Kratos Gets Sad, Then Mad in God of War: Ascension Live-Action Trailer

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on February 1, 2013 AT 09:36am

Sony released a new trailer for God of War: Ascension titled “From Ashes,” which shows the demise of Kratos’ wife and daughter and the rise of the ash-skinned Kratos we’ve come to know.

I think it’s neat that the trailer explains Kratos’ grey skin—that the ashes of wife and daughter become a second skin, a sort of armor. Perhaps this was seen in one of the previous God of War games already. If so, I apologize. I’ve played them all, but I found the stories told in each to be wholly forgettable.

The live-action trailer was produced by Sony and Imaginary Forces, the creative studio/production company responsible for cutscenes from previous God of War games. The song in the trailer is a much more mellow arrangement of Ellie Goulding’s “Hanging On.”

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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