Again when God of Battle Ragnarok launched on the assorted PlaysStation, Kratos and firm ignited a wildfire of takes from annoyed gamers. The issue was puzzles—or slightly, the truth that Ragnarok’s solely offered a scant few seconds of making an attempt potential options earlier than Atreus or Mimir would shout out precisely what you wanted to do to progress.
Ragnarok did have a “Puzzle Timing” setting within the accessibility choices, however as a Polygon piece concerning the puzzle hints famous simply two days after Ragnarok’s launch, that setting extends the accessible time for efficiently finishing a puzzle with a time restrict. As Sony Santa Monica lead UX designer Mila Pavlin informed Polygon, “These settings don’t affect the banter.”
It doesn’t matter what setting you toggled, the disembodied head in your belt would bark out exactly which object you wanted to throw your axe at and the place. Irritating, positive, however who amongst us hasn’t been conditioned to really feel an intense, existential terror every time we aren’t experiencing ahead momentum? Possibly the hints weren’t all unhealthy. As an apart, has anybody else observed that drivers have gotten rather a lot worse currently?
Miraculously, on-line videogame discourse can obtain good issues. Earlier right this moment on the official PlayStation weblog, Sony Santa Monica listed new options arriving to God of Battle Ragnarok with the PC launch, together with an possibility to scale back puzzle hints. “A brand new possibility within the Gameplay Settings tab, enabling it will cut back the frequency with which you hear puzzle hints out of your companions,” Santa Monica Studio mentioned. Feels like an amazing setting to check out whether or not it is your first or second playthrough—none of Ragnarok’s puzzles are all that sophisticated, however they typically name for a couple of minutes of chill exploration to seek out the right bib to bob, and this toggle is rather a lot simpler than stuffing a rag in Mimir’s mouth.
Ragnarok can also be getting a brand new accessibility possibility so as to add cinematic audio descriptions. “Enabling the Audio Description setting below the Audio Accessibility menu will play audio descriptions of visible occasions throughout cinematics,” Santa Monica Studio mentioned. “These descriptions will present extra contextual info alongside the spoken dialogue to create a extra detailed expertise for gamers with low imaginative and prescient.”
It is not simply PC gamers who’ll get pleasure from the brand new Ragnarok settings. Whereas God of Battle Ragnarok will launch with the extra choices, Santa Monica Studio says they’re headed to console quickly.
God of Battle Ragnarok launches on Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer on September 19.
