What Is The Future of Kratos and God of War?

[@Chados.]

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

[@MidChronicler]

That's incredible

[@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.

[@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

[@Comicbroe405]

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

[@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

[@DarkWanderer666]

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

[@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

[@LokiStuartsson]

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

[@Gamfluent]

@@onehandedbandit8702everyone does and I can’t wait for people like you to cope abt it, the Atreus parts of the game felt so dope

[@onehandedbandit8702]

@Gamfluent Walking around doing chores for 2 hours was super dope man. Watch anyone play through that part. They're all bored.

[@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 ?

[@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

[@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

[@guy_sax_epic8723]

The game may be focused on different mythology (-ies), but they cannot just cut off the norse arc now. Kratos is literally a new norse god, his son is a norse god and mimir will stay on his back, so will freya I assume (even if as a distant side character)

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@uselessitto]

kratos comes to modern times and defeats captalism

[@Batm0nn]

So he becomes a villain ?

[@RipZoe]

fights joebiden

[@Gamfluent]

You do realize the dwarfs operate on capitalism

[@GeD-qh2xf]

​@@Batm0nn yeah defeating a system built on exploitation. So villanous

[@kellymaxwell8468]

So vs. the new world order, global elite and Illuminati cabel, etc

[@brendanness]

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

[@brendanness]

@robertothesupermutant830 bruh I want a game.

[@tomgu2285]

​@FEVRobert no one read the fucking comic.

[@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

[@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.

[@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? 🤔🤔

[@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

[@deanedongdoorbell]

I would rather see an entire rework. Atreus/Loki gameplay was fine for an hour straight not necessarily an entire game.

[@markhegedus7952]

​@@deanedongdoorbell Obviously an Atreus/Loki gameplay in its own game would be different than an Atreus game in a Kratos game.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Stephen1873]

@@jif_peanutbutter2688 and thats the problem!

[@BlueCheeseLucci]

​​@robertothesupermutant830 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

[@mindfreak9674]

I would be absolutely fine with an artreus game. People are just crybabys.

[@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!

[@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?

[@Comicbroe405]

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.

[@Comicbroe405]

@@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

[@InsaneSalmon]

@@laffycade3151Kratos (in my opinion) is LITERALLY more merciful in the Greek Pantheon. Cause he ONLY pursued ZEUS. Nobody else.

[@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.

[@janpaulgarde8639]

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

[@Chados.]

Then they will die.

[@andrewc31394]

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

[@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 😂

[@Baysal_Alisan]

@@whirligig_sawKratos intervenes in crusades would be pog champ.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@BasicBasito]

They won't involve religion.

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

Bro what?😂

[@bradmaestas6068]

@@BasicBasitothe 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

[@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

[@johnytest1234]

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

[@ilovesteakandfries]

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

[@CoolSaver]

Yeah, council of some... HIGHER entities

[@Mark-zo1hs]

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

[@markhegedus7952]

And he would have a lasersword Axe that he got from Obi wan Kenobi

[@RigbyTheGamer]

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

[@BlueCheeseLucci]

Pretty sure that bridge is burned

[@thabangsibanda3282]

​​@@BlueCheeseLucciexactly 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.

[@UnivingIshiro]

I see 3 possible GoW games as of now: 1- Atreus cook up (something that happens after Ragnarök but not a sequel to Kratos) revisiting the realms and in here we can see Folseti looking for Loki for causing Ragnarök 2- Fae prequel, like said in the video 3- hot take, but having a Thrud game would be great. Cleaning the mess of Ragnarök but also seeing something else happening that makes the realms even more of a mess

[@knowhered]

It would be interesting to see a god from another theology travel to where we currently are in the GOW series as a warning: maybe once the peace council is just starting to get the hang of things this mystery traveler appears and reveals a prophecy of another lands "end" and their solution is to migrate everyone to the Nine Realms after hearing the news of Ragnarok: now that the bad guy is gone, a new bad guy surely must take his place.

[@ABG_SPARTAN]

Fire analysis bro

[@fakade2987]

If its an invasions story it will be the other pantheons that are now terrified of the man who has toppled not only his home pantheon but a separate one as well. He may not want to be a god killer but Kratos is one and the still living gods will always fear that and may side together to go on the offensive before Kratos can come to their lands. Or, based on the fact Odin wanted to know what comes after death for a god, we could see the Greek gods reborn as their Roman counterparts

[@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

[@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.

[@Alex-xz1rl]

We need a new dlc or solo game for Atreus

[@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

[@Comicbroe405]

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

[@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.

[@gori272]

An Atreus/Loki game titled "GOD OF MISCHIEF" with improved combat AND some solid stealth sections where he can shapeshift into all kinds of beings, intentionally or unintentionally causing oopsies along the way here and there sounds like fun. No need to change the combat too much, but maybe change the feel to match Atreus rather than Kratos. Make the attack's impacts look _swift, quick, stylish, and playful (or rather, mischievous)_ rather than *hard, heavy, rough yet not without finesse.* And make him wear something with at least a little bit of green, like he did during his stay in Asgard before Ragnarok. It's a good contrast to Kratos' red. (Also because Loki in any form of media and adaptations looks SO GOOD in green)

[@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.

[@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

[@youngguapo4006]

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

[@DogOfWar64]

I fell asleep trying to play through that Ironwood level. If Atreaus gets his own game it better be nothing like his levels in Ragnarok.

[@MarwanAziz-cs1vt]

What if another pantheon invades the norselands

[@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

[@LG4K4K]

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

[@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

[@chrissturk5539]

I hope all pantheons combine, and well go where the gods go when they die, in the third part of this trilogy😘

[@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).

[@josephmaller592]

The SpongeBob reference made me laugh. 8:04

[@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.

[@namesdontmatter6313]

I think whomever you play as, Kratos and Atreus will meet in Egypt. There was mention of Kratos wantning to visit. And I think Loki will be the one that created Anubis, maybe in an effort to save either the dog or man.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Warmaster2001]

Wait wait wait you mean to tell me that Egyptian gods aren't immortal?

[@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

[@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!

[@nightwing1491]

I was actually like the idea of Atreus having his own solo game and I think it would expand his character a lot more.

[@thewhat-ifguy7463]

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

[@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.

[@AsuraQin]

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?

[@AsuraQin]

@@CoolSaver indeed

[@SpinoSunday]

If the Atreus game came true ,I would wish that there would be a heavy runic ability for where you can summon Jormugandr with giant languages or he whistles to call Fenrir to come out of a portal and roll and bite any of the enemies snd jormy can just toss a boulder with his body- I don’t know I have quite a lot of attacks for Atreus’s game

[@zer0diamonds315]

So most probably it will be Atreus that will go adventuring to other realms instead of Kratos. It would make more sense if some of the giants fled to other realms or had their souls be placed there as a starting point for the story for him to go to Egypt or somewhere.

[@ericcartman2294]

Taking place of Norse God of War, I am looking forward to him helping Mimir getting a new body and together they will travel through the realms and other mythologies.

[@streamspoart2671]

All i want is Faye's perspective at her prime age, a DLC where Athreus found his mother's journal, the story about Faye's past, how she meet brok and Sindri, how she meet Kratos, from enemy to partner to lover, how her war against the Aesirs to saving her kind with Tyr, how her fight against Thor and created frozen lightning at Vanaheim And that DLC named Memories of Mother, just like the music's name

[@shemdellashemygd29]

I had this exact same thought. Name and all 😂 w Theory

[@momokebe4578]

i personally would want that they make 2-3 more games about Kratos going back to Greece passing by Egypt and other mythology's and when he reaches there the demigods of Greece (that took over) are mad/wants to kill him but kratos who has changed does not kill him and convince them he has changed i would like percy etc to be featured

[@houndrysmagolyteofhope4661]

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

[@ShabazDraee]

Bruh u did Durlin dirty in the group photo ahahha

[@real_Hamilton]

8:15 For once it would be nice to actually see "the people" that he's going to lead. We've seen more monsters and ghosts than actual people

[@108dziecko]

0:34 are you sure? I understand that tyr is still god of war in norse and kratos became the god of hope

[@MidChronicler]

Yes. Kratos, Freya and Tyr extensively talk about Kratos being the GoW and why Tyr doesn’t want to be one. “God of Hope” is more of a mission statement. Like Kratos called his old self “God of Pain, of suffering, of destruction”.

[@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

[@janpaulgarde8639]

Vidar wasn't introduced too

[@darkstranger777]

One thing that needs to be mentioned is atreus. He will have his own adventures and that could be a stand alone game in itself

[@myqaveli]

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

[@BumFluffer1999]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@aiidankhan]

I’ve seen decent amount of videos about what people think the future of GOW is, and I’m starting to think I’m the only person who wants it to end where is it. I think it’s a good ending for Kratos. I’m also not fond of his globetrotting adventures becoming a “thing” as many people think he’d go to Egypt next

[@blurrdy7971]

Yo I am late but I wanna add incase cheeky Santa Monica sees this. Okay so first of all I don't think Loki only game would be that interesting despite the fact they will upgrade him so much but still the character isn't interesting enough. Kratos being a made up character which they somehow squeeze into these Mythologies is so damn good and Interesting of course. So, I don't think Atreus only game will be appreciated as much as SOME people expect. Theory about next game: I really like the idea of Faye's past story so next game could be prequel but there's no God of war without God of war (Kratos), I know you mentioned Tyr could be a playable character who is also a God of war but it doesn't matter this title screams Kratos... Getting back to the topic, we can experience Kratos Wandering from Greece to Egypt and to Norse while also switching to Faye and her Rebellion and stuff whatever. Both stories can be experienced while they both haven't met and through gameplay to the end we can see their struggles and how they met.

[@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.

[@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay]

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

[@moyassermohammed7516]

It would be interesting if the next step is having another mythology invade the norse because they heard about Ragnarok and the mask so at the beginning you have a giant battle and then they hear about how special Loki is and they kidnap him so we have a reason for Kratos to travel to new place and have epic battle to save his son

[@moyassermohammed7516]

Also it would be amazing for Kratos to make everyone know about the new God of War and how he's not driven by rage anymore but by Hope and he ends up saving the new mythology and setting an example about how to be a good god

[@moyassermohammed7516]

We can also have him convince other gods to be better and help him in the final battle so people understand that he doesn't kill every god

[@jtstevens7446]

if there is gonna be an Atreus game, id like to see him actually wield the Ingrid sword

[@MrJara1018]

Grandpa Kratos

[@andrejmicic8761]

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

[@dysFUNctional93]

I have faith in whatever they do. These games were amazing.

[@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.

[@NYKnicks331]

If I were SMS, I would make these the next three games: 1) pick up the story of Atreus and Angroboda as they find and awaken the rest of the giants. It could be a swan song to the Norse games where you fight and kill stray pockets of resistance still loyal to Odin like Forseti and some other minor Aesir gods, while the two main protagonists learn more about their histories and people. Make it playable as either character 2) Artemis seeks out Kratos in the Norse lands, letting him know that she has watched over Greece while the people rebuilt, keeping them safe from outsiders but not intervening. However, the Egyptian pantheon have sought to expand and take advantage of the power vacuum left behind after Kratos wiped out the pantheon, and they sent an expeditionary force led by a few of their gods to take Greece in the name of Amon-Ra. Artemis recruits Kratos to lead Greece’s defenses. They naturally hate him at first, but he ends up saving Greece and becoming beloved there as well. 3) at the end of the Atreus game, they decide to explore the world together, and their travels take them to Egypt, oblivious to what transpired in Greece. They’re ambushed, and Atreus offers to give himself up as a hostage to save Angroboda, who then finds Kratos in the Norse lands and tells him what happened. We then have Kratos motivated to kill a new pantheon

[@Ipennien]

1 and 2 are great ideas! but 3 kinda rewrites what Ragnorok made Kratos rushing in to save Atreus undermines him teaching Atreus to be ready without him. I like the idea of 2 but imagine gods impersenate the greek gods under different names introducing roman myth