The Blue-Striped Kratos That Could Have Been

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on December 16, 2012 AT 11:05am

Before David Jaffe and the crew at SCE Santa Monica first debuted Kratos, apparently the Spartan warrior sported blue stripes that made him look a little too much like Diablo II’s Barbarian.

On his personal blog, David Jaffe says that “literally days before we announced the first game to the press,” Kratos looked Smurf-y. Then, someone on the dev team showed him a photo of the Barbarian from Diablo II (also below, for comparison).

Kratos was quickly changed to rock the blood-red look he’s known for. And probably for the best, too, since I think all the actual blood Kratos is often covered in would clash with blueish/purple stripes.

Source: DavidJaffe.biz

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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