The sex scenes in the original God of War trilogy are equal parts horny and corny, and the question of whether or not they'll return in the upcoming remakes has been hanging ever since the project was first announced. Original Kratos actor T.C. Carson, who's returning to the role in the remakes, thinks those scenes will return.
He was asked about the return of those "intimate romance minigames" during a panel at MegaCon Orlando. In a clip shared by IGN, Carson responded with a smile: "You know what? All you dudes – all you men – I think so."
Instantly realizing the implications of that comment, he quickly emphasized: "I said 'I think so.' I said 'I think so.'"
So no, this is not confirmation that the sex scenes will be back, but it does seem that Carson believes they'll be in keeping with whatever tone the remakes take. And really, I think tone has been the crux of the question here. The modern God of War titles have been grounded, introspective adventures through the fantastical, while the originals were campy bloodbaths unafraid of throwing in doses of prurient titillation between all the violence.
Naturally, mature storytelling doesn't preclude sex and nudity, as evidenced by games like Baldur's Gate 3. But Larian's RPG offers up steamy romance scenes as a, ahem, climax for a relationship with a fully-formed character. Old God of War's sex takes the form of a baser male-focused fantasy about nameless women throwing their perfect bodies at a chiseled hunk of masculinity.
Is that kind of thing core to the original God of War's identity, or simply a byproduct of the '00s assumption that gamers were mostly teenage boys? That's a question that I suspect Sony is still trying to figure out the answer to as the remake trilogy starts to take shape.
