God of War (2018)
God of War is a 2018 role-playing (rpg) video game made by SIE Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Kratos buried his rage along with his Greek past. Now he lives in the frozen wilds of Norse country, a widower raising a boy who barely knows him. Their journey starts with a simple duty, carrying his wife's ashes to the highest peak, and turns into a trek across realms thick with gods, giants, and old grudges. Combat trades the old chain-blades for a Leviathan axe you hurl and recall to your hand. Between fights, father and son learn each other. Santa Monica Studio reshapes a bombastic series into something quieter and heavier, about grief, restraint, and what a father passes down.
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What is God of War about?
Kratos buried his rage along with his Greek past. Now he lives in the frozen wilds of Norse country, a widower raising a boy who barely knows him. Their journey starts with a simple duty, carrying his wife's ashes to the highest peak, and turns into a trek across realms thick with gods, giants, and old grudges. Combat trades the old chain-blades for a Leviathan axe you hurl and recall to your hand. Between fights, father and son learn each other. Santa Monica Studio reshapes a bombastic series into something quieter and heavier, about grief, restraint, and what a father passes down.
When was God of War released?
God of War was released on 20 April 2018.
Who made God of War?
God of War was made by SIE Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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- Companion guide: Giants & Titans
- Companion guide: Greek Mythology
- Companion guide: Norse Mythology
- Companion guide: Revenge & Vengeance
A few thoughts on God of War
The Song of Achilles shares the blood and tenderness of myth, warriors and grief braided together, and suits Kratos's Greek shadow. For the fighter's inner discipline behind the axe, Gorin no sho reads like Musashi writing Kratos's own philosophy. The The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack score matches the long, mournful grandeur of the climb.
Warriors trying to leave a violent past behind
God of War strips Kratos of his old rage and drops him into Norse woods as a widower who barely knows how to be a father. The Northman and Vikings tell their own Norse sagas of warriors bound to blood and legacy, Rurouni Kenshin follows a former assassin sworn off killing, and the real Book of Five Rings reads like the discipline Kratos is trying to live by.
Fathers and found kids carrying each other through danger
God of War follows Kratos and Atreus learning to be a family on a trek to scatter a wife and mother's ashes, with every fight secondary to that bond. The Last of Us and The Mandalorian and Grogu tell the same story: a hardened protector opening up to a kid, The Witcher 3 gives Geralt that same worry over Ciri, and Fullmetal Alchemist's brothers press on after losing their mother.