If I remember my basic mythology-isn't Herculies the son of zeus (and not Kratos)!? Plus a few instances (like the titan atlas-look him up on wikipedia) are not accurate/based of commnly believed knoledge. Plus I'm curious-what do you think of how God of war relates to greek mythology-this game is obviously not meant to teach anyone XD Your thoughts? (Just got into it-have all 3 consoles games-lacking mobile but I'm sure it's crap)
The word in your title should be spelled "alternate", and there are no spoilers in what you wrote so I don't understand the need to add that. God of War is not meant to be an exact representation of Greek/Roman mythology. Kratos doesn't exist. If you play through the second game you'll realize that the whole thing is one giant circle. Even the Gods are bound by the will of fate. Zeus banishes the Titans to become ruler of Olympus, and so Kratos shall destroy the gods in order to become the new king of olympus. After all, "in the end, there will be only chaos." These games were meant for one purpose really, sheer bloody entertainment. Sex mini-games anyone?
Yes Hercules is the son of Zeus. And as for God of War fitting into greek mythology it doesn't really I guess they got most of the gods right, but its a damn good story so I guess you can file it under a "what if" storyline. Oh and yes the mobile version is crap. [damn I got beat by zeb]
They got the basic traits right-posiden is water-etc... Atlas-as I mentioned-actually holds up a sphere of some sort-and not the world as everyone thinks (so did I)... I wonder is they might have those 2 duke it out (kratos and herculies)-LOL!
Actually, in the game Atlus is holding up the world. You fall into the underworld and there he is chained with the world on his back. You have to remember that ancient Greeks didn't view the world as we do. Atlus wasn't holding up the Earth, but merely the human realm, so his position in the underworld is correct. If you're playing the first game, that's a different titan altogether with the city on his back. Also, his name is spelled "Hercules". There's no i.
Nope. But I was an English major many years ago, and took a lot of Greek/Roman history courses. So misspelling drives me crazy.
LOL. Well your going to be totally insane if you hang out here long over misspellings. Born2killx is the resident grammar nazi.
I'm exhibiting extraordinary self control, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind a few foot troopers. I'd make an SS joke, but those only go so far before you're offending someone.
I'd say he wouldn't mind as long as there is some form of tact involved. Sometimes its hard to keep in mind that a lot of users here have a hard time speaking English let alone spelling the words correctly.
Kratos does exist. Not "k" but "c". But if you read the paragraph, you'll get Kratos is actually Cratos.
Which paragraph? Edit: I looked up Cratos on Wikipedia and you are correct. However, I meant that in terms of actual mythology a son of Zeus named Kratos does not exist, but thanks for helping me expand my knowledge of the source material.
It's a fictional extrapolation that uses your mythology. It doesn't attempt to recreate it accurately. So how does that make it a screw up?
It's more of a "what if" as a previous poster said... I looked up some things on wikipedia-and thus mentioned on my first post like atlus and "kratos-cratos"... BTW-cratos is loyal to zeus-Kratos is like a pissed off child who want's his own way (Sorry if I make grammer/spelling mistakes-I don't use such words often XD)
Godwin's Law. Also, God of War is derived from Greek mythology. It's not so much an "alternate mythology" as it is the original with artistic license taken in the portrayal. Furthermore, in response to the opening post, Zeus had hundreds of children. Just means that in this mythos Heracles and Kratos are half-brothers.
