Player Post #1

Hey everyone! Today is the first player post, written by me, Cody. I play Illaru the Ranger, aka the king of nat 1s for those of you that listened to the first two episodes. I figured I would just post whatever nerdy thing is on my mind, and I really want to talk about the PlayStation showcase that was released recently. Specifically, the God of War: Ragnarok trailer. As a disclaimer, there will be spoilers for God of War (2018), so if you haven’t played it yet, what are you waiting for?! Seriously. Go play it. Now that that’s out of the way, how awesome does God of War: Ragnarok look?! God of War (2018) was a near perfect game, and I cannot wait to dive deeper into the game’s mythology, especially with Atreus’ big reveal at the end of GoW (2018) that he was named Loki, and his mother was a giant. In any other context I suppose that would be an insult, but in this game it hyped me up to see what shenanigans the father/son duo can get into exploring Atreus’s maternal heritage. 

The trailer teased that we will fight Thor, Freya, and Odin, but I wonder what will become of the meeting with Tyr, the Norse God of War. Will Kratos and Atreus recruit him to help defend from the relentless Asgardian pursuit following the death of Baldr? Or will the two Gods go toe-to-toe in an epic battle of the ages? I can’t say for sure, but I have a feeling Tyr will become an ally. We were also introduced to some new characters that made me even more excited to see how the story unfolds. Angrboda, the companion to Loki, was shown at the very end. In the mythology, Loki and Angrboda give spawn to the wolf Fenrir, who plays a central part in Ragnarok by killing Odin and swallowing the sun. Will that actually happen in GoW Ragnarok? I doubt it considering that Kratos is the wild card here, a god from another time that fell the Greek pantheon. Ragnarok is confirmed to be the end of the Norse saga, just how it happens is unknown, but it certainly will be epic.

There are many directions this game can go and I cannot wait to play it and find out. There is speculation that this the last GoW game and the end of Kratos, but I doubt they would stop making GoW games at its peak. As far Kratos’ fate goes, who knows? Atreus could take over the series as the protagonist. As a life long GoW fan, I would be devastated to see Kratos go, but everything must come to an end. I just hope we get at least one more installment featuring Kratos after Ragnarok. 

Thanks for reading, and I hope you are now thoroughly hyped for God of War: Ragnarok!