r/videogames • u/Low_Boot_1426 • Aug 21 '26

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u/MRV3N Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

Now hire a good writer from Santa Monica

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u/oblivious_fireball Aug 21 '26

If Witcher is any indication, they won't even try to stick to the games at all.

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u/HangryWolf Aug 21 '26

Well, everyone know Kratos' origin is from Swedish lore. Duh... His kid is Loki after all. And his father is Odin.

That's all you need to know. No need to call the writers. I'm here. I watched a let's play of all the God of War games. While having dinner. While scrolling my tik tok feeds. And taking my dog out to walk during the cut scenes.

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u/I_DO_JUMPING_JACKS Aug 21 '26

eyetwitch

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u/C13H16CIN0 Aug 21 '26

I felt my adrenaline rise when I read that too

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 Aug 21 '26

Yeah yeah, I got it, he's the specter of Thebes or whatever, god of... punching? Close enough.

Look, I'm just going to use my screenplay from when I was in college and just swap the names from this IP. I don't think anyone will notice.

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u/HenTie3467 Aug 21 '26

Bro, it's obviously the God of Flaws, he obviously took the title from Mars. And his son is Sun Wukong the trickster god.

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u/StuckinReverse89 Aug 21 '26

Imagine they only base the story off Norse God of War and make up their own tragic backstory for Kratos completely unrelated to Greek (or mash it together with Norse). There will still be reviewers saying “this was a great change.”’

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u/Ill-Bookkeeper-6230 Aug 21 '26

I remember Loki being his older brother tho...

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u/jpollack21 Aug 21 '26

I cant wait for Loki to impregnate a snake

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u/HangryWolf Aug 21 '26

Fuck yeah! Nothing like seeing a big ol snussy on the screen.

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u/maximusbawbagimus Aug 21 '26

Isnt his father zues?

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u/Zalvren Aug 21 '26

Witcher is adapting the books (badly), not the games...

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u/MattDoob Aug 21 '26

The show adapts the books bruh

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u/oblivious_fireball Aug 21 '26

Fair enough, you're right the books came first. However in the spirit of fairness, they didn't stick to the books either in Witcher's case. But the author got paid enough to not care about it this time so it has his endorsement.

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u/MattDoob Aug 21 '26

I didn’t watch past season 2 but the first two adapted shorts from Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish.

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u/heliogoon Aug 21 '26

And they didnt even do that right.

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u/Firecracker048 Aug 21 '26

Games? They didn't even try to stick to the damn books.

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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 Aug 21 '26

Witcher is originally a book not a game, the show wasn’t an adaptation of the game.

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u/mr_falkone84 Aug 21 '26

Witcher went by the books, not the game.

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u/fudixon Aug 21 '26

Im not sure of you're baiting or unaware, but netflix Witcher is based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, which were then licensed by CD project. The series is still kinda crap after first seasons tho

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u/SmoogzZ Aug 21 '26

This is always the missing piece of these adaptations. No inside tribal guidance from the people who have actually created the stories and characters they’re adapting.

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u/Reverb5- Aug 21 '26

Hiring writers who wrote the game that this show is based on? Are you good?

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u/whyamihere2473527 Aug 21 '26

Dor a video game show...don't think that is possible

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u/Trichomeloneranger Aug 21 '26

Halo and Witcher all over again

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u/Opening-Movie5176 Aug 21 '26

Why? If they’ve got a guy that is so bad at acting what would good writing do?

No point buying a Lamborghini if the road is a fucking mess.

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u/ssongshu Aug 21 '26

How about NO?

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u/thisismew2king Aug 21 '26

Batista cant act