New God of War in Development at Sony Santa Monica

Y'know, you guys could always just go to another God of War. It doesn't have to be strictly Greece. That's the beauty of not having a character-named title.

GOW!!!

Whole lot of know-nothing casuals spouting off a bunch of nonsense in here (alternate mythologies, new lead, etc.). Frankly, even if Barlog is the same as he used to be, executives keep out of the way and B Team gets their act together, I have doubts about the future of the franchise. Especially if there is much of any truth to this "reboot" business.

NOTE: I'm sure I had a comment on here back when this article came out. Also, it's in poor taste to allow thumbs up, but no option to dislike a comment. Rather limp-wristed.

This sequel needs to die and a new IP invented, last one was completely crap IMO

Excellent a new God of War game. This was a given for PlayStation 4. Hopefully it will rock.

Who reboots a game?

God of War wasn't mythology in the first place so I'm not sure what all the fuss, oh right sony ponies, nevermind,

God OW was nothing but bad mythological fanfiction that any 6 year old kid who's actually read mythology could easily outdo. Six games was bad enough. I enjoyed them for what they were, but really, dont make a new one.

So very glad it's not another f***ing prequel, but a reboot? They can't ask us to kill the Olympians again, but they need to keep it distinctly Greek, so Kratos has to stay.

Happy to hear the series isn't dead though.

Reboots are always such fails, look at the recent titles, its no longer about quality as it were once, its more now of cash then quality.

No prequel? Yes, thanks for that.

One of my all time favorites.

Norse or Egyptian mythology this time would be awesome.

I wouldn't mind a reboot at all as long as its a different mythology. Just do straight sequels no prequels, side games cause the franchise has had enough of those already.

I don't think God of War needs a reboot. Not unless Sony Santa Monica doesn't know what to do with Kratos after the happenings of God of War III. A reboot would be lame. Just do a new IP if they aren't going to continue the storyline.

I want to see a God of War set during Armageddon. Kratos could be resurrected as the world's only hope to stop the apocalypse by battling through Angels, the Four Horsemen, and finally The Second Coming itself, ultimately saving humanity from extinction. Kind of a GoW meets Darksiders thing.

Better not be a reboot, just continue the story

so much milk...

I said it below and will say it again. God of War still has legs, a reboot could work but why not move in a different direction?

A God of War based in Norse mythology would be great...it has all that is needed: strange myths, loads of gods, monsters galore, war heroes, epic tales etc etc do it already!

No. Just be done with the series already. Who's the guy/gal in a business suit that told Santa Monica it would be a good idea to make another? Kratos is dead. Let the games be done. A reboot? Why? We already got the GoW set for the PS3. We don't need another remake just for the PS4. Just a waste of talent and money.

Make a new IP that PS fans can really sink their teeth into while playing.

I like God of War the only thing I hated about it are those god-awful quick time events! Those things really made me mad and I'll give you all an example: When Kratos was trying to impale the Hydra on the ship mast I pressed circle with my thumb as quickly as I could but to no avail. I broke at least 2 controllers trying to get those stupid QTE things down and had switch tatatics just to finish the stupid boss off. If they reboot the series good but for god's sakes get rid of those annoying QTES!

Kratos is dead, its over!

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Hes killed everyone. Just let the series rest... -_-

I am a big fan of the series and here my tought: Stop milking this title plz and make a new gamee whit an other mythology like the egyptian or viking

Yay?

They should go with a reboot. That would be more interesting.

After Ascension, I'll take a wait and see approach on this one.

I'm all in to going with a 'Goddess of War' title. New story, protagonist, and just as pissed as Kratos. Imagine seeing a female warrior ripping a guys head off???

>not a prequel

There was potential there (Troy, Gigantomachy, Captain Kratos, etc.), but too many screw-ups have occurred with each attempt at that.

>reboot

No thanks. I'd be especially displeased if the nonsense others have asked for in the past (Norse, Egyptian, etc. for change of flavor) was given any heed. Plenty more material to work with (hardly matters that the general population knows little more than what was already covered early on). Ladon, Stheno, (actual) Cerberus, Nyx, (facing) Typhon, Echidna, etc. Hell, even grounds to revisit some things not properly handled (Phoenix, Scylla, Charbydis, Kraken, Hydra, etc.) if only in the sense that too many liberties were taken or the foe was wasted. Not like GoW:A didn't do exactly that (but poorly as with during the OC from GoS that is Erinys into the Furies).

>Barlog

Lovely fellow, though I do wonder what he can manage after the royal **** up that was GoW:A (the MP bastardization of the system poisoned the well aside from other very poor choices *thanks executive mandate for franchise exploitation before PS3 was abandoned*). Especially without his boys (combat devs from GoW1/GoWII). Odds are stacked against him at this point. He doesn't appear to have changed too much (promising), but one man can only do so much. I do hope he can turn things around. I'd also like to think he'll have an active blog (again) rather than my having to contend with that Twitter trash again (but that seems rather unlikely) as with Papy (who shied away from serious discussion for being a know-nothing with respects to gameplay).

>year or so for more details

I can wait. The moment it becomes clear more is on the way is the point I have to return from hiatus to finish business with GoW:A (something I'm not looking forward to).

NOTE: Divorce the MP component away. Make it stand on its own ("Champions of the Gods" or something). The leech has no place with the franchise proper. It was a huge resource and priority hog that dictated too many things not suiting the SP (which is GoW).