Kratos tells Mimir about a man he regrets killing | God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla

[@floatingf8783]

I love how that running gag from the Greek games is now played for drama here as one of Kratos' greatest shames.

[@thegamingking1972]

That's why santa Monica are the GOATS. Turned a joke into a serious reflect of shame

[@WoahJustTakeItEasyMan]

What's funny is the original creator of GoW actually hates how "soft" they've made Kratos 😂 its a wild take

[@thegamingking1972]

@@WoahJustTakeItEasyMan nah dude, kratos's arc is the best arc is gaming history imo, even Joel(which I considered to be the best character) got served Injustice with how his death was handled

[@WoahJustTakeItEasyMan]

@thegamingking1972 I wholeheartedly agree 😂 it's just hilarious the person who originally came up with Kratos wanted him to stay angry forever

[@prisoner817]

​@@WoahJustTakeItEasyMannot surprising since the first games lacked any kind of emotional depth to them and were just kill stuff and be angry simulators

[@shadowki5687]

Kratos admitting fault and not making excuses show's how far he's come since greece

[@amitpanchal5229]

Pun intended.

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

He's still the same, he killed Norse gods, a changed man would have just left

[@thunderfist232]

@@jancarlosmanon4556 He did leave. The norse gods seeked him out to kill him (Baldur literally came to his house).

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

@@thunderfist232 he could have run and in the end he went and killed baldur just to protect Freya lmao, I mean he didn't have to, he could have just mind his own business

[@theduck7346]

​@@jancarlosmanon4556the gods would have still hunt him

[@Ocean_III]

"i showed him what a true monster looked like" I think about this qute alot

[@ImADeity]

The only innocent man in GOW

[@jonathancampbell7798]

You think about a quote a lot from something that literally is only a month old,?

[@thekotabear69]

How it just came out tf

[@ogiebear8484]

Guys relax he probably thinks of it more of like in an edgy, “Im a badass monster” kind of way like all the sigma edgelords

[@GwynC]

Pathetic people choosing to be mean here for no reason. Get a life, go touch grass, play God of War, LEARN SOMETHING bro.

[@agenttwenty-six6133]

You could hear Kratos choke up at the end there for even a moment. Something that was seen as a gag in the original games turned into a truly horrifying trauma for him to admit his guilt. He saw himself as a monster, and the boat captain's murder was a manifestation of it.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Kratos was deliberately putting himself into 'irredeemable' territory during the original triology.

[@adamdoof420thedoof8]

It's why I hated hearing "Kratos is way too soft now" nah dude he's a ruthless soldier.

[@SlickSkuddy]

@@JoshSweetvaleplaying the first two games, for the first time ever, and as an adult, it seemed extremely intentional. 🤣

[@BHuang92]

Boat Captain: Please save me! Kratos: 🗿

[@yesval]

I'm here for this key🗿

[@milutinstankovic4638]

"I didn't come for you"

[@goldngamer1365]

"Thank you! I knew you'd come for me!" "Nuh uh"

[@2Nxghtz]

“Nah fam”

[@oliwermattsson1913]

Long live the captain

[@deadsheep1017]

I remember pushing that boat Captain back into Tartarus after he had almost managed to climb out.. and laughing afterwards.

[@theLoveRocketjr]

“You again!?” *gets kicked down* “AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH..!”

[@ImADeity]

He was also one of the ghosts summoned by the barbarian leader in God of War 3. Poor guy can't catch a break

[@francoascencio9348]

You need to go to Valhalla

[@theLoveRocketjr]

@@ImADeity Not you again!!!

[@kylegoyak]

Your heartless 😂😂

[@Issa.nicholas]

“The hydra was just an animal, I showed him what a true monster looks like.” If that sentence alone doesn’t encapsulate who and what younger Kratos was idk what else can…

[@RoastTurtle2]

Kratos is a sad sack of shit and a massive nary sue. Should scrap the character completely

[@jusacoolwhitedude7147]

bros cute

[@albertwesker404]

Literally everyone knows he was a basdass demon

[@Issa.nicholas]

@@jusacoolwhitedude7147 who’s cute..?

[@MHAOvercharged]

I pity the Boat Captain despite his death is hilarious. Like everywhere he goes and everytime he almost succeeded. Then there's Kratos fucking up his life at the worst moment.

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

Kratos is like the boulder. The captain is similar to Sisyphus.

[@jasonking7570]

Not just his life, but his afterlife even

[@kitieriwhite7758]

So what I'm piecing together is that the boat captain is a cabbage farmer and Kratos is Aang

[@luka_unleashed307]

wonder if atreus every wanders towards england/ireland/scotland if we`ll see the boat captain as a revenant? basically jason from friday the 13th, unstoppable vengeance zombies from irish folklore

[@lonewolffang]

What makes it funnier is Kratos runs into him on a few more occasions as if it was a running gag.

[@Nimajneb42069]

The writing in this game is next level. I could listen to these side conversations for hours

[@JnEricsonx]

Helps with great VA's. Been fans of them for years, in Mimir's case, decades.

[@savvivixen8490]

I guess I am listening for hours. In small bites, but I get to savor each one.

[@snowtonioplays3270]

The kid with the magnifying glass starts thinking about the ants.

[@unclebobboomergames]

Were all supposed to at some point. Reflect and think "ehh yeah maybe thst was kindofa POS thing to do"

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

​@@unclebobboomergames Nah

[@unclebobboomergames]

@@mywifesboyfriend5558 well then im happy you still have growth to go thru

[@W4TH3JE5U5]

​@@unclebobboomergamesHis wife has a boyfriend, not sure there's any character left to develop

[@Dude-ni3vk]

​@@unclebobboomergamesThere's no growth to be had over killing insects. They're pests, annoyances, and exist in such a ridiculously large number with limited life spans their lives do not matter. They're not intelligent, they're sentient, and are not worth thinking about.

[@snailmail2000]

The boat captain was like the Cabbage man in ATLA. Except more gruesome and violent

[@Ragman312]

Not my cabbage corp!

[@rockluee37]

What is ATLA?

[@andytorres6052]

@@rockluee37avatar: the last air bender

[@its_vintage2601]

Hilariously enough the cabbage man had a bad habit of being in the wrong place wrong time, usually directly in the way of a fleeing Team Avatar

[@thebraveguy9808]

Pretty sure majority of the incidents with the Cabbage Man in Avatar were accidents though. This one was deliberate.

[@heyitshellfire9153]

To be so casually cruel, I… Damn, we almost never see kratos either stutter or cut off, that’s how you can tell just how big his remorse is for this man

[@Rhino-Prime]

Kratos screwed him over 3 times, killing him second, kicking him into the pits of Tartarus. Then, he was killing him a third time as a ghost when he was summoned. And not once in any of them did he hesitate.

[@heyitshellfire9153]

@@Rhino-Prime yeah but that’s old kratos, this kratos is more humble and actually cares, bro even apologised just to remove slight guilt

[@Rhino-Prime]

@@heyitshellfire9153 hopefully we meet Jim again

[@williamswain2303]

I mean he almost cried

[@williamswain2303]

@@heyitshellfire9153 lmao I feel like that man had to have done something even young kratos don't just have uncalled for animosity just don't get in his way he's trying to avenge sparta

[@darcydemars69]

"The hydra was just an animal....i showed him what a true monster looked like." Chokes me up every time.

[@sendittobrandon2012]

He’s terrified of Atreus becoming what he was

[@theradicalginger3060]

Heimdalls words echo I see cities burning.. I hope hes not right that smug ass prick

[@nicholashernandez4611]

The worst part? As the person who was in control of Kratos while the boat captain suffered again and again, I never felt bad about it until I heard this. His old callous, unrepentant rage was mine. His new introspection and shame is now mine and overshadows the old. A masterful game.

[@MorphineDoffein]

Your a monster

[@nicholashernandez4611]

@@MorphineDoffein Thank you. I realize that every day.

[@MorphineDoffein]

@@nicholashernandez4611 face me in a boxing match ido boxing n lets face

[@nicholashernandez4611]

@@MorphineDoffein If we met in a boxing ring, you will need your namesake after I’m done with you. I’m not going to fight you to win, I’m going to go in there specifically to hurt you. Don’t make the same mistake dozens before you have made. Keep it on KZbin and not in your hospital room.

[@MorphineDoffein]

@@nicholashernandez4611 dude I literally train boxinf and muay thai and I compete in regional level what can u possibly do to me lil guy

[@bjm392]

The writers need a raise. They turned a gag into character development.

[@kyleturner7108]

Damn kratos really regrets killing that boat captain.

[@michaelsantamaria5295]

The dude killed him three more times after the hydra for absolutley nothing

[@denzellizasuain563]

​@michaelsantamaria5295 that's the point. He's been so cruel to him so many times when he never did anything to kratos. Kratos just became what he hated to the boat captain, god

[@zomboids2100]

He regrets the cruelty he showed towards those that he knew didn't deserve it in the first place

[@Archer170]

Whos wife did kratos use to open that door temporarily for him self.

[@starfallentertainment9131]

@@Archer170that was Poseidon’s princess. A woman he abused and probably raped. There’s a trophy called “ I didn’t do it, but I wish I did.” That was deleted implying Kratos wanted to have his way with her

[@geminiguy6032]

Mimir: That's horrible, brother. However, it's worth noting you're no longer that- Kratos: He managed to survive, but then we unfortunately crossed paths a second time. Mimir: And then you killed him? Kratos: No, he somehow survived that encounter too. Mimir: Oh, then what's the proble- Kratos: I saw him a third time. Mimir: I may be a Jötun but Jesus Christ, Brother

[@theradicalginger3060]

😂 every time mimir says something like that to kratos i chuckle you mean metaphorically right brother? No Of course not 😂

[@SlaybackForever]

NEEDS MORE RECOGNITION

[@Vik1919]

I can't imagine Mimir saying "Jesus Christ" 😂

[@fanmail32]

He’s not a jotun you ruined your own joke

[@rizkifajarfirdaus9123]

"I didn't come back for you"

[@albertwesker404]

What- NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@mjkhan9664]

Anyone remember Orkos? The one Greek deity that wasnt bad to Kratos.

[@thesilentsociety3252]

Yup, and in the end Kratos gave him a warrior’s death so that he could be free

[@unclebobboomergames]

Yeah. The one truly set him on his path to revenge

[@Warchief-te9jj]

What about Aphrodite?

[@0626polyboy]

​@@Warchief-te9jjyep , kratos also set her free by using the O

[@rcslyman8929]

Or Poseidon's daughter.

[@GideonGrimmGaming]

I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen Kratos use a contraction.

[@xytanvadum109]

That guy, the many random humans in the street or just in the way tryinot not to die, and lets not forget the girl he used as a 2 by 4 who was torn apart moments later.

[@galaxyr3dmu552]

I like to think that we grew like how Kratos did. In the first 3 games we have fun murdering anyone and everything in sight, but now we have more emotion and think more about our consequences, almost maturing along with Kratos

[@samuelr.6046]

Definitely bro used to be BTK now I'm a saint

[@jacqmarthy536]

A very important thing anyone in entertainment needs to know that decides if their product would be successful. Original fans will be your first audience. Most GOW fans are adult now which is why a gag that entertained kids in edgy phase can be discussed with more mature view. Fans remember first games and appreciate the reminisce and character growth. This is in contrast with witcher series where their product wasn't appreciated by og fans and is failing. Remember they saw first and they gave reviews first

[@senseishu937]

Man dropped one of the hardest lines in the series at the end while talking about how evil he was 😂 love it

[@SenatorAri]

Wow, from the start of the first game. Always remember that guy

[@KK-zs5xz]

He is the equivalent of the Cabbage Guy from Avatar

[@zueszues9715]

He killed him twice ! Even in underworld !

[@Armzed1]

I was just about to say this👍

[@DestinyZX1]

@@Armzed1make that three times.

[@zinogre1362]

3 times, inside the mouth of the hydra, tartarus(when Kratos got impaled by Ares and when the captain was summoned by the barbarian in gow 2

[@Ashcash95]

His growth was beautiful to watch the self reflection as a grown man.

[@LaughableSynonyms]

I remember that scene. I also remember kicking that same boat captain into the pits of Tartarus. Leonidas and Kratos have some strong kicking game.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

It's a spartan thing.

[@paladin181]

I remember the Barbarian King summoning him in GoW2, and sending him back to Hades again.

[@shawnmecum9131]

It reminds me of Augustine realizing his own depravity. He snuck into a neigbors lemon tree to steal their lemons. They had their own lemons, better ones, healthier trees, he wasn't hungry either, but he stole them for the sheer desire to steal and then fed them to the pigs, and that's when he realized what evil stems from

[@adriananic8258]

Where from?

[@shawnmecum9131]

@@adriananic8258 ah my apologies, it was pears. You can look up "Augustine stealing pears" and plenty should come up

[@shawnmecum9131]

@@adriananic8258 it was in his work "confessions" i believe

[@adriananic8258]

@@shawnmecum9131 a roman emperor or which augustine?

[@shawnmecum9131]

@@adriananic8258 Augustine was in fact a roman but I'm referring to St Augustine of Hippo

[@loafbreed7246]

voice broke at the end. that was genuine. damn.

[@dmora2386]

GOD how absolutely epic is this franchise. I'm old now, almost 40 and damn if I aint proud to have enjoyed the originals during the golden age of gaming.

[@ThatOneKiidThere]

And random jackass can point out how great he is and all the good things. A truly great man points out his faults and let's them guide him to a better future

[@brunoruiztalamo3692]

Dayum.. GoW 1 just kicked in my PS2 memories. I’m crying manly tears. What a childhood 🥹

[@Nesenda]

Kratos thought nothing of it. We laughed at it. Mayhaps we're even worse monsters?

[@Gumbier_Than]

Hell I laughed in GOW3 when Athena said mankind suffers after the failed assault on Olympus. Kratos was like "let them suffer". 😂

[@jacensmith2818]

Are we the baddies?

[@Nesenda]

@@jacensmith2818 yes

[@geelangadipr223]

The man: its you again!!!

[@James-t6v]

"I showed him what a true monster looks like" that line hits really deep.

[@abdullahsakib2528]

This is what true redemption looks like. No excuses just guilt.

[@yig_501]

this was amazing dlc lore wise God Of War is one of the greatest game series of all times

[@AvisPraeda777]

Kratos has always been more than what others saw. Including his own creator.

[@matttiberius1900]

Being casually cruel was the best thing about GoW.

[@jacqmarthy536]

To quote sseth: "we were really edgy kids back then"

[@mylenhansen6350]

I love how a gag from the og gow games is just something horrific now

[@elvondrago96]

*The Boat Captain* is *The Cabbage Guy* of GOD OF WAR Universe.😂😂😂😂

[@Rain-Man915]

I love how they show just how much Kratos has matured. The fact that he can bring his guilt into words and he doesn’t stutter or hesitate, he just expresses how horrible he was in the past with no filter, no metaphor to make it sound like he’s talking about someone else. That’s not just maturity, that’s wisdom.

[@skylerezell507]

The boat captain locked all those women away to be killed by the undead. Kratos was pissed.

[@zdeity3620]

Admitting to and embracing your wrongdoings is the most crucial step to healing and bettering yourself

[@jakethegamer20]

That gave me chills, the VA for Kratos did a really good job voicing him in this game

[@Brogalaxy44]

“I showed that man what a true monster looked like” literal chills

[@nightnine9128]

Kratos' self reflection in this game was wild. I'm so proud of him haha.

[@romanjigunchin4199]

Kratos! The Ghost of Sparta The Bane of Olympus A cruel striker...

[@theradicalginger3060]

Strike first! Strike hard! No mercy! Zeus! Face me you coward!

[@denzellizasuain563]

​@@theradicalginger3060 THE PITS OF HEDIS COULD NOT HOLD ME, THE SISTERS OF FAITH COULD NOT CONTROL ME AND YOU WILL NOT SEE THE END OF THIS DAY

[@MechiPlat]

He even leaves out the parts where he goes into hell and kills him again, on numerous occasions.

[@Alerey720]

Kratos kill the captain because he seen him as a coward for runing off the Hydra and because he said "Thanks to the gods you come to save me" and by that point Kratos already hate the Gods...but none of that really justified be so cruel and i love Kratos finally acknowledges that.

[@Aj_Central]

"I Didn't come back for you" Will always be hilarious to me he killed him 3 times in 2 games and each time he Didn't do a damn thing to kratos it's messed up but it's funny as fuck you can't deny it!!!😂😂😂

[@ennjaychannel]

And how kratos kicked him in the underworld ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@S.M.A.0222]

I read in the God of War novel that the captain was a cruel slave owner and trader.

[@jacqmarthy536]

Did kratos know in the novel? Not mentioned in the game

[@ugandalorian495]

This quote right here is what the creator of God Of War needs to listen to like God damn

[@brianstevens321]

Ummm .... The creator of God of war should listen to quote in the game he made and definitely knows is in the game for what reason? You know the same lead guy from the original series was behind these two as well, right?

[@I_am_a_cat_]

I still remember doing this as a kid in the older games. Loved it then, and LOVE these references and growth

[@oenseis6323]

The boat captain came back crazy

[@justinpeck6015]

The poor boat captain 😂 he fucked him up 3 time. In the hydra, on the way to hell and again when he fought Hades i think.

[@MrProteeus]

I hope regretted killing Hephaestus….. honestly Kratos gave him no choice. A father would do what is necessary to protect his children

[@thatrandomwhitekid845]

Spoiler warning just in case He talks about it later on and even admits to mimir that he died protecting pandora from him, he never openly states that he feels regret for killing him but that statement leads me to believe he does feel ashamed of what he did to him. However he does admit how he cared deeply for pandora and is extremely regretful of her fate, he talks about how she reminded him of his own daughter and that she saw through him and her words reached him like few others could. At the end of the DLC he even repeats what pandora told him about hope, that it’s what makes people strong and what they fight with when all else is lost.

[@willy.b.b3427]

Kratos wouldnt talk about this to anyone except mimir. Not even atreus, true brothers, with genuine honesty.

[@Jacquoribraddock]

I never peeped the dude up top. From the thumbnail l was like “when they patch the iron giant into the game!?” 😂

[@mobiusZero2]

Lol the boat Captain is a meme now

[@thegamingbendu]

Now Kratos what about the citizens you also cut down who were trying to flee for there lives

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Or that girl he used as a door stopper that got shredded.

[@Wren_the_Bird_King]

I think he is fixated on the boat captain because that was the first time, his start of cruel inhumanity to the people whose only crime was being in the way.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Iirc there was that one boat captain side mission in GoW 4, maybe that’s why the boat captain has a penthouse in Kratos’ head.

[@HypedKryptic]

The Hydra, ya thats just a mindless animal. I showed him what a true monster is 💀

[@devils_kin0449]

it's not meant to be funny

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

​@@devils_kin0449Yet it is.

[@devils_kin0449]

@@mywifesboyfriend5558 It's not, grow up

[@thegametroll6264]

Proof that kratos has "tempered" himself like a finely forged weapon of a warrior over the years.

[@Kaijugan]

Uh, Kratos? What about the guy you smashed against a building? Or sacrificed to get past a door? Or let get devoured to get the fleece? Or Pyrathis? Or Prometheus? Or the girl you let get crushed to prop open a door? Think you’re forgetting those, bud

[@FckYou-d5h]

Perhaps not. The boat Captain likely sticks in his mind because he had multiple opportunities to save him but didn't. The Captain is a symbol of all of those people you mentioned. He represents the multiple chances that Kratos had to change as well as all the times he spat on them.

[@azrael557]

Kratos kills innocent people in just about every game up until the fourth. What makes the boat captain different is his death granted Kratos nothing, unlike Poseidons Princess and the guy he smashes to get across, there’s just simply no reason for it, and Kratos does this multiple times.

[@insertedgynamehere]

Prometheus asked to be killed, and his death was a mercy.

[@artawanbimo7693]

"You again!?" -The boat captain

[@TheScribe1.0]

“I didn’t come back for you.”

[@jebes909090]

honestly the one person that a regret killing was posidons daughter/wife whomever it was. that poor girl was killed quite brutally just to open a door.

[@This_lil_Hornet]

It's actually worse. Much much much worse. She wasn't Poseidon's wife, she was his prisoner; an enslaved concubine. What Kratos did to her is a million times worse than the boat captain.

[@RndmFndm103]

I've been listening to EPIC: The Musical too much 😂. When Kratos said, "He was just a man, afraid for his life..." and "I showed him what a true MONSTER looked like." All I can hear are songs from Act 1 😂

[@Yvng_Zy]

Praising and dissing yourself at the same time is crazy

[@WalterH_White]

I just love how in the first game, Kratos kills the boat captain and in the second game, the Barbarian king summons the boat captain’s spirit and Kratos kills him and in the third game, you can find a note written by him and in this game we have a story about him.

[@m-hgamer3554]

Young Kratos was savage, he had no mercy for anyone!!!!

[@nehemiahstewart]

His sins, regret to shame to forgiveness of himself and dedication to service. Now that is character development.

[@dionwalker2111]

RIP to that boat from GOW 1 & 2 🙏🏾🙏🏾 He did everything to try to survive

[@tuckemon]

I really love what Santa Monica did to evolve Kratos. He's truly sorry about all the people he carelessly slaughtered. Yet he'll never ask for forgiveness because he feels unworthy of it. In a way Atreus saved him from himself. Kratos was never scared of anything except for losing his son or that his son would turn out like him. Having his son changed him in a way nothing else could. Their bond is one of my all time favorite ones in all of gaming if not fiction.

[@ameerzuher5347]

I love how Kratos grew up but I still miss the old Kratos a bit

[@notthedeadweight]

Midas, Poseidon's princess and Daedalus: 😐😐😐

[@qofi2723]

"I didn't come back for you" was the last words the boatman heard from Kratos before he snatched his key and left him to die in that beast's stomach.

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

Kratos also killed his summoned ghost. Shit was hilarious.

[@watthedeuce6456]

Not gonna talk about that one guy who showed up in all 3 games that Kratos just casually murders in each one.

[@romemedina4712]

I'm amazed Kratos has matured so much. Give me another playthrough and I'll laugh while doing it again.

[@Adamax93]

Give This man an Oscar for his performances

[@darrencarruthers3288]

Gotta say Kratos, That was a dick move

[@mar00nm4v2]

Kratos: yeah.... that was a dick move, my fault gang

[@chesspro13]

What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?

[@theone9132]

The boat captain was carrying slaves as cargo on his ship. I feel no remorse for ending him three times

[@jeyeldc4423]

"but a hydra is just an animal, I showed him what a true monster looked like"

[@mistergguy7886]

"No, not you again!!" -BoatCaptain

[@mythrain8752]

That boat captain get the "f*ck you in particular" treatment

[@lonewolffang]

The Boat Captain: Oh, so now you want to apologize? Kratos: My bad. I was angry back then.

[@vggeist644]

As someone who killed a boat captain for no reason it’s pretty helpful 😢 we can change, grow, learn from our pasts

[@bochen2251]

That moment I knew this was a unusual game and I loved it

[@nate_thats_it6802]

Kratos is the greatest video game character ever created.

[@phoenixtrashplays6272]

A lot of ppl dont like this "soft" kratos but i think it shows he really has the wisdom that came with his godhood, hes thought about his past and cant escape it so hes doing his best to reconsile with himself and take a second chance

[@daysand123]

Meanwhile that one lady begging for her life Kratos used as a doorstop rather than just use his swole power to tear through the door.

[@insidetimisworld3719]

lol exactly what I said

[@aleve301700]

The boat captain that's something only few player would know

[@arcanefury3666]

Kratos: Also i killed that guy like two other times.

[@felipecordero1018]

Kratos is a true example of repentance!

[@Silentnocturnes]

This is true character development.