Originally posted by BloodRain
Though when he lost his god powers his physical stats returned to what they were. His body is probably stronger by 3 but I dont get how it increases in the short span from the begining of 2 to 3.
Not necessarily. After he lost his god powers, he still had enough strength to put up some form of resistance against Zeus' attempt to stab him. I doubt he could have done that in 1...based on feats.
My best guess (right now) is that Rage of the Titans helped increase his base form stats, even when inactive. Alternatively, his physical stats, specifically strength, didn't really increase by a dramatic amount throughout 2.
Originally posted by BloodRain
@You two: Well it is concept, so it does show the intent of what they wanted. Even the placements right, below the Island of creation thats at the edge of the world. Also saw a line saying the world would fall into chaos, not the whole thing literally falling.. but not bothered to serch for the script.
If Zues' quote about his mounting raising up then that large part in the pic would be its base and taking the bulk of the load with Atlas at the edge.
It shows the artist's intent and vision during development, not the devs final decision and overall portrayal. I see various concept arts of Dante's Devil Trigger in the DMC4 artbook. That does not mean all of them are viable.
Now the realm of Hades portion of the Underworld shown in 3 does look a lot like the concept art, but again, not all of the Underworld is shown in GoW 3, or in that artwork. There was this weird solid-looking smoke around Atlas' feet in GoW 2 as well, which blocked the bottom of the area from view. In addition, the figure that is supposed to be Atlas looks a heck of a lot smaller than the Three Judges, as well as the figure that is supposed to be Cronos (on its knees)
The Island of Creation is separated from the rest of the World by a vast ocean, with massive god-sized Horses right before it, a gigantic Spire in the center of the Island, and an ocean around it. Mount Olympus is also not visible from the Island, and it is likely the tallest structure in the GoW World. In other words, the Island of Creation isn't shown on that concept art, which means that what we're seeing in the art isn't close to the entirety of the GoW World.
There was also line about Olympus being destroyed, the same mountain that was far away from where Atlas was: "With the power of the Sun in his hands, it is only a matter of time before he destroys the Pillar that holds the World, and Olympus with it."
Said line is also about the Pillar holding the World i.e. the entire weight of the World was on the Pillar.
There was a line about how Kratos' choice to be with Calliope would bring about the End of the World: "To stay with his daughter meant the end of the World and the end of her."
There was also a line about Atlas holding the World on his shoulders: "The mighty Atlas was left enchained, cursed to forever hold the World on his shoulders."
Originally posted by BloodRain
And about that <10^22, shouldnt the figue come from the part of the GoW 'world' he's lifting?
Same world as ours, just a different view on its structure. Atlas is still lifting most if not all, of the GoW World.
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