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* ItWasHisSled: Kratos is the son of Zeus, to the point where it may surprise newcomers to the series that this was only introduced in the second game.
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** Ares tricked Kratos into killing his wife and daughter. A shocking twist back in 2005, common wisdom among gamers in today.
** Kratos is the son of Zeus, to the point where it may surprise newcomers to the series that this was only introduced in the second game.
** Ares tricked Kratos into killing his wife and daughter. A shocking twist back in 2005, common wisdom among gamers in today.
** Kratos is the son of Zeus, to the point where it may surprise newcomers to the series that this was only introduced in the second game.
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** Kratos Car[[labelnote:Explanation]]A series of images showing gray or white cars with asymmetrical red stripes, vaguely resembling Kratos' distinctive markings.[[/labelnote]]
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** ''"I COME SEEKING THE WEED OF OLYMPUS"'' [[labelnote:explanation]] A meme parodying the Greek games where instead of wanting revenge on Zeus, Kratos wants to smoke the "Cabbage of the Gods". Numerous other memes have been made with different scenarios in the same format.[[/labelnote]]
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* BadassDecay: In the third game, the Titans are demoted to [[FakeUltimateMook Fake Ultimate Deities]]. Although the gods are seemingly terrified of them in the second game, they [[CurbStompBattle are completely stomped during their invasion of Olympus]]. None of them display any power beyond their huge size, despite previous depictions hinting they are capable of unleashing devastating magic attacks. This even applies to the greater titans like Kronos and Gaia: the battle against the former has Kratos just moving around his body and chopping parts of it one by one; while the latter would have gotten killed many times if it weren't for Kratos's help. By the time Kratos managed to escape from the underworld, the gods' only casualty had been Poseidon (whom Kratos himself killed), while all the titans who assaulted Olympus had been killed except for two: ([[spoiler:Perses and Gaia]]).
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* BadassDecay: In the third game, the Titans are demoted to [[FakeUltimateMook Fake Ultimate Deities]]. Although the gods are seemingly terrified of them in the second game, they the Titans [[CurbStompBattle are completely stomped during their invasion of Olympus]]. None of them display any power beyond their huge size, despite previous depictions hinting they are capable of unleashing devastating magic attacks. This even applies to the greater titans like Kronos and Gaia: the battle against the former has Kratos just moving around his body and chopping parts of it one by one; while the latter would have gotten killed many times if it weren't for Kratos's Kratos' help. By the time Kratos managed manages to escape from the underworld, the gods' only casualty had been is Poseidon (whom Kratos himself killed), while all the titans who assaulted Olympus had have been killed except for two: ([[spoiler:Perses and Gaia]]).
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* ValuesDissonance: Even before going off the deep end in the sequels, Kratos is very morally reprehensible if not just highly guilty by our standards. But to Ancient Greeks, he would've been hailed as a mighty warrior, to Spartans a legendary hero. The first game in the series could very well have been an actual Greek mythical tale, and nobody of that time would have batted an eye. In ancient Greek mythology, "hero" means only that you accomplish mighty deeds. Being [[TheParagon a paragon of virtue]] is optional.
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* RatedMForMoney: Everything bleeds in the Greek era. A lot. Also, the nudity is mostly irrelevant and mostly seemed as a ploy to boost the rating. However, give Greek mythology a read sometime and you might be surprised at how accurate (or even tamer) God of War can be. This changed in the Norse era, as while the games are also rated M and have stronger language than the previous ones, there is no nudity and the violence against non-monstruous characters is much less gratuitous.
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* RatedMForMoney: Everything bleeds in the Greek era. A lot. Also, the nudity is mostly irrelevant {{Hot Coffee Minigame}}s are always story-irrelevant eye candy and mostly seemed used as a ploy to boost the rating. However, give Greek mythology a read sometime and you might be surprised at how accurate (or even tamer) God of War can be.rating. This changed in the Norse era, as while the games are also rated M and have stronger language than the previous ones, there is no nudity and the violence against non-monstruous characters is much less gratuitous.
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** Kratos is Greek.[[labelnote:Explanation]]An infamous meme joking about Kratos following the practice of pederasty in ancient Sparta where Kratos shouts '''"I'M GREEK, [[NWordPrivileges NIGGA]]! SHOW ME YOUR BUTTHOLE!"''' and then [[BlackComedyRape anally rapes]] Pit from ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' (who is both male and a child) in the manner of the Greek games' {{Hot Coffee Minigame}}s.[[/labelnote]]
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** Kratos vs. UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}[[labelnote:Explanation]]A longstanding joke about Kratos' god-slaying eventually leading to him fighting the Judeo-Christian God and more specifically his son, Jesus Christ, either to suggest an epic battle against KungFuJesus or that [[JesusWasWayCool Jesus would forgive Kratos for his dark past and help him move on from it]] in a rare ThrowTheDogABone moment for Kratos.[[/labelnote]]
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** [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Circle Button appears over X's head"]].[[labelnote:explanation]] The circle button has become infamous in the game for the quick-time events it triggers, pretty much all of them involving Kratos dealing some poor bastard or less-guilty person a gratuitous, agonizing demise. The basic rule is 'if the circle button appears over something's head, Kratos is almost always about to kill that something and do it with style'.[[/labelnote]]
*** This meme also has a rather lewd dirty variant, thanks to the first three games having sex minigames with topless women (whom humorously enough have a Circle Button above their heads to engage the minigame). This has led fans to make jokes that Kratos only knows sex through these minigames or if the circle button is above a woman's head then lewd times ensues.
*** This meme also has a rather lewd dirty variant, thanks to the first three games having sex minigames with topless women (whom humorously enough have a Circle Button above their heads to engage the minigame). This has led fans to make jokes that Kratos only knows sex through these minigames or if the circle button is above a woman's head then lewd times ensues.
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** [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Circle Button appears over X's head"]].[[labelnote:explanation]] The circle button has become infamous in the game for the quick-time events it triggers, pretty much all of them involving Kratos dealing some poor bastard or less-guilty person a gratuitous, agonizing demise. The basic rule is 'if the circle button appears over something's head, Kratos is almost always about to kill that something and do it with style'. This meme also has a dirty variant, thanks to the first three games having {{Hot Coffee Minigame}}s with topless women who have a Circle Button above their heads to engage them. This has led fans to also make jokes that Kratos only knows sex through these minigames or if the circle button is above a woman's head then coitus will ensue.[[/labelnote]]
*** * MisaimedFandom: There is a stubbornly pervasive subgroup of ''God of War'' fans who refuse to see Kratos as anything other than [[EscapistCharacter a badass who kills huge monsters and has sex with hot women]], no matter how much the plot and themes of the games show the consequences of his self-destructive actions and [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype deconstructs the idea of Kratos being cool just because he kills monsters and gods]]. This meme also has a rather lewd dirty variant, thanks VocalMinority was bad enough, in fact, that it managed to [[CommonKnowledge confuse public perception of the series]] to the first three point where people believed that they had always been a RatedMForMoney exploitation games having sex minigames and only began to tell mature and complicated stories at the start of the Norse saga with topless women (whom humorously enough have a Circle Button above their heads to engage the minigame). This has led fans to make jokes that Kratos only knows sex through these minigames or if the circle button is above a woman's head then lewd times ensues.''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: The fans of Greek era games have devised a whole system for playthroughs with self-imposed restrictions. It involves a set of playstyle limitations that make the games harder to complete, ranging from easily bearable restrictions, to the ones that make the experience ten times as hellish. While individual games have some unique rules of their own, there's a set of restrictions that are applicable to the entire franchise: no health / magic chests, no use of alt. weapons, no use of magic, no health / magic extensions, and no upgrades to anything. Additionally, completing a challenge only counts if a run is done on a very hard difficulty, without NG+ benefits. You can pick whatever set of restrictions you want, but runs that enable ''all categories at once'' (including those unique to an individual game) have a special name – PAIN+. Finish it, and you can safely call yourself a master of an installment.
** "No grabs" category is a HarderThanHard option among franchise-wide restrictions, to the point that it's not even included in PAIN+. Since grabs deal high damage and provide protection from other enemies, they end up being one of the few things that prevent no-upgrade runs from feeling insurmountable. Combining both usually leads to an experience that's too much even for the biggest hardcore junkies.
** "No grabs" category is a HarderThanHard option among franchise-wide restrictions, to the point that it's not even included in PAIN+. Since grabs deal high damage and provide protection from other enemies, they end up being one of the few things that prevent no-upgrade runs from feeling insurmountable. Combining both usually leads to an experience that's too much even for the biggest hardcore junkies.
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* FanNickname: The first seven games of the series are often collectively called the "Greek era" or "Greek Saga" by fan communities, whereas ''God of War (2018)'' and ''God of War Ragnarök'' are called the "Norse era" or "Norse Saga", in order to differentiate the two parts of the franchise due to the changes in setting, gameplay and tone.
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** The first seven games of the series are often collectively called the "Greek era" or "Greek Saga" by fan communities, whereas ''God of War (2018)'' and ''God of War Ragnarök'' are called the "Norse era" or "Norse Saga", in order to differentiate the two parts of the franchise due to the changes in setting, gameplay andtone.tone.
** Related to the above, Kratos is frequently referred to as "Norse Kratos"/"Greek Kratos", or "Old Kratos"/"Young Kratos" depending on which game he's in, thanks to the huge differences in his characterization between the sagas.
** The first seven games of the series are often collectively called the "Greek era" or "Greek Saga" by fan communities, whereas ''God of War (2018)'' and ''God of War Ragnarök'' are called the "Norse era" or "Norse Saga", in order to differentiate the two parts of the franchise due to the changes in setting, gameplay and
** Related to the above, Kratos is frequently referred to as "Norse Kratos"/"Greek Kratos", or "Old Kratos"/"Young Kratos" depending on which game he's in, thanks to the huge differences in his characterization between the sagas.
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* ''YMMV/GodOfWarBetrayal''
* ''YMMV/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus''
* ''YMMV/GodOfWarIII''
* ''YMMV/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta''
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** A good amount of players have interpreted the World Serpent's first words to Kratos and Atreus as it attempting to say "''I know you, Ghost of Sparta." in Norse.
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** A good amount of players have interpreted the World Serpent's first words to Kratos and Atreus as it attempting to say "''I know you, Ghost of Sparta." ''" in Norse.
