According to David Jaffe Atreus, Kratos’ son in God of War, is a terrible character, who would have done very differently.
In a new interview with Days Gone director John Garvin, David Jaffe, the original writer of the God of War series on PS2 and PS3, gave his opinion on Atreus , Kratos’ son, calling him a “terrible character” both visually and in terms of gameplay (skip to 2:13 of the video).
In short, it seems that Kratos’ son was not liked by Kratos’ father either , who was annoyed by the way he was portrayed in the last two episodes, particularly in God of War Ragnarok.
Spoiled teenager
“I also think that Atreus is a terrible character visually and in terms of gameplay. I like his function as Kratos’ son. Halfway through Ragnarök, or at the end, we should have seen a character who made us say: ‘Wow, he’s become really cool!’ Instead, Ragnarök didn’t give us that twist,” explained Jaffe, who otherwise views the new direction of the series positively , which is very intelligently realized.
According to Jaffe, Atreus should have been inspired by his father and behaved more like him from the middle of God of War Ragnarok . Instead, we know that during the story he has shown a much less mature and aware character, according to some observers like a spoiled teenager . In fact, it is not incorrect to say that he is still far from the maturity of his father. It must be said, however, that Kratos, to become what he is, went through a decidedly turbulent and violent phase of his life… not exactly a model to follow.