Santa Monica Studio has defined why Kratos was saved alive in God of Battle Ragnarok. In actual fact, the workforce by no means thought of killing him, in response to director Eric Williams, who informed The Washington Put up that Kratos staying alive was an integral a part of the story that the studio wished to inform.
Kratos’ position in God of Battle Ragnarok (spoilers)
When Atreus a.okay.a. Loki meets Angrboda in God of Battle Ragnarok, the duo focus on prophecy that implies Kratos will die and Atreus will serve the villain Odin. It’s an essential a part of the story that immediately influences the occasions thereafter, and has some followers questioning if Santa Monica Studio thought of stepping into that path. Nevertheless, Williams informed The Washington Put up that this was by no means the case.
“Oh no, we didn’t take into account killing Kratos for a lot of causes,” he stated. “The story that we wished to inform was this concept of this parent-child unit coming collectively after which changing into robust sufficient that they know one another, they usually know that they made one another higher, and that in the event you have been to interrupt them aside, you’d nonetheless really feel like they’d be okay.”
In the direction of the top, Atreus does find yourself discovering his personal path however not as a result of Kratos’ loss of life. What occurs within the subsequent installment, although, is anyone’s guess.
