Not wanting to mess with what wasn’t broken, the art team did their best to enhance the look but retain the essence of the Blades. So we had to play a little bit with proportions, but keeping it as close as the old ones and we took a step back and broke down what was iconic about it as we were Norsifying it, as we would say it, to really find what was iconic, what shapes were iconic.” It was a transition for the franchise to be a little more realistic. "So initially, that was an easier task just to take what was there and really just make it a little more realistic, work with the materials. “Kratos spent all that time trying to get rid of it, so we wanted to show that in the blades, but keeping it as iconic as we all know the blades to be," Grassetti said. Part of that work, at its purest, meant meeting the more realistic look of this new adventure. But when work did begin on concepting the Blades, the art team wanted to ensure they were retaining what fans loved about them, but also bringing them up to snuff with the rest of the work already done. That allowed the devs at large to really focus on ensuring Kratos’ new weapon, the iconic Leviathan Axe, got its due. And according to art director Raf Grassetti, in the early days of the project much of the team worked without even focusing on the blades, or thinking they may be part of the project. The Blades are a surprise late into Kratos’ journey. This is Art of the Level.īefore we get to what that journey is like for Kratos, it’s important to set the stage for what it was like for the developers. To find out more, IGN spoke to members of the development team about how Santa Monica brought this moment to life, and how it revived the Blades for Kratos’ newest adventure. That harrowing moment weighs on Kratos, and the team at Sony Santa Monica lets that weight rest on the player too before he ultimately retrieves the Blades and confronts everything they represent. But at the same time, it demonstrates that Kratos will do anything to save Atreus. It is a difficult choice, to revisit the past he has clearly worked so hard to leave behind him. Kratos, of course, knows of a fire from another realm he can draw from, and in one incredible sequence we see him dig up the ghost of Sparta as he reclaims the Blades of Chaos to save his son. Wilwood Forged Dynalite discs with EBC Yellow pads Tandem brake master cylinders with custom brake pedal ratio 9:1ĥ x 44″ Interco Bogger on MRW custom beadlock wheels in 16.5″ size to fit the Wilwood brakes 5 x 38.5” Interco Bogger on MRW custom beadlock wheels in 16.5″ sizeĤ-Link suspension set-up with upper links/lower links the same length for front and rear (again, less spares to carry) 4-links made out of chromoly steel Fox 2.So it’s no surprise that one of Kratos’ most challenging moments comes when Atreus grows sick, and the only answer to his salvation lies in Helheim, where no known fire in the nine realms will burn. Both prop shafts are the same length front and rear In the rear 1350 Propshafts with high flex U joints. Spidertrax S9 axles with Ultimate 60 knuckels and CTM Dana 60 U-Joint Diff is centred that both half shafts are same length (less spares to carry) Half shafts are 35 spline made out of 300M steel Diffs are HI9 with ARB locker in the front (with reinforced ARB collar from Spidertrax) and Detroit locker HD TH 350 with super duty sprags Modified to be manual, 2200 stall converterĪdvanced Adapters Atlas II 2 Speed Selectable front, rear or 4 wheel drive Marine grade wiring harness reverse throttle body Hooker LS1 block hugger exhaust header
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