{"id":198705,"date":"2021-02-22T04:40:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/god-of-war-atreus-gay-david-jaffe\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T04:40:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T04:40:29","slug":"original-god-of-war-director-wouldnt-care-if-atreus-is-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/original-god-of-war-director-wouldnt-care-if-atreus-is-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Original God of War Director Wouldn’t Care if Atreus is Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world has seen a steady rise in gay characters in video games over the last several years, though critics of the industry believe\u00a0it still has far to go\u00a0in terms of inclusion. A gay romance was removed from Mass Effect 2<\/em><\/a> for fear of backlash, and the games that do go ahead with gay characters unfortunately often face some amount of criticism on social media. Recently, there has been some discussion on Twitter about having gay representation in the God of War<\/em><\/strong> franchise, and one of the series’ creators, David Jaffe, has taken to YouTube to share his thoughts on the matter.<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0God of War<\/a><\/em>\u00a0games see players taking control of Kratos, a Spartan warrior who fights armies and mythical creatures in Ancient Greece. The series never gets too deep into the sexuality of the characters that occupy its world, but that didn’t stop one Twitter user from tweeting at Cory Barlog, a writer and designer for the God of War<\/em> games, asking him not to make Kratos gay.<\/p>\n

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Barlog responding by joking, “What about bi?” and among the many replies to the tweet,\u00a0some supportive, some homophobic, it was eventually suggested that someone should ask the series’ original creators. It was then that David Jaffe uploaded a YouTube video recapping the whole situation and giving his take on gay characters in video games. Jaffe is quick to mention that\u00a0God of War<\/em> is in Barlog’s hands now, but that he thought it would be cool if Atreus, Kratos’ son, was gay. The next God of War<\/em> game will likely feature a grown-up Atreus<\/a>, so it would be the perfect way to introduce better representation into the game series without having to retcon anything.<\/p>\n