The first lesson you learn when reading about mythological gods is that a lot of them are self-centered jerks. God of War is basically an entire series about this fact, and God of War Laufey will be no different.
"They're all assholes," Sony Santa Monica's head of creative Cory Barlog told IGN of the gods you'll meet in the upcoming game. It's not just the towering Mongolian god of war and his violent Egyptian partner who we saw in the initial footage that will be a thorn in your side. Everyone with a divine past in the Everywhen, God of War Laufey's new setting, will be insufferable to be around.
Barlog compares it to an island full of billionaires: "They think they're gonna have a happy life. No, they're all going to fight each other, they're all going to be in this strange sense of conflict because they're locked in a prison."
It probably won't help that the Everywhen is the afterlife for gods, a big bucket of bitter beings who didn't all die willingly. On some level, I can understand why it might be frustrating to have to deal with a stubborn woman and her talking cube and sword friends on top of everything else. Like a ridiculous sitcom plot, I fully expect their refusal to communicate will be the reason protagonist Faye's journey will be dozens of hours longer than it needs to be.
Nobody playing a God of War game will complain if that also means taking these miserable gods on in one-on-one combat, though. Part of the pitch for God of War Laufey seems to include the catharsis of putting some of these gods in their place. That Mongolian brute Begtse absolutely deserved everything Faye did to him in the boss battle we saw.
All of this begs the question though: If Faye isn't technically a god but a giant, does she count as one of them? I imagine we'll learn a lot about her past when God of War Laufey comes out and that might include some things that aren't necessarily flattering.
