What Is The Future of Kratos and God of War?

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla gave us a very definitive ending to the Norse chapter of Kratos, but that doesn't mean the story is over! Here are all the threads and possibilities of where the God of War franchise could head next.
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0:00 Kratos' Future
2:25 Forseti
4:29 Thrud
5:19 Sindri
7:20 Going Abroad
10:24 A Greek Remake
11:30 A Norse Prequel
13:16 Atreus Game

[@uselessitto]

kratos comes to modern times and defeats captalism

[@Chados.]

Saw a comment once calling Sindri "Ghost of Svarta" 😂

[@MidChronicler]

That's incredible

[@giagarex]

I feel like Kratos will be traveling to other mythologies in order to inspire and help fight tyrannical pantheons

[@jesterb6793]

I fully agree

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

So he’s gonna go around starting wars?

[@randomname5646]

He wants peace not to fight more patheons

[@insaneadem5014]

​@@AnthonyBlamthonyhe is the god of war

[@marxist-leninist-protagonist]

@@AnthonyBlamthony Revolutions. Fighting back against oppression isn't a bad thing

[@laffycade3151]

I hope I don't sound nerdy, but for a next gow game, a deeper story could be told that goes into a theology and kratos tries to redefine what being a god is. A more nuanced and different take on what it is to be a god. Something that goes beyond the power fantasy.

[@MidChronicler]

I would really love that

[@godofkarma1260]

Aint nobody wanna see that shit i wanna see my dude kratos rip heads off of gods and jump properly A return to former glory

[@MidChronicler]

@@godofkarma1260 that is the opposite of his character development, it will never happen lol, you must realize that

[@orion4829]

​@@godofkarma1260 Kratos still does that but he feels sad now lmaoooo

[@HishamA.N_Comicbroe]

@@godofkarma1260 Will agree on the fact that we need a jump button but everything else is smtg a kid would say.

[@CoolSaver]

I don't think Sindri will pose any threat, he's broken, but not stupid. He knows Brok's death wasn't in any intentions but Odin's, seeking revenge on Kratos or Atreus will be very dumb for his character. He may refuse to provide help (but even so, in Ragnarök he agreed to do it, because, again, he's not stupid), but i don't think he will cause any troubles.

[@mithvibes4727]

and when thrud was about to strike atreus , sindri was about to attack her before atreus told him "NO! she's a friend" proving that even tho sindri feels what he feels , he would still save atreus from death

[@fredy2041]

Sindri would have everyone against if he started a conflict. Also, they are not goin g to repeat what they did with Freya.

[@95DOIDO]

For Kratos, I think someone from another land asking his help would be a good way to introduce him into a new pantheon, let's say that Isis comes to the norse lands asking for help to find her husband's (Osiris) parts, that were scattered around Egypt, so she can mourn him properly, like, it sounds too simple, but so it was gow's 2018 journey, that's why it worked so well, in the mean time, Set, who killed and scattered Osiris would try to stop Kratos, it's simple of course, but it has potential... for Kratos to accept such thing they would have to give him a really good reason, but it's an idea, someone from Mimir's land asking for help would work even better, Kratos would help to save his brother's land from some evil, as I said in another video, greek saga ended as the villain saga, norse saga ended the redemption saga, let's move to the HERO saga, I want to fight beasts and kill gods for the right reasons now...

[@SleepySloth2705]

And in order to put Osiris' pieces back together, and possibly revive him, Kratos would have to seek Anubis. In the meantime, Set would send minions to stop Kratos and his quest

[@dylanrinker6831]

@@SleepySloth2705 but kratos already went to Egypt before the events of 2018

[@YourMomsSecretLoverr]

Damn I like this whole thread great ideas

[@SvenStuartsson]

I think an Atreus / Loki game could play out similar to the Prince Of Persia games as Atreus is agile athletic strong and cocky yet confident. Basically Norse Prince Dastan

[@HelloImCrimson]

Nobody gives a flying fuck about Atreus. Hes annoying, not fleshed out and overal a badly designed character pushed onto us as a point of motivation for the main char, Kratos. Fuck Atreus.

[@onehandedbandit8702]

No one wants an Atreus game💀

[@FelidaeEnjoyer]

@@onehandedbandit8702 Nuh uh, we do

[@369destroyer]

For a Atreus gsme, imagine this. He is travelling when hebruns into a strange birdman, just a bit taller than him and injured. Helping the guy recover he introdices himself as Horus, and he is seeking Kratos for help, as Set has usurped his pantheon. Atreus, however, knows his father likely won't want to join another war, but his sense of Justice leads him to take on the burden. Horus could be about his age and gives him a friend he can relate to. Plus he could be a bit of a bad influence give his revenge driven motives.

[@kiseiju5016]

Or how about Atreus tries to free an imprisoned giant in Egypt and he is stuck in the underworld and calls for kratos who gets a dream again about Atreus. Since Kratos is known in Egypt they might lure him. Who knows. Athena still out there planning something

[@teenrose13]

The problem with this is the developers already stated this was the last game in the Norse saga

[@rosaline7549]

It doesn't mean we can't visit the norse realms since it's kratos homeland now

[@DarkWanderer666]

SMS is one of the rare studios where I feel confident in whatever it makes next.

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

I keep seeing folks talk about killing the Egyptian gods, but that wouldn’t make much sense. In gow4 Mimir talked briefly about on how they’re different from European gods. They are not “good”, but they’re also not “evil” and malicious. I think a cool story could be Kratos going back to Greece and unfucking up his mess, when he killed the gods he didn’t, just destroy the land, he also left a massive power vacuum. So any neighboring gods(like the Roman pantheon) don’t really have any opposition if they decide to conquer and enslaved Greece. So maybe the new found god of hope seeking redemption, can go there and *give* them hope. And maybe Mimir can finally find out what an olive is🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dylanrinker6831]

He ALREADY WENT TO EGYPT!!

[@grandmastercola5772]

That was in a book and he didn’t do anything there@@dylanrinker6831

[@rosaline7549]

No mimir said he heard they ruled with wisdom and humility then he followed such a gossip shouldn't be trusted especially when it comes to gods, so there could be more Egyptian gods and they could be corrupted inside

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

@@rosaline7549 True, I miss remembered he was talking about the Mayan gods who shared their power. But I still stand behind my point because it doesn’t change the fact that Mimir said the Egyptian gods are complicated in god4. I still think it would be like the Alfheim section in gow4, when we deemed one side(the dark elves) evil for doing bad things. Then later on we got splashed with some cold water and realized we are outsiders, sticking our nose in a business we don’t really know anything about. The dark elves may have done some bad things, but just like Egyptian gods we learned that they were /complicated/. So would be really be the good guys if we killed them ?

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

@@rosaline7549​​⁠ True, I miss remembered he was talking about the Mayan gods who shared their power. But I still stand behind my point because it doesn’t change the fact that Mimir said the Egyptian gods are complicated in god4. I still think it would be like the Alfheim section in gow4, when we deemed one side(the dark elves) evil for doing bad things. Then later on we got splashed with some cold water and realized we are outsiders, sticking our nose in a business we don’t really know anything about. The dark elves may have done some bad things, but just like Egyptian gods we learned that they were /complicated/. So would be really be the good guys if we killed them ?

[@cHaOs_LyRiCaL]

I really like your take on this. One way I see the story going from here is probably branching it in two directions. On one side, we’ll have Kratos trying to forge alliances in other pantheons. While some gods will be more open to the idea, some others won’t be as much. That’s where I see him having to prove himself and earn their trust by helping them in their personal issues like skirmishes, revolutions and any other war related issues. That would play really well with him being a god of war himself and by helping them he would give them new hope for a better future. On the other side we’ll have Atreus on his journey to reunite his people. Of course Atreus is not his dad and he’s probably going to cause a lot of trouble in his adventures. But contrary to what many people seem to push, I think it’s a very bad idea for him to rely on his father’s help to fix his problems. In order for the character to grow, he’d have to either uphold his dad’s legacy and fix his issues or embrace the chaos more akin to his mythos counterpart. As you see here, both journeys are paralleling each other in the sense that both Kratos and Atreus are unifying something, Kratos unifying all the pantheons and Atreus unifying the giants once again. I can totally see Kratos unknowingly fixing the chaos his son caused and them bumping into each other here and there. But at this point I think it’s better for each of them to do their own thing, each story tackling very different themes while paralleling one another. Ps: sorry if this was a little long, this is mostly rehash from my Reddit post

[@amkj_]

Sheesh dude that’s long😂 Anyway that’s a pretty interesting direction they could take

[@kratos9954]

I would play an atreus game cause i want to see how santa monica expands on his gameplay, and i want to see where his story goes. People need to understand that Kratos is not going anywhere

[@johnytest1234]

Honestly atraues’ section wasn’t even that bad, I personally loved it

[@amandawoody557]

for real, i have no idea why people hate them so much. ironwood got a little tedious but i loved going on the journeys with the asgardians and thought his fighting style was a fun break from kratos's to keep things fresh

[@Unkn4wN_TM]

Damn, your description of what an Atreus game would be made me super hyped. I really hope it will happen

[@fredy2041]

Thats not going to happen. Kratos is Gow, period.

[@dont5405]

Haven’t watched the video, but only reason I see kratos leaving Midgard is if another pantheon attacks him, leaving him no choice

[@CoolSaver]

OR, they can actually come seeking help for their lands, which ultimately may or may not be a trap

[@gustavoalonsoramosrubio2440]

Right there with you. An Atreus game would be like Halo 3 ODST or Halo Reach. A great game of its own that would help to expand or explore the lore of the franchise. It would be amazing to be honest.

[@Jestikk]

I would like either two things; 1)A Faye backstory on how she worked with Tyr in the rebellion, her events leading to fighting thor, meeting kratos and giving birth to atreus, and ofc her history with Jotunheim and the giants Or 2)An atreus storyline where he doesn’t necessarily become or is a god of mischief, but a god of stories, kinda like Marvel did with their Loki. Maybe even having Faye flashbacks or visions that help Atreus become a true God/giant and like i said, become a god of stories and idk maybe send kratos to Egyptian Mythology just to test “God of War” status Sorry i love this game and the backstory and can’t help but speculate.

[@Rman94]

I don't think Forseti and or Sindri will go after Kratos, too many allies on/at his side. Although I could see Forseti going after Atreus, wanting to settle things one way or another because all that happened from the death of Forseti's father "Baldur" to Asgard's fall. Going into his lore, In terms of powers/weapons he has a golden(double headed) axe that can be used as an oar and create fresh water springs when struck into the ground. Probably worth at least one big boss fight if Atreus gets his own game, then perhaps the two reconcile who knows. As for Sindri a certain "Goddess of Wisdom and War" could take advantage of his pain and loss, enticing him with a position in her new pantheon. After all with Hephaestus dead the position of "God of the Forge" is open and a BlackSmith of Sindri's caliber would a great asset to anyone with a grudge against Kratos.

[@andrejmicic8761]

That is actually a great idea

[@joelw2rapfanatic]

I could see an Atreus game where Kratos gives him the draupnir spear and he travels to the Celtic realm to meet the giants there where he ends up becoming lugh from the Celtic pantheon. The draupnir spear does work similarly to how lugh’s spear works in the myth and lugh is close enough to the name ‘Loki’ that it would probably work. Plus there are a lot of different creatures, deities, and monsters in Celtic lore that we could see Atreus interact with.

[@CJ-je4hd]

Maybe he could bring Mimir along? 🤔🤔

[@brendanp5994]

I personally would be very interested in an Atreus solo game

[@jskejter]

Such a great feeling when I get a notification from YT that Midgard Chronicler uploaded a new video! Always quality content from you.

[@MidChronicler]

Thank you so much!

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

You know what it's incredible? You barely see anyone talking about "What is the future of Atreus?" anymore. Wonder if the fans are going to warm up to him eventually.

[@jif_peanutbutter2688]

I associate my feelings about Atreus with my feelings about Ironwood.

[@FEVRobert]

I don't really like Atreus gameplay to be honest. God of War is not a shooter game.

[@Stephen1873]

@@jif_peanutbutter2688 and thats the problem!

[@ericblakemore3381]

​​@@FEVRobert I hardly used his bow and you don't need to shoot for his combat Plus both his rage modes. Just say you don't like atreus that's ok, people have a hard time growing attached to new characters

[@brendanness]

I want a prequel to the Norse saga where we see what Kratos does in Egypt

[@FEVRobert]

We already did. Fallen god comic.

[@brendanness]

@@FEVRobert bruh I want a game.

[@tomgu2285]

​@@FEVRobert no one read the fucking comic.

[@ABG_SPARTAN]

Fire analysis bro

[@fedelopez432]

BRO, i just noticed Odin's soul ball moves slightly to the side just before Sindri destroys it. Please, someone LOOK INTO THIS! 7:06

[@wrecker_7094]

Nah it is shown smashed

[@CoolSaver]

Odin tried to roll away lol

[@fedelopez432]

@@CoolSaver hahaha

[@janpaulgarde8639]

What if the remaining giants that loki found will want revenge on the remaining aesirs?

[@Chados.]

Then they will die.

[@bradmaestas6068]

My theory since the beginning has been that Kratos will eventually be pulled to Egypt and free the slaves as Moses 🤷🏽‍♂️ that’s the only way I can see him killing gods again. His initial approach will be one of peace demanding the slaves be freed but as the ancient Pharos use the power of the Egyptian pantheon he will have to fight them for freedom.

[@user-mo5yx4ct6z]

They won't involve religion.

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

Bro what?😂

[@bradmaestas6068]

@@user-mo5yx4ct6zthe whole series is based off religion.

[@bradmaestas6068]

@@AnthonyBlamthonyhey theories are meant to be imaginative haha. I just don’t see them having Kratos become a god killer again unless it’s for a savior type cause AND everyone wants him to go to Egypt. What other reason is there to attack the gods?

[@SillyBathDog]

@@bradmaestas6068yeah but it’s really based off myth and legend. Super old religions that aren’t really worshipped as much anymore. I don’t think it would be a big deal if the rug made kratos Moses but I think some people will get mad

[@TehPrime]

What about the (secret, I believe) ending of the original GoW, where Kratos was reigning as the World Wars I & II happening and all those wars? Wouldn't it be nice to expand upon this, now that he once again reclaimed his throne this ending could be considered somewhat canon?

[@zomebody5529]

What is he gonna do fight angry mustache man

[@whirligig_saw]

​@@zomebody5529kratos vs hitler canon 😂

[@maxpotapenko4632]

Had an idea a couple of days back: So imagine Kratos goes back to Greece, to right his wrong and finally close that chapter of his life for good. But instead of the drowned, plagued and otherwise destroyed wasteland he finds lands teeming with life, with new cities built on the ruins of old. He finds Rome. And he is greeted by Mars, whom Kratos mistakes for Ares at first, Mars is very skeptical of Kratos bc (*insert the plot of God of War I-III*), but after a while of talking to Kratos he decides to bring him to Minerva, to see if Kratos is actually changed. But when we meet Minerva, we see that something is wrong with her, she is sickly, weak and apparently never leaves her temple, her armor and weapons are hanged on the wall, she is by all means not what you would imagine a goddess of war would be. Minerva judges Kratos a different man after looking into his soul and permits hin to stay, yadayadayada insert some gameplay here. But then we are greeted by Tyr who apparently gave Minerva a headsup on Kratos before we ever came. Tyr calls us aside and tells us that something isn't right with Minerva, which we already understood, and he suggests we investigate. Anyway after the investigation we find out that there is a coup in progress orchestrated by the remaining Greek gods, well some of them. They seek to restore the power of Olympus and get rid of Rome and they are planning to do so by corrupting the new Roman gods They have started with Minerva, turns out that she is plagued by Apate (the Greek goddess of lies) and Eris (the goddess of discord), who are trying to poison her mind with hatred, paranoia and ambition, basically turn her into Athena v2.0, and then move on to other gods. And we have to stop them bc Minerva and Mars actually seem like good gods, they are caring and loving of their people, unlike Athena and Ares were. We get to work alongside Tyr and actually get his wise council now, maybe he'll even be one of companions, he is clearly not a complete pacifist judging by Valhalla dlc, my man can still throw hands. Another companion would probably be Mars or maybe even Artemis who also survived Kratos' carnage. Maybe we'll need to find her and recruit her to get some insight on the coup. Other than that we can meet Hestia who has been working tirelessly to restore Greece after the bloodbath Kratos has turned it into, maybe we'll get some quests from her similar to quests from Sindri and Brok in gow2018. AND WE'LL GET TO SEE MIMIR TRYING OLIVES! Edit: also this would probably happen some time after dlc Valhalla, when the Realms are stabilized and Kratos decides to travel the world just like Tyr did before him, to learn how to be a better god. So maybe he'll even go elsewhere after Greece. Edit 2: after revisiting Greece Kratos can also go to the British Isles, to see Mimir's homeland, I think that could also be great, to go deeper into Mimir's character. Overall Kratos can go to a lot of places in order to learn how to be a better god, I would personally like to see him go to the Slavic world, there is plenty of stories there where Kratos the Vagabond God can fit in.

[@RigbyTheGamer]

If they do remake the 3 original God of war Game's then they need TC Carson back as kratos again ❤❤❤

[@ericblakemore3381]

Pretty sure that bridge is burned

[@thabangsibanda3282]

​​@@ericblakemore3381exactly many people don't get this, TC Carson felt he was done dirty by Santa Monica so it's highly unlikely he'll ever comeback. The will be no remake without TC Carson.

[@cosmicreader1312]

I would like it if the next got a war has to do with the survivors of both the Greece and Norse saga. You mentioned someone like Forseti survived Ragnarok but we forget that Artemis, the goddess of the hunt in Greece only appeared in God of war,1 and no other game. So maybe it could be Artemis , Forseti, & sindri join together to take revenge on Kratos. Maybe throw in another pantheon to Allie themselves with like Egypt or the Celtic gods.

[@andrewc31394]

The game developers already said the Norse saga is over now.

[@Jama004]

Best path forward for Kratos is he’s on a peacekeeping or outreach mission to another pantheon and stumbles on maybe a conflict or something and he’s asked by the people to release his former self and be their salvation.

[@ilovesteakandfries]

i would like to see a council of pantheons discuss kratos’ actions thus farc

[@CoolSaver]

Yeah, council of some... HIGHER entities

[@HishamA.N_Comicbroe]

Great video & your part on the Atreus section was on point! While Ironwood was mid Idk why ppl act like if we ever get a game with him it'll be exactly that. It'll obviously be different & include much ore variety plus better characterization.

[@laffycade3151]

It's honestly depressing to see some people also say kratos should be the same old killer again. "Og gow fans" my ass, these people never understood kratos even in the greek games and equate him to a shallow bloodthirsty killer without understanding the shit behind that.

[@HishamA.N_Comicbroe]

@@laffycade3151 Yup

[@rosaline7549]

Lack of imagination and shallow thinking, not to mention a lot of people think atreus is taking over the franchise which is incredibly stupid because atreus is loki the god of mischief he's not the fucking god of war

[@Mark-zo1hs]

Everyone knows what happens next. Kratos jumps aboard a spaceship, lands on an alien planet, and kills their pantheon.

[@andreiasher6874]

What I want the most is for Calliope to come back, in some form Kratos alluded to the idea that Elysium, and by extension her, *might* still be around somewhere, but we don't know that for sure after the death of Hades Perhaps she, like her father, would escape the Underworld and pursue him out of vengeance?

[@jack-rl4fi]

I’d love for kratos story to be over not that I don’t love the character but I’d love to see a good ending for him

[@Pen_Slinger]

I think Tyr is the clue to the next Pantheon, the practices of meditation and weapons he uses are most likely from the next Pantheon that Kratos will be challenged by.

[@Gabby_Venom]

I hope Santa Monica makes remakes on GOW Trilogy

[@ShabazDraee]

Bruh u did Durlin dirty in the group photo ahahha

[@DavidPerez-eq9ph]

If Kratos has accepted the role of the rebuilder he should return to Greece at some point and face his people. I would also like for Santa monica to explore the idea of kratos retiring the blades of chaos in game were he fights the primordial being chaos from which the blades were created from. It’s not such a far fetched idea considering they hint that the mask is some sort of portal to a higher realm.

[@joshflare4503]

I would love a prequel with Faye as mc. Actually seeing her go through the whole prophecy thing with the giants, seeing what the giants looked like, the forging of the leviathan axe, her battle with Thor. That would be absolutely insane. I’d be down for an Atreus game as well. His sections were slow but his combat was solid. I feel like having kratos leave would be hard to do without it feeling forced for the time being so honestly I hope we do see one of the former things happen before becoming kratos again. That being said I could see an Atreus game having kratos sections keeping the audience up to date with happenings in Midgard. Oh I almost forgot to mention I really wanna see what they do with sindri. That’s honestly at the top of my list of things I wanna see in the future of GoW.

[@MarwanAziz-cs1vt]

What if another pantheon invades the norselands

[@sunfire2614]

I feel like the two important loose ends here are Sinmara and Sindri, both of whom have lost family thanks to Kratos and Atreus. I could see Sindri taking up the mantle of the Egyptian Bes and causing problems for Kratos or Atreus in Egypt, and Sinmara could be another DLC where the character could call the newly minted God of War a hypocrite, and maybe rally hostile forces against the Kratos.

[@borischan5252]

IMO he need to meet up with other Gods to learn more about the higher plane of existence, face Athena again as well as more ancient Gods

[@HishamA.N_Comicbroe]

SMS could use that oppurtunity to make their own unique gods.

[@stardustcocaine]

Possibly a timeskip too to when Kratos’ work in the counsel is done and Atreus is back seeking help to find the giants also possibly in the other lands to explore a new mythology. Would be fun to see Kratos and older Atreus together

[@KeepitABuck50]

I think Kratos will be the God of War who brings hope to those in service of tyranical Gods. That premise could be so great.

[@thesoulofhate9477]

i hope the pc version of ragnarok comes out soon

[@cankutpolat9485]

I would love to see kratos travel back to Greece and try to fix his biggest mistake so he could finally move on or help his homeland

[@DutchVanDerLinde-sx1ox]

I would perhaps like to see a set of Atreus games which are more like the old God of War games. Certain mini-games included or not. And the main line games to come out more infrequently

[@i_o_r_i___xxx90]

what if Kratos as a new redeemed persona will be challenged by the other pantheons seeking his aid to defeat various threats from these other pantheons as a way to explore other pantheons and meet their Gods in exchange to build alliances 💯💁🏻‍♀️

[@michaelcovey7007]

I think Sindri will become a villain. It would make awesome story😊 telling and would make the players of 2018 and ragnorok emotional which is what you want for this kinda story.

[@criticalsoar3907]

2 ideas I have for the next game: Atreus travels far trying to find the giants and gets captured by Egyptians or the Egyptian invade the lands after hearing about odins disappearance

[@CrowKage8]

I agree with the foreign invasion. It makes sense since kratos holds a position of power - god of war/hope and the “hope” part would then be put to test once more. This could also be an opportunity for Kratos to visit other lands, kind of like a retaliation for attacking his home which would then lead him to the path of reuniting with atreus again. This would also serve as a soft launch for what is to come for the next trilogy after the norse saga

[@BloodSonicFlux]

I think there are enough big differences between Kratos in the greek trilogy and Sindri now to say that he probably won't do the same thing. For one, Kratos had no love for Ares. Both were merely means to an end for each other. For another, Lysandra and Calliope's deaths were directly inspired by and caused by Ares, whereas Brok's death was an unintentional consequence of Atreus and Kratos' choices. For a third, Zeus directly conspired to kill Kratos at the battle of Rhodes, manipulating him into weakening himself so that Zeus could murder him out of fear for his own life. Kratos and Atreus have done no such direct wrong to Sindri.

[@loweegee7876]

I think with so much emphasis on Mimirs past in Valhalla, the next game is going to be about the Celtic mythology. I also think Sigrun is going to become the Morrigan, the Celtic Goddess of War Remember, the description for Valhalla says that it represents that persons Past, Present, and Future. But a lot of people forget that Mimir was there too

[@tree0912]

I think it’s possible for other mythologies could be involved in terms id them coming to the norse area

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Where could they go next ? In Egypt, to choose a side between Horus and Set, and maybe unexpectedly see what reasons Set had to kill Osiris ? Or go to Aztec Mexico, and solve the quarrel between Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca ? The latter is an unashamedly greedy, shrewd manipulator like Odin, but Tez's powers are comparable to Zeus. Imagine the things he could do with his obsidian smoking mirror. Also, feature some Mayan deities as remnants of the past suns, or in the case of Quetzalcoatl, survivors who adapted and changed names (Quetz's Mayan name was Kukulkan).

[@rayangamedev1912]

You forgot to mention odin brothers, vili and ve, it will be an intresting story where one tries to take revenge nad other tries to stop with kratos and team,

[@johnkalina8895]

I feel like a good way to see the story go into other mythologies would be for Sindri to try to bring Brok back and it backfires, splitting reality and opening up pathways to other mythologies. Then maybe he goes through to try and find Brok anyway he can and Kratos and Atreus have to go save him.

[@DavidBatson]

It'd be cool if we get another small time jump. Then loki returns but he has some other gods on his tail. Maybe Egyptian? Then Kratos has to defend his new home.

[@BumFluffer1999]

Still can’t believe they didn’t have Artemis or Apollo in the first series

[@antoniodavi5392]

I'd like kratos to visit the Roman pantheon which could be the same but at the same time different, like Jupiter being a new zeus but no recall the events of god of war

[@albo3989]

How much they teased celtic mythology with mimir in valhalla i would love to see one game there before we go to the next big mythology with multiple games

[@youngguapo4006]

Can’t wait for the other games with the ps5 Engine the games will be amazing

[@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661]

I feel like Kratos could end up working as a sort of informant to help Atreus in his mission.

[@MrJcast007]

A cool idea that always sticks in the back of my head would be a game where we play as atreus trying to find the giants. But on his way he can come up on Greece while traveling different mythologies looking for giants, the game would ultimately end with him learning what his father has done in his past and can either A: be upset with his father and seek answers,potentially going after his father to fight him(stupid and bizarre just hear me out) atreus is a person that feels the pain of others so I think it would make sense seeing the destruction of Olympus not being able to feel anything in there but dread and nothing else, because there is nothing there just chaos and ruin with whatever could possibly be living there be begging for death. You could get more weapons from Greece potentially getting some new powers or gameplay things idk. Ok this theory is kinda dumb considering there is a line that kratos mentions not being able to use some abilities due to the land being dead. But what if he chooses not to use it I mean the blades in that sense would just not work or the very least just have the curse of following him. I only bring any of this up because Athena is still out there just in a different plain of existence, anyway the game could end up with atreus being a potential antagonist against his father in a third game ........or B: ends with atreus understanding the pain and trauma that his father lives with and being able to understand him more to an extent. Let's be real let's atreus isn't kratos so he isn't as blood thirsty or violent as his father(bloodthirsty referring to younger kratos) so he wouldn't think everything his father did was just but Able to understand why he fell into that path....I wanna make a video about this but ok it's just a dumb pitch I do want to know what other fans think or what they would add or change if this were to ever come to life. Please let me know what yall think 😊

[@Ipennien]

Atreus being an antagonist wouldn't work because 1. Kratos probably wouldn't fight back 2. He knows a little of Kratos's past and he would most likely feel for his father But B makes sense

[@MrJcast007]

@@Ipennien yeah I'm my first idea is just a pitch ik they wouldn't really have him as an antagonist however if anything like A were to be real I'd say it would just be atreus being really upset not being able to fully be ok with it. remember a lot of people died so id would just want to see how he reacted to all that . Knowing some isn't equivalent to knowing what actually happened. But then again atreus doesn't really need to see or know exactly what his father did to know he's a better man I would just like to see this type of concept explored. If I have one little nitpick is that he didn't really have much to say seeing his father kill Zeus(by that I mean him saying anything in Ragnarok) I think it would be a cool side chat or something

[@MrJcast007]

@@Ipennien and yeah b is the better option

[@NJFgang4life]

They said they norse story was over so it doesn't seem wise to do more stuff here

[@janpaulgarde8639]

Vidar wasn't introduced too

[@thewhat-ifguy7463]

Bro , can you explain us how Faye died in god of war ?

[@CoolSaver]

There's one reason why i don't want an Atreus game. It's because i want to meet him later in the series as a grown man, just imagine Kratos' and your emotions as a player, when after all these long years you will see your son back, already not a child. And after that reunion he can be fully a second playable character (maybe with ability to switch between him and Kratos freely), ready to surprise us with everything he learned and mastered throughout the years. But for this to work, we must not see him until the right moment, so that the last memory of him will be from his departure in Ragnarök. Kratos doesn't see him until then, and so must we.

[@MidChronicler]

Hard disagree. Why would we miss out on all that growth and development? Would it not be so much more exciting and satisfying to control him as he grows? I almost feelc like it'd be better the other way around, us being with Atreus when he sees thzt his father is the God of War now.

[@CoolSaver]

​@@MidChronicleridk, it's what i feel. I want his departure to mean something, that was a strong moment, i don't want to see him already in the next game. He leaves Kratos, he leaves us. But after his comeback - sure, make a prequel games, show all that growth and development, if it needs. I mean, how cool was the jump from GoW3 Kratos to GoW4? I want something similar for Atreus. It's very impactful that way. Surely what you are saying is good as well, it's just different approach. And also this way next games can still primarily be focused on Kratos' journey. They dropped the idea of the Norse trilogy, sacrificed quality of Ragnarök's story, and for what, to make a spin-off game? I think they have some bigger story to tell, and they want to make it happen, this is also probably the reason why we won't get prequel games any time soon. I wonder if it's the reason why we still didn't hear any details about Cory's new IP though. But everything i just said doesn't even make sense, because Sunny obviously already working on a new project lol.

[@SillyBathDog]

Or imagine if Atreus got his own game . But he’s not really good anymore. On his journey he’s made some bad choices. Maybe he’s the one who goes to Egypt and kills gods become a shadow of his fathers former self. Rumors start to spread to the Norse realm of another god killer so kratos goes to investigate only to find Atreus being the culprit of it all

[@CoolSaver]

@@SillyBathDog also an interesting idea. I'm not really against his own game, i just prefer more something like i described.

[@fredy2041]

@@MidChronicler Dude, Gow is Kratos, End if the story. Cory Barlog said it so.

[@andrejmicic8761]

Just you all know, according to mythology, Baldur returns from Hel after Ragnarok in order to help rebuild and rule the new realms.

[@lucasdiazjr5679]

What if it was odin disguises as tyr who blew horn or angrboda to tell serpent about Ironwood

[@hugochavez4203]

Someone tag Cody Barlog so he can hire me!! This is what I would do if I was working with Santa Monica 1) make a prequel game where we play as Faye. Faye would be the guardian of the jotnar in this story we would see all the realms in a better state. We would go through all the chaos that Odin and Thor caused to everyone!! We would see all the giants get slaughtered by an enraged drunken Thor! Also we would see her attempt on her rebellion We would also see Faye’s and thors clash. You guys remember the war that’s coming of the four pantheons we saw in 2018 in this prequel the giants would foresee that Loki Faye’s son would be the cause of this war that’s why she would leave her people behind! Then she would try to avoid it by following her own path and in this game kratos would be the last boss fight to show us how kratos and her clashed. I would also like to see a younger Thor , Baldur as he deals with the effects of not being able to feel anything and how it drove him crazy also see the giants whose spirits were still corporeal!! 2) I would make an Atreus stand alone game where he is an older god where in his search for the giants he starts becoming Loki where he is lying doing anything to achieve his goal of retrieving the giants and that’s where the prophecy of the pantheon war starts unfolding because of his actions in Egypt and other pantheons are seeking retribution of his doings also in this game we would sindri come back to avenge brok I would also bring back Odin because in all reality I’m pretty sure he’s not dead

[@spamrisk7784]

what if in his next game, Kratos's story starts with him on council as Midgard is attacked by another mythology (maybe Egyptian or Roman or some others, perhaps a story with more than one separate mythology!). Maybe the threat of this new pantheon calls for Kratos and his allies to journey to this new land, leave the realms in the hands and authority of a smaller ally, like Hildisvini or Sif and such. Perhaps Kratos goes with Mimir, Freya, (possibly) Thrud and maybe some others. What if, also, they come into contact with this mysterious assassin-like figure who turns out to be an adult Atreus? Whatever happens, this is among my favorite game series' ever and I CANNOT wait for their next project!

[@sadfaceofficial1740]

what if the next game allows you to play in two different pantheons?

[@TheMostSourKraut]

well time for the Egyptian Gods to come fuck around so Kray Toes has to go and help them find out

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

The most likely scenario imo would be the war between Horus and Set. Will we get a similar situation to Freya and Baldur with Isis and Horus, where she's an overbearing and vindictive manipulator ? And Set ? Was he justified in killing Osiris ?

[@TheMostSourKraut]

@@yrooxrksvi7142 They just make Isis an absolute *BITCH* for no reason to justify the war 💀 Like one day she woke up and chose violence.

[@chrisquinn3377]

I think a useful purpose for the tv series would be to do a sort of political drama in this period so that we can go to new pantheon with many of these big decisions answered and sorted, you could do a got/succession style series with this new council trying to solidify their place by working with the realms

[@blue-eclipse9365]

The next story should be about “The Call to Action” Greek Saga: Vengeful Actions Norse Saga: Dragged into Action Next Saga: Called To Action

[@dylanrinker6831]

How about this, NOTHING

[@CoolSaver]

So this can be Kratos' initiative, to go and help someone in need, destroying a few evil Gods in the process?

[@blue-eclipse9365]

@@CoolSaver indeed

[@iknowmorethanyou5695]

Ragnarok was supposed to be about Egypt. Many Egypt artifacts were found in Ragnarok. I really hope they do Egypt.

[@CappyLarou]

The conflict for kratos to attack other gods would simply be his son is in trouble. Sindri could be the main antagonist simply by lying to kratos to cause him to attack some other deities from some other realm.

[@Alexeimakarov248]

In the Greek settings kratos need to access the fires of hope to kill the king of the gods while in the Norse settings Atreus need to collect 3 pieces of the mask of creation to access the rift of creation for Odin to gain infinite knowledge to escape fate and prophecy and to know the future and in Egyptian settings the villains might be the sun god Ra and Horus who wants the power of immortality and eternal life and to rule over life and death since Egyptians wants immortality and to control life and death.

[@dialnh]

I think that if kratos fights another pantheon, it should be the other pantheon invading the Norse realm and kratos having to defend it. Idk how else it could work tbh

[@XF-Studios]

A way they could continue the story is that maybe another pantheon attacks the Norse pantheon because they see kratos as a threat because he has become the new god of war and also destroyed like 1 and a half pantheons

[@twistedvtuber9894]

I had a fanfiction AF idea for a new series of games, relating to the good old higher plane of existence. What if the gods that are in the higher plane arent selfless gods, but merely gods of wisdom, or gods that looked into the higher plane or saught to understand it. We only know of 2 gods that are in the higher plane for sure, being Athena and Thoth. And i wouldnt exactly call Athena trustworthy. What if Odin joins them, and they start advancing a sinister agenda. We still don't know what "message" Athena wanted to spread with the power of hope, after all

[@Mikivli]

I can see GOW going into other mythology like African to Native American from all across the americas. Introducing cool characters maybe with mythical creature powers like Thunderbird, Amaru, etc which if good can one day be standalone games of their own with their own wise lessons within regions tied to real sayings 👀 the possibilities are just endless with beautiful / interesting human stories. he could possibly go help others / in myths since he doesn’t want to be an angry being but peace

[@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay]

The game is going to transition to Atreus and Egypt 100%%%%

[@irashmcfinglis2559]

My theory is the next game will be a lot bigger in scope, it will show kratos doing godly diplomatic stuff for the first time (I suspect he won’t jive with it very well) kind of like gears of war 5’s future government after they stop the apocalypse. Then something will either devastate that new civilization or the new government serving as a call to action for kratos, also maybe this new threat could also threaten Atreus in some way. I hope they chastise kratos even more for his past since they didn’t go as hard as needed for someone of his many sins. Maybe losing some friends along the way due to what they learn about him. Since he definitely got off too easy. I don’t want them to torture him it was just kind of clunky how his friends forgive him completely given the little they know about him. If they found out more it would be interesting to see them grapple with more specific knowledge of his sins.

[@Silkl4sh]

The future of Kratos is simple. They definiently concluded the franchise. Valhalla is a clear evidence they wanted to tie loose ends and close his story for good.

[@STARK0181]

You could set the series with the old greek pantheon being reincarnated as the new roman pantheon seeking to expand .

[@jtfbreedlove]

My pick for an Atreus/Loki game would be him bumbling into the divine realms of India in search of Jotun & getting involved in the events of the Mahabarata.

[@patrickrichardson2518]

The "Norse Saga" will not continue. The devs have all but said so. They even said that they originally wanted to stretch out the Norse Saga over a trilogy, but during Ragnarok development decided that another 3 or 4 or 5 years was too long and so ideas for what would've been in a 2nd and 3rd game were all pushed into Ragnarok. I also want to say that someone said Kratos would either be put in an Egyptian, Mesoamerican, or Oriental setting whenever the Norse Era was complete. Yes, there are stories within this Norse setting yet to tell, but the biggest has already been told, and anything left feels ancillary. A story about Sindri or Thrud or whatever might be interesting, but it's gonna feel like DLC. As the former God of War, Tyr traveled to all sorts of places, so it's plausible to think that Kratos might hang on to the role but go on foreign adventures. There's also the little rip in spacetime in Odin's basement...dunno if that's just gonna remain the most ultimate McGuffin of all time but it could come into play as a sort of nexus that would allow access to...wherever, anywhere. I feel like Atreus will have to be addressed since it'd just be weird not to, but I'm not sure where he would fit in, especially if he is supposed to be some version of Loki. Maybe Atreus gets himself into some kind of trouble and Kratos has to rescue him...that might be alright, but I certainly hope we DO NOT get an Atreus game, at least not one that interferes with the release of the next GoW game. The sections where Atreus was playable were OK but no one wants a game full of that when they could have Kratos. Honestly it's those sections that cut down on Ragnarok's replayability. Personally I want Kratos and Freya to have little god-babies, but that might be just me.

[@RurouniRblx]

I've played ghost of sparta and chains of olympus on my phone, and i didn't have any problems though

[@sammcfarlane2494]

How do the dwarfed teleport.

[@LGLG4k]

Honestly Id hope the journey continues Though some people would say "it should stop here" while i dont think so Go the anime route or Resident Evil route With him being a god his life span is infinite anyway and the storyline should focus on him again as the the last couple of stories centered on him guiding a new legacy. He should continue to travel to new lands and realms encountering new gods and beings and conquering them then setting his mark... The next pantheon will definately be Egypt and ive speculated that after concluding the events of Ragnarok ( i highly doubt theyll make an Atreus solo game he will in ways still be involved) There is always a new threat Please continue the GOW journey

[@JohnSpicebag]

Kratos shows up in modern day new york

[@Supershoom66]

Kratos isn’t the god of war anymore. He is the god of hope. “Hope. when all else is lost.”

[@jamiem.9443]

Atreus could go somewhere to get a giant orb and a pharoh has it and atreus starts a war over it