 He was also inspired by the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark".Although the game is based on Greek mythology, the development team gave themselves "lots of freedom" to modify the myths, and Jaffe said they took the "coolest aspects of the subject" and created art and story using those elements.Director of visual development and lead concept artist, Charlie Wen, drew inspiration from these films as well as more contemporary films such as "Gladiator" (2000) for tonal inspiration to lead the visual design of Kratos, other characters, and the world of "God of War".