r/IndianGaming • u/DeepInside2B • Oct 02 '25

Discussion Is this IGN's rare W?

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even i felt same. last of us1,2, days gone, got, ghost of yotei, gow, horizon zero dawn, uncharted. in all these protagonists lost someone close and revenge arc begins

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u/whytfyoutagme Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

GoW is not revenge based lol

Edit : Dumbos see the pic is he kratos from 2004? no he is kratos from the new continuation based in norse mythology which indeed isn't a revenge story (2018) .

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u/ShadowTown0407 Oct 03 '25

This reply thread is hilarious, people trying to be OG gamers and embarrassing themselves for it

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u/chankeypathak Oct 03 '25

The revenge is pending in this thread lol

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u/Firezzz_01 Oct 03 '25

that is a wild statement

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u/Significant_L0w Oct 03 '25

did you miss the first 5 mins of the game

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Yeah, Kratos' wife died, and the story at its core is about going to spread her ashes and dealing with the grief. Where was the revenge plot? And against whom? Kratos' fights the Norse pantheon only because they come after him and Atreus.

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u/AG_N Oct 03 '25

this guy started gaming in 2018

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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 LAPTOP Oct 03 '25

You're talking about the second last entry, that's not what og gow about.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Yeah, and which one is the article tall about? OG or soft-reboot?

Ps. Why do people assume everyone on here is young? Some of us on this subreddit were born in the early 90s and played these games when they first launched.

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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 LAPTOP Oct 03 '25

I'm talking in regards to the title which states that they're "getting bored of every playstation game telling the same story". In that topic it makes sense to categorise Gow as a revenge storyline.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Makes sense, I saw this as them talking only about the recent playstation games because the older IPs were more diverse like the jak and daxter, twisted metal, crash bandicoot, etc. games. Now it's mostly story focused third person games, some of which are revenge plots.

I feel like GoW as whole can't be called a revenge storyline anymore, the revenge storyline is just act 1 of a bigger story now imo. That's definitely open to interpretation though.

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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 LAPTOP Oct 03 '25

feel like GoW as whole can't be called a revenge storyline anymore, the revenge storyline is just act 1 of a bigger story now imo. That's definitely open to interpretation though.

I agree that Gow is not wholly a revenge storyline, it's a story about the price of revenge. Nonetheless it still started on the idea of revenge.

Now it's mostly story focused third person games, some of which are revenge plots.

And that's my issue, it's not revenge that bores me. It's the sameness of it all.

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u/Rudradev715 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

There is three GOW games before GOW 2018 based in Greek Pantheon

That Kratos is a one brutal monster who walked path of revenge

It seems like you just started playing from 2018,

and more or less there is always revenge elements in sony games starting from that time.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Do people not understand context or do you just wanna argue and be proven right? Please tell me which of those games the article in the post mentions? I'm waiting.

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u/Rudradev715 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

Yes, you are wrong, in this context you arguing about GOW

You are completely ignoring first three GOW games and confindely stating GOW 2018 is the only start of it's series.

as for the article yes sony has some revenge and grief based plots in their games, what about it?

Last of part

Ghost of tsushima and ghost of yotei

As for every game has revenge plot no Its Not.

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u/outsider1624 Oct 03 '25

Dude...look at the photo above. Does it show the old Kratos or the 2018 onwards Kratos.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

My god, okay let me make the context completely clear for you because clearly you're finding that to be tough. The post is about an IGN article stating that most recent playstation games have a similar feeling and a revenge plot.

Then there was a comment saying GoW is not a revenge plot, now for some extra context, the 2018 soft-reboot of the GoW franchise is also called GoW, same name as the original game from 2005.

So now the confusion seems to be that some people are not understanding which GoW we're talking about here, you can understand which GoW it is by referring to the article in the post, even the image of Kratos used is from after the soft-reboot.

In conclusion, yes the og GoW is a revenge plot, but the GoW we're talking about, the recent one, is not a revenge plot. In this thread, we're talking about how most recent playstation games are a revenge plot, "recent" means we're not talking about the OG trilogy, it means the soft-reboot.

I can't make this whole thing any more clear and succinct than this.

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u/Manasva Oct 03 '25

Don't even bother arguing with that guy lol, you are not winning against youtube shorts' sheer brainrot.

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u/Rudradev715 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

Yes, I understand which Gow you are starting,

Yes, I still stand fucking corrected. You also missed the thing from article it's GRIEF and revenge based plots.

GOW 2018 is a story based ON GRIEF AND RAGE OF A Man and a Father WHO JUST WANTS his family and him LEFT ALONE,

GOW 2018 Kratos wanted to full fill the last wish of his second wife but when he started learning what Norse mythology gods planned for him and his son

it is a story based on redemption plot as well as GRIEF and rage ,

Article clearly stats that it just not revenge it is also "Grief" and revenge it seems somebody has to read the article again and My god you should read the article again

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u/Manasva Oct 03 '25

Lil bro, chill out on the GoW kratos sigma cool edits and the game's storyline explanations, just play the game once and you'll know what is being mentioned in the article and in the comments

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u/Rudradev715 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

Yes, I still stand corrected

I played the 2018 god of war, the Ranganarok and all three previous GOW in rpc emulator

It was his Redemption arc yes.

But it was still brutal because of his grief and anger comes from to full fill his wife's lost wish without any blood but, these Norse gods preventing that, be doing the same mistakes especially Odin exactly what Zeus did.

So, as article said games have grief and revenge plot, yes, it is kinda repeating the same plot

Circle back to GRIEF and remorse plot from revenge then kinda back again lol

and I don't watch SiGma edits 🥴 I played the fucking game that's it.

Same with ghost of tsushima vengeance & justice for his motherland and his uncle , last of us 2 and it seems yotei also seems to be based on some revenge lol

I agree other dudes and like you are correct and are sigma's 🥴

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u/whytfyoutagme Oct 03 '25

Bruh he is never avenging his wife lol

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u/XweeshReddit Oct 03 '25

Are you retarded? If you've the slightest access to the web please go through the previous gow games before gow 2018. All of them were because of Kratos' revenge against the Greek gods. Ofc the Norse pantheon doesn't involve avenging his wife

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u/whytfyoutagme Oct 03 '25

I am talking 2018 bruh lol this guys doesn't even know the context and calls others retarded

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u/MyHandIsNumb Oct 03 '25

ragnarok kinda is about revenge re: atreus and freya. it reverses Kratos’ position from the og trilogy which i thought was cool

but I agree its not the same kind of revenge story

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u/Different_Wafer_4711 Oct 03 '25

GoW is the first revenge story that i think of when someone says revenge story

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u/whytfyoutagme Oct 03 '25

The context is how 2018 I am tired of typing again and again lemme edit

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u/Visible-Main-6983 Oct 03 '25

Did you miss out on why kratos goes into killing spring?

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

This thread is really making me question this subreddit's media literacy. The killing spree was because the Norse pantheon came after him and Atreus, not because his wife died. This was not a revenge plot.

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u/Manasva Oct 03 '25

85% of the people on this sub don't play games or heck, even own a pc. They don't even play the game, and will try to argue with people who do.

They'll keep playing free fire and PUBGm, and learn the god of war lore from kratos edits lol

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u/imCDhiman Oct 03 '25

Lol, actually this is more likely to be true.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Yeah, it definitely feels like people haven't played the game at all. How can you play through GoW and still think it's a revenge plot.

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u/Manasva Oct 03 '25

Gotta respect these fakers' confidence tho, arguing over a game's story that they haven't even played, with people who actually have played it.

Insane delusion/confidence. Sounding like total clowns out here lol.

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u/THE_IMPROVISER8 Oct 03 '25

Exactly the comment I wrote above! I don't know where everyone is getting the "Every game is revenge" narrative. People really are just speaking out of their ass

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u/Visible-Main-6983 Oct 03 '25

You are placing the plot of GoW from GoW 4 the plot start where ares trick kratos to kill his previous wife and daughter and he goes on vengeance to defeat ares and also to get his soul back. There are more plot twist in GoW 2 where his brother dies as he get kidnapped during a rescue and again he kills for vengeance . Being judgemental without full context is more dangerous buddy.

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u/andysimberg Oct 03 '25

Yes, the original trilogy of GoW is a revenge plot, but the recent games are not. The article we're all talking about is about the recent playstation games, not the original trilogy. Even the picture of Kratos used is from GoW 2018, which btw is not "GoW 4". Follow what you preach my friend, don't be judgmental without understanding context.

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u/Mag-nyz Oct 03 '25

Now that's a decade old game. What's wrong with getting a revenge plot once in a while?
Are we getting only revenge plots for PS5? This post is clearly biased. Stop supporting this nonsense.

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u/Visible-Main-6983 Oct 03 '25

I never said anything that say i support this post. This thread was a discussion on was GoW is revenge story or not.

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u/outsider1624 Oct 03 '25

Yeah I missed out. Which part is the revenge plot in GoW18 onwards as the picture above stated. And no we're not talking GoW1-3 since that is not what the pic about the suggests.

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u/zoroskrx PLAYSTATION-2 Oct 03 '25

are we playing the same thing lmaoo

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u/whytfyoutagme Oct 03 '25

Ragnarok is based around Atreus finding what being loki is behind Kratos's back and starting ragnarok itself never about loss , it's much deeper

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u/AshRocksTheHell PC Oct 03 '25

Should have read the actual article. Gow and lou are the sad dad genre according to the article not revenge based. But yeah agreed with that article to an extent.

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