James Bond is debatable, but how is Iron Man an anti-hero?
You do realize that is what is inside Pandora's Box, right? You know how Pandora's Box is empty but it turns out it had Hope in it from GOW1 released into Kratos? That is the actual story of Pandora's Box.
That's a character flaw. However, that's not the kind of thing that makes a character an anti-hero.
She literally did nothing to him and to the bolded surprisingly no.
It's really not that surprising. There wasn't much controversy at all because that's who Kratos is. He has always been someone that just uses others to get what he wants. God of War 3 takes his murdering to new extremes, that Poseidon princess bit never felt out of place.
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More or less.
Back in 2005, maybe. People are forgetting that it's been a decade since the series started, things have changed, games have changed. I know people have used this "change" when talking about series near and dear to me and why they HAVE to change, so only fair all (not only me) can be affected by this "change". It almost makes me think of that infamous Abe Simpson quote:
I don't doubt people will stop and say, "B-but, that wasn't THAT long ago. it was just like yesterday. N-no, that much time hasn't passed..." then realize the last main installment, GoW3 (and if you want to include Ghost of Sparta, it was also the same year), was released in 2010, SEVEN years ago. Nobody's taste and preference is sacred. The most, I believe, you can hope for is that in 20 years or so, GoW gets a reboot that takes it back to its roots (like Doom).
You think if he was male they would've put as much effort into making his chest and dick jiggle? Or would've made a trophy name that basically boils down to regretting not raping him? Context matters, and there is a strong difference in the specific way that scene is framed than something like Kratos slamming a poor bastard's head against the wall cause he was in the way.
I dont think it's US/EU thing. Myself as a case in point. I think those who are not liking this are either thinking it would be very hard, if not impossible, for them to even pull this off or not seeing Kratos as a character being able to have such a facet or not liking the shift in design and tone, or a combination of all three
The developers said as much.
There's a line in the trailer with a woman telling him that his past doesn't matter so not giving me much hope that he'll get what he straight up deserves considering he's a mascot character.
What makes you think that such violence won't be in the game?
now who does that remind me of?
My issue is Sony's homogenization. God of War, an action series, is trying to be The Last of Us -- because gameplay is not as important to most gamers. They would rather have a 'strong' narrative for muh immersion.Back in 2005, maybe. People are forgetting that it's been a decade since the series started, things have changed, games have changed. I know people have used this "change" when talking about series near and dear to me and why they HAVE to change, so only fair all (not only me) can be affected by this "change". It almost makes me think of that infamous Abe Simpson quote:
I don't doubt people will stop and say, "B-but, that wasn't THAT long ago. it was just like yesterday. N-no, that much time hasn't passed..." then realize the last main installment, GoW3 (and if you want to include Ghost of Sparta, it was also the same year), was released in 2010, SEVEN years ago. Nobody's taste and preference is sacred. The most, I believe, you can hope for is that in 20 years or so, GoW gets a reboot that takes it back to its roots (like Doom).
Being inspired doesn't mean it is going to be like it.
