God of War creators trade blows as series founder slams Kratos\u2019 new direction Santa Monica StudioGod of War series creator David Jaffe did not hold back about his feelings towards the modern God of War games in his latest YouTube video. He brutally dissected the franchise\u2019s new direction but Cory Barlog hasn\u2019t taken it lying down. 2018\u2019s Game of the Year God of War is often referred to as a soft reboot of its beloved hack-and-slash predecessors. Though to be fair, the character of Kratos has evolved into someone almost unrecognizable from the hulking maniac in the franchise\u2019s earlier titles. It\u2019s a change that has been so well received that Sony\u2019s Santa Monica Studio was able to release the massively successful God of War Ragnarok and a free DLC to cap it off. Our own review called the most recent entry \u201ca stunning achievement in storytelling\u201d but not everyone feels that way apparently. God of War series creator David Jaffe took to YouTube to vent some of his frustrations with the new, more vulnerable take on Kratos. He likened the new direction of the series to the Indiana Jones franchise and illustrated his issues with the change in characterization. Jaffe did qualify that while he very much enjoyed 2018\u2019s God of War, Ragnarok was not his \u201ccup of tea\u201d. He explained that what he viewed as the insertion of the developers\u2019 own personal journeys had watered Kratos, and the franchise, down somewhat. \u201cIf you\u2019re gonna build a brand new IP or you\u2019re gonna build a character into the God of War lore and that character is struggling or dealing with your problems \u2026 that\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Jaffe asserted. \u201cDon\u2019t take the character Kratos, or Indiana Jones and go \u2018You know what, I\u2019m Steven Spielberg, I\u2019m older now and I\u2019m really into family, and I wanna tell stories about fathers and sons\u2019. No, f**k you.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want these characters to grow. I don\u2019t give a f**k what you\u2019re going through at the studio,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf you wanna make something that\u2019s not that (God of War), that\u2019s cool but don\u2019t call it God of War.\u201d Since the video was published, initial reporting from 80 Level has gone viral on Twitter and found its way into the view of Cory Barlog who steered the newer direction for the God of War franchise. Barlog countered with a simple gif to illustrate his feelings on the matter. Jaffe\u2019s criticisms have kicked off a major discussion on whether or not his take is a valid one. A minority of fans appear to agree and cite his role as the series creator as the only necessary credibility. Far more people seem to think that Kratos\u2019 evolution and the inner struggle to contain his rage reflect a deeper and more relatable character. We just like throwing that snazzy new axe of his.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God of War creators trade blows as series founder slams Kratos\u2019 new direction Santa Monica StudioGod of War series creator David Jaffe did not hold back about his feelings towards the modern God of War games in his latest YouTube video. He brutally dissected the franchise\u2019s new direction but Cory Barlog hasn\u2019t taken it lying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}