God Of War 2018: 10 Major Questions From The E3 Trailer
Loki, is that you?
God of War's latest trailer landed at E3 with the force of a felled Titan, sending shock waves across the gaming industry and kicking the hype machine into overdrive.
Kratos is back, somehow surviving that self-inflicted impaling at the end of God of War III, and this time he has a son in tow, has swapped Ancient Greece for an old school Norse backdrop and gotten in touch with his feelings... well, sort of.
The E3 trailer shed further light on what promises to be one of next year's biggest games, offering a glimpse at the new and improved camera system, the brutal-as-ever combat and some of the mythological creatures Kratos will no doubt be strangling with their own intestines throughout the adventure.
The footage had everything - father-son bonding, giant sea serpents and added hipster cred thanks to our protagonist's new beard - but for all of its revelations, it also posed some burning questions about the next entry in the series.
So let's take a look at some of the biggest questions the latest God of War trailer poses and ponder some of their possible answers.
10. How Is Kratos Even Alive?
So Kratos managed to shrug off that little scratch he suffered at the end of... wait a minute that sword went straight through his chest, skewered his spine and left him with a gaping hole for a midriff.
So how exactly is the Ghost of Sparta in any kind of condition to father a son, let alone embark on an all-new adventure in the world of Norse mythology?
Granted, Kratos is a demigod and imbued with all kinds of mythical powers by the end of the original trilogy's final chapter but, as anyone who's tackled the game on the Spartan difficulty setting will testify, he's certainly fallible.
The irate cueball looks remarkably well considering his abdomen ended up more hollowed out than a Big Brother contestant's cranium, and there are two possible explanations for his apparent good health.
Either somebody came to his aid after the messy events atop of Mount Olympus, or he died and was somehow resurrected - but why and by whom?
There is scope for developer Sony Santa Monica to get creative with both of these theories when bridging the gap between the two games, yet none of the trailers so far have offered any kind of hint about the direction they might take.
As long as they don't got down the dreaded 'it was all a dream' avenue, we'll be all ears when they attempt to explain their way out of this one.