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Kratos VS Cthulhu.

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Kratos VS Cthulhu.

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Sebasuchon

92 points · 2 months ago

The game would start off with kratos fighting cthulu and destroying him...6 hour campaign later final cutscene shows a half devoured kratos with a time tagline "5 seconds in"

Kratos goes into vegetable mode so fast his brain has to make an entire story to help him comprehend its insanity

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TheGreyFinch

12 points · 2 months ago

Reminds me of the Black Mirror episode Playtest

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bschoone

3 points · 2 months ago

Honestly, I would play that shit

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mdmesa

106 points · 2 months ago

Doesn’t Cthulhu get hit by a huge ass boat, get his head split open, and is absolutely fine afterwards? As good as Kratos is a chopping God’s heads off, Cthulhu has been there, done that.

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mquon775

35 points · 2 months ago

Kratos has killed immortal beings though.

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Booker-of-roadies

3 points · 2 months ago

That's Dagon in shadow over inmuth isn't it?

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kros1414

2 points · 2 months ago

Isnt Kratos, the literal god of war, unbeatable in his own universe?

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sea-god

1 point · 2 months ago

No, it's a psychic manifestation

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Mariah_Mcmuffin

17 points · 2 months ago

A Lovecraftian God of War would be amazing

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BigLazyTurtle

10 points · 2 months ago

Bloodborne already exists.

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M_Messervy

15 points · 2 months ago

Only if it ends in Kratos being defeated. You can't "kill" an outer god since that word doesn't make sense when talking about them. But Kratos killing a bunch of Deep Ones, Elder Things, Mi-go, leading up to finally killing Cthulhu, only to realize he was essentially killing the inconsequential cosmic runoff of the truly incomprehensible, un"kill"able deities that "run" the show? That would be cool.

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ProperTorb

57 points · 2 months ago · edited 2 months ago

Let's be real , Kratos would not stand a chance. He would gone insane before the real fight.

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HesperianDragon

18 points · 2 months ago

He is already insane because Aries drove him to murder his wife and child. If Cthulhu gets in that head game he can destroy Kratos in ways that can't be punched or cut.

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LordDragon88

18 points · 2 months ago

Only mortals go insane.

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GeneralSpanks

-24 points · 2 months agoMore than 1 child

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acromantulus

10 points · 2 months ago

It all depends on whose game it is.

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CountChocoula

7 points · 2 months ago

And Kratos goes mad and Cthulhu eats him in one bite. ~The End.

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TrenchCoatSuperHero

7 points · 2 months ago

I wish pop culture would stop depicting Cthulhu as some kind of "final boss"

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yeaman912

3 points · 2 months ago

I want this but in shin megami tensei

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Mister_Taco_Oz

4 points · 2 months ago

Kratos has been through hell (literally), so I'll grant him the benefit of the doubt on wether he would be driven mad by gazing upon Cthulhu. Otherwise the fight would be over before it began.

Still, while I do believe this would be an entretaining fight, I don't think Kratos can definitively win. Sure he can absolutely pummel Cthulhu if he goes down to R'yleh and mince him to bits, the Great Old One is large and very strong but we have seen Kratos deal with that before. However, Cthulhu is immortal and able to regenerate without much issue.

Even if we remove Cthulhu's nigh omniscience and his various other powers, most likely in a God of War game Kratos would destroy Cthulhu and claim temporary victory, while an after-credits scene shows him regenerating since Kratos can't really kill Cthulhu. More so delaying the inevitable rise of the Great Dreamer into our mortal realm.

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YeetySenfson

2 points · 2 months ago

I need this game in my library!

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TrumpWasABadPOTUS

2 points · 2 months ago

I feel like Kratos would just be another deity in the mythos, probably like a meaning version of Nodens. I doubt either could kill each other, as both seem functionally immortal.

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astrobuck9

2 points · 2 months ago

I'd just like to point out that Aquaman...AQUAMAN, beats the DC version of Cthulhu. That said, I still don't see how Kratos manages to punch something that is only partially in this dimension. Of course, by the time Kratos kills the Norse, Egyptian, Celtic, and Japanese gods, who knows what his power level will be.

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junoray1968

2 points · 2 months ago

Sweet I take Cthulhu! 👍

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anonymousinsomniac

2 points · 2 months ago

Cthulhu is not some monster you can fight. I dont get why people always want to treat it as if it's just Squid-zilla.

Cthulhu is only a high priest for the true Great Old Ones, but as it is presented in Lovecraft's works, the Olympians themselves would likely be driven mad and find themselves powerless in its wake. That's because Cthulhu is an embodiment of an incomprehensible and horrific abstract. Time, death, matter, energy; none of these concepts really apply to the Outer Gods or Great Old Ones.

Imagine if you discovered all of reality was not actually based upon science, but this was a thin facade. In actuality, reality is just an incomprehensible, surreal projection of some nonsensical nightmare of chaos. The source of this nightmare is Azathoth. If he stopped dreaming, all of us and our reality ceases to exist. But Cthulhu and the Old Ones dont, because they are made of that unknowable blackness that lies underneath that nightmare. In a way, they transcended any limited notion we have of what "reality" is.

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GunnyStacker

2 points · 2 months ago

Shut up and take my money.

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AstoraFella

2 points · 2 months ago

To those saying Kratos would go insane, I don't think that's really valid. Cthulhu having the ability to drive men mad is due to his appearance and impossibility in our perception of reality. I feel like Kratos has seen so much shit and is so mentally messy in his own right that Cthulhu would just be another target for him.

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ShadowHawk1080

1 point · 2 months ago

Yeah I feel like the dude who has literally gone to hell and back several times now probably isn't gonna be too distressed about ol' squidface

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XanTheInsane

1 point · 2 months ago

And he's also a demigod.

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JSArrakis

1 point · 2 months ago

Those things that kratos has seen still abide by rules of the universe he lives in. Cthulu does not, none of the eldritch horrors do. Saying Kratos could fight Cthulu is like saying that Kratos can kill the void of space, it does not compute.

The eldritch horrors exist outside of the concept of knowing. It's not the visage that drives you insane, it's the system collapse of reality.

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giveeitawaynow

2 points · 2 months ago

people aren'g giving kratos enough credit, this honestly is very even imo. if a steamboat can damage cthulhu, and kratos shifts tectonic plates when met with a physical equal, I mean c'mon. not to say kratos would get stopped by much greater horrors like nyarlathotep, but cthulhus just a priest more or less. tbf though cthulhu (imo) is still the strongest thing kratos could STAND A CHANCE against in the lovecraft universe, and anything stronger would put him down. this isnt r/whowouldwin though, im just bored and giving my two cents. kratos would win (imo) 7/10

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Wetsnake919

-3 points · 2 months ago

Lets be real Kratos has killed gods before, he would destroy him(:

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Otaku-sama

14 points · 2 months ago

At the very least, Kratos could delay the inevitable rise of the Great Old Ones if he has the right McGuffin to put down Big C for a long time. Some guy in a steamboat was able to convince Big C to give up the chase, Kratos could probably do a good number on him.

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JSArrakis

1 point · 2 months ago

The eldritch horrors are not gods. Gods abide by rules and some form of logic in their own idiom. You can define them, understand their mechanisms. They can die.

I dont think you understand the mythos.

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slycaper12

1 point · 2 months ago

This would be the coolest video game idea honestly

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recca6512

1 point · 2 months ago

I think a Lovecraftian God of War would be soooo good!

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ross-huntiongton-420

1 point · 2 months ago

This fight needs to happen!

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Citizen_Kong

1 point · 2 months ago

And with strange aeons even gods may die.

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MysteriousSalp

1 point · 2 months ago

I feel like Kratos could rip and tear into Cthulhu all day, but in the end it wouldn't matter. That is not dead which can eternal lie. People misunderstand cosmic, eldritch gods as just being "really powerful". It's so much more than that; they are really powerful, they're on a level of strength that dwarfs us so much it's like when you compare the sun to the largest stars in the universe. But beyond that, they transcend life and death. You can not kill them anymore than you could kill gravity.

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BiggerBerendBearBeer

1 point · 2 months ago

Cthulhu is not even a real god. He's a demigod priest. He's one of the lesser Old beings. Kratos wouldn't stand upright for a second when facing the real lovecraftian gods

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Fqyazelph

1 point · 2 months ago

Kratos gets his ass beaten..

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helsreach

1 point · 2 months ago

Bloodborne is probably the closest we will ever get to this.

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disisatroaway

1 point · 2 months ago

Are we talk Kratos with BOI or young Kratos

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CommanderCody1138

1 point · 2 months ago

The green and red makes this look more like Drax the Destroyer then Kratos.

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Minstrelofthedawn

1 point · 2 months ago

This is just what Bloodborne is

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JSArrakis

1 point · 2 months ago

If you think you can harm an old one with fire and blades made from reality... you dont understand the mythos.

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wrath0110

1 point · 2 months ago

I don't think Cthulhu even comprehends Kratos. And as far as fighting Chtulhu, I think that's probably a non-starter, since the real fight is to remain sane. But then we can imagine, right?

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ZippyDaFish

1 point · 2 months ago

Omg I would LOVE if this were to happen!

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EVA_Unit-84

1 point · 2 months ago

I have this tee! :D

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Cadogan

1 point · 2 months ago

I also have this shirt.

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SnipeScyth

1 point · 2 months ago

kratos gona win.

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Obyri85

-1 points · 2 months ago

Love both these guys but I would have to put money on Kratos. He has simply stomped so many immortals and legendary monsters to paste I doubt the usual effects of an Old One would have a great deal of sway on his mind. Maybe given Cthulhu’s nature it may not be a permanent victory but I just can’t see the Ghost of Sparta going all bibbledee over the fact the universe is an uncaring chaos.

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action_lawyer_comics

4 points · 2 months ago

The writer of Conan the Barbarian was a friend of Lovecraft, and he wrote a passage in Conan's POV about how easy it was to kill Elder Gods. I'd link to it but my internet's being weird right now. It used to be on the tvtropes page for "Did you just punch out Cthulhu?"

I think it's safe to say that if Cthulhu were in a God of War game, they'd use the Robert E. Howard playbook

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FKSSR

0 points · 2 months ago

I'd buy a PS5 for that game!

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Hawkwood_

0 points · 2 months ago

Obviously the comments here are absurdly biased, because this is a Lovecraft subreddit. If you really analyze and compare each lore, Kratos will win every time. Every power Cthulhu may have, Kratos has already beaten something superior. "Uhhh but Cthulhu Immortal" - bite me. Lovecraft's universe is based upon the concept that the creatures are unbeatable, because they just face regular, limited, powerless human beings. If you were to pit them against something like Goku, Kratos or any other over-the-top powerhouse, they would just be crushed in mere seconds.

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bone_jangles69

6 points · 2 months ago

I’m sorry man but I disagree. These are beings who can manipulate the fabric of reality. Cthulhu literally can’t die, I mean he can, he just goes back to sleep that’s it. I would say Great Old Ones are far more powerful than the Greek or Norse gods he has fought so far. At the very best Kratos could delay Cthulhu’s awakening

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EbonHyena

0 points · 2 months ago

Let's step it up, Kratos vs Azathoth

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Mister_Taco_Oz

3 points · 2 months ago

....you would put Kratos against a massive floating ball of incomprehensible eldritch horror that literally created realitt as a dream in its sleep?

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alexfromouterspace

0 points · 2 months ago

Kratos= Weak Sauce

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ImposterBot9k

0 points · 2 months ago

10/10 would play this game.

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GoliathPrime

0 points · 2 months ago

Kratos could take him. Hell, the Elder Things nearly took him. We know Cthulhu can die, because we know how he resurrects himself via his daughter when that happens.

So Kratos would have to maybe rescue Cthylla, maybe bang her, and then kill Cthulhu.

Then settle down with Cthylla, have a boy! or a girl! all Whateley style and then have throwdown with Nyarlathotep and Yogsothoth somewhere down the line.

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ChironAnon

-4 points · 2 months ago

Kratos would still kick his ass

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Mister_Taco_Oz

3 points · 2 months ago

How would he do that?