Valhalla - The End of Kratos - Part Two
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Let's do some clean up.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:10 Why?
03:15 Boat Captain
07:06 Calliope
11:09 Lysandra
12:39 Mimir and Sigrun
18:13 Tyr
21:24 Outro - Ігри
The fact that Kratos leaving Colliope is a quick-time event, forcing the player to actually make that choice to abandon her, is a really smart thing
It also shows how difficult it was. It took the same amount of effort Kratos needs to finish off a minotaur or a cyclops to push away his daughter.
Honestly making we wonder how powerful Calliope could’ve been had he not killed her
@@shagarumedic IDK honestly I'm wondering how did Lysandra survive Kratos pressing circle on her ⭕🔴 😂. I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
they used to do this type narrative gameplay laughably better in the older games than the newer ones.
@@flamingmanure don't try to act like old gow fans didn't hate the side games. they thought it was too "soft" and "preachy" about good and bad stuff. i hate revisionism due to nostalgia.
Who else screamed with joy the moment Kratos casually pulls out the Blade of Olympus?
Yeah but he says it’s a powerful memory so dose that means he doesn’t have it anymore or just stored somewhere like his blades were
I think I shook the very foundation of my house
I literally shouted ZEUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSS
I was fully in disbelief
About the same amount of hype as when the blades of chaos were first revealed in the previous game
Tyr feels like he's a god of war who embodies an aspect we don't usually see: the aftermath. He's the god of war, but also the end of war and its fallout. The negotiated peace, the haunted veteran, the grief of victims, the slow healing of wounds and treatment of trauma. Those are all a very real part of war, and Tyr seems to fully understand that and embrace those aspects of what he is the god of by acting as a source of divine comfort and therapy for those who are fundamentally changed by war.
In a nutshell, he is first and foremost a God of Preventing and Healing from War. Thats why he makes such a good therapist. His role is essentially one of mediation and open communication.
Beautifully said
I also really like how Tyr calls Kratos “spartan.” It definitely goes hand in hand with the theme of kratos accepting his past. Kratos talks about how he is from Sparta a fair amount, but he and others rarely calls himself a Spartan. Kratos owes his drive, his stoicism, his wit, his strength to how he was brought up as a spartan. If he was born in Athens, he never would have made a deal with Ares. He never would have the gall to climb out of hades or stand toe to toe with gods.
With so much of this part of gow being about Kratos starting a new life, accepting and moving on, it’s nice to see a character recognize that Kratos is, before a god, a Spartan
What I also love is that Kratos, despite everything he’s been through in the Greek Era, he regrets all of it, but he never once regrets being a Spartan. Like you said he owes so much of his survival thus far to his life in Sparta. But he did say he doesn’t look back on it fondly when he and Freya were trying to remove Freya’s bonds in Vannaheim.
OH OH OH! You bring up an interesting subject with this, but allow me to take it further. There IS one other character that refers to Kratos as a Spartan in Midgard, and that's Athena when Kratos retrieves the Blades. Athena uses the word in an almost derogatory way, but Tyr most certainly does not. It looks like it's another example of the theme at play here with reclamation of symbols. The sword of the berserker king, Kratos' throne, AND Kratos being called a Spartan.
A Tyrapist
Really good point here. Also, we saw a glimpse of this with “The Lady” when giving Kratos the spear. When she took his blood, it initially formed the omega sign which she was displeased with so she changed it to the spartan symbol. Love those little things.
Exactly 💯. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
I have to give props to the voice actor to Týr.
Tyr and Týr sounds so different. They speak so differently. Odin talks the same in disguise or not. Same tone, same inflection, same rhythm. Real Týr speaks with a totally different inflection and tone and I Love it.
Tyr was speaking a lot but said very little. Because Odin didn't think. He used, he talked, he acted. In the end, it was just a disguise, a means to an end, like an empty plotpoint. He impersonated Týr but didn't know anything about him.
The real Týr is quiet. When he says something, it has real caliber. If he doesn't need to talk, he does not. When he does talk, he asks, thinks, makes ideas and questions. He is a thinking man that acts out of curiosity and wisdom, not wants and needs. He isn't a slave to his ego and killer like Odin, he is a warrior monk who only uses violence when necessary and radiates light. A simple man, and I Love it.
I also think Tyr was acting like the one thing Kratos really needed in his life. a therapist. His he asked questions not just to get to understand Kratos, but to get Kratos to at least break out of his mindset that he'd just go back to being a monster.
and then having the sparring matches between exploring memories shows that Tyr was not just testing him, but getting Kratos to release any pent up resentment and negative energy he may be feeling from confronting his memories
You mean a Tyraphist ?
@@hartantoanggoroI think you may have just won this comment section.
Honestly…makes me wonder if therapy wouldn’t be more effective for men if it included some sort of physicality. Currently, most men find therapy unhelpful for most things.
@@callmev3531 You must be new here in the internet.
I really like how Tyr's role as a "God of War" was more about how conflict that actually bring people closer together. He was a scholar before he was a warrior, and you can tell that he sought out different martial arts and combat experiences to get a better understanding of the world and how people address conflict. He understood the discipline of the Greeks; the sheer will of the Azteca; the devotion of the Egyptians; and the patience and honor of the Japanese. Where someone like Odin or even early Kratos would just see different suits of armor and weapons to use, Tyr saw an opportunity to understand other cultures and ways of war in order to pursue peace.
I was amazed at the real Tyr. He absolutely lived up to the legend that was portrayed of him in the 2018 game. Seeing the real Tyr makes me question even more as to how Odin was able to fool everyone as long as he did.
Kratos and Atreus had never met Tyr before, and Mimir and Freya hadn't seen him in over a century. Plus fake Tyr was supposedly changed and traumatized by all those years of isolation and torture, which was a convenient and realistic explanation for out of character behavior. It's not that surprising Odin was able to fool them.
@@DoctorBabylon that, and they all WANTED him to be the real Týr. It's easy to excuse away out of character behavior if you just _want_ strongly enough.
I’m honestly shocked Freya didn’t catch on the second he called her Frigg
@@shagarumedic Exactly Freya should've caught that 💯
@@shagarumedic
Last time she saw him that name was not yet tainted by trauma, but...
Honestly Valhalla was an absolute shock to me-- an expansion for a AAA game which:
1. Offers a significantly new and different experience from the base game (sure, the combat itself hasn't changed, but the context and incentives very much have)
2. Actively works to address open questions and unexplored aspects of the base game, rather than just tack on another new adventure and problems.
3. Seems genuinely more interested in developing and humanizing the characters using good, realistic therapy-type approaches to overcoming failure and trauma one day (and one failure) at a time, rather than just papering over their problems with platitudes about how their actions have redeemed them or how different things will be now. It's so easy to write cheap catharsis, and so much harder to write a catharsis that feels real in that it recognizes there is no endpoint to the challenges of a healthy internal life, but that each step towards who a person wants to be is one worth celebrating.
4. IS FREE (???????)
If there is any hope for AAA games to be able to produce art that feels real and like a work of love and passion, Santa Monica Studios has made a strong case for being the best representation of that in the US games market. Can't imagine the fighting against the top they must've had to do to get something like Valhalla released for free; that's the kind of thing I'm pleasantly surprised to see from indie devs, much less industry titans.
Thanks for all the reflective videos on GoW, it's been a pleasure getting to hear the thoughts of someone who really cares about and has grown up alongside the series.
I adore the roguelike gampelay mechanic as a conduit to express therapy and overcoming hardship. Progress is rarely easy, and even then it isn't a linear path; it has troughs and peaks. It requires practice and patience much like a roguelike genre
I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
Honestly, who would've even been mad if it was like $15
@@chuckled125 While true, the fact that it isn't is a really good thing to help set less predatory industry standards.
@Mirage475 Totally, and every day and every challenge is unique even if many of the elements remain the same. Nor can you "beat" your problems in one day or one run-- it's a process of getting back up and going back at it again and again and facing down different aspects of yourself and your traumas and failures one at a time. And just like how Helios and the memories of Kratos's unnecessary and irreversible cruelties will keep coming back to haunt him, so too do you have to carry memories and hurts that will never fully leave you. It sucks, it hurts, and sometimes it's even not your fault at all, but you have to deal with it anyways. It really is a wonderful and visceral simile to the therapy experience, and absolutely the perfect way for Kratos to seek peace with his own troubles.
Beyond GoW Ascension, Lysandra has two key appearances in Gow 1 and 2.
In 1, she appears in a flashback in which she demands to know when Kratos' bloodshed will end. Kratos says it will stop when "Sparta's glory is known throught the world". Lysandra immediately CALLS HIM OUT on his bullshit, and says that he's only doing this for himself.
This shows both her deep understanding of her husband's ambition and the strength of her character in putting her foot down when Kratos isn't being honest.
In 2, she appears in a vision in which Gaia takes her form to fully convince Kratos to aid the Titans and give him a Rage upgrade. The importance of the moment doesn't come with what Gaia says, but in Kratos' reaction to seeing her. He literally begs for forgiveness, an act that demonstrates his love for her and the importance that she had in his life.
For the little screentime she gets, Lysandra has a huge impact in her husband's life.
Mimir was absolutely the highlight of the DLC for me, I never thought I would be so personally moved by a video game character’s quote but something about this one just shook me. I hope we give him a body in the next game 😢
“Show me someone for whom friendship means lack of love, and I’ll show you someone who wonders why their lovers never end up being worth their time”
I feel something that goes unappreciated in this new dlc is how absolutely beautiful tyrs quotes are. Like half of those I could totally see being incredible tattoos.
My favorite is when he's asked why he helps, he says simply, "Because I can." It immediately lays down who Týr is as a person.
The measure of a man. Týr is a god who can do whatever he chooses...and he chooses, merely, to help.
Unfortunately I don't expect we'll see much more of Týr in his own story. He already had his hero story, long before the events of God of War 4. It's why he was so revered in the first place. He himself said his time is done.
Though I won't mind being proven wrong.
Something I noticed about the comparison of lyssandra to Faye is that lyssandra in the first game had the balls to scold her husband in front of their daughter. That is something only Greek kratos’ wife could ever get away with. She’s upset that he is constantly fighting on the battlefield for the glory of Sparta (really himself) and rarely gets to see his own family and is biting off more than he can chew. When is it enough? Well we found out when it was with their deaths
something significant to me is that the button mash quick time events represent extreme effort. pushing away his daughter was just as taxing as keeping cronos from crushing him or killing poseidon.
2:35 bro, when he mentions that Athena could still be wandering around, my first thought was that she is gonna go after “boy”
Dang
Athena approaching Atreus and presenting herself as "Aunt Athena, your father's favorite sister."
@@thetwelfthdoctor9892 That would be great
The whole point of Kratos and GoW series growing up with it's audience resonates so damn hard with me. Sure, it was cool to see Kratos casually disembowel everyone left and right back in mid-00s, when edginess in media like videogames or comics was a big selling point and something of a novelty. But as we grew older and looked back at those games, we began to recognize Kratos as the monster he was; so hellbent and twisted by his quest for vengeance that he went out of his way to display cruelty towards those who did nothing wrong to him as well. Nothing and no one mattered to him. But we also recognized why he became that way, we recognized what he went through, what caused him to harden so much that he made no difference between killing Gods and killing people who were just minding their business. And it made sense that, once his quest for vengeance was over, Kratos would spend the next millenia looking back at his past actions with guilt, shame and self-loathing. Vengeance always feels empty. So it was refreshing to see Kratos not only acknowledge his past actions, but working hard to be a better person than he was before. He grew up, alongside his audience.
I always felt that the people who want the old "cruel, puppy-kicking, people-disemboweling Kratos" have failed to mature since they focus entirely on the brutal, graphically violent aspects of his journey and not on the underlying themes and circumstances that caused Kratos to become such a monster. They can always go back to playing those games if they wish, but demanding that Kratos' character development gets undone in newer games and demanding from the writers to revert him to the Greek era monster he was? They refuse to grow up and accept that things and people change, for better or worse. They think new Kratos is "woke" because the story revolves around all these complex themes and most characters acknowledge their faults, and work towards improving themselves. They think acknowledging your faults and trying to improve makes you weak. They remain immature, and wish to drag everyone down with their immaturity.
I say this as someone who loved the old games, and still considers the new GoW games to be excellent additions to the series and natural character progression.
The funniest thing about the whole 'woke' label, I'd that when somebody just throws it around at something they don't like, you can just immediately identify that they're a horrible person.
Like bro??? You're a bad person???
Gow 2 and 3 is when kratos is vengeful not previous series.
Exactly but he's not as vengeful before being betrayed by Zeus in the GOW Trilogy. I'm wondering how did Lysandra survive Kratos pressing circle on her ⭕🔴 😂. I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
@@justingary5322I'm going to report you for spam.
The "people who want old Kratos to keep being that forever" thing is something you could call... The Zack Snyder effect. That's the biggest running critique of Snyder's films - that he just seems fixated on the aesthetics of machismo and physical power without critically examining them.
"Anti-woke" types have the same childish obsession with spectacle and brute force, so they feel threatened by the concept of introspection. Oddly enough, Snyder himself seems to try on some level to approach the tough questions surrounding this subject, how it often leads to the fascist worship of might and the harm it can do... But fails to get very far in his work. The anti-wokeists who champion things like 300 or the original GOW trilogy uncritically, on the other hand, don't even try...
When people say the Greek GOW games had zero depth I always point them to that scene with Kratos and his daughter, man that’s some great storytelling woven into the gameplay where you as the player are directly put into Kratos’ shoes and have to actively make the decision to leave his daughter. Amazing stuff
Anyone who says the Greek Saga had zero depth only look at Kratos and see "angry man go brrrrrrr" without understanding WHY he's angry.
I get this, but the guy who created god of war originally has outright stated that he doesn't give a fuck about character growth and this new path they're taking kratos.
He just wants kratos to be an angry dude who beats everyone up.
Not saying that the greek saga has no depth... just that it probably wasn't 100% the goal and that it was probably the work of other people who were also working on god of war.
Not an expert tho, so feel free to correct me.
@@Ability-King-KK Problem is in the Greek games the only hints of character he had beyond the anger were caring about Lysandra, Calliope, Callisto, Deimos and Pandora. People knew why he was angry but the anger didn't have to be one of his only traits.
There's also the scene where he accidentally kills his own soldier in GoW2
Something you need to remember about the Boat Captain is that he was a MEGA coward in Kratos' eyes. He is supposed to be the leader and the most fearless man on that ship but he locked the women in a room with no guards and no way out, and was running and screaming while his men fought on. As a Spartan Captain, Kratos would not take pitty or mercy on a man like that
I may be off base, but i always took it as disgust that caused Kratos to let the boat captain die. Right before the man gets eaten, he throws his hands up and runs away, trying to abandon the men he was supposed to be leading. Kratos at that time would have seen it as cowardice, but as he says in Valhalla, there was nothing the captain could have done against the Hydra
That makes a lot of sense. Especially with Kratos being a Spartan, he probably was disgusted by the boat captain's "cowardice".
Freya and kratos have moved in together, and it's apart of the message of love in this dlc, of how it can come from unlikely places....and how it is a reflection of what we are....
The other thing about tyr, that some ppl have mentioned; When kratos asked "why" in terms of helping him...his simple answer is "because I can"... showing another vast difference between him and ares...most of the other gods always try to manipulate kratos...and it's interesting that gods like freya, and now tyr, simply help kratos only because they want to....not because they have to....
And how interesting that the final boss of this DLC, is really just combat therapy between 2 gods of war...
there's a really simple detail about tyr that i personally find pretty interesting. don't get me wrong he's a giant who's built like a boulder compared to regular people, but i found his visual design very strange when i first saw it coz compared to other warrior gods like thor and the greeks he's pretty skinny and has a pretty normal human physique, and in ragnarok his character was (deliberately) too empty to understand why since it wasn't actually him. but seeing his character in valhalla really makes him into a gentle giant, he's physically imposing but rather than an aura of violence he has an aura of power, he doesn't intimidate in the same way someone like kratos does and he doesn't have the same sense of violence. he's a protector, rather than being scary and being glad he's on your side he's a comforting presence who makes you feel safe, instead of being an overwhelming brute he's just a capable man, and it's very clear that even though he's capable of overpowering others through fear and strength he chooses to use his mind and his words to guide, with his ability as a warrior being a backup option. idk if my thoughts are accurate but regardless his visual design is really impressive and it communicates a lot of his character
The Tyr in Valhalla is the Tyr I expected to see after hearing all the stories in 2018. Valhalla made him cool and respectable. He also gives Kratos exactly what he needs. Nice bit of therapy. A good sparring partner which is something he probably hasn’t had since he was a Spartan. Just a bro he can duke it out with and shake the hand of later. Love it
Odin did provide a thought provoking question when Atreus as if “did they help the right side” in the light/dark elves war. Even tho it was for selfish reasons.
Pushing Calliope away was so difficult when I played this back in the day. Looking at it now, as a parent, I'm glad I never have to play it again and peeved at Persephone all over again. Great video, cheers!!!
Lysandra did appear in God of War 2 but it was Gaia talking through Lysandra to Kratos about the destroyed Sparta Zeus did.
Lysandra got at least as much screentime, as Calliope in the first GOW, GOW2 and GOW:Ascension. And her portrayals picture her as a loving wife, nurturer of their family and the only one, who confronted Kratos on his warmongery. That last part is what Kratos mentions to Mimir in Valhalla.
Also, the PSP games give the heaviest tragedies beside the Ares trickery. In GOW: Ghost Of Sparta alone, Kratos is forced to kill his own mother, is constantly confronted with the failure of protecting his brother and even has to watch him die, after spending the whole game trying to rescue him. Deimos is the in-story reason, for Kratos's iconic tattoos and eye-scar I'm disappointed, Valhalla didn't address any of that at all, like three additional memories don't seem to be that much work at that point.
The mother I understand wanting to see in the game however deimos died in battle fighting. Both Spartans and Norse view that as a worthy death. His mother was killed by his hand, which is rarely viewed as a good thing in most cultures
@@glenpope4955 also he talked about Deimos in the based game as well especially in the Wolves case how Kratos being harsh on them because he saw himself in those wolves where he couldn't protect Deimos from kidnapping be the gods
These videos are so calming and they give a whole new view to the storyline of GOW. Especially because of how complex the writing is.
Kratos won't be gone. He's the selling point of the series.
This, ain't nobody buying atreus solo game
@@That_Guy- I might if he has other weapons than his bow. Im really not a bow guy, it's the main reason I stopped playing Horizon Zero Dawn
@@KolmManisonMythologicaly he has a sword tho i forgot the name
@@MyDemon32 Lævateinn
Exactly 💯. I'm wondering how did Lysandra survive Kratos pressing circle on her ⭕🔴 😂. I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
One thing I wish you talked about its Tyr's bossfights . He uses 4 different, very distinct weapons , from 4 different mythologies , not only that but he uses special techniques for each of them , wich for me this means 2 things : his experience as the god of was , his adaptability ,dissipline and armony with his inter self , also his history as a warrior 0:01 ; and his skils as a peacemaker , as someone who doesnt seeks violence but who will not think twice to use it as nessesary , hid curiosity like u said , that made the people of the norse pantheon to look so much at him , also , thats why I think that Tyr most probably earned the respect of the gods of the other pantheons , so much that they not only gave him the weapons , but also training in how to propperly use them. Also , his a fucking badass , motherfucker is 8'5 , he hits stonger than a tank , and he catches the punch of Kratos like is nothing . Also his theme is probably my favorite track in Ragnarok, easily one of the best bosses and characters in this series , and all of this stuff AND MORE for free . God (of war) bless sony Santamonica for the amazing work they dind , and I am very curios for what we will see in the future
You also see the boat captain's spirit in God of War 2, I believe during a boss fight you don't kill him again per se, but he is there
Man... on the topic of Kratos' old life not getting alot of screentime, could you imagine a prequel game about Kratos' time as a Spartan general, working his way up the ranks, growing up with his brother, his relationship with his old family, and his enslavement to Ares before his final transformation into the Ghost of Sparta.
I always thought the boat captain had locked those women in the boat on purpose and that's why Kratos was so apathetic to whether he lived or died
I could see Sirgrun either helping Atreus along his Journey in a future spin-off game but Tyr's Temple showed at least four lands he visited so perhaps she'll travel to one of the other lands solo. I could totally see her gaining a badass Katana in Japan, With her wings and mask they'd probably see her as a Tengu.
Hopefully we get Sindri as well, I just hope the guy is alright, I wouldn't want his grief to corrupt him :((
@@T_E_G My theory with Sindri is that Athena might recruit him, offer him Hephaestus's old position as God of the Forge.
I was kind of hoping they would address the Poseidon Princess from GoW 3, that was one of the moments that bothered me the most of young Kratos.
Kratos really did the “I lied” to the boat captain there
force unleashed reference
@@goat9295
Or that Arnold Schwartzenegger film where he holds a guy over a cliff and says: "Remember how I said I wouldn't kill you?"
"Yeah"
"I lied." *Lets go*
Coming back to the scene with his daughter always makes me sad. He sacrifices his time with her so she may live her afterlife. I remember the first time I played Chains of Olympus and I was FURIOUS.
I love that we finally talked about how messed up what he did to that boat captain was
I was however disappointed we never addressed Poseidon's Princess
I find myself rewatching these GoW videos of yours. There's something relaxing about your tone of voice and narrative style that makes these videos a go-to. Thanks for another one!
I'm so glad someone else recognized the brilliance of the scene with Calliope on the Fields of Elysium!
Another great video Brett your video essays are some of the best on UA-cam. Thanks bud.
Totally agree with this
Its very true
Something I love about the Calliope scene is that it's a QTE, which in this series was usually reserved for something either relevant to the story or for something that requires a godly amount of strength to do. I like to imagine it's a mix of the two, that while it is relevant to the story, it does also take a lot of strength from Kratos that, in the moment, he can barely bring himself to muster. It requires a god-like will in order to do so, even knowing if he doesn't that Calliope will truly be lost to him forever all the same. And the fact I can even speculate that and it even being .5% possibly true shows in full display how ignorant it is when people say Kratos has always and/or should always be a killing machine and nothing more. He was a total bastard in the Greek trilogy and spinoffs, but he was still human and humans change and evolve with time and value interpeesonal connections, social and emotional.
Exactly that scene with Calliope was touching. I'm wondering how did Lysandra survive Kratos pressing circle on her ⭕🔴 😂. I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
It's kind of hilariously ironic that Odin, typically known as a wise god, was extremely warlike in Ragnarok, and Tyr, their literal god of war, was very wise and patient. X'D
Man I always love the small things you pull out of the characters in this game. Between the game itself and watching your breakdowns, it’s really gotten me to think deeper about the purpose and intent behind the media I consume. I love the videos and I can’t wait for more!
mimir and sigrun wasn't random in ragnarok, i believe they mentioned it in 2018
Lysandra was actually in one single Cutscene in the Original God of War. Confronting Kratos about when enough is enough.
So, Kratos' Description of her in Valhalla seemed pretty accurate to me.
As a young boy playing CoO button mashing O to push away Caliope, the daughter of a character I had grown so fond of, was hard to do. Now, many years later and a father myself, I don't think I would have the strength in me to get past this enormous yet simple boss battle.
man you are like the only youtuber who's videos I feel like I NEED to watch the second I get the notification. I absolutely love what you do. I've watched your stuff for games I've played AND games I haven't, and then been prompted to go check those games out. I'd love to see you talk about dead space some more, but I figure at this point with (technically) only one game out there's not much more to get into.
Your God of War videos are some of the best I've seen, and it helps me appreciate the games so much more!! Thank you so much and I can't wait for your future content! :)
Thanks again for this great video. I could listen to you for hours talking about God Of War.
I would absolutely love a remake of the original trilogy
There is a very slim chance of that happening.
I cant believe you didnt know about the scene with his daughter! Or even that whole game! One of the best entries and it was on psp only!
Great video! Can't wait to see what you see next!
Also, Lysandra appeared in the first God of War during the flashback of him first becoming Ares' Champion
Yup 👍. I'm wondering how did Lysandra survive Kratos pressing circle on her ⭕🔴 😂. I wish Kratos would've had to face more of his past sins like having Poseidon's slave princess hold up the lever to her unjust her death. Many people miss out on Kratos history with Sparta and The Barbarian King in God of War 1&2 games which is around the time he became more ruthless, violent and merciless as a Spartan warrior. This dude always does great video essays analyzing these video game characters. It'd be cool if in a future scenario Kratos met Jesus Christ of Nazareth to have his sins forgiven. Kratos always been complex and seeking redemption knowing what he's done is wrong. I'm just wondering what happened to Aphrodite after Kratos killed the Greek mythology gods destroying much of Greece. Kratos learning his own character development from Tyr in Valhalla about how his morality evolved to becoming more immoral by causing suffering and death to millions of people in the past while killing The Greek mythology Pantheon gods in a selfish quest for revenge. Now he's trying to redeem himself by accepting what he's done as his past God of War self from the previous games to being a god of Hope and heroism. Tyr in Valhalla really giving Kratos therapy 🤣. This has nothing to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of macro Evolutionary biology whereas I accept micro Evolution like speciation and adaptation but not macro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant
I have been REALLY enjoying these videos, not only has it been poking at my urges to write stories, but they're good literary analysis videos. And I just like the longer form media on this platform. Sorry I'm not able to comment much on these but genuinely keep up the good work.
Excellent! Couldnt find anything good to watch but brett always makes s tier content
Did Artemis EVER show up in person in the old series? What ever happened to her? Did she just see the writing on the wall and nope out early?
I like to think her being a huntress makes her less arrogant. She has to respect and understand her quarry to hunt it effectively, so she recognises she’d probably lose to Kratos and just gets the he’ll out of dodge
@@inquisitor9207 And maybe preserve what life she can take with her when Greece is inevitably destroyed. That'd be the smartest move.
She showed up to give Kratos a power up in gow1 and was never seen again.
Just like Apollo.
In don’t think it’s just that God of War has matured with its audience but also that games are a more developed medium and we’ve seen more antihero characters who might act in that way. It’s a less unique or memorable trait to have a character who acts in that way.
bro i just LOVE your videos, you deserve way more because of the effort you put in these
Love the videos my man, like to hear more of your analysis/opinions on these stories, looking forward to it!
Keep up the good work. Much love. ❤
Hell nah not the "abandon your daughter" QTE lmao
Kratos's Story has finally reached a truly satisfying end
8:30 if you liked chains of olympus, youll love ghost of sparta (also a PSP title)
Rehabilitating Týr was a brilliant choice for Valhalla. We spent the entirety of 2018 hearing about how impressive he was; a God of War who transcended violence and fought for peace, who united all the realms in peace and was worthy of trust and love like few others.
Then, when we meet Tyr/Not-Týr in Ragnarök, he's a puling coward, a manipulative, selfish charlatan who only exists to make snide comments and sow division between the protagonists until we finally see he was Odin the entire time. We never met Týr, but this interpretation certainly coloured our impression of him.
Having the impersonation be perfect meant that when we meet the real Týr post-Ragnarök, and his reaction to Odin's death and his own freedom is to travel the realms and do yoga, one might wonder whether or not Odin's performance was very far from reality. He's not out looking for a fight, or joining Kratos and Freya: he's taking some Týr Time.
Having him invite Kratos to battle in Valhalla, seeing that Kratos needs to clear his mind and do some deep introspection, and demonstrate some incredible skill in combat (that catch of Kratos' fist at the end of a duel is impressive Every Single Time) to help Kratos better understand himself, is stupendous redemption for Týr.
It showcases the thoughtful interest he takes in people, the insight and compassion it would take to make him universally beloved, and the phenomenal power and adeptness to go toe-to-toe with a rival God of War with the sheer confidence that if the fight gets out of hand, he can put a stop to it.
It's a real triumph of writing, direction and performance.
These videos made me appreciate GOW even more. Loving all your content.
I really like these videos. Video games have evolved into a one-of-a-kind storytelling medium. It’s the only medium where the audience directly drives the story, and it allows them to grow a much deeper bond with the characters. Imagine if God of War’s story was told through a book. It just wouldn’t be as engaging.
your videos are very thoughtful and excellent! Love it
I thought the same about Lysandra. Faye, while only being mentioned in 2018 and in Ragnarok flashbacks was an actual character. Lysandra just existed to die to motivate Kratos to hate the Greek gods.
I adore this dudes passion for games, man needs more subs
Thank you for your time in putting this videos you truly help me in understanding even deeper the mind perhaps even the true being that is Kratos the God of War 😎
I love how the Norse games act like you did specific side content in the previous instalment, Ragnarök acts like you freed the valkyries & Valhalla acts like you freed Týr
Love your god of war content man keep it up!
Chains was an awesome one for sure
i know you’re taking a break from the series, but when you’re ready, please never stop making gow videos 😭
For those that don't know, the boat captain in the book version of the game was a real SOB. He would abuse his servants, his women, his slaves, and his crew. Kratos had enough of it and led a mutiny and the people on the boat elected Kratos as the new captain, so don't feel TOO much pity for the boat captain.
Both psp games are crucial to the caracterization of kratos in the greek era, the torment that kratos suffered in those games are the fuel to his anger against the gods in god of war 3, all the things with his brother in ghost of sparta, the end to his mother, just justifies the anger that he had, and frankly justified the slaughter of the gods, not the inoccent people of course, kratos definitely did a lot of wrong, but a lot of his anger was rightfull, and well the gods surely deserved.
I love these vids. Always so much depth. I would love to hear your takes on the Nier/Drakengard series.
Hey, just wanted to say. I found your videos by way of AC:VI (armored core 6 for those who think I'm talking about ace combat lol) --- and I LOVE those videos. AC:VI is one of the few modern games I've actually played. And I like it so much I S-ranked it, all. I dug the lore, the story telling, and your perspectives only enhance the game for me. Which is cool. -- However, I also really really really like these ones too; I've only watched my friend play God Of War, Last Of Us, Alan Wake, and Zelda but even so, the stories feel more complete now. Further, I dabble in some writing myself, and these deep dives into the [mechanics] of how games tell stories is broadening my horizons. I find it very fascinating. Hope you keep creating content!
I'd love to see one tackling Blasphemous 2's Incarnate Devotion and what led to its creation. Amazing video as always!
man i just love this guys videos
I absolutely would LOVE to hear your thoughts on Persephone! She’s such a never talked about villain!
I never clicked faster ❤️ amazing video as always
chains of olympus was okay imo but ghost of sparta is honestly one of the best old gow games and I only played it recently before Ragnarok released.
Sitting on my hands for that Atreus video
Though these banger vids still great enough to keep me patient
Waiting for this on PC has been a test of patience that even Tyr would be impressed with.
Hi Brett!
I love your analyses!
The thing is; the boat captain was obviously a running gag that wasn’t ment to be taken to seriously but well…Valhalla did a good job making the joke mean something else
The fact there's people (including the freaking creator of GoW) who are mad Kratos isn't the same bloodthirsty Lord of Murder Mountain he was back then is insane. It's like a kid saying he never wants to grow up and proceeding to be a manchild.
Super happy with your series here and looking forward to your Last of Us videos!
Of the 3 memories, the Boat Captain was my favorite, it also has one of my favorite dialogues in the game, "The hydra was just an animal. I showed him what a true monster looked like".
The reason why this one is my favorite is because as a child I loved that moment, had never seen the "hero" of the game doing something like that, I thought Kratos was such a badass for doing that, but today I can see it was just needlessly cruel. It's the perfect example of God of War maturing up with its audience.
I love the stories told in Valhalla but I think they also do them a great disservice with the way you get the stories in these bite size bits. Each story being broken up in at least three parts makes them feel disconnected/you (or at least I) forgets part of them by the time the next part is told
Still haven't finished my playthrough but I am enjoying everything that I see about the discussion with it
Well that's wild, I had just found this series yesterday and finished the part 1 not 2 hours before this dropped
There are memorable moments in all of the games you should check the other releases too if you haven't already. Chains of Olympus is still to this day one of the best in the series imo I'm glad you reviewed it.
Loved it! I would also love if you made videos about red dead redemption 2
I love these videos and I hope you make these hours long
I wonder if Angrboda will join the Council of nine as Jotunheim's Representative.
Big “My Cabbages” Energy with the Boat Captain 😂😂😂
How do you NOT have minimum a million subs yet? That’s a fucking crime. Love your videos man. Can’t wait for the Sindri one
The hardest button mash in gaming history. 😢 9:47
Yay, caught this 8 minutes after you posted!
Ah, the legendary "Abandon Your Daughter Quick-time-event". If it wasn't for the memes, I wouldn't know about it. Which is a shame. Because it's sort of darkly hilarious. Just the fact there is a quick time event to abandon your daughter, that that even exists.