I've never liked the original God of War Kratos. He sold his soul to Ares in exchange for greater glory and ended up killing his own people, including his family. The whole premise of his character is a mindless rampage against the gods with no clearly established goal.

One of the most retarded characters in all of gaming.

Being a mindless retard is still better characterization than whatever that reboot garbage was.

The fuck is a "hot take"

We must be better men!

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>>11878817
An opinion ("take") that is controversial and/or inciting ("hot").

>>11878747 (OP)
>I've never liked the original God of War Kratos.
Do you mean 1-3 or just 1? I only ask because he wasn't out for revenge against the gods until 2.

>>11878747 (OP)
That sounds like a good characterisation for a Greek god of war, the Greek gods were a bunch of irrational self-centred dickheads. God of War was an entry-level game in the genre but was unapologetically high-test in a way we never saw again in gaming.

Hating on GOW or being snobby about it was so cringe looking back, especially with hindsight when games like Ninja Gaiden or even DMC3 aren't commonplace anymore.

>>11878747 (OP)
>I've never liked the original God of War Kratos.
Congratulations, that's the point.
He's a tortured soul led by his own selfish ambitions (power, revenge, and redemption) and only has himself to blame for his shitty situation. That's what makes him such a tragic character.

>>11879048
No. It also needs to be about something RECENT. That's part of the original point of it. Something happens and then the commentator comes in hot with a bit of analysis that's served up fast, hot off the presses. The subject of the commentary is something recent and the commentary itself is fresh and hot, like a newly baked brownie. It's not "hot" as in controversial, it's "hot" as in just prepared.

Or at least that was the original meaning of it. Increasingly, retards are using it to mean what you said, so the term is changing its definition. This change began picking up steam only just recently.

OP is one of those retards. God of War is old, and OP's experience with it is probably also old, given the use of the phrase "I've never liked". So OP's commentary is not a hot take in the old sense; it's just a take.

you guys I have a hot take you guys: ray dan is mean to people even though he’s the protector of earth realm so I don’t like him you guys.

>>11880526
because god of war wasn't a good series unlike the others? just button mashing cutscene heavy slop like every other american game.

>>11880694
Nah

>>11880694
Retard

>>11878747 (OP)
>I've never liked the original God of War Kratos
Yes, because he's the cause of his own demise due to hubris, the quintessential Greek sin. He's not a positive role model, no more than Oedipus is.
The original GoW is a very interesting modern take on the topoi of the classical Greek tragedy.
Now, I dislike the games, but the narrative, at least of the first game, is much less ignorant and puerile than what it appears, and certainly in both gameplay and storytelling is much better than the horrible reboot.