It seems as though the God of War series could potentially end up tackling whichever mythology Santa Monica Studio fancies. In a new video interview with Game Informer, Cory Barlog and Shannon Studstill (creative director and studio head, respectively) shed some more light on the latest entry, and hint at where the series might wander next.
Barlog says, "The Greek games were the Greek era of God of War. Moving on, the next mythological sort of belief system [Kratos] interacts with will be that era as well, so it became the Norse era of God of War. But we may end up going on to the Egyptian era, and the Mayan era, and so on and so forth, so many different eras we could potentially go to."
It's an interesting quote, as Barlog clearly has a lot of ideas for the series moving forward. It sounds as though, if they can keep convincing Sony to make new God of War games, they have enough potential material to work with for as long as they'd like.
Still, let's not get too ahead of ourselves. The rest of the interview is great, as the pair move on to speak about why they decided to move away from Greek mythology, how they're trying to humanise Kratos and tell a more rounded story, and how the game builds on what was laid down by the original games. A quote about the game's new direction caught our interest, too: "...we have a diversity of memorable moments that is far greater than we've ever had in previous games." In other words, huge, adrenaline-fueled action sequences won't be the only set pieces. There are also going to be some more emotional, slower moments, which will hopefully help pace the game nicely between the two extremes.
What do you think? Would you be up for future God of War games potentially heading to other mythologies? Take a look at the interview, and let us know what you make of it in the comments below.
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God of war Egypt, Aztec and Japan would be so cool
Looks like God of War is here to stay.
I'm more than happy with having a new GoW every generation, but I would like to see a big new IP after the latest entry.
@Rob_230 love your avatar, playing through it as we speak. Such a fun and beautiful game. A nice break from blood and Gore.
On topic, before I can say I would like to see GOW in these other settings I'll have to play the new one.
@ellsworth004 Thanks I am playing it atm as well. I am 25 hours in at Sei-An City. It is SO nice to be playing this wonderful game again. I really hope more people give it a try this time; particularly at this bargin price One of the best games of all time imo
@Rob_230 somehow I missed out on this when it was first released. Surprised me how big of a game it is, alot to do. And the art style is unbelievable. Just a very good, fun game. We need more like this
Didn't we hear about this several days ago?
Can't wait for kratos to tackle egyptian gods
Would be good, so long as they don't overdo it. God Of War is fondly thought of as a franchise, partly because we've only had a handful of titles since 2005, so we've not really had chance to get fed up of it.
I can't see them going one-per-year though, so yeah bring on Osiris, Kratos will kick his head in.
Why not just make a new IP then?
God of war is PlayStation best franchise ever.so I l💛ve everything Egyptian.so I'm all for it.word up son
They kind of tried to add some emotional impactful plot points in the past games with Kratos’s family (avoiding detail for spoilers) and it did feel a little bit shoved in and out of place. No matter what they did, it didn’t seem to give his character any more depth, imo. He was always a knife-wielding, blood-thirsty, vengeful maniac slaughtering everything in his path and always pissed off at everyone. And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that ... every game doesn’t have to be a heartfelt story. Portraying him as anything other than a lone vigilante hellbent on destruction is going to be hard task.
From a narrative standpoint, I just hope they have a good vision for what they want Kratos and this franchise to be, rather than just trying to copy the popular format of the day. A more mature, bearded Kratos with a dark past accompanied by a prepubescent son as a companion. A little reminiscent of Joel and Ellie.
I havent ever played a God of War game before. Do i need to play the others before this one? Also cause they said they were trying to humanise Kratos, does that mean that in the previous games Kratos was just a brutal murderer?
@Miles_Edgeworth Time will tell as to whether the game has any significant barrier to entry due to the last storyline, but it seems like they are making this game accessible to a new audience. My guess is that you will be able to enjoy it without too much back story. The basic storyline of who Kratos is and why he is, yes, a brutal Spartan warrior who spent the first 3+ games seeking revenge killing gods, demigods, and their minions, is a fairly basic story, so it wouldn’t be hard to catch up. (I don’t want to give the impression Kratos is a bad person, he has reasons for his killing, as game protagonists tend to. He is relatable and heroic, but he’s basically just an angry, angry person, lol) I assume there will be an opening montage and their classic narrator maybe to update the player as to what’s going on.
Of course playing the original games wouldn’t be a bad idea as they are some of PlayStation’s staples. But it’s probably not necessary. I think when the review comes out they’ll give us some good advice on whether you need to have played the others.
@Miles_Edgeworth I don't think you need to have necessarily played the older games, but doing so would at least give you an appreciation of who Kratos has been up to this point, and how this new God of War is changing up a lot of stuff.
They're all great action games, so you can't go too far wrong. As for whether Kratos was just a brutal murderer... I mean, yes, basically.
I've decided. You should play the games
Kratos was a cartoon character in the previous games. He was ridiculous.
There is a lot of potential for interesting stories across various mythologies. Unless I am forgetting any examples, Mayan mythology is not something that games have touched on much, so that could definitely be unique.
@Miles_Edgeworth He had some issues he needed to work through.
Yes, make many more gods of war please
I'm hyped for the new game as it is, but offering more "exotic" locations and enemies in the future sounds awesome ! It's a great way to keep a series alive and fresh. God of War is more of a storyline concept to me, and is highly transferable to a wide range of mythologies.
That's pretty awesome, imo.
The possibilities are huge with so many mythologies.
Maybe scientology instead, mr cruise as final boss
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