God of War review – muscleman on a mission

God of War review – muscleman on a mission

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https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/may/06/god-of-war-video-game-review

The latest in the God of War series, an affectionate father-son psychodrama, shows how video game bruisers are maturing alongside their creators

In an industry now in its mid-to-late 30s, and still with a predominantly male workforce, the glut of recent blockbuster video games featuring father-child relationships surely reflects the preoccupations of the men who make them. God of War is the latest specimen: a game in which a monosyllabic muscleman is on a journey to scatter his late wife’s ashes on the tallest mountain in Norse myth, while accompanied by his young son.