I love how Kratos tries to teach Atraus of his past mistakes but sugar coates it a little cos he's still talking to a kid. You can really see Kratos' pain in his face at the end and can't help but feel sad for him after all he's been through
The kid had no idea his father was a mass murdering mercenary turned a God, it's not everyday do you learn your father was responsible not only the death of thousands but an entire pantheon
@@Dukesparrow1999to more be accurate a mass murdering general that accidentally murders his own kin, kill the furies, his only true ally/friend (before brok), hades wife, ares (which ares killed him), attempted suicide, kill thantos, and died as a god, then kill the sisters of fate, took their powers, accidentally kill his step sister, brought his great grandmother and bunch of titans from the past, and murder all the gods minus the sex appeal one and artemis, and the titans and kill his own father, and attempted suicide again
Fun fact this story is in Aesop's fable, it does have a few changes in the fable a horse gets angry at a stag for eating the grass at its meadow, not wanting to share and with malicious intend he enlisted the help of a hunter who mounted up in the horse, however the hunter took advantage and instead of helping him with its quest he enslaved him, the moral being " He who seeks to injure others, often injure themselves"
There is obligations duty and purpose, its a father's obligation to protect his family so he has a duty to become a spartan and a spartans purpose is to fight in wars
I don't know how I completely missed the fact that the story was a direct reference to Kratos' past, and I've played through the game twice and other GOW games. Seeing this animation puts such an emotional weight to what Kratos tells Atreus and I kinda wished they showed flashbacks in the game because it resonates so well with the player, all the while Atreus was unaware of the stories' true meaning. Masterpiece
Well, technically, it was originally one of Aesop's Fables, with the story warning about those who would manipulate your feelings and desires to make sure their slaves, but it is a nice narrative detail that they used Aesop to convey Kratos' past in the first God of War...
This is absolutely golden the last line stalled was just pure perfection. I kind of wish they had an extras menu for Kratos’s stories with footage of past games.
Seeing the Growth of Kratos and becoming ' A Rebuilder ' praised by people from being ' A destroyer ' fills my heart with pride! Growing up with Kratos since 2005 (I was 15 at that time) Thank you for this beautiful animation! ♥️♥️
I was prolly 7 or 8 when I first played GoW. I'm 25 as of this comment. I will carry these games with me until I die. A lot of people only see the originals as hack-n-slash "dude-bro" games. It was always apparent to me, even at such a young age, that there was way more to it than sex and violence. Fuck, even if you take away the story, the games can stand on their own merits still. Just for the scale of them.
to all the nerds that say "your spoiling it" no im not, they purposely looked into replies and were warned abt gow rag, anyways onto my actual reply imagine you haven't played gow rag and you see this thinking "kratos died and this guy being a total a hole💀
The 2nd 3rd game was literally the wrath of a man with nothing to lose. He lost his brother, His daughter, his wife, his mother, his people. He lost everything and he’s said as much more than a few times.
God of war 1 baby. I think God of war 2 and 3 killed his character a bit but the story of a pained man suffering from loss at his hands was still there though
When I think of it, this story fits best with Kratos's experience with Ares as the hunter and Alrick as the Stag, but it also kinda fits with Ares being the stag and the rest of Olympus mainly Zeus and Athena being the hunter. After the whole "tricked into killing his own family" incident, Olympus basically did the same thing with Kratos like Ares before them. They made him do errands for them for a decade, until they wanted him to find Pandora's Box to use it to probably kill Ares, who Kratos sought vengeance after and when he finally kills Ares, they refused to erase his memories and force him to become the next God of War. As a wole I would say the Horse story is a summary of Kratos allowing the "Hunter" to use and manipulate him, because he was too blinded by his own vengeance and rage.
What would you suggest? Kratos doesn't call Ares for help. He get smashed by Alrick's hammer and he was sent to Hades for the people he killed. The end
@@blackice7050 The reason Kratos was in that kind of situation is because the God of War willed it to be. Ares wanted Kratos' loyalty and force him into swearing his oath to him as his most powerful pawn so that he can conquer Olympus and fulfill the prophecy of the "Destruction of Olympus". Kratos literally had no choice in the matter because the gods took it from him. He is just a pawn in the game he didn't knew that was being played.
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx I don't think it's fair to absolve Kratos of all guilt here. He was a power-hungry general and his rampaging with the Spartan army was what lead him to that point. His wife even tried to stop him but Kratos wouldn't listen.
@@SP-rp4lk Yes, he had his fair share of mistakes but that's what makes him human. What do you exactly expect from a Spartan General is going to be? As pessimistic like the generals from the Athens?
it's never said, but I'd like to think in time Atreus figured out Kratos was talking about his past but understands it's something still painful for him to confront directly, but still appreciates that he's willing to open up this much.
as someone who's only played the 2018 game, i didn't even realize kratos' stories were (possible) references to his past. but it makes perfect sense. Throughout the game, we see how he doesn't want Atreus to end up like he did (especially by hiding his godhood).
This animation is truly well done, I like how the bits of Kratos' past was represented in a Cave Painting artstyle like in Greece. And the stalling of Kratos telling Atreus how it wasn't worth it while showing Kratos holding his loved ones' corpse in his arms was pure simple genius
@@Alex-hu9uc Doomguy, Conan The Barbarian, Amleth from The Northman, Dar from The Beastmaster, Inuyasha, Gandalf the Grey and White, Tal'Set from Turok, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Ash Williams, Reagan from The Exorcist, Seth Brundle, The Canopy Tribe from Confinement, Raiden from Mortal Kombat, Partypoopers from The Backrooms, Aang, Scorpion, Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Jax, Kitana, Harry Potter, Naruto, the whole town of Kurozo-Cho from Uzumaki, the entire Native American Population of North and South America, the entire Jewish Population, the Uyghurs, the Rohingya, the Kurds, the Kryptonians, the Saiyans, the Namekians, Fluffy Ponies, the Gardener Family from The Colour Out Of Space and also the entire African American population. All of these have suffered more than anything compared to what happened to Ellie
HOLY SHIT, this is beautiful!!! The art style is incredible, and I love the added voicelines from the past. I never even noticed Kratos told a metaphor for his deal with Ares through this story. Well done! 👏👏👏
The Greeks always had such brilliant stories when it comes to "Be careful what you wish for." Kratos' deal with Ares would probably make them proud of tragedy that will come out of it.
The Burned Man and this… more emotion in simple eye movements than even the game with its full-body motion capture during this scene. Amazing. Thanks for this.
And here i thought Odin underestimated Kratos not understand metaphor itself. But in reality he's the one, saying his past life to his son as a story, metaphorical way 🤯
You can tell that all the pain and rage that led Kratos on his rampage is still there just under the surface, and he's just got control of it now rather than letting it control him. There are moments like this one where you can tell what happened to his first family is affecting how he raises his son and what he teaches him, and there are moments when Atreus is in danger that you can see that control slip a little and the rage comes loose.
Dude, this is SOO well done! Both the voices of Carson and Judge to emphasize the story, together with the drawings and the music. Beautifully done, sir👌👏👏
Atreus: Hope it was worth it Kratos: It was not Vengeance, is hollow, meaningless, end of the day, we don’t wish to see those who’ve wronged us suffer, we merely want to see them punished, we want to know they’ll never harm anyone like that again, but in our rage and grief, we turn to the worst way to do such a thing Vengeance often costs more than it’s worth
What? Kratos clearly wanted his tormentors to suffer. His vengeance was reactionary, so his targets switched a lot. He didn't care at ALL about who else they harmed, only that they hurt him. You need to watch the full story instead of the last two games.
Holy crap 5 years and I didn’t even think about that he was actually telling Atreus a story about him and in a way trying to teach Atreus revenge doesn’t solve anything for yourself anyway
As someone who used to only know him as a whirling tornado of rage akin to a Doomslayer with whipswords. It’s really interesting to see these clips of Kratos being much more soft spoken and wise. All the pain and hatred… this grim realization of how it was just *not worth it* has ingrained into his soul… I know little about these games… but whenever these clips pop up in my recommended I make sure to see them. It’s fascinating
Though Calliope is already dead, Atreus canonically his sister. I wish Kratos told him about her. But I understand how Kratos dont want his past to be known and just be forgotten instead.
I don’t know why Kratos made so little mention of his previous wife, daughter and brother Deimos. They were integral to his story and the reason for the slaughter.
If this style of animated story telling was in the current GoW games, they would be perfect You captured the ancient greek aesthetic mixed with Kratos's guilt perfectly here, if you ask me
One of my fave things about god of war and kratos is that kratos grows up with us in real time. Atreus is basically the new character that will grow up with children of the ages of 7 all the way to ages of 30s, some people have already grown up with him.
I can't believe I never made that connection. It's so obvious now that I think about it. Damn, the "It was not." line from Kratos hits so much harder now 😭
Kratos: “AREEEES!!! GET YOUR B***H ASS OUT HERE NOW!!! I WANT THE ONES!!!” Ares: “Uh…Zeus?!!” Zeus: “Son, I don’t to even hear about it! You better ask Odin or some s**t!”
Holy. Never realized he was talking about his past with Aries. I thought he was just telling one of Aesop's fables. No wonder I couldn't recall a story about a horse and a stag and I read alot of those fables back in school
"Hope it was worth it..." "It was not." The way he simply states it wasnt, a fact that will never change no matter what happens. Power from simplicity.
Really makes me wanna hear Kratos tell Atraus some stories about his first wife and daughter. Really think it's something Atraus should hear about when he gets older.
Wow, this was beautifully done! The animation and pacing were top-notch and I really loved the color palette, made it feel like we were actually witnessing the distant memories of Kratos
I really love that one story kratos tells his son in Ragnarok. The story is about an Old man(kratos) carrying heavy logs(his burden or how tired he is of battle) and his enconter with death. To me, this story really said a lot and even made me cry because of Kratos's character development. Basically, the story was about Kratos wanting to die, probably referring to himself either in GOW1 or GOW3. And then death arrives and he changes his mind and asks death or help with the heavy logs, I haven't figured this part out though.
he wasn't referring to his old days, he was referring to now. he was saying he's done all he can for those he cares about and was ready for his time to come. atreus was ready to survive on his own, freya and all those he met are destined to thrive once asgard and odin were gotten rid of, and he would no longer have to carry the burden of his past and would be reunited with fey. but, once he actually survived ragnarok he realized he had more to live for then just helping atreus grow.
I was 100% ready for some meme video but wow! Did not but the story about the horse and Krator together when I hear that story the first time. Great work and love the storyteller segments, great style.
Really, I think most revenge stories are better than The Las of Us Part 2. Not a high bar to be set. Regardless, this one is still a very good one indeed.
But, hourse later through the hunter from his sattle and crushed his skull beneath his hooves and in time his hourse showes would tastes the blood of the hunters entire extended family.
I love how Kratos tries to teach Atraus of his past mistakes but sugar coates it a little cos he's still talking to a kid.
You can really see Kratos' pain in his face at the end and can't help but feel sad for him after all he's been through
his own kid. so he would want to abstract it even more so.
IM NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT IT
The kid had no idea his father was a mass murdering mercenary turned a God, it's not everyday do you learn your father was responsible not only the death of thousands but an entire pantheon
@@Dukesparrow1999to more be accurate a mass murdering general that accidentally murders his own kin, kill the furies, his only true ally/friend (before brok), hades wife, ares (which ares killed him), attempted suicide, kill thantos, and died as a god, then kill the sisters of fate, took their powers, accidentally kill his step sister, brought his great grandmother and bunch of titans from the past, and murder all the gods minus the sex appeal one and artemis, and the titans and kill his own father, and attempted suicide again
@@Dukesparrow1999 Glad to see someone who doesn't dick suck and make excuses for how many innocents Kratos killed
From a man willing to do anything to achieve victory, to a man willing to do anything to protect someone. That’s some good character progression
more like pussification. This is what happens when you hire e-girls like alanah pearce as story writers. You get marvel tier SJW crap
From a Bakugo to a Deku
no, it's really not. the "development" all happens offscreen. it's just a rewrite.
@@charliegold14 From namek saga Vegeta to a Vegeta GT.
@@charliegold14 no
Hearing TC Carson and Christopher Judge back to back feels surprisingly natural
Probably because TC Carson's is a lot angrier and younger-sounding than the stoic and older Christopher Judge.
@@Kachow-bp7sw he was only around 20-30 years old now he's 100-200
@@cakeandmilk4526 one google search tells you Kratos is 1,055 at the time of GoW:Ragnarök
@@TheCopyNinja733 good to know but personally I don't think k it's been that long, to each Thier own as they say
@@cakeandmilk4526 your opinion doesnt change whats canon my guy💀
Fun fact this story is in Aesop's fable, it does have a few changes
in the fable a horse gets angry at a stag for eating the grass at its meadow, not wanting to share and with malicious intend he enlisted the help of a hunter who mounted up in the horse, however the hunter took advantage and instead of helping him with its quest he enslaved him, the moral being " He who seeks to injure others, often injure themselves"
Very appropriate with Kratos
I can certainly see why kratos would adapt this tale to his own past
You can hear all the regret and sorrow in that
“It was not”
It's the pause that gap before he says it you can tell he thought back to everything he did
Animation is great and how you stalled the last part was perfect
That stall wasn't in there with the original? Dang, that just improves it so much.
I thought it wasn't coming for a second....
@@snapeinvader but kratos wouldn't hesitate/stall to answer no
@@MinhNguyen-yo7wi maybe it was an immediate responde for us, but Kratos took his time internally
@@denkerbosu3551 makes sense considering fictional characters can have a 2 months long flashback for 1 second in a life and death situation.
Moral of the story: Nothing.........NOTHING is worth your freedom.
You could say that was the whole moral of the original GOW games (despite me not having played them and only watched the story on TH-cam).
@@jacksonhopp2003 Touche
There is obligations duty and purpose, its a father's obligation to protect his family so he has a duty to become a spartan and a spartans purpose is to fight in wars
As Karen says, he had no choice about it but win
We are born into this world free. That's why you must move forward. Whether that be to something greater or a hell of your own making.
I don't know how I completely missed the fact that the story was a direct reference to Kratos' past, and I've played through the game twice and other GOW games. Seeing this animation puts such an emotional weight to what Kratos tells Atreus and I kinda wished they showed flashbacks in the game because it resonates so well with the player, all the while Atreus was unaware of the stories' true meaning. Masterpiece
Well, technically, it was originally one of Aesop's Fables, with the story warning about those who would manipulate your feelings and desires to make sure their slaves, but it is a nice narrative detail that they used Aesop to convey Kratos' past in the first God of War...
Almost any story Kratos tells to atreus in the new games is just simply about him, thats nice, simplifiying his past into greek legends
We all have slow moments lol because when listening to this it’s obvious he is talking about himself
This is absolutely golden the last line stalled was just pure perfection. I kind of wish they had an extras menu for Kratos’s stories with footage of past games.
*Kratos:* There was once a horse...
*Loki:* Is it a pretty horse?
*Kratos:* Boi... Keep your chaotic ideas to yourself.
And he did. He then passed it on to humans and a milenium later, My Little Pony came into existance.
Very funny considering Loki did have sex with an actual stallion and got pregnant
Atreus was really freaky like that in the mythology
Atreus must've inherited Zeus' lust for freaky shit.
Boi may not be the right term for this one scenario. Try, "mare"
Seeing the Growth of Kratos and becoming ' A Rebuilder ' praised by people from being ' A destroyer ' fills my heart with pride! Growing up with Kratos since 2005 (I was 15 at that time)
Thank you for this beautiful animation! ♥️♥️
Bro I was only 1 when the first game came out lol.
and odin says no one worships kratos. pfft
I was 12 when the first game came out, these Norse games have been a particularly tear-inducing capstone to an almost twenty year long story.
I was prolly 7 or 8 when I first played GoW. I'm 25 as of this comment. I will carry these games with me until I die. A lot of people only see the originals as hack-n-slash "dude-bro" games. It was always apparent to me, even at such a young age, that there was way more to it than sex and violence. Fuck, even if you take away the story, the games can stand on their own merits still. Just for the scale of them.
makes me all the more happier kratos got the ending he deserved in ragnarok
I dno if he deserved it, but sure.
to all the nerds that say "your spoiling it" no im not, they purposely looked into replies and were warned abt gow rag, anyways onto my actual reply
imagine you haven't played gow rag and you see this thinking "kratos died and this guy being a total a hole💀
And now the ending from the new dlc so happy to see kratos in what is likely his best mental state ever
The way he said, "It was not" is so fucking powerful. Your edit made it so much sadder. Christopher Judge was an amazing pick
"Hope it was worth it" he says to the guy covered in the ashes of his dead family.
Kratos has always been a deep character
The 2nd 3rd game was literally the wrath of a man with nothing to lose. He lost his brother, His daughter, his wife, his mother, his people. He lost everything and he’s said as much more than a few times.
God of war 1 baby. I think God of war 2 and 3 killed his character a bit but the story of a pained man suffering from loss at his hands was still there though
When I think of it, this story fits best with Kratos's experience with Ares as the hunter and Alrick as the Stag, but it also kinda fits with Ares being the stag and the rest of Olympus mainly Zeus and Athena being the hunter. After the whole "tricked into killing his own family" incident, Olympus basically did the same thing with Kratos like Ares before them. They made him do errands for them for a decade, until they wanted him to find Pandora's Box to use it to probably kill Ares, who Kratos sought vengeance after and when he finally kills Ares, they refused to erase his memories and force him to become the next God of War.
As a wole I would say the Horse story is a summary of Kratos allowing the "Hunter" to use and manipulate him, because he was too blinded by his own vengeance and rage.
Perhaps the hunter who rode and drove him _was_ his rage 🤔
What would you suggest?
Kratos doesn't call Ares for help.
He get smashed by Alrick's hammer and he was sent to Hades for the people he killed.
The end
@@blackice7050
The reason Kratos was in that kind of situation is because the God of War willed it to be.
Ares wanted Kratos' loyalty and force him into swearing his oath to him as his most powerful pawn so that he can conquer Olympus and fulfill the prophecy of the "Destruction of Olympus".
Kratos literally had no choice in the matter because the gods took it from him.
He is just a pawn in the game he didn't knew that was being played.
@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx I don't think it's fair to absolve Kratos of all guilt here. He was a power-hungry general and his rampaging with the Spartan army was what lead him to that point. His wife even tried to stop him but Kratos wouldn't listen.
@@SP-rp4lk
Yes, he had his fair share of mistakes but that's what makes him human.
What do you exactly expect from a Spartan General is going to be? As pessimistic like the generals from the Athens?
damn, the animation sure enhances the audio.
it's never said, but I'd like to think in time Atreus figured out Kratos was talking about his past but understands it's something still painful for him to confront directly, but still appreciates that he's willing to open up this much.
Young Kratos: God of War
Old Kratos: God of Peace
as someone who's only played the 2018 game, i didn't even realize kratos' stories were (possible) references to his past.
but it makes perfect sense. Throughout the game, we see how he doesn't want Atreus to end up like he did (especially by hiding his godhood).
This animation is truly well done, I like how the bits of Kratos' past was represented in a Cave Painting artstyle like in Greece.
And the stalling of Kratos telling Atreus how it wasn't worth it while showing Kratos holding his loved ones' corpse in his arms was pure simple genius
And the horse shouted: ARES DESTROY MY ENEMIES AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!!
The look in his eyes makes me wanna hug him so bad
This was such a great animation and choice of background music. I also really liked the way you postponed the last words! A chef's kiss.
Hey remember that person on Twitter that posted a pic of Ellie and went “name someone who went through more pain than than her, I’ll wait”...
And people shown a lot of characters that went through a hell of a lot more than she did
Lol I'm going first
Guts
@@Alex-hu9uc I’ll go second
Doctor doofenshmirtz
@@Alex-hu9uc Doomguy, Conan The Barbarian, Amleth from The Northman, Dar from The Beastmaster, Inuyasha, Gandalf the Grey and White, Tal'Set from Turok, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Ash Williams, Reagan from The Exorcist, Seth Brundle, The Canopy Tribe from Confinement, Raiden from Mortal Kombat, Partypoopers from The Backrooms, Aang, Scorpion, Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Jax, Kitana, Harry Potter, Naruto, the whole town of Kurozo-Cho from Uzumaki, the entire Native American Population of North and South America, the entire Jewish Population, the Uyghurs, the Rohingya, the Kurds, the Kryptonians, the Saiyans, the Namekians, Fluffy Ponies, the Gardener Family from The Colour Out Of Space and also the entire African American population. All of these have suffered more than anything compared to what happened to Ellie
@@seanemery1917 surprised you forgot
Fushi
Denji
Uncle ruckus
Sunny from omori
HOLY SHIT, this is beautiful!!! The art style is incredible, and I love the added voicelines from the past. I never even noticed Kratos told a metaphor for his deal with Ares through this story. Well done! 👏👏👏
Damn, That was really good. I actually got chills from that last part.
The pause really makes the point. Kratos literally relives Everything that happened. Every single moment in perfect detail.
The Greeks always had such brilliant stories when it comes to "Be careful what you wish for." Kratos' deal with Ares would probably make them proud of tragedy that will come out of it.
I guess Kratos was trying to tell the story of his life to Atreus, but wanted to leave out the fact that the story was about him
The Burned Man and this… more emotion in simple eye movements than even the game with its full-body motion capture during this scene.
Amazing. Thanks for this.
I love how Kratos refers to himself as a horse tamed and the barbarian a truly wild stag
Mimir’s storytelling is unmatched, but Kratos I would listen to all day
The moral of the story: Revenge is never worth the price you paid to get it.
that moment when you realize the orginal games are not action, but a full on tragedy...
This is a really great animatic and Ares reminds me of Sisyphus from Ultrakill at 0:16
A father's rage so powerful he killed an entire pantheon of gods
And here i thought Odin underestimated Kratos not understand metaphor itself.
But in reality he's the one, saying his past life to his son as a story, metaphorical way 🤯
You can tell that all the pain and rage that led Kratos on his rampage is still there just under the surface, and he's just got control of it now rather than letting it control him. There are moments like this one where you can tell what happened to his first family is affecting how he raises his son and what he teaches him, and there are moments when Atreus is in danger that you can see that control slip a little and the rage comes loose.
Dude, this is SOO well done! Both the voices of Carson and Judge to emphasize the story, together with the drawings and the music. Beautifully done, sir👌👏👏
Atreus: Hope it was worth it
Kratos: It was not
Vengeance, is hollow, meaningless, end of the day, we don’t wish to see those who’ve wronged us suffer, we merely want to see them punished, we want to know they’ll never harm anyone like that again, but in our rage and grief, we turn to the worst way to do such a thing
Vengeance often costs more than it’s worth
The path of vengeance leads to nothing but a bottomless pit of regret
What? Kratos clearly wanted his tormentors to suffer. His vengeance was reactionary, so his targets switched a lot. He didn't care at ALL about who else they harmed, only that they hurt him. You need to watch the full story instead of the last two games.
@@br9760 I was talking about vengeance as a whole, not just Kratos’ story
Holy crap 5 years and I didn’t even think about that he was actually telling Atreus a story about him and in a way trying to teach Atreus revenge doesn’t solve anything for yourself anyway
Simple, yet so well made, we hope to see more of your awesome content!
As someone who used to only know him as a whirling tornado of rage akin to a Doomslayer with whipswords. It’s really interesting to see these clips of Kratos being much more soft spoken and wise.
All the pain and hatred… this grim realization of how it was just *not worth it* has ingrained into his soul…
I know little about these games… but whenever these clips pop up in my recommended I make sure to see them. It’s fascinating
“And then the horse went to the hunter’s village and burned it to the ground.”
The animation made me realize how horrifying Kratos’ origin was, the scene of him holding his daughter with the background music made my spine shiver
Holy crap, the art made that way more powerful.
Oh my god Carson and Judge sounded so similar to that scene
The pause at the end showing kratos holding his dead wife/daughter really set the tone of what kratos was probably thinking.
Love how the devs made stories where a certain character represents Kratos, a set of stories within the story :)
This is what I wanted to see the boat stories animated would love to see more of them
"ARIES DESTROY MY ENEMIES AND MY HORSE IS YOURS"
“Hope it was worth it”
“It was not”
The King of understatements if there ever was one
You know loki likes horses
Bruh...This gave me chills.Awesome job.
Kratos's character is so beautiful. I bet no one back during the original trilogy would've expected the development he ended up with
Damn. This animation is great!!
And hit me right in the feels too.
Kratos have evolved so much, from just "another" hack-and-slash-out-for-revenge to a father doing everything he can to keep his family safe.
Though Calliope is already dead, Atreus canonically his sister.
I wish Kratos told him about her.
But I understand how Kratos dont want his past to be known and just be forgotten instead.
This is just to good I'm listening on repeat for a while now. The editing made this scene more impactful.
*cries
My man, your art in this carries so much emotion with it. Amazing telling of the story.
"wow, it must have been pretty stupid hors-"
R3+L3
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Kratos wanted to tell his sone about his past, but this was the closest he could bring himself.
Holy cow this is quality and I didn't realize this was Kratos' own story
That moment of quiet right before the end….just hits differently when you let it sink in with the visuals
This is just beautiful. While animation is minimal it just works and hits hard. Keep up the good work you got a new subscriber.
This is so well done and absolutely gorgeous! I hope this inspires more peeps to aninate some of the GoW boat chats. They're goldmines
I don’t know why Kratos made so little mention of his previous wife, daughter and brother Deimos. They were integral to his story and the reason for the slaughter.
I just sent this to a friend who's just about to get into the old games. Now he HAS to play them!
Daaaaang! This is really good! Especially the ending where you delayed Kratos saying, "It was not. "
Honestly this is way better than the story I thought it'd be, which was something about Loki and a horse in the mythology
Atreus then grew to have a …questionable situation with horses
A horse? In a mythological setting? Oh no bro
HUNTER!!!! DESTROY THIS STAG!!! AND MY STABLE……..IS YOURS!!!
If this style of animated story telling was in the current GoW games, they would be perfect
You captured the ancient greek aesthetic mixed with Kratos's guilt perfectly here, if you ask me
That prolonged "it was not" was an excellent edit
God daymn, I was expecting a youtubepoop style short and instead my guts are on the floor with my tears. Good work.
Kratos shouldn't teach Loki too much about horses...
subtle storytelling right there. lover the animation btw
One of my fave things about god of war and kratos is that kratos grows up with us in real time.
Atreus is basically the new character that will grow up with children of the ages of 7 all the way to ages of 30s, some people have already grown up with him.
I can't believe I never made that connection. It's so obvious now that I think about it. Damn, the "It was not." line from Kratos hits so much harder now 😭
Kratos: “AREEEES!!! GET YOUR B***H ASS OUT HERE NOW!!! I WANT THE ONES!!!”
Ares: “Uh…Zeus?!!”
Zeus: “Son, I don’t to even hear about it! You better ask Odin or some s**t!”
the fact that the man made himself look 20 years older when he removed the headset jesus. The nuances of his art is incredible.
Holy. Never realized he was talking about his past with Aries. I thought he was just telling one of Aesop's fables. No wonder I couldn't recall a story about a horse and a stag and I read alot of those fables back in school
"Hope it was worth it..."
"It was not."
The way he simply states it wasnt, a fact that will never change no matter what happens. Power from simplicity.
This was always one of my favorite boat moments in the game. This... makes it all the more epic.
Really makes me wanna hear Kratos tell Atraus some stories about his first wife and daughter.
Really think it's something Atraus should hear about when he gets older.
The delayed “it was not “ is genius
Clicked expecting a silly joke, got an awesome animation instead. Well done 🎉
"Stoic acting is boring."
No. *Bad* stoic acting is boring.
Wow, this was beautifully done!
The animation and pacing were top-notch and I really loved the color palette, made it feel like we were actually witnessing the distant memories of Kratos
I really love that one story kratos tells his son in Ragnarok. The story is about an Old man(kratos) carrying heavy logs(his burden or how tired he is of battle) and his enconter with death. To me, this story really said a lot and even made me cry because of Kratos's character development. Basically, the story was about Kratos wanting to die, probably referring to himself either in GOW1 or GOW3. And then death arrives and he changes his mind and asks death or help with the heavy logs, I haven't figured this part out though.
he wasn't referring to his old days, he was referring to now. he was saying he's done all he can for those he cares about and was ready for his time to come. atreus was ready to survive on his own, freya and all those he met are destined to thrive once asgard and odin were gotten rid of, and he would no longer have to carry the burden of his past and would be reunited with fey. but, once he actually survived ragnarok he realized he had more to live for then just helping atreus grow.
@@AnonKiesura Omg, that is such a sad way to describe it.
I rememberd it was not. Revenge is almost always worth it but always leaves you the same empty feeling.
I was 100% ready for some meme video but wow! Did not but the story about the horse and Krator together when I hear that story the first time. Great work and love the storyteller segments, great style.
Godlike bro big ups
Great now Kratos is gonna run his fade too.
This makes me wish the story’s had some flashback to them
Instantly a better revenge story than The Last of Us pt 2.
Really, I think most revenge stories are better than The Las of Us Part 2. Not a high bar to be set. Regardless, this one is still a very good one indeed.
But, hourse later through the hunter from his sattle and crushed his skull beneath his hooves and in time his hourse showes would tastes the blood of the hunters entire extended family.
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When I first heard this story I stopped everything and I knew... and the flash backs came hard
Remembering the story from a not so angry perspective makes it more sad and disturbing