November last year saw the highly anticipated release of God of War: Ragnarok, which has already become one of the most acclaimed exclusives for PlayStation. This sequel to 2018’s God of War reboot was a massive hit, but originally I was gonna have another storysince the plan was to kill Kratos almost at the start of God of War: Ragnarok.
At the end of God of War 2018 we saw a mural that seemed to announce the death of Kratos, so many of us believed that it was going to happen at some point in God of War: Ragnarok, especially since the mural is featured at the start of the sequel once again. Today we can confirm that the original plan was for Kratos to die and in a very iconic fight.
In a recent interview with MinnMax, God of War: Ragnarok narrative director Matt Sophos revealed that the plan was originally for Kratos to die in his fight against Thor, near the start of the sequel. This version of the story was one of the first they had planned, but it was eventually changed by what we received a few months ago.
“Kratos died in the fight with Thor at the very beginning of the gamesaid Sophos in the interview before giving some details. As the narrative director of God of War: Ragnarok explained, in early sketches of the story, the plan was for Kratos to die at the hands of Thor so Atreus could bring him back from Hell, but with a twist. .
“It wasn’t a permanent deathMatt clarifies, so from the start the plan was for Kratos to be back at the end of God of War: Ragnarok. However, how he would have come back to life is interesting, as the game’s narrative director says that Atreus would have brought Kratos back from hell, but it would have happened a few 20 years later. “It was gonna be a big jump in time“, Explain.
However, when he presented these proposals to God of War: Ragnarok director Eric Williams, he said he didn’t want to because “Kratos died and came back to life many times.” Instead, with the current ending where we see Kratos alive again, Sophos hopes to send a message to players that their fate is unwritten.