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Jaffe said of his final version of the character, that while " may not totally feel at home in Ancient Greece from a costume standpoint, I think he achieves the greater purpose which is to give players a character who they can play who really does just let them go nuts and unleash the nasty fantasies that they have in their head." The character's traditional armor was removed to show the character's individualism, and details such as hair and other "flowing things" were removed.

GOD OF WAR CHARACTERS SERIES

9 Original characters (comic series and video games)ĭuring the creation of God of War, the game's director David Jaffe attempted to create a version of Kratos that looked brutal but had a different appearance from what is considered to be the traditional Greek hero.

Game Guru claimed "Practically anyone, even if they hadn't played any of the God of War games, would know about Kratos." Several reviewers have praised the portrayal of other characters: PALGN claimed that the original God of War 's voice acting is "up there with the best", while IGN have complimented most of the games in the series, saying of God of War II that the characters were "timeless" and the voice acting was "great". The character of Kratos received positive comments from reviewers, and was described as a "sympathetic antihero" by GameSpy. Products include action figures, artwork, clothing, Slurpee cups, sweepstakes, and special edition video game consoles. God of War has become a highly lucrative franchise on account of the commercial and critical success of the series. To go along with the 2018 game, a text-based game, A Call from the Wilds, was released in February 2018, followed by a novelization in August, and then a four-issue comic series that began publication in November, serving as a prequel to the 2018 game.

A prequel graphic novel titled Rise of the Warrior (2012–13) was released in the lead up to Ascension 's release and is the backstory of the player's multiplayer character.

A novelization of God of War II was published in 2013. The God of War mythos expanded into literature, with a novelization of the original God of War published in 2010, and a six-issue comic series that introduced new characters and plot developments that was published from 2010–11. The Norse era began with the sequel to God of War III, which is also titled God of War (2018) and will conclude with Ragnarök (2022). These seven games comprised the Greek era of the series. God of War (2005), created by Sony's Santa Monica Studio, was the inaugural game in the series, the main part of which continued with God of War II (2007), God of War III (2010), and series prequel Ascension (2013) and side games Betrayal (2007), Chains of Olympus (2008), and Ghost of Sparta (2010). Their journey to keep a promise to the boy's late mother ends with Kratos and Atreus becoming enemies to the Norse gods, with Odin in particular becoming extremely paranoid of him like Zeus was before. He trains and teaches the boy while hiding his past from him. Many years following the destruction of Olympus, Kratos ends up in Midgard fathering a son named Atreus with the Jötunn warrior Laufey. The constant machinations of the gods and Titans and their misuse of Kratos eventually drive him to destroy Mount Olympus. Although Kratos becomes the new God of War, he is still plagued by nightmares and is eventually betrayed by Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods-revealed by the goddess Athena to be Kratos' father. The character finally avenges his family by killing his former master and manipulator, Ares, the God of War. The overall story arc focuses on the series' only playable single-player character, the protagonist Kratos, a Spartan warrior haunted by visions of himself accidentally killing his wife and child.

A number of original characters have also been created to supplement storylines. As such, the series features a range of traditional figures, including those from Greek mythology, such as the Olympian Gods, Titans, and Greek heroes, and those from Norse mythology, including the Æsir and Vanir gods and other beings. The characters of the God of War video game franchise belong to a fictional universe based on Greek mythology and Norse mythology. Behind the characters are several monsters from the game. Characters from the original God of War: (front left) Kratos with original blue coloring, the Body Burner, the Oracle of Athens, Kratos, his wife Lysandra, his daughter Calliope, the Boat Captain, the Gravedigger, Athenian soldiers, and (lying in front) the twins Zora and Lora.