God of Battle creator David Jaffe has revealed how he doesn’t just like the character growth of Kratos within the newest video games. The ex-game developer turned commentator defined how he thought the father-and-son dynamic between the protagonist and Atreus and the storyline that developed didn’t befit the character that he created.
God of Battle’s Kratos just isn’t a household man
God of Battle Ragnarok‘s animation director Bruno Velazquez as soon as stated in an interview that the sport’s storyline mirrored the studio’s personalities and private experiences. The earlier God of Battle video games that passed off in the course of the Greek period mirrored the workforce’s faculty years, however now the workforce has grown up and the builders have their very own households. Whereas Jaffe didn’t appear to thoughts this in the course of the 2018 reboot of God of Battle, which he thought was “nice,” Ragnarok turned out to be a distinct expertise.
In his newest podcast, Jaffe went on to make clear {that a} story constructed round private experiences like household relationships would have been completely fantastic for a brand new IP, or perhaps a new character, however not for Kratos:
If you happen to’re going to construct a model new IP otherwise you’re going to construct a personality into the God of Battle lore and that character is struggling or coping with your issues that plenty of you guys which have gotten older and ladies on the studio have handled, that’s great. Do this s*** all day lengthy. However don’t take the character Kratos, or Indiana Jones, and go “you realize what, […] I’m older now and I’m actually into household and I wish to inform tales about fathers and sons and God.” No […]. That’s not what this character is.
Regardless of Jaffe’s displeasure on the character’s growth, loads of folks disagree and God of Battle Ragnarok lately hit a milestone of 15 million copies offered worldwide. The sport’s senior author Orion Walker has already teased that the recently-released Valhalla DLC was not the top of the story both, however whether or not this implies extra DLC or an entire new sport stays to be seen.
