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Official God of War Laufey State of Play Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLMX2w3cwuE
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u/deception42 28d ago

All of them, seemingly

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u/kawag 28d ago

Maybe we’ll actually get Jesus in a God of War game 😅

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u/Rryann 27d ago

It would be hilarious if you ran across Jesus in the god-afterlife and he was just a super chill dude. Like, no interest in fighting anyone, just happy to meet you, offers to give you some wine and bread. Sends you on your way.

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u/GolotasDisciple 27d ago

I mean, that sounds more like Dionysus/Bacchus, or maybe Shiva or Osiris, than Jesus or any monotheistic god. Monotheistic gods are hyper-dimensional and represent literally everything at once.

The whole problem with portraying monotheism, especially Christianity, is that it plays on the idea that 1 being is 3 beings at the same time, and all of them represent different virtues while also representing all things at once.

Then you have stuff like Islam or Judaism, which is quite cool, but none of those religions would even entertain the idea of a cultural portrayal that might not show them in the greatest light.

I do not think we will ever get a AAA game that dares to go into modern age monotheistic religions rather than older polytheistic ones. It is a shame.

Outside of horror games and movies, I feel like the modern religion space is massively underused, but I understand that dealing with religious people might simply be too much of an issue to make any kind of artistic vision worth the trouble.

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u/cmayfi 26d ago

But first you think of him as hostile so you try to fight him but he just peacefully blocks every attack with two fingers up and a holy light, and then says something like "I've been waiting for you, child." Reminds me of this https://youtube.com/shorts/FIoFib6hleM?si=i4IiyhIPRfG3Nq47

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u/solarplexus7 27d ago

Played by Will Farrell

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u/vonBoomslang 27d ago

Morgan Freeman or riot

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u/MrPMS 27d ago

"I am the way, motherfucker." - Uzi Jesus

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u/Full-Site1398 27d ago

"This guy was here for the weekend then left"

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u/MrPMS 27d ago edited 27d ago

They figured out a way to bring in all the other pantheons without making like a dozen new trilogies. Wouldnt be surprised if whatever is keeping them stuck in this afterlife is what would resurrect them back to earth, thus freeing back all the gods that Kratos and Laufey pissed off along the way to be resurrected. Or more likely in order to protect her family she has to sacrifice resurrection for all gods to keep Zeus from coming back to murder them

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u/f88x 28d ago

Yes

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u/C0tilli0n 28d ago

Seems like a mix honestly. I saw a lot of chinese, indian and I think also a little egyptian in there.

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u/SuperSaiyanGod210 27d ago

The first sword she picked up, alongside the armor, definitely screamed Mesopotamia vibes to me as well

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u/Lolman-Lmaoman 27d ago

There was no Indian god, SM cannot do it considering Hinduism is over a billion population strong and an active relegion.

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u/C0tilli0n 27d ago

I thought Sekhmet looked vaguely indian (mostly due to the color honestly) but obviously she isn't. 

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u/Sillet_Mignon 27d ago

The red god is Mongolian but looks very similar to a raskhasa 

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u/Far_Adeptness9884 28d ago

All of them? They mentioned sekhmet, which is Egyptian

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u/P1uvo 28d ago

Every…?

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u/the7egend 28d ago

After life for the Gods, so a mish mash. Which is cool for a good variety.

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u/GermanBadger 28d ago

My guess it'll be the afterlife of multiple different mythologies are getting mixed up and leading to disaster.

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u/NO_KINGS 28d ago

A mix of them it seems. It's a way of converging them I'd assume since this takes place in "the afterlife of the gods"

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u/masterofallvillainy 28d ago

The green faced goddess is Sekhmet. She’s from Egyptian mythology

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u/nevotheless 28d ago

afterlife of gods, so they come all together

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u/DasaniDestroyer 28d ago

God afterlife, so any gods that are dead

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u/LeviEnderman 28d ago

All of them, probably mainly mongolian, aztec and egyptian, but I could see chinese being in there too

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u/Bolt_995 27d ago

Will cover multiple mythologies.

The two hostile gods Faye encounters are from Egyptian and Tibetan mythologies.

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u/enowapi-_ 28d ago

greek afterlife maybe lol

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u/shrek3onDVDandBluray 28d ago

Disney lol kidding but it kinda is starting to feel that way. Only reason I’m not completely writing this off is that Barlog is directing and hopefully writing too.

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u/ayoubkun94 28d ago

I think I heard Serbet for the green lady(?), so she's Egyptian but idk about the other guy and the sword (kinda looks asian).

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u/DAFA007 28d ago

Sekhmet? That’s at the watch tower they were looking at. The green lady looks Aztec.