Single father vs Single mom: The Game

I love how Atreus' very first guess about his godly powers turns out to be absolutely spot on.

"I killed my father" "That was your father-" "And my uncle." "Oh him too?" "And my other uncle. And my sister. And my brother." "Oh you're still going."

Kratos: “the cycle ends here. We must be better than this.” That line runs DEEP

Freya " it's in the land of the dead do you know it?" Kratos "not this one" * Vietnam flashback *

Atreus: Can I turn into an animal? Kratos: I could do Double Jump in my young age, BOY.

Can we all just appreciate that Atreus almost did the Spartan rage

"He's ill" The ONLY time anyone heard weakness in Kratos' voice, EVER.

Nobody mentions how Mimir stayed silent throughout the entire "I am a god boi, and so are you" moment. He let them have that father-son moment. That was a nice touch.

"Can... Can I turn into an animal?" Kratos: Spartan rage available, press L3 R3.

I don’t think enough people talk about how terrified Kratos is when he takes Atreus to Freya. You can hear in his voice how completely desperate he is, it’s powerful.

There's something really sweet about Atreus wanting to teach his dad something and even offering to "slow down" when he barely started the lesson.

"I killed my father" "That was your father in Hel..." *B O Y Y O U T O L D M E Y O U D I D N T S E E A N Y O N E*

The saddest quotes Kratos have said. “We should finish this journey while i still have strength”

that “can I turn into an animal” part makes me really really emotion - The way Kratos’ voice softens ever so slightly. Weariness of an old god faced with the innocence of a new one. Everything is so precious in this scene.

"No need to explain. Not to me. Not for that." Kratos repeats these same words to Freya in the next game at a very similar moment of weakness for her. Clearly, they had a big impact on him, so he shared the same healing for her.

Kratos killed many because of his constant and developing anger. Baldur fought many just to feel pain.

Freya: *Threatens Kratos* Kratos: “That’s cute.”

Freya: *is being killed by her son* Kratos: *Saves freya* Freya: *angery* Kratos: *Angery but quieter*

What I find so fascinating about this interaction between Freya, Baldur and Kratos is the Irony riddling this scene. Freya robbed Baldur of the pleasures and pains of life. Yes, It may have been an act of love, but it wasn't Baldur's choice and his life was turned into a mundane hell because of her unwanted meddling. Freya could never understand her sin, not fully at least. She clearly was able to accept that her son despised her for her actions, but she was never willing or able to fully grasp WHY he was so angry. That is until Kratos did the same thing to her as she did to her son. When Kratos killed Baldur, he saved Freya's life and he did so as an act of justice; however, just like Freya's sin, Krato's meddling was not wanted. He robbed Freya of her son, her meaning, just like how she did to Baldur. Now Freya hates Kratos for the same reasons her son hated her. Perhaps Freya will finally be able to grasp how horribly she cursed her son and the torment she put him through. She is just as despicable as Kratos in this interaction and I want her to realize that.

Atreus: Can i turn into an animal? Kratos Brain " does having wings and doing double jump considered as an animal ability? "

"This boy is not your past, he is your son." That's such an important line.

13:13 Freya: You are just an animal! Atreus in his thoughts: A.. Animal?!

Felt like Kratos left out the important part of, “I killed my wife and daughter and was eternally covered in their ashes.” Instead he shouted out father of the year Zeus.

I’ve never heard so much hype over a game and come to find out it was still under hyped

3:35 this man has slain countless innocents and enemies, he has destroyed a literal pantheon and has succeeded in becoming an immortal god, he was tricked into killing his wife and daughter, yet falls to his knees when his son is ill and that's the thing that has NEVER changed from Kratos, he has always cared for his family, when he had the chance to be with his daughter again, the literal universe was falling apart, meaning both him and calliope would cease to exist and so Kratos makes the ultimate sacrafice by choosing to become a monster *again* and saves his daughter by *NEVER SEEING HER AGAIN* to save the world

Atreaus: “Can I turn into an animal?” Kratos, in his head “ Huh. Could he? Could I turn into one too? I’ll have to try that later “

Watching these scenes back have way more impact than my Initial play through as I don’t have the PS4 Pros fan screaming in the background.

Freya: you will never change Kratos: then you do not know me Freya: I know enough Me: girl if he hadn't changed at all you would be dead the midgard snake would be dead odin would be dead and asgard would be gone.

I keep wondering how Kratos will defeat Thor, but then I realized, Cronos was so damn helpless lmao, he chillin.

Freya really hit him with "You didnt save my life you ruined my death."

The look on Kratos' face when he says "will you help me" at 3:33. I love how Kratos has developed as a character in this game.

Who's more destructive? Kratos or the squirrel from ice age?

Freya: I will rain the fury of all 9 realms upon you! Kratos: That's the best you got? Freya: I'll....I'll.....I'll get back to you when I have something for God of War 5 Kratos: I'll be waiting.

13:37 This scene is probably the most important part of this game. Kratos, a demigod who killed the king of the gods, beat death and destroyed a world was reduced to so little when talking about his past,you can tell by the pain in his voice that he may’ve been strong in the past but it came at the price of his life, even after Kratos attempted suicide he could not die. Freya hasn’t cursed him, Zeus cursed him with living a long life while living with the pain along with it. What a way to write a character like Kratos!

I love how Atreus is amazed by wolves and he ends up being the father of Fernir

Freya: " I'll kill you for this" Kratos: "I saved your life" Freya: "I don't care" Kratos: *"WOMAN DO YOU HEAR ME!"*

"Can I turn into an animal?" "Can...you turn....into an animal?" *flashback to Kratos killing various Greek deities, titans, monsters and his own wife and child. Also a flashback to when he banged Aphrodite* "....No. I do not think you can turn into an animal."

When Kratos brought his boy to Fraya, it was the only time you heard fear in Kratos voice in all the games. He wasn't scared to climb Mount Olympis with Titans to take on ALL the God's. He wasn't scared to kill his father. He was terrified to lose his boy.

Baldur: **chokes his mom out** Freya: "MY DEAR SWEET BOY"

7:21 Kratos having flashbacks of his father as an eagle 😂

0:00 GF: “What do you want for your birthday?” Me:

6:34 Kratos: The truth.......... the truth..... :( The real sadness of Kratos right there, you can feel how it hits him.

i love how like kratos literally looks like he is about to break down when he is telling atreus the real backstory, most noticeable when he is saying "i killed many who were deserving, and many who were not" so deep

I love how when Kratos says to Freya "Will you help me?" that's one of the few times he's just vulnerable and unable to use his Rage to get out of his problems.

this was one of the greatest games made in the last 10 years.

"The Realm of the Dead, do you know it?" "Not this one... " You couldn't be as cool as Kratos, walking in 2 different worlds of the undead, Hell and Hel

This is the only game which properly explains tough love between father and son. The story was too good. I like the parts where Kratos has a father and son moment with Atreus.

Hades & Tartarus = Hell in Greek Mythology Helheim = Hell in Norse Kratos: "Hell is Hell and I've gone through it twice"

I thought kartos was going to laugh when his son asked if he could turn into an animal

honestly? that childlike wonder and excitement atreus has after finding out he’s part god, and asking what things he can do is so sweet, really kinda reminds you he’s still a naive but strong kid going through all this

"I killed many who were deserving... and many who were not" 13:46 The expression and little nod before saying the second part

Krato "Hel?" Freya "The land of the dead, do u know it? Kratos (Flash back to every time he had died in Grece and visited different underworlds and Tarturis) "Not this one"

Freya: the land of the dead do you know it? Kratos: not this one BRUHHH SO MANY MEMORIES

7:59 My heart during this moment... Melted. Incredibly touching as this is the Kratos we never imaged to be.

I never noticed the little touch of effort in Kratos' voice as he shoved the boat from the dock at 8:29...that was a nice touch to the realize of the whole thing

feel like freya threat just doesn't phase kratos who has endured more torture than she can cast upon him

Right before Kratos kills Baldur he says "The Cycle ends here" the same thing Zeus said to Kratos when he killed him.

You ever noticed in this game even when it looks like kratos is losing he’s actually never in danger and you can tell he knows it

You can hear the fear in Kratos's voice when he's pounding of Freya's door. Only a father who's had that experience of feeling helpless when their child is sick would know that sound. Great work from Christopher Judge! 👍

*Kratos chokes Baldur* Kratos: You will not touch her Freya: I don’t need your protection *After a few minutes of talking* Baldur immediately touches/choke her

"Can I....turn into an animal?" Kratos: can you turn into an- wtf *BOY*

Knowing what I know, after playing Ragnarok, this scene strikes hard than even normal. 200% props to the people who worked on both games. You can tell they had the storyline planned out WAY ahead of time.

3:38 I think this is one of the few if only moments in the series you see kratos genuinely terrified. And he's actually terrified that he's going to lose everything he cares about once AGAIN.

Atraeus: "Can I turn into an animal?" Kratos: *Intense thinking*

10:41 when your landlord asks for rent but you have already paid

Every callback to the older games were perfectly executed, they held weight to it, we played that rage and now we see his regret and sorrow. It's beautiful.

The line read on "He robbed me of everything" is absolutely stellar. (12:58)

I am so glad Christopher Judge got this role.

I really wish we could meet Faye. She was able to do what no other person or god in all of creation could do: She gave Kratos not just his humanity back, but also gave him peace... all through the journey with their son whom Kratos couldn't bear to see become him.

“The cycle ends here. We must be better than this.” Chills hit me every time

I just realized that Kratos in GoW Ragnarok use's the same words that Freya did when apologized. Nice reference and it show's how much two of them been thorugh and and how much they understand eachother

13:45 Throw back, I don’t think you included this, but Kratos told Atreus his origins before, not in as much detail, but it’s the story of how he sold his soul. He tell Atreus this when you’re boating, it goes like this: There was a horse that wanted vengeance on a stag, he called upon a hunter to help, let the hunter ride him on a saddle. Together they killed the stag, but the hunter enslaved the horse, and wouldn’t let him go It doesn’t exactly go like that, but that was all I could remember

that conor mcgregor is so annoying... always comes in the middle...

3:07 mother instinct kickS in

Freya: *"I WILL PARADE YOUR COLD BODY FROM EVERY CORNER OF EVERY REALM!"* Kratos: Oh no! Anyway...

You can hear real pain in Kratos' voice when he lays Atraeus down on the table. Oh my god the voice acting is incredible. *IT ACTUALLY MAKES ME WANNA CRY BECAUSE SOMEONE AS BADASS AS KRATOS FEELS PAIN LIKE THIS*

Man freyas voice actress did a phenomenal work in the part whe she cried for her son man just 👌

7:23 THE FORESHADOWINGGGG

Clever foreshadowing when Atreus says “Can I turn into an animal” 😂

"BOY, Listen close, I am from a land called Sparta..." and when the music kicked in after he said that you can feel his rage of what he used to be, but not rage toward the gods but to what he used to be. Through all the games you begin to feel the pain of kratos. And as you see his story it's like the ashes of his sins are now yours. Every fight,every word spoken, and every action taken is yours as well. Every true gamer knows exactly what I'm talking about.

God of War 5 Kratos vs midgard. God of War 6 Kratos comes Egypt God of War 7 Kratos vs Egypt God of War 8 Kratos goes to heaven God of war 9 Kratos vs Heaven God of war 10 Kratos Destroys the world.

6:43 My brother when i asked how he's such a great gamer.

"Can I turn into an animal?" "No" Welp, Kratos was dead wrong here lol

*Atreus:* "Can I turn into a animal?" *Kratos:* "A animal?...BOI, your grandfather could turn into a eagle, maybe you can too, he could also shapeshift into a old man and a ripped old man, change his size. So pray that you took from my part of the family"

“I did this to him... can you help me?” - Something wild about Kratos’ humility and “humanity” there. Well-delivered line.

When I was growing up, GOW 3 was the first game I ever played, and I always saw Kratos as this fierce ruthless warrior, but now I don't see him like that anymore. Yes, he is still a warrior, but just not the same one my younger self saw. I remember when I replayed GOW 3 and the scenes with Pandora showed. This whole different person showed Kratos fatherly side because he immediately thought of his daughter when Pandora first called out to him, and now, with Atreus, we see this even more of this. I appreciate that they made him a family man, nothing sappy but genuine care.

Can we take a moment to appreciate how wise and strong Kratos has become

Man, Baldur. I never noticed this in the heat of moment but when he says Snow and his eyes light up one last time. It must have been brutal to feel nothing for so many lifetimes. No wonder he hated his mother and wanted to kill her. And then he finally felt snow and it was a bliss. Imaigne being unable to enjoy sex, a hug, maybe even taste, smell. Just no feelings at all. Except raw emotional hatred. Poor guy.

Bro, hurt when Atreus said “I know I’m not what you wanted.” Just a horrible thing to happen that both for a son to have to say and a father to hear.

13:37 the chills

"I did this to him?... Will you help me?" You can hear his heart breaking, and at the same time as he pleads for Freya's help, with the same spirit, gets urgently to the point. Truly a man of action.

Mimir must be so pissed every time Kratos gets knocked down because I know being used as a fall break must hurt.

If Kratos ever ended up in the Roman pantheon I bet he'd be so confused. He'd looked at Jupiter and go : "Hmm.. You remind of someone I knew you know..." and automatically have an innate detest for Mars lol

14:54 I wonder what Freya was thinking in this moment. When she helped Atreus recover from his illness, only for the boy to later help his father kill her son? How unfair it was that her son was dead in her arms while Kratos could still hold his living son? Maybe even whether she could bring herself to hurt Kratos by hurting Atreus?

7:20 I love Kratos reaction. I think he was expecting his son to be angry?

The irony that Atreus CAN actually turn into an animal.

Kratos about to drop a new mixtape titled “I’m a god, boi”

i love that when asked if he´d know about the realm of the dead (03:50), he answers "not this one", because he knew Hades underworld when he died before in GOW 2. Amazing Writing!

Atreus: Can I turn into an animal? That’s some good foreshadowing for Ragnarok!