God of War Should Move to Polynesian Mythology After Ragnarok

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When God of War Ragnarok hopefully launches on PS5 and PS4 later this year, Kratos’ latest adventure will be the last one that’s set in Norse mythology. Instead of stretching out the saga into a trilogy like the original Greek-themed God of War games, Santa Monica Studio will seemingly turn its attention towards a brand-new pantheon. Even though there’s a long list of famous ancient religions that could be adapted quite nicely into a God of War game, the stories of Polynesian mythology should be right at the very top of the studio’s shortlist.

While it remains to be seen which characters make it out alive at the end of God of War Ragnarok, it’s highly unlikely that the story will end there, regardless of the outcome. Ever since the launch of the originalGod of War back on the PS2, the franchise has become one of the poster children for PlayStation. 2018’s soft-reboot sold nearly 20 million copies, even before its recent PC launch. Whether the inevitable next game stars Kratos, Atreus, or a brand-new protagonist, Polynesian mythology is too big of a prospect for the franchise to overlook.

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Having explored ancient Greek and Norse mythology over the course of eight console games, it’s high time that the God of War franchise stretched its legs away from Europe. Even though there’s plenty of pantheons still to play with throughout the region, the proximity of the ancient civilizations to one another means there’s a lot of overlap between them.

Players only have to look at centaurs for example which appear, either directly or in a similar guise, in Greek, Roman, and Norse stories. There’s even beasts that resemble the hybrid creatures in Egyptian mythology, which is one of the