Every Mythical Inaccuracy in God of War: Chains of Olympus

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[@omarsalem1219]

Can we get context for charon beating people with his oar myth?

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[@emerald_lord2267]

Something about Charon in Greek canon just casually beating the shit outta people with a boat oar/pole is funny to me. Just oozes "I won't hesitate bitch" energy.

[@krankarvolund7771]

It's funny as a depiction.... but it comes from Dante's Allegheri's Inferno, so it's more a christian version of Charon than a greek version XD In the greek myths, the only one who beats anyone with the pole is Herakles, and it's Charon at the end of the stick! And he's punished afterwards because he let Herakles pass without paying XD

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@taylorfusher2997 No one knows what happen to monsters's souls after their dh as far as I know ^^' As for the egyptian gods, the Greeks traded with Egypt and knew their gods a little, and of course during the ptolemaic egypt, they greekified the egyptian gods, like Apis (or ḥjpw in ancient egyptian, Apis is the greek name of the god ^^) became Serapis a mix bewteen the god Apis, and Osiris-Hades ^^

[@fugyfruit]

Don't underestimate the power of a boat oar, Musashi defeated one of the greatest swordsman in the world with one

[@AMightyViciousOlogsFriend]

"A single gold coin ain't enough pay for me to take your shit"

[@Wertsir]

@@krankarvolund7771False. Zeus beat many people with his pole.

[@minerman60101]

Clearly Morphius said "It's morbin' time" and morbed all over the world

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

Hypnos:what did you do? Morphius:you just dont get it dad its morbin time!

[@2-bit567]

Mighty Morphin Morpheus

[@theingsocparty3612]

One of the most villains of all time

[@calvinhays9101]

Morbphius

[@Bubba524dtm]

Yea I heard he morbed the shit outta earth. After the credits they sequel bait "Morbius 2: Space Morbin"

[@jdrvargo287]

I like the idea that Charon can make his oar go into "scythe mode" in case he wants/needs to do some slicing.

[@fernosbonos5394]

just to clear the boat of undesired passengers faster

[@generalhorse493]

I like the idea that Persephone was the og scythe wielded given she’s the Demeter but also her name means “bringer of death”

[@burizonkovec]

nioh 2 switchglaive moment xD

[@deathstar6998]

@@generalhorse493 Or as the old myths depict she was known as Dread Queen Persephone and had ties to Ereshkigal from Babylonian mythology. So it could be that they are part of the same etymology. Also fun fact Hades came into Greek mythology after Persephone yet she was called dread queen before her association with Hades came up in legend.

[@generalhorse493]

@@deathstar6998 indeed

[@Tunade5]

“And don’t tell me that can’t be used as a weapon cause he’s beat some ass with it” As someone who has completed Hades to 100% yes,Charon can and will beat your ass with an oar.

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

He WHAT

[@jurtheorc8117]

Wasn't there a Japanese master or Samurai who defeated a master swordsman using only a (sharpened) oar?

[@jurtheorc8117]

@Tsuchinoko!? THank you! Might be a myth, yeah, but it's an interesting tale either way.

[@Tunade5]

@@ScrewdriverGaming So, late reply but yes. In the game Hades you might have to fight Charon and he just so happens to use the same oar in the picture that The Mythology Guy put up. But be warned: he's tough!

[@grimmreaper5349]

and although technically not Charon, in Ultrakill you can fight someone who shares his job description, and in this case: he does indeed kick your ass with an Oar, blessed and capable of causing explosions, and perfect for delayed sommersault slams

[@enderethan144]

I’ve always loved Hades and Persephone’s relationship in Greek Mythology mainly because they’re the only healthy couple in the entire Greek pantheon. Unless you’re going to talk about that one story with Minthe.

[@hansendavis3742]

You know and the kidnapping part

[@omarsalem1219]

And also leuke

[@omarsalem1219]

Also also persephone growing to love Hades after he kidnapped her is literally just stolkholm sendrome

[@krankarvolund7771]

The only healthy relatinship... that started with a kidnapping you know :p And why is no one ever talking about Ariadne and Dionysos? He saved her from a deserted island after she was dumped by that asshole of Theseus, and offered her godhood, that's an healthy relationship ^^'

[@Dice_roller]

Ehem… Eros & Psyche, remember them?

[@thereaper8878]

"someone tell that lazy bum to get out here and be a parent" a phase that can truly be used for all the gods in greek mythology at least odin tried to parent loki and thor before going to sleep

[@krankarvolund7771]

Why would Odin parent Loki? He has two parents already ^^' The only link between Odin and Loki is a bloodpact they made, so Loki is more the brother of Odin rather than his son XD

[@thereaper8878]

@@krankarvolund7771 im talking about the original mythology not god of war mythology

[@lukedeakin7124]

@@thereaper8878 that is the original mythology, unless your thinking of the Marvel stories where Loki is adopted by Odin

[@thereaper8878]

@@lukedeakin7124 oh i thought that was how the original myth went my bad

[@lukedeakin7124]

@@thereaper8878 nope,

[@kingr.warrior.4906]

You should talk about every mythological inaccuracy in Dante's Inferno (The video game). It would be a lot of fun.

[@LeRodz]

That would be a long video

[@73NSH1]

But catholisism is not a mythos

[@kingr.warrior.4906]

@@73NSH1 It is for many people around the world.

[@73NSH1]

@@kingr.warrior.4906 That's different

[@michealfoster4411]

@@73NSH1 any religion is

[@LuxBellator92]

16:00 I remember thinking this when I first played this game myself. Honestly, the bait and switch of Persephone being the antagonist disappointed me a lot with this game. Morpheus had been teased and built up the whole game and then it all just ended up being a giant anticlimax. Morpheus should have been the game's antagonist, and as you said, they could have done a lot with Morpheus taunting Kratos with his nightmares or tricking Kratos into thinking he could rid him of them, before trying to slay him. A lot of wasted opportunity there, sadly.

[@iusproductions9050]

Yeah, it made me wanna cut Persephone off with the Blades as she was saying her final lines because I just had enough of her dramatic, mustache-twirling villainy during her boss fight.

[@ravencollins5638]

If you hate awful twist villains then don't play the Yakuza games

[@cartooncritique6625]

I feel like Morpheus would be pretty OP to fight. After all, you're talking about the God of Dreams. If nothing else dude could totally fuck with your perception of reality and have you fighting imaginary enemies and second guessing your senses. You're talking about fighting somebody who could drive you to madness unable to determine what's real and what's not.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@ravencollins5638 or watch Peter Johnson films

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@iusproductions9050 like Peter Johnson films

[@Dark-xh2kg]

It's very good that you review God of war games with humor

[@florianterreegen]

@@taylorfusher2997 stop spamming the same thing over and over again

[@star.master_cranium]

You could maybe argue that the artifacts Kratos gets in the game allow him to kill Charon and Persephone. But even that’s a _BIG_ stretch!

[@fernosbonos5394]

the gauntlet is the reason why kratos used it to perma kill both charon and Persephone

[@xeox4280]

@@fernosbonos5394 headcanon

[@gamerstheater1187]

Not really cause it has happened

[@skycrafter2042]

@@xeox4280 no its an artifact of the god so it was able to kill gods

[@bruh5073]

@@xeox4280 not headcanon at all lol. You literally lose the fight against Charon when you don't have the Gauntlet.

[@ChaosServant-ll7pr]

I mean, Kratos did use the Gauntlet of Zeus to kill Charon and Persephone, and the game did explain it was used by Zeus to chain all of the titans. So, maybe that was what gave Kratos the power to kill them.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

But this completely undermines the events of the first game. When you kill Ares, the narrator says "kratos had done the impossible. A mortal killing a god". I mean, big deal, he already looked one and another godlike being. That's why this game sucks.

[@darkbrogaming976]

@@THEPELADOMASTER maybe cause he killed him itself while he required Zeus plus not sure Persephone what that big god or anything while Ares was very strong all olympus couldn't beat him so they send kratos as a bait

[@nauticalerror]

@@antoniowagner4857 Thank you! someone who knows the actual lore in this comment section lmao.

[@hypsin0]

The video fails to mention that Kratos gets rekt on his first go at Charon, because he needs the gauntlet to kill him. It's made quite clear in the game, honestly.

[@darkbrogaming976]

@@hypsin0 bro don't worry toh i speak to him in qna he said he knows

[@darian6423]

The “they bleed red blood but are supposed to have golden ichor running through their veins” seems to be a running gag of these videos and I love it lol

[@finnmchugh99]

Every new God of War review he does is a blessing and look forward to any new ones and imagine Mythology Guy review or react to Amonkhet art or lore cards

[@jakomioftherose2434]

11:54 "What a thrill~!"

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Charon might have pretended to be dead so that Kratos stops beating him up.

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

The ending to god of war ragnarok is just gonna be charon beating the crap out of kratos with a stick for revenge

[@rbgamer3540]

@@Blaze-xe8cl if he tries to do so he will just experience another 19 decades long beating for 10 minutes

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

@@rbgamer3540 kratos can barely take hits from half dead zombies l

[@rbgamer3540]

@@Blaze-xe8cl that is game version + he's stronger now and charon got owned by a pre pandora box kratos so this new kratos will beat him so bad he will give charon a beating of 19 decades in just ten minutes

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

@@rbgamer3540 i get that but i like looking at the comedic diffrence between lore and game

[@jurtheorc8117]

Regarding the cyclops at the beginning of the game: it appears to be wearing some sort of slave collar, and considering the fuppers are pretty prominent enemies, i wouldn't be surprised if the Persians within this universe took some exotic beasts to bolster their own forces. This aside, i'm enjoying this series and appreciate the effort you put into them! It's a bit early ot already be saying this, but i wonder what you'd think of the mythological elements in other hack-and-slash type games, such as the Darksiders series, Dante's inferno, Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death and the like.

[@gamerstheater1187]

they've used Elephants before

[@gamerstheater1187]

Wait, Persians banned slavery at this time though

[@enterurnamehere27]

@@gamerstheater1187 this is not our universe's ancient Iran

[@gamerstheater1187]

@@enterurnamehere27 eh, that's fair I guess

[@eldesconocidosenork5981]

9:52 Well, here goes nothing, but actually Persephone in the original myths is never stated to be a Goddess of springtime, springtime is just a product of Demeter´s getting so exited and happy about being with her daughter again, that she brings life to the world. Persephone is stated to be a Goddess of the Underworld, And if we dig even deeper, she actually might predate Hades as the actual ruler.

[@kluocduoc9835]

...what????

[@hazen7645]

Persephone was the daughter of Zeus which would make her the goddess of springtime. DEMETER was the Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. Where are you reading this nonsense?

[@PetesVideos]

In linear b texts from Minoan Greece there is reference to Persephone as a cthonic goddess of the underworld, yet no reference to Hades til a while after. The list of gods in the pantheon doesn't include Hades at all in the earliest Minoan and Mycenaean greek texts and he seems to be an adaptation of Poseidon later that forms down the line.

[@abcdefghij337]

Yeah I also learned that it was Demeter whose sorrow that her daughter was missing was what caused winter. Demeter was goddess of crops and the harvest, and in her sorrow she refused to allow crops to grow, which is what happens in winter. Persephone didn’t have any unique powers.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@hazen7645 Persephone-Queen of the underworld Goddess of the dead, the underworld, grain, and nature Demeter-Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law No Springtime here

[@Akshay-Patil]

I would love this series to continue ,some people really need to understand what the disclaimer means , inaccurate doesn't mean bad or anyone hates it.

[@ruhruhruhruh2]

shit you not saw a loser crying about kratos being able to kill ares LMFAO

[@krankarvolund7771]

Hyperion guards probably refer to Hyperion which was either the father of Helios, himself a Titan and god of the zenith sun (apparently it's important to have multiple sun gods XD), or a title of Helios or even an alternative name for Helios. Homer use all three in the Oddisey alone it's confusing ^^'

[@Aspenstorpemusic]

@@taylorfusher2997 why comment this on a thread if it's for him?

[@SirsasthNigam.]

First generation Titan -Hyperion: Lord of the East and Titan of the Sun, Light and Power. Second Generation Children of Hyperion and Theia Eos: Titaness of the Dawn, Morning Red, Dew and Frost, Consort of Astraeus, Mother of wind gods and who sided with the Olympians. Helios: Lord of Sight and Titan of the Sun, Heat and Measurement of Time, who sided with the Olympians.

[@fireburn264]

Our boy is back!! Dropping mythological knowledge bombs on us. 💣

[@SuperAnime4444]

9:50 Another thing is that some mythology says Apollo or Helios sets down through the ocean into the underworld and travel in the underworl to return to the temple in the East (in order to explain the path of the sun)

[@lordkratos6093]

Okay. That last point had me face palming very hard for not thinking about that sooner.

[@Blaiddyd_Assasin]

13:43 Maybe Persephone just came back from the earth and then saw kratos?

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

10:56 Damn the Secretary from 50 shades will love to see this.

[@Omashu2425]

Atlas at 14:13 like: "The power of the Sun in the palm of my hand."

[@pekka_lover_69]

I love your reviews. They teach me about mythology while also showing fun gameplay.

[@astralchaos3441]

I like how they added some accuracy to mythology yet kept it as their own thing. Props to Santa Monica for making such a great francise

[@haknight8460]

13:21 good use of photoshop

[@HumishIsCool]

Morpheus more like Morbius

[@redlady120]

Morpheus in mythology will take on the form of whoever you dream of, that would be closest to you. In a way your dead loved ones thru Morpheus can talk to you and relay messages, usually when commanded by the gods.

[@MegaPokefan97]

It's MORBIN' TIME!!!

[@HumishIsCool]

@@redlady120 dam can’t wait to see morbius

[@DiamondAppendixVODs]

I loved when he said "it's morphin' time" and morphed all over Kratos

[@chaoscontroller316]

15:55 Well shit, that one is just a massive missed opportunity. If they didn't just cause Arnageddon of Greece in GoW3, this could've been the story that ends Kratos professionally.

[@adamchrisz]

15:35 Son of Zeus, already makes him a demi- god.

[@eaglehood224]

"Hephaestus wasn't even born yet." Didn't stop him from making a mechanical dog for his baby dad lmao.

[@Darth234Ravenous]

What if nyx was the main villain of this game? As a primordial God of darkness she would be the one to most benefit from helio's being struck down. And if anyone could be strong enough to break the chains holding the titan Atlas it would be her.

[@travisoliver6741]

Yeah, Nyx would make a lot more sense. Especially since, according to God if War: Ascension, Helios banishes Nyx to announce the day every day. Chains of Olympus has a really shoddy plot, especially since no reason is given for why Hades, who canonically defeated Atlas, is asleep and thus couldn't stop his own wife...or why he even bothers to help Kratos in the first game.

[@Neutral_Tired]

15:41 he specifically uses the gauntlet for both kills, maybe the gauntlet has god-killing powers for some reason?

[@matejamicic3037]

yea but it only kills minor gods not major gods like ares,athena,zeus,poseidon,hades etc

[@silversquad4598]

I think the purpose of many mythology’s mixed together is because recently, in the god of war franchise they went from Greek and other cultures to Norse cultures and in ragnorok there’s a sign of Japanese and Egyptian cultures or mythology. So that’s why there’s monsters from other mythologys

[@user-in1gv1uh2v]

But how would the creatures travel? I don't think they are intelligent enough to travel across worlds.

[@Auesis]

@@user-in1gv1uh2v They don't travel across worlds, it's all a single world, each "continent" governed by their pantheons. Kratos just sailed from Greece to Scandinavia.

[@user-in1gv1uh2v]

@@Auesis Still tho. Probably not the easiest trip.

[@manosbouzoubouzou1386]

Yes he’s back! With another immensely great vid,let’s go! Love you myth guy,keep up the great work!

[@redlady120]

Super! Love the commentaries and the puns included. Keep up the vids and great comments coming, @TheMythologyGuy

[@enderethan144]

@@taylorfusher2997 stop spamming the same thing on other’s comments.

[@jeromyg3051]

10:15 “no mortal has ever stood in Hades”…. and how many times did mortal Kratos, not God Kratos, ended up in Hades AND CLIMBED OUT?

[@mileonaslionclaw2525]

7:50 “somebody tell him to get his lazy bum out here and start being a parent” Let’s be real when have the Greek gods ever been a parent? I’m sure there might be a few good cases but I can’t remember any at the moment

[@chewiecheshire7973]

Also the fact that Kratos kills Persephone would end the world regardless, because if Demeter was pissy about her daughter going away to the underworld for a few months, can't imagine how furious she'll be when she finds out that she's dead.

[@Neutral_Tired]

11:41 he is in hades, maybe they're former gorgon queens? Ones who died?

[@justgggamer4338]

there are other gorgon's but Medusa is the main queen

[@andromeda3028]

13:01 Kratos is just built different, for some reason he can by pass immortality 💀

[@gavinwright7076]

Hey Mythology Guy i doubt you'll see this but I just want to say thank you so much for the content you create. Your videos have gotten me through a lot of tough times including this one so thanks so much for what you do hope you get to a million subs!

[@persianking44]

@15:30 Even though it's probably a case of retroactively changing the canon, I recall reading somewhere that after Kratos killed Thanatos in God of War Ascension, which is a prequel to this game, it's implied that Kratos himself became the God of Death, even though he didn't really know it, and it's why Kratos could pull off killing Persephone even though as far as he knew, he was just a mortal/demigod servant of Olympus. It could just as well be that he only needed Pandora's Box to kill Ares because either: 1. Athena was just that desperate to get someone to stop/kill Ares when she couldn't do it herself because of Zeus forbidding the Olympians kinslaying each other, but she didn't want Kratos to know he was already a god, so she sent him on a quest that would "help" him obtain the power of a god, or 2. Ares in the GoW is legitimately much more powerful than he was in the myths and Kratos did actually need the boost anyway to match him.

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Thanatos wasn’t in Ascension. Thanatos does in Ghost of Sparta, which takes place after God of War 1

[@persianking44]

@@TheMythologyGuy1 Ahm I forgot that. Nvm then lol

[@jdrvargo287]

@@persianking44 Plus he didn't *literally* become the god of death, Zeus/the grave digger was speaking metaphorically.

[@johannesbrennan]

when it comes to helios’s chariot being the temple it also breaks the franchises continuity because we se helios riding around in his chariot in gow3 and in that it is the size of a mere chariot

[@jasonturtle3075]

you know this whole talk of Helios has always made me wonder.. Why was Apollo very absent through out the GoW franchise? isn't Apollo also considered a Sun God? why was he not in the battle of Olympus in GoW 3 instead of Helios? Would it cause confusion?

[@jacobjake7623]

We will never know probably. We know Apollo exists in the universe, since we get his bow, but we never see him and Artemis or anyone never mentions him. So probably they just went with Helios because they liked it better

[@brandonlyon730]

@@jacobjake7623 Artemis also kind of disappeared after the first game, she gives you her huge knife and that's it she is never seen or heard from again and didn’t even show up to help Olympus in the third game.

[@jacobjake7623]

@@brandonlyon730 yeah from what I heard the game was planned to be one part and that's it. That's why at the end of GoW I Gaia says Kratos was overlooking wars forever. So they probably didn't want to bring Artemis backwhen they got green light for a sequel. As to why? I have no idea, probably there wasn't any reason to mention her before GoW III and in GoW III they didn't want to add yet another boss fight. But honestly her dissapearing isnt that weird. She is goddes of the hunt after all and she probably spends more time with her Huntresses in the forests, than on Olympus

[@VariableZero]

Hi, Mythology Guy. I’ve been watching your content for a few weeks now, and I just want to say that I really enjoy these inaccuracy videos. Keep it up.

[@officialamatsu]

12:56 ah yes but you’re forgetting that kratos is still son of Zeus, a Demigod, a spartan rage fueled demigod

[@keffkeff160]

12:45 - being immortal isn't the same as being indestructible. If you can make it bleed you can kill it.

[@samuelobah5035]

14:50 I mean kratos is considered a demi-god in this game because he's the son of Zeus in this

[@SapunMan]

Regarding the god killing in this game. Yes, it is a prequel. We don't know that Kratos is a demigod yet(son of Zeus and a mortal woman), so that's what may confuse a lot of people as to why he's able to kill gods. He's always had the power, opening Pandora's Box just gave him Hope. Which one could argue was a power boost, but it was a boost on top of his demigodly powers.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

But ares was supposed to be the first time ever that any mortal (demigod or not) killed a god. This game shits all over that.

[@SapunMan]

@@THEPELADOMASTER first ever as far as we, the audience, knew. Though I do agree prequels tend to retcon things, which I am not a fan of myself.

[@Acheron420]

Yoooooo!!!! Hype man, you’ve taught me a lot about so many mythologies since I found your channel, I gotta saying knowing this stuff makes the god of war games even better, it shows how much they crafted this story themselves instead of just telling a straight factual mythology story

[@zombiesalmon4997]

I am so damn glad that your youtube channel is growing strong dude. Love your content. 💙

[@eg_manifest510]

14:40 honestly that'd have been so funny if Kratos went to kill Persephone and she just incinerated him by turning to her true form, and if he somehow crawled his way back to life they could just hang out at the exit in that form to kill him the moment he spots them

[@rbgamer3540]

I doubt that would happen because kratos was born a demi God with Superhuman strength and at this point of the game many of the people and even the gods believe kratos can beat the weaker gods and I guess Persephone is one of those " Weaker gods "

[@joeyuzwa891]

4:55 No way! never expected to see art from The Dreaming I by Akhlys here.

[@therandomartist3201]

I enjoyed this analysis! Seeing you talk about myths in games and comparing them is fun!

[@redlady120]

The other ones who set foot in Tartarus(Hades) are either demigods or assisted by the gods

[@haknight8460]

11:13 which were made by the titans, cyclopes, and hephaestus.

[@deathbringer5057]

10:40 isn't that face on Charon's belt face of Kratos in ps4, ps5 games in which he fights creatures and gods from the Norse mythology?

[@drunkshadow9685]

Yesssd thanks mythology guy I’ve been waiting for gow innacuracies,I also wanted to mention that some of my mythology knowledge came from you so thanks

[@kobuscushd9875]

About the whole “kratos killing gods” in this game thing: Notice that when he used charon’s scythe on him to cut him in half, Charon survived. But when kratos used the gauntlet of Zeus, he managed to kill Charon. Same with Persephone, he killed her with the gauntlet. I believe it’s the power of Zeus within the gauntlet that’s allowing kratos to kill them

[@reveredrogue9725]

The reason why he was able to kill Charon and Persephone is pretty much obvious with the weapon he uses to kill them. Everytime we see him delivering the killing blow, its always with him using the Gauntlet of Zeus which can kill immortals like the gods.

[@Auster9376]

If that's the case, then why didn't Zeus give Kratos the gauntlet in GOW1? No matter which way you slice it, it's a very considerable plot hole, or a major retcon at best.

[@reveredrogue9725]

@@Auster9376 Considering the fact that chains of olympus was a prequel to god of war 1 releaesed 3 years after the original game, they may have just made the gauntlet to justify kratos having the ability to kill a god. Not saying that it isn't a plot hole, just trying to explain how he killed them before obtaining his godslaying powers.

[@rbgamer3540]

No it's not because of the weapons at this point of the game kratos had the strength to defeat the weaker gods the gods and the mortals believed he could so + how can a normal mortal beat hundreds of undead, Cyclops, Hyperion guard, Sphinx, Baisilik, gorgons and Banshee? + he was born a demi God

[@reveredrogue9725]

@@rbgamer3540 What are you talking about? Strong belief doesn't empower anyone even the gods in this game. Kratos had the strength to battle many enemies but he couldn't kill immortals. That is the very point of the Gauntlet of Zeus. Its description pretty much says that it is deadly to even immortals being one of the few things that can kill immortals. Just go actually watch their deaths and observe how Kratos kills them. If he already had the strength to kill them, why show him using the gauntlet to deliver the killing blow.

[@rbgamer3540]

@@reveredrogue9725 I know I played the game dude I even saw Athena and zeus taking back the stuff from kratos can't even have shit in Greek + how can a normal mortal defeat demons and monster wil little to no difficulty?

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

4:19 Easy, they all did not want to get murder by Kratos; so they all gave it all to morpheus.

[@camiguerra8201]

i was waiting so long for this video thank you thank you thank youuu♥️

[@triumphaladarkshadow4388]

The "Hephaestus wasn't even born yet at that point" gave me terrible flashbacks to the time I heard about Hephaestus building a mechanical dog to guard baby Zeus. Somehow.

[@konstadinosgeorgiopoulos2591]

So interesting fact about Charon and why he might be using a scythe. In Greek, the word Charon (more like "charos" in modern Greek) refers to both Charon from Greek myth and the grim reaper at the same time,so I guess that's where the scythe comes from.

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

16:11 Future Archeologists: "Here we see the genealogy of the Patreon of mythology."

[@girlwiththeartfolder1854]

Omg, please can you do more like this?! I really enjoy watching and listening to your videos.

[@brandonaughtman9091]

OMG! You took my suggestion for this game! Thank you! Oh my thank you! :D

[@michaelgranholm7598]

7:55 maybe they are traders.

[@micshork]

Amazing work. I hope you eventually cover all six of the PS2/PS3 God of War games. I also recommend looking at “Spartan: Total Warrior”, a GoW clone from Creative Assembly.

[@jamescatterall3613]

Man watching your videos always gets a laugh out of me keep it up

[@theviolaknight]

Amazing! I cannot express my love for your videos! Congratulations 🎉

[@DropoutJerome]

I remember being blown away that I could play an actual GoW on a handheld back when I was a kid. I got a red GoW psp2000 for my 13th birthday, got 3 games for it; GoW CoO, Resistance Retribution, and Silent Hill Origins.

[@krankarvolund7771]

As for the Basilisk, Persia is originally in south-western Asia, but at this point they own Egypt, and have a lot of trade with the rest of North-Africa, so I can see how they got a Basilisk, if they lived there ^^ Idem for the Cyclops by the way, half of the greek world was in Anatolia, already under Persian rule. Persia was a multicultural empire and the biggest empire on Earth, that was a pretty big deal XD

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@Randomshell Yeah probably not, I was about to had, but that's more an excuse than anything XD I mean, even if Basilisk and Cyclopses were really intended, Ifrits, although they're correctly depicted, are only found in islamic mythology. Not arabian, islamic, that's a little late for the Persian Empire (the Achaemenid one, not the muslim Persia XD).

[@CoFFee-uw5sv]

5:44 morbiusly a beast

[@tyrongkojy]

Love to see you do the next in the series.

[@Kummet]

1:23 did he say get him a switch. What he gon do to that boy

[@Courier-Six]

I think it kind of speaks volumes about this game that I played it well over a dozen times on PSP and they only parts of the game I actually remember is the opening Attica level and basically the fight against Charon foward

[@kriegsmariner_14]

I think the whole “basilisk not killing Kratos with a glance” thing could be explained away by the basilisk’s appear to have non-functional eyes. They could be using their ears and nose to detect Kratos, in addition to Kratos giving away his position each time he strikes it, but that could be reading too far into it.

[@patrickholzer6415]

Here goes hoping KZbin won't do its thing and strike this one again. Great job, as always! Keep it up!

[@animecomplications9470]

14:33 sephiroth copy and paste smash trailer

[@loneronin6813]

Honestly, the inclusion of the Persians in this game makes me want to see a God of War and Prince of Persia crossover.

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

I'm more towards the sumerian Mythology

[@loneronin6813]

@@durrangodsgrief6503 I also think it would be cool if Kratos went up against Gilgamesh and Enkidu from Mesopotamian mythology. :D

[@behraddadashzadeh9872]

Prince of persia is not very similar to persian myth's

[@loneronin6813]

@@behraddadashzadeh9872 That's a shame. Oh well, that idea bites the dust...or sand as it were lol I know, terrible joke. :P

[@kenslycarpel3140]

My guy, that sponsor intro was so creative and hilarious.

[@CamMations]

I love that you uploaded this on the release day for god of war ragnarok.

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

2:46 So basically Nile Nile Crocodiles. Makes sense.

[@AEsir_Goji]

Honestly I'd be curious to see a rewrite of this one by you, along with ascension. They both needed more thought put in tbh.

[@garoulemos2]

Good job man, amazing video.

[@kristofferbjorkman626]

I just love your vids like this one. I've seen The hercules vid a bouch of Times and still laughs alot 😂 Just epic 👌👍 love to se more!

[@bizzaroblake2519]

He survives because he was a demigod the whole time. Eventually we find out this in god of war 3 but was also said in ascension. With that in mind, those feats where you're wondering how he killed Charon or able to gaze at persephone in her true form, he's a demigod that is tough as metaphorical hades

[@unfathomable3434]

I always thought the whole pandora's box thing was a sort goose chase Athena sent Kratos on, but since he was Zeus's son he could still kill gods

[@camodino5667]

I always learn so much from these videos thanks

[@hankcalvo4723]

I've waited for this moment all my life Thank you very much bro

[@TotallyNotUltraman1966]

3:49 So kratos is a jojo reference...

[@haknight8460]

10:08 and everyone who ever died

[@doncappo3382]

Your videos are great. Its really educating. I really love mythologies but my knowledge was never really deep. Thanks for your vids. I would love to see you talk about the game Hades.

[@Tempest-kp3nn]

I would love to see you go over the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual; there should be plenty information on the creatures on the fandom for the Faerun to see where they took inspiration so from which myths, love your content!!

[@ryakuthearmynekodude]

When it comes to kratos killing persephone and charon, it is basically retconned that he was mortal at that point and kratos simply thought he was one, since in the newer games kratos has been stated to have been BORNED a god, so basically kratos was always a god and pandora’s box literally just amplified those powers to their maximum potential

[@SaxBastard2013]

Pandora’s Box was just hope lol

[@jacobjake7623]

@@SaxBastard2013 Well yeah. And according to lore power of hope is one of the most powerful powers, able to overpower the evils of the Great War

[@officialamatsu]

It was never “retconned” even in the first god of war he was revealed to be a Demi god

[@krankarvolund7771]

"Morpheus have two brothers." Well, two brothers is the simple version. According to Hesiod, Morpheus is the most important of a thousand gods of dreams, sons of Nyx XD

[@jdrvargo287]

Well he has two important brothers. And depending on the version, those 1,000 others may be his uncles.

[@cosmiciaria]

I didn't even know this game existed. Thank you for the laughs ♥ can't wait for the next GoW's videos. I'm as excited to hear about your pov of GoW3 as of GoW2018 and Ragnarok. Those games are just too good. Keep it up♥

[@calebgoodman3028]

There are like seven or eight God of War games made before the 2017 reboot. It’s a common misconception though.