After decimating the Greek gods and surviving the harsh Norse mythos, it really does seem like God of War is poised to move to Egypt in the next leg of the saga.
A dataminer appears to have discovered some dialogue hidden within the files of God of War Ragnarok, and if it holds any weight, it could be a big clue as to the setting of the next major game in the series.
Spoilers below.
Reddit user TheMorse_ has shared some dialogue scenes found in Ragnarok's files not present in the game itself. Click through to see the full dialogues.
In one scene, a character called the 'Robed Figure' discusses Odin and Atreus, seemingly within the context of the mysterious mask that can supposedly peer into a higher plane of existence. It appears that this is in fact Athena, who appeared before Kratos in an iconic scene from God of War 2018.
Another scene features Atreus, speaking to a character who only says "Mau". Mau is Egyptian for "cat" but can also mean "sun". In Egyptian mythology, Ra is god of the sun.
TheMorse_ apparently did something similar with God of War 2018, in which they found hidden dialogue that ended up accurately revealing some details about Ragnarok's early hours.
God of War's Norse games openly hint at Egyptian mythology once or twice, as well as reveal some kind of higher power above all godly pantheons as we understand them in the games.
Additionally, it's been said that Kratos will wield an Egyptian sword in the next game.
We don't know it for absolute certain, but there's definitely mounting evidence that the series is heading in this direction.
Are you interested in God of War tackling Egyptian mythology next? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com, via resetera.com]
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I’m definitely down for exploring Egyptian mythology next!
I am confused though. Is this the game Cory Barlog is working on? Or is that something else?
Because i thought SSM was working on 2 games (besides the GoW trilogy remake)
Hopefully he finds a Stargate at the end of the game and introduces the Ori as future antagonists.
This was teased at end of god of war 2018 no???
Sounds good. I’ll still hold off until a year or so after launch. Can’t trust them not to shoehorn in another horrendously awful and out of place rogue like mode and forceably attach trophies to it. Not going through that slop again like how they blindsided players with Ragnarok or the PS5 version of TLoU2.
If Sony doesn’t shut down Santa Monica first….
Bro Phil Spencer is "retiring" and Sarah Bond is resigning on Monday...
https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-retiring-sarah-bond-out-matt-booty-promoted-as-microsoft-ai-exec-asha-sharma-named-new-xbox-boss-exclusive
I was looking forward too it but i might not buy it now out of spite
I thought that Studio Santa Monica wanted to make a Norse trilogy?!
@Frmknst what makes them more valuable at this point? Neither have put out a ps5 exclusive this gen yet. And might not at the rate they’re going.
@GamingGod Only punishing yourself doing that.
@ButterySmooth30FPS and that right there is a part of the problem kind of statement.
I only hope for two things.
1. A new combat system. No over the shoulder camera or anything like that, just something close enough to the Greek Trilogy. Make it a character action game again.
2. No Atreus or any redemption stuff. Just give me Kratos in Egypt fighting the Egyptian Gods.
@Oram77
Quote from the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma:
„We are witnessing the reinvention of play. To meet the moment, we will invent new business models and new ways to play by leaning into what we already have: iconic teams, characters, and worlds that people love.“
Sounds a lot like „Live service game, based on God of War, developed by Bluepoint“ but for Xbox IPs and studios.
@Oram77 They have probably left because Microsoft are forcing plan they don't approve with l such as going full multiplatform, with an AI and live service focus judging by the statement. People think Sony have it bad, depending on the mindset of who they appoint next they may want to stop making consoles altogether.
@Max_the_German Sounds like a lot AI slop incoming if you ask me, did you not see who is taking over the helm.
I think egyptian mythology has a lot of potential for exploration. I remember really enjoying a lot of the egyptian themes that AC Origins did.
I'm in... hook , line and sinker.
@HRdepartment I mean God of War Ragnarok was damn near a PS5 exclusive. Yes it was on PS4 but it looked next gen.
@Oram77 AI is not the impression I got when reading this paragraph. Business models are about how to make money, not about how the product is made. „New ways to play“ sounds awful like „live service with permanent monetisation“ to me.
But I have no doubts that Microsoft will use AI to accelerate the development process. AI slop though? Who wants to pay for slop?
@Max_the_German "Who wants to pay for slop?" have you not been on twitter and see all the people posting those god awful seedance AI videos and saying "it only cost me $22"....
@ButterySmooth30FPS mate I’ll be honest I’m looking forward to the trilogy more than another over the shoulder game
@Oram77 No, I avoid X to preserve my sanity.
Egypt has been teased since GoW 2018. There's a stone carving in the game that showed Egypt, Celtic, and Japanese symbols. So there's also potential that Kratos could go to Japan!
And in the 2021 comic GoW: Fallen God by Dark Horse, it shown Kratos was wandering Egyptian dessert and meet Egypt deity. The comic is cannon and bridge the timeline between the after of GoW III and before GoW 2018.
@Max_the_German They never say they wanted a Norse trilogy.
Why keep Atreus dammit?
Wasn't the general consensus that Atreus is considered extremely annoying at worst and simply boring at best, and that the levels we play as him are just fillers that slow down the pace of both games?
Wow who could have guessed. It's still fair speculation/official or whatever. Still that mythology would be interesting.
If we get another side character, sure, story or gameplay wise. I mean I always found it weird Daxter always got 1 level and that's in in the Jak games.
I don't mind side characters to play as but to me they need different gameplay not just story relevance. Otherwise offer interesting items to use, or weapons and not just for combat, but level design. I find modern games boring just being story/combat, the bare basics of a video game. While other games in other genres basics make sense for FMV, puzzle, dialogue, strategy, tycoon, board game, and so on. Its what they do with them from there.
Even platformers are just characters/worlds and very basic and boring platforming these days by Indies. Because platformers just have to be kid friendly action adventure games then platformers. Sigh. When others clearly show they can be more and have depth in platforming. As much as I don't think much of Mario 3D World as I got it for Wii U recently. I find it to be still enjoyable enough and still more playable then the 2D games in the series I struggle with more and Galaxy to be a delight, didn't like 64, not played Sunshine or Odyssey at all. But I enjoy a good 3D platformer. Or hack n slash with more to level design sometimes to break things up.
I have to play more Dante's Inferno and Conan, maybe the Tetra or Tehra or whatever it was PSP Mini too.
That aside is it the Norse gameplay/camera and game design or will we get platforming again and 3rd parson as far as Ratchet or Uncharted or others?
I hope they change the formula per mythology it would make things more interesting.
If I was a dev, I'd have baits all over the code for data miners, just to start rumours and have free surveys about what players would want next.
Playing 2018 again and yeah i cannot wait for a new God of War. Wherever Santa Monica goes I am with them lol.
@Frmknst EXACTLY!!! Bluepoint shutdown isn’t some huge loss as people are trying to make it. Lose Santa Monica and then we can panic.
@AhmadSumadi With Hermen the clown, any studio is possible. ND, Insomniac, Santa Monica, PD, Team Asobi etc. And Bluepoint shutdown is still a huge loss.
@PuppetMaster you’d think with all the noise about remasters that people wouldn’t mind a studio that specializes in them being gone by the wayside.
@AhmadSumadi People who complaint about remasters are in the loud minority. Most of Bluepoint remasters and remake passed 1 million copies mark.
Only GR remaster and ICO & SotC Collection that doesn't have sales numbers.
Those millions of people who bought Bluepoint remasters and remake are definitely angry and sad. Not just they lost a talented devs but also lost the potential of many remaster / remake from Sony IP's.
Closing down Concord devs is normal cause they made a colossal flops. But closing down Bluepoint who had solid track records is just nuts. That means Hermen can shutdown Santa Monica, ND, Insomniac, SP, or PD anytime he wants no matter if they brought profits for Sony. So yes, people should feel panic for what happened.
Time to kill Pharaoh Atem and the other Millennium Item owners
While this is interesting and adds on top of many other hints. The fact it was cut also could suggest they were unsure if this is the way they wanted to go and wanted to keep their options open. This may have been the plan of the last game director, but the next one may have other ideas.
All the connection with overarching story and a conspiracy of higher beings sounds really interesting and fun. I just hope they plan the stories ahead and don't try to cram 2 games story into one and ***** it up like Ragnarok. You could really tell it needed to be a trilogy.
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