God Sens no it’s not specifically the god of war. The Greek omega means first and last. Meaning the Gods as a whole. The first and last. There to create everything and there after everything is gone. It’s not specifically for the God of War but more broadly the entire Greek pantheon
Luke Bailey did you not see the video there was a Moment in the game where they show each symbols of God of war in different mythology one of them is greek
Ended the cycle of children murdering parents, but began the new cycle of creating a new God of War. In this case, Freya will be the revenge-seeking deity
Lethal Holmes In chamber of tyr where you see the vase that has kratos on it there are artifacts from egypt as well and mimir will tell you that they these artifacts are from somwhere coverd in sand
aztec would be really fitting for kratos, given that a lot of gods in that religion require blood as an offering and ancient aztec religion was pretty gory.
I love all mythology and find it all extremely interesting but Egyptian is probably my favorite with Norse being my least favorite and I hope that they do an Egyptian trilogy after this one (assuming this will be a trilogy)
The Infinity Gauntlet reference is awesome. If you upgrade the Shattered Gauntlet where it can fit 3 sockets and you put in 3 of the “[name’s] stones”, i.e. Ivaldi’s Corrupted Mind or Njord’s Temporal Stone, it will shoot a blast when you use it. It’s super interesting.
1:33 gonna show footage of a dialogue easter egg? Be sure to not have subtitles on, and definitely show footage where the un-subtitled line gets drowned out by that bell. Definitely.
My favorite was an acknowledgement of just how old Kratos is at this point. We know from the game that Tyr collected everything in his secret vault single handedly. AND we know that Tyr has been dead for at least a century as told by Mimir. This means that the fact that Tyr had a vase of Kratos when he was the Ghost of Sparta it tells us that Kratos is probably centuries old.
I finished the game and I've been thinking about this (MAJOR spoilers ahead): The fact that Tyr's wall piece had the symbols from other cultures makes me think he actually was/is a god in all these different mythological backgrounds. You see the omega symbol in there, which is the Greek god of war so what I'm getting at is: What if Kratos is, in fact Tyr? I mean timelines are crazy in norse mythology and in the game too, given for example that Atreus/Loki is the father of the World Serpent (who even says to recognize him, impossible when we hear about it the first time but possible after we know who Atreus really is), and we learn that Tyr is a god of war that's humble and wise and seeks peace instead of war and no one knows where he is or what happened to him. So in this weird timeline Kratos could become Tyr and in the past protect the giants and so on. It's not that crazy of a theory if you analyze the mythology aspects the game included.
Sam MacCalla No man, he's Loki. And he just started the chain of events that leads to Ragnarok by killing Baldur, just like in the actual norse mythology. I'm so excited for the future games/DLCs :DD
BREINO Incorporation God of War was always like that though. Every game had little easter eggs for those more familiar with Greek mythology that just was *really* badass. Seeing so much from Myth coming to life in these games was a real treat, and now it's passing on to Norse, Japanese, Mayan, Aztec (are those the same thing?), and so on.
If you have the collectors edition it gives you a physical map with runes on the outside translate those and you discover directions to brok and sindris treasure (which is why they hated each other) then translate runes hidden on the world serpent on the map and you find the coordinates to use the directions from earlier
Here’s an Easter egg there was an interview last year or the year before there was a rumor with the Cory in the voice actors of kratos where they thought the kids name was going to be Charlie and in the game the turtles where the witch lives on his name is Charlie lol
favorite previous game reference is certainly when he breaks the pot he finds that has him on it. and unrelated to the previous sentence... i love when the game taps on the fourth wall with atreus saying, “you do love to break pottery.” knowing that all the players are smashing every pot we see, link style.
One of the treasure maps in the game mentions the boat captain from God of War 1 and even goes as far as to mention the Hydra, the first boss from that game, by name.
At or around the 7 minute mark, the talk about the different symbols of war on the tapestry and "what may come", I remember watching a thing about the development of GoW and how the original creator had a plan to not only play as Kratos but 2 other Gods of War from different pantheons. You would play all three characters and your actions in one mythos would effect the worlds of the others. They may have been referencing what might have been. Or not. Tyr was very interested in all things and trying to understand the other Gods of War may have been crucial to his beliefs.
I loved the reference to the clay pot in tyrs vault and then soon after kratos give aries the bottle of lemon alcohol and almost actually smiles it was adorable and such s good moment
wait wait wait, wasn't number 8 one of Aesop's fables? he even referenced him before telling some of his stories periodically. Really nothing to do with the previous god of war plot man.
razor1493 I think it could be both, or maybe they're trying to imply kratos started that story because his origin and the fable are pretty close in certain details
Most of Kratos’ stories are from Aesop. He even says he knew a smart man that liked to tell these purposeful stories back from his homeland. The fact that the story of the Horse and the Stag is analogous to Kratos’ own story is a coincidence. They put it in for a reason, but the story already existed beforehand.
In regards to the last one referring to Kratos as a bear and Atreaus as a wolf, Kratos' starting armor is described as a bear fur and Atreaus' tunic is a wolf skin
Not sure if it's on the list, but theres a part where Atreus says Kratos loves breaking pottery, which is a nod to the fact that you break a ton of pottery in previous games to get experience
I think the glow-tail lizard might actully be a Shadow Of The Collosus reference since SOTC & GOW are Playstation franchises that feature battles against giant creatures.
There's a labor in the game that called "Troll Toll" which is a reference to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where there's an infamous episode the gang has create a play and Danny Devito says, "You gotta pay the Troll Toll to get in the Boy's Soul" its a play on words to make it sound like "Boy's Hole" lol.
I’ve just been playing back through the original Bioshock, and when I reached that hole in the wall in God of War I just instinctively thought “oh hey, there’s another hole, there must be a little sister around here somewhere... wait a minute, I’m playing God of War. Huh?”
Haven't seen any videos on the subtle reference to the Boat Captain from GoW 1. Its a treasure map called Boat Captain's Key and even refrences the Hydra and everything.
I believe there was some kind of time travel involved, because the World Serpent in Norse mythology is Loki's son, which as we know at the end of the game is Atraeus.
@gameranx Awesome video, but one nitpick. When Atreus was talking about The Norns, he was actually talking about the Norse versions of the Fates. The Norns wrote the fates of everyone in all the 9 realms.
When Kratos kills a certain somebody and tells him: "The cycle ends here" which is what Zeus tells him when he kills him at the start of God of war 2, kinda acknowledging that those words meant: “We gotta stop killing our parents" XD
Shattered Gauntlet of Ages is a reference to the Infinity Gauntlet. You can even get the six Infinity Stones to power it up (only 3 at a time though) and give it a Thanos-esque ability.
I would say the cover of that book with the runes is also an Easter egg and hint at the ending. I won't say anything specific because spoilers, but the cover image has a very interesting overall shape.
... Most of these "easter eggs" weren't really easter eggs, or were extremely obvious. Bio shock? Totally over analyzing xD. Can't believe you never the mentioned the Infinity Gauntlet or secret item unlocked by using a specific password in the Lake of Nine. *EDIT:* *I realize these EE's may not have been discovered at the time this video was posted, but maybe you should have waited more than 4 days after release before posting a click bait video. Still an entertaining video.*
Im not sure if this is one but when the boy is sick and freya gives you here boat to return home to retrieve his "You know what" (dont want to spoil it). He sits in a posture how he sat on his throne in GOW2. As it continues to float. Kratos sees wild animals on shore and has a moment to himself and his posture lowers from a strong god to a more worried farther.
There's a treasure map called ''the captains key'' and if you open the journal the description reads that with the captain at the bottom of the hydra someone from the crew took the key that kratos used to open the captains chamber in the first game and sailed to another land only for his ship to crash in midgard.
There is this one Easter egg where the giant turtle in Freya (the witch)’s area is referred to as Charlie. Kratos detests that name. That’s a reference to when Atreus was known as Charlie in the few months after release of the e3 reveal trailer.
pixar spelled out when you first go back to the witch of the woods (freya) to revive mimir's head. you go up the cliff on the left near the sandbowl/ turtle house and get to see the runes spell out p, i, x, weird sideways hourglass that might as well be a, r. apparently it means vindr/wind.
Dev's already talked about not drowning this game with dlc so I'm not sure we're even getting any. They already looking at preproduction for a sequel though.
My favorite references in the game is when Atraous says puny troll and when Kratos says he does not trust gods. Also when Atraous asked if he can change into a wolf when he was told he was a god, and find out later he was called Loki by his mother.
I found a small easter egg. One of the maps you find talks about The Captains Key, which is from the first GOW when fighting the Hydra. The Captain fled Greece to Midgard. So Kratos aint the only one to do it.
Will he ever battle Hindu God's they are cool too I think I am not saying they exist or something like that I am just saying they are extremely powerful too
Number 6 could be a direct reference to Avatar the last air bender when Uncle Iroh was singing the song with his crew. “Winter, Spring, Summer and fall!” “Four seasons. Four Loves” that’s what I reminded me of at least. Look up “four season” ~Uncle Iroh
Well in the end of Norse mythology when the world ends two people will escape unscathed from the world true; this directly ties into the Christianity as this was made to help convert pagans away from the Norse beliefs so after this it could go back to Egypt then back to probably Jesus. Imagine that: Jesus kicking ass yelling loudly: “THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU”
Pifilix XIV but then again... it could be loved by them because it features Jesus as not only a savior, but a badass with muscles on muscles 💪. Who else doesn’t want that kind of exposure? Why all we need to do is add the pope and receive his blessing and boom! You’ll see Christians everywhere accept games and will no longer call video games evil!
Probably... But I feel like there will be some midquel between Greek and Norse saga (I feel like this one would the real end of Kratos)... maybe Egyptian?
Kratos says to Atreyu: you are not ready I think that’s a reference to ps1 ads that would show twisted metal and say U R Not e (the “e” was red) . Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s the way it sounded to me
The boat caption that you pull out of the hydras mouth in the first game is referanced in almost every game. In 2 he's summoned by the barbarian leader boss and in 3 you find a letter that he wrote in hell. In 4 one of the treasure maps was left by one of his crew.
You guys missed the biggest of easter eggs...Artreus says the Turtle's name is Chaurlie, Which is the name people thought Artreus' name was going to be, was an interview or something and when they were asked what the kids name was they said charlie, or well they said charles but that is a nickname for charlie soooo. And someone of the team added that in as the name for the turtle which caught the director off guard when he got to that part, and he loved it.
4:33 they switched the Troll location to an open area because this is the first Troll encounter. The open area is better for all gamers to learn how to fight the boss.
Gameranx you missed the "Shattered Gaunlet of Ages," direct reference to the MCU Infinity Gauntlet. It is also the on Talisman that has 3 slots. Though I wish it were 6.
More of an attention to detail than an Easter egg but when kratos grapples with baulder during on of their fights kratos wrestles like a Greek or a Turk using his legs and arms to immobilize his opponent, granted this is some of the more popular forms so it’s likely what happened in the motion capture but if it was intentional then that was amazing
The first easter egg is more for Shadow of the Collossus than Dark Souls, a lizard with a glowing tail next to a fallen giant in an ancient temple sounds more like something you usually see in SotC.
Another easter egg is the fact that when you stun finish ogres , you control them just like you did in GoW 2 with cyclops. Really amazing throwback at the series.
Another physical one is if you got the collectors edition and translate the tunes on the map they tell you how to unlock a really good legendary enchantment earlier on in the game. I take NO credit for this. Found out about it online from elsewhere.
The World Serpent being Atreus's/Loki's son. So The World Serpent/Jormungand is referenced in the game going back in time and has seen Ragnarok. When Mimir is translating for Jormungand, he says that Atreus looks familiar to Jormungand, because Atreus is his father as a child
When you find a Ratatoskr and use him as a runic summon for Atreus, obviously he'll dig up for stuff and insult you. But when you summon him during a fight, Mimir will start to talk about Ratatoskr, only to be silenced by Kratos telling him that's not the time for such story.
When you're in one of the store rooms the ghost of a dead thieves gang talks about how his son betrayed him. Atreus says something along the lines of "Wow who would ever kill their father?" And Kratos just completely ignores what Atreus says. I kinda chuckled.
I thought the winter, spring, summer, and fall could have been a nod to the last Airbender. The song Iroh sings with the crew in season one if I remember correctly.
What have you discovered?
gameranx there’s a small reference to some Norse gods if you listen closely
My Willy
I need to take a shit💩💩💩
gameranx when fight with giant in helheim.. there were big white monster hang out on the background..
That I can't feel.
Mimir: " zeus was your father, i understand now! Im dangling from the bloody hip of the ghost of sparta!" My favorite reference
Less a reference and more just tying the games together.
"Mimir! Of the great bifrost teats!"
"Do NOT call me that!"
That part gave me chills
I don't think he said that
My favorite was when Atreus said “and we know you hate pottery” and Mimir laughs. Alluding to how You smash any pottery you see for loot 😂
That and then when Kratos throws the Greek pottery to keep Atreus from seeing his old life
me also keep smash pottery for hacksaw
Link nods. Admiring Kratos passion for breaking stuff
then after drinking wine from an old pot guess what… he smashes the pot
I just like how the axe holder on Kratos’s back is a Greek omega
Luke Bailey “the greek omega” is the greek symbol of God of war (Kratos)
Reminds me of the fact that all of Kratos’ blades were stuck on his back by Kratos’ own gravitational pull.
God Sens no it’s not specifically the god of war. The Greek omega means first and last. Meaning the Gods as a whole. The first and last. There to create everything and there after everything is gone. It’s not specifically for the God of War but more broadly the entire Greek pantheon
Luke Bailey did you not see the video there was a Moment in the game where they show each symbols of God of war in different mythology one of them is greek
Doesn't omega just mean last? Alpha means first
Can’t wait to see Kratos fight the 3 Egyptian Gods: The winged Dragon of Ra, Obleisk the tormentor, Slifer the sky Dragon!
The egypt trillogy will be Kratos using duel monsters
Then Kratos summons EXODIA and wins the fight
Do you think he would encounter Bast or Sekhmet?
@@PepeMetallero Kratos: YOU'VE FALLEN INTO MY TRAP CARD. GO EXODIA
Yea and it will be a better story than AC Origins
BOY.
Who Am i? Sir
Whatever.
Dad of *BOY*
Watch...Your... Tone.. Boy.
I was busy dreamin' about *BOY, BOY, BOY!*
Here’s another Easter egg. Spoilers ahead
Kratos old Blades of Chaos are wrapped up in his old clothes.
can they be used at least?.
Zontar82 Yes.
Cloth. Cloth.
Zontar82 they’re essential, my friend.
Shadow i think he may be asking if kratos can use his old clothes ... but noneless , he cant
There’s one about the sea captain getting eaten by the hydra in a treasure
Map in the sea. It’s a good throw back to the original
You find it on a little island in the sea
The troll under the bridge is also a reference to three Billy goats gruff. A norse fairy tale
its a good story
SaltKingDeluxe
Nah, fam, clearly a troll being under a bridge is a reference to Dora the Explorer.
They didnt list it so i wanted to make sure people knew
its referencing to Dora The Explorer
Wonder where it came from first the thousand year old fairy tale or Dora the explorer?
Zeus to kratos: 'the cycle ends here'
Kratos to baldur: 'the cycle ends here
Me: is the dad and the son ending the cycle by killing someone
Ended the cycle of children murdering parents, but began the new cycle of creating a new God of War. In this case, Freya will be the revenge-seeking deity
The Infinity Gauntlet is in there. And the 5 stones named similarly. Also Kratos is Jörmungandr's Grandpa. Dude has the weirdest family tree.
Serpent is the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of gaia
@@slemangerdy8407 huh, damn
"There's a big item reveal we don't want to spoil for you"
*Literally the next in-game clip features said item"
I even think saying "big item reveal" gives it away if you're a fan of the series and start the game without them.
The Egyptian gods one is pretty sick
Lethal Holmes
In chamber of tyr where you see the vase that has kratos on it there are artifacts from egypt as well and mimir will tell you that they these artifacts are from somwhere coverd in sand
aztec would be really fitting for kratos, given that a lot of gods in that religion require blood as an offering and ancient aztec religion was pretty gory.
I love all mythology and find it all extremely interesting but Egyptian is probably my favorite with Norse being my least favorite and I hope that they do an Egyptian trilogy after this one (assuming this will be a trilogy)
I wanna fight Thor!!
we already have assassin's creed
The Infinity Gauntlet reference is awesome. If you upgrade the Shattered Gauntlet where it can fit 3 sockets and you put in 3 of the “[name’s] stones”, i.e. Ivaldi’s Corrupted Mind or Njord’s Temporal Stone, it will shoot a blast when you use it. It’s super interesting.
Curious if it may return, and be a key to something else in another realm
This may be a stretch but when you defeat the trolls in tyr's vault. Atreus says "puny troll". I feel like its referencing the Avengers movie .
Keian Padayachi if you know Atreus's real name, then that is so an avengers reference
Arthur Cavazos lol i do. Atleast im not the only one that thinks so
I did not want to spoil it cause ya know, but yeah, but those stone trolls sucked, only head shots?! Something from Call of Duty
i just said that lol
Nah, too far
If you go back home you will be able to go to sleep plz try this
Deth10gd best scene ever
You already know who's ass got beat
1:33 gonna show footage of a dialogue easter egg? Be sure to not have subtitles on, and definitely show footage where the un-subtitled line gets drowned out by that bell. Definitely.
Seriously nice list dudes. And ladies.
I was thinking the same lol
"...from them"
@@recess7 what?
My favorite was an acknowledgement of just how old Kratos is at this point. We know from the game that Tyr collected everything in his secret vault single handedly. AND we know that Tyr has been dead for at least a century as told by Mimir. This means that the fact that Tyr had a vase of Kratos when he was the Ghost of Sparta it tells us that Kratos is probably centuries old.
I finished the game and I've been thinking about this (MAJOR spoilers ahead): The fact that Tyr's wall piece had the symbols from other cultures makes me think he actually was/is a god in all these different mythological backgrounds. You see the omega symbol in there, which is the Greek god of war so what I'm getting at is: What if Kratos is, in fact Tyr?
I mean timelines are crazy in norse mythology and in the game too, given for example that Atreus/Loki is the father of the World Serpent (who even says to recognize him, impossible when we hear about it the first time but possible after we know who Atreus really is), and we learn that Tyr is a god of war that's humble and wise and seeks peace instead of war and no one knows where he is or what happened to him. So in this weird timeline Kratos could become Tyr and in the past protect the giants and so on. It's not that crazy of a theory if you analyze the mythology aspects the game included.
Ataraxia Azul Would explain why we didn't see Tyr
Tyr is dead. Brok said so.
Fascinating...
Ataraxia Azul I actually thought maybe arterus is tyr
Sam MacCalla No man, he's Loki. And he just started the chain of events that leads to Ragnarok by killing Baldur, just like in the actual norse mythology. I'm so excited for the future games/DLCs :DD
If you actually studied the whole norse mythology, the game itself is a one big easter egg
BREINO Incorporation duh idiot....
Captain obvious... what else you find out??? Don't even have to study it to know what's going on!!!
the black council I mean that’s a bit aggressive but I agree with you
yep xd i mean its not easy to tie greek god of war in norse XD
BREINO Incorporation
God of War was always like that though. Every game had little easter eggs for those more familiar with Greek mythology that just was *really* badass. Seeing so much from Myth coming to life in these games was a real treat, and now it's passing on to Norse, Japanese, Mayan, Aztec (are those the same thing?), and so on.
Wait till we finally see
Kratos vs JESUS
Boy oh Boy!
(Atreus oh Atreus)
We saw it. Baldur was essentially the Norse equivalent of Jesus. Complete with a second coming.
Krartos saying "the cycle ends here" is a direct reference to GOW2 when Zeus says the same while killing him with the Blade of Olympus.
When I heard “ Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall” I thought of the song uncle iroh sang.
Broh the same hahah
Fantastic game, average Easter eggs.
Captain Eggcellent aw shit an Easter egg legend is here
Average? Did you read all runes in the game? I did and its awesome.
If you have the collectors edition it gives you a physical map with runes on the outside translate those and you discover directions to brok and sindris treasure (which is why they hated each other) then translate runes hidden on the world serpent on the map and you find the coordinates to use the directions from earlier
how is this a fantastic game when all the boss fight are just recycled normal enemies?
Infinity Gauntlet is in the game. God of War 4 & Infinity War both dropped in a 1 week span.
Here’s an Easter egg there was an interview last year or the year before there was a rumor with the Cory in the voice actors of kratos where they thought the kids name was going to be Charlie and in the game the turtles where the witch lives on his name is Charlie lol
Jason Knight I thought no one else noticed it!
On the subtitles of that dialogue, it’s spelled Chaurli
“There is a really cool item reveal through the game, i want you to experience it for yourself” next clip shows blades.
The Avengers Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Stones reference is by far my favorite in the game. Incredibly good timing on it also.
favorite previous game reference is certainly when he breaks the pot he finds that has him on it. and unrelated to the previous sentence... i love when the game taps on the fourth wall with atreus saying, “you do love to break pottery.” knowing that all the players are smashing every pot we see, link style.
Just paused god of war to watch this!
Hattmatt 1170 heck
i envy you, i cannot afford the game
Same
Seriously lol if I could take a pic of my of my 52inch
Same brotha
One of the treasure maps in the game mentions the boat captain from God of War 1 and even goes as far as to mention the Hydra, the first boss from that game, by name.
Nice vid man. Congrats! The hole that you mention at 4:10, also remember the portals in the game "Rime". so cool.
At or around the 7 minute mark, the talk about the different symbols of war on the tapestry and "what may come", I remember watching a thing about the development of GoW and how the original creator had a plan to not only play as Kratos but 2 other Gods of War from different pantheons. You would play all three characters and your actions in one mythos would effect the worlds of the others. They may have been referencing what might have been. Or not. Tyr was very interested in all things and trying to understand the other Gods of War may have been crucial to his beliefs.
When he had to go get the chained blades.... yeah got them chills in ma spine
I bought the collectors edition and it too came with runes that were a direct message from santa monica studios and it was a very heartfelt message
5:01... towards the right, there's a chest. How do u get there ?
As soon as you open the cage take a left and climb, there’s a mural too
@@biglusciousx7160 lol it's been 5 months, I think he's got it by now haha
I loved the reference to the clay pot in tyrs vault and then soon after kratos give aries the bottle of lemon alcohol and almost actually smiles it was adorable and such s good moment
wait wait wait, wasn't number 8 one of Aesop's fables? he even referenced him before telling some of his stories periodically. Really nothing to do with the previous god of war plot man.
razor1493 I think it could be both, or maybe they're trying to imply kratos started that story because his origin and the fable are pretty close in certain details
Yep, they changed a couple of the animals for some reason.
Most of Kratos’ stories are from Aesop. He even says he knew a smart man that liked to tell these purposeful stories back from his homeland.
The fact that the story of the Horse and the Stag is analogous to Kratos’ own story is a coincidence. They put it in for a reason, but the story already existed beforehand.
yeah yeah exactly
Edward Irra he actually says those were stories his father told him
Your thumbnails are the BEST
Thanks for the spoiler heads up.
I guess I have to beat the game first.
It’s so incredibly long🤤🤤
In the best way possible tho
Mr- Banks yeah right I beat it in one day
Tits Mcgee Did you side quest at all?
Mr- Banks Im glad i took my time to beat it , took me 4 days but it was worth it.
The lil boy is really Loki and his mom is a giant.
Tits Mcgee played it on normal?
You left out one that was my favourite. When Atreus said "Puny Troll" and you will only get this joke at the end of the game.
Spoiler alert huh?🤔 Looks like I'm adding this to my watch later list then.
In regards to the last one referring to Kratos as a bear and Atreaus as a wolf, Kratos' starting armor is described as a bear fur and Atreaus' tunic is a wolf skin
Not sure if it's on the list, but theres a part where Atreus says Kratos loves breaking pottery, which is a nod to the fact that you break a ton of pottery in previous games to get experience
That ''Indeed'' really caught me by surprise and had me laughing for a good while after, since I've watched SG-1 several times through.
I think the glow-tail lizard might actully be a Shadow Of The Collosus reference since SOTC & GOW are Playstation franchises that feature battles against giant creatures.
I've been grinding this game, I'm in my third play through
There's a labor in the game that called "Troll Toll" which is a reference to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where there's an infamous episode the gang has create a play and Danny Devito says, "You gotta pay the Troll Toll to get in the Boy's Soul" its a play on words to make it sound like "Boy's Hole" lol.
I’ve just been playing back through the original Bioshock, and when I reached that hole in the wall in God of War I just instinctively thought “oh hey, there’s another hole, there must be a little sister around here somewhere... wait a minute, I’m playing God of War. Huh?”
Haven't seen any videos on the subtle reference to the Boat Captain from GoW 1.
Its a treasure map called Boat Captain's Key and even refrences the Hydra and everything.
I believe there was some kind of time travel involved, because the World Serpent in Norse mythology is Loki's son, which as we know at the end of the game is Atraeus.
@gameranx Awesome video, but one nitpick. When Atreus was talking about The Norns, he was actually talking about the Norse versions of the Fates. The Norns wrote the fates of everyone in all the 9 realms.
When Kratos kills a certain somebody and tells him: "The cycle ends here" which is what Zeus tells him when he kills him at the start of God of war 2, kinda acknowledging that those words meant: “We gotta stop killing our parents" XD
Shattered Gauntlet of Ages is a reference to the Infinity Gauntlet. You can even get the six Infinity Stones to power it up (only 3 at a time though) and give it a Thanos-esque ability.
I would say the cover of that book with the runes is also an Easter egg and hint at the ending. I won't say anything specific because spoilers, but the cover image has a very interesting overall shape.
... Most of these "easter eggs" weren't really easter eggs, or were extremely obvious. Bio shock? Totally over analyzing xD.
Can't believe you never the mentioned the Infinity Gauntlet or secret item unlocked by using a specific password in the Lake of Nine.
*EDIT:*
*I realize these EE's may not have been discovered at the time this video was posted, but maybe you should have waited more than 4 days after release before posting a click bait video. Still an entertaining video.*
There's also a little Star wars episode 3 reference in the bestiary for the lava ancient ' Why didn't he seek higher ground'
Im not sure if this is one but when the boy is sick and freya gives you here boat to return home to retrieve his "You know what" (dont want to spoil it). He sits in a posture how he sat on his throne in GOW2. As it continues to float. Kratos sees wild animals on shore and has a moment to himself and his posture lowers from a strong god to a more worried farther.
There's a treasure map called ''the captains key'' and if you open the journal the description reads that with the captain at the bottom of the hydra someone from the crew took the key that kratos used to open the captains chamber in the first game and sailed to another land only for his ship to crash in midgard.
There is this one Easter egg where the giant turtle in Freya (the witch)’s area is referred to as Charlie. Kratos detests that name. That’s a reference to when Atreus was known as Charlie in the few months after release of the e3 reveal trailer.
Bio shock... Nah
Bleached Brownz I thought that but then I assumed it was something that light elves would have.
I was thinking metroid
Pause at 5:47 and the mask in the bottom left corner is the Father Mask from Dark Souls and was commonly worn by THE LEGEND or Giant Dad.
You still ruined it by saying that there was a reveal
pixar spelled out when you first go back to the witch of the woods (freya) to revive mimir's head. you go up the cliff on the left near the sandbowl/ turtle house and get to see the runes spell out p, i, x, weird sideways hourglass that might as well be a, r. apparently it means vindr/wind.
i hope they make a dlc for god of war
KevinNateKN Dab of war
xD
Dev's already talked about not drowning this game with dlc so I'm not sure we're even getting any. They already looking at preproduction for a sequel though.
My favorite references in the game is when Atraous says puny troll and when Kratos says he does not trust gods. Also when Atraous asked if he can change into a wolf when he was told he was a god, and find out later he was called Loki by his mother.
I found a small easter egg. One of the maps you find talks about The Captains Key, which is from the first GOW when fighting the Hydra. The Captain fled Greece to Midgard. So Kratos aint the only one to do it.
Will he ever battle Hindu God's they are cool too I think I am not saying they exist or something like that I am just saying they are extremely powerful too
Number 6 could be a direct reference to Avatar the last air bender when Uncle Iroh was singing the song with his crew. “Winter, Spring, Summer and fall!” “Four seasons. Four Loves” that’s what I reminded me of at least. Look up “four season” ~Uncle Iroh
The "wolf" easter egg actually has a lot more spoilerific connotations you can discover later in the game. Its not just box description fluff.
Well in the end of Norse mythology when the world ends two people will escape unscathed from the world true; this directly ties into the Christianity as this was made to help convert pagans away from the Norse beliefs so after this it could go back to Egypt then back to probably Jesus. Imagine that: Jesus kicking ass yelling loudly: “THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU”
Tae Her heh, that gonna be fun. But they might get shredded by christians
Pifilix XIV but then again... it could be loved by them because it features Jesus as not only a savior, but a badass with muscles on muscles 💪. Who else doesn’t want that kind of exposure? Why all we need to do is add the pope and receive his blessing and boom! You’ll see Christians everywhere accept games and will no longer call video games evil!
Tae Her ehh, I dont know
Can't wait for the Japanese version to come out though so they can have the voiceline "I have God and Anime on my side! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
Probably... But I feel like there will be some midquel between Greek and Norse saga (I feel like this one would the real end of Kratos)... maybe Egyptian?
The cloth map also has the runes on it and if you translate the paragraph it explains the story of how Brok and Sindri spit it’s really cool.
Kratos says to Atreyu: you are not ready
I think that’s a reference to ps1 ads that would show twisted metal and say U R Not e (the “e” was red) . Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s the way it sounded to me
Bongo X hahahah
I wish kratos said "you are not prepared". It would be great Easter egg
The boat caption that you pull out of the hydras mouth in the first game is referanced in almost every game. In 2 he's summoned by the barbarian leader boss and in 3 you find a letter that he wrote in hell. In 4 one of the treasure maps was left by one of his crew.
You guys missed the biggest of easter eggs...Artreus says the Turtle's name is Chaurlie, Which is the name people thought Artreus' name was going to be, was an interview or something and when they were asked what the kids name was they said charlie, or well they said charles but that is a nickname for charlie soooo.
And someone of the team added that in as the name for the turtle which caught the director off guard when he got to that part, and he loved it.
I think im nearing the end of the game and sad its almost over. Honestly one of the best gaming experiences ive ever had.
The bioshock reference!! I noticed that one instantly! Lol
4:33 they switched the Troll location to an open area because this is the first Troll encounter. The open area is better for all gamers to learn how to fight the boss.
Gameranx you missed the "Shattered Gaunlet of Ages," direct reference to the MCU Infinity Gauntlet. It is also the on Talisman that has 3 slots. Though I wish it were 6.
More of an attention to detail than an Easter egg but when kratos grapples with baulder during on of their fights kratos wrestles like a Greek or a Turk using his legs and arms to immobilize his opponent, granted this is some of the more popular forms so it’s likely what happened in the motion capture but if it was intentional then that was amazing
You can also get the forbidden grip of ages, the guide was in the free map on the collector's edition i think
That "Bioshock hole" looked a lot more like those entrance halls for Samus' ball form from Metroid.
My favorite Easter Egg was when Atreus called Freya's turtle "Chaurli," which is a reference to Game Spot's article when the e3 trailer came out.
You guys have the best thumbnails haha
The first easter egg is more for Shadow of the Collossus than Dark Souls, a lizard with a glowing tail next to a fallen giant in an ancient temple sounds more like something you usually see in SotC.
When kratos went to get the blades ..and I also thought we were about to fight thor with all the thunder going on
Another easter egg is the fact that when you stun finish ogres , you control them just like you did in GoW 2 with cyclops. Really amazing throwback at the series.
Another physical one is if you got the collectors edition and translate the tunes on the map they tell you how to unlock a really good legendary enchantment earlier on in the game. I take NO credit for this. Found out about it online from elsewhere.
So glad i'm not the only one who was happy to hear Kratos say indeed lol.
About the song that Atreus's mother sang easter egg, I believe it was a reference to avatar last airbander song of Uncle Iroh called - four seasons
Favorite moment was seeing athenas ghost on the boat ride home. I got chills all through my body.
The World Serpent being Atreus's/Loki's son. So The World Serpent/Jormungand is referenced in the game going back in time and has seen Ragnarok. When Mimir is translating for Jormungand, he says that Atreus looks familiar to Jormungand, because Atreus is his father as a child
When you fight the Ancient in Alfheim as a reference to Galaxy Quest;
A: how do you hurt rock?
K:Find it’s weak point!
When you find a Ratatoskr and use him as a runic summon for Atreus, obviously he'll dig up for stuff and insult you. But when you summon him during a fight, Mimir will start to talk about Ratatoskr, only to be silenced by Kratos telling him that's not the time for such story.
I really like the fact that most ruins and dialogue spoken from Atreus is actually Icelandic
Maybe Brock is a reference to borckhampton because in saturation 1 and 2 the cover is a member is covered in blue paint and his name is brock
My favorite story based moment in the game is when Freya says Kratos would need a way to resist the cold in hel and he looks at his wrists
When you're in one of the store rooms the ghost of a dead thieves gang talks about how his son betrayed him. Atreus says something along the lines of "Wow who would ever kill their father?" And Kratos just completely ignores what Atreus says. I kinda chuckled.
I thought the winter, spring, summer, and fall could have been a nod to the last Airbender. The song Iroh sings with the crew in season one if I remember correctly.
Also in the final fight with baldur kratos says "the cycle ends here" i believe thats a reference to the fight with zues and kratos in gow2.
For the last secret, when Atreus learns he is a god he asks if he can turn into a wolf, and in that analogy he is called a wolf.