



Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta are the only games in the Greek Saga that I know of that have friendly human soldiers fight alongside Kratos, even if only for a brief moment. I always like to protect them and keep them alive by being extra careful not to accidentally murder them, even if Kratos himself probably doesn't give a shit if they live or die via collateral damage or intentional murder. Honestly, it's the only reasons I fully use the L1 + O button in Ghost of Sparta.
Although, it is jarring in Ghost of Sparta, since you can also kill Spartan NPCs (who are friendly by default) by accident or by grabbing them on purpose.
His return to being playable came with the caveat of being able to do so only as some past version of him or an alternate creation of New Khaenri'ah. A heavily nerfed up, painfully diluted, sanitized version of the Captain without any of his struggles or accomplisments is not the character I want or admired. And if this version of him turns out of be another generic pretty man with a vision, then It's nothing more than a dollar store knock off the real thing but without even a shred of coolness of the real Captain, with all his strength, virtues, flaws, struggles, his rage and defiance against the authority of the Heavenly Principles.
The game always reminds you that yes, you're in a huge ass temple with tons of giant, specialized rooms, entire cliffsides with summits and everything in between that supports an entire ecosystem but that this huge ass temple is still on the back of a Titan and it's always on the move.