Many God of War fans thought the third game was the end of the franchise, and ༺why wouldn’t they? From all that Kratos wrought, it seemed the ent🅠ire world was destroyed. Floods, disease, storms, spirits, and all kinds of disasters rained down on Greece. Many even entertained the idea that Kratos perished from his wounds.
Theඣ Spartan God’s journey was apparently far from over. That after-credit hint that Kratos survived his wounds was no bluff. Not only did players find out he got another game, but he got another family. There goes the saying, if at first you don’t succeed, try again.
Some fans rolled their eyes that there is more to the Kratos story. Hasn’t the man been through enough? However, when a stoic, bearded, 𒈔and regretful Kratos stepped out into the Nordic landscape, many dropped those doubts. The toxic and rage-filled man fans knew had changed.
What changed him? What happened between God of War 3 and 4? It definitely wasn’t just the beard; Kratos seemed calmer and more patient. When handling his son, players see 🐬hints of fear and caution due to the mistakes he ma🎉de in the past. All it took was destroying Greece to force some change in this stubborn Spartan.
There is still a lot unknown as to what happened between the games, but here is a list of what player🐈s do kn☂ow for sure.
Updated July 17, 2021 by Russ Boswell: The most recent God of War felt like both a resurrection for the series, as well as an evolution in Kratos' adventures. The game was an absolute spectacle, helping to build lore while simultaneously offering players a look at a side of Kratos not yet see in his mythological adventures. Fans welcomed the newest iteration of the God of War with open arms, and the latest entry has only left the community craving more information, with numerous questions popping up, like: "how did Kratos survive?" Just what happened to Kratos after God of War 3? To celebrate how far Kratos has come in his journey for revenge and a new life, this list has been updated with better photos, increased clarity, and style. Here's a look at what happened between God of War 3 and 4.
25 Kratos Sur🌱vived His Wound From God Of War 3
Obviously, he survived it, right? It’s also worth noting that the nearly fatal wound Kratos gave himself at the end of the third game is also a product of one of his most selfless acts. This is probably the beginning to the man players know in God of War 4.
For those that don’t remember, Kratos was ended with the Blade of Olympus and released the power of hope that he received from Pandora’s Box. 🍌It was his attempt to ꦛheal what he destroyed throughout the game as he ended the Greek pantheon.
24 Disconnected From Atreus While Atreus G🦩rows Up
Due to his secrets and spending all his time in the woods, Kratos and Atreus start off as very distant at the beginning of the fourth game. During one part of the gaౠme, players even learn that Atreus prayed to his deceased mother something along the lines of, “Please don’t leave me here with him (Kratos).”
Kratos does not even know if his son knows how to hunt at the beginning. He probably thought that their 🥃disconnect was for Atreus’s own🅰 good. Instead, it’s mostly sad and frustrating for them both with Faye gone.
23 Comes To Regret His Actions In Olꦦympus ♈
If Kratos from God of War 4 was transfe✨rred to all his previous games, it’s obvious he would do a lot differently. The amount of remorse he has is a little hard to calculate though. How much of it is about protecting Atreus versus actual regret?
He does not want Atreus to become a monster like he was. He seems to ha𝔉ve concluded to just not mess with gods. That seems like a good conclusion since his worst mistake was 🧸making a deal with Ares and then probably Athena.
22 ✃ Distrus🎃t Of Gods Stick To Kratos
One of Kratos’s biggest lessons that he tries to get into Atreus’s head is that gods are not good and cannot be trusted. With that in mind, there are probably not going to be deals with any Norse gods in the future. Players are sticking to deals with plain mythical figur🃏es like Mimir and the dwarves.
Kratos has seen all the corruption and bad things go൲ds can do. Even when he was a god, he would probably be the first to admit he was not a good one.
21 Kratos Grows More Reasonable 𝔉
Cory Balrog, God of War’s director, found itꦫ very important to develop Kratos’s character:
"That’s not to say I hate the work I’ve done before, because I love all that,&rdquo🍷; he said in an with Polygon.
“It’s just, I feel like as I get older, I’m looking at things a little bit differently. This lesson that I hoped to pass on to [my son]: that the concepts of strength ♋and emotional vulnerability and the ability to sort of be free to feel the range of emotions, that these are not two warring or diametrically opposed coꦯncepts.”
20 🎀 He Leaves Olympus ▨
Wiꦉth the state Olympus is in by the end of the third game, who wouldn’t want to leave? Some may see this as Kratos running away from his problems, but who can blame him? From the previous games, players know that Kratos is capable of se💟a travel. Due to Poseidon’s demise, the world is flooded, so a boat is probably the only method of travel in Greece by then.
What players still don&rsqꦡuo;t know ꧅is what Kratos really was planning by leaving. Was starting over on his mind? How do you start over after all that trauma?
19 Arrives In Nordic Lands (And Isolaౠted Himself)
Assuming Kratos sailed straight to Norway, he traveled about f🍌our to five thousand miles. For a modern sailboat, that could take a couple of weeks. Of course, Kratos did not have a modern sailboat and players also don’t know if he made stops along the way or just wandered the ꦿworld for a while.
Norway may have suited him as a place that has mountains to isolate oneself in, a perfect place for battling inner demons. Players also learned from this that the whole world wasn’t thro🅺wn into chaos in God of War 3, it was jus🥃t Greece.
18 ✃ Only Greece Was Dest🌠royed
God of War 4 taught its fans something very integral to Kratos’s world, that one pantheon does not rule t♉he whole world. Greek gods only r🍬ule Greece, Egyptian gods only rule Egypt, and Norse gods only rule Norway. This was proven by the fact that Kratos destroying the Greek pantheon only wrecked Greece. Everything is just fine in Norway...for now.
According to the developers, they ൩actually are thinking of taking God of War to and dealing with the Egyptian gods. If players get to explore all these pantheons, there are going to be a lot of games.
17 🎐 Meets Faye 💝
After everything Kratos has been through, it’s surprisin🦋g he can still interact with people. Then again, he’s not the most talkative sort. Faye appeared to be a special woman, though, someone who was adept at combat, wise, and loving.
How they met must be an interesting story, to say the least. From the events of God of War 4, the two of them appeared to love isolation. Did they meet in the woods? A more exciting prosp📖ect though...did it start with a fight?
16 Falls In Love With Faye 𒁃
Got to hand it to Kratos, he is brave to let himself get close to someone a💙gain. In all the games up until 4, the moment someone aligned themselves with Kratos, players knew that person was doomed to a terrible fate. How Kratos was not utterly paranoid of that is pretty amazing. Maybe he saw that Faye was a woman capable enough to protect herself and was ꦦable to see her as an equal?
Players notཧ getting🦩 to actually meet Faye was a great loss.