Despite being nominated for numerous awards and even winning Game of the Year in 2018, the creator of God of War, David Jaffe, is not a huge fan of the new direction the series has gone in. Jaffe himself hasn’t worked on these new God of War games, but thinks that they’re not staying true to the spirit of the character and the franchise. The creator noted that if developers want to pour their life experiences into their work, they should do it with new IPs and characters.

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      365·
      10 months ago

      David Jaffe is unhappy that his generic revenge puddle of spit character has actually grown in depth and is truly interesting now.

        • kingthrillgoreEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Kratos is still angry, but its focused anger. Its almost like he grew up along with his audience. I say this because I played the original GoW games and the new ones, and the change in character is the best thing about Kratos. The growth isn’t a betrayal of Kratos’ character, its the defining attribute of these new games.

      • Beetschnapps@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        10 months ago

        I mean on the one hand you have a story of a father and son grieving over loss while finding themselves…

        And on the other you have Kratos fucking removed via rhythm-based mini games.

        I really do wonder what he thought was so great about the character before?