Man, this news left me with pretty mixed feelings. Sony clearly wants to turn God of War into a kind of gaming MCU, with spinoffs, parallel franchises and everything that comes with it. And I get the business logic, it makes total sense. But when I read that Jason Schreier said the next game "is not a new IP but it might feel like one", something immediately feels off. That phrase is exactly the kind of thing that sounds great on paper and turns into dilution in practice. What made the 2018 reboot so special was precisely the surgical focus on a father-son relationship. The more you expand that universe with parallel characters and new mythologies, the more you risk losing the emotional density that set the series apart. If the Faye spinoff with a talking sword and a gelatinous cube turns out to be real, then I really start to worry.
I get your point, but I think you're coming from a slightly conservative assumption. Expanding a universe doesn't necessarily kill its depth, it all depends on who's sitting in the director's chair. And the name that keeps coming up here is Cory Barlog, the same person who directed the 2018 God of War, so it's not like Sony is handing the keys to just anyone. On top of that, rumors point to a brand new protagonist, Faye, set within East Asian mythology, which actually opens the door to a story with its own identity without needing to lean on the emotional weight of Kratos. The MCU comparison is scary because the MCU got too big, but God of War is still a relatively small franchise with a lot of unexplored territory. I'd rather wait for the official announcement before declaring the end of quality. Christopher Judge said the game would be revealed this summer, so we won't be stuck in speculation for long.
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