For anyone who played God of War in 2018 and watched Kratos carry a small pouch of his wife's ashes across the Nine Realms for the entire game, the announcement that arrived during PlayStation's June 2 State of Play probably felt like something that had been coming for a long time.
Sony and Santa Monica Studio revealed God of War Laufey, the next mainline entry in the franchise, and the first in its 21-year history not to star Kratos as the lead. Instead, the game stars Faye, the Jötunn warrior who was Kratos' wife, whose death before the 2018 game's opening scene set everything in motion. The studio described the premise this way; 'Death was supposed to be the end, but for Laufey, warrior and wife to Kratos, a new adventure is just beginning.' Faye awakens in a realm called the Everywhen (an afterlife where gods from multiple mythologies coexist, not always peacefully) and must fight her way through it to protect the family she left behind.
Deborah Ann Woll, who voiced Faye in Ragnarökflashbacks, reprises the role as the full lead. She is joined by Jack Quaid, voicing Phranque, described as a sentient cosmic cube, and Perlina Lau as Rue, an enchanted ribbon guardian. The combat, based on the gameplay reveal, is faster and more acrobatic than anything seen from Kratos, built around 'soul-based abilities' and aerial attacks. The State of Play event drew a record 3 million live viewers, per Notebookcheck, with Laufey as its closing bombshell.
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The fan reaction has been genuinely divided. A vocal portion of the response has centered on Kratos' absence from the lead role, with some players frustrated that the franchise's most iconic character is not the star. Game director Ariel Lawrence addressed that directly in a GameSpot interview, saying she understood the reservations and that the skepticism came from a real place. After all, people have been on Kratos' journey for a long time. She added that Kratos' story is not over, and invited skeptical fans to give Faye a chance.
The more revealing side of the reaction, though, has come from players who remember how thoroughly the 2018 game made the case for Faye's importance. Kratos carried her ashes. He refused to let a single slight of her memory go unanswered. As Kotaku noted, it's a bit rich for the most devoted Kratos fans to be tearing down his wife when the man himself spent two full games being her most devoted advocate.
The reveal also confirmed what franchise creative director Cory Barlog has described as Santa Monica Studio's wider ambition, which is to develop the characters around Kratos as full protagonists in their own right, treating him as the franchise's core while building outward. Whether or not every longtime player comes along for the journey, the studio has made clear that Faye's story was always part of the plan.
A release date for God of War Laufey has not been announced. The game is a PS5 exclusive.
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