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God of War Ragnarok Sony Santa Monica It was just announced that Amazon’s God of War TV series has added another confirmed cast member: Boots’ actor Max Palmer is playing Heimdall. That’s after Teresa Palmer was recently revealed to be playing Lady Sif. These are… both characters that are not in the first God of War, but only in its sequel, God of War Ragnarok. Now, players are starting to wonder what’s going on and if Amazon is simply “skipping” the first game, throwing new Kratos, Ryan Hurst, into the second game early. Here’s what I think is happening: It’s not skipping it, but it is cutting it down, possibly by quite a bit. There probably isn’t enough material in the original God of War to adapt into an entire season of television. I am not saying the game is not amazing, but it is generally a very slow, one-shot journey punctuated by violent combat. But it’s a story that uses very few characters. Mainly, of course, Kratos and Atreus, but past that, just Mimir (his head), Freya and her son Baldur, the bad guy. Plus Brock and Sindri, the gear upgrade dwarves. The entire game is effectively about four people. God of War Sony Santa Monica My guess here is that Amazon’s plan is to dramatically slim down the first game into its bare essentials. I am wondering if they plan to include Mimir at all, as he serves mainly as a narrator for learning about the game world in a way that I’m not sure would translate well to a show. So, you cover the Freya and Baldur storyline, and that kicks off the real story once you piss off most of the other Norse gods, and bring in much larger characters like Thor and Odin, supported by…

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