The Complete GOD OF WAR Timeline Explained!

The mashing O quick time event/skill check at 8:00 is usually used when Kratos has to use all his strength to lift a heavy door, push over a pillar or overpower an enemy. So in a way, you could interpret Kratos turning his back on his daughter being as difficult for him as lifting several ton statues

Imagine not understanding that having pushing Calliope away as a QTE is to get across to the player that it is just as difficult, if not more so, to Kratos as literally ripping a God's head from their shoulders

7:55 to 8:06 to clarify Kratos did not want to leave her at all. It's all he's ever wanted was to be with his family after his mistake of killing them on accidient.. If he didn't stop Persephone it would have meant the end of the world but more importantly the end of his daughters soul because elysium would have fallen too. He had to forsake her and become the monster he once was by killing some innocent souls in elysium in order to be strong enough to defeat persephone. Idk why people never seem to get that in videos. Aldo persephone didn't want power in Olympus. She literally wanted to cease existing but bring Olympus down with her. More corrections. -Kratos CHOSE to serve the God's in hope of them getting rid of his nightmares of his terrible deeds (killing his family and others) which he got after killing orkos. It's an import thing to mention because it's literally his sole motivation in God of War and God of War Chains of Olympus. -In the begining of God of War 2 we learn it was actually Zeus the stripped Kratos of SOME of his Godly power and gives it to the Colussus of Rhodes. And Kratos DOES accept Zeus "gift" of the blade but it was a trick. He wanted Kratos to put all of his Godly power into the sword making him mortal but making the sword string enough to defeat the statue and to collect the rest of his power back from the statue. Zeus kills him because he is threatened by Kratos and is insulted when Kratos refused to serve him again.

Mamir did say that Thors mother was a giant, not Freya in this version. She only had balder. That's why she went all crazy when Kratos killed him.

He left out how they killed Thor's sons

Kratos cant die becouse death can have him only when it earns him :D Also Zeus in GoW2 didnt give him the sword to help him but to trick him. The sword drained all of Kratos godly powers so Zeus could give him choice: die or serve.

8:00 - You left out that Elysium would be destroyed too so he had to leave her to save her. It's a pretty important fact that I see most skip for some reason. She was not trying to "seize power in Olympus" she was trying to destroy the world and that would include Elysium and his daughter.

Spoilers for GoW 2018 - not that it matters if you watched this video I'm sure someone else has already pointed this out, but Magni and Modi (Thor's sons) are gods who were picked off during the 2018 game. Was there a reason not to cross them off the board?

When I played the first GOW and I saw Ares yeeting that pilar across the planet and killing Kratos it really made him feel unstoppable and GodLike. I was like “ain’t nobody killing no god” 😂🤣 little did I know how wrong I was.

God I love when people make videos like this RIGHT before a new title

Played them all. Loved them all. Reliving everything Kratos has been through makes Atreus seem kind of annoying but its the circle of life I guess lol

I like the quick time event with Kratos and his daughter. It shows that leaving his daughter behind was as difficult for him as killing a Minotaur (which uses the same qte)

You got a lot of stuff wrong in this video, others have pointed a lot of that stuff out. It really bums me out how people think old Kratos is a shallow character with only bloodlust as a trait... People act like the GoW 2018 Kratos is a new take, a improved character but the truth is he's always been a deep and complicated character. The QTE with his daughter represents how difficult it is to push his daughter away so he can go stop the destruction of Elysium and save his daughters soul. Another correction I'd like to add is that the new GoW games are set in the same universe, different planet essentially. After GoW3 Kratos' home world is completely wrecked. He wanders the earth for 100+ years before being dragged from his home realm to the realm of Midgard by the wolves Skol and Hati. The devs explained the GoW universe as each mythology/pantheon of gods is in its own star system/galaxy all occupying the same universe. So every myth and creation story is real in GoW and separated by space.

I hope we get another God of war game with the Egyptian gods that would be sick

11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEAR SONG FOR THE LAUGHTER AND SING FOR THE TEAR

11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR YEAR

freya is not thors mother, shes baldurs mom and thors mom is a giant or something along those lines, if im not mistaken. the game made sure to let u know she cares about baldur, not the other children of odin.

None of this would have happened if Ares blessed Kratos with power that allows him to protect his family.

Great timeline explanation there could be multiple games that fill in just the gaps between the timelines that is the part that always loses me keep up the good work bro!

I can't believe I can say I actually purchased, played and beat God of War: Betrayal on my first ever flip cell phone. Lol, no joke thanks for that nostalgic deep cut