Despite traversing the desert of lost souls, bested the deadly traps of Pandora's temple, escaped Hades itself, and defeating an invincible god, Kratos continuously falls for even the simplest traps and manipulations, only surviving because the other characters around him made constant idiotic decisions.
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Ascension
- The Furies have captured Kratos as well as all of his items, including the very eyes design to directly counter the furies.
You'd Expect: For them to destroy the items after capturing him or at least put them in some place where he won't find them.
Instead: They keep it with them, allowing Kratos to reclaim them after his escape. - When Castor and Pollux decide to fight Kratos in order to stop him from reaching the Oracle, they show that they are able to teleport and mainly use this ability in their boss fight.
You'd Expect: Since the furies have told them to stop Kratos from reaching the Oracle under the threat of torture for failing, they'd teleport themselves to the Oracles location and then take her and themselves to a faraway location so that Kratos will never find them. If they still believe that they could kill Kratos, they could have also teleported the Oracle to the Furies so that they can imprison her or do whatever they please to her and then return to fight Kratos.
Instead: They try to fight Kratos with magic and weapons and when they are near death, they kill the Oracle by destroying her platform and they also try to destroy the arena in an attempt to take Kratos with them, but Castor ends up dead and Pollux (who got ripped out of Castor's body) is left wide open for Kratos to kill.
Chains of Olympus
- Persephone has tricked Kratos into giving up his power. She has also set Atlas free and given him Helios' power to destroy the pillar holding up the world.
You'd Expect: She would stay quiet and not give the game up, allowing the plan to succeed. Failing that, at least kill Kratos so he can't interfere.
Instead: She gloats about it to Kratos, stating that Kratos' daughter Calliope will also be killed (again) due to the destruction of the pillar. This gives Kratos the resolve to push Calliope away for her sake, reclaim his power and kill Persephone as well as stop the plan. - In that same scene Kratos gives up his powers and goes to Elysium (the Greek equivalent of Heaven). There's he reunited with his daughter Calliope, whom he had accidentally killed as shown in flashbacks in the first game, but because of Persephone's plan, he is forced to permanently leave her in order to save her.
You'd Expect: Kratos would ask for his daughter's forgiveness for what he did to her and her mother so that he can forgive himself and end his nightmares by being at peace with his past, or at least give her some last words so that he can redeem himself in her eyes.
Instead: Kratos doesn't say anything to her and he forcefully pushes her to the ground and then he kills multiple spirits which leave her in tears. In the ending it's shown that she’s completely traumatized by the experience and now refuses to play her flute (which Kratos crafted for her) which was something that she enjoyed doing as a past time.
I
- As shown in the flashbacks, Ares devised a plan to create a perfect warrior that will be strong enough to triumph over all the other Greek gods, allowing him to overthrow Zeus and become the new King of Olympus. He found one in the form of Kratos, a Spartan general who begged the god to spare his life in return for a pledge of loyalty. To ensure that he becomes the perfect machine of destruction, he has Kratos devise three blood tests; the blood of his enemies, the blood of innocents, and the blood of his loved ones. Kratos gets the first two, no problem. To ensure that the last test is fulfilled, Ares plans to trick Kratos into murdering his wife and child.
You'd Expect: That right after his family was murdered, Ares would claim that an opposing kingdom had intentionally placed them in the village just to spite him, thus fueling his desire for vengeance. Afterwards, Ares would manipulate him even further by helping him massacre the kingdom that is supposedly responsible and then eventually, with nobody to hold him back, he would refuel his bloodlust by convincing him to continue slaughtering innocents and eventually the Olympians.
Instead: Right after killing his wife and child, Ares proceeds to reveal that now nothing is holding him back from becoming the perfect warrior which made Kratos realize that Ares tricked him and has now turned against him, causing him to become a servant to the gods.
The result: Years later, when Ares is destroying the city of Athens to spite Athena, the same perfect warrior proceeds to gain Pandora's Box and ultimately murder him. Granted, in God of War III, Kratos does manage to destroy all of Olympus as Ares wanted. It's just that the former God of War is not alive to see this. - During Ares' siege on Athens, one cowardly Athenian soldier pulls a lever to undo a bridge connecting the building he's in to the rooftops so the undead monsters won't catch him. Kratos, after dispatching every enemy in the rooftops, comes across the soldier and tells him to let go of the lever and extend the bridge so he can get past.
You'd expect: The soldier to realize there's no monsters in sight, do what Kratos says, and extend the bridge so Kratos can get past. Surely there's no harm in doing that and then pulling the lever again just to make sure no monster will appear, right?
Instead: The guy, apparently so terrified and insane that he thinks that extending the bridge for even one second will lead to a monster arriving to tear him apart, completely refuses and keeps holding onto the lever.
Result: Kratos rightfully calls the asshole soldier out on his cowardice, and upon acquiring Zeus's Fury, promptly uses it to shoot down the soldier (killing him anyway), just to get him to release the lever. - Using Zeus's Bolt of Lightning, Kratos manages to break the chain that was holding Pandora's Box and decides to approach it for its power.
You'd Expect: For Ares to... do something like either pick him up hoping he could brainwash Kratos into his servant again, or simply killing him because he’s no longer useful to him.
Instead: Ares just stood there and did nothing as Kratos opens Pandora's Box in order to obtain his godly powers. Unsurprisingly, this leads to Ares's death.
Ghost of Sparta
- The Titan Thera is locked under Atlantis, while being used both as a power source and a support beam. When Kratos approaches her, she promises to give him her power if he frees her. After a brief chat, Kratos agrees and takes her power, and goes to sink Atlantis.
You'd Expect: Thera to tell Kratos she’s too weak and can give Kratos her power only if she’s freed, which means he has to keep her alive, so they can team up to destroy Atlantis and escape together.
Instead: Kratos steals her power and leaves her alone. He then sinks Atlantis, with the flood water killing Thera. Oh, and this pisses off Poseidon who swears vengeance on Kratos. At least Gaia's plan faired a bit better and coincidentally she fought Poseidon alongside Kratos in God Of War III. - Thanatos is fighting Deimos and has him cornered at his mercy. He then throws Deimos off a cliff, but the latter literally hangs for his life and screams for help.
You'd Expect: Thanatos to get closer to Deimos and push him down the cliff either physically or using his godly magical powers, thus killing him. This way he will have one less enemy to worry about and will save himself alot of time and trouble.
Even Better: Thanatos pretends to fly away and hide. Kratos eventually reaches Deimos and while trying to rescue him, Thanatos jumps behind Kratos and literally backstabs him. Alternatively quickly grab Kratos, kill him, and then throw both him and Deimos over the cliff. This way they will surely die and finally the Greek gods can rest knowing that their greatest threat has been dealt with.
Instead: Thanatos flies away, Kratos saves Deimos, the two put their issues aside and team up. They walk to Thanatos who is just standing there, waiting for someone to approach him, after which he engages them in a fight. While he does manage to kill Deimos, this enrages Kratos who activates Thera's Bane and proceeds to curbstomp and eventually kill Thanatos.
II
- Zeus has just offered Kratos the Blade of Olympus, telling him that he can use the blade to defeat the Colossus, but he has to first give his godly powers to it. Keep in mind that not only did Athena previously warn Kratos that the gods were angry with him, but Kratos is also currently doing well against the statue, having chopped off one of its hands, among other things.
You'd Expect: For Kratos to say something like "Fuck you!" to Zeus and continue fighting the colossus without the godly blade.
Instead: Kratos, although suspicious of Zeus choosing now to aid him, does exactly what Zeus tells him to, draining his godly power into the Blade. While this does allow him to defeat the Colossus with relative ease, the statue falls on Kratos as it crumbles, gravely wounding him.
The Result: Zeus then arrives, takes the blade from a very injured Kratos, and stabs Kratos through the stomach with it. Kratos only avoids being killed and permanently sent to the Underworld by Gaia healing him. - The fight with Perseus, who has an Invisibility Helmet, and which takes place in an area that is all but covered in ankle-deep water.
You'd Expect: Perseus to stay out of the water and bombard Kratos with his sling.
Instead: He runs around in the water and repeatedly taunts Kratos, making his invisibility near-useless. - The segment with Icarus is pretty dumb too. After somehow escaping the Underworld, Icarus makes it to the Great Chasm in the Island of Creation. Right after it is a temple that will take to him to the Sisters of Fate.
You'd Expect: For Icarus to JUST FLY over the goddamn chasm! He thinks it's his "test", so he might as well do it!
Instead: Icarus climbs under the bridge to scare away anyone who also wants to get across, rather than do his "test" immediately. This leads to him butting heads with KRATOS, who despite having lost his godly powers, can still murder him if he wishes.
You'd THEN Expect: For Icarus to realize he's talking to the Ghost of Sparta and immediately hightail it out of there.
Instead: He decides to pick a fight with Kratos by stating that he'll never get to the Fates. This leads to Kratos threatening to rip off his wings, thus leading to Icarus tackling both of them over the chasm.
The Result: Kratos makes good on his threat and rips off Icarus' wings mid-air, leaving the crazed old man to fall back into the Underworld, this time with NO hope of escaping. - Kratos is no better during the boss fight.
You'd Expect: For Kratos to quickly grab ANY of his weapons and just quickly murder Icarus with them (and while Icarus here is shown to be tough enough to survive colliding with boulders, even he wouldn't resist being stabbed.)
Instead: The Spartan resorts to just punching and head-butting Icarus, making the fight longer than it needs to be. - After taking Kratos back in time to the fight against Ares in the first game, Atropos tells him that she can destroy the Blade of the Gods and prevent Kratos' victory over Ares.
You'd Expect: For her to have done it a long time ago, or at the very least not tell Kratos this information.
Instead: She not only blabs this critical information, but she waits until the Spartan is in a position to successfully stop her before attempting to destroy the Blade. - Upon killing Clotho, Kratos gains the ability to travel back to whatever point in time he wishes, with no repercussions.
You'd Expect: For Kratos to realize the full possibilities of what he can do with time travel, and maybe take this chance to "fix" any moment that went wrong in his life. For example, he could have gone back to the time when he was serving Ares and stopped himself from accidentally killing his family.
Even Better: Remembering the events of Ghost of Sparta and the role that the gods had played in Deimos' fate, Kratos could have gone as far back in time as his childhood, and saved his brother somehow, before proceeding to stop himself from accidentally killing his family. True, there would still have been much in the way of hardships in the time coming thereafter, and a confrontation with the gods would have still been inevitable, in light of the prophecy of the marked warrior who would go on to ruin Olympus. But at the very least, the two brothers would not have had the big fight they had in Ghost of Sparta, instead remaining as steadfast allies.
Instead: He blows this GOLDEN opportunity to fix his past mistakes, all in the name of getting revenge on Zeus. - After killing all Sisters of Fate and finally going back in time to the point where Zeus betrayed him, Kratos arrives to see Zeus stabbing his past self.
You’d expect: For Kratos to sneak up on Zeus, stab him, restrain him, and then quickly grab the Blade of Olympus from his past self and stab Zeus to death. Boom, vengeance complete, the end.
Instead: Kratos punches Zeus, thus giving himself away, grabs the Blade, and fights him, despite the fact that it would’ve been easier for him to kill Zeus if he just snuck up on him. - After a tough boss fight, Kratos suddenly surrenders and invites Zeus to kill him, as part of an I Surrender, Suckers gambit.
You'd Expect: Zeus to be suspicious, and throw a bolt of lightning at Kratos.
Instead: He falls for Kratos' Batman Gambit and tries to use the Blade of Olympus to do the job, allowing Kratos to counter his blow with the Golden Fleece and turn the sword on him. Zeus would've been killed early if not for Athena arriving at that point to stop the fight. - Zeus at the beginning of the game, becomes fearful that Kratos would overthrow him and take the throne of Olympus for himself, taking into account that Kratos is becoming more and more scornful towards the gods. The invasion of Rhodes turns out to be the last straw for Zeus.
You'd Expect: Zeus to immediately go down to Rhodes and fully strip Kratos of his powers while having the other gods arrest Kratos and then have him face eternal punishment in the underworld.
Instead: Zeus decides to drain Kratos of only a portion of his godly powers and transfer it into the Colossus Of Rhodes, tricks Kratos into willingly relinquish the rest of his powers to defeat the colossus by offering him the blade, has the colossus severely wound Kratos, and then while Kratos is fully weakened, stabs him and sentences him to eternity in the underworld. This instigated a Parental Betrayal by Zeus against Kratos, resulting in Kratos going into a Roaring Rampage of Revenge that lasts for the next two games and leads to the demise of the Zeus and the Olympians.
III
- In the first game, Kratos uses Pandora's Box, which contains the power to kill a god, to kill Ares. In III, he looks for it again in order to find a supposedly "greater" power inside, so he can kill Zeus. Along the way, he slaughters the fuck out of the gods and goddesses he hasn't already killed yet, mostly in self-defense, or because they kept pestering him.
You'd Expect: Him to realize that not only has he already opened the Box, he's killing deities left and right, and would have killed Zeus at the end of II if it hadn't been for Athena's sacrifice. Therefore, he probably has said power already, or at the very least enough power, and therefore he can just head straight to Zeus.
Instead: He wanders all over Olympus looking for it and continues killing gods, bringing natural disasters on the world and nearly destroying it, and gaining and losing a Morality Pet in Pandora. - Kratos is about to fall off from Gaia as a result of Zeus's massive lightning attack
You'd Expect: Kratos to realize that he could use the Icarus wings to glide onto a safer part of Olympus, and do so.
Instead: He forgets that he has the Icarus wings and subsequently falls into the River Styx, losing all his old powers and causing the entire journey of God of War III. - Related to the above, while Kratos struggles to maintain his grip on Gaia, he calls for her help. Gaia, meanwhile, is slipping fast with a broken left wrist, and it's taking everything she has to not fall off Olympus as well, something Gaia explicitly tells Kratos.
You'd Expect: Gaia to respect Kratos' suffering and tell him to cling to her with everything he has or find some other way back up—like reminding him of the Icarus Wings or suggest he lash the Blades of Athena to one of the trees on her back.
Instead: She tells Kratos that he has outlived his usefulness. This only serves to piss off the chronic god-killer and turn him against the Titans for the rest of the game. Thus, after Gaia gets pinned down by enemy forces (while also having the gall to ask the recently-returned Kratos for help), Kratos wastes no time getting payback on her by severing her hand from her body and making her fall all the way off Mount Olympus.
The result: By the time Gaia finally gets back up (right at the end of the game!), Kratos has killed all of the Greek gods, thus causing tons of natural disasters to the world, and is currently in the middle of fighting Zeus. When she attempts to kill them, they both dive inside her giant body and their continued fight destroys her heart, killing her and destroying the remaining Titan race (except for Typhoon and Atlas, both of which are still stuck in their prisons). - After falling from Gaia, Kratos ends up in the domains of Hades, more specifically, in the river Styx, where souls take away his vitality, magic and power.
You'd Expect: Zeus or any other god (or more appropriately Hades since Kratos is now on his domains) to make sure that Kratos is dead, and in this case, finish him now that he is weakened, specially considering that they all know how dangerous is Kratos, who just killed Poseidon a few minutes ago, and both Zeus and Hades have personal reasons for want Kratos dead.
Instead: No one chases Kratos after this.
The result: Kratos just gets stronger, gets new weapons, gets the Blade of Olympus again and continues killing gods. - Perses, the lava Titan, has injured Helios, the god of the sun. Helios, invoking Kratos saving him from Atlas back in Chains of Olympus, promises to repay Kratos if he lets him live. Kratos asks "where's the Flame of Olympus?".
You'd Expect: Helios would lie about where the Flame is, sending Kratos to a place where he'd either be put in mortal danger or get hopelessly lost, buying the gods more time to deal with Kratos.
Instead: Helios just says Kratos will never kill Zeus, after which Kratos rips Helios's head straight off of his neck. Even dumber is that Helios tries to trick Kratos into running into the Flame Of Olympus and cause his death in the process by lying to him that the flame would give him the power to kill Zeus if he stepped into it, only for Kratos to instantly recognize the lie and point out that Hephaestus already told him about how dangerous the flame is. - During the journey to Pandora's Box, Kratos has just confronted Hermes whom he taunts by calling Kratos a lazy mortal.
You'd Expect: For Hermes to just flee from Kratos as far away as possible as he has just killed Poseidon and Hades, two powerful gods.
Instead: He continually taunts Kratos every time with him on the chase. Its no surprise that he ended up getting killed by his own stupidity. - In the third game, Kratos goes up against Hercules, who has the ability to stun Kratos by smashing his two Power fists together.
You'd Expect: Hercules to kick Kratos off Olympus after doing this.
Instead: He turns around and boasts in front of Hera, allowing Kratos a free shot. - Aphrodite suggests to Kratos to seek out Hephaestus if he wanted to cross the bridge and reach Pandora.
You'd Expect: For Kratos to simply ask for a new weapon that would allow him to cross the bridge and if prompted by Hephaestus, claims that he’s going to save Pandora from being tortured by Zeus to "fulfill" his promise to the smith god.
Instead: He straightforwardly and bluntly says that he’s seeking the Labyrinth which, when added to his previous mention of seeking the Flame, causes Hephaestus to put the two together and realize that Kratos intends to sacrifice his daughter to the Flame. This directly causes Hephaestus to turn against Kratos, first by sending him to his death by Cronos and later, attempting to kill him after claiming his new weapon, forcing Kratos to kill one of the very few gods that he trusted. - Hephaestus learns that Kratos is after his daughter, Pandora, as her sacrifice is needed to retrieve Pandora's Box. He then sends Kratos to find an object he'd use to make Kratos a new weapon, but the object is in the belly of Cronos. Kratos returns with the object and is angry with Hephaestus for sending him on a suicide mission, but Hephaestus claims he was confident that Kratos could do it. Fearing that his daughter will soon be sacrificed, Hephaestus decides to pull a desperate move and make a weapon for him before using it to channel the electric flow towards him.
You'd Expect: That after Kratos is stunned with the electricity, he quickly crushes the demi-god with the makeshift hammer.
Instead: He just watches with glee while Kratos releases himself from being stunned and then use his hammer to crush Kratos but he is stopped and stunned by Kratos and killed seconds later. - Kratos is trying to prevent Pandora from sacrificing herself to the flame of Olympus. Zeus is even on the same page as him for once, telling Kratos not to let her into the flame.
You'd Expect: Zeus to either help Kratos stop Pandora or keep his mouth shut.
Instead: He berates Kratos and tells him to just for once in his life to not fail, and not fail Pandora like he failed his family. Cue Kratos flying into a screaming rage as he releases Pandora and goes back to kicking Zeus' ass.
PS4 / 2018
- Modi has just watched Kratos kill his brother Magni by stabbing the blade of the Leviathan Axe into Magni's face. Modi, naturally, is a bit perturbed that Kratos is able to kill a god, and promptly flees rather than face death.
You'd Expect: Modi would go find his father Thor and tell him that things are a bit more complicated with Kratos than they first appeared, seeing as how what Kratos and his son Atreus just did was thought to be impossible. At the very least, Modi could let the other Aesir know that Kratos is going to be far more of a threat than they first suspected.
Alternatively: When Modi ambushes the pair later on and immediately stuns Kratos, Modi would cripple Kratos with lightning, then run up to him and repeatedly smash his head in with his mace until Kratos' head looks like ground meat. Modi has witnessed first hand that Kratos isn't an average mortal or old man, so he shouldn't take any chances or make any more assumptions.
Instead: Modi ambushes Kratos and Atreus, but his lightning magic proves ineffective at keeping Kratos down. Seeing this, Modi cuts his losses and runs away again. When Modi returns to Asgard, Thor assumes that Modi left his brother Magni to die and beats Modi within an inch of his life. Then, even though Kratos decides that Modi is Not Worth Killing, Modi can't resist getting in one more jab at Atreus' mother, prompting Atreus to kill him with a knife to the throat. - Kratos, having just killed Baldur, is well aware the rest of the Norse gods are searching for him and Atreus, and although he doesn't believe Atreus and himself are ready for the journey, Kratos says they cannot stay at their house. After their quest is done, and they find out about Atreus' giant heritage, they decide to return home.
You'd Expect: Knowing the gods will never stop looking for Atreus, and now aware that if he dies in Atreus's arms, it could very well lead to Atreus repeating his mistakes, promptly abandon their house and go find somewhere else to live in the protective field, that will force the gods to search every area they have been in.
Even Better: If push comes to shove, and there is no way to escape the gods, Kratos fakes both of their deaths to ensure that Atreus cannot repeat his mistakes. If that does not deter the gods, given Kratos has tried to commit suicide four times already, for him to kill himself while making it clear to Atreus he did this to prevent him from going down the same path. At the very least, Atreus, while still angry at the gods, will at least try to find a way to defeat them without creating the apocalypse again.
Instead: Kratos takes them back home and doesn't give thought to the other gods. It takes him three years, but sure enough, Thor eventually finds them. - Atreus has just told Kratos about his vision involving Thor. Kratos knows about the mural that prophesies his death, that sends Atreus off to Ragnarok. He also experienced nightmares about his past, which is similar to what Atreus is going through.
You'd Expect: Kratos to take it seriously, and to begin trying to find a way to get Atreus out of Scandinavia, or at the very least finding some magic that will prevent the gods from finding them.
Instead: Kratos doesn't dwell on it and instead trains Atreus for a fight that would never happen. - It's revealed that Freya was the one to put the spell on Baldur that makes him immortal and immune to any form of injury, but she soon discovers that Baldur is both depressed and enraged by the fact that he cannot feel anything at all. He also confronted her about this and begged her to remove the spell, as he'd rather be able to die than live like this.
You'd Expect: Freya would at least tell him that mistletoe is the only thing that can harm him and remove the spell, so Baldur can have the option of removing the spell if he wanted to. He's obviously on the borders of insanity, and he's an adult god. He's more than capable of looking after himself. Also, this could have mended their relationship, since Baldur hates her with a passion for what she did.
Instead: Freya tells Baldur the spell can't be removed at all and says that he'll thank her in time. After this encounter, Baldur tries to kill her, but he backs out of it. Fast track to the events of the game and Baldur becomes the most dangerous enemy Kratos has ever faced. Once the curse accidentally gets broken anyway, Baldur is so far gone that he still tries to kill Kratos, Atreus and Freya, forcing Kratos to do a Neck Snap just to get him to stop. In short, Freya's Knight Templar Parent actions ended up causing her son's downfall. - Odin has discovered the Ragnarok prophecy and knows that giants will be key enemies in Ragnarok. Between then and now, Odin has been given plenty of opportunities for peace.
You'd Expect: Odin would take any opportunity of peace and make nice with the giants. He's been married to his beloved Jötunn wife Fjörgyn, so he knows Jötunns aren't naturally barbaric. Tyr and Mimir have been trying to persuade him into peace and have shown him that the Jötunns aren't interested in fighting and are more than willing to let go of their part in the war. They could even prove to be useful in completing the mask in order to open the gaze that Odin assume would give him the ultimate knowledge.
Instead: He orders the genocide of the Jötunns; believing that even if one giant lives then all of creation is doomed. He also imprisons Tyr for supposedly conspiring against him and tortures Mimir for the same reason. When the Jötunns flee Midgard and seal the exit, Odin's done irreparable damage to the Jötunns and has destroyed any chance of truly preventing Ragnarok. - Suspecting him of aiding the Giants, Odin has Mimir imprisoned in a tree that not even Thor's hammer can destroy. To get back at him for nearly gouging his eyes out in a mushroom well, Odin rip out one of Mimir's glowing eye.
You'd Expect: That with the glowing eye in his reach that is a gift from the Giants, Odin would closely examine the eye and since it resembles Tyr's eye, he would use it on a piece of shrine he took so he could find a passage to Jötunheim and finish off the Jötunns once and for all. Failing that, either destroy it or at least keep it within his study in Asgard since he blocked off any possible passage without his permission, making it highly unlikely that anyone would even be able to find it.
Instead: He just approaches the dwarves and has them build a statue in Midgard to place his eye on, despite the fact that anyone with a sharp eye in Midgard could easily retrieve the eye for their own use. Indeed, when Kratos and Atreus both come along to ask for Mimir's eye, Brok points them to the statue that Odin convinced him to build. This allows them to retrieve the eye and make it to Jötunheim first before Odin even knew about it.
Ragnarok
- To prevent the Aesir from finding them and start Ragnarok, Kratos and Atreus creates a protection stave around their house.
You'd Expect: For them to create multiple staves across a wide area where the animals are abundant so that when one of them broke (whether it be a territorial fight, an earthquake or a tree dying of old age), the others will still remain standing and can safely reapply again in the same area.
Instead: They only apply a single stave where it can easily be destroyed by a stray bear despite the fact that Faye has previously managed to apply it at multiple trees at the same turn. As a result, when Atreus inavertedly destroy the tree in a grief-induced transformation, this ends up allow Raiders to invade close to their home and even after it's reapplied again, the brief moment enables Odin and Thor to find them, forcing Kratos and Atreus to flee their home and stay at Sindri's house to prevent Odin from finding them any further. - Atreus with Thor's help has successfully managed to fully assemble the Mask for Odin in order for the latter to gaze into the realm tear but just before he could take the mask for himself, Sif appears and by convincing Thor to turn on the former, is forced to escape along with the mask that Odin desperately sought for so long. Now with the heroes having secured the mask as a bargaining chip, they're trying to find a way infiltrate Asgard in order to put an end to Odin's reign with the latter, disguising as Tyr witnessing all this.
You'd Expect: For Odin to patiently listen in on their plans to gain the advantage against them and lead them into a trap when they inevitably find a way in so that he can take the mask back from Atreus and at the same time, dispose of all his enemies.
Instead: He hastily "reveals" that he has a way to get into a secret passage to Asgard despite the fact that he never once suggested it when Atreus ran away there. He also tries to sneak the mask away even though it wasn't "Tyr's" to begin with and even goes as far as the call him "Loki" in a moment of impulsiveness. This caused Brok to call him out on all this to the point that his disguise fell through as Odin stabs Brok out of rage and holds Atreus at knifepoint in a desperate attempt to claim the mask. Not only did he fail to take the object but his murder of Brok is also what ultimate convinced Kratos to actively start Ragnarok in order to avenge the former's death.
In General / Others
- Throughout the whole game, it’s continually proven that Kratos possesses immense strength, being able to push titan sized arms and feet and lift cages with little effort.
You'd Expect: For Kratos to just punch through entire buildings so that he will head through his desired journey easier.
Instead: He never does this, taking mostly linear pathways and just overall wasting time before he reaches his goal. - Kratos kills nearly EVERYONE he meets, is a vengeful madman, and in general is someone who is NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH. The 'nearly' characters being the ones who seduced Kratos as well as treated Kratos with any semblance of respect and honor.
You'd Expect: For them to realize who Kratos is, stay out of his way and not mess with him or try to manipulate him to do their bidding.
Instead: Somehow, they convince themselves that they can defeat or manipulate Kratos despite knowing his One-Man Army reputation. Unsurprisingly, this gets them killed because of their own stupidity.
