Cory Barlog

I would love for 'God of War II' to be considered the swan song of the PS2 but I really don't think this will be the last great game on the system. ”

I'm very - I love talking about games, I love talking about movies and TV shows and love what I do at work. But after work, I don't want to talk to anybody. I'm super private. I stay home. ”

I love movies. ”

Every creator has to follow what they believe. That's the message I would love for every single executive to get, to clearly understand, and every single producer out there. ”

Play the way you want to play. I want to give as much power back over to the player as possible. That's where games are leaning: give me the tools, let me do what I want to do with it. Let me solve the problem the way I want to solve it - experience the combat the way I want to experience it. ”

Certain games, I think it's great that they give you a continuing experience. ”

But that's a part of life; you're going through and nothing ever works out how you wanted. Nothing ever completed cleanly the way that you wanted. It is sloppy and messy, and when you think it's over, 'Oh great. We have a bit more to do.' There's always another bit of road ahead, even when you think you've gotten to the end. ”

I can't learn Swedish to save my life. I tried, but I'm not very good at it. ”

Throughout my life, I've seen that everybody has had something to teach me and, strangely, it's always something relevant to what I'm going through at that point. ”

Kratos began life as an anti-hero at a time when anti-heroes in games were scarce. ”