Why not just call it God of War 4 if its a sequel?

Why not just call it God of War 4 if its a sequel?

Why do you think every sequel needs a number in it

kratos story of revenge was completed in god of war 1, 2 and 3.

it continues from 3, but it's a new story. if that makes any sense.

God of War: Child Support and Alimony

God of War (2017) is a much catchier title.

Because now we nords n shit

>did you father's wife teach you to hunt?
What did they mean by this

Simple.


The normies look at a game with 4 in the title and get scared off because they haven't played the others.

It's not though, is this Kratos even the same Kratos from the past games???
I feel like people just assumed that out of the bat.

>not seeing the big ass scar in the abdomen
>forgetting that the white skin is part of Kratos' story
>missing the qte that said Spartan Rage

Because it makes it easier distinguishing between the games?

Confirmed to be same Kratos.

Yes the director said so. He wants to show all the feelz now and have him become human and calm or some sort of shit. The only reason Kratos worked was because he wasn't like every other action hero, all heroic and humble. He was just a pissed of dick, who wanted to kill everything, and that worked.And they said the mechanics are outdated, gotta have a lot of cutscenes and less interactivity now.

Exploring a temple on the back of a titan, where you need to do trials for various gods to prove your worth which are filled with decent combat, platforming, puzzles, swimming and other challenges? Outdated, here you have some walking with your son. Attacking mount olympus with titans while fighting on the back of one with a giant poseidon monster while its climbing on the mountain and everything is shaking, moving and falling down? Yeah, boring and outdated. Gotta walk with my son to hunt a deer and pat him on the back, much more emotional.

Because the combat and presumably also the character of Kratos is not similar at all to the previous installments.
"Rebooting" the name makes it easier to market to newcomers.

I'm kind of on the fence myself, the combat and puzzles were fun, but always a secondary to the experience/enjoyment, the best part was always tearing gods, titans and beasts to fucking shreds.

this. I hope Loki tricks Kratos into killing his son so he'll get buttmad again

It is a sequel to GoW 3.
A) You can see Hermes' boots
B) Look at the character model

"YOU MUST THINK, DO NOT SIMPLY REACT, BE CALM AND PLAN"
Well, thanks for the sound advice, slayer of gods.

>fat
>still bald
>weab axe
0/10 kratos plz go

Like all the shitty reboots made by hacks, they're desperately trying to sell the game to both old and new audiences and don't want to alienate the latter by making them think they have to play older games in the series, because they don't and they're just using the IP for brand recognition to sucker old audiences.

That won't happen. They said the kid will teach him to be human while you teach the son to be a god. There is even a dedicated button for context actions with the son.

At best, it will be passing the torch, Kratos redeems himself and dies at the very end and the kid takes over for the sequels. Which I would prefer, let Kratos die already and have his peace.

"GOD OF W4R"

>fat
Uh-huh. Idiot.

Man his cut sure went badly

>Sear marks in his skin from when the Blades of Chaos were first placed on him.

Holy shit that's cool.

I heard something about how Kratos is trying not to have his some become a ragefuck like he was.

Not a reboot, see
Especially note the chain marks.

The big number next to the title would be intimidating for the average retard because they obviously didn't play the previous games.

the best part about gow is that kratos is a dumb murderhobo

100% chance Kratos' angry former self is a boss

doesn't stop the nipnops

>former kratos plays using old-style GoW combat
fug

So is this being directed by David Jaffe? That's the only way this will be okay to me.

Ironically, it is made by Cory Balrog or whatever his name is. He made God of War 2, which is probably the best one.

best grill better be the mom

GoW1 had a better story and characterization tho, that all went to shit after.

She's dead mate.

No shes not. its been confirmed shes Odin, top God of this Norse shit.

her ghost is still alive

She's a ghost that can been seen in the trailer at 3:32 mark

cant see any ghost

That's not her.

They've said the trailer was just a demo and it won't be like that in the actual game; they wanted to do a self contained little story in the gameplay demo hence the deer shit etc - the actual start of the game will be pretty different

thank zeus

because its a reboot mechanics and thematically

Why does it bother you?

God of W4r

So which game series started this fucked up trend of making a sequel and just calling it "game"?

>GoW 4 is Kratos teaching his son to be a god, a man, and to fight
>The exp system isn't for Kratos, its for the kid, who develops over the course of the game
>Gods kill Kratos at the end/he sacrifices himself
>Kid grows up to get revenge, stars as GoW 5
>It turns out the kids name is Thor

the consumers caused this trend user. Same reason every movie coming out is a sequel/remake/adaptation, brand recognition is money

He does have lightning arrows doesn't he

sounds pretty gay bruh

This. The later games had exponentially better gameplay at the cost of exponentially horse plot and writing. They managed to explain it in the end but it was still kind of an asspull.. I'm glad to see Kratos has some depth and is interesting again

Was my first thought when I saw that. Then again could just be a magic bow

Fuck you its pottery

why is kratos' son such a midget? He's smaller than the beard of olympus

Because he's a child?

thats no excuse

So this franchise will become
>God of War
>God of War 2
>God of War 3

SKYRIM ERA
>God of War
>God of War 2
>God of War 3

at least its not GOW: God of War

Aside from the Norse stuff this is more like Last of Gods than it is The Elder Gods Warim

Why are people not counting the other 4 games?

Why the fuck do millennials associate this shit with Skyrim? Is anything with a resemblance to norse mythology fucking Skyrim now?

because they're mostly shit

>I don't want you to become an angry dumb killer like me
>End of the game
>Kratos dies
>You play as Kratoson
>He's an angry dumb killer

Because people are tired of GoW in that format and a direct numbered sequel can imply a level of similarity.

What about Dark Souls...

kys namefag

Complete cakewalk for Kratos.

his son is like 8, user

Because I can.

I miss that user role-playing as Kratos thread

>I hope Loki tricks Kratos into killing his son so he'll get buttmad again
No, Loki will trick his son into killing him, His son will get buttmad but Kratos will tell him to be calm and accept it. no boss battle. game over.

The new combat as far as I've seen looks like shit
I really don't like that offset camera

>Thor is red headed
>most sources make him have blond

Because it's a new beginning for Kratos and his wife's son.

> I don't like this moving camera that gives me better control of where I'm looking in these fast paced fights
>I really want them to go back to the old more arcade-y camera angles from GOW I-III

Please no. That camera was terrible, you're running 500% on nostalgia.

DmC: Devil May Cry

It wouldn't be so much of a problem for me if the camera was moved a little bit to the left, so Kratos is in the center. Probably my autism, but I can't stand games that to that shit

>GoW: God of War

DS: Dark Souls