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"Do they not tell the tortoise and the hare story in Greece?"

Ironically that is one of the stories that Kratos tells his son in GOW4 before we pick up Mimir. Kratos implies that he knew Aseop personally and heard the stories first hand! So to answer your question, yes! 🙂

So yeah, if ya'll ever wondered why Kratos was so hesitant at telling Atreus about his past and true nature, I think this game tells you why.

I always felt Kronos saying “who else could?” Was more of a nod that he understands just how powerful kratos is at this point. The gods never killed them only trapped them away or forced them into labor while kratos actually finished the job with one of the oldest beings of all time and Kronos felt a respect or even a sort of genetic pride at this. Being the grand son and all

TC Carson was such a good, violent Kratos and I for sure think he could've pulled off more mature Kratos, although I really like Christopher Judge in the role.  Wish the working relationship ended better and maybe one day he could return and face Judge as sort of a mirror Kratos is another game.

Hermes was also considered the god of medicine so when he kills him all the sicknesses in the world escape

Just a small note to add to the few gods Kratos doesn't kill, and that's Artemis. She shows up in game 1 to give him a weapon and then we never hear or see from her again in the series.

it’s a shame you didn’t win Poseidon with his outstanding line when he finally shows himself

“YOU CHALLENGE ME MORTAL? A GOD OF OLYMPUS!”

that’s epic right there

One win I wish you'd added, was that Kratos actually holds no ill will against Hephaestus. He's one of the few Gods I'd wager Kratos feels bad for killing, but completely understands his reasoning. Kratos threatened his daughter, and Hephaestus did what any father would do, try and stop his killer. Kratos even comments on it afterwards. It's such a good little moment that speaks volumes about how Kratos views fatherhood as well.

The 2D section of Zeus boss fight is made all the more impactful as you see Olympus crumble in the background during the fight. Zeus fighting to hold on to his power even as the bastion of it literally collapses all around him. Could also be said that it was visually representative of all the destruction Kratos brought on them.

What I did like about GoW3 was what it revealed towards the end.  The revelation that Kratos is responsible for all of his own misery.  When he opened the box way back in GoW1 he released all the evils of the Titans out into the world.  They latched onto the Olympians and caused them to be evil, thus ensuring his further suffering.  Now this isn't to say that Zeus and Co weren't always dicks.  One only needs to look at any Greek myth to see that plain as day.  However without those evils than they wouldn't have been so murderous towards Kratos, likely just leaving him alone for the most part.

TC Carson's kratos is amazing and I really wish that he's and santa Monica's relationship ended in a better way. Even though I think Christopher judge was the better pick for older and calmer kratos he is amazing

The Gaia punch through Posiedon was one of the coolest game moments ever.

The GOW series is the best way tp redeem an irredeemable character, We've seen Kratos at his worse and we've seen Kratos at his best. For Atreus he want to not make the same mistakes that he made with his first family.

16:48 Kratos never killed Apollo, his half-brother or Artemis, his half-sister.
I also depressingly love at the end, before you start punching Zeus to kill him, the corruption leaves him and he returns to normal. Sadly, Kratos does not let him talk again.

It’s amazing how well this game holds up today

This is possibly one of the greatest things to come from the cinemasins hogwash. A new wave of people looking at movies and games with the objective of pointing out all the great things. Not much positivity around nowadays so I absolutely love watching these videos. Great work on it too, the quality of the video is highly apparent here.

26:17 Awesome little detail... you can see Pandora trying to reach the Flame of Olympus in the background

GOW3 came out about a year before my house burnt down.. I remember getting the PS3/GOW bundle for my birthday, and being so excited, I played it all the way through THAT night. One of the greatest memories I have honestly. I'm almost 30 now, and I still go back to GOW3. I'm so glad the franchise continued on, I absolutely LOVE the Norse games.

13:46 has to be the best we’ve seen from Kratos, being comedic and sarcastic