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Logically, it would make no sense for GoW 4 Kratos to be above his GoW 3 counterpart in any way. Sure they are comparable, they are the same person, but there are far too many factors at play here.
3: Cory Barlog passingly stated on an interview that Kratos's physical capabilities have dulled in his old age, which is why he can't jump in the gameplay. While he said this in a relatively tongue-in-cheek manner, it does fit in with other, more serious statements
4: The Blades of Chaos are stated to be much more powerful than the Leviathan Axe and Mjolnir.
While these sum it up, there are also other things to consider as well.
-https://youtu.be/DNik2-yUhjU?t=571
Cory during the developer walkthrough went out of his way to explain that kratos during 4 is almost a shadow of his former self, with him not fighting in a very long time, "He hasn't had a fight like this in a long time, you get the sense that he's older, and that he's kinda shaking off the cobwebs". The first baldur fight really wore him out. He is extremely rusty during the events of 4, he hasn't fought anybody near his level in centuries. While towards the end the rust was shaken off, at most he'd be back to being equal to his base self.
-There is also the logical conclusion that him losing all of his weapons, abilities, hax, ect. From the previous installments would put him at a lower level in terms of versatility at the very least, with him losing things like the Blade of Olympus, and the Power of Hope being detrimental loses in his overall scaling.
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Finally, there are the WoG's from bruno, which the first one is him saying Kratos didn't get "weaker", nor did he get stronger. There is no old/new kratos. He is Kratos, same old guy, just this time around he's wiser, he has different motives, he's trying to turn over a new leaf.
The second WoG is him outright stating baldur is nowhere near Zeus, which would make sense with everything said above. Kratos went on to kill 3 Gods in this game, 2 of which were renowned throughout the norse pantheon for their strength, and one who was the son of Odin and Freya, while being rusty and holding back. It's nonsensical to believe that the same kratos who went all out against Zeus and barely beat him at the end of 3, then got one shotted by him, would be holding back while rusty against a superior foe.
End of GoW 4 Kratos is = Base GoW 3 at the end before he faced Zeus in terms of overall power. The difference comes from things like the BoO and the PoH, and the plethora of hax he had at his disposal that he no longer has in 4.
Logically, it would make no sense for GoW 4 Kratos to be above his GoW 3 counterpart in any way. Sure they are comparable, they are the same person, but there are far too many factors at play here.
2: The Comic Con 2018 panel describing Kratos states that he is highly restraining himself and that, despite still being monstrously skilled and powerful, he is not as powerful as he was back when he soloed the Greek Pantheon.
3: Cory Barlog passingly stated on an interview that Kratos's physical capabilities have dulled in his old age, which is why he can't jump in the gameplay. While he said this in a relatively tongue-in-cheek manner, it does fit in with other, more serious statements
4: The Blades of Chaos are stated to be much more powerful than the Leviathan Axe and Mjolnir.
While these sum it up, there are also other things to consider as well.
-https://youtu.be/DNik2-yUhjU?t=571
Cory during the developer walkthrough went out of his way to explain that kratos during 4 is almost a shadow of his former self, with him not fighting in a very long time, "He hasn't had a fight like this in a long time, you get the sense that he's older, and that he's kinda shaking off the cobwebs". The first baldur fight really wore him out. He is extremely rusty during the events of 4, he hasn't fought anybody near his level in centuries. While towards the end the rust was shaken off, at most he'd be back to being equal to his base self.
-There is also the logical conclusion that him losing all of his weapons, abilities, hax, ect. From the previous installments would put him at a lower level in terms of versatility at the very least, with him losing things like the Blade of Olympus, and the Power of Hope being detrimental loses in his overall scaling.
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Finally, there are the WoG's from bruno, which the first one is him saying Kratos didn't get "weaker", nor did he get stronger. There is no old/new kratos. He is Kratos, same old guy, just this time around he's wiser, he has different motives, he's trying to turn over a new leaf.
The second WoG is him outright stating baldur is nowhere near Zeus, which would make sense with everything said above. Kratos went on to kill 3 Gods in this game, 2 of which were renowned throughout the norse pantheon for their strength, and one who was the son of Odin and Freya, while being rusty and holding back. It's nonsensical to believe that the same kratos who went all out against Zeus and barely beat him at the end of 3, then got one shotted by him, would be holding back while rusty against a superior foe.
End of GoW 4 Kratos is = Base GoW 3 at the end before he faced Zeus in terms of overall power. The difference comes from things like the BoO and the PoH, and the plethora of hax he had at his disposal that he no longer has in 4.
