Santa Monica Studio has defined why Kratos was saved alive in God of Warfare Ragnarok. In truth, the workforce by no means thought of killing him, in accordance with director Eric Williams, who advised The Washington Submit that Kratos staying alive was an integral a part of the story that the studio wished to inform.
Kratos’ function in God of Warfare Ragnarok (spoilers)
When Atreus a.ok.a. Loki meets Angrboda in God of Warfare Ragnarok, the duo talk about prophecy that implies Kratos will die and Atreus will serve the villain Odin. It’s an vital a part of the story that immediately influences the occasions thereafter, and has some followers questioning if Santa Monica Studio thought of getting in that route. Nevertheless, Williams advised The Washington Submit that this was by no means the case.
“Oh no, we didn’t think about killing Kratos for a lot of causes,” he mentioned. “The story that we wished to inform was this concept of this parent-child unit coming collectively after which turning into robust sufficient that they know one another, and so they know that they made one another higher, and that when you have been to interrupt them aside, you’d nonetheless really feel like they’d be okay.”
In the direction of the top, Atreus does find yourself discovering his personal path however not on account of Kratos’ loss of life. What occurs within the subsequent installment, although, is anyone’s guess.