Why God of War 3 Was the Ultimate Conclusion to Kratos’ Epic Revenge Saga
Following the shocking ending of 2007’s God of War 2, where Kratos accidently killed Athena, discovered that he was a son of Zeus, and unleashed the Titans against Olyumpus, Santa Monica Studio had many different concepts in mind to end the God of War trilogy. God of War creator David Jaffe intended for Kratos to not only destroy the Greek pantheon in God of War 3 but numerous other pantheons, leading him to eventually become the embodiment of death, akin to the Grim Reaper. God of War 2 director Cory Barlog initially spearheaded God of War 3’s development and considered introducing a co-op mode to the game before leaving for other projects eight months in development. Instead, God of War 2 art director Stig Asmussen took over development.