The game was quite the guilty pleasure, full of blood, guts and destruction all made possible thanks to the Swords of Chaos, the main character’s legendary weapon. Its canonical sequels, God of War 2 (2007) and God of War 3 (2010), along with other additional games, expanded the franchise’s mythology while diminishing the Greek pantheon: in each installment, more and more gods met their fate at the hands of the relentless Kratos. In 2005, the first installment introduced Kratos, Ghost of Sparta, a mortal embarked on a bloody crusade to avenge his family by defeating – and replacing – Ares, Greek God of War. Let’s start at the beginning: God of War is one of the most famous sagas in the world of video games.
