God of War, stunning story and the Ragnarok

If you are reading this there are two possible reasons, you are an insane fan of God of War and read everything you found about the new release, or you are at least quite interested in the new release from Santa Monica Studios, either way, you have to know that the release of God of War Ragnarok will be on November 9 of 2022, I know we are almost there and this post is to celebrate that, with a brief context of the previous God of War, stunning story and the Ragnarok what we know so far about it.

First thing first, lest explore the trilogy (cannon) and the new era God of War that made God of War world-famous:

God Of War

Here history is easy to track, here you become the god of war!, and you know if a position of God is already occupied, there is only one way to get it.

After ten years in the service of the Olympian Gods, the soldier Kratos is tasked by Athena to find Pandora’s box, the key to defeating Ares, the God of War, who is running amok through Athens. A series of flashbacks reveal that Kratos was once the servant of Ares, who saved the Spartan and his army from annihilation in battle, but tricked him into killing his family, which forced his metamorphosis into the “Ghost of Sparta”. Kratos eventually finds Pandora’s Box, and after finally killing Ares, he ascends to Mount Olympus to become the new God of War.

God of War II

This one is epic as f**k! You know the best way to kill Gods, right? If you are thinking Titans, yeah your commanding Titans!

Angered at his fellow Gods, Kratos runs amok across the city of Rhodes. Zeus (Hate him!) Intervenes and betrays Kratos, who is saved by the Titan Gaia (Our Bestie) She tells him he must now find the Sisters of fate, who can change his fate and prevent his death at the hands of Zeus. Kratos is ultimately successful and as he is about to kill the God, Athena sacrifices Herself to save Zeus and preserve Olympus and tells Kratos that he is Zeus’ son and that He betrayed Kratos out of fear. Kratos then joins forces with Gaia and the Titans to attack Olympus.

God of War III

The end of an era, the adventure of Kratos in Greek mythology ends here, you just kill everything!

Reigniting the Great war, Kratos is soon abandoned by the Titans, who were only using him to exact their own revenge. Now seeking revenge against both Titans and Gods, he is helped by the spirit of a recently deceased Athena who was elevated to a new level of understanding and instructs him to seek the Flame of Olympus in order to defeat Zeus. Kratos engages the Gods and the Titans in a series of battles across the Underworld and Olympus and learns that Pandora’s Box is within the Flame. He discovers that Pandora herself is the key to pacifying the Flame and allowing him to open the Box, at the expense of her life. After finally killing Zeus, Kratos refuses to help Athena assume the role of new patron of mankind and disappears.

God of War (Norse Mythology)

So far God of War mechanisms and history development had been on an insane pace, this was a bet and I have to say that Santa Monica Studios won on that bet, this part of the saga is way more narrative with a cyclone of emotions and an outstanding history development that let you learn a bunch about the canon of this game and let you see the development of a Kratos father and not only the Kratos berserker-like that you use to play with, and of course, you have puzzles and still having legendary battles on a gorgeous world.

It was released worldwide on April 20, 2018, for PS 4. Many years after the events of God of War III, Kratos has ended up in the world of Norse in ancient Norway, in the realm of Midgard, and has a son named Atreus. After Kratos’ second wife and Atreus’ mother, Faye, passes away from an unknown cause, the two set out on a journey to fulfill her final wish of spreading her ashes at the highest peak of the nine realms, later revealed to be in Jötunheim. Along their journey, they are attacked by Baldur, who was sent by Odin to get to Faye in order to prevent Ragnarök, unaware she has died. After Kratos eventually kills Baldur, the three-year-long Fimbulwinter begins, with Ragnarök soon to follow, which was not supposed to occur for another hundred years. While Baldur’s mother Freya swears revenge on Kratos, he and Atreus complete their journey and discover that Faye was a giant who had foreseen the future and chose to remain in Midgard; it is also revealed that Atreus was originally named Loki by his mother before Kratos renamed him in the memory of a former Spartan comrade. The game is a new direction for the series, not only by its new mythological setting, but also by its gameplay. Kratos now prominently uses a magical battleaxe called the Leviathan Axe instead of his iconic dual blades from the previous installments. The game was ported and released for PC through Steam on January 14, 2022

Father and Son Trailer

As in the before game, we can see this delivery from Santa Monica Studio still developing the relationship between father and son but this time with a teenager and more experienced Atreus.

Recent Trailer

Finally, we can hear Odin, in a judgmental way to Kratos calling him “a monstear who kills without cause”, but yeah, I feel you Odin, If I know Kratos is coming for me, I would also be a little bit worried, and more if I messed around with his family, well we know what happened with the “all mighty gods” of the previous mythology that messed up with Kratos Family, and again we can see there will be a gorgeous world and a great variety of enemies.

Ragnarok, end of the Nordic Saga

Eric Williams Director of Ragnarok announced that this game will be the end of the Nordic saga, because the times between games are taking way too much time, they evaluated and realized it was possible to fit the end of the saga in Ragnarok.

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