I’m familiar with The God of War games (I’ve only completed 3 as of yet) and it’s protagonist Kratos an angry, brutal and merciless demigod. Who killed the Greek Gods, Titans, Demons, Monsters and innocent people just because they get in his way. At first I was quite shocked as I’ve never played a protagonist like him before.

If you didn’t get to play as him he would be a downright villain even though his reason is just, his actions are not per se. In God of War 3 we see a glint of humanity that Kratos possesses in trying to protect Pandora and not using her for his own gain. Then in the ending of the game after murdering the gods which destroys Olympus which leaves humanity in ruin, he refuses to give power to Athena leaving humanity to their own fate rather than be left in the hands of the gods. He really isn’t a sympathetic character but he showed he has depth.

In the new game simply titled God of War at this time of writing we see Kratos but not as exactly as we remember him. He’s now in Northern Europe in the realm of the Norse Gods, he now has a beard, he’s wielding an axe and now he has a son.

I saw the trailer some time ago and I was blown away by it. It’s great to see this change in Kratos he seems less angrier and having a son and teaching him how to hunt and protecting him shows to me that he’s on the path to regaining his humanity. It’s as if he’s trying to redeem himself as he knows the terrible thing’s he done which shows a different side to Kratos. It shows that the character has developed though I have no doubt he’ll be slaying more gods in this one.

It’s great that Kratos has developed as I think we would all get bored and tired of Kratos being incredibly angry and incredibly violent all the time. I’m very pleased that the creator has decided to take a different path with Kratos this time, that’s not to say I didn’t like the incredibly angry and murderous Kratos though, it’s just great to see him develop as a character and regain some humanity.

What I love to see in characters be it in films, tv, books and video games is depth, redemption and humanity they are three of my favourite traits in characters.