God of War-Demake lets Pixel-Kratos compete in turn-based battles

Kratos and Atreus Adventure shine in the classic retro guise of the PS1.

The last God of War-Title was only published in 2018, but the Youtubers of 64 Bits wondered what the adventures of Kratos and Atreus would have looked like if God of War had appeared around 20 years earlier. Even the title and loading screens have been redesigned by the group.

God of War for retro lovers

What does the demake look like? For the God of War demake, the team created a scene in which Kratos, Atreus and Mimir are sailing across a river in a boat. When they hit a shoreline, a fight begins against a draugr, an ogre, and a nightmare:

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The special: The fight is turn-based and is very reminiscent of a classic role-playing game. Kratos and Atreus both have a bar for their points of life and their points of attack. In a menu you can choose between a standard attack, a special attack, the use of an item and defending.

Where does the graphic come from? The demake is based on the PS1-RPG Breath of Fire 4, which can be seen, for example, in the text boxes in combat. Even the iconic PS1 sounds were taken from the game to give God of War the retro charm it needed.

Lots of love for the demake

The God of War demake is part of a series. The team is currently planning a total of seven demakes. But above all the God of War demake, of course, has done it to Cory Barlog, who was responsible for God of War as Game Director:

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What actually is a demake? A demake is the opposite of a remake. While development studios endeavor to adapt the graphics and all other game aspects to modern times for a remake, the old flair of bygone generations of consoles should be relived with the demake.

You can find more demakes of well-known games on GamePro:

There will be new God of War fodder in the coming year. Then namely appears God of War 2: Ragnarok for PS4 and PS5. With the new part, the combat system should change a bit, but we shouldn’t expect a turn-based combat system like in Demake.

Rather, the variety of shields should be expanded and the Fight even more complex will. We’ll have to wait a few more months until we can convince ourselves of the new God of War part.

What do you think of PS1-style Pixel Kratos?