gaming characters of this decade, I know his intentions are selfish and hateful.
In short, yeah... he's an angry bald guy who's gonna put your head in his pocket.
The J man has extensively played all God of War games and by far the first was his favourite out of the 3 , Kratos unknowingly kills his family because of the god he worked for and works his way even through hell to get his ultimate revenge and also try to forget the deed he had done......he was broken but eventually killed Ares and eventually takes his place as the god of war...but then it gets weird.
At the beginning of GOW 2 we are shown that Kratos has revived his spartan army and is attacking...wait for it....ATHENAS CITY for absolutely no reason!!!....The god who (it could be argued) got him his position as the god of war. The god who warned him to stop going out of control or face the reprocussions was having her city destroyed by the person she helped though his journey........they zeus comes and rightfully kills Kratos (not before geniously taking away his powers as gods cant fight gods).........and then Kratos cheats death because of the titans blah blah blah.
What do you think of kratos ...do you still feel he has a purpose or do you believe that this is a position he put himself and deserves to die?
There you go...
As for whether Kratos is sympathetic. You could argue that Ares didn't completely manipulate Kratos, because he simply encouraged and fostered the warloving nature of the character. You could argue that Kratos never wanted to become so much of a killing machine that he would become inhuman, without family or friends (he only wanted what a traditional Greek warrior want, Glory and Honor).
Kratos definetly has the tragic flaw of not letting go and accepting his past. His grudges, regret, hatred just keeps piling up.
I think the "Bad End" for GoW will be that Kratos will get his revenge on everyone.... except for himself. He realizes that the one person he hated the most was himself, and that he has simply been rampaging around, trying to find his enemy, when it was there all along. Standing on the plummet of Mount Olympus, with the entire world burning below him, the being dedicated to nothing but war, plunges from Olympus to his death.
(Or he remains as the God of War. His eternal rage driving on the eternal cycle of revenge and war)
I think the "Good End" for GoW will be that Kratos realizes that he made a mistake, and nothing will ever change that. He gives up his hatred and rage, and the symbols of his regret and past (the ashes) and his nature of fighting (the chains connecting his weapons and body as one) fall off him. Seeing that her husband as finally changed and gave up war, she reunites... blah blah blah happy daisies.
So I think that it's not for "no reason" that Kratos is mad. He has a huge regret, and blames the gods and fates, blames Ares, and blames himself.
In God of War II Kratos was still bitter because the gods never relieved him of his painful memories as they promised so he took his frustration out on whatever
Zeus sees Kratos as a threat to him afraid that he'll do to Zeus what Zeus did to Cronos and plus Kratos was attacking a city he shouldn't have attacked so Zeus saw it necessary took Kratos' powers and kill him leading to Kratos cheating death. On his journey for revenge, Kratos learns more about the great war and the Olympians
He decides to destroy Zeus not just for revenge but because the gods have shown time and time again that they're liars and cowards only looking for their own gain (minus Athena which is why Kratos felt bad upon killing her) he decides to put an end to it.
Kratos has proven that he can escape the fates set upon man by the gods and goes on with the idea that mankind doesn't need such beings ruling over them, he turns to the titans and thus reignites the great war. I also believe that he's looking for redemption himself and believes destroying the Olympians will grant him peace
In God of War II Kratos was still bitter because the gods never relieved him of his painful memories as they promised so he took his frustration out on whatever
Zeus sees Kratos as a threat to him afraid that he'll do to Zeus what Zeus did to Cronos and plus Kratos was attacking a city he shouldn't have attacked so Zeus saw it necessary took Kratos' powers and kill him leading to Kratos cheating death. On his journey for revenge, Kratos learns more about the great war and the Olympians
He decides to destroy Zeus not just for revenge but because the gods have shown time and time again that they're liars and cowards only looking for their own gain (minus Athena which is why Kratos felt bad upon killing her) he decides to put an end to it
Kratos has proven that he can escape the fates set upon man by the gods and goes on with the idea that mankind doesn't need such beings ruling over them, he turns to the titans and thus reignites the great war
Atleast that's what I got from it
Yeah, I think that the devs didn't emphasize fate and free will as much as they could have though.
It would have been nice to see Ares actually manipulating the battle with the barbarians so that Kratos loses. And that the gods have made Kratos do their tasks for 10 years for their self gain (and all for no reward).
I think he was a character who had purpose.... but slowly lost that purpose and now is nothing more then an angry guy who's striking out at everything.
He became a god... was kinda pissed cause he was used, had a dead family and was a god who was pretty restricted... but I mean think about it. He gets Time travel and he uses it to attack the Gods rather then say... save his family.
He revolves around the fact that he was an army general, sold his soul to the god of war, and ended up killing his family and everyone he loved because of it, so there comes his anger.
BTW, jesus kung fu magic, did you actually play the 2 main series games? I think it would have at least been obvious with the ending of the first game...
