Agreed, it's great potential to delve into the myths while also telling a story about characters (Like why is Hera so grief stricken? Why the alcoholism?) and Hercules even more so, I've long suspected he's like Thor in the sense he's long struggled to earn his father's attention but hes never quite received it. Maybe that's why the Lion is the only labour Hercules deems as worthy, it's the only one we know got Zeus' attention (since that's when he bestowed the Cestus). Either way, I really hope we get expansion of Hercules someday, like I wouldn't mind the God of War series making him a larger nemesis
Yes. I actually feel like Kratos was based on him, as they have similarities. Both killed their own families, and went on long and grueling journeys in order to redeem themselves.
I actually hope they return to Greece with prequel stories in comics and Novels.
They could even flesh out Ares, by having it be his dysfunctional relationship with Zeus, be the first indication of the cycle, and why Ares is so cruel and angry.
And we still don't know of Kratos 10 years serving the gods aside from Chains of Olympus and GOW 2005.
Would be a really nice chance to introduce the gods, creatures, and heroes we never saw
Agreed, there's insane potential there and it could continue the themes of familial abuse. Odin grooming his own son to be just a weapon his horrifying and we could see that compared to Thor. I imagine Vidarr to be like this Viking Doom Slayer, a silent wretch that basically has nothing but fury and hatred in his bones. Maybe build upon his experimentation with the Bifrost, turning his own son into an inhuman monster with a combination of Bifrost, Seidr magic, and far worse concotions. Maybe that could be why Tyr had so little to do with Odin (since isn't he Odin's son?) or why Baldur seems to resent him and Thor
Viking Doom slayer would be ******* raw.
Vidarr being an experiment, only to be released after Odin's death to Avenge him, is an amazing idea. Since sindri killed Odin he could be on his kill list.
Or, Kratos goes to Egypt to help Atreus after he gets in trouble with the gods there, after looking for Giants years after Ragnarok.
Vidarr awakens from his coffin in which (like the Doom slayer in doom 2016) in which Odin had sealed him until his death
And Attacks The shield maidens, including a newly Mjolnir wielding Valkyrie Thrud. And invades vanaheim battling the vanir, introducing new characters like the vanir we didn't see. Looking for sindri to kill. Kratos and Atreus return with the remaining giants, and take him down
That's a terrible idea. Ignore that. Sounded better in my head lmao
That would be cool, perhaps he can actually use some of Baldur's old attacks, or maybe even be able to hijack your icey runic attacks. Stuff like that or teleporting into mist and creating environmental hazards could be really cool
Yeah, or summoning creatures made of ice, or summoning giant ice shards from the ground like Theseus. And have him steal the leviathan axe and use it just like Kratos (missed opportunity for the Thor fight, where I would have had him take it and dual wield it with Mjolnir)
I'm admittedly more disappointed about
Forseti though, he's son of Baldur and Grandson to Odin and Freya. How the hell does he not come up? Dude would be an iconic boss fight, perhaps using Light (Both Bifrost and otherwise) to conjure weapons and using the power of his voice to counter your magic attacks, maybe even give him a Golden Axe. He'd also be a really fun character to meet, have Kratos and Freya reconcile with him and have that be part of the forgiveness theme. Maybe he has a quest involving Baldur in Heilheim?
Me too. He does exist in GOW, as he's mentioned in Ragnarok, and was actually cut from the game for some reason. He was going to be a forensics type of guy.
I'm curious on if he's Baldur's son in this universe, as Baldur can't have children due to his curse. I mean, he could have been born before that, I guess.
Interestingly, his mother, Baldur's wife Nanna is mentioned in 2018 as well.
