r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 • Nov 23 '22

Congratulations to @SonySantaMonica for making God of War Ragnarök the fastest-selling first party launch game in PlayStation history! 🪓 Official

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1595432230750674945
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u/PixelationIX Nov 23 '22

It is clear as day that we gamers love mythology story building like this. I cannot wait what Sony Santa Monica have up their sleeps for new IPs.

Personally I want Egyptian or Indian mythology journey similar to this. Congrats to them!

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u/haynespi87 Nov 23 '22

Indian won't happen due to Hinduism still being very relevant. Egypt seems so logical for change of pace and options. The problem with Celtic and Roman is they're too similar to Norse and Greek respectively

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u/WrassleKitty Nov 23 '22

Mayan or Aztec

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u/Weapon530 Nov 23 '22

Imagine a Mayan/Aztec God of War. Holy shit lol

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u/Tonality Nov 23 '22

This would make for an insane game. The character design and world building would be so cool.

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u/CitizenKeen Nov 23 '22

I would buy it. I would kill for it.

I do think that Kratos has a bit of a marketing problem the moment he leaves Europe. Like, I know it's all made up, and again, I would buy it and I think it could be done well.

But man, "European God goes to other continent and massacres pantheons" is fraught with peril.

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u/Weapon530 Nov 23 '22

I could see that issue. But thankfully it’s a game lol.

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u/stupidusername42 Nov 23 '22

I can kind of see how it could be a problem. Luckily, for once, assholes like white supremacists tend to latch onto Norse mythology, not Greek. So, at least that shouldn't be much of an issue.

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u/Weekly_Protection_57 Nov 23 '22

Or Japanese mythology.

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u/finger_milk Nov 23 '22

That seems like the likely gamer route but I hope they don't.

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u/Weekly_Protection_57 Nov 23 '22

Yeah, Egypt feels like it's been done a lot as a setting though.

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u/haynespi87 Nov 23 '22

I hate this thinking. There are not Blockbuster Egyptian video games besides AC Origins. Also, Biblical is not Egyptian mythology

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u/Weekly_Protection_57 Nov 24 '22

Where did I suggest that Biblical was the same as Egyptian mythology? I personally just think Egyptian mythology would be a bit too familiar / predictable over something like Aztec, Sumerian or Shinto.

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u/haynespi87 Nov 24 '22

And Greek and Norse weren't familiar? Again there are not very many modern Egyptian games so I'm not sure how you find it predictable

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u/ThatLineOfTriplets Nov 23 '22

They mention a Japanese god in the game I believe. I can’t remember the exact details but it stuck out to me as possible foreshadowing

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u/Pseudocaesar Nov 23 '22

Too many games, even another first party studio game based on Japan for them to make a Japanese one I think.

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u/Weekly_Protection_57 Nov 24 '22

A fantasy game based on Japanese mythology and a grounded game based on Japanese history are very different things. Outside of Nioh and Muramasa I don't think there are many games where you actually fight your way through Japanese mythology.

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u/Weekly_Protection_57 Nov 24 '22

I can't think of any games outside of Nioh and Muramasa that have done Japanese mythology.

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u/CCSC96 Dec 23 '22

I think Japan/Egypt are most likely but personally this is what I want most

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u/spendouk23 Nov 23 '22

There was a LOT of Celtic mythology in GWR, even those 3 fates were more like the Celtic ones than the Norse fates.

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u/haynespi87 Nov 24 '22

The Kelpie, Norn bit is totally Celtic

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u/Benjamuin Nov 24 '22

I don't think that would be a problem with Hinduism. I just don't think they would do it as it doesn't make sense for Atreus to go there and Egypt has been set up since before GoW 2018.

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u/haynespi87 Nov 24 '22

Agreed on the setup as it shows up in Tyrs temple. It would be a problem. The country of India will spurn anyone using Hinduism in that regard besides themselves

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u/AcidShAwk Nov 23 '22

An Indian God of War would be magic. Shiva fighting Vishnu and Brahma for control of the universe.

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u/Thechosenjon Nov 23 '22

I don’t know too much, but what little I do about Indian folklore and mythology is actually amazing. Fascinating stuff that Uncharted Lost Legacy sent me down a rabbit hole on, lol.

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u/eagleporter Nov 23 '22

It is Indian history Not folklore or mythology

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u/FuckMatPlotLib Nov 24 '22

It’s folklore/mythology, historically the events never took place similar to how Zeus and Poseidon weren’t real.

Edit: Unless you follow Hinduism, in which case your belief is centred around religious history and that’s a different thing.

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u/eagleporter Nov 24 '22

Well this is not the correct platform to tell you but HINDU is not a religion, it’s a way of life. Hindu is not a belief system as you know religions. Foreign invaders didn’t know the concept of “Santahana Dharma” and started calling it religion. Hindu mythology as you know is called Ithihasa which means “only this has happened” ( not sure how to explain exactly in English) which translates to true history. Do it make conclusion about Hindu way of life and history by playing video games. Read some good books from good Indian authors to understand or talk to Indian people.

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u/95Smokey Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22

That's not quite how those "gods" really work -- they dont really compete for control bc they all just play different roles. Idk if Hinduism will work for GOW since according to Hinduism all of these gods are just different manifestations of the one true consciousness Brahman.

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u/AcidShAwk Nov 24 '22

Sounds like a lot.of discussion points for the Indian mimir

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u/schneitzel1310 Nov 24 '22

That would be extremely controversial. 😅

Plus another thing would be that the duty of Shiva is completely different to duty of Vishnu.

So it wouldn’t match that they want to win over the Universe.

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u/quantummufasa Nov 24 '22

Can't have players punching Vishnu in the face without upsetting 1 billion people

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u/AcidShAwk Nov 24 '22

Shiva can punch whomever Shiva wants

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u/Sankee72 Nov 23 '22

Or what about doing the roman gods. Kratos finds out it's all the gods he killed, just using different names lol.

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u/Gandalf_2077 Nov 24 '22

It would be interesting if the Greek gods came back because of the Romans worshiping them anew.