Kratos Talks About 300 Spartans and Wanting to Die with King Leonidas - God of War Ragnarok
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Funnily enough, Kratos not being chosen as one of the 300 makes perfect sense, when picking his 300 soldiers, Leonidas only picked ones with male heirs so that their bloodlines could continue since he knew all 300 of them would die, and kratos’s only child at the time was a daughter, so he would have been passed over as part of the 300
I wonder how King Leonidas would have felt about what happened to Kratos after that? Not just his deal with Aries but the death of his wife and daughter, the destruction of Sparta, Kratos' spiral into vengeful, endless rage, and his eventual redemption in his travels in new lands.
The more obvious reason is that Kratos was tasked by the gods to repel the Persian on another coast and (indirectly) avenge Leonidas by killing both Xerxes and his pet basilisk.
@@LordTyph Leonidas wouldn't care seeing as how he'd be chilling in the Elysium Fields with his own family.
@@maylabrown4584 Didn't Kratos destroy the fields?
@@Fenris30 No, he destroyed the Underworld.
Wow that line really hits home how amazing of a father Kratos is. “Father what was spartan training like?” “Unforgiving” “is that why you didn’t train me like one, you though I couldn’t handle it?” “I didn’t believe you should have to.”
Atreus: Thanks
That’s a good father right there.
Ez work for atreus though, half god half giant.
Can take that two ways. He either didn't want him to go through it. Or he was good enough to where he didn't need to go through it
@@everrunic8375 the Spartan training he’s describing was meant to improve both physical and mental strength. Essentially turning any great physical warrior into a hardened and thinking warrior with discipline. Half God and Half Giant makes Atreus/Loki a strong warrior but he clearly lacked discipline and Kratos sounded to me more like he regretted not putting the boy through that to make him learn more.
Kratos really hit freys with a “back in my day”
To be fair his back in my day was not just bs lmfao like alot of the other ones you hear
Greek Mythology is alot older then Norse
like Javik in Mass Effect, "in my cycle"
@@t.atorchiii7052 norse mythology is what give vikings life a meaning back in the day
@@cycloidgamma127 Lmao
Kratos: fate can be overcomed
Freya: I use to believe so
Kratos: no I killed fate lol I know it can be overcomed
Kratos: "Oh, the Norns don't even control fate, they just make predictions? Psh. This is Easy Mode."
@@benjaminoechsli1941yes and no, unlike with the fates he can't just murder them and control the timeline. He has to fight his self to change the norns predictions, and idk if you know but Kratos is pretty tough haha
@@NikukaiFightOn its a thing called a joke man.
Ah yes, his ultimate ability.
*Plot Armor*
@@NikukaiFightOn Compelling Argument but unfortunately *Plot armor*
I like how Kratos is a proper Spartan and speaks plainly. That simple mode of speech belies his formidable intelligence.
He's speaks Laconicly. "Brevity is the spirit of wit."
-Hamlet
@@PiracyandDumbbells ironic that you quote Hamlet when that character in particular can spend 2 minutes saying what can be shortened too "when ever my uncle tries to have sex with you, deny him" after he kills polonious.
@@themarinefan That guy never shut up.
@@PiracyandDumbbells yeah, but in absolute fairness neither do i as i love talking and sharing information.
@@themarinefan Both manners of speech have blessings and curses. But articulation is an art form. It's crazy how we can make mouth sounds that can change people moods, minds, and actions.
Kratos defending how his people wrote stories is oddly heartwarming. To think that the God of War read and watched plays in his spare time.
It’s also a meta reference to Santa monica studios style in the new god of war games itself IE one continuous uninterrupted (for the most part) camera shot for the entire game.
Kratos is not a dummy. He's very well read and educated. Any good warrior is.
Greeks were very cultured, probably as normal as soldiers watching TV for them
He apparently knows how to play some Greek instruments. I can’t image Kratos playing some music
@@Paulito941I would say the Spartans were the least cultured. Hence why they don't have many great art and cultural pieces today because they weren't know for it back then.
“I didn’t think you should have to.” Speaks volumes as to how difficult it was
He is a God tho.. he already killed a God while being a demigod and without Pandora box...
@@LS-wy4bk he was just a demi god during the agoge he didn’t have the strength he has now or had after killing the gods
Spartans were known as THE best warriors of their time, and that doesn't come from anything less then inhuman training
and a good father
@@parkermurphy9990 And ?
... He killed a God without box of Pandora and imprisoned Atlas to save Olympus, while being a demigod. He is not the "average demigod". I bet you didnt know that
Kratos opening about his past and experience is a good take on how to tell a character is developing.
Before: I kill or no kill
Good analysis.
No it's not kratos is a weak peace of shi* now. He's having trouble fighting people or monsters. He kill gods thats was stronger than them yet hes having trouble fighting a bear and monsters. The worse thing to happen to kratos is him having a son it made him a weak pu**y.
@@Spam877 if you want the canon strength of kratos play the game on give me story difficulty.
It’s a good way to make you miss the real original games gonna go play now actually
He also said a narrow pathway gives an advantage to a smaller number which is another reference as the Spartans fought in a narrow path against the Persians
"Their numbers mean nothing."
@@unholycrusader69 w
"A narrow path negates superior numbers."
Wasn't wrong. I a narrow passage, only the training mattered, which the Spartans were the best
The ancestors of my people also used this type of tactic against the English empire in the 1800s.
One of our greatest chief of our tribe, Kawiti, created a garrison warfare tactic the first time they encountered guns and cannons. With his brilliant mind for warfare and understanding that they have an huge advantage for open field warfare. He lured the English in to our pā (Fort) and then progressed to defeat them in many battles by ambushing them within the pā
"i did regret not dying there"
holy shit that spartan blood is still boiling in him
Barbianian King : Do you Remeber that Day Spartan? Kratos: ' I will never Forget that Day'.
@@hurricane7727 Barbarian king: remember when you were making out with you first girlfriend...
@@Geeksavant80x damn! 😂😂
@@Geeksavant80xIt was me Kratos.
It isn't. That's why he says "I did". He learned to let it go.
Interesting Atreus seems to sometimes want the grueling training Kratos endured as a Spartan for the sake of being strong enough to hold his own but Kratos is training him to survive not to fight it’s a cool contrast to see
Exactly!
He is just eager to prove himself as Heimdall saw in him which Atreus admitted.
@@newhybrid101 I don’t see how your comment has anything to do with my observation but okay 👍🏾
@@JustoDaGod you need to improve your reading comprehension then
Fact
The story of Kratos wanting to die with Leonidas gives even more meaning to the beginning of Chains of Olympus.
YESSSSSSS ..... OMG TRUE FAN RIGHT HERE
@@rzeedraws6555 I mean, I've played every single game out there apart from Betrayal. All since the first game when I was 4!
Yes, I was 4 years old when I started playing this series.
@@TheAbsentDarkness lil too young huh 😂😂 ... Regardless the story is beautifully bound together.... Nothing short of a masterpiece
you grew well@@TheAbsentDarkness
@@TheAbsentDarknessnah same i was playing god of war at that age too and to this day i don't know how i got past the box pushing level.
Seems to be some confusion among some people about the reference to Leonidas. The "Hot Gates" is Thermopylae, the place where Leonidas and his 300 (plus several thousand others) made their stand. That's what Thermopylae means. Literally Thermo: Hot and Pylae: Gates.
Only 480s kids will get this
At the last stand at Θερμοπύλες was only Leonidas the 300 and a handful of others to slow down the persians and kill as many as possible
So 300+ men stood against the whole persian army which its estimated around 100.000 to 300.000
The thousand others that your refer to had left to regroup
@@GondorRamsay You mean the 300 Spartans, Leonidas, all their servants, and some soldiers from their allies - all of which numbered to a few thousand soldiers - stood against the whole persian army?
@@edwinhuang9244 Specifically it was the the troops of Sparta, Thespiae, and Thebes. It should be around 1200 but even if it was a few thousand it was awesome. The Thebans surrendered but everybody else died.
There's confusion about that? good lord........ I guess some people must think that those greeks thousands of years ago spoke english instead of, y'know, greek.
I wonder if Kratos knows the tragedy of darth plaegius the wise?
Would be funny if it was referenced in one of the Kvasir poem book, lmao.
It is not a story the Jedi would tell
Its not a story the Spartans would tell
I bet Mimir would know that
Indeed!
-Kratos
“Be glad you have a home to remember”
Felt that.
"A home to remember fondly", he said. Kratos, like pretty much every other male Spartan, clearly did not enjoy his early life.
Except the Lemnian wine, he sure enjoyed it @@JanusHoW
@@GuyChooo I was more talking about his childhood in that sense.
@@JanusHoW maybe he had them wine when he was a kid too? 🤷
As a person who has struggled most of his life with an explosive temper, seeing how Kratos has grown really proves that anger can be overcome
Lol. He is written that way. For you to overcome your own anger issues you may need therapy, medication or both. Being angry all the time is usually linked to some form of mental illness.
@@dl30wpb Ah, yes. Let Kratos go to therapy real quick.
No. It's told in a proper way to benefit the character and to benefit the fun factor of the gameplay. None of us are actually fighting monsters and gods to combat our anger.
TLDR: Thanks for being captain obvious.
Be well
@@dl30wpb sometimes trauma at a young age, or having so much rage or being called a monster can reflect back to us in a way that we feel unredeemable. Kratos came late into my life. But I had Logan and Kurama help open my eyes a bit. To rise above being called a weapon or monster. I obviously wasn’t called a weapon. But i probably was an unforgiving vengeful asshole. But we can all rise above our nature. Be better. And I’m glad to see people are learning that thru Kratos.
Amen brother from another mother, sport is helping me too
"your fate was sealed from the start"
*and kratos took it personally*
"Fate? Never heard of her"
Kratos juat goes the norns and is like "Ok so we do this the easy way or the way i did it last time?"
"It is Greek tradition for a story to unfold in a single time and place, uninterupted" amazing line considering both of these games were made to be a single shot.
Just to clarify, you mean EACH was meant as a single shot in of itself, not connected, correct? Because there is a huge time gap between 2018 and Ragnarok, but each game definitely does it on its own.
I mean that's actually how Greek theater was, unity of time, place and action.
As a Greek i really appreciate all the effort put by the developers to make those little chats/references about Greek culture
brah lmfaoo
Spartans Were black
@@sathoras yes. And I know. Do some research. The original Greeks were dark skin people.
Not to be racist but wasn't the Spartans tanned by sunlight or Olived skinned while the persians where Bronzed skinned? Correct me if wrong too lazy to do research today
@@sathoras see that's how I know you don't research. The original Greeks were a brown skin people. Then white people came and pushed off their lands and took on their customs.
I always wondered when Kratos had Calliope, he was relieved that she did not had to endure Spartan training
As a woman, she would not have been allowed to enlist.
@@Reaper419Darkangel exactly
@@Reaper419Darkangel she still would have been taught how to fight, how to be ready for war. Women were a last line of defense. They never risked their lives on the battlefield, but would gladly die fighting alongside the men when the war is brought home.
@@brandenmarcum430 This is true but they were not held to the same training as the boys. Their training was more akin to training athleticism and how to wield weapons for sports and competitions. This was much more training than women from other greek city-states as women elsewhere had a much lower standing.
They didn't have an easy live either, they were disciplined, as one should
Feel like having Kratos at the battle of 300 would've been overkill tbh can't win against a mf with plot armor and quicksaves
Back then he was almost mortal and ANY god would have oneshot him.
We saw how the fight with the Barbarian went
He scked Ares D, he wasnt thaaat OP back then. All that god power + Plot armor made him to what he is now
@@newhybrid101 Yes, no matter how strong you are, army number did change the tide of war
@@godoftestoe7956 play ghost of Sparta 1st mate. His power was sealed by Athena. And ares was plotting for him to become his champion. He made the Spartans lose the battle with the barbarians so he can trap kratos. So if kratos was ever in danger in the hot-gates ares still would've swooped in and blessed him. Ares was tricked by Athena and the fates thinking kratos was the key to overthrow their father.
@@godoftestoe7956 lol plot armour didn't protect the many times he died in the games 😂
*SPARTANS! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!!?*
*BOI*
AWHOO AWHOO!
Auhhhh auhhhhhh
See Arcadian I’ve brought more soldiers then you did
Miauuwww miauuww😺
@@ehhwlauuwhll7001”Goddamn it, who brought the FURRY?! I asked for FURY!”
During the talk of the Hot Gates, it's really cool when Kratos says *I did regret not dying there for many years.* in clear but heavy remorse only to finish it off with *But no longer.* with reassurance. Personally never played the games, but that's the sound of a man who's changed despite the hardships of his life. Really touching moment
Can we all appreciate that despite Spartans having hellish childhoods to become brutal warriors, Atreus of Sparta was still a happy compassionate man whom Kratos respected. Now I truly see why he named his son after him.
Bruh, I did not expect Mimir and Kratos to start randomly giving an A level drama lesson.
They are educated folks, we tends to forget Spartan actually as educated as the Athens
I also liked when Kratos referenced the Iliad being his favorite poem and him want to eat olives again.
It was really nice they added that detail about King Leonidas. You can imagine Kratos back then, being stricken with regret for not being their with his king, dying with honor against an army of ten thousands. I wonder how young he was during that time
I would have to assume he would've been in his early 20s, but I'm not 100% sure
Kratos is such a good father. He believes in his son’s fate, to be a hero of the realms instead of a murderer❤️🔥
@Jack Smith it seems he has something between Vergil
It's kind of the opposite I think, Kratos struggles against fate and prophecy and wanted to raise his son differently to how he himself was raised. He doesn't want to raise another Kratos, he wants to raise Atreus right.
Is so emotionally inspiring he admires his soldier side
Like not the being ruled or manipulated
By being in a army and being proud to have meet great warriors
Kratos has been through more trauma than most fictional characters. He definitely belongs in the mr blue sky compilation
"Not all Gods of War are the same, brother."
I think of Tyr's battles and what he fought for against Asgard.
...... then I remember the first 4 or 5 GoW games, Kratos literally fueled by so much rage he couldn't be killed, just leveling the island in the sky we call Olympus single handedly 😂😂😂
There's several instances in god of war 2 where you'll get a mini boss battle because people immediately recognize you as the ghost of sparta and a fallen god. So they think that by killing you, they'll get an audience with The Fates. So even if Kratos had nothing to do with an individual, they would go out of their way to try and kill him.
I love how low-key offended kratos sounded when mimir critiqued greek story telling tradition
Indeed.
I never imagined I would see Kratos discussing theater.
I kinda like it. Theater was appreciated by everyone in Greece, even the soldiers
Opening night and going to see the movie 300. We got to the theatre late and had to watch the movie in the front row staring up a Leonidas *dong* the entire time but damn was it worth it. What a damn good movie and I am playing this game right now so far... what a damn great video game.
the fucking imagery lmao
what do you mean "but" it was worth it, you watch 300 for the rippling man meat and mountains of testosterone.
@@Default_Defect FOR THE COCK DUH
Like a true spartan
As far as I'm concerned, that's Spartan dong
I'm pretty sure Kratos just broke the 4th wall talking about the sequence shot style of the game, just where they were talking about Greek theater...
That was brilliant. God of War is in a class of its own in all aspects.
So is it safe to say kratos was born before 500 bce since he mentioned fighting with Leonidas and is living in nordic pantheon before it was written down until the 8th century to 1000 ad, so maybe around 500-600 ad is when the Nordic god of war games take place , I think Kratos is easily over 1000 years old by this time .
I love that just little bit of defensiveness that creeps into Kratos' voice talking about greek plays, I'm a theatre student and I know what it means to defend such a niche part of theatre tradition. And knowing that this big guy probably cried at those plays along with everyone else.
2:09 Spartans never die; they're just missing in action.
I get the reference
There's so many memorable conversations in this game
Wow. Seeing Kratos’ development as a man from the first franchise to this one is mind blowing. Still an absolutely brutal fighter but 1,000x more wise. You can tell he’s really learned from all his past experiences and mistakes
He had Faye to help him. I doubt anyone but her could have cooled the raging flames of Kratos' constant anger - and it still took her over ten years to really do it.
Love the mention of Oedipus the King
Also it's so weird seeing the guy who used the naked woman spine to hold up a gate all of a sudden having emotions 😂
As Mimir said at some point in the previous game, The Greek Pantheon deserve it. Most of his rage was left there, even if some is still around.
@@ricardoj376 she was a slave of Poseidon's. One of the innocents that Kratos refers to when he says "and many who did not".
@@alejandromelendez1609 To be fair if one thing is accurate there is Kratos absolute disdain for slaves. Sparta was infamous for its slave population, which even for Greek standards at the time was massive. Big enough to have a unique designation that has survived to this day; _εἵλωτες_ (helots). It's the whole reason they could afford such a peculiar take on the art of war. Helots were quite literally the base of the economy that keep Sparta running in terms of agriculture and manual labor. They were so incredibly many that Spartiates (Spartan full citizens) were constantly paranoid about them rebelling and designed the _κρυπτεία_ (krupteía) a form of secret police force to keep them in obedient submission. Young spartiate men would sneak out into the countryside at night to murder and terrorize helots, targeting those who looked especially strong and/or would be natural fighters if things started getting out of hand
So Leonidas is Canon in the God of War universe That pretty good
Well, hard to say. There is king of Sparta in gow Ascension. Hardly if there are same Leonidas and king of Sparta or not.
Oddly, there is a pre order costume in gow Ascension called armor of Leonidas tribute of 300
God of War takes place in the "real" world, when Zeus destroys Sparta in GOW II it does roughly correlate to the real life catastrophic earthquake that destroyed Sparta. Also in GOW I there are walls of paintings describing future prophecy and one of them describes the Three Wise Men, implying Jesus Christ will eventually be born, implying Rome, implying Islam, implying Judaism, until we get to the world where we are today. So hypothetically irl Spartan legends did exist alongside Kratos
@@leewatch7459 umm, that's from GOW II, not GOW I it only shows lone warrior fighting zeus
@@doomrage2012 Sparta was an oligarchy, it had two kings.
No shit Leonidas is 'canon'Leonidas was a real spartan king in ancient sparta.
1:40 "I did not think you should have had to."
Kratos wanted better for his son than what he had. That's the mark of a real father.
what i love about this game and previous one, the detail how they conversing between them, the chat still continues even u interact with environment except while battling
I like how the Celtic/British guy is very much aware of Greek culture, alluding to the Greek links to Britain as trading regions of tin and lead. I suspect this is how Mimir came to know the stories, from merchants, and the infrequent wandering philosopher. Namely, the Greek geographer, Pytheas visited sometime between the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC. Which is around about a sameish time Kratos was doing his thing in Greece.
The play they make mention of is the trilogy of plays written by Sophocles. Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Like any good ancient Greek tragedy, lots of people die because of a refusal to change.
HE DOES SPEAK OF THEM!!! I never heard this and thought the devs just acted like they didn't exist! Yay!!
I thought he would have talked more about Leonidas, legendary general talking about another.
Literally just heard this today while playing and was like “is he talking bout 300??!”
The Spartans Were black
@@tabernacleofdavid144 No. They were Asian
@@tabernacleofdavid144 Calling them black is changing history a little, dont you think? While they were definetely not white in skin colour, as they lived in the mediterranean, they were not from africa. Ethnically they were greek, and incredibly racist and xenophobic to both other greeks and especially anyone who wasnt greek. Seeing as calling someone "black" usually refers to sub saharan peoples, its safe to say that sparta wouldnt have allowed them into the city, let alone the army.
@@tabernacleofdavid144 dude what
Just to clarify, the tragedy of the Theban King is a reference to Oedipus Rex, not Leonidas.
When they speak of the Tragedy of the Theban King, they refer to the story of Oedipus. I don't know why I'm talking about this when the video isn't exactly related.
I love how no names were needed, and yet we all know Kratos and Mimir were talking about Oedipus Rex.
I like how his answer ties with Spartan culture as well.
If married, only Spartans with a male son could depart on battle because they already had an heir in case of death.
So Kratos most likely couldn't go because he had a daughter and regrets not dying there because it would've avoided him killing his old family.
Apparently it was Spartan custom to learn how to make poetry and sing.
Kratos can probably sing
Don’t give them ideas lol
Funny enough, singing and reading were actual spartan customs for men and women alike. Songs bring cheer. And rises morale. And reading was important for, well, lots of reasons.
Kraitos and freya starts singing I will survive I will survive
God of war 8 meet the Spartans
He's an ancient greek so probably yeah. The song will probably be the chant before/during a war-march though.
So 300 is canon in GoW-verse
That's what I'm wondering 🤯
*Only in games and movies
Considering that the whole game is based on real myth and history, I won't be surprised if there's another tale of Greek tragedy and story being canon in the game.
Before anyone arguing "tHe StOrY iS FiCtiOnAL!!11!!!11 ThERe ArE A LoT oF HiSToRiCaL iNaCCuRAciEs iN tHe GaMe!!!1!111!1", the word "based on" doesn't always mean "blatantly referencing the said reference". Taking part of the reference, modifying it, and dramatizing it doesn't change the fact that the basis of the story is the actual myth.
The greek king who is " this is sparta" by Kratos in ascension is based on Leonidas i think and there was a dlc costume for i think
I mean its canon in real life
disney should let this guys develop a star wars game with this engine..love this game.
Right after beating this I couldn’t help but wonder how well a kotor remake would be by Santa Monica studios. It would live up to the original for sure
Just the fact that disney is involved at all destroys any desire i have for a star wars game. Or movie. Or anything really.
@@Da1337Man Disney is for Pedophiles and other slime.
It took about 7 games, hundreds of hours but we did it. Kratos finally opens up a sliver.
Love your intro man
very different kratos from what we saw at the beginning of the 2018 game. he’s developed a lot 🥲
It's a VERY different kratos from what we saw back in 2005
I am with Mimir on this one. The number one rule of story telling is show don’t tell.
Incredible how things get more refined over time.
If kratos was at that battle they would have won
As the God of War, yes. As a mortal, no. But even as a human, he'd have added at least a thousand Persians to the final death toll.
@@lelouchvibritannia4028 yes, as a mortal, he scked ares dick because he lost to puny barbarians. The god kratos only would need to Press L3 and R3 and the enemy would shit their pants
@@godoftestoe7956 Why you gotta describe it like that lol
Leonidas knew it was a suicide mission. He only allowed men who had already had sons to go, so someone would carry their names forward. Kratos wouldn’t have been allowed to go even if he had demanded.
@@Mudder1310 Kratos had a family tho before he became Ghost of Sparta. Perhaps it was in that time before
🍷 that intro music
I love how you made a 3 1/2 video for a 15 second dialog .
Kratos is Hardcore.
" I did not think you should had to" SHEESH !!
Would love to hear kratos voice actor shout this is sparta
I want to see what Xerxes would look like in the GoW universe.
He shows up in Chains of Olympus, wasn't all that cool but he did have an Efreet as personal guardian
I think kratos would be glad to meet Alexios or Kassandra as they were ancestors of Leonidas
Ancestors ? It has been quite some time since I last watched Odyssey stuff, but I'm fairly sure I recall them being Leonidas' grandchildren
Kratos getting sassy when talking about atreus like hes taking some anger out on pulling that chain
"Fate can be overcome"
That suble nod lol
Kratos: Norns tell me what happens next
Norns: We see read circles above our hea..shit
Hopefully I the next game kratos learns of other gods from other lands
In the next games kratos will face of either the egyptian gods or tge mayiam gods. This is confirmed by the developers. He probably will meet the egyptian gods.
@@tommychantzis6296 its egypt the Greek Ends here (ragnarok)
Kratos really is the definition of "Back where I come from..."
Kratos really told the story of every parent/grandparent of their journey to school
Anyone know what story about a Theban King they're referencing here? Got too many Greek stories knocking around my head so I'm not certain which one they mean.
Edit: Oh, THAT one, Oedipus
Incest I'm guessing when you say oh that one
@@jermonejackson8437 Eh, short version is Oedipus was born with a prophecy proclaiming he would kill his father and marry his mother. His dad, the king, decided to kill him but the task got delegated down the food chain enough times that he just got left on a mountain where he was found and adopted by a couple commoners. When he grew up, he left for Thebes and murdered a procession along the way that was rude to him. He wound up saving Thebes from a big monster, the sphinx i think, and the queen of Thebes married him out of gratitude and made him king. Years down the road it was revealed that the procession Oedipus killed was the then king of Thebes who was his birth father which meant he had married and fathered children with his birth mother thus fulfilling the prophecy. Classic Greek tragedy.
I wanna see God of War king of Persia next! Legit just make Kratos go through all the different mythologies and we come to find out hes a time traveling warrior from some place thats like a multi dimensional Sparta and they send warrior all across existence and time hell even get a cameo from predator 🤣
I would like to see him arm wrestle Ahura Mazda and give Zarathustra a piggy back ride.
I do believe we may get a prequel to this tho like how he managed to get there in the first place after God of war 3
@@jeffreykornas1669 thats coo I don't mind a trilogy and just keep them at 3 so they don't get old like they did with the first series. Give each mythology 3 games. We had Greece and Norse now let's do Mesopotamia Egypt native Amazonian Aztec Mayan like just have fun with it but keep the serious tone. Hes already crossed worlds once just make him a world crossing warrior trying to find peace. A reason it was never brought up in the first series he could do it is cuz the gods of Greece erased his memory he had a family over time forgot his real past and tie that all in the the original story some how. Idk just thought it be fun to find out Kratos is really a time traveler trying to correct or destroy time. Any time confusing shi starts to happen ya just blame time travel and it all makes sense lmao id like to think Kratos is like dead pool and can at some point fight the creator God but before he does he has to beat Chinese gods Egyptian etc and each realm he conquers gives him a bit of memory back or w.e. so yea pretty much ud be playing Satan as a protagonist much like one punch man lmao
@@dylanplumley280 Or Wrestle Hanuman for sport.
@@PiracyandDumbbells 🤣 I like your sense of humor.
Kratos knows that fate can be overcome. He killed his fates.
A little fun fact about Spartan training: Kratos and Deimos were most likely taken at the ages of 5 to begin their training as all boys born in Sparta at the time were.
Well, Kratos did not fougth on the Hot Gates, but he did fought on Troy, so there is that.
I can't help but wonder how Kratos would react to watching the 300 movie.
He problaly would not like it..
Or he’d like it too much
Both because for he will be glad to see his king and brethren Spartans die in blazing glory, and will mad for the fact the Xerxes decapitates Leonidas and that’s sacrilege.
He'd be confused because he wouldn't know what a movie is.
The hot gates of thermopylae seem to be where he called upon ares. Interesting
I like how the thumbnail is just Spartan yells
I wonder if there will be another God of war after this one
yes, just not in the norse area. this one was the final part of the norse duology
We want a movie on Kratos🔥🔥
The new games are literally more cinematic than actual movies.
No thanks i dont want another Uncharted
Yes and no
A properly made movie based on GoW would be the coolest thing in the world. But, looking back almost all movies based on games turned out sucky. So no, the game is enough, at least for me.
@Xenodroidz Kratos is black
Racist
@Xenodroidz Christopher judge "...... boi"
@@xenodroidz3086 wow racist
An Oedipus Rex reference. Now THAT is an interesting minor detail. Love that A LOT.
The battle of Thermopoli (The Battle of 300) was a real battle. Wasn't quite like what happened in the 300 movie and comic, but it did occur.
In the actual account, there were more than just the Spartans there, and they used the land configuration to hold off the Persians. Persian wicker sheilds and short swords were no match against Spartans who were encased in bronze, and the Spartans had wedged themselves in a pass that was bottlenecked, which made it impossible for the Persians to flank them, or face them down at the same time.
Each spartan had an assistant or two that would assist them in battle
They had other Greek fighters at the time aside from the arcadians
Kratos not training Atreus like a Spartan and sparing him the finer details and traditions of how they would not only get starved and beaten, but also sodomized was showing of how Kratos is a good father.
Clarification: the Agōgē also included getting sodomized by your teacher in a pederastic relationship of student and teacher which was pretty messed up, in my opinion.
Apparently the reasoning(and I could be wrong) was it made them stronger and more focused on training versus pursuing girls/women when they became teenagers.
So they were raped?
Imagine if kratos was there with the 300 even before he sold his soul to ares he was a almost unstoppable man he would have changed the outcome of the fight
Imagine if that was when he made the deal with Ares, now that would be legendary
@@kingofhearts3185 him and leonidas the last 2 standing and he sells himself to ares that would be a awesome what if story in God of war
2:51 is Kratos defending the one take camera?
I swear, they need to make an audio book of both GOW games with all these talks and stories between the characters
In God of War Ascension, we find the body of Archimedes. According to the history books, Archimedes died in 212 BC.
In Chains of Olympus, he’s shown fighting the Persians at Attica, which would’ve been between 492 - 490 BC.
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC. So Kratos knowing Leonidas is the least weird thing on this list.
At another point in this game, Mimir mentions Nimue, one of the Ladies of the Lake in the Arthurian legends. The Arthurian legends take place during the Dark Ages, but even if you assume Nimue is immortal, at some point during a boat story Mimir mentions Macbeth.
What year is this?
973 AD would be my guess
Neat
You know i would love a game where its around the time where kratos was child or teen. Set during the Pelponnessian wars and around time of the 300. But your playing as some unknown Spartan. Idk i just think it would be cool to have that and have all the greek mythology elements mixed into it.
1:35 😄 HA! well done groa! 😁
I thought Kratos was much more ancient than King Leonidas.,because the Spartans are the descendents of Hercules and,ey!!! I don't know .
Its not really known but I believe King Leonidas was there at the time Kratos served in the army. In God of War ascension the Furies casted an Illusion to mess with Kratos and one of the Illusions was him meeting King of Sparta (Leonidas also known as the King of Sparta). The interesting fact about this is that even though he was not referenced as King Leonidas in game, his appearance is identical to Leonidas. So it is possible Kratos may have met Leonidas, either that or this was a different identical King.
@@w.c2255 well.... in chains of olympus Kratos actually fight the persians and kill the king
@@w.c2255 It could have been Leonidas or the character designers used his likeness
You could pick multiple things to bring up that aren't right. Like the depictions of the Spartans in general. They're always shown as real tan with dark hair like the Ionian Greeks but the Spartans are Dorian Greeks and the Dorians were known to be fairer toned with blue eyes or red and blo nde hair.
He wasn't referring to the Battle of Thermopylae. He was referring to his attempted suicide after the God's refused to take away his visions of the murder of his daughter and wife.
He does refer to the Battle of Thermopylae in this video, listen back for what he says about the hot gates.
@@GodWorksOut He attempts suicide at the hot gates.
@@GodWorksOut yeah he says he wished he had died there for some time but no longer.
God I fucking love what they’ve done with these games. This is peak gaming.
The OG Sparta!
Freya bitchin the whole game and Kratos been through 3x as worse as anyone in the game
There’s like 5 gods of war in Norse mythology 😂