God Of War 2018: 10 Major Questions From The E3 Trailer

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.