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Re: Best God of War Games

mckracken

yeah no, you are missing the point.
Im not talking about variations, which werent nearly as plentiful as you suggest, im talking about for instance taking the benevolent cannaite storm god BAAL (which just stood for Lord) and turning him into evil incarnate just because the jewish god cant handle competion.
And back then it wasnt "mythology" but religion.
And no, it was never like the comic books....i.e serialized entertainment business. Mr. Classicist, lol...

Re: Best God of War Games

mckracken

at any rate in GOW3 i would very much like to see Kratos fight Old Testament God, because that one is contrary to the ancient gods a real *****.

Re: Best God of War Games

mckracken

The same as everyone.
Ive read everything from the illiad to the clay tablets from Ugarit.
Even Gods of pestilence and disease were not "evil". For instance, they had the power to remove illness as well.

Re: Best God of War Games

mckracken

No. Ancient Gods all had a purpose. There were no evil Gods.
They were revered. In the stories, humans are mostly punished if they thought they were better than a god.