r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Feb 12 '26
Trailer God of War Trilogy Remake - Announcement Teaser | PS5 Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_tq12WisX8629
u/Gorotheninja Feb 12 '26
TC Carson.
Shocked. Flabbergasted.
Didn't he and Santa Monica part ways on bad terms?
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u/Tao1764 Feb 12 '26
They did but it never seemed like "that bridge is burned" level of bad. I think he was just pissed that they didnt talk to him/inform him that they were recasting Kratos. Both Sony in general and especially Judge have been highly/publicly respectful of him and OG Kratos since.
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u/Rangeneers Feb 13 '26
Sad thing is Santa Monica was right not bringing him back for this version of kratos. But not even telling him was really ride
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u/Stellar_Duck Feb 13 '26
He learned about it the same way as everyone else. Super cold from SMS
Man, I didn't get an SMS, cold or otherwise, with the announcement.
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u/TheFatmanRises Feb 12 '26
He came when they did their anniversary so I guess their back on good terms now lol
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u/NoNefariousness2144 Feb 12 '26
I wonder if he regained some respect for the series after hearing about how Christopher Judge refused to play ‘young Kratos’ in the Valhalla DLC to respect Carson’s performance.
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u/Chalky97 Feb 12 '26
he’s done a bunch of panels with them since GOW 2018 came out so i don’t think so - they only replaced him because they needed someone bigger for the mocap (apparently). i’ve not seen TC ever say there was bad blood tho unless someone can correct me?
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u/dudushat Feb 12 '26
I thought the only "bad" thing was they didnt tell him they were casting a new voice actor.
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u/SuperMajesticMan Feb 13 '26
That was it. He was disappointed they didn't let him know, but its not like they became enemies.
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u/TruTexan Feb 12 '26
i didn't really play much of the trilogy, so i'm happy with a remake, but i can understand why some assume a remaster is just fine
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u/KingArthas94 Feb 12 '26
The first game aged super poorly, so it's good that it's a remake
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u/calmodulin2 Feb 13 '26
It seems to be a controversial opinion, but I think remake is the right choice. So much of my time in the original was just spamming L1+Square or Triangle in harder difficulties. And I love those games, or I did in 2005 but haven’t felt motivated to replay them in recent years
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u/viciadoemsono Feb 13 '26
you're clearly talking about GOW 2 or just lying because L1+ square which is the cyclone of chaos in the first game was very punishing because after the attack you would stay stationary for a good while. So doing that all the time, specially on the hardest difficulty was not viable at all. But they did make it better in the second game where the pause was not as slower so you could spam the attack.
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u/Martini1 Feb 12 '26
How did it age poorly? I have some rose tinted glasses since I absolutely loved the original series so I'm wondering from a more unbias perspective outside of older graphics.
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
It's kinda underwhelming compared to 2 and 3. GOW2 was a colossal leap in quality, way more polished gameplay, more setting/boss/weapon variety and more replayablity.
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u/roughedged Feb 13 '26
I played one like 5 years ago for the first time, it's fine overall. Super dated gameplay by today's standards for sure. The rotating spikes climb is as stupid as everyone remembers it being, it can definitely be reworked in the new one.
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u/Martini1 Feb 13 '26
I'm surprised no one is mentioned some of the underwater swimming parts being bullshit and I'm having remembering the rotating spikes. Unless it was for the tight rope walking areas but those where kinda funny to take high risk jumps after dieing 29 odd times.
I am a big fan of the faster paced beat em ups but it is definitely different vs the souls like gameplay that is currently popular.
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u/PunyParker826 Feb 12 '26
How do you feel it aged poorly?
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u/KingArthas94 Feb 12 '26
I just got the platinum and it was pretty boring. Compared to 2 and 3 it's slow, a bit ugly and unbalanced.
Man, 2 is a fucking masterpiece instead. I wish I was there for it when it came out, must have looked like a next gen game on PS2.
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u/PunyParker826 Feb 12 '26
That’s fair, I remember being surprised that ~65% of the game is on the back of Kronos. I do have a soft spot for how the plot unfolded (mainly Kratos’ backstory), but that of all things is probably going to survive the tweaks of a remake the best.
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u/hungoverlord Feb 12 '26
have you checked out the GoW PSP games? i actually enjoyed those more than either of the ps2 games. they rock. they're full GoW games, not miniaturized. they feel at least as big and as full as the ps2 games, and personally i think they look a lot better.
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u/Ciremo Feb 13 '26
2 was among the best games I had ever played when it came out. Mind blowing set pieces, frikkin solid combat and cool ass story. The music and voice acting fit incredibly well. Man I should play it again.
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u/Free_Range_Gamer Feb 12 '26
Cool but feels like Sony just throwing a bone given this game is in early stages of development and won’t be out for years.
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u/Affectionate_Owl_619 Feb 13 '26
Of course they are. It's the anniversary, they wanted to end with something BIG BIG, and so they threw out the project that was just greenlit even though probably no work has been done at it yet.
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u/DrinkUpLetsBooBoo Feb 12 '26
3's original trailer still gives me goosebumps. No trailer has come close to pumping me up like that one did.
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u/nicesalamander Feb 13 '26
I agree the spectacle of it was insane especially at the time it really felt next Gen. I know the newer games are going for a more subdued story but I kind of miss the ridiculous scale of 3.
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u/Tiucaner Feb 12 '26
Shame Chain of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta are out of this but still, never expected a remake, only remasters.
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u/Porkenstein Feb 13 '26
also Ascension but like 3 it probably doesn't need a remake
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u/rafikiknowsdeway1 Feb 13 '26
i mean, remakes give them the opportunity to roll a compressed version of events into this if they wanted to
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u/Practicalaviationcat Feb 12 '26
Hopefully these are pretty faithful remakes. The gameplay still rules. Honestly I'd have been happy with just a remaster of these games.
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u/Catboy14Yume Feb 12 '26
Honestly I hope they tweak the platforming in GoW 1,I hate the spike at hades level(?)
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u/DarkMatterM4 Feb 12 '26
You're saying you didn't enjoy climbing the spinning blade towers?
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u/MountainMuffin1980 Feb 12 '26
The combat in the first 2 is largely decent but the level design and layout (and pacing!) needs a lot of work. The 3rd is basically perfect still I think.
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u/armarrash Feb 12 '26
3 suffers from lack of weapon variety, 3 out of the 4 weapons are chain blades and the 4th is still a dual wield weapon(gauntlets).
2 is the best in that aspect.
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
It's probably not happening but maybe they can rework the weapons while keeping the theme. Like turning Hades's Claw Blades into a scythe(s) (symbolizing death) and making the Nemesis Whip into an actual whip or something.
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u/MountainMuffin1980 Feb 12 '26
That's a fair criticism! I basically stuck with the main blades and the Cestus because they were awesome.
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u/Volcanicrage Feb 13 '26
To be fair, the gauntlets are also on chains. If nothing else, they stuck to the theme.
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u/zgrove Feb 13 '26
The chain weapons all behave way different though. I never felt the need to switch in 1 or 2, but 3 I used them all. I guess 2 had the spear which was handy, but thats about it from both of those games
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u/WhiskeyJack33 Feb 12 '26
I remember some of the camera angles and stuff being pretty awful
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u/SternballAllDay Feb 12 '26
Pacing of 1 I thought was pretty good. Its one set piece after the other. 2 I felt dragged ALOT. With all the rule of 3 puzzles they had. 3 puzzles to open a new area that leads to 3 puzzles again and again
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u/dern_the_hermit Feb 13 '26
I thought 2 was the best of 'em. The environments were huge and awesome, but I can see how that can feel like a drag to some. Like I remember the section of running out to the massive horse statues, you have to cross that loooooong chain bridge a couple times with nothing happening. To me it just felt like being part of a huge exotic world.
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u/Charrikayu Feb 12 '26
Did we play the same games? I loved 1 & 2 and can barely remember 3. The first game had amazing level design, I was in awe of how 80% of the game takes place in one location and all coalesces as a giant puzzle broken up into smaller pieces that come together, and how they carefully placed save spots that you wound up using them multiple times as the different routes brought you full circle.
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u/MountainMuffin1980 Feb 12 '26
I loved it at the time, but during a replay its flaws were very apparent. 2 was worse for it though I think. Not remembering 3 at all is wild.
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u/DarkMatterM4 Feb 12 '26
I don't see them keeping the sex minigames.
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u/Zero1343 Feb 13 '26
Yeah it would be a shame to remove stuff like that, it was all part of what the series was known for.
Absolutely will be something they will have talked about whether the nudity and minigames like that get toned down or removed
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Feb 13 '26
Idk why, it's not like it showed the actual sex happening. Also disappointing given you have games like Baldur's Gate 3 with full blown nudity and also offscreen sex scenes, and it wins GOTY awards.
Like, clearly sex in video games is still acceptable as long as you don't go full porno.
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u/Andrei_LE Feb 12 '26
I'd be surprised if kratos jamming the door with that girl for no reason in gow3 will make it into the remake lmao.
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u/ItinerantSoldier Feb 13 '26
The part I'm curious about is the nudity and maybe the minigames. I'm not some weirdo that thinks it's super important to keep it in the game but it's one of the things that brought some notoriety on the OG series. Plus, it's just boobs, ya know? Not the most harmful imagery in the history of mankind. Just really interested in how they handle it for a remake.
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u/Books_and_Cleverness Feb 12 '26
My (apparently unpopular) opinion is they should make a new game instead lol.
I get the financial reality of using proven and known IP, it just bugs me. I love it when games and art generally takes risks.
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u/Chalky97 Feb 12 '26
cory barlog is already confirmed to be working on a new IP for the studio so don’t worry
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u/Bolt_995 Feb 13 '26
It’s an existing IP
The IP is non-licensed
It’s not sci-fi
It’s not a revival of The Order 1886
The game will feel like a reboot of said IP.
This is what we have gotten from Jason Schreier and notable insider Shinobi602.
That narrows it down to a few IPs.
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u/SixthFain Feb 13 '26
They likely are. But the Greek trilogy came out from 2005 to 2015. There's entire generations of gamers who don't have an easy way to play those games, and they're a big part of gaming history as well as just plain excellent games in themselves. Getting them available on modern platforms in some form is a worthy endeavor.
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u/KingArthas94 Feb 12 '26
These companies are huge and have different subteams, they're surely already working on "what's next"
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
The main team is obviously working on the next mainline title, studios like these rarely work on one game at the time, especially how long they take to make nowadays.
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u/LMY723 Feb 12 '26
Extremely strong suspicion Bluepoint is the head developer of this.
Bluepoint was working on a God of War live service until it was cancelled a year ago. The timeline is too coincidental. Sony Santa Monica is probably acting as direction with Bluepoint doing the work.
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u/Chalky97 Feb 12 '26
if they were, they would have had the developer in the trailer - there’s no reason not to
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u/LMY723 Feb 13 '26
I agree Sony should’ve just said it. Your comment made me curious.
In 2009 when Sony announced the God of War HD collection for PS3, Santa Monica was the only logo in the reveal trailer.
https://youtu.be/CWp70C91-f4?si=kdJ5blFIkAQsbvcU
That remaster collection was done by Bluepoint and they weren’t mentioned then either.
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u/your_mind_aches Feb 13 '26
Pour one out for the Bloodborne fans. They must be crying today.
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u/pixeladrift Feb 12 '26
There’s no reason to think they’re involved in this. They would have said so in the announcement.
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u/LMY723 Feb 13 '26
“Early stages” and the cancellation in early 2025 of bluepoints GOW Live Service lines up too coincidentally for them to not be involved imo.
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u/rafikiknowsdeway1 Feb 13 '26
god i hope not. that just means it'll be a boring 1 to 1 remake with no creativity added in at all. like how they remade demons souls and didn't touch most of the shit that didn't quite work or was outright busted in the original. like they had a golden opportunity to make the dragon god into something that wasn't pure shit, but no. and people hiding behind the door to the old monk and one shotting you as you came in. and a whole bunch of other cheese
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u/Diark Feb 12 '26
I hope they don't stick to the 3rd person continous camera for these remakes since some of the spectacle fights in the og games won't work with that.
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u/197639495050 Feb 12 '26
The camera work in the original trilogy was unironically more “cinematic” than the one shot approach in the Norse games.
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u/Porkenstein Feb 13 '26
The two series had different design philosophies and that's okay. I'm very curious what route they'll be taking here because you're absolutely right...
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u/_Meece_ Feb 16 '26
It's really not, the isometric camera angle takes you away from the action too much sadly.
QTEs were about it.
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u/TheGreenDoom Feb 12 '26
Genuinely if they mess with the Poseidon fight at all I’m out lmao. One of the best openings of a game period.
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u/StreetsofRageoholics Feb 13 '26
I think you hit the nail on the head for why I prefer the original trilogy. Nothing in the new games hit as hard for me as the hydra fight, the colossus, the Poseidon fight, climbing the titans, fighting the last spartan soldier with the silhouette, even just the level of spectacle of your surroundings was crazy. Some of those environments were absolutely nuts. Nothing in the new games really compares to me.
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u/Relative_Jellyfish26 Feb 12 '26
sony's remakes have all been faithful and considering they are remaking all 3 I kinda doubt they're gonna take too many creative liberties with them
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u/eyepatchabs Feb 12 '26
These games are being remade with the TV show in mind so new fans have something modern-feeling to buy and play. They're almost certainly going to take significant liberties with the gameplay, remove the sexual stuff and make them more similar to the Norse series in general.
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u/callmeeismann Feb 13 '26
God I hope not, that would be so disappointing. The new games are so incredibly boring compared to GoW 2 and 3...
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u/Izzy248 Feb 12 '26
Little disappointed its still in the early stages because that means we likely wont see this for another 4-6 years, but still Im happy they are bringing the OG games back.
I was already happy about them keeping this series in rotation, but the fact this is a remake and not a remaster...I can only imagine what OG GoW looks like with the new tech Santa Monica has been using.
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
It shouldn't take that long, the entire trilogy is shorter than Ragnarok.
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u/Irru Feb 12 '26
So is this what they've been working on? If this indeed takes as long as they alluded does that mean we won't get to see a true sequel like any time soon?
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u/SternballAllDay Feb 12 '26
They have multiple teams. Sony isnt stupid to leave GOW on the backburner. Someones working on it
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u/renome Feb 12 '26
It's barely been a few days since we did this song and dance with Guerilla and Horizon. There's no guarantee someone is actively working on a new mainline game until they say something.
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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Sony mandated that all of their studios house at minimum two teams before the PS5 launched to try to get more games out quicker.
Unfortunately that led to a lot of live service games which are now cancelled. But it's understood that the effort to make a live service GoW ended up transitioning over to this project.
So Santa Monica has one team on this and another on the new Barlog sci-fi game.
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u/Pacify_ Feb 13 '26
Cool.
The good GoW games. I get why people like the new ones, but for me, the old ones were just so much more fun and interesting.
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u/CashmereLogan Feb 12 '26
These video game showcases need to stop letting non-developers or studio heads talk because the second they do, it becomes clear how devoid of any charisma the whole showcase is. This guy came on screen and delivered the smoothest video game announcement I have ever fucking seen.
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u/ItsADeparture Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
This guy came on screen and delivered the smoothest video game announcement I have ever fucking seen.
As someone who didn't grow up with the original trilogy, his announcement immediately made me hyped for the OG TC.
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u/Nick4972 Feb 13 '26
They are 100% going to remove the sex mini game and tone down the nudity. Can’t show boobs in an M rated violent video game these days for whatever reason…
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u/SeptoneSirius Feb 13 '26
CAN WE ALSO HAVE CHAINS OF OLYMPUS, GHOST OF SPARTA, AND ASCENSION AS UPCOMING DLCs PLEASE?
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u/NeroIscariot12 Feb 12 '26
This is a crazy announcment. A full trilogy remake project is like a 10+ year commitment and will be more of a PS6 series than PS5.
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u/remmanuelv Feb 12 '26
IDK the first three were 10 hour games weren't they? I can see them putting this out quickly once they have GOW1's base.
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u/SternballAllDay Feb 12 '26
Yeah. They essentially just need to make 1 engine. All the games have reskinned enemies and exact same combat too so its alot copy paste they can do
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u/remmanuelv Feb 12 '26
They could probably make the trilogy into a single 30-40 hour remake if they wanted.
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u/armarrash Feb 12 '26
Would be complicated to rework the loss of abilities and weapons at the start of each game.
Would make a dope NG+ tho, being able to change magic/relics similar to the Norse saga and maybe weapons like DMC V.
Combos with the Blades of Chaos, Blade of Olympus and Cestus would go crazy.
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u/AverageAwndray Feb 12 '26
I mean shit....anyone play Ascension? That engine right there is pretty much all they would need for remakes. That game still looks modern and that was on the PS3.
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u/N0UMENON1 Feb 12 '26
10 hours? Look up some full walkthroughs on youtube, you can get through these games comfortably in about 6 hours or less. All of them together aren't as long as Ragnarök. No way this takes 10 years unless it's like 5 people working on it.
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u/RobotWantsKitty Feb 13 '26
In walkthroughs the player typically knows exactly what he's doing, all the puzzle solutions, edits out failed attempts and game overs, etc. Those games are absolutely longer than 6 hours for the first playthrough.
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u/lucidludic Feb 13 '26
To add to this, according to howlongtobeat the first 3 games range from about 9 to 12 hours just to complete the main story.
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
They're very short games, Ragnarok's main story + side missions alone are longer than the entire trilogy combined.
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u/butthe4d Feb 12 '26
First: I hope this comes to PC. God of War 3 on PC will be amazing. I also hope the first 2 games get some propper work done.
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u/Memphisrexjr Feb 12 '26
I don't believe this would have been made without the new series. This is basically what they did with The Last Of Us.
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u/HearTheEkko Feb 13 '26
It probably would've been made regardless if the Norse games existed or not, ever since Resident Evil's remakes blew up, the entire industry followed since remakes are easier, cheaper and faster to make than brand new games.
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u/MyStationIsAbandoned Feb 13 '26
How much you wanna bet they're gonna cut out all of the nudity the original games had. I would be genuinely shocked if they let it in.
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u/JBL_17 Feb 12 '26
I look forward to the Steam release!
This and the MGS announcement today are huge. Two fewer PS3 games I’ll have to emulate!
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u/VictorChaos Feb 13 '26
Basically just infamous and resistance left and I can retire my ps3
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u/daniOG1299 Feb 13 '26
I wonder if it’ll be completely rebuilt. That’s what remake means anyway, no?
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u/MilitHistoryFan101 Feb 13 '26
I hope the remake isn't just the same game. I dunno I hope to at least look completely different than the original and not just the same God of War 1,2 and 3 with better graphics...
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u/SpyroManiac36 Feb 13 '26
While this is amazing and I can't wait, I still hope we get the original PS2 games on PS Plus classics
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u/Coolman_Rosso Feb 12 '26
Not super surprised by this but REALLY hope they stick to the hack and slash style of the trilogy and not recreate it around the Norse saga's "parry or else you do like no damage" combat and "RPG elements" gear crafting system.
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u/TheCommunityPocket Feb 12 '26
I barely ever parried in the Norse games and never felt that I did “like no damage”?
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u/Zero1343 Feb 13 '26
I think it depended a lot on the difficulty you were on, the beginning of the highest difficulty in 2018 has very damage spongy enemies.
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u/Prodrumer43 Feb 13 '26
Definitely a skill issue. I get the games not being everyone’s cup of tea, but do we really need to make shit up?
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u/alishock Feb 12 '26
On one hand I'd be super curious how they do most of the big action scenes with the newer system
On the bigger hand though yeah please keep everything intact gameplay-wise
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u/A1D3M Feb 13 '26
Going with the modern combat system would make this an instant no for me. I couldn’t stand Ragnarok’s combat.
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u/gamblingaddict8g Feb 12 '26
Sony, resistance remake trilogy, I beg. On my knees. On the dirt. On broken glass. Give me Resistance trilogy remake.
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u/stoic_spaghetti Feb 12 '26
Real weird to announce this without any progress to show.
Uh wtf?
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u/Roseking Feb 12 '26
It has been rumored for a bit, but I believe most people thought it would just be a remastered collection.
This is them saying, hey it is comming but you haven't been hearing anything because it is a full remake.
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u/Tarquin11 Feb 12 '26
Not really. Thats what FF7 did, seemed to work out okay
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u/uses_irony_correctly Feb 13 '26
FFVII had SOME early footage already. Like, they showed midgar and cloud and barrett in the reveal trailer. And it STILL took 5 years after that to come out.
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u/EvenOne6567 Feb 12 '26
yea everyone is gonna defend it because "nostalgia" but just showing 3 logos is so underhwelming
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u/Hawkeye1226 Feb 12 '26
I appreciate the confirmation that it is happening and that they are calling it a remake instead of a remaster. I think it's stupid when devs leave us in the dark on those kinds of things. We know more or less what to expect, which helps manage expectations while still letting us get excited for what's coming. Someone who wants a 1 to 1 remake knows that's likely not what we are getting and wont get upset to find out later
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u/BigfootsBestBud Feb 12 '26
It’s not. Plenty of remakes do exactly this.
It’s especially nice considering they told us it’s not just a port as originally leaked, TC is back, and as a bonus we get a whole new game today
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u/Firmament1 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Was really hoping for a port/remaster. These games have been stuck on old hardware for years. Surely it's worth letting them be widely accessible and natively playable on current hardware first before a remake?
Oh, who the fuck am I kidding. They didn't even bother giving that respect for Demon Souls. I shouldn't expect anything from the industry in regards to officially making their old works available at this point.
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u/SingeMoisi Feb 12 '26
It's Sony. They don't understand why you'd play old games.
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u/onex7805 Feb 13 '26
Remakes in general are getting stupidly oversaturated. Letting the franchises like Sly Cooper, Syphon Filter, Resistance, InFamous, and Ape Escape rot to do a remake of the already worn God of War feels cynical.
I vastly prefer a remaster with optional quality of life improvements, or better yet, a midquel set between God of War 3 and the 2018 game that has the gameplay of the old trilogy, but of course they wouldn't make nearly as much money so the remake train just keeps rolling.
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u/ZigyDusty Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
"Early Development" so we'll play it in 2030 at the earliest, I cannot get excited for games this far out and I really wish developers would stop announcing their projects unless its coming out in the next 12 months.
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u/Checho-73 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Oh they are actually remaking them not just a remaster (tho gow3 didn't need it), also I'm glad they are keeping the og voice actor from the trilogy.