My speculation: The boy is Thor. After GOW3 Kratos wanders the Earth for centuries, having found that without his drive for revenge, he has no purpose. So he travels in isolation looking for an answer, paying no mind to the rest of the world. With the gods dead, life becomes very difficult for humans, and the monsters…

I wouldn’t say he’s a terrible character, but he is very static. He doesn’t really change much throughout the game. His rage at the gods for betraying him was compelling at first, but it definitely got beat to death over the course of the three games. Kratos is a good character as far as design and origin are…

Well I mean think about all the rock bands that have been around for decades: After a certain amount of time they have to revamp their music and come out with new styles so they don’t get stale. They may lose some of their less faithful fans in the process, but at the same time they catch the ear of a whole new…

So what if the boy is in fact Thor, but Odin doesn’t come steal him. Maybe after the death of the Greek Pantheon, Kratos wandered the Earth for centuries, finding that without his drive for revenge, he is empty inside. Maybe he’s been traveling in isolation, ignoring the problems of the world, only trying to find a…

I never got tired of Kratos per say, like as far as his abilities and powers, those are all still cool. What I got tired of was the hole he seemed to be stuck in where he was just trying to get revenge on the gods. The whole Greek setting, and definitely Kratos’ attitude of just constantly being pissed off, got old…