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jontree255 lemmy.world jontree255@lemmy.world
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This is for the new God of War game they showed yesterday where you play as Kratos’ deceased wife.

Utterly predictable response TBH. What’s funny about this particular comment is that Alfred is arguably just as capable as Batman. The average gamer culture warrior not only doesn’t have media literacy, he just hasn’t read the material.

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justdaveisfine piefed.social justdaveisfine@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-23
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Wasn't Alfred like SAS or a British Intelligence Officer? I'd 1000℅ play a game with him as a protagonist.

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jontree255 lemmy.world jontree255@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Wasn't Alfred like SAS or a British Intelligence Officer? I'd 1000℅ play a game with him as a protagonist.

Yeah I think that’s his backstory. There’s comic panels where Alfred straight up says he’s not Batman and he’ll kill people if he has to.

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andyburke fedia.io andyburke@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-06-16
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remember when these little twats used to call everyone "snowflake"?

lol.

lmao.

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Godnroc lemmy.world Godnroc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Yeah I think that’s his backstory. There’s comic panels where Alfred straight up says he’s not Batman and he’ll kill people if he has to.

Whilst holding a shotgun of I recall correctly. I want this game!

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Sanctus anarchist.nexus Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-08
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I just wanna see more of her gelatinous cube

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wizardbeard lemmy.dbzer0.com wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Wasn't Alfred like SAS or a British Intelligence Officer? I'd 1000℅ play a game with him as a protagonist.

HBO did a three season show starring Alfred in a wildly stylized 1960s called Pennyworth. Was a pretty fun ride.

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ceenote lemmy.world ceenote@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Wasn't Alfred like SAS or a British Intelligence Officer? I'd 1000℅ play a game with him as a protagonist.

I'm no Batman buff, but I think that's a more recent version. In the older versions, he bordered on doddering, to the point where Batman had to keep him out of trouble.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
Joined: 2026-02-22
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remember when these little twats used to call everyone "snowflake"? lol. lmao.

Every conservative accusation is a confession

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Jax sh.itjust.works Jax@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-22
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Yeah idk, I don't care that Faye is back — Ragnarok was dumb and nothing they do will salvage the shit storytelling in that game.

If you for some reason liked Ragnarok's story, I'm sure this game will be enjoyable for you.

Edit: ITT, wE cHaNgEd ThE tImElInE bY dOiNg LiTtErAlLy EvErYtHiNg ThAt WaS pReDiCtEd! ThIs Is A sErIoUs NaRrAtIvE!

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
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I'm so sick of incels getting a seat at the table

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
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I just wanna see more of her gelatinous cube

Exactly Frank the cube is where it's at

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ShinkanTrain lemmy.ml ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-13
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I'm just glad it's not Kratos's annoying ass son.

Not to give The Gamers any benefit of the doubt, but (to me) the main reason the new GoW works is that it's interesting to see Kratos live with all the shit he did in the previous games, so I think any character would have trouble replacing him.

Though, to be fair, after two giant ass games hammering that point, it got old.

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TheTetrapod lemmy.world TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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HBO did a three season show starring Alfred in a wildly stylized 1960s called Pennyworth. Was a pretty fun ride.

The only thing I know about that show is that they soft-retitled it in season 3 to be "Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler".

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Gust piefed.social Gust@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-08
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Yeah I think that’s his backstory. There’s comic panels where Alfred straight up says he’s not Batman and he’ll kill people if he has to.

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DudeImMacGyver kbin.earth DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
Joined: 2025-01-11
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Be Alfred? I'd play that game as long as it wasn't a PlayStation exclusive.

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BaraCoded literature.cafe BaraCoded@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-12-13
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Alpha-wannabe incels just don't know how gay they sound. What? No woman? You prefer the bare-chest brutal muscle-bear with big, callous hands and that deep, deep voice?

It does go well with his femboy Noctis avatar, though.

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burgermeister sh.itjust.works burgermeister@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-10
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I read the title and thought that you would be playing as his original Greek wife that he killed in the first game. I guess this makes more sense.

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