Can we get a God of War easter egg thread going?
>So far I've got the snake in the final shot of the trailer
>The son is wearing Kratos' skirt as a belt
>At the beginning the son is playing with a possible Thor toy?
> The floating ghost type creature after Kratos' battle with the first two assholes
> A Valkyrie looking thing flying in the top left corner of the screen when he goes through the cave after the troll fight
>The deer causes the leaves to change colors I believe.
Anything else? This shit is getting me hype.
Boots of Hermes inside Kratos' house at the beginning
I wish I could be more hype.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
They really need to put out some sort of extended demo footage because that gameplay raised concerns.
Yooo. You're right. Missed that thanks. Barlog pretty much said that the IGN rewind theater only found like 2% of the Easter eggs. Not sure how much of that was hyperbole, but there has to be at least 5 or 6 things that people haven't found yet.
>>341915276
I feel you dude. I'm still having a hard time getting over the Resident Evil 7 complete overhaul of the series. I know I was in the minority, but I loved all of the main entries including 5 and 6. Mercernaries mode especially was my shit. Can't imagine them keeping that mode now.
With that being said, God of war, to me, has far worn out it's welcome. I've played all of the games and I came into Sony's conference pretty much convinced that they couldn't convince me to play another one and somehow they did.
someone post dad_of_war.jpg
>>341915854
>God of war, to me, has far worn out it's welcome
I kind of feel the same way. The formula gets old after 5 games.
I'm okay with the idea of it going a different direction for a new generation, but it has to be executed well, which I don't know if it will be yet.
Judging from his "sons" appearance, it's not his flesh and blood
magic seems to be based on runes
the ax runes glow when ice powers activate
the trolls runes glow when it throws lava
couldn't see because of the angle, but the kid has runes tattooed up his forearm and its the same arm he used to draw the bow string when he shot the lightning bolt
rune collecting here we come!
>>341916472
Yeah. I'm definitely hyped, but I still don't know completely how I feel about it. I just can't see Kratos doing crazy ass air combos into poseidon's rage and double jumping around in this new era. I'll miss that for sure.
>Norse pantheon
Lame
Norse mythology is over saturated now
>>341917357
How?
This is probably the only game that I expect to interact with deities and named mythological shit.
>>341917000
also when they go under the arch after the first enemy encounter, I Can't make out the first letter but with the other ones it reads _DRBUA
>>341917554
Not in Vidya, but in other media it is.
I just hope we get a more "authentic" view of the Norse gods, especially Odin.
Nigga's so much more than a king with an eye patch
>>341917554
He's being stereotypical. It's used as much as Indian mythology.
>>341917000
Interesting if that turns out right. I'm totally down for more RPG elements in my GoW. I just assumed he was going to get different elemental weapons. But yeah, even the deer had shiny blue shit on its antlers. You're probably right.
>>341915854
RE already had a complete overhaul with 4. The only drawback to 7's apparent new style of gameplay is no Mercenaries, like you said. But honestly that's always been a throwaway mode to me; something I spend a hour or two in and never touch again. I liked that similar mode in Revelations 2 a bit better but even that I only played for a few hours. Meanwhile I've run through the stories/campaigns/whatever you want to call them of RE2, Code Veronica, REmake, and RE4 multiple times each. So I'd much prefer a good core game behind RE7 rather than a bunch of extra modes.
>>341917810
Only literature messes with the actual deities. Even TV shows only reference them.
I don't know how they fit in the actual gods, its going to take a story trailer to persuade me that Kratos or the kid isn't Odin.
>>341918320
Sure. I love the campaigns as well. But just looking at this. It looks like some Outlast and P.T. hybrid bullshit. That's just not RE. Thank god I read an interview that they weren't doing away with weapons and combat or I would really be losing my shit.
Admittedly, I started out with RE 4 and 5 and then the original trilogy so I wasn't as butthurt with 4's overhaul. But 4 just seemed like a natural transition to me from the tank controls. RE never seemed that scary to me so RE 7 doesn't seem like a return to its roots are whatever they are trying to do. Especially with the first person. I just don't know man
I'm probably alone here, but I don't see Kratos as much of an asshole as the general public does, nor as a complete murderer of innocents till 2 and 3.
Taking the entire series into consideration, Kratos started out human, caring about his family and his fellow men to a degree, went through shit growing up, rose up through the ranks, got consumed by ambition and ended up taking up a deal with Ares to survive not only to live another day, but to see his family again. And then everything went to shit from there.
That's not even covering the stuff in Ghost of Sparta and vice versa.
>>341920304
I just see him as a dude with a singular focus while also being consumed with rage. Being an asshole is just a side effect of that I guess.
He totally kills people that he doesn't have to and callously kills people to complete puzzles without a second thought. If that's not being an asshole I don't know what is.
>>341920304
He was always an innocent-murdering asshole, but in GoW1 he only did so because it was necessary to overcome whatever obstacles were in his way. He only went full rage-fueled nutjob in 2 and 3 (never played Ascension, so I have no idea how he was in that). Apparently that's part of the story for the new game; becoming a god gave him a rage "sickness" that he wants to make sure hasn't been passed on to his son.
Come on guys. I need my Easter egg fix. I know there is more stuff out there. Pleeeeassseee
>>341918731
>Even TV shows only reference them.
Odin shows up in Vikings.
Probably.
>>341921205
>easter egg
If you look closely, you'll notice Sony put a Kratos lookalike in their latest movie-game.
>ATHENA?! YOU CONSPIRE AGAINST ME?!
I love pissed off Kratos. Fuck you everyone who don't.
>>341921320
Dat art. Hnnnnngggggg
>giving a shit about this abomination of a reboot
Dad of War is almost DmC-levels of IP rape. How anyone can be excited for this is beyond me.
>>341921320
TROOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Is his son a ginger?
>when the setting and plot gets better but the gameplay gets worse
As expected of a Sony title I guess...
>>341917810
But Odin is a fucking cunt in the myths one of his titles is ''Oathbreaker'' for a reason.
>>341913991
More gameplay for dad of war when? cant wait to add it to my never ever memes
>zues sits on his cloud fucking animals all day
>kratos dies to him and nearly dies to him again
>Odin fucking kills everything
does Kratos stand a chance?
Reminder Kratos becomes Odin. He's gonna lose an eye by the end of the game.
>>341921741
Exactly.
Odin is a God of War
He's not some king who sits on a throne.
He goes around and gets shit done.
He's Chaotic Neutral.
He's a god of the berserkers. The god who hanged himself from a tree. The god who plucked out his own eye for knowledge.
>>341921773
For some reason I can't see them showing anything until PS Experience 2016. Hopefully I'm wrong though.
>>341921536
i agree
>>341921536
I loved old Kratos.
>NONE SHALL DEFY ME
>I AM THE GOD OF WAR
Seriously I noticed inmediatly when he talked that they changed voice actors, I miss the old voice actor a lot
>>341922553
>I OWE YOU NOTHING!
>Seriously I noticed inmediatly when he talked that they changed voice actors, I miss the old voice actor a lot
Same. Nigga (sic) was based.
Why do people think its a reboot when its a sequel?
>>341922553
Teal'c is pretty based though. I think he will do find as Kratos as long as he channels his inner angry Jaffa
>>341921981
No, he's going to kill Tyr, but he will become Odin.
Odin is an exception in European religions.
All the central deities in European religions come from the proto-Indo-European word for "Skyfather".
Zeus, Jupiter, Dieu. All from the same root.
However, in Norse/old Germanic, the god whose name meant "Skyfather" was Tyr.
But Wotan/Odin/Woden is the Allfather. How did Odin supplant Tyr as the central figure?
There are no stories of it in mythology, but it's perfect for this game. Odin is a God of War that supplants a Skyfather.
Odin=Kratos.
>>341922757
Because it is a reboot. It completely changed the artstyle, gameplay and narrative
>>341922791
But wasn't Tyr a son of Odin or under him? Who will fight Fenrir in Ragnarok if they have you kill Tyr?
>>341922309
And also in one saga drank seamen of hanged men but it's conviniently forgotten just like rainbow bridge to Valhalla because it's not grimdark enough.
>>341922791
>>341923101
If he's odin is Tyr his wife's son?
>>341923001
So did GTA 3, nobody called it a reboot.
>>341913991
Ive looked really really hard but couldnt see any Valkyrie looking thing in the cave nor a floating ghost type craeture.
>>341922757
Cause what we've seen so far is simply so much different that what we're used to. It's not a reboot but I can understand why some people would think it is.
So, how will he fuck Loki if his son is there?
>>341921026
The prequel games explain why Kratos went so nuts.
Ascension has him at his most human after killing his family accidentally, the bond with the furies blocked out his memory of it but he still wanted to be free of Ares and ended up becoming friends with their son, Orkos. He also helped others from being killed and was very empathetic towards the Oracle of the game. When he kills them and finds out the Furies put his bond inside Orkos, he doesn't actually want to kill him. Orkos tells him to do it to have an honorable death to free him from Ares and avenge his family, then his memories come back in full flood leading to the nightmares he has from that point on. Then he has a viking funeral for Orkos, putting his body in his burning home and going on the journey to free himself from his past and move forward.
By Chains of Olympus he's worn down of doing requests for the Gods and dealing with the nightmares after 5 years, only feeling relief during battle. By the end when he has what he really desired all this time, he gives it up to save the world from being destroyed by Atlas, explaining how Kratos trapped Atlas when he mentions it in 2.
Then cue 1 and you can tell he's only got a tiny thread of humanity left in him with his actions.
Ghost of Sparta just gets rid of any hope Kratos had left which explains why he's a straight up monster in 2 and 3, only caring about himself aside from when he found out Zeus destroyed Sparta.
>>341920782
I'd say it's more a side effect of all the shit he's gone through, Kratos is probably the closest to the vidya equivalent of Guts.
The gameplay resembles the Last of Us to me. I hope to God it doesn't stay that way for the whole game. I'm really interested but that camera worries me and if it turns out like the Last of Us or Reboot Raider, it will be an instant drop.
>>341923316
Sorry dude. In my excitement I forgot to time stamp stuff.
You can see the ghost type thing hovering above his son's head in the distance at 3:34 and dart off when Kratos starts running towards him. It might be a little tough to see on a phone though
At 6:46 look in the top left corner. Not sure what it is, but Valkyries are the only armored flying things I could think of pertaining to Norse mythology
>>341913991
I wonder if we'll see the ship captain again
>your mother taught you to hunt, yes?
>yes, sir
Is that the kind of dialogue that happens between biological father and son?
>>341924915
You can easily infer that Kratos didn't spend time with him growing up.
>>341923316
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ_GCPaKywg
>At 6:45 when he looks to the left at the tents at the top left you can see a blue looking thing move to the right.
>At 3:34 you can see the ghost on the right behind where the kid is. Look above that brown spot above the kid. Its in between the stone and the skinny tree. At 3:45 look at where the green leaves on the right are when Kratos moves further up, you can see the ghost move to the right out of view.
>>341913991
There is a big wolf behind a tent that runs away in the ruins where the dead troll is.
>>341923196
>>341923101
Tyr is a son of Odin, but his name says more.
The root of his name is Skyfather, just like Zeus and Jupiter.
All the words and religions come from a common source.
So at one point, he was the same god as Zeus. But over time and as languages and cultures diverged, he was superseded by Odin, who is actually associated with Mercury/Hermes.
Not in the way you think, though. Hermes' other trait besides being a messenger is being a psychopomp. As escort to the newly deceased. A psychopomp brings the newly dead to the gates of the afterlife.
That's why in English we have Wednesday (Odin's Day) and in French we have Mercredi (Mercury's Day).
Legacy of the Romans.
>>341924382
I didn't read much past the eclipse stuff. Guts becomes colder, but I don't remember him even coming close to killing innocents. It's been a while since I read it though so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Kratos, on the other hand, is a straight up dick at times.
>>341924976
>>341924915
I honestly find it hard Kratos would give a shit about someone who didn't come form him.
>>341925143
Do you think Kratos will have multiple weapons? Other outfits?
>>341925319
I can dig it.
He wants to settle down. He wants to go back to being what he was before everything went to shit.
Just slip right back into that role of being a father.
He's not seeing the boy. He's seeing his daughter.
A man like him doesn't want to start from scratch. He just wants everything to go back to the way it was.
So he can pretend it never happened
>>341925226
As the Black Swordsman he was a straight up dick, it isn't till he meets Puck and sees Casca again that he stops being a dick.
You should continue reading Berserk by the way, The new Musou game, manga coming back monthly again, and the new anime in a couple of weeks. Great time to be a Berserkfag.
>>341925319
>>341925482
Cory Barlog said he does want to start from scratch and move on.
>>341925319
In the second game he cares about Sparta and his people, so it's not too farfetched for him to deliberately cause enmity and hate to conceive victory, while protecting those dear to him.
>>341925353
Of course.
Germanic culture had a hardon for named weapons.
That's fucking choice for vidya games.
There's already the most famous weapon in the world there. Mjolnir. He has to wield it.
Odin's weapon, a spear, is named Gungnir. It never misses. That'll be a weapon.
I'd bet bottom dollar that Hrunting is the game too.
That was a magic sword given to Beowulf to kill Grendel's Mother.
>>341925807
I hope they use Heimdall and Baldr, that's all I hope for. I'm not one for magical weapons, but the chraracters of Norse mythology are pretty creative and malleable.
>>341925143
Dropping that knowledge. Really liking how this thread is coming along
>>341915276
This.
I think /v/'s oversperging over this, but I can see where they're coming from. The demo really only hints at things that it should state clearly. Will the whole game be this slow? How will the son interact with the gameplay? How open are the levels? etc.
>>341925969
It's literally information you can get anywhere on Wikipedia, don't turn this into a barbershop rhetoric
>>341925965
As someone who GMs a lot of /tg/ stuff, I fucking love magical weapons. I like to take inspiration from the legends surrounding them and convert that to game mechanics.
>>341923143
Scandinavian here.
Since when has Bifrost ever been forgotten? That's such base-level norse mythology that everyone knows it by heart.
Also, please remember the following:
1. There is no such thing as Ice Giants in Norse Mythology, there are Jotun/Jætter/Ettin, who are neither particularly frosty nor necessarily very gigantic
2. Thor has red hair.
>>341925536
Interesting. I actual got to that part. It's just that everything up to and including the eclipse was fucking perfect to me. I guess I just forgot about that. Definitely will pick it back up. Berserk and Gantz pretty much made my balls drop as a kid so I'll give it another shot
>>341926327
I'm more of a Legend of Zelda person. Items represent the hero, not vice versa, but I wholly concede on your appreciation.
>>341926329
It might have been forgotten before Marvel put out those movies. Now everyone and their dog knows it. The ice giant thing is on point, everyone thinks Jotun are Ice Giants.
>>341924915
The kid calls him "father" at several points.
I get the impression that the following happened:
>Kratos fucked some viking woman
>Years later, he meets her again
>"Hey Kratos, see that kid? He's yours"
>Woman dies or something
>Kratos now has to take care of a son he's never known.
It's all speculation at this point, though.
>>341926098
Hahahahaha. Yessuh massuh
God of absolute bullshit
This series is ruined
>>341926662
IT'S TRUE. STOP GIVING ANON POINTS FOR BRINGING INFORMATION TO /v/ AND THEN NOT DEFENDING IT AT THE SLIGHTEST SUGGESTION REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>341925965
Oh yeah.
I hope Baldr is in it, though his story is pretty definite about his death.
Such a fun one.
An oracle tells Frigg, his mother and wife of Odin, that he will die. Since Baldr is so great, the most beautiful and the wise, Frigg is distraught. So she goes across the world asking everything to never hurt Baldr. Ever stone. Every weapon. Every animal. They all make an oath to her that they shall never hurt Baldr.
Except one.
Mistletoe. Frigg looks at the parasitic weed and decides it's not worth worrying too much. How can such a tiny bush matter? Afterall, she has already got all the wolves, bears, and iron to swear never to hurt Baldr.
Loki, being the dick he is, sees this and decides to make her regret that decision.
Loki forms the mistletoe into an arrow. Then he goes to the blind brother of Baldr, Hoor.
He asks Hoor to show him how good a shot he is at the bow. Hoor declares that just because he is blind, it doesn't mean he's useless. He takes up Loki's challenge and notches the mistletoe arrow.
Meanwhile, Loki had arranged for Baldr to be walking directly into the line of fire of Hoor's shot.
Sure enough, it strikes Baldr and kills him.
Loki is happy.
Odin, Frigg, and the rest of the Aesir weep the death of the best of all of them, and so begins the start of Ragnarok.
>>341926613
Just to clear something up: when I said "everyone knows it" I meant: "everyone here in scandinavia knows it".
>>341926961
I didn't expect Baldr to be fighting, did you get the information directly from the game?
>>341921320
Only thing I'm not digging is the logo.
>>341926613
>everyone thinks Jotun are Ice Giants.
Aren't they?
>>341925115
Cool. Didn't see that. That might be a nod to Fenrir. I believe Barlog said that the Easter eggs were nods to things that they were going to pursue in the game, whether it be literally, symbolically, or thematically.
>>341926329
>Scandinavian here.
https://a.pomf.cat/hlnbdb.webm
Just in case you're Finland.
>>341927135
Why did they have Kratos use "Spartan-Rage" if it's set in Norse mythos, isn't it much more believable to have him practice something from Valhalla or the Vanir world?
>>341927079
>did you get the information directly from the game?
What now?
I'm just shooting the shit about Norse gods.
I don't know crap about any games.
Though, I can imagine that the God of War crew cannot resist having Kratos kill the immortal god.
Probably have a sidequest about getting a mistletoe arrow and then stabbing Baldr with it.
Maybe Loki will be a "helpful" quest character.
>>341927335
>I'm just shooting the shit about Norse gods.
Precisely a reason to get upset!
>>341927272
Kratos is still Greek.
He's just fucking up Norse shit.
He'll probably get upgrades along the way that reflect the new theme
>>341927215
Nope, danish.
I wish there was an english translation of the Valhalla comics. They're amazing.
>>341927439
Seems lame for them to just gloss over the fact he's in Norse tewrritory and then be like "IT'S THE SAME GUY!"
>>341926865
Hahahaha. Ok dude. Just in a good mood right now. This is also literally the first thread that I've ever made and I just assumed it would get buried under waifu shit and it didn't.
>>341927419
Sorry, mate.
I'm just a drunk archaeology fag.
To be honest, I only know scant shit about the Norse gods.
My real focus is Greco-Roman stuff.
I like the GoW games, but man, they really didn't do the mythology justice
>>341927634
What does your mood have to do with your posting?
>>341927215
This anime is fucking stupid.
I think I like it.
>>341918731
>Kratos kills the Greek gods and becomes Odin the All father
>Son is little Thor
>Some point in the game, you'll meet a tiny, blue, frozen babby who Kratos will adopt and raise
>Birth of a new mythology
Mite b cool
>>341927793
>tiny, blue, frozen babby who Kratos will adopt and raise
...Is that supposed to be Loki?
I fucking hate Marvel.
>>341927793
Loki is prolly already established, at least if the giant snake at the end is the Midgard serpent
>>341926961
The story I heard was the same until Asking hoor to shoot.
Way I heard it was, all the gods were throwing shit Baldur because it couldn't hurt him and Hoor was left out. Loki said "Ill help you out homie." Gives him a misltoe arrow and pints him at Baldur. Then one dead Baldur
>>341927272
At his core he's still a spartan. That's reason enough for me. I know in the other games they call it rage of the gods or some shit, but idk. It could be a placeholder name for all we know as to not spoil some stuff. Just gotta wait and see.
>>341921485
>Google that to see pics
What the fuck.
He looks like Radaghast's retarded mall santa cousin
>>341928273
I just thought anon was on the dev team and got fired or something, so he was giving us leaks.
Lo, and behold he was just swaggering in.
>>341928170
Oh shit, I think you're right.
That sounds right to me.
It's been a long time since I've read anything about the death of Baldr.
That's we need a whole host of story tellers. So that the average weeds out the mistakes
>>341928324
Look at it.
Look at it and weep.
>>341927732
Seriously? Are you just bored? Who cares man.
so who's the mom?
>>341922553
>I am the God of War!
Seriously Sony?
>>341928461
Sif
>>341928324
>>341928424
Wrong one, idiots.
Also, Odin is meant to appear wild and brutal.
He's a god of the frenzy.
>>341928461
Who cares, but I'd like to play as her.
>>341928054
Yeah welcome to revisionist history from common entertainment media.
And people are saying changes to vidya like BF and revising WWI history won't cause millions of fucks to think that's how it actually was.
>ZUUUUUUUUUUUZZ YOUR SON HAS RETURNED
>I BRING THE DISTRUCTION OF OLYMPUS!
The way GoW 3 starts right when GoW 2 ends is just great.
I will miss angry Kratos.
>>341927109
Most texts describe them as monstrous. Big ass teeth, claws, and usually big.
So maybe giants but I don't know where the frost things came from.
The real jotenheim is pretty icey, so maybe that?
>God of War sequel
So...
Do we ever learn about his brother?
>>341928461
Loki pulling out all the stops.
>>341928625
teedus confirmed?
>>341913991
SPECULATE BOSSFIGHTS!
>Fenrir
>Loki
>Thor
>Odin
>Midgard Serpent
KRATOS WILL PROBABLY ENCOUNTER / FUCK / KILL
>Freya
>Valkyries
At some point you might see Valhalla / Asgard as well.
>>341928461
either Freya or Aphrodite 100%
>>341921320
Why does it looks like he still has chains under the armguards? Didn't he lost all of his equipment during the Zeus' Spirit fight?
>>341928821
What do you mean? There was that PSP game.
>>341928852
If Loki isn't having sex, he's not really trying.
I doubt the kid is Loki unless he tries to seduce Kratos.
Then again, Kratos is Greek...
>>341928821
Play Ghost of Sparta.
>>341928871
Aren't Valkyries really nasty though and them being beautiful is a misconception?
>>341928964
It's been a while but didn't GoW3 end with like an Empire Strikes Back style "There is another"?
>>341928114
What giant snake? The Wyvern?
>>341928948
It's probably the markings they left on his skin
>TLoU is a huge success
>In the game you play a man, haunted by the past, with a big beard
>Your companion is a small kid that uses a bow
The new God of War:
>You play Kratos, who seems haunted by his past (more than before), who now has a big beard
>Your companion is a small kid that uses a bow
Last of Us gameplay:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_IkD3WEy8M
nuGod of War gameplay:https://youtu.be/CJ_GCPaKywg?t=1m22s
How gameplay in God of War looked before:https://youtu.be/gkeN2lG4guY?t=1m
The camera angle alone gives it away instantly
>>341929106
I always imagined them as hot girls with angelic wings in armor covering their eyes, having some really stylish look. Would fuck tbqh fampai
OK, i know next to nothing about Norse mythology. Convence me that Norse is in any way better than Greek mythology /v/.
>>341928461
Some Valkyrie.
>>341929028
>Then again, Kratos is Greek...
Get out of here Joe
>>341929198
No, it's hidden. If you look below as the camera pans out you can see what looks like a stream, but it moves really slowly and has uniform scales. It's also a different color from the sea
>>341929298
> Tlo was a success
> how do we capture non numale beta cuck audience this time lads ?
> Fuking have a son
ITS RAINING MONEY
>>341928948
Does it really look like he has chains? It just looks like you can just barely see the burn marks from where they used to be.
>>341929312
japs lied to you
>>341928948
The chains were seared into his skin, dude. Ares was a fucking freak.
>>341929413
Holy shit, you're right. Fucking thing is huge.
>>341928871
I thought they were in Valhalla....I remember a monster in the game play trailer screaming something about Valhalla.
>>341929317
A big appeal to the Greek mythology is that the Greek gods are pretty human.
They're fallible. They make mistakes. They have desires.
They're relatable.
The Norse gods are like that but more.
They're not really good people.
I mean, the Greek gods are no saints, but at least Zeus as heroic moments.
Odin is a God of War and a God of a whole lot of other not so nice things.
To sum it up, the Norse wrote stories about Gods who will die. They must die.
That says a lot about the themes they're aiming for.
>>341929562
The Midgard Serpent encircles the World and keeps the sea in.
Thor fights him and dies during Ragnarok
>>341921574
When the kid is a redhead and likely Thor, making Kratos Odin eventually (even the old Norse legends had Odin killing his father and taking over).
>>341929298
DAmn, kratos was such a fucking savage back in his old days.
>>341928461
Kratos looks a fucking lot like the Lord of the Fallen guy
>>341929597
he says: "*ancient norse shit* Valhalla."; some anon said in another thread it translated to "You will never reach Valhalla" or something like that btw Kratos also didn't understand shit of what that troll said, he doesn't speak ancient norse, only his son does.
>>341929714
>Thor is a redhead
Finally.
"Redbeard" used to be an epithet for Thor.
>>341929784
AH maybe that's it.
I wanna know how they'll combine the creation myths of Greek and Norse, since they're pretty different. Like, whats the true origin of the titans and the gods, and is it true that Kratos is going to start a new pantheon that will be called Norse gods by mortals? I do and don't like that idea. Strange.
>End of 3 implies this is how humanity starts, with a clean slate
>LOL WHOOPS 4 takes place before Norse culture begins, during the era when gods still walked the earth
So what excuse are they going to pull after Ragnarok to make another trilogy?
>>341924915
Easily. It's like saying " Dont talk to your mother like that"
>>341929602
I'd argue that whilst the norse gods are still RELATIVELY relatable as far as gods go, they're way less prone to fuck with mortal affairs than the greek gods were. Honestly, I don't think the premise of God of War (ie Kratos killing gods) works in the context of norse mythology. Thor would team up with Kratos to kick frost giant ass, not do something to Kratos to make him mad enough to want to kill the gods. The gods whose fate is definitively decided, by the way; their job is to die for midgard and the rest of creation then ushering in a new age of peace after ragnarök.
If Kratos ends up fighting alongside the gods in ragnarök it'd be pretty fucking rad. It's not even out of line, Valhalla's a gathering place for men who die fighting that are then given the honour of fighting alongside Odin when the world's finally ending (and being reborn).
Can we get pictures of the easter eggs mentioned here? I'm too fucking stupid to find them myself
>End of 3 implies this is how humanity starts, with a clean slate
Where did you get that? Kratos just gave humanity the hope they needed to survive without gods directly interacting with them
>>341913991
>Kid isn't actually Kratos' son, he just found the kid as an infant and took pity on him
>As game/series progresses, Kratos kills the Norse Gods as usual.
>After the Final Battle with Odin, the now-grown kid is revealed as Thor, Odin's son.
>Kratos and Thor have to battle to the death, Kratos haunted in that he raised the boy in his own image, Thor haunted in that he is tasked to kill the man who raised him by the God who sired him.
>>341929821
>>Thor is a redhead
>>341927272
I bet this is still the early part of the game. Could get changed down the track
>>341930241
An interdimensional God called Ra and his divine family are fleeing their dying universe and find one that just Ragnarocked it's previous deities into mush, leaving a power gap.
Now, as Thor, you must follow in your father Kratos/Odin's footsteps, and bring another apocalyptic end to the most terrifying pantheon of divine beings yet.
If the greek gods have died, what happaned to the roman gods?
>>341930558
But he is. He's described as red-haired in almost every source that mentions his apperance in any detail.
>>341930421
Well it's not directly stated, but with the flood, souls leaving the underworld, the pestilence, etc it's somewhat implied the world restarts. Or at least the Mediterranean does.
>>341930653
Same gods different names.
>>341930558
According to the Old Legends, he was.
>>341930467
He cant be thor, he was playing with a thor statue bro.
kid even says "that dumb hammer doesnt scare me" at the beginning.
>>341929148
No. Zeus mentioned Gaia should've picked The Other One, but that was referring to Deimos, Kratos's brother.
Chains of Olympus's ending is another story though.
>>341930630
>God of Egypt
lul. Honestly when I saw the movie I thought how interesting a GoW title with that angle on Egyptian mythology would be
>Dem environments.
>>341930938
It's foreshadowing.
>tfw kratos was sent in by the christian god to clean up while he plans his world domination.
>>341930630
But anon, Ragnarok wasn't "the end of the world" in the old legends. It was just "big fucking battle". It was some Christian fuck named Snorri who decided to write the whole thing to give it "Christian overtures".
>>341931129
>>341930938
What is Foreshadowing, Alex.
>>341930241
Since Chains of Olympus it was obvious that more mythologies existed alongside Greece's, Kratos destroying Olympus just total'd Greece.
>>341931250
>>341931139
Given the shit in GoW 2 & 3, this is likely. It's also likely that Kratos doesn't even know this.
That...or Kratos BECOMES GOD.
>>341931352
boy will become thor, red head and has lightning powers, kratos was saved buy odin or an associate at the end of gow3 and odin tasks kratos with being the "father" and body guard to teach young thor how to be a mighty warrior while odin is doing some sort of shit or gathering his forces for ragnarok
>>341930305
To be honest, this sounds all right.
A mortal trying to kill Gods?
Fuck yeah, get your ass to Valhalla.
I hope, then, that the game has it less about Kratos trying to kill the Gods, but more about him broing up and deciding to change his ways.
To cooperate.
To kill.
Not 180, but maybe learning that another sword at your side (or hammer) is a good thing.
Kratos and Thor decide to go fuck up some Jotun assholes.
Honestly, it's about time they change up the formula, how many times are we going to get a ps2 style beat em up?
>>341930305
Maybe Kratos IS actually in Valhalla, as he was about to die, but he couldn't die in his original land, as he basically erased the concept of death there.
So, as his corpse floated in the sea, he ended in a different land, with an afterlife dedicated to those warriors who die magnificently. A perfect place for Kratos.
>>341931263
>>341931136
Then how is he playin with a statue of himself in the future?? He was trying to say that the kid was Thor.
>>341931278
What happened in chains of Olympus?
>>341916541
His son has scars on his face that look just like the red mark on Kratos' face
>>341931786
He could be I guess. Or rather; he's not in Valhalla, he's in Asgard. Valhalla specifically is the hall of Odin, the place where half the warriors who die in battle might go whilst the other half goes to Freya's field, called Fólkvangr. Asgard is the realm of the gods (the aesir) where both Valhalla and Fólkvangr are located. Though I gotta say I'm not sure; if that truly was Asgard we saw in the gameplay trailer, then what the SHIT is Jörmungandr doing up there? His job is to curl around Midgard, keeping the realm of men from collapsing until Ragnarök hits and he goes berserk and gets promptly killed by Thor (who later succumbs to the serpent's poison) - it's all decided from the start, innit.
>>341932013
Persian Army invades in the beginning and a Basilisk is the first boss.
>>341932013
Efreet.
>>341932767
Fun fact: Midgard is a far simpler word than you expect.
The old Norse word "gard" means exactly what it looks to mean.
Yard.
Place.
Place that is guarded.
Even that word "Guard" derives from gard/yard.
Modern Swedish has "gard" pronounced as "gyard".
Just like how our ancient Saxon ancestors almost pronounced it.
English is such a fun language because the language is like a broken whore after a unforgettable gangbang.
We have the semen of so many cultures all over our languages.
Now it gets fun.
So we have "gard" as a place.
Midgard. The middle place.
Then we have yard. The local place.
Then we have ward, the person of a place.
Then we have warden, the watcher of a place.
Ward/warden is very old.
The old Frankish language had that word.
When the Gaulo-Roman citizens learned it after their Frankish conquest, the didn't have a letter for the "W" sound.
So they tried their best and came up with "guard" and "guardian".
Those are French words we English learned during the Conquest of William the Conqueror, who was a Norman of Viking descent. A descendent of Rollo the Viking.
So in English, we have ward and warden, from the Germanic roots, and guard and guardian, from the second hand Frankish/Latin interpretation.
Language history is based as fuck
>>341931730
6 times.
>>341934410
>Language history is based as fuck
Fuckin right, anon.
>>341913991
https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/743074619083526145
Loki?
>>341914518
Where were the Boots of Hermes?
>>341934410
>Language history is based as fuck
I have to agree.
>>341934837
Funner fact yet still: Language history is responsible for WW2.
Ok, so in the 19th century, an English linguist went to India to do some colonialist shit.
While there, he noticed a striking similarity between old Sanskrit and Latin and Greek.
Curious fucker that he is, he did an in depth comparison.
He discovered that Sanskrit and Latin/Greek had way too many similarities to be an accident.
How do you account for such a similarity?
He thought that the Indian ancestor people and the Mediterranean ancestor people were really one and that they spoke the same language.
As time went on, some went East to India and some went West to Europe.
He was right.
He named those ancestor people the "Aryans".
The Sanskrit word for "Lord".
Move up a 100 years, Germans start to get antsy. Partly because they were made to suck Franco-English dick after WW! and partly because a book was discovered from Ancient Rome that said that the Germanic people were so similar that they must be pure bloods. They didn't interbreed with outsiders (unlike the Romans who only cared about citizenship).
So combine the two and suddenly you get the concept of pure Aryan ancestors.
You know who are not Indo-European? Jews.
If you study history, everything about WW2 make sense.
Even Hitler's illogical attack on Russia.
He wanted to conquer the funnel into Europe. According to the Heartland theory of the 19th century, whoever controls Easter Europe controls Western Europe.
Everything is just history.
Learn it and see everything coming
>>341937137
And people say history is boring.
Those people need to take a flying leap.
>>341937407
CAPTAIN AMERICA CONFIRMED FOR SIGURD
>>341913991
What the actual fuck is this horseshit?
Some bastardized mishmash of Last of Us and Skyrim with Kratos cosplay?
>>341937407
No kidding.
History is the best thing we have to understand the world.
There's a great Onion video about a History professor who is maniacal about telling people how everything has happened before and how it's happening again.
DESU, America is my favourite study. The Founding Fathers modelled their republic around ancient Rome.
They tried to improve it.
But they failed. If you learn Roman republican history, you see so many repeated themes in America now.
Honestly, I think every Western child should learn Roman history in depth.
We're still living in the post-Roman world.
We're the ashes of Rome built up.
>>341937832
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM IN LITERATURE AND THE DECLINE OF GOD OF WAR'S STORY TELLING
>>341937832
They didn't model it on Rome so much as be the culmination of 2500 years of development of philosophy about rights and the functions of government.
But I agree that we are starting to see some scary similarities. I'd love to see what they would have done differently, could they see what we've become now.
Maybe the next time we'll get it right.
>>341937936
Nigga, I've dealt with you since I had my first drink.
Now I'm like 5 in.
I'm too drunk to give a shit what you think.
First, there are more movement in the 19th century than Romanticism.
Secondly, God of War involves mythology that is actually the basis of our society, even though we've forgotten it.
For example, the term "money" comes from a name of Juno (Hera in Greek).
The sealed temple of Juno was called Juno Moneta. Money was minted there in her protection.
As our primitive ass Celtic ancestors had no concept of money, coins from the Temple of Juno Moneta was the be all end all of money.
And so Moneta eventually became Money.
We say Money because of Juno's temple.
>tfw it's gonna be another year to 2 years until we get to play this
>>341938328
>First, there are more movement in the 19th century than Romanticism.
>Secondly, God of War involves mythology that is actually the basis of our society, even though we've forgotten it.
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CANONICAL DECLINE IN STORYTELLING AND THE PREVALENT AND ALMOST SALIENT NATURE OF ROMANTICISM IN GOD OF WAR BEING REPLACED WITH THIS COSMIC IRONY OF FATHERHOOD.
>>341937936
Yo. OP here. If you don't mind me asking. Why are you so mad? Do you hate people talking out of their ass? I know I do, but goddamn. Are you ok? I'm concerned man. I would really like to know your story. GF break up with you or something? Not trying to be patronizing.
>never liked the series because the combat looked boring and story was uneventful
>excited for this game
Am I alone?
>>341938791
No, I'm not too mad, I just wanted to be clear about something important.
>>341938826
No, lots of people go to reddit.
>>341938095
>the culmination of 2500 years of development of philosophy about rights and the functions of government.
What culimation?
In the the 1750s, what had the world to go on for a republic?
Fuck all.
The Founding Fathers modelled their new government on Rome.
For one, they looked at the consular limit of 1 year.
They looked at the literature and understood how that 1 year was not enough. So many problems in Republican Rome came from a consul being greedy and trying to make his name in just one year.
That's why the Dictatorship evolved.
The early Americans knew this and figured that 4 years was enough to make a difference but not to make a Caesar or a Sulla.
The early Americans were overtly Roman inspired.
Consider the order of Cincinnatus. A society created to reflect the model citizen of the old Roman dictator (not meaning the modern meaning of the word).
Look at all the names of New England cities.
All named after Roman shit.
Look at the statue of Washington. Modelled after the statue of Zeus at Olympus.
Look at the statue of Lincoln, a century later.
Do you know what he's grasping in his chair?
Fasces. A modern symbol of Fascism (where the name even derives), but in that time it simply meant "imperium" as did in the old Roman times. The right to rule absolutely.
America is the old Roman Republic reborn, intentionally.
Trump is a modern Cato the Elder.
Hopefully not a version of a Gracchus.
>>341938498
Storytelling hasn't declined.
It's just the fog of history.
We forget the shit and remember the good.
It looks like the past was great, but that's only because the bad parts of it were forgotten.
Come on you teenage nigger. Read and learn. I don't blame you.
>>341938893
Alright. Cool. Just something was up.
>>341938990
Because you make it sound like nothing else happened that influenced their philosophy.
The English enlightenment meant far more to them than Rome ever did.
>>341939146
>post illogical argument, get shitted on because I have a name
>some anonymous does it, run to his aid like the red cross
>>341939146
Jus thought*
>>341939194
The English Enlightenment came from the discover of Greco-Roman scrolls from the failing Istanbul.
The Renaissance began when Constantinople was sacked by the dirty Arabs.
That was when the scrolls that the former Byzantines horded became public European knowledge.
>>341939232
Why do you have a name if you don't mind me asking?
>>341939390
Because the name field is allowed.
>>341939436
Because you're a 16 year old asshole who wants to feel like he means something here when the rest of his life is empty.
I know you.
>>341939505
I think you want to take your sycophantry elsewhere before you get your feelings hurt dude
>>341939436
Ok cool. Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to know.
>>341939657
>>341939593
Who am I sycophantic to?
Nigga I know you
Who else wants to suck Kratos' cock? I know I do, after all I am extremely homosexual. I'm also mentally deficient, and I would have killed myself a long time ago if I weren't such a coward.
>>341939756
What does that have to do with you playing up to me
>>341939875
See I was right, you will kill yourself if you don't have the last laugh.
Have yourself a good 4th anon, since you clearly and willfully shit up a properly diagnosed hype thread.
>>341924414
>>341925048
Oh now I see it. That ghost looks creepy as fuck. Also I hope that flying thing isnt a Valkyire because I have a fetish for strong angelic warrior women that descends from the skies.
>>341939983
I'm not the same guy, I just wanted to make you upset
>>341939705
Hahahaha. Dude what? Just trying to be nice. You obviously have a chip on your shoulder so whatever man.
Should i Buy the 1 - 2 hd remaster for ps3?
>>341940308
I don't like you.
>>341928625
but thats just a random guy using faith to fug women, if not then he can only be loki based on things he told
>>341940326
I think so.
I enjoyed the crap out of them
>>341940351
That's for goddamn sure. Cheesus crust
>>341928871
The leaked concept arts showed a lot of Alfheim scenery.
>>341940461
How did he save those kids then? If he were not supernatural?
Also, Harbard is an old name of Odin when he's pretending to be mortal
>>341940031
Glad you found it. It creeped me the fuck out the first time I saw it. Same thing with the snake. I'm with you on the Valkyrie thing. A lot of mythology has been romanticized and changed, but I want some hot winged ladies dammit. Haha.
Will they still have the balls to put in sex minigames? Even GTA don't have the balls
>>341940561
he told a story that involved only thor and loki, he didnt pull off some unnatural shit to save those kids, thats just what siggy saw just before she died
presuming that he is a god and not a normal man, wouldnt a trickster god use one of the names of the big boss in order to get what he wants? also i dont think people would welcome odin like that considering people were actually scared of him
>>341940907
Maybe its a corrupted Valkyrie or something that we get to fight. They can call them Disir or something. We all deserve hot winged ladies.
>>341941252
>one of the names of the big boss in order to get what he wants
He did.
Harbard is a name that Odin used.
Besides, what's the point of looking like a human if you're so obvious?
>>341913991
The Thor toy isn't a fucking Easter egg. He calls it Thor while he's playing, and it communicates that we're dealing with people who believe in the Asgardians. That's exposition.
So is there ever gonna be an Ascension Remastered or did they just stop after 3? It's the only one I haven't played yet.
>>341941574
>>341941574
He says, "Rawr. That dull hammer doesn't scare me" He never says Thor as far as I know. I literally just checked it since you called me out on it.
>>341913991
So what is the story of this one? At the end of 3 Kratos basically pressed the reset button for the world, after that the norse gods rose power?
>>341942038
We still dont know anything other than "it takes place an unspecified amount of time after 3, its the same Kratos and he has a son now"
It's gonna be some stupid bayonetta twist where the kid is actually Kratos
>>341913991
Webm for those easter eggs? I dont see it in trailer.
>>341942038
Athena is now Odin and wants to fuck up Kratos' shit
>>341936679
Here is the ghost thing.
So, what do you think Athena did in order to un-fuck the whole world?
>>341943185
Not gonna lie. I'm just a lurker and this is my first thread. Don't even know how to make Webm's. But with >>341925048 you can have some of my knowledge. Sorry for starting out so shitty.
I kind of like the new VA for Kratos. It works for the calmer demeanor he has.
Did the old one talk about the change? Did he throw a bitch fit like Hayter?
Here you see the snake moving.
>>341944339
Cool, so we're gonna be getting larger than life bosses here as well.
>>341944171
>(REVEALED)(SPOOKY) MAN HANGING HIMSELF IN WIZARD OF OZ SCENE (REAL)(18+)
