A few days ago, Sony and Santa Monica Studio celebrated the first anniversary of God of War with a couple of free goodies, such as the above PlayStation 4 theme. It's a nice gesture in itself that fans will certainly appreciate, but little did we know that there's more to it than you might first think.
Ever vigilant Reddit users have spotted a secret message carved into the side of the boat, which floats front and centre in the theme. As you can see below, it's written in Nordic runes, but it's of course been translated into English. It says, "Ragnarok is coming."
Ragnarok in Norse mythology is, essentially, the end of the world. A huge battle between the gods of the realm results in many deaths and the world being submerged in water. It certainly fits the bill for where the God of War series is heading, but does this message tease anything? Well, we suppose it could be teasing the sequel, but it's surely far too early for that. It's probably a fun easter egg and not much more.
Are you ready for Ragnarok in God of War? Did you spot this hidden message already? Summon your axe in the comments below.
[source reddit.com, via gamesradar.com]
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that's a nice find!
ragnarok could happen in the 2nd game with the 3rd game dealing with the aftermath.
It means someone has been vandalising Kratos' boat. Probably that punk kid Atreus. By Odin's beard he will pay.
That could be the name of the sequel: "God of War: Ragnarok".
And it says that there are eleven other messages in the top-left of the screen. The possibilities!
@Rhaoulos Don't you mean "God of Thor: Ragnarok"...? Not sure the lawyers would let that one pass!
Sweeet. The only thing the new God of War lacked was boss battles.
SSM got away with it in that regard.
I think the sequel is going to be Earth shattering.
Half life 3 confirmed
A World submerged in water?
Kratos is coming to Manchester!
A sequal is obvious.
@Rhaoulos @jdv95 I'm actually thinking that's going to be the big finale; the world ends after that, and there's not a whole lot they can work with after it is reset. But there's a three year long winter before Ragnarok; Fimbulwinter, which essentially is a cascade of events that leads up to Ragnarok. It starts with the death of Baldr (hence why it started snowing when he died). But in Norse mythology there's a lot more that happens before the actual Ragnarok takes place. So I'm thinking a sequel based on Fimbulwinter, and a third game based on Ragnarok.
Ragnarok already started in the end of the first, right? At least I think I heard Cory mentioning it...
@Octane If I die of old age waiting for your game time line to unfold tell Cory rjejr would probably look good in Norse ruins written on the handle of an ax.
Everybody does seem keen on it being a trilogy though so it looks like a long wait regardless. Well maybe they'll announce the next game at E3. Oh wait...
Definite sequel tease. This is going to be hype.
@Octane
Thanks Octanepedia, that is a pretty cool overview. I didn't know much about it. You have peeked my interest and now I have to read more about Ragnarok and Norse mythology.
@rjejr Send it to Cory
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@Rhaoulos Yeah, it's quite interesting. Can't wait to see what the next game is going to be about. Definitely agree on the subtitle though. I don't think they're doing ''2'' and ''3''; God of War: Ragnarok sounds way cooler!
God of War: Ragnorok more like Bore Ragnorok
Please don’t execute me, I think GOW is a great game, but the Call Me Kevin joke was calling
@Octane Thanks. I may make that our family crest. Or better yet family tattoos.
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