Typically-speaking, we wouldn't be inclined to write about God of War Laufey—not because I don't want to play the next God of War game (I rather liked the 2018 reboot) but because Sony has doubled-down on console exclusives for the foreseeable, and we are PC Gamer. However, it's my job to report on gaming discourse.
Imagine me saying the following with a deep, bone-tired sigh: Dominos Pizza UK has entered an X feud with Santa Monica studio because the God of War game doesn't have Kratos in it. Or, at least, he's not the main character.
Some context, I guess—God of War Laufey will follow the journey of Kratos' wife, Faye, as she battles through the afterlife of the gods. I actually happen to think this set-up kinda rules, after all, Kratos has killed a lot of gods, and I think it's interesting for Faye to have to deal with the consequences of his warpath.
But obviously, because God of War is historically associated with a cool rippled muscular Spartan dude yelling and butchering people, it's become another annoying subject of a culture war that nobody should care about.
Lemme just...
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