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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.