During a recent interview, SCEA (fancy acronym for "Sony") art director Ken Feldman revealed that he once had a different vision for Kratos.

Feldman was deeply inspired by the angry god-killer's array of weapons and initially wanted to see them utilized in a shooter.  Yep, a GoW shooter, and we don't mean Gears of War.

"I tried unsuccessfully to convince [game director] Stig to make God of War III a first-person shooter. Kratos could have some truly badass huge weapons that rip gods to shreds," Feldman explained.  "Unfortunately he didn’t see the genius in the idea."

Wonder how that would've worked out.  Either the best idea anyone's ever had or quite possibly the worst, depending on your point of view.