In a way I quite like it, but I dont think the last words of what is potentially the last game in th series should have been 'you disappoint me, Spartan', I would have much preferred Kratos' last words of 'my vengeance ends now' or whatever he said. 
 
All in all tho I just didnt feel a sense of closure (which could be intended), it just seemed like they had 2 cram alot of revelations into about 5 minutes, with the Pandora's Box explanation, then Kratos looking like he was gonna kill Athena, but gutted himself instead, it just didnt feel like a well played out ending to what is shown to be quite an epic story. 
 
What did u guys think?

Well the devs have already said they had an entire epilogue planned but had to be scrapped due to time.  It seems like it wasn't meant to just end as abruptly as it did but they had to make due.  Hopefully the talks of the epilogue being released as free-DLC come to pass and we can see the ending they had originally planned to release.

He tried killing himself and failed. 
Actually no, the after the credits thing was just a red herring. They couldn't not put something like that in. Chances are, though, next time you see Kratos you'll be fighting him, if I had to guess. 
If I could dabble in fanfic real quick, the next game would be one of two things if I were in charge (so be glad Im not?) 
Kratos created a power vacuum and the north gods (Odin, etc) move in to take over. 
You play a masked man who has a grudge with Kratos and it turns out to be Hercules. 
That's where I'd go from here. That way the "trilogy" is over and the next thing is different enough to not be counted in it. 
My thought would be they could both happen, then Kratos and Hercules decide the world would be better off if they killed all the gods. Then they can tear through Babylon and Egypt and have a good ol time.

" He tried killing himself and failed. Actually no, the after the credits thing was just a red herring. They couldn't not put something like that in. Chances are, though, next time you see Kratos you'll be fighting him, if I had to guess. "

" He tried killing himself and failed. Actually no, the after the credits thing was just a red herring. They couldn't not put something like that in. Chances are, though, next time you see Kratos you'll be fighting him, if I had to guess. If I could dabble in fanfic real quick, the next game would be one of two things if I were in charge (so be glad Im not?) Kratos created a power vacuum and the north gods (Odin, etc) move in to take over. You play a masked man who has a grudge with Kratos and it turns out to be Hercules. That's where I'd go from here. That way the "trilogy" is over and the next thing is different enough to not be counted in it. My thought would be they could both happen, then Kratos and Hercules decide the world would be better off if they killed all the gods. Then they can tear through Babylon and Egypt and have a good ol time. "

I liked it, the trail of blood obviously means theres more to come.  Maybe with the world gone to shit and pandora's power released, kratos might actually try and fix everything and put it back in order while dealing with the leftover monsters and gods (maybe of other cultures).  End of the trilogy, maybe the end of kratos, but there will be more to come from god of war.

" @ShalashaskaU: http://kotaku.com/5493043/if-cut-god-of-war-iii-ending-returns-as-dlc-it-would-be-free "

" He tried killing himself and failed. Actually no, the after the credits thing was just a red herring. They couldn't not put something like that in. Chances are, though, next time you see Kratos you'll be fighting him, if I had to guess. If I could dabble in fanfic real quick, the next game would be one of two things if I were in charge (so be glad Im not?) Kratos created a power vacuum and the north gods (Odin, etc) move in to take over. You play a masked man who has a grudge with Kratos and it turns out to be Hercules. That's where I'd go from here. That way the "trilogy" is over and the next thing is different enough to not be counted in it. My thought would be they could both happen, then Kratos and Hercules decide the world would be better off if they killed all the gods. Then they can tear through Babylon and Egypt and have a good ol time. "

playing as the brother and working towards killing kratos would be gay, you cant simply kill kratos. only kratos can kill himself.  if all it took was for his brother to kill him, he could have done it a bunch of times when kratos was in the underworld. 
 
what about co-op god of war?

To be honest, I thought the end was real cheesy; especially the part where Kratos comes back from 'death' because of HOPE!! Ugghh..... Though I did really enjoy the trippy fear dream sequence, mainly coz it reminds me of Max Payne. 
 
Also: First person hack n slash!!!!!

It should have ended with Kratos taking some Riddlin, and when he finally calmed the fuck down he sat down to read a book.

I agree that the ending could have been done better, but overall I liked it. I thought it made sense and was fitting for Kratos and who he is. As underwhelming as Athena's last words were I thought they were fitting for her and fitting for the Gods in general since they were just using the mortals in an effort to achieve their own ends the entire time. Again, it could have been done better and it definitely left something to be desired and made me a little angry. However, it was fitting and I hope they don't make another God of War with Kratos and the Greek pantheon. I hope that if they do another God of War it will be completely different and deal with a completely different main character and pantheon of Gods, because I feel the existing cast and formula has gotten stale.

I kind of wished for a better ending.As a matter of fact I wish the finally 3 hours or so were much more better. I felt the attempt to have Kratos show some emotion and smypathy came from basically no where an was very underwhelming to say the least. Really... the ending is fine and for any number of other games it would have been nice and sweet. Unfortunately I can't help but feel the ending was lacking any kind of greatness due to the fact that this is apparently the last Kratos game. Also, the explanation of what happened was so F-ing tacked on it wasn't even funny, though it does sound like Sony just didn't give Santa Monica enough time to finish with a proper ending so hopefully we will see future DLC for a proper send off of this character.
 
 It seemed to me the very final scene after the credits was simply Sony wanting to make sure that they can have some half-assed unexplained ending in which they can make another God of War game. Even though I would love to see another game like this trilogy by a studio as talented as Santa Monica,  I can't see it being interesting if they simply recycle Kratos and THESE Greek themes again and again. But that is just my two cents...Everyone feels different about these things.