Helloooo I come to bring you scraps such as Lysandra (I adore her sm) and an unfinished kratos and don't count on me finishing that if you've followed me for a while yk damn well I ain't doing allat (LIKELY) 😭🙏💕
One time I complained about the docks of hell mission in jak 2 and literally 3 different ppl in the fandom replied with an incredible cheat I never ever thought of in all my years of playing the game. Anyway maybe if I complain enough about God of war's satyr enemies someone will comment with an instant kill for them
I just beat god of war 1 on hard and im fucking exhausted, like most of the game is ether a breeze or a fun challenge but clone war and aries finale faze are fucking grueling
just finished reading the god of war novelisation (the first game) and it was Very Interesting.
it gives loads of insight into the gods, some scenes are actually from athena’s pov, which was super cool to read but the book also really drives home what a terrible person kratos really was, at least during that section of his life. I’d watched cutscenes from all of the greek saga games so obvs I already knew about how he used to be, and of course his redemption is one of the cores of the norse games so you have to assume he was pretty bad, but like… he was BAD.
he kills without pretty much zero sympathy or regard for innocent lives, in fact the only time he feels shock or horror at violence is when it’s towards children (because it makes him think of calliope). it’s mentioned a few times that he actively enjoys bloodshed and did even before he became the Fist of Ares. i’m sure there’s plenty of nuance to be explored but no matter which way you look at it the ghost of sparta was a complete tyrant
and obviously this isn’t a shocking revelation because it’s basically what the last two games have been about, I think it’s just interesting having the newest games be your introduction to the series, because you’re seeing kratos in the middle of his redemption. you’re immediately sympathetic to him and even though you’re told he’s done terrible things it’s easy to feel like he can be redeemed because you haven’t actually SEEN them. knowing just how different he was makes his whole arc a lot more impactful imo, seeing kratos be so bloodthirsty and raging makes you really appreciate the older, quieter kratos.
sorry ik this is probably very obvious to people who have played the older games as they came out, but for me, who’s intro to the series was in 2018, it’s so cool getting a proper sense of what kratos used to be like and seeing things from his pov instead of just knowing what he did. really makes me appreciate his character even more, and kind of makes me wish i’d played the og games first. but yeah i actually recommend the novelisation especially if you haven’t played the greek saga! there’s some eh bits (especially with certain female characters) and there’s a LOT of gore so skip it if you’re bad with violence, but overall it was a good read and it was super cool to get stuff from the gods pov