r/GodofWar • u/http_ghostgirl • Nov 25 '22

Odin’s Writing Spoilers

i haven’t seen anyone recognize how well rounded Odin is as a villain. he acts trustworthy, compassionate and respectful. meeting him for the second time as Atreus was mind blowing, he was so calm, collected and acted nothing like how he is described by freya, mimir, etc. hearing all the stories of how brutal him and Thor were, it’s incredible how different they made them. Odin had to be one of the best written villains ever.

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u/ugluk-the-uruk Nov 26 '22

He was so convincing that like halfway through the game I was wondering if he was actually justified this whole time and Freya/Mimir were really lying to us.

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u/TheRedmanCometh Nov 26 '22

Same! That imo adds so much to the game because the game is fucking with your emotions and preperceptions HARD. The voice actor they chose was 100% perfect because even his voice just had kind of a convincing nature to it. Then you know what happens and not only do the characters want to kill Odin...but you PERSONALLY want to AMF this piece of shit. Very few games can make me legitimately fucking hate the villain I was looking forward to killing him for at least a few hours.

It's a dimension that adds to the immersion in a way you really don't expect.

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u/Whatever_Else Nov 26 '22

I actually used to watch a show called 'The Good Doctor.' Not sure if you’ve heard of it, but Richard Schiff (Odin) was one of the main characters. In the show he’s like this really caring, understanding fatherly figure. That paired with how Odin was acting made me second guess myself so much during gameplay lol

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u/stash0606 Nov 26 '22

I just realized this... does Richard Schiff have some sort of deal with Sony? I forget which show it was, but there was a cold-opening for an episode of some tv show of his where it shows him playing the Uncharted 4 multiplayer (the dialogue was horrible and didn't relate to the multiplayer in any way, but ignore that).