Has Kratos Retired After The Harrowing Events Of God of War: Ragnarök?

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There have been exciting questions on everyone’s mind since the conclusion of the Norse chapter in Santa Monica Studio’s God of War. Questions have come to mind, like, what will happen next? What will happen to Kratos and Atreus in the future? What does the future of God of War look like? There have been many theories running around on Reddit about the end of the game, and one of the biggest ones is whether Kratos has retired from his role as the god of war.

Did God of War Ragnarok Make Kratos Weaker?

Kratos has had a long and harrowing journey as the face of God of War, fraught with plenty of sorrow, loss, and, of course, wrath. Luckily, we have been able to follow along with a lot of his harrowing journey. Of course, Kratos has retired from being the god of war before, but is it for good this time?

God of War saw the beginning of Kratos’ journey through the Greek pantheon. He starts working for the Greek gods, and the past reveals that he was once a bloodthirsty but powerful captain in the Spartan army. When faced with death, he promised to serve the Greek gods if they would agree to spare his men and provide them with the power to destroy their enemies. Ares, the Greek god of war, agreed, bonding him with the Blades of Chaos.

Ares set up an attack in which Kratos killed his wife and daughter in a blind fury. When he realised what he had done, he vowed to renounce his servitude to the Greek gods and vowed to slay Ares. He eventually manages to do so, and Athena gifts him a new set of blades, which marks when Kratos officially becomes the new God of War. The rest of the Greek trilogy is competed in God of War II, God of War III and in the several series spinoffs, God of War: Betrayal, God of War: Chains of Olympus, God