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.
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.