God Of War Director Wants to Tell the Story of Faye and Kratos - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 February 2020 / 2,491 Views
The latest God of War game on the PlayStation 4 was a huge success and another game in the series similar to it is very likely in the future. Director Cory Barlog in an interview with PlayStation Access would liketo explore when Kratos meets his wife Faye.
"The story of Faye and Kratos meeting- there’s less weight [to it] when you don’t know anything that’s coming ahead," said Barlog. "Meeting her needs to actually feel like something that you already know, so there’s a greater weight behind who she is. She’s got a mythology that’s built up, so that first meeting and the period of time that they spend together- so much of it is not about fighting or action."
"They’re both warriors who have reached a point in their lives where they don’t want to fight anymore because they both see through the reasons why they’ve been fighting,” he continued. “Meeting at that time and at that exact moment when both of them are willing to set their weapons down fundamentally changes both of them.
"I hope- I don’t know how we’re going to tell this or when we’re going to tell this, but I really want to tell that story of Faye and Kratos."
God of War is available now for the PlayStation 4.
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Most people liked the complete change of character of Kratos in this new God of War, but to me it was disrespectful to the original Greek tragedy of the first 3 games. Kratos deciding to start a new family is completely antithetical to who he is and an erasure of his previous one.
@Hynad If you are going to reply to my comment at least have the decency to address me directly. It's because I respect the original version of Kratos that I hold this opinion. Believe it or not Kratos was not solely about revenge against the Greek gods. When he killed his family it was his fault. This is something that can't be erased. By the end of the third game Kratos was lashing out at the world without aim and nothing could satisfy him - not women, not conquest, not power. He even tried to be a father to Pandora and miserably failed. The new game throws all this away.
@Dante9 That's the problem for me. Kratos' sins should have no forgiveness and he shouldn't have started a new family. He is the God of War - for him to find peace seems rather out of character. I would've tried this reboot if they introduced a new character which they might as well have done with all the changes.
@Hynad I haven't played the game, but I watched a playthrough of it, so I do know how the character is portrayed, so your assumption that I don't know anything on that point is wrong.
"considering your constant negativity towards anything Sony related." - I do have my reasons not to like Sony despite being a pretty big fan of their products. This is unrelated though - you are trying to portray me as some sort of irrational hater to dismiss what I said. With my comments I have demonstrated that I played the previous games in the series and gave my reasons why I don't like the direction they took the story.
If you know how the character is portrayed, you’ll understand that he doesn’t want the same thing that happened to his former family to happen to his new son. And that despite this, he is still prone to anger and rage.
Something else of note, the game also happens quite a long time after the events in Greece. It isn’t disrespecting the character to have him be somewhere else in his life and having progressed in one manner or another.
Those hyperboles you throw when talking about Sony related stuff are the reason why I’m dismissive of most comment you make on this site and why I treat you like a hater.
Were it not be for those constant hyperbolic negative comments, I wouldn’t see you that way.
@Hynad The point is he shouldn't have had a new son. Remember that the ashes of his family (the real one) are embedded in his skin to be a constant reminder of what he did? Yeah. A person like that shouldn't have a new crack at life. This is why Kratos killed himself at the end of GOW3 - when his revenge was complete there was nothing left for him to live for.
If they can alter a character in any way with the excuse that "a lot of time has passed" then they might as well go for an entirely new character (and they should've done that considering they changed everything including the voice actor). They used Kratos for marketing purposes. Plus when you are immortal the concept of time doesn't really affect you as much.
What are my "constant negative hyperbolic comments"? I have some valid issues with Sony's business decisions including their new censorship board, the reduction of value of the PS+ and the new unjustified treatment of Japanese developers forcing them to seek approval for their games in English with the California HQ. All of these are facts.
I frankly don't care how you see me. You yourself have been rather rude and resorted to personal attacks on multiple occasions, which is something I've never done to you or anybody else on the site for that matter.
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