Jul 30, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
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as much.
Which, by the way, God of War is one of those franchises where you play as a Spartan warrior who dies, makes a deal with, or he's about to die, makes a deal with Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, and is empowered with these supernatural abilities to succeed at conquest on the battlefield.
And he has a tragic thing with his family happens, and he goes on a... blessed for revenge on Ares.
He feels tricked by the Greek gods.
And it's a video game opportunity to fight one-on-one battles with every god you can think of from Greek mythology.
And then they did Norse mythology starting in the late 2010s.
And so that's the setup.
It's a hack and slash style game with combos and you level up and you find new gear and new weapons and new god-like abilities.
And I find it to be a very fun franchise.
Yeah.
I think it was 2019 or 2017.
And so this is one of those franchises too where the franchise was done for a long time.
And then when they come back with the new game, the new setting and the new play style, they didn't name it God of War 4.
So there's two first God of War games that are very different games that are just named God of War.
Interesting.
Okay.
as much.
Which, by the way, God of War is one of those franchises where you play as a Spartan warrior who dies, makes a deal with, or he's about to die, makes a deal with Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, and is empowered with these supernatural abilities to succeed at conquest on the battlefield.
And he has a tragic thing with his family happens, and he goes on a... blessed for revenge on Ares.
He feels tricked by the Greek gods.
And it's a video game opportunity to fight one-on-one battles with every god you can think of from Greek mythology.
And then they did Norse mythology starting in the late 2010s.
And so that's the setup.
It's a hack and slash style game with combos and you level up and you find new gear and new weapons and new god-like abilities.
And I find it to be a very fun franchise.
Yeah.
I think it was 2019 or 2017.
And so this is one of those franchises too where the franchise was done for a long time.
And then when they come back with the new game, the new setting and the new play style, they didn't name it God of War 4.
So there's two first God of War games that are very different games that are just named God of War.
Interesting.
Okay.
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