re: Late to the game God of War discussion thread **SPOILERS**

that phase was supposed to last longer too

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“Atreus’ sort of moment of egos. He goes through that period of time where he starts to realize ‘we’re Gods, I can do whatever I want.’ Now in a real human life that takes a few years to develop… We didn’t have that kind of time, but we did have a lot more time than what’s allotted in the game. That was a section that we ended up cutting a good two hours out of. So, there would’ve been about 110 minutes maybe of Atreus getting more and more of a, as we call it, jerk mode… We had to shift everything back. He starts becoming a jerk right when you get to the boat…

“That begins the transition. But if you kind of B-line right exactly where you’re supposed to go, you end up accelerating through that. And it does feel very abrupt. It’s something we saw the whole time, but realized there’s just nothing we can do because we had literally cut out an entire level and rearranged a few things. So things were in a slightly different order. In doing so it kind of messed up [pacing for Atreus’ character development].”

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nor did it add to it.

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I thought God of War was a much more exciting game. More action. More reasons to explore. I played both and have them both as game of the year. Like you said, it is not a horrible thing to compare the two.

It's also a bit different to humanize Kratos since he isn't human. I think you could tell he hated that Atreus was a god. He himself hates that he is a god.

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Definitely similar stories but I thought both were done well. Joel learned to love again just like Kratos. Boy went from Boy to Atreus.

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Not the contrarian, but other than it's father and son/kind of daughter, both stories are driven by completely different factors. Joel suffers loss at the beginning and sees redemption in Ellie, to the point that he makes a tragic decision at the end. Kratos has always been a monster, and is now seeking to escape all and choose a human life. But that process is slow and painful since he can't relate to Atreus at all, and in his attempts to be supportive and instructive, comes across as cold and uncaring. Then when Atreus learns his true nature, Kratos has to do a crash course at being a caring father and help navigate him through his newfound nature.

I guess you could say Kratos did suffer loss when he was tricked into killing his wife and kid, but that's so early in the development of the character and in the series, loving father Kratos is a distant memory, if he existed at all.

You'll be able to draw parallels through any game that deals in a father/child relationship on a journey. I think it detracts from a great story to say God of War is almost a Last of Us clone.

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We'll agree to disagree. I think it's a lazy comparison. Just the child characters themselves are worlds different. You're babysitting Ellie, whereas Atreus is useful and pretty much an extension of Kratos when it comes to combat.


I'll be waiting for you to tell us how groundbreaking Smash Bros Ultimate is in December

that won't stop you