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[Fredrik]

Darksiders and Dante’s Inferno has played around with christian themes, quite successfully I’d say. So it could be done but fighting against Jesus or God would be strange, but Santa Monica isn’t going by the rule book, it’s odd enough that we’ll fight against Freya in God of War Ragnarök and Baldur was weird too but if I put my brain on the shelf for awhile it was still entertaining.

 

[kevm3]

Isnt the proof on someone who claims something?

Religion is for fucking morons.

Yea and if you claim you know for certain there isn't a God, the proof is on you as well

How exactly is religion for morons

 

[Bernd Lauert]

There's only one God so... that would be kinda boring?

 

[bitbydeath]

There's only one God so... that would be kinda boring?

You could still add Jesus and Santa.

 

[Little Chicken]

No.

Kratos vs. Goliath would be cool tho.

 

[RoadHazard]

Would an American dev/publisher go there? Hm.

I'd totally be up for smashing Jesus' head in!

 

[RoadHazard]

Why should anyone tolerate your atheistic religious views? There’s your answer.

There's nothing to tolerate, that's the point of atheism. It's the lack of something, there are no beliefs being shoved down other people's throats.

 

[ZywyPL]

Egyptian mythology has a ton of potential.

 

[RJMacready73]

Yea and if you claim you know for certain there isn't a God, the proof is on you as well

How exactly is religion for morons

Proof is most certainly not on us, we ain't the ones believing in magical sky daddy's..

How exactly is religion for morons?, how would you view a grown ass adult who believes without question in Santa Claus & the Tooth Fairy? You'd think them a moron wouldn't you? I mean here's this adult that believes without question and without proof that up in the North Pole there's a workshop manned by magical elves making all the toys in the world and he delivers them all in a single night via a sledge pulled by flying reindeer... well what if i told you there where other adults who believe that some magical sky daddy snapped his fingers and all of the universe and all the matter within it came into existence and within this mindboggling array of planets and stars, he picked this one planet and 2000yrs ago sent his son down to spread some nonsense, do some parlour tricks and that if you believe in him you go spend eternity in the clouds and if you don't, you go spend eternity in fire oh and he sent this other dude called Mohammed only he was worse, but if you don't pick the right one your fucked.

 

[GymWolf]

Egypt is the next logical step.

They already have tsushima that covers japanese folklore in a way.

 

[Bartski]

Final boss Jesus shooting lazors with epic AOE holy spirit summons, great idea.

 

[Black_Stride]

Mohammed?
You must have a death wish to have even implied that.
Literally even depicting him let alone fighting him gets you beheaded.
We all know exactly where SSM is, after the first trailer drops the studio goes up in flames.
Lets not even try fanning that flame.

P.S You could totally do a "christian" god of war cuz a bunch of Angels actually fuck shit up, and christians arent too fused about have Angels and whatnot fighting.


Realistically and stylistically Id say lets go Egyptian.
The Egyptian pantheon has a ton of Gods who would be able to put up a good fight.

Heck, id say we could even go Celtic and have a good romp. And have some interesting accents.

Something interesting and a bit different then use the Hindu gods.

Want to really have fun with a very open pantheon then we go really old school and do Mesopotamian.
Any excuse to have another depiction of Gilgamesh.

 

[Gtafans93]

As a follower of the nordic faith I'd be fine with that hell I love killing christians with thors hammer in valhalla.

 

[Gone]

I'd love to just to see the outcry of my fellow Muslim sony fanboys.

 

[PrimeX]

What....the....fuck

 

[Northeastmonk]

What about the demons from the ars goetia/Lesser key of Solomon?

List of demons in the Ars Goetia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Lesser Key of Solomon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That would be sweet. I even bought a book about that years ago. I don’t think the industry has that mindset where you hunt down demons to that extent. It’s always been limited with how far they go which isn’t bad. We get games with a lot of quality to them like Diablo. However, hunting down those demons would be awesome.

 

[MMaRsu]

Yea and if you claim you know for certain there isn't a God, the proof is on you as well

How exactly is religion for morons

Who says certain? Im all about uncertainty. Nobody knows. So why would you believe in something when there is 0 proof. Lmao thats why its for morons.

 

[MMaRsu]

What about the demons from the ars goetia/Lesser key of Solomon?

List of demons in the Ars Goetia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Lesser Key of Solomon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Some of those are in Persona

 

[Roni]

Why should anyone tolerate your atheistic religious views? There’s your answer.

Historically they didn't, that's one of the reasons so many weird torture devices exist. He's just talking about mocking people... There's a huge difference there.

 

[Scotty W]

It will happen.

In a sense, Final Fantasy 7 is a kind of gnostic version of this.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Two bosses max. Horrible Idea.

They could each have lots of final forms.

 

[Irobot82]

Kratos is an agent of Yaweh destroying the other pantheons. There can be only one in the end.

 

[Bartski]

They could each have lots of final forms.

and sidekick mini-bosses like Mother Mary throwing spells and shit

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

 

[ClanOfNone]

To hell with Kratos, now I want a badass Jesus game. With two separate skill trees; one for a benevolent hero where you cure lepers n shit, and the vengeful path that lets you turn bitches into pillars of salt and smite heretics.

 

[Bartski]

To hell with Kratos, now I want a badass Jesus game. With two separate skill trees; one for a benevolent hero where you cure lepers n shit, and the vengeful path that lets you turn bitches into pillars of salt and smite heretics.

someone is already making that one

 

[Northeastmonk]

When I dreamed of being a game designer I always wanted to make a game about the book of Revelations. The beast rising from the sea, the pit being opened, the beast of the sea Leviathan, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and of course the Antichrist. It’s all very epic in scale, but probably not something that would make a good video game.

 

[Soodanim]

the word god is so casually used people forgot what it really means. the Creator of the whole existence. not just anything average people find more capable than themselves.

If you are talking about Yahweh, yes. But not in a polytheistic sense.

Proof is most certainly not on us, we ain't the ones believing in magical sky daddy's..

Gnostic theism is claiming knowledge of god(s)
Agnostic theism is belief without claiming absolute knowledge (most religious people)
Agnostic atheism is a lack of belief without claiming absolute knowledge (most atheists)
Gnostic atheism is claiming absolute knowledge that there isn’t anything.

Agnostic atheism requires no proof, because it is simply the non-acceptance of claims of deities. Gnostic atheism requires extraordinary proof, because it is an extraordinary claim. It would require observation of all that ever is and was. You basically need the source code to the universe to say without a doubt that there are absolutely without a doubt no deities anywhere.

 

[Glass Prison]

Kratos is an agent of Yaweh destroying the other pantheons. There can be only one in the end.

Kratos is Yahweh... he will be the only one left by the end.

 

[Irobot82]

Kratos is Yahweh... he will be the only one left by the end.

Plot twist!

 

[RJMacready73]

If you are talking about Yahweh, yes. But not in a polytheistic sense.

Gnostic theism is claiming knowledge of god(s)
Agnostic theism is belief without claiming absolute knowledge (most religious people)
Agnostic atheism is a lack of belief without claiming absolute knowledge (most atheists)
Gnostic atheism is claiming absolute knowledge that there isn’t anything.

Agnostic atheism requires no proof, because it is simply the non-acceptance of claims of deities. Gnostic atheism requires extraordinary proof, because it is an extraordinary claim. It would require observation of all that ever is and was. You basically need the source code to the universe to say without a doubt that there are absolutely without a doubt no deities anywhere.

I think i can say wholeheartedly based on all known laws of physics and nature and having a somewhat simple understanding of human nature and human evolution.. we made all that shit up

 

[HTK]

Well if we go to Egypt and Japan maybe it's time to let Kratos rest and start a new IP?

Oh, I always wanted to see Action RPG like Diablo in the God of War universe. I think that would work and be amazing.

 

[strange headache]

I would love to see Kratos wipe the floor with all monotheistic religions, Catholicism and Islam alike. There are plenty of Christian Saints that Kratos could fight against, so it's not like the pantheon of Catholic faith is that empty.

Unfortunately, neither Santa Monica nor Sony have the balls to play around with modern day mythologies.
Too many religious fee fees would be offended. Religious zealots just can't deal with other people making light of their fairy tales, hence why it's fine to pillage the patrimonial heritage of long past cultures.

 

[Captain Hero]

You know that whole thing about "There are no stupid questions?", it's not really true.

Indeed

 

[Captain Toad]

Today’s trailer and subsequent revelation this would be the end of the Norse installments got me wondering where things go next. Is it too far fetched for them to dabble in Abrahamic mythology? Can you imagine that shit? Kratos whooping up on Jesus or Mohammed?

Absolutely, wouldn't do Christianity or Islam.

I think Kratos should move onto Scientology next.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Gods and myths in video games isn’t rare. I could see Zeus and Greek gods Hades, Posiden comeback.

 

[SkeletonQuays]

Killing a pacifist would definitely not be fun...

Yea and if you claim you know for certain there isn't a God, the proof is on you as well

How exactly is religion for morons

You can't argue with an atheist... the stardust in their brains is too dense.

 

[strange headache]

In Record of Ragnarok you have Zeus fighting Adam:

The people getting triggered about the idea of having their catholic faith featured in an entertainment product are not better than the muslims freaking out about caricatures and drawing of their prophet.

 

[Soodanim]

I think i can say wholeheartedly based on all known laws of physics and nature and having a somewhat simple understanding of human nature and human evolution.. we made all that shit up

I don't believe any of it either, but I can't claim I know that it definitely doesn't. I've just been given no reason to think that it does, which is the only thing that I can say for certain. Everything points to it not existing, but that isn't absolute proof that it doesn't exist. That might seem like a small distinction, but it's an important one. That's why scientific theories are just the best explanation for a scientific law that fits and hasn't been refuted. There's always room, however small, for change in an ever expanding field.

 

[cormack12]

It makes sense for Kratos to leave the Norse lands to break the cycle of father/son violence. Maybe leave Atreus there with his new codpiece.

Then he is free to travel to Egypt without the burden of a sidekick.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

It won't be possible. The Abrahamic God or Allah is unimaginable, without any shape or form, without any likeness or example, was not born and did not give birth to anyone else, is All Powerful and All Encompassing. As such, there is no god other than Him and so the game won't work in this context. Very interestingly, the God in the Qur'aan (Muslim Holy Book) Himself tells of the inevitable chaos that would result from there being multiple gods:

"Had there been in these two (the heaven and the earth) other gods (as well) apart from Allah, then both would have been destroyed. So, Holy is Allah, the Lord of the Throne, Transcendent above all (the things) that these (polytheists) utter." - Chapter, The Prophets: Verse 22

You can read the complete chapter (not that long) here: https://www.irfan-ul-quran.com/english/Surah-al-Ambiya-with-english-translation/

Also, DM me any questions regarding Islam and Muslim beliefs (This sort of stuff interests me )

 

[kuncol02]

To hell with Kratos, now I want a badass Jesus game. With two separate skill trees; one for a benevolent hero where you cure lepers n shit, and the vengeful path that lets you turn bitches into pillars of salt and smite heretics.

If you want a game in world where Jesus stepped from cross and destroyed Jerusalem then you should keep an eye on "I, the Inquisitor".

 

[Petaya Berry]

Grow up, op.

 

[CitizenKratos]

Historically they didn't, that's one of the reasons so many weird torture devices exist. He's just talking about mocking people... There's a huge difference there.

So I guess the torture carried out by the CCP is ok?

There's nothing to tolerate, that's the point of atheism. It's the lack of something, there are no beliefs being shoved down other people's throats.

False. Atheism is defined as the belief there is/are no God/gods. It is defined as the antithesis of theism. Therefore it is a belief.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Egyptian mythology has a ton of potential.

+ Slavic myths
+ Hindu myths

 

[CitizenKratos]

Isnt the proof on someone who claims something?
..

This is indeed true. Both beliefs make an equal opposing claim.

 

[PleaseWaitStation4]

Abe Lincoln in next GoW?

 

[V4skunk]

No, if they do another mythology it would be Egyptian.

I hope they go ancient India. Bat shit insane sci fi starwars mythology with advanced technology.

 

[Bartski]

The Abrahamic God or Allah is unimaginable, without any shape or form, without any likeness or example, was not born and did not give birth to anyone else

did manage to knock up someone else's girl tho

 

[Haggard]

Yea and if you claim you know for certain there isn't a God, the proof is on you as well. How exactly is religion for morons

uhm....
That is not how science works.
You never have to proove the nonexistence of something you have zero indications for, it`s the other way around! You are making a moron out of yourself right now, which is pretty ironic.
Scientifically speaking, gods are just a baseless hypothesis...like the "flat earth".