God of War - Kratos Travels Through Hel

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  • He's visited Hel's before but this time, with a Norse flair...
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  • @daniyalkamran2929
    @daniyalkamran2929 Před 6 lety +4373

    Those blades were once used to destroy Olympus.
    Now they are being used to clean bushes.

    • @yeomanharmony4948
      @yeomanharmony4948 Před 5 lety +67

      lol true

    • @one-wingedangel5107
      @one-wingedangel5107 Před 5 lety +461

      "Those blades were once used to destroy Olympus." I think you have the wrong pair of blades brother, that would be the Blades Of Exile, and before that were the Blades Of Athena which Kratos used when he was an olympian. It would be more awesome to say "Those blades were once used to kill his first wife and daughter but now he’s using it to save his son."

    • @240devil1
      @240devil1 Před 5 lety +150

      @@one-wingedangel5107 the blades of chaos are what started the story though. Which is what they are meaning I believe. Symbolism of starting over and starting again.

    • @MusicCreations237
      @MusicCreations237 Před 5 lety +50

      One-Winged Angel read that in mimirs voice perfectly xD

    • @horror397
      @horror397 Před 5 lety +27

      Don't forget open heart surgery too

  • @DoubleBoost23
    @DoubleBoost23 Před 6 lety +3983

    Also,I can see why Kratos is surprised that the ones who died old are sent to Helheim.
    "Fear old men in a profession in which men usually die young" is basically how Sparta viewed their old.

    • @ricksaburai
      @ricksaburai Před 5 lety +340

      And that's pretty much it. If you're an old warrior, that means you are exceptionally skilled and experienced, but you're still supposed to keep fighting until a younger runt is able to kill you in glorious combat due to the age handicap. Not to just die of old age after peacefully wasting away on a bed.

    • @ricksaburai
      @ricksaburai Před 5 lety +93

      @Top Lobster yes, but it's naive to think of a world without any conflict. There are always battles to be fought.

    • @ricksaburai
      @ricksaburai Před 5 lety +100

      @Top Lobster in old times, warriors lived in pretty bellicose nation states. There was no such thing as running out of battles.

    • @kingartison
      @kingartison Před 4 lety +32

      That sounds slightly American

    • @hoopsonwheels
      @hoopsonwheels Před 4 lety +47

      Isiac Artison kratos lived in Ancient Greece before its unification so there was never a shortage of enemies to fight. It was also common in feudal Europe as well

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo89 Před 5 lety +2953

    "Never go there. Understand?"
    GoW 5... Goes there.

    • @arnolddeleon6674
      @arnolddeleon6674 Před 5 lety +102

      Corristo89
      Hela: Oh hello, Grand Daddy

    • @kawkos-iz2zg
      @kawkos-iz2zg Před 5 lety +32

      We play as Atreus I think in god 5

    • @1farin
      @1farin Před 4 lety +91

      @@kawkos-iz2zg idk dude a gow game should be a gow, not the son of a gow, but still im optimistic and i trust the teams in Santa Monica Studio that they can pull off a amazing game like gow 4 with the Leviathan Axe. And Atreus is probably gonna be an adult by gow 5 :D or mid teens

    • @kawkos-iz2zg
      @kawkos-iz2zg Před 4 lety +9

      just faize I know I just said that cause I saw an awesome looking photo of Atreus as an adult. I don’t know for sure if we are playing as him but I think there is a chance because it did show Kratos dying next to Atreus.

    • @insertnamehere1089
      @insertnamehere1089 Před 4 lety +64

      He already did go there in this game.

  • @seanwhitehall4652
    @seanwhitehall4652 Před 3 lety +601

    Freya: Sorry that's a kidney, you'll have to go back.

    • @zsu-23-4shilka2
      @zsu-23-4shilka2 Před 3 lety +79

      Kratos: *_FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-_*

    • @LeBronMalone
      @LeBronMalone Před měsícem

      Then kratos grunts and she has to make it work

  • @Romoa345
    @Romoa345 Před 3 lety +1300

    I like how Kratos questions that the elderly go to Hel. As a Spartan they respected their elders as their age was proof of their hard work. Life expectancy wasn’t really long back then.

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Adam-nz3ix what?

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +7

      @@Adam-nz3ix how id that related to Predaliens?

    • @zebjensen4251
      @zebjensen4251 Před 11 měsíci +9

      real quick to be fair helheim was not just for the old and sick the disshonored dead were indeed punished there like the area kratos and balder fel in. but there were other area's. the idea that that the old or sick where sent to be punished is glosed over here but generaly in mythology there where a bunch of area's based around the person and how they died or treated there deaths. the game probably glossed over that bit when they made it for time.
      but there where nicer places for those who where not bad people in life those who died of say age or sickness were simply not chossen for vallhalla.

  • @anupamdasgupta9497
    @anupamdasgupta9497 Před 5 lety +3748

    Why does nobody notices kratos' power?Mimir said not even Odin could survive that cold but kratos did.Freya said no fire can burn in helheim and no magic can create a blaze but kratos' blades are literally on fire and setting fire to everything

    • @earlgrey7657
      @earlgrey7657 Před 5 lety +295

      Anupam Dasgupta What? That makes no sense Atreus can survive the cold of Hel but Odin can’t? What nonsense

    • @anupamdasgupta9497
      @anupamdasgupta9497 Před 5 lety +766

      NextGen ah!!But atreus is the son of a giant and a God.That too,son of Kratos!
      The game gives a hint that atreus used Spartan rage to kill all the monsters while kratos was in the lake of souls.Dont forget,atreus was coughing after that fight just like when he got sick.
      For all we know,he could be more powerful than kratos himself!
      Besides mimir won't lie.

    • @KC-xg7gs
      @KC-xg7gs Před 5 lety +564

      It may simply be that the reason that Kratos is able to wield flaming weapons in a place that is said to extinguish all fire is because the blades were forged in the fires of his homeland's land of the dead.

    • @anupamdasgupta9497
      @anupamdasgupta9497 Před 5 lety +126

      Yumi Call So Greek magics is stronger than Norse magic

    • @TheSaxAppeal
      @TheSaxAppeal Před 5 lety +535

      @@anupamdasgupta9497 not that it's exactly stronger, it's just different magic and Hel can't counteract foreign magic

  • @WTFisTingispingis
    @WTFisTingispingis Před 6 lety +1647

    I love Brok's delighted reaction to the blades. Those blades have killed countless people, monsters, and gods, and Brok is like "that is SO COOL."

    • @mrunknown164
      @mrunknown164 Před 3 lety +15

      Siper how makes that the most important scene of the game 😂

    • @vitoriadias7990
      @vitoriadias7990 Před 3 lety +5

      @@mrunknown164 *one of the most*

    • @mrunknown164
      @mrunknown164 Před 3 lety +3

      @@vitoriadias7990 how is it important in this game ? What did it do for this story other then giving us more to be hyped about to see the blades back

    • @gtafans93
      @gtafans93 Před 3 lety +29

      TBF brok helped create Mjolnir which in Norse mythology Killed things on par if not beyond kratos

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +21

      @Siper actually it was Ares himself who made the blades in the depths of the Underworld.

  • @Jampolo_OG
    @Jampolo_OG Před 4 lety +654

    You know Mimir is serious when he stops wisecracking
    _"Never go there._ Understand?"

  • @kahikaru8008
    @kahikaru8008 Před 3 lety +2280

    "it is dishonorable to grow old"
    love that line when you think about it
    as a spartan that spends there entire life on the battlefield dying of old age pretty much means you were so good of a warrior it took death himself for you to die which is pretty bad ass

    • @angrykharnfrog2126
      @angrykharnfrog2126 Před 3 lety +19

      You cant be so good no one can kill you in combat. If you died because of age that can mean only one thing: you didnt fight enough batlles

    • @DinoJake
      @DinoJake Před 3 lety +303

      Come to think of it, the Norse system doesn't even make that much sense - the best afterlife is for people who die in battle? You mean, people who LOST?

    • @officerspider7996
      @officerspider7996 Před 3 lety +84

      @@DinoJake Wow you make a good point

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +29

      Well everyone loses at some point, it's your experience in battle that matters.

    • @Aerodeth
      @Aerodeth Před 3 lety +23

      @@DinoJake And it's probably not even the best afterlife. You go to Valhalla, youre just gonna be prepared and trained for even MORE war, including Ragnarok where you and all your squad mates will inevitably die a horrible death AGAIN and have nowhere to go after that, because everything will be wiped out by the time it's over.

  • @codafett
    @codafett Před 3 lety +922

    13:40 I love that culture shock. In Spartan culture, old men are seen as the ultimate badasses to be respected. So the idea that simply living is dishonorable is insane.

    • @ShadowMoon878
      @ShadowMoon878 Před 2 lety +95

      "Fear old men in a profession where they usually die young".
      ~ Sun Tzu

    • @Igarappappa
      @Igarappappa Před rokem +24

      It's nice though that they did that bit of research on both ends and it's also a good way of showing that even warrior cultures had different priorities and what they considered honorable.

    • @-1707
      @-1707 Před rokem +10

      @@ShadowMoon878you’re fucking with us when you say Sun Tzu said that right?

    • @RagnarokCo
      @RagnarokCo Před rokem +3

      I'm no expert but I've always heard the opposite. Even in the movie 300, (not a perfect historically representation, I get it) they talk about death as a warrior is the most glorious thing, and he curses the mutant by wishing for his long life. I think the whole point is to help warriors not be afraid to die on a battlefield, instead of being afraid and avoiding fights and growing old at home.

    • @owenjones7522
      @owenjones7522 Před rokem

      @@ShadowMoon878 shut up

  • @BloodyFlowerFilms
    @BloodyFlowerFilms Před 5 lety +2920

    Well, that sucks.
    *Die in honorable battle: Go to Valhalla.*
    *Die of old age: Go to Hel.*
    Seems legit.

    • @ltdowney
      @ltdowney Před 5 lety +317

      It's almost like someone - oh, I don't know, say, the local Jarl - stood to benefit from encouraging you to fight on his behalf.

    • @superblahman
      @superblahman Před 5 lety +244

      The afterlife of Norse mythology is rather vague honestly. Hel is where the worse people go usually...
      Helgafjell
      is some holy mountain, I think it is meant to be like Elysium.
      Valhalla, well, everyone knows that is the halls of Odin, and where the people who died in battle go, honorable deaths though.
      But many do not know of Freyja's realm, Folkvangr, where half of the warriors that die on the field of battle actually go to her realm. The Valkyries could only pick half of the dead for Valhalla.

    • @lordchapelseed791
      @lordchapelseed791 Před 5 lety +14

      It depends on the being, really

    • @crackheadmofo1777
      @crackheadmofo1777 Před 5 lety +37

      By that logic we should go to world war three tons of people die in world wars and most go to valhala

    • @lordchapelseed791
      @lordchapelseed791 Před 5 lety +55

      @@crackheadmofo1777 ah, but it's the motive behind the fighting. A battle of honor, of protection, those are the ways to Valhalla

  • @DeusExMachina10001
    @DeusExMachina10001 Před 5 lety +2707

    Kinda surprised that so few people seem to care about the giant chicken in the background.

    • @off-beatdrummer
      @off-beatdrummer Před 5 lety +591

      Hraesvelgr, guardian of the world's end.

    • @pokerface9432
      @pokerface9432 Před 5 lety +305

      Yeah, like Off-beat Drummer said, that's Hraesvelgr. A giant who watches over Helheim.

    • @off-beatdrummer
      @off-beatdrummer Před 5 lety +160

      @@renzallen8251 it's too badass to be looked up maybe haha.

    • @vforvendetta6603
      @vforvendetta6603 Před 5 lety +137

      Am i the only one who thought when i first saw that bird that it was the phoenix that u climb up in gow2?

    • @yourenotthatguypal3483
      @yourenotthatguypal3483 Před 5 lety +207

      I was ready to fight that bitch after killing the gate keeper, wouldn't be the first time Kratos killed something that massive

  • @mistahjenkins4826
    @mistahjenkins4826 Před 5 lety +530

    I like Brok! He's the sort that'll act all grim and tough, but the second someone he knows is in a pickle, he's willing to lend a hand.

  • @nathanaelheil2818
    @nathanaelheil2818 Před 4 lety +264

    "Never go there."
    Me: "I kind of want to go there."

    • @legojay14
      @legojay14 Před 4 lety +22

      Its kratos. He'll explore every inch of hel before he leaves the Norse lands. He won't intend to. But i assure you he will

  • @theSANDMAN1052
    @theSANDMAN1052 Před 6 lety +957

    So hell must really be cold. No wonder people keep on saying cold as hell.

    • @screamsniper9413
      @screamsniper9413 Před 6 lety +18

      Sam Fisher no it’s as hot as hell not as cold as hell lol 😂

    • @dannymunch4633
      @dannymunch4633 Před 6 lety +167

      Both sayings exist. Cold as hell refers to Helheim and hot as hell refers to the Christian adaptation of Helheim, simply known as hell.

    • @bruhbruh7886
      @bruhbruh7886 Před 6 lety +8

      Danny Münch there are also sayings about”what the hel” as well

    • @Jack-ts4wq
      @Jack-ts4wq Před 6 lety +4

      Or it’ll be a cold day in hell

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis Před 6 lety +4

      Sam Fisher Ask Dante.

  • @kelechionyensohii9720
    @kelechionyensohii9720 Před 2 lety +98

    22:22 I feel like the whole act reminds him of his old life. He killed one undeserving of death for his own gain which is why he takes a moment.

    • @raservesthedinner7620
      @raservesthedinner7620 Před 2 lety +15

      That is also why he got hit by Hel's torturing hallucinations (Zeus) immediately after. His mind was deep in his past at that moment.

  • @MrBigshow234
    @MrBigshow234 Před 6 lety +723

    Kratos might have calmed down because of his son and age...BUT HE’S STILL A BADASS

    • @dennistv598
      @dennistv598 Před 5 lety +31

      Austin Youngblood Kratos mature he wants his son to choose the right path

    • @m16dude967
      @m16dude967 Před 4 lety +28

      Kratos is just like fine wine, just gets better with age

    • @NOTAPHASE1
      @NOTAPHASE1 Před 3 lety

      Arthur Thesillyking Oooo

    • @FaheemKhan-iy8bn
      @FaheemKhan-iy8bn Před 2 lety +5

      Bruh...I was scared.. Just seeing the gate keeper.. And that chicken thing...
      But he wasn't scared for shit!!!!

    • @iyasunozomu8979
      @iyasunozomu8979 Před 2 lety +1

      he's immortal since he's an olympian god, but even if he aged, he still has his charm.

  • @tomorbataar5922
    @tomorbataar5922 Před 6 lety +842

    Open heart surgery, Kratos-style.

    • @thiccsatan9583
      @thiccsatan9583 Před 6 lety +12

      Fargo Finch that's not healthy

    • @YAL23booboo8
      @YAL23booboo8 Před 6 lety +144

      Kratos: "Scalpel?"
      Nurse: "Scalpel."
      Kratos: "Tongs?"
      Nurse: "Tongs."
      Kratos: "Blades of Chaos?"
      Nurse: "What-"
      Kratos: *"Did I fucking stutter?"*

    • @MM-oc3uk
      @MM-oc3uk Před 5 lety +4

      Samuel Kan loool

    • @Dres2000
      @Dres2000 Před 5 lety +8

      @@YAL23booboo8 LMFAO

  • @nateborie6329
    @nateborie6329 Před 2 lety +225

    Is nobody going to mention how awesome it was to see and hear Kratos’s reaction to seeing Zeus again? It sounded like a combination of disdain, horror, regret, and anger all at the same time. He left Greece, started a new life with a wife and son to escape his past and now he’s staring into the eyes of the main he beat to death. I mean, what an amazing way to say that no matter how far he runs, no matter where he goes, or how much he changes, he can’t escape his past and he can’t escape the fact that he is and will always be the Ghost of Sparta, the man who slaughtered the Olympians.

  • @lowkeyarki7091
    @lowkeyarki7091 Před 5 lety +274

    Gotta love how Kratos opens wooden chests, just punch through it. Imagine if it was a mimic waiting for prey.

  • @IsRickIV
    @IsRickIV Před 3 lety +122

    22:09 Is that a small hint of guilt (or at least respect) I see? Man I’m loving the direction their taking Kratos.

  • @AllHailMe12431
    @AllHailMe12431 Před 5 lety +247

    21:30 I reckon that if Sindri saw this, he'd never be able to look at Kratos the same way ever again. He'd start to gag just by seeing him.

  • @dgrmn12345
    @dgrmn12345 Před rokem +51

    I love Kratos' condemnation of dying old being a dishonor. Plays well into the Spartan belief that though every Spartan's fate is to die in combat, the elderly are still highly venerated as being old is a sign of their prowess and courage. For him, to die of old age as a Spartan meant that you were undefeated in life.

  • @kraevorn7483
    @kraevorn7483 Před 4 lety +102

    17:18 Bridge keeper be like, “Hey yer not dead!”

  • @sharanggaur6685
    @sharanggaur6685 Před 6 lety +250

    21:36..... he is a great warrior.......and also agreat cardiologist ......

  • @RaidenRis1ng
    @RaidenRis1ng Před 6 lety +1611

    Why did they put a gate in helheim?
    Because people were dying to get in.
    Badum tssss

  • @chemicallylemon
    @chemicallylemon Před 3 lety +40

    Everybody was all, "odin couldn't even survive the cold of helheim, and nothing can start a fire there." later that day, Kratos just kinda....did both

  • @cyphani6864
    @cyphani6864 Před 6 lety +258

    Lol 7:30 Mimir said there are too many new dead. Kratos must’ve killed them all in Midgard 😂😂

    • @godofwar234regi5
      @godofwar234regi5 Před 5 lety +5

      SL Sirius24 Most were the honorable dead.

    • @zackhunter5646
      @zackhunter5646 Před 5 lety +9

      If they died to Kratos they would be in Valhalla

    • @godofwar234regi5
      @godofwar234regi5 Před 5 lety +25

      Zack Hunter Without the Valkyrie to acquire them, they'll suffer in hell and just become Hel-Walkers.

  • @enigmabloom
    @enigmabloom Před 3 lety +76

    It's kind of odd to see Kratos consider the consequences of his acts and even show what can be interpreted as remorse after he killed the giant. Really shows how far he's come.

  • @goofistmcnutty3280
    @goofistmcnutty3280 Před 3 lety +95

    I like that the game goes out of it's way to show that dying of old age seems in Norse believes isn't anything to be proud of, yet the spartan finds that odd. Spartans respected old age because if one was able to live long in such a harsh world, than they deserved the same respect as a warrior who's won many battles. Just shows some attention to detail on the dev's part.

  • @naterivers6107
    @naterivers6107 Před 2 lety +45

    1:41 Only Kratos could so casually say he's going to realm of the dead. Oh well, not exactly the first time he's went into the underworld of his own accord. Nor the first time he made it his bitch.

  • @JoshuaBredekamp
    @JoshuaBredekamp Před 4 lety +79

    This version of Hel is the very essence of depression and loneliness

  • @merikmalhads1676
    @merikmalhads1676 Před 5 lety +235

    The blades of chaos can burn in Helheim.... dam that's one hell of a powerful weapon

    • @zenitsuthunder3946
      @zenitsuthunder3946 Před 3 lety +32

      Ares fucked up Olympus and other mythologies giving these God-killing bladez lol

    • @TerminatorGundam300
      @TerminatorGundam300 Před 3 lety +33

      Gaia as the narrator in the 1st game did say the blades were forged in the foulest depths of Hades, so it short of makes sense that they can still burn since Helheim is functionally the same as Hades, being the realm of the dead

    • @merikmalhads1676
      @merikmalhads1676 Před 3 lety +37

      @@TerminatorGundam300 But in norse mythology helheim is described a realm so cold that no magic in all the 9 realms can light a blaze in it. One of the 9 realms includes muspelhiem a realm of volcanoes and fire and a sword literally designed for the soul purpose of rending asgard apart with flames. That means the blades of chaos are more powerful then surter's blade, at least in flame enchantments.

    • @ExplictZz_
      @ExplictZz_ Před 3 lety +18

      The way I see it is the same way bell reacts to it. It’s foreign magic it’s not from the 9 realms. Perhaps the magic from Greek mythology runs differently compared to the Norse mythology

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +1

      Should've been Hel instead of Hell

  • @galleong4776
    @galleong4776 Před rokem +20

    1:27 I love how brok offered to help kratos

  • @svp2010
    @svp2010 Před 6 lety +381

    Kratos like, "Damn! Im out of shape!"

    • @ashtonchane6126
      @ashtonchane6126 Před 6 lety +40

      svp2010 yet he's strong enough to lift boulders and trees twice if not five times he's own size

    • @edwardarroyo834
      @edwardarroyo834 Před 6 lety +53

      Ashton Chane And move an entire bridge, and flip a temple.

    • @ElkaPME
      @ElkaPME Před 6 lety +68

      Helheim drains your energy, so it does make sense for him to fall out of shape the longer he lingers there

    • @chibidakis1
      @chibidakis1 Před 6 lety +55

      I think he's holding back on his god powers. He did say he came to Midgard to live as a man.

    • @terraincognita9614
      @terraincognita9614 Před 5 lety

      But he's not tho

  • @spencercox7931
    @spencercox7931 Před 5 lety +70

    18:17
    HOLY SH!T!!!! THAT HEALTH JUST DISAPPEARED!

  • @Xehanort10
    @Xehanort10 Před rokem +12

    When most parents say they'd go to hell and back to save their kids they're being metaphorical. Kratos did it literally.

  • @isaakerlandsen3293
    @isaakerlandsen3293 Před 5 lety +235

    I just remembered from the 3rd one when he killed hades and the dead couldn’t harm kratos and in the 4th one here some of the dead don’t harm and some do because he still possess Hades soul after he took it from him with his own weapons

    • @juliane.mfarias9285
      @juliane.mfarias9285 Před 4 lety +38

      Thats a good one. After absorbing Hades soul he became God of Dead too

    • @kcgaming0017
      @kcgaming0017 Před 3 lety +12

      You sure Hades's soul isn't in his weapon? The purple claw, blades of chaos look-alike? And remember Zeus stripped Kratos of his weapons and equipment in the end of GOW3. And one more thing, i doubt that his soul can be used in this version of the Underworld

    • @ffadhel1
      @ffadhel1 Před 3 lety +3

      @@kcgaming0017 No when Kratos killed Hadès he absorbed his soul

    • @thecommentguy9380
      @thecommentguy9380 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kcgaming0017 hades' soul was seen to be absorbed into Kratos, not his claws

    • @GodOfWar05100
      @GodOfWar05100 Před rokem +1

      I think Hades's soul slipped away when Kratos killed himself at the end of GOW3.

  • @whoami784
    @whoami784 Před 3 lety +96

    Would've been cool to see Kratos' brother Deimos as a memory.

  • @misssincere5762
    @misssincere5762 Před 4 lety +38

    Dude, Kratos must be having a serious Vietnam ptsd flashbacks with the way he yells and fights!!!!

  • @siosio6935
    @siosio6935 Před 5 lety +194

    Kratos' skin is not as white anymore, I know the graphics were different back then but maybe his age or him becoming a better person is restoring his regular skin color

    • @At0mHeart
      @At0mHeart Před 4 lety +51

      That was ash covering him its slowly fading away

    • @xavierrivera3407
      @xavierrivera3407 Před 4 lety +13

      Yeah he's more of a greyish-white now. Wounder why?

    • @At0mHeart
      @At0mHeart Před 4 lety +2

      @@xavierrivera3407 are u blind

    • @xavierrivera3407
      @xavierrivera3407 Před 4 lety

      @@At0mHeart what's that supposed to mean

    • @At0mHeart
      @At0mHeart Před 4 lety +1

      @@xavierrivera3407 did you not see my reply

  • @MarcioHl8
    @MarcioHl8 Před 4 lety +82

    The touch of respect at 22:08 is simply beautiful. This is really deep, because shows us something about ethics. The primitive warriors have an more evolved ethics than the modern men when it comes to the death of an enemy since the primitive do rituals of purification and other things that shows respect to the killed warrior, just as Kratos did; contrary to the modern ones, that in war kills like a machine (at the height of scientific evolution) devoid of any kind of affection or respect. It's Freud who tells us this. Really beautiful game.

  • @TheMightiestInAllOfCreation

    I love how Mimir told Kratos not to worry when Kratos was shocked at seeing his Father’s Voice and see him in dark thundering clouds then later on Mimir proceeded to Geek over the fact that he was “on the hip of the Bloody Ghost of Sparta”

  • @nadyagoblin902
    @nadyagoblin902 Před 6 lety +351

    The Keeper of the bridge of the Damned name is Mattugr Helson... Helson mean son of Hel. Hel is a daughter of Loki. And we know that Loki is Atreus. So Kratos kil his own great grandson. Timeline is confusing.

    • @DarsiPadilla
      @DarsiPadilla Před 6 lety +54

      Must be a title because the troll feels at "home" in Helheim.

    • @mathewcobb9443
      @mathewcobb9443 Před 5 lety +32

      I don’t think th3y copies straight from Greek and Norse mythology itself otherwise you’d know the story before it happens

    • @jttekton
      @jttekton Před 5 lety +7

      @@mathewcobb9443
      ye meh boi
      they changed some norse stuff in the game.

    • @MTB396
      @MTB396 Před 4 lety +8

      Kinda explains how Kratos show respect to Helson after taking his heart

    • @juliane.mfarias9285
      @juliane.mfarias9285 Před 4 lety +6

      No, i think Helson had that name because he was created with the role of Hel Guardian

  • @maroo203
    @maroo203 Před 3 lety +35

    I’m just glad Mimir was there to keep us company. I can’t imagine the game without Mimir

  • @Vegitobluuuuu
    @Vegitobluuuuu Před 2 lety +38

    The only game that made me feel cold, creepy when playing in Hel especially hearing it’s music.. this is why God of war is the best game ever for me

  • @craxnor
    @craxnor Před 2 lety +56

    It’s understandable how alien hel is to kratos. The lands of the dead are in different realms and the rules are different as well.
    A place of icy torture where the criminals and cruel go. Make sense. But those who die by accident, disease, and age? The difference between where you go isn’t determined by the life you live but the moment you died?
    Sounds a lot crueler than his afterlife system.

  • @gabecavalcanti8504
    @gabecavalcanti8504 Před 4 lety +32

    Kills someone
    Has to fight their soul in Hel
    Stonks

  • @iamfeixue
    @iamfeixue Před 6 lety +382

    What will you do now FATHER
    You can no Longer hide behind the Skirt of Athena
    " Athena is Dead because of the Rage that consumes you, What More will you Destroy?! "
    The Hands of Death could not defeat me, The Sisters of Fate could not Hold me. And you! Will not see the End of this day
    I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!

    • @jttekton
      @jttekton Před 5 lety +17

      lol "behind the skirt of Athena"

    • @grimmywizard
      @grimmywizard Před 4 lety +21

      PETULANT CHILD, I WILL TOLERATE YOUR INSOLENCE NO MORE

  • @kamilll.08
    @kamilll.08 Před 2 lety +12

    Brok is a real bro the guy went to helheim to help Kratos despite knowing it's one of the most dangerous realms

  • @prestony.7128
    @prestony.7128 Před 2 lety +17

    Anyone else notice how he put his hand on the hel beast after taken his heart, almost like he's thanking the thing because it basically saved his kid.

  • @shadowhunter-mi5su
    @shadowhunter-mi5su Před 6 lety +53

    This must be one "Hel" of a trip

  • @user-zf1ru4wg9n
    @user-zf1ru4wg9n Před 5 lety +46

    Imagine if Kratos Brought the Nemean Cestus with Him....

    • @raisingwings2913
      @raisingwings2913 Před 4 lety +2

      They're destroyed however

    • @Akantore
      @Akantore Před 4 lety +11

      A Shame he left out those awesome Greek Relics. The Blade of Olympus would've looked awesome on this game.

    • @miketheknight8133
      @miketheknight8133 Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe some of those might make a return in God of war 5

  • @MrAcuriteOf1337
    @MrAcuriteOf1337 Před 6 lety +368

    Kratos makes a comment questioning it being dishonorable to grow old. Spartan tradition calls for dishonorable burial for those who did not die in combat, including dying of age. The concept of growing old being bad shouldn't be strange to Kratos.

    • @thelawofspirits2394
      @thelawofspirits2394 Před 6 lety +27

      MrAcuriteOf1337 kratos not look that old if he shave his beard hr look cool again

    • @janumski_6399
      @janumski_6399 Před 6 lety +51

      I think that if you die old you should at least did something honorable in Sparta like saved a comrade or killed a commander or something like that

    • @AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee
      @AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee Před 6 lety +92

      MrAcuriteOf1337 maybe he was surprised that, this place also thinks that dying old is dishonorable.

    • @0hvist
      @0hvist Před 6 lety +114

      In Greek mythology, EVERYONE that dies goes to the Underworld, itself has divided areas that aren't separated by being in different realms altogether. The fact that Kratos comes from a culture that prides itself on warfare, military service and the traditions it entails, he finds it strange that the Aesir treating elders that died regardless of their lifetime spent as something dishonorable. Spartans may fall in battle, yet sometimes they can survive the wars they fought in and become legends for it by dying of old age.

    • @0hvist
      @0hvist Před 6 lety +10

      janumski _ or starting a War and actually winning it. THAT is how Spartan legends are forged in the first place.

  • @cummyache959
    @cummyache959 Před rokem +8

    I like his emphasis on NO when asked if they're family heirlooms

  • @bagusaditya2211
    @bagusaditya2211 Před 6 lety +54

    Mimir: I'd really hoped never to see this place again.
    Holy shit Mimir i forgot you have been dead before

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 Před 2 lety +10

      He still is. Mimir even said it himself. he says he is reanimated yes but not exactly the same. His soul is on the head to keep him aware as the illusion of life.

  • @dexgod7633
    @dexgod7633 Před 5 lety +30

    You hear that
    Growing old is a sin

  • @WeTheWounded
    @WeTheWounded Před 5 lety +17

    "Hmm, I hit these guys with the shield, and nothing happened. Let me keep doing exactly that, and only that."

    • @dani1215_
      @dani1215_ Před 3 lety

      Square, square, triangle....

  • @ryanrusch3976
    @ryanrusch3976 Před 2 lety +10

    I love how all the nordic mythos is very helpful to Kratos, must be a helluva shock from working with the Greeks who seemingly betrayed him on a whim even when the Gods weren't hunting him down.

  • @marygoround1292
    @marygoround1292 Před rokem +9

    This is what sealed Brok as my absolute favorite charater.

  • @kaustubhfadtare1125
    @kaustubhfadtare1125 Před 4 lety +96

    Kratos is back in hell
    He don't even have to die this time

  • @karikora8279
    @karikora8279 Před 6 lety +137

    I like how kratos always has a severed head

    • @ArgentHunter
      @ArgentHunter Před 6 lety +46

      It not a God of War game unless it has decapitation in it

    • @Meowjoker
      @Meowjoker Před 6 lety +43

      This time the head asked for it to be cut off.

    • @cristhianmacri8467
      @cristhianmacri8467 Před 6 lety +69

      GOW 1 - medusa´s head
      GOW 2 - euryale´s head
      GOW 3 - Helios´s head
      GOW 4 - Mimir´s head
      Classic Kratos

    • @chiiiiie5608
      @chiiiiie5608 Před 6 lety +39

      at least it was voluntary and not the "no please dont rip my head off" thing

    • @AsianAtTheDisco009
      @AsianAtTheDisco009 Před 6 lety +7

      Calling it now as a crazy theory. Mimir is actually the ancient Greek god of revel and nature Pan who escaped Greece long before Kratos whole ordeal and and he traveled all the way to Midgard to escape Zeus

  • @ShadowNova300
    @ShadowNova300 Před 2 lety +15

    22:08 I actually like his little hand touch. He's almost saying "Thank you" because the heart will let Atreus survive, and also "I'm sorry" because he had to kill it to do so.
    22:20 And when he looks back at the troll its almost like he's looking at his past... what he used to be and what he still (sort of) is.

  • @skedaddle69
    @skedaddle69 Před 3 lety +9

    You can tell kratos even feels bad for the bridge keeper because he put his hand on his chest at 22:12

  • @andreizkie3885
    @andreizkie3885 Před 3 lety +8

    I love how they did the opposite of hell, it was very cold instead of very hot

  • @RegentofArrako
    @RegentofArrako Před 6 lety +61

    I can’t wait to explore the rest of helheim and encounter that bird in the next installments. I notice a lot of broken bridges at 23:30

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW Před 5 lety +2

      I suspect Kratos may find himself back there after the opening bossfight. Unless of course Freya drags him to Folkvang, so she can deal with him personally.

    • @RegentofArrako
      @RegentofArrako Před 4 lety

      GmodPlusWoW true!

  • @mykalfox9381
    @mykalfox9381 Před 5 lety +6

    Kratos became so stoic in his old age.

  • @ElkaPME
    @ElkaPME Před 6 lety +50

    10:35, essentially
    Alfheim < Helheim < Midgard in terms of the speed of time
    Essentially, Kratos has more time to get the heart, but will have less time should some crisis comes to Alfheim and Kratos has to go back there.

    • @MaxMikescrool1
      @MaxMikescrool1 Před 4 lety +3

      Alfhiem, then Midgard, and then Helhiem. Helheim moves slower than Midgard

    • @Crazylom
      @Crazylom Před 3 lety +1

      after Kratos getting heart i lost track of thoughts.
      Wtf you just said?

    • @SaiRam-nz9sy
      @SaiRam-nz9sy Před 3 lety

      Midgard in the middle of the order innit?

    • @sack8439
      @sack8439 Před 2 lety

      @@SaiRam-nz9sy No, Midgard is the realm in which you now percieve. Therefore the last of the three

  • @JACVA1
    @JACVA1 Před 5 lety +11

    21:50 Kratos, best Aztec priest.

  • @beetlejuice390
    @beetlejuice390 Před 2 lety +17

    Mirmir saying ''not even Odin can survive this cold'' could mean that if Kratos has to fight Odin in the next game, it might be in Hel since Kratos can take the cold, and Odin cant.

  • @DoubleBoost23
    @DoubleBoost23 Před 6 lety +61

    So Great-Grandpa has to take Great-Grandson's heart?
    Just tell a bedtime story or give him candy lol.
    does anyone actually get the joke-

    • @xudex98
      @xudex98 Před 5 lety +7

      Cause mythologicaly that giant is a descendant of loki?

    • @yokgor4675
      @yokgor4675 Před 5 lety

      xudex98 Because the troll’s name was Mattugr Helson. In the Norse mythology, the ruler of Hel/Helheim, also named Hel is the daughter of Loki, and the troll’s name was “HEL-SON”, get it?

  • @chgaming5059
    @chgaming5059 Před 6 lety +310

    What are those!! 0:36

    • @julsmul7164
      @julsmul7164 Před 6 lety +43

      "That's gotta be a family heirloom..."
      "NO."

    • @50ksavagegoodsavage4
      @50ksavagegoodsavage4 Před 6 lety

      That joke... I'm out💀💀💀

    • @ibezag0
      @ibezag0 Před 6 lety +2

      CaptainHAX Gaming
      I thought u was roasting Kratos boots for a second there lmao

    • @camcamcarter4741
      @camcamcarter4741 Před 5 lety

      CaptainHAX Gaming LOL

    • @cfl_finn4831
      @cfl_finn4831 Před 5 lety

      I just wrote this :( Guess I gotta delete it now

  • @stonefistfvf117ex.2
    @stonefistfvf117ex.2 Před 3 lety +20

    "Zeus was your father? That explains a lot..." Mimir

  • @irishdc9523
    @irishdc9523 Před 3 lety +3

    13:49 That plays into the fact that Sparta was the only polis in Greece that respected their elders because, well, beware of an old man in a profession where young men die. There's even a story that during the Olympics, an old man was looking a seat and all the other spectators told him to fuck off basically, until he got to the Spartans, when which every man stood up and offered their seat

  • @barneyrubble4293
    @barneyrubble4293 Před 8 měsíci +2

    If you think about it, Kratos delivers everyone he fights to Valhalla, makes sense why the Norse see him so highly.

  • @atefrustn7332
    @atefrustn7332 Před 5 lety +31

    22:46 kratos: zeus my father
    mimir: your father was zeus ?! wait well that explains a lot
    me: i've been waiting for this moment's so hard to Nostalgiaaaaaaa

  • @TheSchultinator
    @TheSchultinator Před 2 lety +6

    I just imagine when Hel, Loki's daughter gets to Helhiem and just flips out because "Granpa, did you really have to break so much?!!"

    • @Vsm426
      @Vsm426 Před 7 měsíci

      Not born yet though

  • @legionmeta
    @legionmeta Před 6 lety +77

    6:24 dude went flying lol

  • @Sigmamale1289
    @Sigmamale1289 Před 7 měsíci +3

    This is the best sequence in the franchise

  • @adamhreither7158
    @adamhreither7158 Před 6 lety +26

    I hear the sound of River Gjöll
    Running cold and deep
    Its golden bridge hangs in the dark
    The bridge that Modgunn keeps
    Over the bridge, all through the night
    Hel is getting near
    There are the gates, towering high
    Afflicting me with fear

  • @autosniper4494
    @autosniper4494 Před 6 lety +185

    This what happen if you bring greek sword to norse

    • @lordfreeza_
      @lordfreeza_ Před 6 lety +21

      Auto Sniper norse swords and metallurgy in general were far superior to Greek ones..
      For one they were steel not bronze

    • @vaip.883
      @vaip.883 Před 6 lety +14

      But I'd like to think that each blacksmith would appreciate observing each others craftsmanship. Maybe learn something new.

    • @thebenis3157
      @thebenis3157 Před 6 lety +25

      Lord Freeza Yes, that's what happens when you compare weapons from 500 b.c. (approximately) with weapons from the Middle Age

    • @grantrmoore
      @grantrmoore Před 6 lety +35

      The blades of Kaos are supernatural. They are not man made. They were Ares's

    • @belfastbelchan4039
      @belfastbelchan4039 Před 6 lety +21

      Grant Moore yep that makes it quite on par with thor's mjolnir

  • @MidnightWanderer
    @MidnightWanderer Před 4 lety +10

    One thing that does surprise me about this area.. Hel herself, never once showed up. You would think of sensing something foreign and powerful alone poking around in her realm would cause her to investigate...let alone her gatekeeper being killed. Then again, you don't see Odin showing up, in the game, nor Thor...well at least not till the very end of course..so...

    • @rathzo1800
      @rathzo1800 Před 2 lety +7

      Hel is not born yet

    • @Vsm426
      @Vsm426 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Hel is also the daughter of loki

  • @lightningmuhqween4828
    @lightningmuhqween4828 Před 2 lety +2

    Kratos: "It is dishonorable to grow old..."
    Also Kratos: OLD.

  • @waiitwhaat
    @waiitwhaat Před 2 lety +2

    0:24 "Athena? _dead_ giveaway"
    Even flextape can't fix that 💀💀

  • @bromtaegan4606
    @bromtaegan4606 Před rokem +2

    I love seeing all the fans responding about Kratos' culture shock concerning Spartan views VS Norse view on old age. All the love and understanding Kratos, a man who loses anyone he cares about to the gods, gets from us all.
    If Kratos ever needs an army again, I already know where he'll find one.

  • @elad3958
    @elad3958 Před 3 lety +4

    I love that opening theme music to VGS. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @noahsibahi-jackson8757
    @noahsibahi-jackson8757 Před 2 lety +5

    Interesting how Mirmir says that not even Odin could survive Helheim's cold yet Kratos can

  • @hypocritehenry4619
    @hypocritehenry4619 Před 6 lety +7

    “Where’s the little turd?”
    🤣

  • @Nic_03_21
    @Nic_03_21 Před 3 lety +6

    If we ever return to Helheim for the third time, I wonder who else are we going to see. His old family? The other gods? Deimos?

  • @caratlove4107
    @caratlove4107 Před 4 lety +10

    Kratos: **Breaks some vases**
    Me, a Zelda nerd: Ahh, so you have chosen the way of the Link.

  • @matthewshiba3997
    @matthewshiba3997 Před 3 lety +4

    For any who is asking that is not a Chicken. It's a Giant Eagle called Hraesvelgr. He guard the world ends. But on this Game, he is the reason the Helheim filled with Cold Winds, while he Saw how the Deads live.

  • @ColdRamenjf
    @ColdRamenjf Před 2 lety +4

    I like this version of hell. The further away from the gods you are, the further you are from any warmth.

  • @societyofinfamy235
    @societyofinfamy235 Před 6 lety +26

    For those of you wondering what that big bird looking thing in the Background is, i believe it is the Goddess Hel that rules over Helheim

    • @lightninggaming016
      @lightninggaming016 Před 6 lety +1

      Pineapple where I haven't seen it

    • @lunararmy1624
      @lunararmy1624 Před 6 lety +6

      Pineapple hel is not a bird

    • @RegentofArrako
      @RegentofArrako Před 6 lety +9

      It’s the Corpse Swallower

    • @RegentofArrako
      @RegentofArrako Před 6 lety +1

      We will see Hel the goddess later in the game

    • @ramjiwt8
      @ramjiwt8 Před 6 lety +3

      Its called Hraesvelgr. He is a Jotunn or Giant that is a Giant Eagle or Vulture or a raptorial bird of prey that sits at the end of the world and blows cold winds.

  • @MrMrx123456789
    @MrMrx123456789 Před 6 lety +33

    Kratos: *Sees Asgard* The hell is this place? Ass place....Asberg....
    Mimir: Oh that's Asgard!

  • @EmperorRadiationEmpire
    @EmperorRadiationEmpire Před rokem +1

    You know what is ironic? The fact that this is basically "when Hel freezes over".

  • @Youbeentagged
    @Youbeentagged Před 3 lety +1

    Whoever made this video is a true and experienced gamer.
    We all love exploring the unknown. I bet if he wasn't recording a video, he'd spend hours here just on this mission.

  • @UmadHaHaBtch
    @UmadHaHaBtch Před rokem +3

    21:30 everytime goosebumbs perfect how the music comes in at that moment masterpeace also here 22:09 not normal i love these two parts to much in gow

  • @ASJyirod
    @ASJyirod Před 5 lety +10

    This game so makes me want to learn Norse mythology

  • @daymatrian2604
    @daymatrian2604 Před 3 lety +2

    18:11
    Anyone else thinks he's saying stop it. Its like he's trying to say "buddy cut it out I'm just trying to do my job.

  • @Matteo-lq8oi
    @Matteo-lq8oi Před 2 lety +5

    I just realized in the game no one called him kratos that's crazy