Friday, March 11, 2011

In the Defense of the God of War

There's no denying that the God of War series is a fantastic achievement. In a world of quick-buck sequels we don't often get a series of video games that retains and enhances its quality with each new installment. Even the unplanned entries on the PSP are absolutely worth playing.

In spite of this, there have been some understandable complaints about the motivations of Kratos after the first game. Many consider Kratos to have unreasonably directed all of his rage at the Gods with no real motivation. In many ways, this is true, but sometimes I think we're all being a little hard on Kratos. Today I'm going to discuss my personal feelings on the way the overarching narrative of the series changed with each game. Obviously this will be chock full of spoilers in case you haven't played the series yet. So yeah, spoiler alert.