I actually just finished the 2018 game and am of the mind that his character didnt really change THAT much, maybe towards the end arguably.
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I don't blame you. When God of War 2018 came out no one really talked about how messed up Kratos is as a character exactly. It was just a bunch of people going "I never played God of War but I really like how mature Kratos is now." They kinda knew that Kratos was a violent guy but no one talked about how comically evil he was and that Kratos isn't really the guy for a redemption story.
The only people who brought up that Kratos is a massive piece of shit where Chuds who did so because they were pissed that Kratos isn't slaughtering and raping his way through Greece anymore.
Kratos in the new games is an appealing character but his past is so messed up that it just doesn't mash with who he is now. If God of War ended after the first (old) game I wouldn't even mind the reboot but I just can't see myself forgiving the guy who whipped out all of Greece. Even if the ending of GoW III implies there is still hope for humanity. That doesn't really matter, Kratos still killed millions and millions of people.
I never played GOW 1-3 so my preferred way to treat the reboot was that only the events directly mentioned are canon and the OT are legends or vaguely true and distorted
That's not a bad way to look at it, but I can't really go along with that. When I was a teenager, I played all the God of War games over and over. My mom was working two jobs to keep the lights on, so she wasn't checking much on what I was playing when I was just 12. Plus, my uncle, who was kinda careless but cool, hooked me up with his modded PlayStations and a bunch of pirated games.