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The new God of War was nearly set in Egypt, Cory chose Norse

CenturionNami

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Very interesting
According to Cory Barlog, they first started discussing the idea of a new God of War game in the same year when Ascension was released. The development team was equally divided in picking the mythology for the new God of War. Half of them wanted to go with Norse myth while the other half wanted to tackle Egyptian myth. Cory was the tie-breaker here and he picked Norse myth for his vision of God of War.
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Roytheone

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Wouldn't surprise me if we go to egypt at some point since
Egyptian Gods are referenced in the vault level.
 
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Well thats could be amazing. Egypt gods always caght my attention. Hope they don't give up the ideia.
 
ASaiyan

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It's hard to imagine a time when the currently trilogy is already over, but when that time comes I can definitely see them going to Egypt.

But what I really want to see is a game set in the fourth country they teased in GoW4. That is,
Japan
 
Mondy

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It's already been hinted at that the future of the franchise after Norse is wrapped up is Egypt and Japan.
 
molnizzle

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Egyptian gods would make for some dope boss battles.

Can't wait to take them on as Atreus in God of War 7!
 
base_two

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Egypt would have been better a better choice to get a clean break from the eurocentric underpinnings of the franchise and bold for a reboot. But the game turned out fine either way.
 
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I always think about the pharaohs as the most powerful figures of ancient Egypt, but Kratos could snap any mortal pharaoh in half. They are just humans. Would they make the pharaohs superhuman?
 
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I really hope Kratos' story ends with this trilogy. I'd rather have a new IP for Egypt / Japan.
 
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Still have to play it but Egypt always wins, don't care about AC at all lol so I'm still waiting.
Haven't played anything since Pharaoh by SIERRA. :(
 
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Olaf said:
I always think about the pharaohs as the most powerful figures of ancient Egypt, but Kratos could snap any mortal pharaoh in half. They are just humans. Would they make the pharaohs superhuman?
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Unless you forget the Egypt gods and myth like Scorpion King. The Mummy 2 movie give us a pretty good ideia.
 
Kinthey

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Wonder how much this would have changed the game and it's mechanics. Is there anything like realm traveling in the egyptian mythology?
 
Andromeda

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Great choice. And after that Norse trilogy, I'd prefer the mayan trilogy instead of Egyptian.
 
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Callibretto said:
If the series continue on with Atreus, he could probably shapeshift to black protagonist. Not sure if that will be problematic or not, though...
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That would be super problematic.

They could do it like this trilogy where they have adult Atreus taking his Egyptian child on some quest... but that would probably be too similar to this last game.

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How and why? Besides, GoW without Kratos its like Legend of Zelda without Link.
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Nah.

Did you play the latest game? It's pretty obvious that Kratos isn't gonna be around forever. Atreus is being introduced for a reason.

I mean there is literally a prophecy painted on the wall that shows Kratos dying.
 
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Considering Gajin Goomba's video. I want to see a GOW Game set in the United Kingdom with Celtic Mythology
 
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Egypt have been done before in games and movies, glad they went with Norse, I don't know much about it before the game.
 
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molnizzle said:
That would be super problematic.
Nah.

Did you play the latest game? It's pretty obvious that Kratos isn't gonna be around forever. Atreus is being introduced for a reason.

I mean there is literally a prophecy painted on the wall that shows Kratos dying.
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Yeap, but they can keep puting Kratos no matter what. Did you played GoW3? So, people sayed the same think about the fate of Kratos but here we are.
 
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