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'...with this game, I think people know that we're going to be here for a while. Me personally, I know I've got a couple more of these in me.' Even when the character is fundamentally different? Barlog: For me, I think it’s interesting to take this guy who is dark and very much the iconic representation of the anti-hero and then in some ways treat it like okay what would it be like if he wanted to change. How difficult would it be for him just to have a moment, a single moment in which he went like there I can feel something. The example I would give is Wilson Fisk, in Daredevil season one. Now, King Pin is not a character you would think, if he had relationship troubles I’d be bummed for him. But honestly, when I watched season one of Daredevil I felt for Fisk. I related to him a little bit. Obviously, they make him really dark in the end and it’s really bad where he goes, but that sort of interpretation, there is some vulnerability there that is just unheard of for the character. Again, some people will say ‘oh you’ve changed King Pin’ but it’s like no man, human beings are complicated, very complicated and nobody is ever just one thing. The way you talk about Kratos now, it’s like the beginning of something. And clearly, the work that’s gone into this game, to create such a bold new chapter for the character, presumably this can't be a one-shot deal for you and the game? Barlog: For me, I am just trying to get this game done. But I will say that when I chose this story, I had chosen it because I already outlined and mapped out stories for multiple games. I have an arc in my head that goes well beyond this game and everything that we are doing in God of War, to me, is very much building towards that. Like you see the second God of War game and it ends with Kratos going up to Olympus. Everybody said that it was the stupidest decision like why are you doing this, nobody wants a cliffhanger ending. But I was like, whatever, this is awesome. This is telling people more to come, this is great. And with this game, I think people know that we’re going to be here for a while. Me personally, I know I’ve got a couple more of these in me.