More than just giving the wink to a potential third game with father and son (come on, you know it's coming), it was an important story choice. The team settled on the idea that 'nothing is written that can't be unwritten,' which also leads to what happens with Atreus' arc.

Knowing that Norse mythology is all about fate and prophecy, we wanted to say 'that's bullsh*t.'' 'As we were developing the story, we knew that we wanted the story to be one about letting go and changing. Still, Sophos admits that saving Kratos was a deliberate choice.

Given that 2018's God of War prophecised Kratos' death, you'd have been wrong to place your bets on that bearded brute leaving Ragnarok in a coffin. What Happened To Kratos In God Of War Ragnarok? Sophos concluded that sending Kratos unto the Norse Underworld 'didn't ultimately feel right,' which we imagine is to do with the fact it's similar to his Greek Underworld escape in God of War II. he would get pulled out of Hel essentially by Atreus but now 20 years have passed. 'He was going to die and it wasn't a permanent death. Kratos died in the Thor fight at the very beginning of the game.'

Sophos explained, 'The earliest, earliest draft of an outline that we had come up with that we took to Eric. The big twist came when Thor (Ryan Hurst) broke the fourth wall and brought Kratos back to life.

Giving us a moment unlike anything we've seen before, Ragnarok pulled the rug from beneath us when it played Kratos' death animation and seemingly went back to the title screen. Speaking to the MinnMax podcast, Narrative Director Matt Sophos and Story Lead Richard Gaubert explained their original plan was to kill Kratos early in the game - during THAT big fight with Thor.

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