God of War is a video game series that is considered one of the greatest video game franchises of all time. The series is seen as a classic title in the world of video games. The series was originally a PlayStation-exclusive game, but in 2018, the series expanded its popularity and audience even further when it announced its release on PC.
The gaming community was shocked by the brilliance of God of War(2018), introducing RPG elements into the game and excellent storytelling. God of War won the Game Awards in 2018 in a pool of elite games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Marvel’s Spiderman competing for the same honor. These feats alone tell you how great of a game God of War was and how good the series is.
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The game’s story includes some of the strongest gods in Greek mythology as well as Norse mythology. The game has featured some of the most popular names we have heard of like Zeus, Odin, and Thor. So it’s already a pretty interesting setting to play in, and today we will look at some of these almighty gods that were unable to defeat the God of War Kratos even with all their might.
10. Persephone(Goddess of Spring)
Persephone is described as the Goddess of spring in the Greek mythology. She was the main antagonist of God of War: Chains of Olympus. When Kratos entered the underworld searching for Helios, he met Persephone who told Kratos that she could help Kratos lose his nightmares and allow him to live the rest of his life with his daughter Calliope. Kratos accepts her offer and does as she asks and gives up his powers.
At that moment, Persephone reveals that she tried to destroy the pillar that was holding the world by releasing Titan Atlas. She says that the reason for doing this is Zeus having her marry Hades and putting her in their underworld as the Queen of Death. Kratos becomes angry when he is told that with the piller destroyed, he will no longer be able to be with his daughter. As Persephone was leaving to destroy the piller, Kratos chased her and as Helios fell down the piller, he killed her. Leaving Atlas, forced to carry the piller in his soldiers. In the end, Kratos saves Helios and mankind in the sun chariot and leaves.
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9. Helios(God of Sun)
Helios was the Sun God in God of War, just like Greek mythology suggests. He appeared in God of War 2 and 3 but had a much more important role in the latter.
When the Gods of Olympus fought against the Titans in God of War 3, Helios fought alongside the other powerful gods. When he was fighting the Titans, Kratos struck him down from his sun Chariot, leaving him injured and begging for Kratos to spare his life. He even lied about the flames of Pandora in an attempt to save himself. But Kratos sees through his deceptions and kills him.
Helios’s death is one of the most famous ones in the series. Kratos angrily tears off Helios’s head and later uses it to fight against other enemies. It’s still a wild event even today.
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Number 8: Baldur(God of Light)
Baldur unlike previous gods mentioned, comes from Norse mythology as the God of Light, Son of Odin, and Freya. In the game, He appears first in the God of War(2018). From the start, he gives instances of his strength, giving Kratos a hard time in his journey at every step.
Throughout most of the game, he is Invulnerable and wants to change that. Baldur couldn’t feel anything due to his invulnerability and thought that the Guardians had answers to his curse. He kept coming back after being beaten by Kratos. Eventually, he loses his vulnerability from a wound dealt by Atreus. But soon after that, he was killed by Kratos after he tried to kill his mother for giving him the powers he had.
Baldur was the Maun character of the God of War 2018 and had a very strong presence throughout the game.
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Number 7: Thanatos(God of Death)
Thanatos is the God of Death in the Greek mythology. He appeared in the God of War series accordingly.
When Kratos became the God of War after Killing Ares, He was told that his Brother Deimos was alive and was held by Thanatos, the God of Death. Kratos then goes on a Quest to find his lost brother. Eventually, he finds his way into the domain of death. In there, he kills Erinys, the daughter of Thanatos.
Kratos finds his brother in the Domain and as he approaches him, Deimos attacks Kratos for letting him suffer for all these years, not saving him from Thanatos. But as they both fought, Thanatos appeared and captured Deimos and told Kratos that he would kill Deimos as revenge for killing his daughter. Kratos then fights Thanatos to save his brother and they both fight Thanatos eventually killing him.
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Number 6: Heimdall (God of War Foresight)
Another Norse god in this list would be Heimdall, the God of Foresight. Heimdall is a famous one on this list due to his appearance in the Marvel movie Thor. In the game, Heimdall comes across as an arrogant god and really unlikable character. He is a key antagonist in God of War: Ragnarök.
He acts cocky throughout the God of War: Ragnarok and picks fights with young Atreus. This alongside his unlikable traits makes him one of the most annoying characters in God of War: Ragnarök. He gave Atreus a hard time when he visited Asgard.
When Heimdall fought against Kratos, he knew he wouldn’t win against the God of War in hand-to-hand combat but, he was able to predict his moves initially. But when Kratos tricked him by attacking him with a replica of the Drupnir Spear, which was a bomb exploding and stunning Heimdall. Heimdall then began to lose his temper and lose his cool. This allowed Kratos to overcome the God of Foresight in combat and eventually kill him by beating him repeatedly with his bare hands.
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Number 5: Ares(God of War*)
Ares is the God of War in the Greek mythology. He was one of the first characters in the God of War lore to impact Kratos’s life. Back when Ares was the God of War, Kratos sold his soul to Ares to save his fellow soldiers in a losing battle against the Barbarians. Ares, grabbing this opportunity turned Kratos into his slave giving him the iconic Blades of Chaos and ordering him to do many disturbing things and kill many innocent people even his own wife and daughter.
When Kratos was tasked to defeat Ares by Athena, he sought for the Pandora’s Box in order to defeat Ares. When Ares found out that Kratos found Pandora’s Box, he launched a spear from far away that killed Kratos. But Kratos returned from death and opened Pandora’s Box. Kratos grew to the same size as Ares thanks to the powers given by the box, He then fought Ares using the blade in the temple of Athena and killed Ares putting an end to the God of War that turned him into a monster.
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Number 4: Poseidon(God of the Ocean)
Poseidon is described as the greek God of the Ocean and one of the most powerful gods in Greek mythology. He is one of the Gods of Olympus in God of War 3 and fought alongside Hades and other powerful gods.
When Kratos fought the battle against the Gods of Olympus alongside the Titans. He fought Poseidon first thus giving him a much shorter appearance in the series. Poseidon fought Kratos in his second form in the ocean. But Kratos was able to defeat him by removing his normal form from his water form. Kratos killed the sea god by gouging his eyes out and finally breaking his neck ensuring the death of the God of the Sea.
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Number 3: Hades(God of the Underworld)
Hades is a formidable opponent in the God of War although he doesn’t make a long appearance in the series. The Greek god of the underworld is one of the gods Kratos killed in God of War 3.
Although the God of Underworld doesn’t affect much in other games, He is a major enemy to defeat in God of War 3. When Kratos fell down from Mount Olympus straight into the river Styx in the underworld, he came across Hades. When these two gods faced each other, the spartan came on top as he used Hades’s own blades to trap his would in the blades thus finishing off the God of the Underworld.
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Number 2: Zeus(God of Lighting)
Zeus is the main Antagonist throughout the earlier God of War games. In the game, he is the king of Olympus and the father of many powerful gods Kratos fought and killed in the series. He is also the father of Kratos. Zeus was the son of Cronos and Rhea. He put an end to the reign of the Titans with his Blades of Olympus killing most of the Titans and starting the new rule of gods over the realm.
When Zeus met Kratos’s mother Callisto, he had an affair with her resulting in the birth of Kratos and his brother Deimos. Throughout the series, Zeus treated Kratos badly fearing that Kratos would kill him when he had the chance. Zeus tormented Kratos many times, even finishing off Sparta which was Kratos’s home. Zeus deceived Kratos to give up his power putting them into the blades of Olympus. He gave Kratos the choice to serve him forever or die. Kratos refused this offer and got killed by Zeus. But Kratos again got saved from death, this time with the help of Gaia the Titan. Gaia guided him to defeat Zeus by changing his fate.
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Kratos then went back to the time when Zeus killed him, this time when he was about to kill Zeus, Athena intervened and got killed in the confusion. As she died she told Kratos not to kill Zeus but Kratos didn’t listen to her and instead went back to time when the Titans would get killed by Zeus. He united the Titans bringing them back to the present time to battle against the Gods of Olympus.
At the start of the battle in God of War 3, Kratos begins killing the gods one by one eventually getting to Zeus. Both Kratos and Zeus fight each other inside Gaia. Kratos kills both Gaia and Zeus at the same time but Zeus later returns in his spirit form taking away all of his equipment other than the Blades of Chaos. Kratos then uses the power of Hope to put an end to his father’s life beating him with his bare hands.
Number 1: Odin(The All-Father)
Odin is considered one of the strongest if not the strongest gods in Norse mythology. The All-Father is the king of Aesir and the ruler of Asgard. He is the Father of Thor and Baldur.
In God of War: Ragnarok, he is the main antagonist and a master of magic and almost unbeatable in combat in magic. He wanted to look for infinite knowledge and wanted to look through the rift into another realm to help prevent his death. But to do that safely, he needed a mask. So he tried to persuade Atreus to work with him to find the mask fragments. But things did not go as planned for him as Atreus was the son of the God of War Kratos. Kratos saw through his deception and tried to stay out of his range of deception at first. But when Odin left him no choice, Kratos killed Odin with the help of his son and Freya. While at the end of God of War: Ragnarok, Odin wasn’t technically dead. His soul was trapped by Kratos’s son and Kratos left the choice of what to do with him to Atreus.
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God of War is an exceptional game series integrating one of the most iconic gods into the game, some more accurately than others. Regardless of this, the game series has been constantly providing gamers with quality games from the start. While the 2018 God of War increased the series’s popularity, the God of War games are deserving of every praise even from the earlier games. There are not many games that do what the god of War does. And it does these things best. It is understandable why this game has so many honors to its name. if you’re an avid fan of video games and you haven’t played God of War, you’re missing out on a goldmine of a video game series. You should definitely play it once in your life.
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