May Kratos rise above his old heritage? Image: sony santa monica STUDIO In the years after its launch in the mid 2000s, the original God of War trilogy became a symbol intended for everything wrong with video games: nasty violence, nonsensical and overwrought storytelling, angry hypermasculinity, nauseating male energy fantasies, the exploitation of women, or use the dreaded quick-time event. But if the demo with all the first couple hours of the brand new, reimagined Nordic-themed Lord of War is usually any indication, you must leave individuals assumptions behind. Because like Kratos, you are a stranger in a unusual land.   And everything has changed.   The most striking transformation within the new God associated with War — which usually comes through in everything from tale to combat — is the decidedly human scale. “[In the original games], we all got into an arms race along with ourselves, ” said … Continue reading The new ‘God of War’ redefines what epic means