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While everyone knowsGod of War ’s muscular lead as Kratos , it bend out the gaming enfranchisement ’s protagonist well-nigh go by a completely different name . Since 2005 ’s Greek mythologyGod of Warthrough to last year ’s Nordic reinvention , Kratos had carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and always gone by the same name .
Stig Asmussen presently work at Respawn Entertainment and is the director ofStar Wars Jedi : lessen rules of order , however , his root are withGod of War . Starting as a developer on the original biz , Asmussen uprise through theGod of Warranks and even directedGod of War 3 in 2010 . When it came to naming Kratos all those years ago , it work out Sony nearly give way with a name a little closer to household .
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Speaking toGame Informer , Asmussen confirm Kratos was closely named after him . Although developers were working under the name of Dominus for Kratos , it turns out the marketing section was n’t impressed . Asmussen go on to explain how his name ended up on the short list :
" I do n’t have it off how many member of the squad submit names , but I submit maybe a smattering of them and they went to marketing and they came back with four , perhaps five public figure for Kratos - Kratos was one of them … and Stig was one of them . ”
Asmussen order he did n’t put his own name forward but simply added " Stig " to the list to identify it was his choice of potential name . Director David Jaffe told him Stig had been shortlisted , which Asmussen jest , " I totally would have been coolheaded with it . ” Back then , Asmussen admit it was weird to call the main character anything other than Dominus . Also , God of Warwas to begin with titledDark Odyssey . Although Asmussen and the rest period of the team championedDark Odyssey , it was take for too eminent - brow . WhenGod of Warwas eventually unwrap as the last name , Asmussen remembers how the developers were pretty underwhelmed .
Interestingly , Kratos is the Greek personification of strength and fit utterly with the video plot grapheme players have come to know over the days . From swinging the Blades of Chaos to his Leviathan Axe , there are n’t many out there who are stronger than Kratos . The name Dominus - Latin for master or proprietor - also sound like it could ’ve set with Kratos ' tough exterior , but it ’s hard to reckon forebode him Stig for the past 14 years . Thankfully , Kratos has stuck andthe dealership looks to be go strongwith work plenty of rumors about aGod of Warsequel .
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