The God of War franchise has a sprawling timeline that interweaves its Great Greek Tragedy across 9 games, and 2 wildly distinct mythologies. But how does it all tie together?
00:00 - Opening
00:44 - Ghost of Sparta Flashbacks
02:11 - God of War Flashbacks
04:17 - God of War: Ascension
06:16 - God of War: Chains of Olympus
08:40 - God of War (2005)
12:03 - God of War: Ghost of Sparta
13:42 - God of War: Betrayal
14:15 - God of War 2
17:49 - God of War 3
22:11 - God of War (2018)
25:30 - God of War: Ragnarök
26:12 - Ending
This video breaks down the franchise chronologically, charting the story of Kratos from a hot headed youth, through to a captain in the Spartan army all before his grand odyssey through the Greek and Norse mythologies.
With God of War Ragnarök set to further slide the franchise’s anti-hero, Kratos, into a mythological mire, what better time to dive back into the Ghost of Sparta’s saga of gods and monsters.
Timeline Playlist - • The Complete THE LAST ...
The mashing O quick time event/skill check at 8:00 is usually used when Kratos has to use all his strength to lift a heavy door, push over a pillar or overpower an enemy. So in a way, you could interpret Kratos turning his back on his daughter being as difficult for him as lifting several ton statues
Smart
Or his daughter is a stage 5 clinger
Theres a certain mini-game that needs you to press circle👀👀👀 Kratos thrustin hard
@@doughdeputy4449👀
@@spidersomethin "Smart won't beat me."
Imagine not understanding that having pushing Calliope away as a QTE is to get across to the player that it is just as difficult, if not more so, to Kratos as literally ripping a God's head from their shoulders
Don’t blame him, he’s just the mouthpiece😭
They probably only use him for his accent lol I wouldn’t be surprised
I’m all for adding interpretations and corrections. But you could do it in a less smug and insufferable way.
@@fromthebackseat4865 he can put it how he likes😌
@@magicxxrjxx536 yeah but more people are likely to listen if you do it in a way that doesent sound condescending or smug
7:55 to 8:06 to clarify Kratos did not want to leave her at all. It's all he's ever wanted was to be with his family after his mistake of killing them on accidient.. If he didn't stop Persephone it would have meant the end of the world but more importantly the end of his daughters soul because elysium would have fallen too. He had to forsake her and become the monster he once was by killing some innocent souls in elysium in order to be strong enough to defeat persephone. Idk why people never seem to get that in videos. Aldo persephone didn't want power in Olympus. She literally wanted to cease existing but bring Olympus down with her. More corrections. -Kratos CHOSE to serve the God's in hope of them getting rid of his nightmares of his terrible deeds (killing his family and others) which he got after killing orkos. It's an import thing to mention because it's literally his sole motivation in God of War and God of War Chains of Olympus. -In the begining of God of War 2 we learn it was actually Zeus the stripped Kratos of SOME of his Godly power and gives it to the Colussus of Rhodes. And Kratos DOES accept Zeus "gift" of the blade but it was a trick. He wanted Kratos to put all of his Godly power into the sword making him mortal but making the sword string enough to defeat the statue and to collect the rest of his power back from the statue. Zeus kills him because he is threatened by Kratos and is insulted when Kratos refused to serve him again.
Yeah people don’t really understand what’s going on with Kratos’ emotions ever or his actual motivations
I was getting annoyed with this video saying no thats wrong, inaccurate, etc. Thank you for for adding the clarification
Yes he got gow 2 so wrong the beginning
Appreciate this clarification actually!
I ain’t reading allthat
He left out how they killed Thor's sons
Yeah I realized that too
@@JigglingJugs1091 yeah but Modi and Magni died mid game when Kratos is getting part of the chisel to open the Jotunheim gate. Baldur dies at the end of the game - just seems that if he is going to cross Baldur off the list, might as well keep include Modi and Magni since they do not appear in Ragnarok.
Fax though
Yeh for real, I was about to say, he forgot to cross thors sons off the list before crossing of Balder
Didn't seem that important anyways
Mamir did say that Thors mother was a giant, not Freya in this version. She only had balder. That's why she went all crazy when Kratos killed him.
mamir 💀 balder 💀
@@aryanically That doesn't change anything. I am not a native speaker and i can spell better than most of them.
@@aryanically but this is not English
@@aryanically We aren't harassing him, we are just correcting his mistakes.
She wasn't his mother in the mythology either.
*Spoilers for GoW 2018 - not that it matters if you watched this video* I'm sure someone else has already pointed this out, but Magni and Modi (Thor's sons) are gods who were picked off during the 2018 game. Was there a reason not to cross them off the board?
Yeaa i was just about to say that
Maybe vallhala? But we didnt see valks grab em so idk
@@mjkoolaid1511 there's a theory that the axe is enhanced with the venom of the snake, meaning that when they died they actually died and arent capable to ressurect for Vallhala.
@@BozBundalo magni was killed by kratos not Thor, Thor nearly beat Modi to death and atreus finished him off
+ he didn't put the literal MAIN anthagonist on that board
Kratos cant die becouse death can have him only when it earns him :D Also Zeus in GoW2 didnt give him the sword to help him but to trick him. The sword drained all of Kratos godly powers so Zeus could give him choice: die or serve.
I forgot about that so how is he still a god now in the newer version?
@@TheMoises1213 becouse he is his son. The sword probably only drained him from the powers he gets from opening pandoras box. But be learning Zeus is his father he probably awaken his powers maybe.
@@blackwidow7804 He just lost all his powers and magic. His strength, durability, speed, ability to live for centuries all comes from having Zeus's blood. Besides he also became a full god after killing Ares. I suppose that never leaves you.
Played them all. Loved them all. Reliving everything Kratos has been through makes Atreus seem kind of annoying but its the circle of life I guess lol
Yeah sometimes i wish Kratos of today goes full god of War mode and kills every nordique god😂
When I played the first GOW and I saw Ares yeeting that pilar across the planet and killing Kratos it really made him feel unstoppable and GodLike. I was like “ain’t nobody killing no god” 😂🤣 little did I know how wrong I was.
8:00 - You left out that Elysium would be destroyed too so he had to leave her to save her. It's a pretty important fact that I see most skip for some reason. She was not trying to "seize power in Olympus" she was trying to destroy the world and that would include Elysium and his daughter.
You travel video to video commenting this
@@02WS6 thank god for that
@@02WS6 well hey, atleast we aren't being misled.
@@02WS6 what and let the people talking tell us wrong information? Calm down
You got a lot of stuff wrong in this video, others have pointed a lot of that stuff out. It really bums me out how people think old Kratos is a shallow character with only bloodlust as a trait... People act like the GoW 2018 Kratos is a new take, a improved character but the truth is he's always been a deep and complicated character. The QTE with his daughter represents how difficult it is to push his daughter away so he can go stop the destruction of Elysium and save his daughters soul. Another correction I'd like to add is that the new GoW games are set in the same universe, different planet essentially. After GoW3 Kratos' home world is completely wrecked. He wanders the earth for 100+ years before being dragged from his home realm to the realm of Midgard by the wolves Skol and Hati. The devs explained the GoW universe as each mythology/pantheon of gods is in its own star system/galaxy all occupying the same universe. So every myth and creation story is real in GoW and separated by space.
like a multiverse?
@@henrythompson3199 no. same universe, but different planet/galaxy
Where have they explained that?
@@NueThunderKing In multiple dev Q&As in the past.
@@Saiku So Current God of war Ragnarok is on different planet lol?
I like the quick time event with Kratos and his daughter. It shows that leaving his daughter behind was as difficult for him as killing a Minotaur (which uses the same qte)
Umm whats a QTE? I keep reading it as cute 😭
@@kaonbunay456 quick time event
God I love when people make videos like this RIGHT before a new title
Fr bro, smh
I hope we get another God of war game with the Egyptian gods that would be sick
Kratos vs Jesus
freya is not thors mother, shes baldurs mom and thors mom is a giant or something along those lines, if im not mistaken. the game made sure to let u know she cares about baldur, not the other children of odin.
The name of thor's mother is fjord... and yes, she is a giant...
@@MultiDandan1000 thank u, that part skipped my mind. shes like the equivalent of gaia on norse mythology, right?
@@horacionivar2869 yes, kind off... she is the jotun that represent midgard
Also, magni and modi were killed in gow 2018 and shoulda been crossed off
@@MultiDandan1000 close, but not quite. In the game mimir states that thor's mother is a giant named fjorgyn
11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEAR SONG FOR THE LAUGHTER AND SING FOR THE TEAR
None of this would have happened if Ares blessed Kratos with power that allows him to protect his family.
I wonder if people in the future will consider these games as legit parts of greek canon and call sony a poet
I'm Greek I kinda wanna see if that will happen 🤔
@@theodore4437 wait so is this canon? The God of war games 🤔
When I was 9 I definitely used gow for reference I wouldn't be so interested in Greek mythology if It wasn't for these games 😂😂😂
@@kaonbunay456 no, there is no mention of any Kratos or the death of the Gods
@@kaonbunay456 but it's interesting nonetheless 😊
Freya is not Thor mother, he is half giant. She is Baldur mother tho.
yeah that part confused me lol. Sif is his wife though
@@iWubmusic yeah I was immediately like “that’s not true” Thrúd is his daughter though
@@HumanoidEyeball yeah honestly that tripped me up as well. Mjolnir is his hammer though.
With less accuracy this video got almost 2 million view wow people are bored😅
God of War 3 was such an epic game.
11:52 SING WITH ME SING FOR YEAR
SING FOR THR LAUGHTER, SING FOR THE TEARS
I can't believe I can say I actually purchased, played and beat God of War: Betrayal on my first ever flip cell phone. Lol, no joke thanks for that nostalgic deep cut
Loved that game. My first step into GoW
They need to seriously remaster some of those old games
I have them all with the 6 games set on the Greek mythology on my PS3. I would love a remake of at least the original trilogy. Even though all of them remade for the PS5 would be a dream come true
With new game+!
I'm not sure if it's feasible- or even a good idea, but I'd love to revisit GoW 1-3 w/ the style of GoW 2018
yeah bro, i would like to see them remake these masterpieces with the graphics of 2018
I was just thinking that they should re make GoW 1-3 as prequels with the same gods and everything but with the intelligent story telling as the new gen GoW’s
I was just thinking that they should re make GoW 1-3 as prequels with the same gods and everything but with the intelligent story telling as the new gen GoW’s
Some key info would be that Kratos is unkillable, he never dies only comes back stronger. Like a phoenix
@@bryce9083 fr bro just knew how to escape the underworld lol
or Goku
Doom slayer
@blurzmodderz3367 I wonder if the afterlife you end up with is based on where you die. You go to hades if you die in Greece, Helheim/Valhalla if you're in the 9 realms?
@@bryce9083 Yeah he dies then comes back to life...
There are a-lot of false statements here Freya is not the mother of Thor More than a decade has passed after god of war 3 Magni and modi are both dead (the latter by Atreus, and former by kratos) Gaia and kratos do not work together as Gaia betrays kratos earlier in GoW3. Etc. etc Good brief overview but many misconceptions.
Yeah. The decade comment was referring to the fact that it took about 10 years to get God of War 2018
Modi could actually be alive. we never actually see the body, he fell after atreus hit him with the arrow. But yea, more than likely hes dead.
@@horacionivar2869 Atreus stabbed him in the neck then kicked his body off the cliff
@@horacionivar2869 arrow?
@@horacionivar2869 my boy Atreus stabbed the dude in the neck
15:15 - Not a random narrative convenience, it was summoned by Gaia.
My first question is why not do this video after playing Ragnarok? Especially since we know it's the finale of the Norse Arc
Great timeline explanation there could be multiple games that fill in just the gaps between the timelines that is the part that always loses me keep up the good work bro!
I live when kratos says "The sisters of fate could not hold me"
I’m here after completing main story of gow ragnorok. I can still say with confidence that god of war 2018 is the best game I’ve ever played in my entire life
I played it this year. It was awesome, but def not the best ever
Amazing vid! Thanks for the recap
This was so Epic!! I'll refer to this video as I do my God of the War Ragnarok spoiler discussion during my live show on my channel.
Buddy skipped A LOT of information.
What’s the best video for a summary?
He really did, he made it seem like Kretos and Gaia stayed friends
@@jeremiahhamilton2422 RIGHT, Gaia was on BT once she realized that Kratos wanted the fight with Zeus to himself…but Kratos is him…are we not gonna talk about how Zeus and Kratos were casually fighting INSIDE Gaia??🤣
He cant even pronounce Deimos
Go ahead and do it yourself !! Add in all the info pls !!
11:53 SING WITH ME SING FOR THE YEARS SING FOR THE LOVE AND SING FOR THE TEARS
the scream of icarus when he got his wings ripped of is sending me 😭😭 16:26
It’s already been said but come on man. Kratos leaving Calliope wasn’t cold it was Kratos sacrificing something he loved for the good of the world, something he did reluctantly
It was artificial love tho.. but yes
@@tossacointoyourwitcherOriginal artificial love? what? he literally loved her since she was his precious daughter.
it wasn't for the good of the world. it was to save his daughter's life in elysium since if the world is destroyed, she perishes as well. if literally abandons his mission and the world if it meant he could be with calliope. he didn't save the world because it was the right and moral thing to do.
@@JV-km9xk just realised it's the daughter not the key to Pandoras box. The guy confused me with the sacrifice part. Idk how did he sacrifice her? What?
Thank you for this. Needed to revise before GOT Ragnorak. Great Video.
There is a lot more of course, but this is it right in a nutshell
Great vid dude, gj!
Legend Awesome vid bro
Wow thanx for the recap!
A perfect franchise in my mind
It's insanely long
@@tossacointoyourwitcherOriginal not KH long tho
@@TinyMeatGaang cutting it pretty close KH is beyond complicated thus i dislike it even though i played all of them
A perfect franchise that now has been ruined.....
@@hater2764 how?
this was freaking awesome, but as i recall, i think in the god of war (2018) atreus end up killing magni or modi, i dont remember which one
It was Modi, the shorter one, he stabbed him in the neck and toss him to an abbys.
Yeah that’s right
Yeah, both Magni and Modi are dead as of the end of God of War (2018).
Yes he kills Modi after Kratos put an axe through magni’s face
Modi may not be dead. Atreus did stab him in the neck tho
really nice video for simple time line progression, though would be nice is there was a little bit more of the major information. felt like more time was put into the board gimmick than going over reasoning for an "explained" time line. Still really good job for the amount of hours of gameplay and lore to sift through, keep it up!
Haha love the way you did this and it was actually super helpful!
Awesome recap!
Great video 🎉🎉🎉
When you actually think bout it Kratos’ older brother kidnapped and imprisoned his younger brother
Bro literally forgot to cross of magni and mody
I was in college when GOW3 came out and I mashed O for probably a good 5 minutes on Zeus with the screen black, until my buddy came into my room and was like, "Oh, if you just stop punching him the game will end."
I'm pretty sure you just punched Zeus's head until the very last bit
26:30: not quite right there. Zeus himself strips Kratos of his initial powers under the guise of Athena's owl. Then tricks him into draining the rest of his power into the blade of Olympus. Basically just a long winded way of making the player weak again
Forgot about Betrayal, loved it on my motorola razr. Fantastic video!
Thanks for this!
Awesome video 👌
mordi and magni already got knocked off
good stuff man
Thank you for this
11:54 sing with me, sing for a year, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
This is badass 🙏
Still remember those amazing graphics on the ps2 made me put my controller down to enjoy every cut scene
Great explanation
14:08 “hang on lad, all this death and destruction’s a bit much” killed me
Very good video
I hope this is gonna be the Series they're working on!
Imagine if Kratos had to fight Erebus.
That was awesome
Great video! you forgot the Death of Magni and Modi from your board in the 2018 God of War
Nice video , very helpful , keep it up 💯
What up early fam!
Great! Would love to see the series go on with similar games, maybe assassins creed, etc...
Ares looks like Liam Nelson lol. Good bed story by the way, nice job 👍
Imagine not knowing thor isn't freya's som
Good video 🥰👍👌
Thank you for this video, I just started the 2018 God of War game to beat it before ragnorak comes out. I wanted to be caught up with the story this video is exactly what I was looking for
I still recommend getting God of War: Saga, or God of War: Collection/Origins & God of War: Ascension. As there was a lot of details left out. Though as a long story short, this was a great video.
@@trippytimesjosh355 but I mean you don’t need to know this stuff as even the creator of the game said you don’t need to
@@trippytimesjosh355 should I play them on order of the year they were made or of this guy's timeline
Thank you never played the games before about to play 2018 God of war this help me understand the store
Loved the video. You did forget to cross off Thor’s sons of your new board😅
I have to give you props for not using a single dad joke or calling Atreus "BOY" xD
Dude I got my p5 on standby and vacation days already booked just to play Ragnarok I'm super hyped 🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
Have fun bro!
Same with me I counting down the days lol
@@stephensearles673 I'm pumped dude 🙌🏾
haha sadly Im just gonna wait 2 years for it to be on pc
Thank you
Imagine a god of war tv show or movie with Jason moma or someone like him to play kratos
the rock as kratos would be perfect
i think that’ll ruin it, it’ll only be nice to watch if it’s a show like “Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge”
Just let Christopher Judge do it, he already voices Kratos and he's a great on-screen actor
@@sinners2100 I think they could make a Movie just need the correct actors and directors imagine if the writers from the series supernatural were to organise it and run off a structure simple to that show
So Modi and Magni aren't crossed out, huh? Weird. It's almost like no one did their due diligence lol
I don't know but, somehow I just love the old gameplay of God Of War
Awesome
3:47 "...two final victims" Right, FINAL.. lol
Any reason you didn't cross magni and modi off?
I think this video over-summarizes a lot of the OG trilogy. Maybe good for people already familiar with the story just trying to catch up, but not really good for people looking to get a good understanding of the story.
Thank you for not forgetting God of War Betrayal
Surely you didn’t put betrayal chronologically after Ghost of Sparta. ghost of Sparta literally ends with him donning the armour he has at the beginning of 2, which he doesn’t have throughout betrayal. He also has the blade of Artemis in betrayal, whilst not in Ghost of Sparta.
While true, Betrayal's narrative really only fits between Ghost of Sparta and God of War II. In Ghost of Sparta, he wasn't just an angry god taking out his anger against the other gods by rampaging through Greece. The end of Ghost of Sparta sets that up, and then in Betrayal, we see him rampaging through Greece with his Spartan army and the end of Betrayal foreshadows that Zeus would soon take action against Kratos, which then happens at the beginning of God of War II after Kratos and the Spartans rampage through Rhodes. Also, Ghost of Sparta takes place very shortly after God of War I. Honestly, it would just be easier if Santa Monica could just come right out and say that Betrayal is not canon anymore. And to note, he technically shouldn't have the Blade of Artemis after God of War I anyways because Ares stripped him of all of his weapons and magic during their fight.
23:50 Freya is not Thor's mother
you got here first. thank you
11:55 all I could hear was “Dream on Dream on Dream on” 😂
Lol!! I never noticed the mega plot hole that kratos called for Ares help even though he kidnapped his brother-but did he know it was Ares? 🤔
Good point. Maybe he didn’t actually know at the time.
he likely didn't know. it was the dead of night, and it wasn't like they were in god more or anything, just on horse back. h likely just thought that they were 2 people on horse back who kidnapped his brother, probably slavers or something. makes sense to me.
And you didn't cover when he kind of stepped out into mortal Kombat and soul Calibur 😂
I can't believe kratos killed hermes for his jordans💀
i was waiting for this moment 11:51 dream on dream on.
Just to say that ascension is loved by some people out there.
I’m One of them
@@Demigodking same
@berserk guts GoW: Ascencion used the max hardware capacity of PS3. The graphics were way better than the ones from GoW3, but the story was too predictible and very short. It was GoW1 prequel game, basically. I would not to buy GoW 2018 if i knew it was a prequel game aswell. A lot of people did the same with the 'GoW: Ascencion' game.
@@eumesm9770 but God of War 2018 isn't a prequel game, but yes I wouldn't have brought it if it was one either.
I had a friend who never played through a single God of War game, but somehow got super hooked on God of War: Ascension multiplayer for months. So much so he literally became the top player and was well recognized in the online community. Shadowflame lol, Im a huge God of War fan, yet he had me saying "dude when are you gonna play a different game?" Lol
I thought this was supposed to be "explained" not "summarized"
Cannot wait for this masterpiece to come out 😢
Please do not jinx another game.
@@fromthebackseat4865 ???
@@fromthebackseat4865 its gonna be the best game ever
@@dubghost1829 might be, but doesn’t anyone remember what people did to Cyberpunk
@@fromthebackseat4865 but this isnt cyberpunk
The last time I played a GOW game was on the PSP lol. My ps5 comes in tomorrow I can’t wait to play ragnarok
Have any of u been noticing that they switched his tattoo from being on the left eye to the right idk why but it’s been bugging me more than It should which means somehow he got a scar and a permanent tattoo to switch eye sockets
Thanks