The Complete GOD OF WAR Timeline Explained! 

The mashing O quick time event/skill check at 8:00 is usually used when Kratos has to use all his strength to lift a heavy door, push over a pillar or overpower an enemy. So in a way, you could interpret Kratos turning his back on his daughter being as difficult for him as lifting several ton statues

Imagine not understanding that having pushing Calliope away as a QTE is to get across to the player that it is just as difficult, if not more so, to Kratos as literally ripping a God's head from their shoulders

7:55 to 8:06 to clarify Kratos did not want to leave her at all. It's all he's ever wanted was to be with his family after his mistake of killing them on accidient.. If he didn't stop Persephone it would have meant the end of the world but more importantly the end of his daughters soul because elysium would have fallen too. He had to forsake her and become the monster he once was by killing some innocent souls in elysium in order to be strong enough to defeat persephone. Idk why people never seem to get that in videos. Aldo persephone didn't want power in Olympus. She literally wanted to cease existing but bring Olympus down with her. More corrections. -Kratos CHOSE to serve the God's in hope of them getting rid of his nightmares of his terrible deeds (killing his family and others) which he got after killing orkos. It's an import thing to mention because it's literally his sole motivation in God of War and God of War Chains of Olympus. -In the begining of God of War 2 we learn it was actually Zeus the stripped Kratos of SOME of his Godly power and gives it to the Colussus of Rhodes. And Kratos DOES accept Zeus "gift" of the blade but it was a trick. He wanted Kratos to put all of his Godly power into the sword making him mortal but making the sword string enough to defeat the statue and to collect the rest of his power back from the statue. Zeus kills him because he is threatened by Kratos and is insulted when Kratos refused to serve him again.

*Spoilers for GoW 2018 - not that it matters if you watched this video* I'm sure someone else has already pointed this out, but Magni and Modi (Thor's sons) are gods who were picked off during the 2018 game. Was there a reason not to cross them off the board?

He left out how they killed Thor's sons

Mamir did say that Thors mother was a giant, not Freya in this version. She only had balder. That's why she went all crazy when Kratos killed him.

Kratos cant die becouse death can have him only when it earns him :D Also Zeus in GoW2 didnt give him the sword to help him but to trick him. The sword drained all of Kratos godly powers so Zeus could give him choice: die or serve.

Played them all. Loved them all. Reliving everything Kratos has been through makes Atreus seem kind of annoying but its the circle of life I guess lol

When I played the first GOW and I saw Ares yeeting that pilar across the planet and killing Kratos it really made him feel unstoppable and GodLike. I was like “ain’t nobody killing no god” 😂🤣 little did I know how wrong I was.

8:00 - You left out that Elysium would be destroyed too so he had to leave her to save her. It's a pretty important fact that I see most skip for some reason. She was not trying to "seize power in Olympus" she was trying to destroy the world and that would include Elysium and his daughter.

God I love when people make videos like this RIGHT before a new title

I like the quick time event with Kratos and his daughter. It shows that leaving his daughter behind was as difficult for him as killing a Minotaur (which uses the same qte)

I hope we get another God of war game with the Egyptian gods that would be sick

You got a lot of stuff wrong in this video, others have pointed a lot of that stuff out. It really bums me out how people think old Kratos is a shallow character with only bloodlust as a trait... People act like the GoW 2018 Kratos is a new take, a improved character but the truth is he's always been a deep and complicated character. The QTE with his daughter represents how difficult it is to push his daughter away so he can go stop the destruction of Elysium and save his daughters soul. Another correction I'd like to add is that the new GoW games are set in the same universe, different planet essentially. After GoW3 Kratos' home world is completely wrecked. He wanders the earth for 100+ years before being dragged from his home realm to the realm of Midgard by the wolves Skol and Hati. The devs explained the GoW universe as each mythology/pantheon of gods is in its own star system/galaxy all occupying the same universe. So every myth and creation story is real in GoW and separated by space.

11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEAR SONG FOR THE LAUGHTER AND SING FOR THE TEAR

freya is not thors mother, shes baldurs mom and thors mom is a giant or something along those lines, if im not mistaken. the game made sure to let u know she cares about baldur, not the other children of odin.

Freya is not Thor mother, he is half giant. She is Baldur mother tho.

God of War 3 was such an epic game.

They need to seriously remaster some of those old games

11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR YEAR

None of this would have happened if Ares blessed Kratos with power that allows him to protect his family.

15:15 - Not a random narrative convenience, it was summoned by Gaia.

I wonder if people in the future will consider these games as legit parts of greek canon and call sony a poet

I live when kratos says "The sisters of fate could not hold me"

11:53 SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEARS SING FOR THE LOVE AND SING FOR THE TEARS

There are a-lot of false statements here Freya is not the mother of Thor More than a decade has passed after god of war 3 Magni and modi are both dead (the latter by Atreus, and former by kratos) Gaia and kratos do not work together as Gaia betrays kratos earlier in GoW3. Etc. etc Good brief overview but many misconceptions.

I'm not sure if it's feasible- or even a good idea, but I'd love to revisit GoW 1-3 w/ the style of GoW 2018

I can't believe I can say I actually purchased, played and beat God of War: Betrayal on my first ever flip cell phone. Lol, no joke thanks for that nostalgic deep cut

My first question is why not do this video after playing Ragnarok? Especially since we know it's the finale of the Norse Arc

Some key info would be that Kratos is unkillable, he never dies only comes back stronger. Like a phoenix

the scream of icarus when he got his wings ripped of is sending me 😭😭 16:26

Great timeline explanation there could be multiple games that fill in just the gaps between the timelines that is the part that always loses me keep up the good work bro!

I’m here after completing main story of gow ragnorok. I can still say with confidence that god of war 2018 is the best game I’ve ever played in my entire life

Buddy skipped A LOT of information.

Amazing vid! Thanks for the recap

mordi and magni already got knocked off

Bro literally forgot to cross of magni and mody

This was so Epic!! I'll refer to this video as I do my God of the War Ragnarok spoiler discussion during my live show on my channel.

Wow thanx for the recap!

Thank you for this. Needed to revise before GOT Ragnorak. Great Video.

I can't believe kratos killed hermes for his jordans💀

14:08 “hang on lad, all this death and destruction’s a bit much” killed me

really nice video for simple time line progression, though would be nice is there was a little bit more of the major information. felt like more time was put into the board gimmick than going over reasoning for an "explained" time line. Still really good job for the amount of hours of gameplay and lore to sift through, keep it up!

Awesome recap!

Haha love the way you did this and it was actually super helpful!

Forgot about Betrayal, loved it on my motorola razr. Fantastic video!

Great video 🎉🎉🎉

Legend Awesome vid bro

Great vid dude, gj!

When you actually think bout it Kratos’ older brother kidnapped and imprisoned his younger brother

11:54 sing with me, sing for a year, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears

Thanks for this!

Awesome video 👌

It’s already been said but come on man. Kratos leaving Calliope wasn’t cold it was Kratos sacrificing something he loved for the good of the world, something he did reluctantly

This is badass 🙏

I hope this is gonna be the Series they're working on!

good stuff man

I was in college when GOW3 came out and I mashed O for probably a good 5 minutes on Zeus with the screen black, until my buddy came into my room and was like, "Oh, if you just stop punching him the game will end."

Imagine if Kratos had to fight Erebus.

A perfect franchise in my mind

Great explanation

this was freaking awesome, but as i recall, i think in the god of war (2018) atreus end up killing magni or modi, i dont remember which one

26:30: not quite right there. Zeus himself strips Kratos of his initial powers under the guise of Athena's owl. Then tricks him into draining the rest of his power into the blade of Olympus. Basically just a long winded way of making the player weak again

Thank you for this

Very good video

Great video! you forgot the Death of Magni and Modi from your board in the 2018 God of War

Great! Would love to see the series go on with similar games, maybe assassins creed, etc...

Imagine not knowing thor isn't freya's som

Still remember those amazing graphics on the ps2 made me put my controller down to enjoy every cut scene

Ares looks like Liam Nelson lol. Good bed story by the way, nice job 👍

Loved the video. You did forget to cross off Thor’s sons of your new board😅

3:47 "...two final victims" Right, FINAL.. lol

I have to give you props for not using a single dad joke or calling Atreus "BOY" xD

Any reason you didn't cross magni and modi off?

That was awesome

Thank you for not forgetting God of War Betrayal

Good video 🥰👍👌

What up early fam!

Thank you never played the games before about to play 2018 God of war this help me understand the store

11:55 all I could hear was “Dream on Dream on Dream on” 😂

i was waiting for this moment 11:51 dream on dream on.

I don't know but, somehow I just love the old gameplay of God Of War

I think this video over-summarizes a lot of the OG trilogy. Maybe good for people already familiar with the story just trying to catch up, but not really good for people looking to get a good understanding of the story.

Thank you

Nice video , very helpful , keep it up 💯

I love that Lego X-Wing!!!

Awesome

Thank you for this video, I just started the 2018 God of War game to beat it before ragnorak comes out. I wanted to be caught up with the story this video is exactly what I was looking for

23:50 Freya is not Thor's mother

So Modi and Magni aren't crossed out, huh? Weird. It's almost like no one did their due diligence lol

I like how zeus ended up causing the very thing he was trying to prevent

And you didn't cover when he kind of stepped out into mortal Kombat and soul Calibur 😂

How can you not understand? Kratos is SAVING Calliope when he leaves her! Persephone wants to destroy the whole world! Kratos could stay and perish with his daughter. But he loves her and wants her to survive in Elysium.... And he wants to save the rest of the world. He doesn't just leave her to continue killing! You have made tons of new fans not understand this really important point. The QTE is to drive home how difficult and heartbreaking it is for this father. Original Kratos is already unfairly maligned as a one dimensional psychopath by those who know nothing of him. ..

Cannot wait for this masterpiece to come out 😢

12:03 what ost is this? I remember hearing it multiple times but forgot.

it would be pretty cool that one day these narrations are being told directly to atreus in a future game

Has a new video of the lore of Ragnarok come out yet?

The last time I played a GOW game was on the PSP lol. My ps5 comes in tomorrow I can’t wait to play ragnarok

good recap. forgot to cross out magni though

Have any of u been noticing that they switched his tattoo from being on the left eye to the right idk why but it’s been bugging me more than It should which means somehow he got a scar and a permanent tattoo to switch eye sockets