The exclusion of deities from Catholic/Hebrew/Christian mythology

Now I know you're probably thinking. "Of course they wouldn't make god, the holy spirit, Jesus Christ or even Lucifer/Satan. However, why not things like demons or archangels? I am sure no one would be offended if they made for e.g. Saint Michael or Beelzebub. I think it would be awesome to have the ability to play as Saint Michael. Anyway, these are just thoughts I wanted to get out there and hear other's opinion on the subject matter. If there is anything I am missing such as the reason they avoid making deities and such from hebrew, catholic, and christian mythos aside from just offending anyone then please feel free to write that out as well.

P.S- First post on any forum ever. May ya'll have mercy on my soul.

First of all, welcome to SmiteFire! :)

From what I've seen their main reasoning behind not including figures from Christianity / Judaism / Islam is that they don't provide good material for a combat-based game. I'll always recall it from this article where Todd Harris (CEO of Hi Rez) said:



There are a few small mentions / characters that WOULD make decent characters as you said, but then what? Once you have a pantheon based on that religion it seems like you'd have to put in the main figures.

I'm sure it's also the smartest move from a business standpoint, as you said, to not offend anyone, but there are other reasons as well.

Alright, then lets change up this topic to something else (and please stop me if there is a thread with this topic already). What mythological deities would you like to see in Smite in the future?

Are we asking for Pantheons or Deities?

I want Kronos, Zeus's Titan Father (or Saturn), Prometheus, Garm (the guard dog who kills Tyr in the end of time, who is owned by Hel), and Set.

It could be either/or doesn't matter. The only deity/pantheon that comes to mind is Kukulkan. He is a serpent that is partly responsible for the creation of humanity, but there seems to be a lot of speculation as to whether he is a deity or a pantheon, along with the role his played within Mayan culture.

I want the Slavic pantheon BADLY. HORRIBLY.

It has SO MANY gods, including a three headed god of war.

Also, I forgot Jormungar. I want it.

I have to check that out, you make it sound like those dudes are bad ***es. I also just thought up of Medusa and Perseus. They would make pretty additions to the roster. Unless they make Perseus have his stun be medusa's head which in that case we can only have one xD.

Been wanting Set for a while now.

Meh, I really don't have any desire to see a Bible character, to be honest.
Besides that, it's more about how Christians, or Jewish people might get offended at seeing their beliefs in a video game. As an atheist, I could care less if the game went without such characters, and I feel that it already has enough characters in it for me. The only characters I need are the ones from Greek and Norse mythology.

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For me. There are still a TON of Greek and Roman deities/Gods. As well as Egyptian, Mayan, Chinese etc. So really. After the release, Hi-Rez would be on full time with the Gods. We will have to wait and see what they will come up. I'm fine with whatever they make. I love the game as it is.