When Ares and his bear are playing a game, Ares tells his friend "Don't be sorry, be better." This is a nod God Of War, with Kratos saying that to Atreus
Ancient Greek instruments like the lyre and the kithara were used in recording the music. Composer Gareth Coker commissioned these instruments from a Greek luthier and had them transported across the Atlantic.
The game's parodical humour, particularly the bickering between Zeus and Prometheus, was inspired by the films Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), The Princess Bride (1987), and The Naked Gun series.
Writer Jeffrey Yohalem explained that in adapting the Greek myth for the game, he didn't want to avoid the darker aspects of its gods and heroes (eg Theseus's kidnapping of Helen of Troy), and instead specifically highlighted those elements through a modern perspective, as it "speaks to our current political climate and who we are as human beings."
Yohalem believed that the capability of Greek gods and heroes to commit evil acts made them more human: "The Greeks believed in balance where what makes us human and makes us complete are both our strengths and weaknesses."
Yohalem believed that the capability of Greek gods and heroes to commit evil acts made them more human: "The Greeks believed in balance where what makes us human and makes us complete are both our strengths and weaknesses."
The woman who voices Athena, Melissanthi Mahut, is also the voice of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, another Ubisoft franchise.