When the credits finish, Kratos can be heard saying: "I am compelled to push onward, onto my next journey. I don't know where it will take me. Could I finally try to save.. him? He who I couldn't help when he needed me most? But much has changed since then, I have changed, I can do so much more now. But he has changed too, he is surely no longer the boy he was years ago. Will he welcome me with open arms, or clenched sword? Either way, I will be back"
The closing credits are a sequence of various looped scenes from the game. As the credits progress, the camera zooms out until the looped scenes form an image of Kratos.
There is a statement at the end of the closing credits: "Kratos will return."