God of War Ragnarok All Kratos Stories of His Past in Greece for 20 Minutes - Becoming GOD OF WAR

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  • @ricksaburai
    @ricksaburai Рік тому +2640

    When Kratos was telling the story of how Ares tricked him into killing his family, imagine the extra shock for Freya if he revealed he was naturally olive-skinned and the white is actually the ashes of his wife and child stuck to his skin. Pretty sure Mimir knows that one if he's heard of the Ghost of Sparta

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +307

      He realized it wasn't nessecary to say that much as such a gruesome tale like that is heartbreaking enough for a loving parent. Plus She wouldn't be able to look at him when he needs help in battle for backup as such a thought would always be in her mind.

    • @Fantom_True
      @Fantom_True Рік тому +444

      The hell's an olive?

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Рік тому +89

      @@bizzaroblake2519I mean I don’t think she’d hold it against him. It’s not like he chose to have them stuck to him, it was a curse after all. She may even end up helping him remove them so he can put Calliope and Lysandra to rest properly.

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +67

      @@TheCorrodedMan it would sicken her as the thought couldn't be scrubbed away. she loved her son so much. She couldn't even imagine what kratos experienced. Why make it worse by adding that detail?

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Рік тому +33

      @@bizzaroblake2519 I don’t know, he told Faye. She seemed to understand.

  • @DonPatrono
    @DonPatrono Рік тому +1567

    "Any pre-Fimbulwinter foods you are aching for?"
    "...Olives"
    Spoken like a true Mediterranean

    • @gipsymelody1268
      @gipsymelody1268 Рік тому +50

      let be honest! olives and mostly oliven oil!!! even i am not mediterranian (but a middle european) and still :S

    • @sinocboy
      @sinocboy Рік тому +89

      The Hells an Olive

    • @Dragonoid9810
      @Dragonoid9810 Рік тому +20

      @@sinocboy I got no clue brother 🤷‍♂😂

    • @AdrianMartinez-en1nb
      @AdrianMartinez-en1nb Рік тому +2

      Well the bigger picture of this is he's going to have to like explain it later to Mimir and Freya

    • @AdrianMartinez-en1nb
      @AdrianMartinez-en1nb Рік тому

      Btw what is "pre-fimbulwinter"

  • @matiaspereyra9392
    @matiaspereyra9392 Рік тому +1310

    freya: "your stories aren't exactly a comfort"
    kratos: (don't mention you killed pandora's father and also pandora, don't mention you killed pandora's father and also pandora, don't mention you killed pandora's father and also pandora) "umm, he died protecting her"

    • @ozzy424
      @ozzy424 Рік тому +71

      He kind of did, in his own way

    • @yarapah
      @yarapah Рік тому +124

      Lmaoo when I came across that part I said “ummm…. Sir, are you just gonna leave out the part where YOU killed him????”

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Рік тому +117

      @@yarapahHe’s probably ashamed of it, because now he truly understands why Hephaestus did it. The God of the Forge gave his life for his daughter, and now the God of War will do anything to protect his son.

    • @ishou9437
      @ishou9437 Рік тому +21

      @@yarapah I low-key was lik "kratos I don't think this is the right story" then he said that wich made it better

    • @davidj.medinag.6524
      @davidj.medinag.6524 Рік тому +17

      ​@@TheCorrodedMan I'm pretty sure that Hephaestus was the only god that Kratos didn't like killing back in 3, as a fellow parent, he understood why he betrayed him.

  • @carsoncasmirri3874
    @carsoncasmirri3874 Рік тому +659

    I love how Kratos is incredulous at the idea that his legends were exaggerated

    • @dabstothefuture177
      @dabstothefuture177 Рік тому +72

      “Not in the bloodshed, righteous fury parts”

    • @ricremricrem2221
      @ricremricrem2221 Рік тому +82

      Only for him to confirm that if anything they undermine what he did lol

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +41

      Kratos: Oh no that all happened. I do not exaggerate. This was one of many reason why those of those lands feared me.

    • @marmis6632
      @marmis6632 Рік тому +13

      He likes to keep his record straight what he did and what he didn’t do

    • @user-bl6oj1hl8i
      @user-bl6oj1hl8i 11 місяців тому +15

      Because he likely hoped that people would hear his stories and take lessons from them. So that they wouldn't repeat. Imagine doing what he did and finding out people are more skeptical than horrified.

  • @seandewar47
    @seandewar47 Рік тому +1982

    I love how they implemented this, it really shows how far Kratos has come from being aloof and hid away his past to everyone, to openly sharing his past to Mimir and Freya

    • @robertnoble7554
      @robertnoble7554 Рік тому +39

      Well they reacted positively from hearing his story of annihilating an entire realm soooooooo

    • @CornholioPuppetMaster
      @CornholioPuppetMaster Рік тому +18

      The first time I played this, I did mostly main storyline, because I wanted to know how it ends . I did most of the side missions with Freya and now I’m playing through again and doing the side missions first with the boy.

    • @bostontowny4life744
      @bostontowny4life744 Рік тому +25

      I find it weird how no one ever mentions that’s his flesh is made from the ashes of his old family. I find the whole concept of any god screwing around with Kratos weird. Like…. You understand this guy completely annihilated an entire pantheon single handedly, right? No army, no dwarves black smiths, no Freya, no Atreus, nothing. All by himself. He butchered the entire pantheon of Olympus and Greece.
      Like the scene where the Nornir are mocking him. Like really? You didn’t learn from the last sisters of Fate? Who were MUCH more powerful than the Nornir.
      And why is Kratos even worried about “dying”? He’s died before. I think 2 or 3 times. He literally murdered his way out of the afterlife. This is where my suspension of disbelief is kind of shaky.

    • @adastra4063
      @adastra4063 Рік тому +14

      @@bostontowny4life744 I don't think he ever was worried about his own death & fate in particular, he literally mentions "That is not the matter, death can have me when it earns me", I think he is more worried about his son Atreus than anything else.
      Nevertheless, I highly agree with the rest of your points, I was wondering the same thing, but my guess is that he is nowhere close to the level of brutality/ blind rage/revenge/lack of mercy as in his previous life

    • @chrispirilloiseboola
      @chrispirilloiseboola Рік тому +6

      @@bostontowny4life744 the kratos in these games are weaker than when he was back in greece tho and these gods know that

  • @yarapah
    @yarapah Рік тому +1396

    The conviction in his voice when he says “If Heimdall must die for Atreus to live, then Heimdall must die” is superb voice acting from Chris Judge

  • @4wheal
    @4wheal Рік тому +870

    Kartos was so closed off last game that it was a struggle for him to even mention how he was back then, but now he is opening up to others and even using his past to try and help others move on from there own mistakes.

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Рік тому +30

      He’s finally become a God of War, not just a God of Vengeance and Death. Not just any God of War either: a fine general, a great warrior, a magnificent father. Truly a worthy man to wear the title of All-Father.

    • @greedgod5827
      @greedgod5827 Рік тому +7

      ​@@TheCorrodedManwell where hes from there are technically 2 god of wars but they are completely separate athena being the wise one and ares being the rash angry one. Tyr embodies both of them wise but also knowledgeable how to defeat your enemy and when violence is necessary. So he slowly goes from being only half of what a true god of war is to one like tyr. That's why thor who is extremely violent is not the god of war he is not diplomatic or wise just a powerhouse

    • @KenshiImmortalWolf
      @KenshiImmortalWolf 7 місяців тому +4

      This is often something people who have truly matured and come to term with their past do. Those who truly begin to understand their trauma and their mistakes will often use their life stories to try and teach others how to avoid those things or how to over come them if they have made similar mistakes or suffered similar traumas.

  • @greedgod5827
    @greedgod5827 Рік тому +597

    I love how these stories probably make freya rethink if it was even possible for her to kill kratos

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +106

      She also realized "Him and I really have more in common than I thought. I'm lucky I didn't kill his kid."

    • @dabstothefuture177
      @dabstothefuture177 Рік тому +44

      Kratos said in the game he wouldn’t fight her because no matter what the outcome would mean defeat. He didn’t wish to live with killing freya, anymore than he wishes to die.

    • @greedgod5827
      @greedgod5827 Рік тому +6

      @@dabstothefuture177 yea but that was before and while he said that he wouldnt let her kill him she still tried

    • @dabstothefuture177
      @dabstothefuture177 Рік тому +11

      @@greedgod5827 yeah but the statement was in response to Freya asking “Why didn’t you fight me all those time I found you”
      So it wasn’t that he wouldn’t, he just didn’t because he either loses because he dies or loses because he doesn’t want to kill anymore gods, let alone innocent people and Freya happens to fall into both categories

    • @shakirakashah8590
      @shakirakashah8590 Рік тому +17

      ​@@dabstothefuture177 but in all honesty, we all knew kratos is definately way stronger than freya. Freya had magic and from the past games, we have seen how kratos deals with magic and other tricks. Either he cuts the legs off to steal shoes, beat the living shit out of his uncle, hanged his other uncle and steal his soul, and my personal favourite, beating the shot out of his own dad just beacuse he was pissed.

  • @Marshkoon
    @Marshkoon Рік тому +380

    These stories prove how powerful the Greek pantheon were in terms of magical power. Freya acknowledges that Norse has nothing close to the level of power kratos is talking about

    • @jamesroad316
      @jamesroad316 Рік тому +93

      I mean, the blade of olympus in zeus' hands makes mjolnir look like a baby's toy hammer. That thing slaughtered the titans. Another thing is the greek gods' ability to change size. They'd be confused for jotnars. And lastly their superior elemental magic. Poseidon could weild both water and lightning

    • @user-ol7bt4wp1j
      @user-ol7bt4wp1j 10 місяців тому +20

      Yea i noticed that too, the nordic gods for being Warrior gods were not realistically that powerful compared to the greeks.

    • @1969sport
      @1969sport 9 місяців тому +15

      And not to mention the Blades didn’t melt when Surtr had his hands on em
      And they impressed even Brok lol

    • @Marshkoon
      @Marshkoon 9 місяців тому +9

      @@jamesroad316 yea people forget that if we use the scale in the older games some people didn’t even realize they were massive like during the war against the titans people negate that during that fight they were dem near the size of the titans who made kratos look like an ant in their fingers.

    • @Marshkoon
      @Marshkoon 9 місяців тому +8

      @@user-ol7bt4wp1j yea they aren’t all that powerful in comparison nor are they truly immortal every bit of power they have is gained from around them in most cases with them having some slight innate power like Thor and lightning but they are not not the level of Zeus.
      The Aesir were warriors and loved battle it’s the only reason people think they are all powerful in my eyes like splitting the world tree trying your hardest isn’t impressive because time travel is a phenomenon there. Greeks have access to power that can literally allow them to time travel at will Odin WOULD BE DROOLING TO HAVE THIS POWER

  • @brownleelogan1
    @brownleelogan1 Рік тому +240

    "Journeying through time is more trouble than it's worth." "Ah. Fair point." "...wait hold up."

  • @asquishyjellyfish5431
    @asquishyjellyfish5431 Рік тому +339

    fun story relate to "the hot gates":
    -there was 2 Spartan that was dissmissed by leonidas himself to go back home because 1 was sick and the other was wounded and tasked to carry him back. when they came back, the tasked soldier headed right back to the hotgates, only the ill soldier remained, humiliated by his country because Spartan's ultimate goal is to serve and die a glorious death on the battlefield, striped from his rights and citizenship of sparta, he swore revenge for his king and his fallen brethens. his name was Aristo-demos.
    - came next yeart, on the battle of Platea vs the Persians, he was the one leading the charge and fight, quote: " with a rage that not even death can hold him back, half broken shield and a dull sword and yet enemy lies defeated with each steps he takes.
    blood covered his hand, chest and face, waves of enemy continue to swarm the battlefield.
    he died a glorious death, hands gripped on a soldier till the spears impaled him motionless, red glow like roses rushed out from his body, bathe the sand of Pletea, Sparta has welcomed their lost son finally returned and reunite with his brethens."

  • @GamersDogma
    @GamersDogma Рік тому +183

    You forgot one; when kratos tries his spear out of the first time, he mentions how the spear is the first weapon a spartan masters.

  • @Crimnox_Cinder
    @Crimnox_Cinder Рік тому +166

    When Mimir said "The hell's an "Olive"." and how he said it had me in stitches! that was way too damn funny.

  • @a.j.m8264
    @a.j.m8264 Рік тому +462

    The Greek gods and that whole pantheon are so fuckin far beyond Odin and company it’s not even funny. When kratos finally started sharing details of his life in this game I’m just sitting there with a big grin on my face. These guys still got no fuckin clue what this guy has been through and what he’s capable of. Kratos’ love for Atreus and Faye as well as his character growth are the only reason any of these characters are still breathing.

    • @yenyerkun
      @yenyerkun Рік тому +115

      That's why the conversation with Freya saying she could have beaten Kratos is for the old fans to get a chuckle. The only reason Freya was still breathing from the first game was because Atreus liked her.

    • @FartmanFartman5
      @FartmanFartman5 Рік тому +41

      They did mention that he doesn’t have the same abilities from when he was in greece so maybe he’s powerscaled down in this land, since it seems everything in the land is weaker than the stuff in greece

    • @yenyerkun
      @yenyerkun Рік тому +89

      @@FartmanFartman5 He only lost the "magic" from Greece, he disposed of all his weapons, only the blades remained with him and not out of choice (they are part of his curse, and curses are not bound to the land unlike magic or blessings) the devs already stated old Kratos (2018/Ragnarok) is more powerful than young Kratos and Mimir mentioned throughtout the game that Greek Gods are stronger than Nordic Gods (access to more powers and magic) so, if Kratos went old school he would be the Superman of their land.

    • @gipsymelody1268
      @gipsymelody1268 Рік тому +2

      @@FartmanFartman5 it's not weaker but has another camera angle! :S
      freya still could controling a dead super giant's body which probably was equal with the titans!!! :S
      i think they just had no that big forms and because of this :S
      but i think odin and thor was very very stong :S
      i mean how kratos even could not handle the mjölnir!
      and yeah kratos was stronger in the greek saga but then he had the power of hope and the blade of olympus! also the vengance and rage!!!

    • @3to4characters
      @3to4characters Рік тому +4

      @@gipsymelody1268 the giant was "dead" So..
      And if kratos could just kill everything, it wouldn't be challenging right..

  • @TheHonoredMadman
    @TheHonoredMadman Рік тому +238

    Kratos petting the wolf's after reminiscing about Deimos due to their whining is simply perfect

  • @lukem18181
    @lukem18181 Рік тому +199

    Sharing the stories of Deimos and Caliope were a shock. But for me the tale that stuck out the most was Pandora’s Box. In the first half right before Freya cuts him off, Kratos is about to mention the flame of Olympus. I feel that If she hadn’t interrupted him, he would’ve gone on to explain his own part in that story. Dudes walls were crumbling down in this game. He’s come along way. The cycle has indeed ended.

  • @sunayocarissime5309
    @sunayocarissime5309 Рік тому +313

    That last one is more of a satire quote. Kratos at one time was in Playstation All-stars apparently. Kind of funny that not even Kratos liked thinking about it.🤣🤣🤣

    • @VideoGameSophistry
      @VideoGameSophistry  Рік тому +78

      Yeah - thought it would be fun to add

    • @dutchdragongaming8676
      @dutchdragongaming8676 Рік тому +90

      Well I mean I'd be embarrassed too if I was beaten by Sackboy.

    • @sunayocarissime5309
      @sunayocarissime5309 Рік тому +13

      @@dutchdragongaming8676 🤣🤣🤣

    • @blainehauswald3070
      @blainehauswald3070 Рік тому +41

      He also took part in Mortal Kombat, so it could be either one

    • @aced3657
      @aced3657 Рік тому +11

      @@blainehauswald3070 is there a "history's greatest musician" in that war torn world??

  • @edusrex7905
    @edusrex7905 Рік тому +216

    2:36 I love this. It might seem like a throw away line but Cruel Striker is a name accredited most commonly to Lokis father in Norse Myths, Farbauti.

    • @xanderfulton3186
      @xanderfulton3186 Рік тому +42

      My god. Farbauti is also called “Anger striker”
      Shit these writers know their shit

    • @finger3306
      @finger3306 Рік тому +10

      @@xanderfulton3186 yeah they use quite a few really obscure things from norse myth

    • @justincummings5022
      @justincummings5022 5 місяців тому +3

      Heck, back in the end of GOW 4, you can see the giant's murals of Kratos and Atreus, or Farbauti and Loki as the giants write it.

  • @webbywestside4419
    @webbywestside4419 Рік тому +126

    5:25 The man who almost knows everything and yet Olives are a blank spot in his records XD

    • @trihermawan9553
      @trihermawan9553 Рік тому +34

      Try growing olive in Norway lmao

    • @CaptainRasmot
      @CaptainRasmot Рік тому +5

      Not gonna lie, that line made me cackle loudly xD

    • @TheGarahebi
      @TheGarahebi Рік тому +4

      To be fair this would make perfect sense. Mimir is clearly a celt, probably from somewhere closer to what we know now as scottland or england by the way he talks about stuff like haggis and black pudding. Olives wouldnt have been able to be acquired very far outside the of places by mediterranean sea, maybe at farthest the part of the world we know as the middle east, until the expansions of ancient Rome. Not without extreme difficulty at the very least. We know Kratos had become a god sometime after the battle of Thermopolyae (aka the battle of the hot gates or the battle of 300 spartans) because he mentions in one of his stories that he regretted not joining them, so we can assume he became a god around the late to mid 400's BC. Rome wouldnt have even existed as a city state, let alone a republic or even an empire, for a few hundred more years. I like they included that, its a neat detail.

  • @29jemo
    @29jemo Рік тому +127

    Did Kratos just admitted to have fought in the battle of Troy? When he speaks of his favorite poem.

    • @nikitakuznetsov8446
      @nikitakuznetsov8446 Рік тому +25

      Yeah. Its really cool cause I think Kratos was too young to have fought in the battle of the hot gates cause he was still in the Agoge but fought in the Trojan war which happened hundreds of years before the 300 Spartans. The God of war universe must of had a different chronology of events.

    • @clyd1bon
      @clyd1bon Рік тому +17

      @@nikitakuznetsov8446 I think its actually because only soldiers who had sons were allowed to go to that battle, it's part of the reason their were so few. Kratos had his daughter so he was probably left in sparta because of that.

    • @cmurphy0707
      @cmurphy0707 Рік тому +4

      @@nikitakuznetsov8446 Either that or he became the God of War somewhere in between and gained immortality.

    • @shadowcat5008
      @shadowcat5008 3 дні тому

      the trojan war is thought to have happened around 1194-1184 BC, whereas the battle of hot gates was in 480 BC. unless gow canon fudged the numbers a bit for the story it's almost certain kratos didn't get to fight or die at thermopylae was bc he was the god of war then

  • @MichaelTheRead
    @MichaelTheRead Рік тому +378

    13:20 Mimir's ability to bite his tongue and remain silent here is nothing short of legendary.

    • @mike.hawk_
      @mike.hawk_ Рік тому +1

      Damn @Michael, wish I was so lucky. Telegram scams are so rare

    • @NinjaNuggets21
      @NinjaNuggets21 10 місяців тому +4

      Why did I read that in his voice haha

  • @khalifabinhendi6107
    @khalifabinhendi6107 Рік тому +205

    Now that I think about it, Egypt had olive trees. Would be interesting to see Atreus, Freya and Mimir taste them, if the journey takes them to Egyptian Mythology.

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 Рік тому +14

      Mimir can’t eat anymore. No stomach. And it would fall out if he tried to swallow.

    • @rafasilva1265
      @rafasilva1265 Рік тому +12

      Atreus maybe but Freya and Mimir will most likely stay in Norse mythology with Kratos alongside them. Kratos is not going to appear much in later games if at all, from what I've heard

    • @chrispirilloiseboola
      @chrispirilloiseboola Рік тому

      bruh again with this egypt lmao

    • @gipsymelody1268
      @gipsymelody1268 Рік тому +9

      @@acgearsandarms1343 dude he still can "eat" can taste the food... but it's just fall from him... :S
      also i think too... i mean kratos and others probably will stay in north :S we probably will see the adventures of atreus :S and maybe kratos will get lesser roles :S

    • @YoungLeosword
      @YoungLeosword 10 місяців тому

      Whatever the case, the cast could just use Stargates to go from Norway to Egypt, China, Japan, Ireland, America, Israel, et cetera. :3

  • @comet3969
    @comet3969 Рік тому +318

    “I know every corner of these lands, every language spoken, every war waged, and every deal struck. They call me-Mimir. Smartest man alive. And I have the answer to your every question.”
    Also Mimir: 5:26

    • @flashfan123campbell8
      @flashfan123campbell8 Рік тому +45

      Olives don't naturally grow in Scandinavian countries.

    • @f-104C_starfighter
      @f-104C_starfighter Рік тому +11

      Lol. I like that. He doesn't know what a olive is

    • @BirdmanDeuce26
      @BirdmanDeuce26 Рік тому +26

      In fairness, a food staple of a far-away Mediterranean land, far enough that Mimir would've likely only heard about in stories and passing travellers, would be pretty low on the priority list in contrast to the other events and goings-on occurring there, haha

    • @f-104C_starfighter
      @f-104C_starfighter Рік тому +3

      @@BirdmanDeuce26 yeah your right when you put it like that. I guess it makes sense to me now

    • @leiladekwatro3147
      @leiladekwatro3147 Рік тому +2

      Lmao he never mentioned knowing every fruit of in these lands

  • @The5lacker
    @The5lacker Рік тому +44

    I cannot get over the beat before "The hell's an 'Olive?'" Mimir is just... completely stumped, it's *great. *

  • @arabhero10
    @arabhero10 Рік тому +96

    The amount of projecting Odin is doing in his conversation with Kratos is spectacular

  • @blacktemplarbarachel3387
    @blacktemplarbarachel3387 Рік тому +50

    Odin says “has anyone ever prayed to you?” Yes a whole city state better yet his home city state who marched to war in his name built statues of him and gave him weapons and loyalty to the very end

    • @ItsChevnotJeff
      @ItsChevnotJeff 8 місяців тому +6

      To be fair, Kratos did not care for it, and only treated it as no different than just being a general like he always was, just with magic powers and the Gods at his side(or so he thought)

    • @blacktemplarbarachel3387
      @blacktemplarbarachel3387 8 місяців тому +11

      @@ItsChevnotJeff yes but he still loved them as he swore revenge upon killing the last spartan soldier and they loved him as even after they were deserted the soldier still addressed Kratos as my lord

  • @MichaelTheRead
    @MichaelTheRead Рік тому +126

    Kratos pet the wolves.
    _Kratos pet the wolves._ 🥺

  • @mutex.
    @mutex. Рік тому +64

    Hearing kratos tell calliope story made me sad, I feel around the end his rage slightly reignited when he said “I paid back her blood 1000 times I burnt Olympus to the ground” only to bring himself back.

  • @ALL_that_ENDS
    @ALL_that_ENDS Рік тому +294

    Now Kratos has the greatest character Arc in all media, imo.. This game hit me so hard, masterpiece.

  • @saintr8813
    @saintr8813 Рік тому +46

    Sutur confirmed something important. The chaos blades have primordial fire-.norse gods / all gods are aware weapons from other lands come from the same creation of smithery - the green crack Odin was trying to open is probably the entrance to the start of existence where the first gods are

  • @DeinosDinos
    @DeinosDinos Рік тому +35

    Love how Odin goes 'do they not have metaphors in your homeland' as an insult when Kratos fully knows Odin sees Atreus as nothing but a prop to help him gain knowledge, hence 'my son is not your key'. Doesn't benefit Odin to admit it so of course he pretends everything flew over Kratos' head. Brilliant writing.

    • @BirdmanDeuce26
      @BirdmanDeuce26 Рік тому +15

      The best part for me is that “metaphor” is already a Greek word, so it’s a 2-for-1 insult to Kratos here

    • @HubiKoshi
      @HubiKoshi 6 місяців тому +5

      And this metaphor is so painful for Kratos considering Pandora.

  • @ythandlename
    @ythandlename Рік тому +41

    Even if it's just a retelling, this is truly captivating to hear someone as stoic as Kratos talk about his past from his perspective. It's like having a teacher who used to serve in the army but is generally a hard ass but then when you get to know him, he talks about some interesting experiences only for you to realize he is just another human being.

  • @Cloofinder
    @Cloofinder Рік тому +71

    It's really interesting how kratos's blood went from the Omega symbol (God of War symbol) to the Spartans symbol.

    • @AMETHYST21897
      @AMETHYST21897 Рік тому +8

      I didn’t know that’s what that second symbol meant. My thought was that it was a Norse symbol translation of what he is. Thanks for clearing that up

    • @Cloofinder
      @Cloofinder 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@AMETHYST21897that symbol is seen on spartan shields.

  • @brandonsmith5151
    @brandonsmith5151 Рік тому +24

    I love how Odin is such a dickhead. Young Kratos wouldn't have let him breathe after blinking, winking, whatever it is Odin does.

    • @colinhawley8050
      @colinhawley8050 Рік тому +9

      Young Kratos would have given Odin the ol’ Poseidon treatment for daring to look down his nose at him

  • @macihun93
    @macihun93 Рік тому +111

    missed the part when atreus asks kratos whether he's ever fought in a war with a similar creature to surtr/ragnarök, and he tells him that he has, but it did not guarantee their victory

  • @viviolet7
    @viviolet7 Рік тому +17

    odin being framed between the spears when hes telling kratos about how he wants peace is really cool.

  • @overaim7239
    @overaim7239 Рік тому +23

    Freya is realizing more and more each time kratos talks, he has the power to wipe out the entire fucking asgard if he wanted. They are lucky nothing happend to atreus.

    • @ninjafrog6966
      @ninjafrog6966 Рік тому +3

      Kratos has the power to destroy the entire pantheon if he wanted to

  • @thelonelystankmuncher8879
    @thelonelystankmuncher8879 Рік тому +119

    Hearing this that would mean that Greece is the most powerful pantheon to exist

    • @Woodsman9273
      @Woodsman9273 Рік тому +38

      I would think it’d be a toss up between the Greek pantheon and the Egyptian pantheon as being the most powerful. There are many gods whom wield many powers over elements, the lands/seas, etc.

    • @ilucasz
      @ilucasz Рік тому +31

      Or that the Norse are way weaker compared to the Greek. I mean, none of them showed something really god-like, they look more like superheroes.

    • @ilucasz
      @ilucasz Рік тому +25

      @@Woodsman9273 Not mentioning the Hindu pantheon, which has a lot of gods that can bend the very fabrics of reality by their will alone. And they also have really great feats in scales that makes Indian people look like they don't have any notion of overkill.

    • @SmartAss4123
      @SmartAss4123 Рік тому +20

      Greek gods in the Myths were much stronger than norse ones.
      Egyptian Gods might be stronger. But I have a theory that all the pantheons Kratos is visiting will have a grand purpose leading back to a "source" of the gods.
      Odin and Athena are examples of this. Athena actually exists in the Higher Plane itself. Odin found it but cant get in. Athena died a noble death and something about HOW gods die seem to be what allows them access.
      Odin wanted a way around that via the Mask.

    • @jaliyasubzero4592
      @jaliyasubzero4592 Рік тому

      @@ilucasz 😂

  • @Milk_Man_1-1
    @Milk_Man_1-1 Рік тому +43

    5:26 my fav part because the smartest man alive doesn't know what an olive is lol

  • @scottpeg194
    @scottpeg194 Рік тому +15

    16:31 In case you were wondering, the story mentioned is Oedipus Rex.

  • @scolkereybel
    @scolkereybel Рік тому +28

    "Did you think I couldn't handle it?"
    "No. I thought you shouldn't have to"
    "... Thanks :)"
    Honestly, its incredibly touching Kratos, even in game 1 (2018), still had that right. To be better, it shows itself in incredibly moving ways.
    Also, just, what I love so much in this game *is* kratos coming into his own as a father, and a god. The recollections of his absurd stories, stories truly befitting a god, and the wisdoms borne from. Or his Greek idioms. Its a fun way to develop his idiosyncrasies, and help show how much of a stranger he is, in a strange land, helping us, the player, identify with him in an odd way. Just, such a fun way to develop his character, while honoring the old games.

  • @official_knack
    @official_knack Рік тому +25

    took me a second to realize but the norms calling him “cruel striker” is a reference to him being the mythological father of loki, Farbauti. Whose name translates to that

    • @leiladekwatro3147
      @leiladekwatro3147 Рік тому +1

      Lmao i just commented that. Bingeing GOW vids had me actually reading wiki articles of norse myths

  • @okhwangshingai7886
    @okhwangshingai7886 Рік тому +139

    When Mimir asked about if his blades could cook meat and kratos answered no because the blood would foul the meat. He was mentioning the blood of those whom he slain with those blades. Very good detail.

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Рік тому +46

      The Blades themselves are also toxic. In the book versions of the first two games it’s described that they char _and_ corrode whatever they touch. Hell the wounds they left on Kratos’s arms when Ares pulled them off were gangrenous within hours afterwards, like full on rotting. That’s also why he still wears bandages, I think: they never healed, not completely.

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 Рік тому +9

      @@TheCorrodedMan Scars never truly go away even if they heal, physical to otherwise.

    • @viviolet7
      @viviolet7 Рік тому +5

      what else would it be referring to? how is this an observation

    • @YRTTSSFS
      @YRTTSSFS 8 місяців тому

      @@viviolet7to the fact that they’re hot as hell (literally)

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 7 місяців тому +1

      Not to mention the nature of the blood of those slain creatures. Hydra blood for example is a worst poison you can find in Greek mythology...

  • @Takato2527
    @Takato2527 11 місяців тому +19

    I love how Freya is incredibly angry at Kratos when he killed Baldur, but when he told his story of his own family, she's like "OH, SHIT!"

  • @Duterasemis
    @Duterasemis Рік тому +15

    The very last one, the musician that Mimir refers to? History's greatest?
    That would be none other than Parappa the Rapper.

  • @CutiePieBio
    @CutiePieBio 11 місяців тому +11

    Hope it’s not just me but as someone that played most of the previous GOW games I always got a small smirk when Kratos was speaking about his homeland!

  • @CaptUnstoppable
    @CaptUnstoppable Рік тому +8

    "The hell is an olive?" That line made me crack up like no other

  • @captinbrooster5861
    @captinbrooster5861 Рік тому +16

    I love the foreshadowing, warning him about the blood shed, odin is willing to sacrifice anyone and everyone

  • @bradpalmer6969
    @bradpalmer6969 Рік тому +11

    Hearing kratos say "good boys" is just fucking awesome

  • @banks615
    @banks615 Рік тому +12

    Looking back at these its funny watching Freya slowly realize she had no chance of killing Kratos all those times she attacked them.

  • @mileab6725
    @mileab6725 Рік тому +17

    I wish Kratos truly went Beast Mode during Ragnarok - and everyone got a glimpse of what he can really do

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 3 місяці тому

      Heimdall got a glimpse about a second before he died

    • @mileab6725
      @mileab6725 3 місяці тому

      @@Bowiiihowdy yeah I just wish we did!

  • @m0istur
    @m0istur Рік тому +16

    If mimir instead said something relating to assasins, defense force, a lizard, a famous person, sorcerers, and demons, I bet kratos would have talked a bit about it 😂

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate Рік тому +13

    i love how the handle on Kratos's back that holds his axe is his spartan symbol

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 Рік тому +3

      That’s not the Spartan symbol, it’s the omega symbol. Ω The Spartan symbol is lambda. Λ

    • @dondeka2086
      @dondeka2086 Рік тому

      @@acgearsandarms1343 its not a lambda its an arrow , λ this is a lambda

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 Рік тому +3

      @@dondeka2086 I have the Greek keyboard, it’s an uppercase lambda. Λ Here’s the lowercase. λ Do you not have uppercase lambda?

    • @dondeka2086
      @dondeka2086 Рік тому

      @@acgearsandarms1343 sorry 😂😂😂😂😂😂 i dont use uppercase lambda because im a science student not greek

    • @lucoa460
      @lucoa460 Рік тому +3

      @@acgearsandarms1343 here is a sideways uppercase version of lambda >

  • @kevinhixson1586
    @kevinhixson1586 Рік тому +20

    "The hell's an olive"-the smartest man in midgard

  • @matheusfiorelli8829
    @matheusfiorelli8829 Рік тому +8

    so, Kratos was alive during the Siege of Troy (allegedly in 1250 BCE) and the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE)......our boy pretty much did a Logan in X-Men Origins, fighting in every war just for the sake of it xD

  • @donimmortal7692
    @donimmortal7692 Рік тому +17

    It is strange that Mimir are quite well verse about Greece but doesn't know what olive is.

  • @Jknight416
    @Jknight416 Рік тому +31

    5:20 "The hell's an "olive?""
    Says the smartest man alive.

  • @slipperysloper3721
    @slipperysloper3721 Рік тому +17

    Oh wow I just searched for this and was hoping someone uploaded something. Gotta love UA-cam.
    I also love how they made everything canon. It was a brilliant decision.

  • @notreallydavek7237
    @notreallydavek7237 Рік тому +11

    It's nice to see I'm not the only person that would try to call back my axe only to end up spinning the blades around.

    • @isaiah5820
      @isaiah5820 Рік тому

      Most often in the pitched heat of battle, just as an enemy attack is about to bring Kratos down lol

  • @AK3601
    @AK3601 Рік тому +12

    3:55 & 5:15 Oh so Mimir is implying that his origin is of the Celtic world of mythology? That's cool!

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 3 місяці тому

      The Celtic world must be within the Norse one. It seems like it's not an easy thing to cross into these other realms. Tÿr had the unity stone to help him cross. Not really sure how Kratos managed to visit several realms

  • @h3llbl4d32
    @h3llbl4d32 Рік тому +19

    I wish they brought up zeus as the odin of the greek lands, and how powerful he was

    • @isaiah5820
      @isaiah5820 Рік тому +5

      Mimir mentions having heard of Zeuz in the first game when he discovers who Kratos is, putting together who his big bad dad was as well

  • @SSK-1
    @SSK-1 Рік тому +8

    5:22 ah yes, kratos' past.

  • @theamericanpotatonamedphil4306

    Without knowing the lore of the old games these ones wouldn't be as good and you can tell from many journalists who never played the originals saying he's "deep and a good character now" like he hasn't always been

  • @Exodusumg
    @Exodusumg Рік тому +8

    The fact that mimir doesn’t know what an olive is funny af

  • @mwailetsholo7453
    @mwailetsholo7453 Рік тому +6

    Mimir: The hells an olive?
    Smartest man alive everyone

  • @Nightman776
    @Nightman776 Рік тому +5

    21:25 I love when they include little nods to the comics I’m sure if that means there cannon or not though

  • @what_a_feelip
    @what_a_feelip Рік тому +3

    22:47 I didn't know Kratos spoke about Sisyphus as well...

  • @immortalstar0138
    @immortalstar0138 Рік тому +8

    22:42 is he talking about Sisyphus?

  • @lucasdiazjr5679
    @lucasdiazjr5679 Рік тому +18

    To be fair the Spartans did call him lord kratos so I'm sure that counts in his God hood

  • @i-am-goose8428
    @i-am-goose8428 Рік тому +8

    “I would not speak of this” translates to “we don’t talk about Mortal Kombat” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @hunteraitor2107
    @hunteraitor2107 11 місяців тому +6

    In 2018, we saw Kratos' past come to light as he tried to hide it from everyone. In Ragnarok we see him speak of his past. He trusts them enough to speak of his past with no hesitancy.

  • @huangjun_art
    @huangjun_art 8 місяців тому +4

    The final story refers to his cameo in Mortal Kombat 9. The "greatest muscian of all time" is a reference to the MK character Rain, who was named after Prince's Purple Rain.

    • @AlastorAltruistGaming
      @AlastorAltruistGaming 6 місяців тому +2

      Then again, it COULD also reference the ever-mixed-bag PlayStation All-Stars featuring a whole bunch of PlayStation characters (the “world’s greatest musician” likely being PaRappa the Rapper, or “Pappy Rappy” as Caddicarus calls him).

  • @danieldevito6380
    @danieldevito6380 Рік тому +34

    Even though I think that GOW 2018 was definitely the better game, it was REALLY cool to see how far Kratos. I can't even BEGIN to count how many times I found my self with cheesy, ear to ear grin on my face because you can clearly see genuine happiness on Kratos' face, MANY times throughout the game, for the first time since the very first GOW. I've played ever single GOW game, including both handheld titles, and I can't think of a single moment where Kratos was actually happy. Since the death of his family, all Kratos has know is pain, suffering, misery, anger and rage. Happiness was completely foreign to him, and rightfully so.

    • @bauloprete3905
      @bauloprete3905 Рік тому +5

      How it wasap Better Game? This Game Made everything better. Are You joking? They improved literaly everything. Did You played the Game?

    • @chrispirilloiseboola
      @chrispirilloiseboola Рік тому +2

      @@bauloprete3905 improved on everything? Lol how so? They are both great games, just different plots. The 2018 game felt fresher tho bc its was the first game of the reboot

    • @havewissmart9602
      @havewissmart9602 Рік тому

      2018 definitely has the better story

  • @Trabsol
    @Trabsol Рік тому +8

    God im going to really miss hearing Kratos tell others about his past. As sad as it was, it was also badass at times.

  • @matthewgrobel5587
    @matthewgrobel5587 Рік тому +3

    I liked the subtle reference to Sisyphus with the man would couldn’t part with a boulder.

  • @swifterthekid4727
    @swifterthekid4727 Рік тому +16

    see the most of odins power in this game really feels like it comes from the fact atreus is with him and that is the real threat cause he could kill him but when you fight him it feeels like his true power power isnt all that much. especially compared to the greek pantheon kratos has killed far more dangerous and powerful enemies that had more of a toll on him

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 3 місяці тому

      As far a pure force and power the Norse really aren't all that powerful save for Thor and maybe the Valkyries. The real power is their spell and curse work along with Odin being a master manipulator. Zeus wasn't a dummy but 9/10 he would solve his problems thru brute force.

  • @PointBlank-nl5pf
    @PointBlank-nl5pf 4 місяці тому +1

    I like the mention of Oedipus the King, and a proper description of how Greek dramas were told in the Ancient tradition. It’s pretty cool for a game to even touch on that if only briefly.

  • @SnowChild-wh7go
    @SnowChild-wh7go Рік тому +10

    “Magic comes from the earth”
    Kratos: *killed Gaia*

  • @venm766
    @venm766 Рік тому +6

    Kratos playing with wolves were so wholesome

  • @sonofmovienerdking7230
    @sonofmovienerdking7230 Рік тому +5

    18:55 Um... last I remember, Kratos was told to kill Medusa by removing her head.

  • @ambrosemilen3582
    @ambrosemilen3582 11 місяців тому +6

    If only Kratos could further elaborate some of the Greek cultures and events like the trojan war and the 300 spartans. That would be a nice touch to the lore

  • @TeeStache
    @TeeStache Рік тому

    I've been looking for this video.
    Thank you

  • @pizza924
    @pizza924 Рік тому +5

    This is the first video I have heard thus guys voice

  • @YonutValentin
    @YonutValentin Рік тому +2

    5:25 the hell is an olive, i passed away

  • @lashonnakennybrew4847
    @lashonnakennybrew4847 Рік тому +15

    OKAY LET'S GOOOO FIRE 🔥 KRATOS IS A TRUE BADASS MONSTER KING

  • @Justhappytobehere1408
    @Justhappytobehere1408 Рік тому +1

    "Yeah... Word gets around about that sort of thing..." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sabersroommate8293
    @sabersroommate8293 Рік тому +11

    Make sense considering Atreus is half God, a normal training is enough for him to survive and fight.

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +5

      technically quarter god, quarter spartan, half frost giant as kratos was a demigod the whole time

    • @rodolfosanchez3397
      @rodolfosanchez3397 Рік тому

      @@bizzaroblake2519 but later became a full God

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Рік тому +3

      @Rodolfo Sánchez not biologically. Pandoras box heightened his God-like strength but still was a demi God by blood. as did the other power ups he got for his body. He was given the title "God of war" but it was a title earned but still a demigod considering he's a child of zues. The rest of his power was stripped from him after he tried to kill himself and released the power of hope. Thor is incredibly strong but still half God-half giant as kratos is a demigod despite the title. Kratos is only the God of war by default as no one is left to hold the title in hid lands because he destroyed everything but he threw it all away not even seeking ares' Job. So in short he didn't become a full blooded God that used to be mortal as it was later revealed he's a demigod from birth because of zues.

  • @ninazarmerk2722
    @ninazarmerk2722 Рік тому +2

    23:15 I just love how they basically almost made the mortal Kombat crossover canon

  • @MobsterLobsterYT
    @MobsterLobsterYT Рік тому

    22:40 love the nod to Sisyphus there

  • @Narlsup
    @Narlsup Рік тому +4

    I'm sure nobody could say or tell odin to speak like how kratos did ..
    "SPEAK!!!"

  • @virgiljericho664
    @virgiljericho664 Рік тому +2

    Kratos trying to be friendly to the wolves was hilarious

  • @MrJomalley123
    @MrJomalley123 Рік тому +3

    Odin talking shit about kratos asking if hes ever been worshipped like a god like dude did you ever hear of a land called sparta?

  • @rainbowdash4898
    @rainbowdash4898 Рік тому +4

    Mimir not knowing what Olives are is still freaking hilarious. 😂😂😂

  • @novussolus6205
    @novussolus6205 Рік тому +6

    16:19
    Wait, what are the Hot Gates, what happened there, and why would Kratos regret not dying there?

  • @brianbailey1681
    @brianbailey1681 Рік тому +2

    17 min. This story actually is referencing the game as well basically telling you WHY devs chose to not let us skip cutscenes. Well played

    • @lorcostridge2811
      @lorcostridge2811 Рік тому

      I hadn’t noticed! And that also explains why the games are presented as uncut sequences.

  • @jacobniederkohr8776
    @jacobniederkohr8776 Рік тому +3

    “The hell’s an olive?!” 😂😂😂😂

  • @wickedishiccy7621
    @wickedishiccy7621 4 місяці тому

    So surreal hearing the man speak of previous games, makes me have flashbacks to the points he's talking about in the ps2 era

  • @kiwi1466
    @kiwi1466 Рік тому +25

    Would've been a nice "what if" if Atreus and Calliope met, like in a DLC trip to the Elysian fields

    • @foxtrotgaming1552
      @foxtrotgaming1552 Рік тому +3

      That would be something if the two half siblings met.

  • @saf2427
    @saf2427 Рік тому

    Finished ragnarok two weeks ago and just finished replaying god of war 3. Greatest franchise ever fr fr

  • @ismael9785
    @ismael9785 Рік тому +1

    18:05 They must be talking about the Trojan war