Hermes: "I thought Spartans fought with honor, and yet you seek to kill me when I have no way to defend myself? Not fair!" Mythology Guy: "This from the guy who murdered Argos while sleeping just for doing his job." Hermes: "I never said that I fought with honor!"
Funny how both in the Greek and Norse games, the beings who are supposed to carry souls to the afterlife never do their job, whether it be Thanatos, Hermes or the Valkyries
The valkyries were literally held at gun point and corrupted by Odin, they explain that in the game when you kill the Valkyrie Queen. It’s one of the reasons why there was so many undead enemies in the first game since the Valkyries couldn’t do their job.
@@gmar0547I know, I just think it’s a funny coincidence that in both eras something was preventing souls from going to the afterlife properly. Though the Norse games handle it better
Funny ha ha or funny interesting? In the games you only see the Valkyries only when you’re hunting them and in gow 2018 they’re imprisoned in those rooms and unless you have the chisel you can’t get there
If Persephone living in the Underworld was making Demeter so sad to cause a winter, wouldn't Persephone being killed by Kratos cause a literal Fimbulvinter?
@@fenris3025it would still cause the same thing, Greece gets cold enough to snow in the mountains during the winter. And still gets quite cold, literally has the same median temperature in the winter as France, Germany, many US states. It's just above freezing most days, but can dip below freezing. It's by no means as cold as Norway. But still cold. Fimbulwinter is just a 3 year winter, it just snows most winter days in Norway.
She’s only there for a specific amount of time, hence winter time she goes back to her man she just wasn’t supposed eat or drink anything given to her, but while distracted she ate a grape. So she stays down there for winter time. And then come back. Persephone being killed would cause wrath. lol.
I just now realised what they probably meant by Blade of Olympus. Zeus is described as having a magical sword that he used to battle Typhon. Typhon overpowered Zeus and took the sword, prompting Zeus to rely on lightning bolts in their next battle.
If only I had a dollar for every time the line “Even though the deities of Greek mythology are supposed to have golden ichor flowing through their veins.”
I seriously love this channel. I've loved mythology for so long,especially Greek,Norse and Mayan. I never had a fun outlet to learn more about it,especially in such detail. I genuinely get so excited when I see a video posted like this especially since I love these games and I don't get that excited about much. Thanks Mythology Guy :)
@@colinvoorneveld Well there’s a lot of cruelty and madness as example a one hero kills a lot of people because a witch murdered his wife and finally he goes mad and kills himself and few of the gods are very crazy as example one god tortures people by boiling them and cooling them right after so they stay alive and he can dot that over and over again there are lot of other things and these are just examples.
Man you totally need to have a cameo on Overly Sarcastic Productions! You, Red, and Blue doing a collab would give me life since you all are super entertaining! Thanks for putting all of my favorite videos into a long comp, I appreciate your hard work Mytho-man!
Except he isn't displaying knowledge about the actual time period, just about the stories told during that time. Still impressive, but not any different than memorizing a Harry Potter book.
Plus, the Greeks wrote down a TON of stuff! They really loved their literature and stories. It's easy to learn just about every facet of Greek mytho-history. But, there still is a lot more we don't know about. Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions goes into this particular area in the Miscellaneous Myths video on Loki. Highly recommend OSP. Fun videos on mythology, history, story tropes, and many other subjects, and of course, they're sarcastic.
@@neonicon8500 wrong, as usual. Harry Potter books are secondary of secondary,even more of a rehash than superheroes, Greek mythology is one of THE primary
@@Amanda-zn7ox I completely understand and agree with what you're saying but just so we are on the same page, you are aware that Loki is from Norse mythology not from Greek mythology, right?
The whole common misconception about the Titans being giants is interesting, considering we have a similar misconceptions about the Jotnar from Norse Mythology also being mistaken for giants, and even called as such. But in reality most of the Jotnar were human-sized, with few exceptions.
I think kratos is able to kill gods in the prequel because of his nature as a demigod, the reason he needed the box is because ares was just too strong for his current state, and the box either gave him a power boost, or it unlocked his true godly potential, or it could possibly have been the journey for the box is what made him strong enough
Just to add two cents here, even though I haven’t played most of the games(cept 1, 2, and bit of GOS) I figured he was able to kill gods because some of his weapons like Zeus’s gauntlet having lots of power behind it.
Kratos was always a good bro he is Zeus son he was born a god he is god of peace but after he kill Aries he became god of war but he could've never gotten he's god of peace power
The GOW moments where they got the Greek and other myths right: 11:55 GOW1 - 9 Muses 14:12 GOW1 - Huge Rivalry between Ares & Athena 20:44 GOW2 - Zeus can take a God's powers. 31:50 GOW2 - Perseus with his Helmet of Invisibility and Reflective Shield 39:38 GOW:COO - Basilisk being reptilian and breathes fire 40:55 GOW:COO - Efreet 1:03:35 GOW:GOS - Thanatos is older than the Olympians 1:04:45 GOW:GOS - Thanatos with a sword 1:10:43 GOW3 - Poseidon and his Hippocampi 1:15:26 GOW3 - Pirithous killed by Cerberus 1:29:20 GOW3 - Cronos in Tartarus 1:43:35 GOW: Ascension - Gorgans with snakes for hair 1:45:00 GOW: Ascension - Python link to the Delphic Oracle 1:45:42 GOW: Ascension - Greek version of Manticore 1:49:49 GOW: Ascension - Seeing Oracle will get you killed 1:53:23 GOW: Ascension - Amazons are daughters of Ares 1:59:51 GOW: Ascension - Reference of Tisiphone
You could argue that Cronos being in tartarus is a Innacuracy because as stated in Hesiod's work and days, Zeus evemtually released the titans from tartarus and apointed Cronos as the overseer or king of the blessed isles
I like how you kept super neutral about the games themselves during this analysis but you couldn't help yourself mentioning how awesome god of war 3's opening and premise is
A lot of people forget Thanatos was also very gentle and he was actually the god of peaceful death specifically not just death his sisters represented violent deaths like murder and things like that
Mythology guy didn't mention this in the ghost of Sparta section. But in the parts with Thanatos, he actually does bleed gold/white blood. Now you could say that the white-ish glow could be coming from the blades of Athena, but when KRATOS rips open Thanatos' chest it's glowing golden white.
Themythologyguy: "in what reality does Poseidon leave his trident sitting in some temple for any asshole to take?!" Pirates of the Caribbean Poseidon: *sweats*
Missed opportunity to show this in Chronological order of events in the story (ascension, chains of Olympus, GOW I, ghost of Sparta, betrayal, and GOW II and III, in that order), then when you cover the Norse games, we'd have a semi-comprehensive guide to the story of the God of War franchise. That being said, it's really amazing how much your channel has grown since this series began with the Disney Hercules video. Glad I subscribed. Keep up the great videos.
Aw, I thought he was doing them in order. That sucks. I guess since he's not actually telling the stories, just pointing out things throughout them it's not too bad.
15:18 A thing that I wanna note that you missed is that in Ancient Greece, at least from a source I've seen, killing your family was a MASSIVE taboo, one that the gods took very seriously. So the idea of Ares orchestrating Kratos to kill his family could also be considered inaccurate. Edit: Yes, Hera kinda did the same thing with Heracles, driving him mad temporarily so he'd kill his wife and three children (very messed up). And never smote Medea despite the *copious* amount of familicide she committed (I theorize because it was either to help Jason, or to punish him after he broke his oaths) but in the perspective of Ancient Greecians, she likely gets leeway because marriage and family *is* her domain, so what she says goes. Whereas Ares has no claim in said domain, so I would think this stunt woulda pissed Hera off something fierce. Especially considering no one really likes Ares that much.
Well he wouldn't be the first god to do so. As in the original myth of Heracles, Hera once drove Heracles insane and made him kill his family too, so I'd consider it plausible...
Kratos story is almost identical to Heracles tho. Demi god who kills his family for a god and goes on a journey to repent and becomes famous from it,then dies and earns god hood. Kratos in the gow universe is Heracles in the real myth
It would be neat if some of the surviving Greek gods tried hunting down Kratos in the Norse games. I have no clue how Kratos actually managed to hop mythologies, but if he could do it I imagine the other gods could too.
The next game after the Norse games according to rumors is supposed to be either Kratos or Atreus heading to Egyptian Mythology and seeing Kratos or Atreus team-up with Bastet to stop Set and later in a future game Apophis would be awesome. And before those "fans" state Bastet wouldn't make sense as Kratos or Atreus's companion in games set in Egyptian Mythology because she never fought at all aren't familiar with Egyptian Myths as many Egyptian Myths state that Bastet who is more often then not portrayed as the younger sister to Sekhmet the lioness goddess of war, healing who was know for having a nasty psychotic temper, and being a massive alcoholic and the half-sister to Horus is the feline goddess of the sun, the moon, fertility/motherhood, perfume, healing, and protection which means one of Bastet's duties is using her pyrokinetic, and cryokinetic powers in combo with her feline fury, and feline speed and agility to protect innocent mortals from all the threaten them, along with being one of the main protectors of Ra during his nighttime voyages through the underworld, and is depicted as being the one who usually slays Apophis, so yeah Bastet can kick ass and fight if need be. Plus since Bastet in the hieroglyphs depicting her victory over Apophis shows her wielding one or two daggers her moveset could revolve her using her daggers in combination with her pyrokinetic powers, and cryokinetic powers, along with various smoke bombs which we could say she created via her knowledge of perfumes since perfumes was one of her domains, along with various healing abilities. Plus since a lot of the myths portray her and Sekhmet as sisters you can easily use that as a way to have Sekhmet as a tragic villainess and 2-phase boss fight with you playing as Kratos or Atreus in Phase 1 and then playing as Bastet for the 2nd and final phase of the fight with the final QTE of the fight resulting Bastet reluctantly killing her sister something she would feel mournful over since she didn't want to fight her sister to begin with it was just something she had no choice but to do.
@@Lemongrab3370 Yep I've read the comic and part of his journey took him through Egypt where he encountered Zheuti the mythical Egyptian God of Wisdom who was in the form of a baboon who taught Kratos that any chance of escaping his dark past was futile and that he shouldn't make this journey to the lands in north to escape his dark past but make it to find a new home and come to terms and accept his dark past and try to better then he once was.
@@derrickhaggardI’ve heard of that actually and honestly it’d be the most awesome path to take, though the only thing I want is a reason for Kratos to even leave the 9 realms and head to Egypt. I honestly think it’d be an Atreus game as it seems that his story may not be fully finished yet just like Kratos’ and yet I wouldn’t mind seeing Kratos either team up with Anubis or fight him. It’d be amazing to see that happen, though your idea is the coolest take ever and I hope a similar approach to Bastet is done in the next God Of War game
It would make for a good side game. Maybe now that everything is said and done with the norse pantheon, it could be a between game from norse to wherever Kratos goes next.
Discovered your channel through this video being recommended to me by the algorithm, and let me tell you, you did not disappoint ! Nitpicking done very right, acknowledging the flaws of such practice. You are clearly also very knowledgeable, which is very good, and you also point out what the game did good ! If the rest of your videos are half as good as this one, you just earned yourself a devoted follower !
@@TheMythologyGuy1 Hi, once again, Mr. TheMythologyGuy. You probably remember me, no? I was wondering, have you ever done a Chinese myth video? Like the Chinese version of the zombie? I believe it's called a jiangshi? Or maybe a vampire video? That would be nice!! If you have the time of course. Ah, and please be sure to get rest too. Thanks in advance. Have a swell day today.
@@kadeshaforde Yes you asked about Japanese videos before. Since you’re now asking about Chinese, there is actually also a Chinese mythology playlist on the channel which does include a video on the Jiangshi
Something I would love to see you do is every mythical inaccuracy in Ōkami. It would be really cool to hear you talk about Japanese mythology, it's my personal favorite.
Would be hard because out of all mythos games Okami is rather faithful to said mythos. To the degree that its very hard to point inaccuracy. Gajin goomba did some short videos on it
Can't wait for this to be copyrighted for no reason! Hopefully it won't, because learning about Greek myth through GOW has been an amazing experience. EDIT: Also we really don't appreciate how Mythology Guy creates a perfect balance of pointing out missed opportunities compared to original Greek myth and praising GOW for its orginal ideas.
1) if you're learning Greek mythology from God of War, you're doing it wrong 2) That appreciation thing must be a personal issue, because his channel is growing, so people seem to be appreciating what he does.
1:01:28 In making Ragnarok, Santa Monica decided to watch that particular video of yours with an all-seeing eye that looks into past, present, and future and said "Bet."
As a greek i don't mind the inaccuracies in God of war because it makes for a more interesting story and it promotes our culture so it's not a big deal.I would like to see a remake of the old in the new games style because it would be very nice.Also big fan of norse mythology as well.
So in these games they refer to Medusa as the Queen of Gorgons, but there is a species called Gorgon Queens. And Medusa is not just one Gorgon, but an entire species separate from Gorgons. Not to mention you gain health from Gorgon eyes, but only ones from chests, not ones from the head of Gorgons. Wut They seem to have just made up stuff as they went lol
One of the only people that makes videos like this that DONT feel like an egomaniac trying to flex knowledge on other people and nitpick every single point just out of spite this guy is clearly out here to actually educate and entertain people
Just some things I'd like to point out in the Inaccuracies When Kratos climbs out of the underworld in god of war 1, I like to believe he DID have permission from Hades, as we are told earlier on that Hades is actively against what Ares is doing, thus I could see this as a viable reason for Hades to grant Kratos permission to leave the underworld so that he can finish the task the gods set out for him, hence why we also don't encounter Cerberus, since Kratos was given permission, it had no reason to try and stop Kratos. In god of war 2, I believe the reason Hermes doesn't show up to bring Kratos to the underworld is because Hades is already kinda doing that as we speak, so what would be the point in Hermes doing it if Hades is already doing it himself? Plus with how important Kratos was in the story itself it would make sense Hades would want to PERSONALLY collect kratos himself. Also in god of war 2, the barbarian king did state he fought his way THROUGH the guardians of hades...so there WAS a measure of resistance in stopping him...how he got through however...this could be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps after seeing the barbarian kings will to escape, and the solid fact that it was the same barbarian king that almost put Kratos down many years ago, I think it makes sense Hades possibly gave him permission to leave in exchange for him to hunt down Kratos and kill him so that Hades could reclaim his soul again, I know it's a bit of a stretch but hey it would make sense to me Also also in god of war 2, the reason perseus was younger looking than theseus may be because Kratos rode upon the steeds of time...yes this is a VERY VERY big stretch...but possibly the steeds of time took Kratos BACK in time many generations during his search for the fates...again I know it's a stretch but...I don't care just a thought to try and explain a possible reason why so-so happened. Also also also in...basically every game where Kratos kills gods without his god powers, I would like to believe that the blades of chaos(or whichever they're called) are the reason, as they were forged by Ares himself...a god of olympus...therefore it may be possible he made them capable of slaying godly figures themselves...we see Kratos always using them to slay gods in all the games and despite how long it's been their slaying capabilities have not wavered...soooooo...yea?
Finally, saves me switching between videos to rewatch this series for the... Dunno how manyth time. I actually learnt a lot of Greek Mythology things I didn't know before so I thank you for making these.
I found your channel a few days ago and I just can’t fathom that I’ve gone this long in this life without finding your channel. I literally watched both Peter Jackson’s, gods of Egypt despite never hearing about that movie existing, and Mulan reviews in one sitting. Just finished the comments video and keep doing what you’re doing man, your passion is contagious
@@TheMythologyGuy1 i have an idea for your short ,You know DC superhero Shazam his name is First letter of every Greek God's name ,but actually his name should be Shazah as M in Shazam is from Mercury which is Roman version of Hermes
I like watching this video as it also enlightens me to the idea of how devs create games and change historical events/Mythos to make a game play and feel better. It’s great how people are able to also reference the inspiration and lore behind the real mythos
Ancient Greek and Roman history and myth are some of the most fascinating to me. So glad I found this channel and being able to binge it's content. Great presentation and humour in your videos.
Phobos and Deimos' drawings are actually sick and i loved that idea of gigantic neon blades and huge labrys. And yet I thought Phobos was only a horse belonging to an Assassin's Creed protagonist.
What I love about the GOW Greek saga is the fact that their numerous inaccuracies do not take away from the game or the story. They created new narratives without diminishing their significance. *It takes liberties with Greek mythology and inaccuracies like no problem! Right? Not afraid at all. That's some good story writing right there.*
11:34 Feels like before this we could just have said the gods were giving Kratos their trash artifacts. Artemis gives him a sword you never heard of because she sure as hades ain’t giving him her best bow.
I think I remember hearing something about the fates temple stopping aging for those who seek an audience, which would explain why Perseus looks younger then he is, it’s kinda like a being trapped in ice thing where you’re technically older then your body looks
They really said the Golden Fleece sent weapons back at enemies. Unless I'm remembering wrong, I am pretty sure it heals living things instead of being an op piece of armor. Edit 1:24:53 Hera looks drunk af
@@luisykw5867 it's not like Hera wanted to get away from zeus in the myth. She wanted to be the queen and that's the reason she married to him in the first place even though zeus had a couple of wives before her. Also, drinking won't solve any problems.
I appreciate when you take the moment to point out that an idea presented in these games is an interesting and cool concept, despite being inaccurate. Like The Labyrinth and the Hecatoncheires Prison.
The Medusa copies could be lesser Gorgons but they’re part of a Gorgon tribe that’s led by the Queen Medusa Kratos kills. They’re simply called Medusa as a whole because of her. The other Gorgon sisters may have their own tribes named after them.
I love the videos man! But I have a head cannon about the events in the Greek GOW games. Its a separate timeline to the actual myths and it split when the primordials fought instead of just hung around and that's why this version of Greek myth is different.
@@TheMythologyGuy1 I have a theory that kratos is like Archi sonic fate bends to his will without him knowing which is why he defeated the fates and help enforce your theory of why the myths are different than the gow events
@@genesismultiverse4896welp looks like we found someone who can beat Kirby. If Archie sonic has fate manipulation the he can just manipulate fate to let him win.
U should do every mythical inaccuracy in Hades. It's a great game, but there are some mistakes suck as Zagreus being someone completely diffrenet in Greek mythology(at least if I remember correctly). Anyways, great video, hope you will keep up the good work:)
"Athena was the one who cursed Medusa!" only in Ovid's version. in the classical greek version, Medusa was... just a monster. She is, after all, one of the Ghorgon SISTERS. Which, imho, precludes the whole "She was a human girl turned into a monster" idea. Since the other ghorgons are never treated as anything but... well... Ghorgosn.
29:42 in some of the graphic novels and normal novels its shown that the Barbarian king became a servant of Hades, just like how Kratos became a servant of Ares, so Hades probably let him out to face Kratos again
Thanks to this video, I will never forget that the mythical Greek gods in fact did not bleed red blood, but were instead thought to have golden ichor running through their veins.
Actually, Dionysus became friends with Hephaestus and talked him into freeing Hera because she was getting annoying. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus because everyone wanted to marry Aphrodite and Zeus was tired of the arguing.
Hey Mythology Guy, loved every part of this series! However, I have two questions: 1) similar to your Hercules common questions/ comments video, are you going to make one on your GoW inaccuracy videos? 2) I know you love these games (I do too) despite their inaccuracies as you and I agree that inaccurate does not mean bad. With that said, what is one inaccuracy in this series that drives you up the wall? My guess is the whole Hercules/Heracles thing in GoW3 lol
I just went on an IMDB deep dive after recognising the voice actor for Zues in God of War 1 and not being able to place where from. Turns out I recognised him from two roles, the Vault-tec representative from the the start of Fallout 4, and grandpa Max from Ben 10.
Let me just say that a gorgon eye would not turn you to stone, it is not the gaze of the Gorgon that is petrifying, but the hideousness of the Gorgon’s face. You turn to stone seeing the Gorgon, the reason the seen in a reflection works is at the time reflections were significantly less clear, the idea being a distorted bronze reflection being enough unlike a true Gorgon’s appearance to protect you, while letting you identify the creature’s location.
In god of war ascension, you could argue that the Blades of Chaos could theoretically kill deities. After all Ares made them with a blood oath and grant immense power that according to it function “can slay the wearer enemies” Plus later on Ares state that Kratos was his greatest project and he intended to use him to rule the gods forming a a quo. Not to mention that Kratos is suppose to kill the gods by prophesy too…so maybe Ares gave him one powerful weapon only he can control…which makes me wonder why didn’t he took it away the moment Kratos refused to follow his orders, and it not like he can´t, on the first game we see how he can easily rip them off no problem …heck he did much worse to his own son for far less
Something I learned from watching, as a Psychology student; the part of the brain, the Hippocampus, is named that because of it's shape being in resemblance to a Sea Horse. Hippos is Horse and Kampos is Sea Monster. Neat!
Around 10:50 he says “you’d probably think there are no inaccuracies to point out. Well you’d be wrong” except he spells as “worng” which I just find hilariously ironic
No, he was imprisoned in Tartarus along with the rest of the titans who helped him the Great War, Besides the ones who helped Zeus or didn’t take a side.
If this video reaches 1 million views, I’ll do the Norse games
Edit: The people have spoken. It shall be done!
YOU FOOL, I HAVE 70 ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTS.
Can you do god of war 2018 and ragnorak
I know you said Norse games but I just want to specify
I really don't want you to miss out on those adventure
Bete
@@therealwall-e yeah, pretty sure he meant those games
Challenger accepted
Hermes: "I thought Spartans fought with honor, and yet you seek to kill me when I have no way to defend myself? Not fair!"
Mythology Guy: "This from the guy who murdered Argos while sleeping just for doing his job."
Hermes: "I never said that I fought with honor!"
Mythology Guy: “sounds like a you problem, Hermès”
Right and the name is Hercules and not Heracles
@@genesismultiverse4896
no, it’s Heracles, not Hercules. Hercules is the Roman name, Heracles is the Greek name, aka the original
@@TheSoullessImmortal I know I just saying the god of trickery saying he fought with honor is just bolocks
@@genesismultiverse4896
if that the case, then why’d you bring up both versions of Heracles’s name?
According to the game developers Kratos isn’t actually based on Cretus but a mix of Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and Achilles.
even though we encounter Theseus & Perseus in GOW2, & Heracles in GOW3
@@CakesAreNotTruths yep. He isn’t them but he is based off of their stories.
Sooo, he's basically the ultimate Greek hero?
@@halalgigachadmore like a greek doomday device
@@raven4617He is one of the most overrated ones
What I've learned is that this series is filled with, not just inaccuracies, but also continuity errors.
That's because it is a fictional video game
@@frnt2bak that's an excuse for the inaccuracies,not continuity errors
"but in mythology thanathos's animal symbol was actually a butterfly"
me a kirby fan:vietnam flashbacks
oh shit!
Funny how both in the Greek and Norse games, the beings who are supposed to carry souls to the afterlife never do their job, whether it be Thanatos, Hermes or the Valkyries
At least with the Valkyries there's an explanation
Lol and the people responsible for security are always on a break
The valkyries were literally held at gun point and corrupted by Odin, they explain that in the game when you kill the Valkyrie Queen. It’s one of the reasons why there was so many undead enemies in the first game since the Valkyries couldn’t do their job.
@@gmar0547I know, I just think it’s a funny coincidence that in both eras something was preventing souls from going to the afterlife properly. Though the Norse games handle it better
Funny ha ha or funny interesting? In the games you only see the Valkyries only when you’re hunting them and in gow 2018 they’re imprisoned in those rooms and unless you have the chisel you can’t get there
If Persephone living in the Underworld was making Demeter so sad to cause a winter, wouldn't Persephone being killed by Kratos cause a literal Fimbulvinter?
Late answer but It would just kill all plants not change the temperature remember greeve is pretty warm even in winter its not freezing
Oh god I just imagined this actually being what happened and then in gow 2018 kratos starts the fimbulwinter and goes "ah shit not again"
@@fenris3025it would still cause the same thing, Greece gets cold enough to snow in the mountains during the winter. And still gets quite cold, literally has the same median temperature in the winter as France, Germany, many US states. It's just above freezing most days, but can dip below freezing. It's by no means as cold as Norway. But still cold. Fimbulwinter is just a 3 year winter, it just snows most winter days in Norway.
@@fenris3025Please refer to 1:31:50.
She’s only there for a specific amount of time, hence winter time she goes back to her man she just wasn’t supposed eat or drink anything given to her, but while distracted she ate a grape. So she stays down there for winter time. And then come back. Persephone being killed would cause wrath. lol.
The amount of times this guy said “golden icor flowing through their veins” 😂😂😂😂
Especially since it's pronounced eye-core
@@aronhalverson2115 It is VERY VERY VERY unlikely that the original greek word is pronounced Murrican
I literally paused the video to type this comment 😂 2:00:03
I feel like you could playa drinking game with it lol
I just now realised what they probably meant by Blade of Olympus. Zeus is described as having a magical sword that he used to battle Typhon. Typhon overpowered Zeus and took the sword, prompting Zeus to rely on lightning bolts in their next battle.
Cool, but doesn't that mean the sword sucks?
@@nicholaspeterman9111 it does, which is why later Zeus gave it to Perseus.
If only I had a dollar for every time the line “Even though the deities of Greek mythology are supposed to have golden ichor flowing through their veins.”
then you'd have 6 dollars with this series alone. Which isn't much, but HEY!--
I’d have enough to have golden ichor flowing through my veins.
youd have much more if it was “cratus did not kill x, that was y”
I seriously love this channel. I've loved mythology for so long,especially Greek,Norse and Mayan. I never had a fun outlet to learn more about it,especially in such detail. I genuinely get so excited when I see a video posted like this especially since I love these games and I don't get that excited about much. Thanks Mythology Guy :)
Have you heard about Finnish mythology it’s so crazy and violent.
@@Alpi14 I can't say that I have but I'm definitely curious :)
@@Alpi14what's it like
@@colinvoorneveld Well there’s a lot of cruelty and madness as example a one hero kills a lot of people because a witch murdered his wife and finally he goes mad and kills himself and few of the gods are very crazy as example one god tortures people by boiling them and cooling them right after so they stay alive and he can dot that over and over again there are lot of other things and these are just examples.
@@Alpi14jeez
Man you totally need to have a cameo on Overly Sarcastic Productions! You, Red, and Blue doing a collab would give me life since you all are super entertaining! Thanks for putting all of my favorite videos into a long comp, I appreciate your hard work Mytho-man!
The fact that this man has this amount of knowledge about this TIME PERIOD is CRAZY
Except he isn't displaying knowledge about the actual time period, just about the stories told during that time. Still impressive, but not any different than memorizing a Harry Potter book.
Plus, the Greeks wrote down a TON of stuff! They really loved their literature and stories. It's easy to learn just about every facet of Greek mytho-history. But, there still is a lot more we don't know about. Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions goes into this particular area in the Miscellaneous Myths video on Loki. Highly recommend OSP. Fun videos on mythology, history, story tropes, and many other subjects, and of course, they're sarcastic.
@@neonicon8500 wrong, as usual. Harry Potter books are secondary of secondary,even more of a rehash than superheroes, Greek mythology is one of THE primary
@@FirstnameLastname-my7bz doesn't matter, still just stories
And go fuck yourself, how bout that?
@@Amanda-zn7ox I completely understand and agree with what you're saying but just so we are on the same page, you are aware that Loki is from Norse mythology not from Greek mythology, right?
one if the rarest lines ever said: "he is NOT a child of Zeus"
😂
TBH at least 2% of the world is a child of Zeus
The whole common misconception about the Titans being giants is interesting, considering we have a similar misconceptions about the Jotnar from Norse Mythology also being mistaken for giants, and even called as such. But in reality most of the Jotnar were human-sized, with few exceptions.
The name of the Jotnar race is called the giants in do if that’s what you were talking about or not
@@TridentFilms13Except they weren't giants in the, well, being giant sense. That's what he meant.
You know they actually portrayed the Jotnar accurately in the GOW series
I always got Titans confused to be giant because the word Titan means large or giant
I think kratos is able to kill gods in the prequel because of his nature as a demigod, the reason he needed the box is because ares was just too strong for his current state, and the box either gave him a power boost, or it unlocked his true godly potential, or it could possibly have been the journey for the box is what made him strong enough
Just to add two cents here, even though I haven’t played most of the games(cept 1, 2, and bit of GOS) I figured he was able to kill gods because some of his weapons like Zeus’s gauntlet having lots of power behind it.
Kratos was always a good bro he is Zeus son he was born a god he is god of peace but after he kill Aries he became god of war but he could've never gotten he's god of peace power
@@Nightmare72-e9rwhat???
The GOW moments where they got the Greek and other myths right:
11:55 GOW1 - 9 Muses
14:12 GOW1 - Huge Rivalry between Ares & Athena
20:44 GOW2 - Zeus can take a God's powers.
31:50 GOW2 - Perseus with his Helmet of Invisibility and Reflective Shield
39:38 GOW:COO - Basilisk being reptilian and breathes fire
40:55 GOW:COO - Efreet
1:03:35 GOW:GOS - Thanatos is older than the Olympians
1:04:45 GOW:GOS - Thanatos with a sword
1:10:43 GOW3 - Poseidon and his Hippocampi
1:15:26 GOW3 - Pirithous killed by Cerberus
1:29:20 GOW3 - Cronos in Tartarus
1:43:35 GOW: Ascension - Gorgans with snakes for hair
1:45:00 GOW: Ascension - Python link to the Delphic Oracle
1:45:42 GOW: Ascension - Greek version of Manticore
1:49:49 GOW: Ascension - Seeing Oracle will get you killed
1:53:23 GOW: Ascension - Amazons are daughters of Ares
1:59:51 GOW: Ascension - Reference of Tisiphone
Wait I remember you I seen you like 7-8 years ago
well, the snakes have always been Gorgan's hair in the series but yes
*Now do all the inaccurate parts*
You could argue that Cronos being in tartarus is a Innacuracy because as stated in Hesiod's work and days, Zeus evemtually released the titans from tartarus and apointed Cronos as the overseer or king of the blessed isles
What about Zeus being able to take people's powers
I like how you kept super neutral about the games themselves during this analysis but you couldn't help yourself mentioning how awesome god of war 3's opening and premise is
A lot of people forget Thanatos was also very gentle and he was actually the god of peaceful death specifically not just death his sisters represented violent deaths like murder and things like that
Mythology guy didn't mention this in the ghost of Sparta section. But in the parts with Thanatos, he actually does bleed gold/white blood.
Now you could say that the white-ish glow could be coming from the blades of Athena, but when KRATOS rips open Thanatos' chest it's glowing golden white.
Yeah, that was a neat detail. Then again, I’m a little disappointed Helios of all people wasn’t given yellow blood in this Verse.
Themythologyguy: "in what reality does Poseidon leave his trident sitting in some temple for any asshole to take?!"
Pirates of the Caribbean Poseidon: *sweats*
Missed opportunity to show this in Chronological order of events in the story (ascension, chains of Olympus, GOW I, ghost of Sparta, betrayal, and GOW II and III, in that order), then when you cover the Norse games, we'd have a semi-comprehensive guide to the story of the God of War franchise. That being said, it's really amazing how much your channel has grown since this series began with the Disney Hercules video. Glad I subscribed. Keep up the great videos.
Aw, I thought he was doing them in order. That sucks. I guess since he's not actually telling the stories, just pointing out things throughout them it's not too bad.
@@neonicon8500 he didn’t do them in chronological order, he did them in release order
@@Dctctx yeah I got that from the original comment. That's why I made my comment
15:18 A thing that I wanna note that you missed is that in Ancient Greece, at least from a source I've seen, killing your family was a MASSIVE taboo, one that the gods took very seriously. So the idea of Ares orchestrating Kratos to kill his family could also be considered inaccurate.
Edit: Yes, Hera kinda did the same thing with Heracles, driving him mad temporarily so he'd kill his wife and three children (very messed up). And never smote Medea despite the *copious* amount of familicide she committed (I theorize because it was either to help Jason, or to punish him after he broke his oaths) but in the perspective of Ancient Greecians, she likely gets leeway because marriage and family *is* her domain, so what she says goes. Whereas Ares has no claim in said domain, so I would think this stunt woulda pissed Hera off something fierce. Especially considering no one really likes Ares that much.
Well he wouldn't be the first god to do so. As in the original myth of Heracles, Hera once drove Heracles insane and made him kill his family too, so I'd consider it plausible...
@@eden4279 Oh, truuuuuuue, I forgot about that one. Greatest hypocrisy ever, the goddess of marriage and family making Heracles kill his family.
@@inyourwifithat’s how the gods roll ig
Kratos story is almost identical to Heracles tho. Demi god who kills his family for a god and goes on a journey to repent and becomes famous from it,then dies and earns god hood. Kratos in the gow universe is Heracles in the real myth
@@ukairoenyinnaya6679 Olympus really lived by "Rules for thee and not for me"
It would be neat if some of the surviving Greek gods tried hunting down Kratos in the Norse games.
I have no clue how Kratos actually managed to hop mythologies, but if he could do it I imagine the other gods could too.
The next game after the Norse games according to rumors is supposed to be either Kratos or Atreus heading to Egyptian Mythology and seeing Kratos or Atreus team-up with Bastet to stop Set and later in a future game Apophis would be awesome.
And before those "fans" state Bastet wouldn't make sense as Kratos or Atreus's companion in games set in Egyptian Mythology because she never fought at all aren't familiar with Egyptian Myths as many Egyptian Myths state that Bastet who is more often then not portrayed as the younger sister to Sekhmet the lioness goddess of war, healing who was know for having a nasty psychotic temper, and being a massive alcoholic and the half-sister to Horus is the feline goddess of the sun, the moon, fertility/motherhood, perfume, healing, and protection which means one of Bastet's duties is using her pyrokinetic, and cryokinetic powers in combo with her feline fury, and feline speed and agility to protect innocent mortals from all the threaten them, along with being one of the main protectors of Ra during his nighttime voyages through the underworld, and is depicted as being the one who usually slays Apophis, so yeah Bastet can kick ass and fight if need be.
Plus since Bastet in the hieroglyphs depicting her victory over Apophis shows her wielding one or two daggers her moveset could revolve her using her daggers in combination with her pyrokinetic powers, and cryokinetic powers, along with various smoke bombs which we could say she created via her knowledge of perfumes since perfumes was one of her domains, along with various healing abilities.
Plus since a lot of the myths portray her and Sekhmet as sisters you can easily use that as a way to have Sekhmet as a tragic villainess and 2-phase boss fight with you playing as Kratos or Atreus in Phase 1 and then playing as Bastet for the 2nd and final phase of the fight with the final QTE of the fight resulting Bastet reluctantly killing her sister something she would feel mournful over since she didn't want to fight her sister to begin with it was just something she had no choice but to do.
@@Lemongrab3370 Yep I've read the comic and part of his journey took him through Egypt where he encountered Zheuti the mythical Egyptian God of Wisdom who was in the form of a baboon who taught Kratos that any chance of escaping his dark past was futile and that he shouldn't make this journey to the lands in north to escape his dark past but make it to find a new home and come to terms and accept his dark past and try to better then he once was.
@@derrickhaggardI’ve heard of that actually and honestly it’d be the most awesome path to take, though the only thing I want is a reason for Kratos to even leave the 9 realms and head to Egypt. I honestly think it’d be an Atreus game as it seems that his story may not be fully finished yet just like Kratos’ and yet I wouldn’t mind seeing Kratos either team up with Anubis or fight him. It’d be amazing to see that happen, though your idea is the coolest take ever and I hope a similar approach to Bastet is done in the next God Of War game
It would make for a good side game. Maybe now that everything is said and done with the norse pantheon, it could be a between game from norse to wherever Kratos goes next.
He walked there said by developers
Much of this video is just myth guy being like “not in real myth but it would be cool if it were”
Discovered your channel through this video being recommended to me by the algorithm, and let me tell you, you did not disappoint ! Nitpicking done very right, acknowledging the flaws of such practice. You are clearly also very knowledgeable, which is very good, and you also point out what the game did good ! If the rest of your videos are half as good as this one, you just earned yourself a devoted follower !
Thank you!
@@TheMythologyGuy1 please do the legend of spyro lore on the channel since at the of dawn of the dragon spyro made skylands
@@TheMythologyGuy1
Hi, once again, Mr. TheMythologyGuy. You probably remember me, no?
I was wondering, have you ever done a Chinese myth video? Like the Chinese version of the zombie? I believe it's called a jiangshi?
Or maybe a vampire video? That would be nice!!
If you have the time of course. Ah, and please be sure to get rest too. Thanks in advance. Have a swell day today.
@@kadeshaforde Yes you asked about Japanese videos before. Since you’re now asking about Chinese, there is actually also a Chinese mythology playlist on the channel which does include a video on the Jiangshi
@@TheMythologyGuy1
Oh my, really?!
Well then, in that case, thanks a bunch!! Do get rest. Have a blessed one.
Something I would love to see you do is every mythical inaccuracy in Ōkami. It would be really cool to hear you talk about Japanese mythology, it's my personal favorite.
Would be hard because out of all mythos games Okami is rather faithful to said mythos. To the degree that its very hard to point inaccuracy.
Gajin goomba did some short videos on it
Can't wait for this to be copyrighted for no reason! Hopefully it won't, because learning about Greek myth through GOW has been an amazing experience.
EDIT: Also we really don't appreciate how Mythology Guy creates a perfect balance of pointing out missed opportunities compared to original Greek myth and praising GOW for its orginal ideas.
1) if you're learning Greek mythology from God of War, you're doing it wrong
2) That appreciation thing must be a personal issue, because his channel is growing, so people seem to be appreciating what he does.
I am from Greece and I can say that myth guy took many things wrong
@@neonicon8500
If it wasn’t for God of war, I wouldn’t know or care about Greek mythology.
@@truthcrusader360If it wasn't for Greek mythology you would never have this abomination of ridiculous game series
@@stanmarsh4566
I don’t know what you’re referring to, but it’s not God of war.
1:01:28
In making Ragnarok, Santa Monica decided to watch that particular video of yours with an all-seeing eye that looks into past, present, and future and said "Bet."
Your videos actually inspired me to study mythology and my dream when im older is to be teach mythology
As a greek i don't mind the inaccuracies in God of war because it makes for a more interesting story and it promotes our culture so it's not a big deal.I would like to see a remake of the old in the new games style because it would be very nice.Also big fan of norse mythology as well.
So in these games they refer to Medusa as the Queen of Gorgons, but there is a species called Gorgon Queens. And Medusa is not just one Gorgon, but an entire species separate from Gorgons. Not to mention you gain health from Gorgon eyes, but only ones from chests, not ones from the head of Gorgons. Wut
They seem to have just made up stuff as they went lol
Yeah, games/movies tend to do that a lot.
Right I kinda wished that Medusa was a main boss though
Right, the inaccuracies still doesn’t make any of the games any less fun though.
Like mimr says it wasn’t always kill this kill that
Like that’s a bad thing ? Creative liberties and all.
Honestly I don’t know why no one just makes an accurate Heracles game or movie, that would actually be really fucking entertaining
One of the only people that makes videos like this that DONT feel like an egomaniac trying to flex knowledge on other people and nitpick every single point just out of spite this guy is clearly out here to actually educate and entertain people
This guy is literally just “Umm Acutally” for tons of mythologies and I love it 😂🤣
Just some things I'd like to point out in the Inaccuracies
When Kratos climbs out of the underworld in god of war 1, I like to believe he DID have permission from Hades, as we are told earlier on that Hades is actively against what Ares is doing, thus I could see this as a viable reason for Hades to grant Kratos permission to leave the underworld so that he can finish the task the gods set out for him, hence why we also don't encounter Cerberus, since Kratos was given permission, it had no reason to try and stop Kratos.
In god of war 2, I believe the reason Hermes doesn't show up to bring Kratos to the underworld is because Hades is already kinda doing that as we speak, so what would be the point in Hermes doing it if Hades is already doing it himself? Plus with how important Kratos was in the story itself it would make sense Hades would want to PERSONALLY collect kratos himself.
Also in god of war 2, the barbarian king did state he fought his way THROUGH the guardians of hades...so there WAS a measure of resistance in stopping him...how he got through however...this could be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps after seeing the barbarian kings will to escape, and the solid fact that it was the same barbarian king that almost put Kratos down many years ago, I think it makes sense Hades possibly gave him permission to leave in exchange for him to hunt down Kratos and kill him so that Hades could reclaim his soul again, I know it's a bit of a stretch but hey it would make sense to me
Also also in god of war 2, the reason perseus was younger looking than theseus may be because Kratos rode upon the steeds of time...yes this is a VERY VERY big stretch...but possibly the steeds of time took Kratos BACK in time many generations during his search for the fates...again I know it's a stretch but...I don't care just a thought to try and explain a possible reason why so-so happened.
Also also also in...basically every game where Kratos kills gods without his god powers, I would like to believe that the blades of chaos(or whichever they're called) are the reason, as they were forged by Ares himself...a god of olympus...therefore it may be possible he made them capable of slaying godly figures themselves...we see Kratos always using them to slay gods in all the games and despite how long it's been their slaying capabilities have not wavered...soooooo...yea?
If Kratos was taken back in time by steeds then how Perseus knows who Kratos is?
@@КыдырбекНамджунбеков (Like I said, it was a stretch, meaning I don't know everything)
Also for the first point, Zeus himself created the opening Kratos used to climb back out of the underworld. So
He pointed out so many inaccuracies, they made a movie about him..
You are the reason I am such a geek in history class, MY BRAIN EXPANDS EVERY VIDEO
You doing the research for Argus is a good point to use this quote; "Never question the dedication of a gamer."
As a Star Wars fan, learning that the VA for Mace Windu from TCW & Kratos ( In the first few GOW titles, anyway) were one in the same blew my mind.
The VA for TCW Dooku is also God of War’s Zeus.
Another thing to add to your bucket list is "All of the Slavic mythology innaccuracies in the Witcher Games."
Finally, saves me switching between videos to rewatch this series for the... Dunno how manyth time. I actually learnt a lot of Greek Mythology things I didn't know before so I thank you for making these.
I found your channel a few days ago and I just can’t fathom that I’ve gone this long in this life without finding your channel. I literally watched both Peter Jackson’s, gods of Egypt despite never hearing about that movie existing, and Mulan reviews in one sitting.
Just finished the comments video and keep doing what you’re doing man, your passion is contagious
A greek god gets a scratch
Mythology Guy : Why is it red ,where is the Golden ichor
Pretty much
@@TheMythologyGuy1 Can you please make a video regarding Trojan War please or just review Troy movie like in this way
@@prithveenathchouhan I do plan to eventually do a video on the Troy movie
@@TheMythologyGuy1 i have an idea for your short ,You know DC superhero Shazam his name is First letter of every Greek God's name ,but actually his name should be Shazah as M in Shazam is from Mercury which is Roman version of Hermes
That got so annoying lmaooo, especially since it was the same line everytime with just the name of the god changed
I like watching this video as it also enlightens me to the idea of how devs create games and change historical events/Mythos to make a game play and feel better. It’s great how people are able to also reference the inspiration and lore behind the real mythos
I love you and this channel and videos so much and I learn about Mythology and other stuff and start loving Mythology and Norse Mythology
Ancient Greek and Roman history and myth are some of the most fascinating to me. So glad I found this channel and being able to binge it's content. Great presentation and humour in your videos.
1:25:04 Kratos' posture and expression at this moment give me a feeling of "Oh boy, what now?"
It's insane how detailed the Greek mythology is
I came into this thinking you would be just shitting on the the Mythos tweaks. Glad to see it comes off as more of a comparison. Appreciate it
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ARE NO RED ORBS THAT INCREASE STATS?! I’VE BEEN LIVING MY WHOLE LIFE A LIE?!!!
Crazy how Harry Potter portrayed the Basilisk more accurately than God of War lol
Hermes obviously can't run across the air because he doesn't have the set bonus from wearing his helmet.
Congrats, dude! One million subscribers! What an accomplishment!
Phobos and Deimos' drawings are actually sick and i loved that idea of gigantic neon blades and huge labrys.
And yet I thought Phobos was only a horse belonging to an Assassin's Creed protagonist.
Honestly there should be a T shirt for the amount of times he says the Greek gods bleed golden ichor
I think the servants of Helios attack Kratos because they don’t wanna go back to work
what I love about mythology-inspired games is how flexible they treat the subject matter. it's INSPIRED by the legends, not exactly retelling them.
What I love about the GOW Greek saga is the fact that their numerous inaccuracies do not take away from the game or the story. They created new narratives without diminishing their significance.
*It takes liberties with Greek mythology and inaccuracies like no problem! Right? Not afraid at all. That's some good story writing right there.*
I watched this video three or four times it's always a great watch
Love your videos you are what inspired me to learn more about Greek mythology
I always thought if someone have grudge against a Greek god, 99,2% it should be Zeus.
its great that now its all in one video!!! amazing work ! you deserve those views
I’m so glad I found this video and channel. Thank RUclips algorithm. Thank you for entertaining me:))
11:34 Feels like before this we could just have said the gods were giving Kratos their trash artifacts.
Artemis gives him a sword you never heard of because she sure as hades ain’t giving him her best bow.
I think I remember hearing something about the fates temple stopping aging for those who seek an audience, which would explain why Perseus looks younger then he is, it’s kinda like a being trapped in ice thing where you’re technically older then your body looks
Fun fact! In God of War 2, Atlas is voiced by the late Michael Clarke Duncan!
So...Kingpin?
They really said the Golden Fleece sent weapons back at enemies. Unless I'm remembering wrong, I am pretty sure it heals living things instead of being an op piece of armor.
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1:24:53
Hera looks drunk af
I mean, if my lover was cheating constantly me and I was not allowed to divorce him, I would become a drunkard too.
@@luisykw5867 fair, lol
@@luisykw5867 it's not like Hera wanted to get away from zeus in the myth. She wanted to be the queen and that's the reason she married to him in the first place even though zeus had a couple of wives before her.
Also, drinking won't solve any problems.
@@yashwardhansingh4787 Tell that to every person, who became an alcoholic because of their problems.
@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 why would I?
I appreciate when you take the moment to point out that an idea presented in these games is an interesting and cool concept, despite being inaccurate. Like The Labyrinth and the Hecatoncheires Prison.
The Medusa copies could be lesser Gorgons but they’re part of a Gorgon tribe that’s led by the Queen Medusa Kratos kills. They’re simply called Medusa as a whole because of her. The other Gorgon sisters may have their own tribes named after them.
I love the videos man! But I have a head cannon about the events in the Greek GOW games. Its a separate timeline to the actual myths and it split when the primordials fought instead of just hung around and that's why this version of Greek myth is different.
Not a bad theory
@@TheMythologyGuy1 I have a theory that kratos is like Archi sonic fate bends to his will without him knowing which is why he defeated the fates and help enforce your theory of why the myths are different than the gow events
@@genesismultiverse4896welp looks like we found someone who can beat Kirby. If Archie sonic has fate manipulation the he can just manipulate fate to let him win.
@@jojogacha974 there is also Wally west flash
@@jojogacha974 hey who do you think win Godzilla or kratos
1:14:00 at least the river styx is no longer blood and fire like it was previously
Yeah the GOW 3 underworld is honestly way closer to the myths
@@TheMythologyGuy1holy crap, i never saw the notification for this comment lol. And true
Athena: all Medusas are queens!
Kratos : If she has snake hair she's a THOOOOOOOOT!!
God bless the algorithm for bestowing me with this channel at 11:50 at night
May the gods give you strength
I am glad you made these into one form
Gotta admit that when Kratos crawled out of hell in the beginning of the 2nd one was pretty awesome. Gunslinger flourish and everything.
U should do every mythical inaccuracy in Hades. It's a great game, but there are some mistakes suck as Zagreus being someone completely diffrenet in Greek mythology(at least if I remember correctly). Anyways, great video, hope you will keep up the good work:)
"Athena was the one who cursed Medusa!"
only in Ovid's version. in the classical greek version, Medusa was... just a monster. She is, after all, one of the Ghorgon SISTERS. Which, imho, precludes the whole "She was a human girl turned into a monster" idea. Since the other ghorgons are never treated as anything but... well... Ghorgosn.
2:27 heracles after trying to kill the final head: fuck it. (Drops boulder on it) ehh, that'll work
I believe the Medusa Myth that involves Athena is more based on the Roman version since its mentioned Medusa was born a gorgon in the Greek Mythology.
29:42 in some of the graphic novels and normal novels its shown that the Barbarian king became a servant of Hades, just like how Kratos became a servant of Ares, so Hades probably let him out to face Kratos again
The compilation we didn't know we needed.
Given his track record, how did Zeus not wind up being a fertility god?
Thanks to this video, I will never forget that the mythical Greek gods in fact did not bleed red blood, but were instead thought to have golden ichor running through their veins.
Never clicked faster than just now
Love your work and this game series
Actually, Dionysus became friends with Hephaestus and talked him into freeing Hera because she was getting annoying. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus because everyone wanted to marry Aphrodite and Zeus was tired of the arguing.
Hey Mythology Guy, loved every part of this series! However, I have two questions:
1) similar to your Hercules common questions/ comments video, are you going to make one on your GoW inaccuracy videos?
2) I know you love these games (I do too) despite their inaccuracies as you and I agree that inaccurate does not mean bad. With that said, what is one inaccuracy in this series that drives you up the wall? My guess is the whole Hercules/Heracles thing in GoW3 lol
An innacuracy that drives me to the wall is how Titans and Furies and Kharon aren't counted in as gods
I really like you vid and they have taught me a lot about Greek mythology and your videos have pushed me into learning about Greek myths keep it up🙂👍
We did it.
I just went on an IMDB deep dive after recognising the voice actor for Zues in God of War 1 and not being able to place where from. Turns out I recognised him from two roles, the Vault-tec representative from the the start of Fallout 4, and grandpa Max from Ben 10.
Let me just say that a gorgon eye would not turn you to stone, it is not the gaze of the Gorgon that is petrifying, but the hideousness of the Gorgon’s face. You turn to stone seeing the Gorgon, the reason the seen in a reflection works is at the time reflections were significantly less clear, the idea being a distorted bronze reflection being enough unlike a true Gorgon’s appearance to protect you, while letting you identify the creature’s location.
That’s honestly a good point
Man I wonder if he's going to mention how it's inaccurate all the gods got slaughtered by one angry pale man
Oh man, I hope this gets 1 million views. So hyped for the norse saga, with the upcoming DLC for Ragnarök
Take a shot for every time he says “golden ichor flowing through their veins”
In god of war ascension, you could argue that the Blades of Chaos could theoretically kill deities.
After all Ares made them with a blood oath and grant immense power that according to it function “can slay the wearer enemies”
Plus later on Ares state that Kratos was his greatest project and he intended to use him to rule the gods forming a a quo.
Not to mention that Kratos is suppose to kill the gods by prophesy too…so maybe Ares gave him one powerful weapon only he can control…which makes me wonder why didn’t he took it away the moment Kratos refused to follow his orders, and it not like he can´t, on the first game we see how he can easily rip them off no problem …heck he did much worse to his own son for far less
What a great video, really entertained me
Thank you for making this awesome, full-length & well-researched video!
Something I learned from watching, as a Psychology student; the part of the brain, the Hippocampus, is named that because of it's shape being in resemblance to a Sea Horse. Hippos is Horse and Kampos is Sea Monster. Neat!
Around 10:50 he says “you’d probably think there are no inaccuracies to point out. Well you’d be wrong” except he spells as “worng” which I just find hilariously ironic
record a 2 hour long video
@@electro8948 not judging just found the irony of it funny
Actually, there’s nothing saying Cronus was chopped up. He was temporarily imprisoned, but eventually let go at some point
Interesting
No, he was imprisoned in Tartarus along with the rest of the titans who helped him the Great War, Besides the ones who helped Zeus or didn’t take a side.
He wasn’t let go, he was imprisoned in Tartarus for all eternity:
@@Mayan_88694 There’s this podcast I listened to that had him get released and made to wander
@@Mayan_88694 no. There are accounts that Zeus decided to free Kronos and Hades let him on Elysium