God of War - The Official Novelization

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to "You chose this end", therefore robbing the scene of its thematic relevance to Kratos's character development since GoW III and his desire to spare others from the cycle of violence that destroyed his life, and instead it's like. Some of the Stranger's dialogue upon meeting Kratos has been slightly changed, with an example being Yet you hide out like a frightened rabbit in these woods. This in turn creates the feeling that Barlog had been given a small spec of freedom to decide how much time Kratos was gone, but it didn’t connect well at the end.

Where’s the noise, the smashing, the ice breaking, the coldness, the thump of falling, Atreus yelling as they fall? Kratos, as a former Greek god, is an intruder in the Norse mythology, and as always, he’s messing up with pantheons and such. During their journey Atreus and Kratos grow closer to another, especially after Kratos tells him about where he came from and the reason why Atreus is sick. Her father after having a terrible accident is reduced to a wheelchair and her greedy uncles have conspired to take all the family wealth away and hoarded it like the snake guarding the eggs of a poor bird. The fate of the carcass is different in the novel, in which Kratos accidentally froze it with the Leviathan Axe, as he intended to strike the Death Merchant.

He sees the good in everyone and always wants to save as much people or creatures as he can, which Kratos doesn't always understand. Atreus, my precious sugar muffin, is determined to proof his father wrong and to show him that he's perfectly capable to come along and that he can fight alongside him. With this, the novel version of Jörmungandr is fully connected with his traditional mythology counterpart while the game version only spans Midgard's waters and the Lake of Nine, rather than the entire world itself. As they travel across the Lake of Nine they encounter the World Serpent, Jörmungandr, which is still the best part.

The building and the development of the relationship between the two, the growth of Kratos as he learns to be a father, Atreus maturing from the child who started the journey and showing that he is strong enough to complete the task, trusting each other, working together and finally both Kratos and Atreus coming to terms with their true nature. The writing was all over the place, which did quite affect my reading experience, but I've been a God of War fan since I was a teenager, so looking past the lacking writing wasn't that big of a deal. For those who've played the game: The Audiobook does an amazing job at retelling the story of the game while giving greater context and character motivations. In my Lore and Legends review, I said the best part of the book were the parts that contained information not in the game, because everything else got a bit repetitive.

When Atreus surprisingly spoke the dwarves' native language with Sindri, Kratos will ask on what it means and the two would translate it as " The man that walks his own road walks alone". Kratos, a warrior merely seeking redemption for his horrible misdeeds, is enslaved by the Gods to do their bidding, in the hopes that they would free him from his past, were they satisfied enough by him. Had he written about everything else that is included in the actual game then the book would have been double the size in length and probably well over 800 pages. In the game it appears that Atreus was only waiting there for a few hours at least, where in the book it was almost a day and Atreus fought of plenty of Dark Elves during his father's absence. As Atreus tries to focus on shooting down the deer and not let his emotions cloud his mind, Kratos will become impatient and urges Atreus by saying "Take the shot, boy.

An Old battered Kratos is in strange lands, ancient Norway in the realm of Midgard, his life has changed, now he lives in seclusion and entirely in charge of a small boy, his son, Atreus, after the death of his wife (the boy's mother). Compare to the game, where Kratos's immediate concerned reaction is a) notably soft for a guy who curb stomps draugr and b) one of many small signs that he truly cares for his son, he's just bad at expressing it.A giant snake, so huge it consumed the entire sky before them, rose up out of the water, then lowered its head, tilting it to one side to eye Kratos and the boy suspiciously. He was always a great character but he was also rather one-dimensional and then with this instalment of God of War he changed. God of War 2018 is a story of self-discovery and parenthood, combined with satisfying gameplay and challenges, and excellent acting.