absolutely wounds remain.....especially when you buy a game for 70eurossss and it forces you to play with atreushittt hourssss infinite hours in the ironnnshitttywoods......one of the worst experiences I've ever had in ANY game.....game of the yearmyfitass
I love the way they handled the Blades return in this game. Instead of treating this like a triumphant moment, they treat it as it is. A tragedy. Kratos getting the Blades of Chaos back isn't a good thing. These blades were the cause of so much pain and regret within Kratos' life. They were the blades he used to kill his family, his father, and likely millions of other innocents. In the game's official novelization, it says "The shrill screams of those he had killed flooded every corner of his mind". This is a moment of pure pain and anguish. But, within that anguish there is hope. The hope to save his son. These blades now have a new purpose. Instead of being used to destroy and kill, they will now be used to help those in need. There is so much packed into this one scene, it's insane.
7:46 - 8:21 It almost sounds like a Greek Lyre is playing the background whenever Athena is talking during this part, which is kinda clever that they implement something from Kratos’ homeland into the soundtrack. At least that’s what it sounds like to me or am I confusing it with another instrument?
Something cool I noticed about this scene; throughout the game, we have seen Kratos routinely perform feats of superhuman strength, such as ripping up boulders and pushing down the hammer. And yet, he has to physically struggle to put the Blades back on, a testament to how much weight they carry.
It's not so much the Blades themselves weigh a ton - it's the _pain_ and the _guilt_ he has putting them back on his wrists. They were his burden as a slave to Ares, a merciless killer as a God of War and the tools used to end the Greek Pantheon. He hesitates putting them on again because they were a curse laid upon him. Now he must make peace with them in order to save his son.
"The Blades of Chaos. Forged in the fowless depths of Hades. Once attached the chains remained so, chained and seared to the flesh, a part of the bearer's body. A permanent reminder of Kratos's pledge. In return, ultimate power."
