God of War’s Atreus is a terrible character, according to the series’ author

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.

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.