It looks like an animated Indian film from last year has actually copied its action from Sony Santa Monica’s 2018 God of War reboot.<\/p>\n
The film in question is Mahavatar Narasimha, which is said to be the first installment in a planned seven-part animated Mahavatar Cinematic Universe. Now, I will put my hands up and say I personally hadn’t heard of Mahavatar Narasimha until this morning, when a post popped up on my social media feed.<\/p>\n
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The post in question comes from a well known PlayStation fan account, Black Thunder (you may recognise their name, as Sony Santa Monica added an Easter egg tribute to them in God of War Ragnar\u00f6k<\/a>. Black Thunder is the pub located within the walls of Asgard).<\/p>\n Anyway, Black Thunder shared a side-by-side clip of Kratos’ first encounter with Baldur in God of War next to action sequences from Mahavatar Narashimha. And, the latter looks like a direct copy in terms of the on screen action.<\/p>\n The comparison only lasts for around 20 seconds, but shows a character from the animated film being launched through the air in much the same way Baldur sends Kratos flying. We also see a character from Mahavatar Narasimha pulling up an entire tree to use as a weapon, again like Baldur does in God of War.<\/p>\n You can check out the comparisons below (heads up, this is an embed from X. Sorry, I haven’t seen it shared elsewhere). Eurogamer has asked Sony for comment on the clip and will update if we hear anything more.<\/p>\n To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/p>\n Manage cookie settings<\/p>\n As for God of War, it’s getting a TV series on Amazon. Amazon initially announced its God of War adaptation<\/a> back in December 2022. More recently, showrunner Ronald D. Moore said the adaptation will remain largely faithful to Sony Santa Monica’s 2018 game<\/a>, though it won’t be a frame-by-frame remake.<\/p>\n