He doesn't seem to know who Laufey (the mythological figure) is, period. I just thought it was funny that the original designer of the IP seems to know absolutely shit all about the franchise anymore, which is fine since the 2018 reboot happened after he was gone and it seems like he despised the reboot even before this.
Is the character in the game a myth? She’s supposed to be just Kratos’ dead wife sent to hades. I don’t think it’s the same Fey as the Norse mythology character.
Jotnar are not gods but they aren't normal mortals either so the best answer to your question is that she was neither. Either way Faye was absolutely the Laufey of the GoW version of Norse mythology.
Monday night I played the Skyrim opening level for an hour.
Nah, in the last 2 Dad of War games, Fey (faye, Laufey) was clearly stated to be of the Giant race (not a God like Odin / Thor), she is given a lot of importance in Ragnarok. Having a side story all about HER isn't a bad idea, as it could be interesting, but from what I've seen in that trailer, its done poorly and is just riding off the coattails of the actual God of War franchise.
Too bad that isn't what the studio added to the game. What we saw in the trailer is an uglified version of her.
Well, that isn't much of a criticism really. He helped make a truly iconic franchise based on Greek mythology. The reworks changed Kratos a lot from what he was in the original 3, so to me, it would be understandable if Jaffe didn't like what they did, and to now see them changing the very nature of the God of War franchise would also be irritating. The name "Laufey" was totally meaningless to me, but I knew it was referring to Faye/Fey-whatever. Did Kratos or Atreus ever specifically use that name?
I wasn't criticizing Jaffe. She kept her true identity secret while alive but I believe a big part of 2018's finale is finding out who she was. One of the murals also refers to Kratos as Farbauti but it's in Norse runes and the game doesn't actually draw attention to it so it's almost more of an easter egg than an actual plot point.
