Ever since God of War first came out, Anti-God Kratos has always been keen to tell the Greek gods where they can stick their offers, often through the use of decapitation. However, according to Sony, those days are long gone, because as of now God of War 5 will also be set in Norse mythology instead of returning to Kratos past in Greece.
This may come as a bit of sad thing to hear for fans of the old God of War games, but with a new setting comes unique, exciting gameplay as well as different challenges for Kratos and son, Atreus that we’ll be able to experience for ourselves when April 20th comes around.
Despite the change of setting, however, the newest game from Santa Monica Studios is very much a sequel to God of War 3. In this game, Kratos is hiding away from his past and he has new responsibilities, thus the game will be exploring that side of him and his relationship with Atreus as well as making sure it keeps narratively in line with the previous games in the series. The new God of War has a lot going on in it already, and despite Kratos’ Greek origins, we think it’ll be great to explore the Northern side of the world and see what it has to offer.
In an interview with Finder, Santa Monica’s senior online community strategist Aaron Kaufman sat down and talked about the future of God of War, as well as the name choice. He says, “there is a couple of reasons why we’re calling it God of War. For one, it signifies that this is a new era. The Greek era was Chapter 1, and the Norse era, we believe, is Chapter 2. As in, it’s the next chapter of Kratos.” This further reiterates that the newest game will still hold Kratos’ past close on what makes him the man he is during the time we play as him.
Kaufman also stated that Cory Barlog, the creative director of God of War, “didn’t return to the studio with an idea that ‘this will be the first and the only Kratos and Atreus adventure.'” So for fans who may be wondering where God of War will go next, it seems likely that not only will we not be leaving the Norse mythology behind, but neither will we be leaving Atreus behind either.
