There is obligations duty and purpose, its a father's obligation to protect his family so he has a duty to become a spartan and a spartans purpose is to fight in wars
Holy crap 5 years and I didn’t even think about that he was actually telling Atreus a story about him and in a way trying to teach Atreus revenge doesn’t solve anything for yourself anyway
I love how Kratos tries to teach Atraus of his past mistakes but sugar coates it a little cos he's still talking to a kid. You can really see Kratos' pain in his face at the end and can't help but feel sad for him after all he's been through
The kid had no idea his father was a mass murdering mercenary turned a God, it's not everyday do you learn your father was responsible not only the death of thousands but an entire pantheon
@@Dukesparrow1999to more be accurate a mass murdering general that accidentally murders his own kin, kill the furies, his only true ally/friend (before brok), hades wife, ares (which ares killed him), attempted suicide, kill thantos, and died as a god, then kill the sisters of fate, took their powers, accidentally kill his step sister, brought his great grandmother and bunch of titans from the past, and murder all the gods minus the sex appeal one and artemis, and the titans and kill his own father, and attempted suicide again
I don't know how I completely missed the fact that the story was a direct reference to Kratos' past, and I've played through the game twice and other GOW games. Seeing this animation puts such an emotional weight to what Kratos tells Atreus and I kinda wished they showed flashbacks in the game because it resonates so well with the player, all the while Atreus was unaware of the stories' true meaning. Masterpiece
Well, technically, it was originally one of Aesop's Fables, with the story warning about those who would manipulate your feelings and desires to make sure their slaves, but it is a nice narrative detail that they used Aesop to convey Kratos' past in the first God of War...
Fun fact this story is in Aesop's fable, it does have a few changes in the fable a horse gets angry at a stag for eating the grass at its meadow, not wanting to share and with malicious intend he enlisted the help of a hunter who mounted up in the horse, however the hunter took advantage and instead of helping him with its quest he enslaved him, the moral being " He who seeks to injure others, often injure themselves"
This is absolutely golden the last line stalled was just pure perfection. I kind of wish they had an extras menu for Kratos’s stories with footage of past games.
Still so Greek at heart, he's just embraced the controlled Stoicism of the philosophers of antiquity over the brutal savagery of the legendary heroes. (And, like the Socratic philosophers, he could handily obliterate people physically - Plato was a nickname meaning "large" or "broad" after all, and he was an Olympic wrestler)
Seeing the Growth of Kratos and becoming ' A Rebuilder ' praised by people from being ' A destroyer ' fills my heart with pride! Growing up with Kratos since 2005 (I was 15 at that time) Thank you for this beautiful animation! ♥️♥️
I was prolly 7 or 8 when I first played GoW. I'm 25 as of this comment. I will carry these games with me until I die. A lot of people only see the originals as hack-n-slash "dude-bro" games. It was always apparent to me, even at such a young age, that there was way more to it than sex and violence. Fuck, even if you take away the story, the games can stand on their own merits still. Just for the scale of them.
to all the nerds that say "your spoiling it" no im not, they purposely looked into replies and were warned abt gow rag, anyways onto my actual reply imagine you haven't played gow rag and you see this thinking "kratos died and this guy being a total a hole💀
The 2nd 3rd game was literally the wrath of a man with nothing to lose. He lost his brother, His daughter, his wife, his mother, his people. He lost everything and he’s said as much more than a few times.
God of war 1 baby. I think God of war 2 and 3 killed his character a bit but the story of a pained man suffering from loss at his hands was still there though
When I think of it, this story fits best with Kratos's experience with Ares as the hunter and Alrick as the Stag, but it also kinda fits with Ares being the stag and the rest of Olympus mainly Zeus and Athena being the hunter. After the whole "tricked into killing his own family" incident, Olympus basically did the same thing with Kratos like Ares before them. They made him do errands for them for a decade, until they wanted him to find Pandora's Box to use it to probably kill Ares, who Kratos sought vengeance after and when he finally kills Ares, they refused to erase his memories and force him to become the next God of War. As a wole I would say the Horse story is a summary of Kratos allowing the "Hunter" to use and manipulate him, because he was too blinded by his own vengeance and rage.
What would you suggest? Kratos doesn't call Ares for help. He get smashed by Alrick's hammer and he was sent to Hades for the people he killed. The end
@@blackice7050 The reason Kratos was in that kind of situation is because the God of War willed it to be. Ares wanted Kratos' loyalty and force him into swearing his oath to him as his most powerful pawn so that he can conquer Olympus and fulfill the prophecy of the "Destruction of Olympus". Kratos literally had no choice in the matter because the gods took it from him. He is just a pawn in the game he didn't knew that was being played.
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx I don't think it's fair to absolve Kratos of all guilt here. He was a power-hungry general and his rampaging with the Spartan army was what lead him to that point. His wife even tried to stop him but Kratos wouldn't listen.
@@SP-rp4lk Yes, he had his fair share of mistakes but that's what makes him human. What do you exactly expect from a Spartan General is going to be? As pessimistic like the generals from the Athens?
@@Alex-hu9uc Doomguy, Conan The Barbarian, Amleth from The Northman, Dar from The Beastmaster, Inuyasha, Gandalf the Grey and White, Tal'Set from Turok, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Ash Williams, Reagan from The Exorcist, Seth Brundle, The Canopy Tribe from Confinement, Raiden from Mortal Kombat, Partypoopers from The Backrooms, Aang, Scorpion, Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Jax, Kitana, Harry Potter, Naruto, the whole town of Kurozo-Cho from Uzumaki, the entire Native American Population of North and South America, the entire Jewish Population, the Uyghurs, the Rohingya, the Kurds, the Kryptonians, the Saiyans, the Namekians, Fluffy Ponies, the Gardener Family from The Colour Out Of Space and also the entire African American population. All of these have suffered more than anything compared to what happened to Ellie
it's never said, but I'd like to think in time Atreus figured out Kratos was talking about his past but understands it's something still painful for him to confront directly, but still appreciates that he's willing to open up this much.
HOLY SHIT, this is beautiful!!! The art style is incredible, and I love the added voicelines from the past. I never even noticed Kratos told a metaphor for his deal with Ares through this story. Well done! 👏👏👏
This animation is truly well done, I like how the bits of Kratos' past was represented in a Cave Painting artstyle like in Greece. And the stalling of Kratos telling Atreus how it wasn't worth it while showing Kratos holding his loved ones' corpse in his arms was pure simple genius
Atreus: Hope it was worth it Kratos: It was not Vengeance, is hollow, meaningless, end of the day, we don’t wish to see those who’ve wronged us suffer, we merely want to see them punished, we want to know they’ll never harm anyone like that again, but in our rage and grief, we turn to the worst way to do such a thing Vengeance often costs more than it’s worth
What? Kratos clearly wanted his tormentors to suffer. His vengeance was reactionary, so his targets switched a lot. He didn't care at ALL about who else they harmed, only that they hurt him. You need to watch the full story instead of the last two games.
as someone who's only played the 2018 game, i didn't even realize kratos' stories were (possible) references to his past. but it makes perfect sense. Throughout the game, we see how he doesn't want Atreus to end up like he did (especially by hiding his godhood).
The Burned Man and this… more emotion in simple eye movements than even the game with its full-body motion capture during this scene. Amazing. Thanks for this.
And here i thought Odin underestimated Kratos not understand metaphor itself. But in reality he's the one, saying his past life to his son as a story, metaphorical way 🤯
Dude, this is SOO well done! Both the voices of Carson and Judge to emphasize the story, together with the drawings and the music. Beautifully done, sir👌👏👏
The Greeks always had such brilliant stories when it comes to "Be careful what you wish for." Kratos' deal with Ares would probably make them proud of tragedy that will come out of it.
I don’t know why Kratos made so little mention of his previous wife, daughter and brother Deimos. They were integral to his story and the reason for the slaughter.
You can tell that all the pain and rage that led Kratos on his rampage is still there just under the surface, and he's just got control of it now rather than letting it control him. There are moments like this one where you can tell what happened to his first family is affecting how he raises his son and what he teaches him, and there are moments when Atreus is in danger that you can see that control slip a little and the rage comes loose.
Superb animation. Wish they were a lot less conservative about the fact this is KRATOS we're talking about in the new games. I get they wanna be subtle but damn do I REALLY wish I could get Atreus's thoughts on his half-sister, his uncle, grandmother, grandfather, etc. It's still history worth exploring and I love the musical cues and voice clips used for this!
@@ryzacobalion3622 I meant mainly Deimos when it came to his uncle haha. Deimos was the more gentle seeming of the two brothers and I'm sure he would have adored his nephew and niece quite a bit and vice versa. But as for the rest of them, I don't think Kratos would speak very fondly about any of them let alone barely considering even Hercules his brother. At most he'd be willing to call Hephaestus his brother in rememberance and sorrow because Hephaestus was basically the only one he killed in self-defense but still respected in the end. Everyone else literally got warning after warning that they don't want his smoke, and then proceeded to never listen till they got mad about getting smoke.
@@fy9519 Had Deimos not died at the hands of Thanatos he would have been a powerful ally to Kratos during the events of gow 2 and 3 and would have been a proud uncle to help raise Atreus.
@@ryzacobalion3622 on God, I have this firm belief that had Kratos gotten at least one or two reliable allies that could keep up with him he wouldn't have gone nearly as postal as he did by the time god of war 3 rolled around. Deimos would more than likely have reined him in at least a little bit.
As someone who used to only know him as a whirling tornado of rage akin to a Doomslayer with whipswords. It’s really interesting to see these clips of Kratos being much more soft spoken and wise. All the pain and hatred… this grim realization of how it was just *not worth it* has ingrained into his soul… I know little about these games… but whenever these clips pop up in my recommended I make sure to see them. It’s fascinating
I know that fan's complaints with the new God of War games is that they're not as bombastic as the old games (they're wrong) but by God(s) they found a way to emphasize the story of the old games much harder. It's not a downgrade from the old or "growing up" from the new. It's a natural evolution.
I disagree on one aspect. The combat is not nearly as fast paced. In previous games it was a hack and slash game in the same realm as stuff like DMC. Kratos was flying, launching, and tossing people around like it was nothing. Now that sort of action is limited to set pieces and cutscenes. It’s not nearly as bombastic as previous titles in that way.
I can't believe I never made that connection. It's so obvious now that I think about it. Damn, the "It was not." line from Kratos hits so much harder now 😭
Really, I think most revenge stories are better than The Las of Us Part 2. Not a high bar to be set. Regardless, this one is still a very good one indeed.
This story doesn't even just apply to the Ares situation, it also applies to basically Kratos' entire life. First Alruik was the Stag and Ares the Hunter, then Ares was the Stag and Olympus the Hunter, then Olympus was the Stag and the Titans the Hunter and so forth. You could also say that Kratos' blind rage, aggression, need for vengeance and hubris were the Hunter all along with everyone else being the Stag. Every time Kratos would get his revenge on someone and satisfy his lust for blood, he would be broken afterwards.
Holy. Never realized he was talking about his past with Aries. I thought he was just telling one of Aesop's fables. No wonder I couldn't recall a story about a horse and a stag and I read alot of those fables back in school
The new GoW is a lot more “mature” than the old series. There were important themes and poignant moments in those games, but those games reveled in being bloody, violent, sexy, and pushing boundaries. You can tell those games were made by “young men,” if that makes sense. But now those young men have grown older, wiser, and can look upon their pasts to see where they’ve come from and the things they’d do differently. And they’ve used their life experience to create new art, that also reflects on the past.
This was incredibly well done! Storyboarded and paced really well~ also like how and when you used the old game's audio for that flashback. 👌Subbed! Im sure you were inspired by something else, but the style reminded me a little bit of Alice Madness Returns' hand drawn cutscenes.
Really makes me wanna hear Kratos tell Atraus some stories about his first wife and daughter. Really think it's something Atraus should hear about when he gets older.
