God of War Ragnarok is real, and it looks like another epic adventure for our beloved Ghost of Sparta. However, it sounds as though it could also be his last — at least, his last in the realm of Norse mythology.
Speaking during the PlayStation Showcase's post-show interview, Eric Williams, director on the sequel, was asked if Ragnarok — the cataclysmic battle that signals the end of the world — will happen within the game. "You can't call the game God of War Ragnarok and not have Ragnarok happen in the game," Williams says.
What he says next is very interesting: "It's gonna happen. We're gonna cap off the Norse series with it."
So, this seems to be the second and final Norse game in the God of War series. We're sure many were expecting a trilogy, but Santa Monica Studio looks to be calling it a day after Ragnarok.
Elsewhere, on the PlayStation Blog, it's been confirmed that we'll be visiting all nine realms in this title. In 2018's game, three of the realms were sealed off — Vanaheim, Svartalfheim, and Asgard — but they will be accessible and fully explorable in Ragnarok, along with the others we all know and love. There aren't really any details on what these locations bring to the table, but it seems this will be a beefy game. "Exploring the realms will take you everywhere from verdant, otherworldly jungles to intricate subterranean mining networks," reads the Blog. "This next installment in the series will bring you a more diverse, beautiful, and mysterious variety of locations than in any other God of War game."
Bring it on. Are you excited for this one? Prepare yourselves in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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I'm thinking that if big IF kratis doesn't "make it" this game that next game might be just his son Loki
Does this mean that the next game could be the long-awaited virtual girlfriend Kratos app?
We'll be able to explore Jotunheim as well right? I know you technically go there in the 2018 game, but you barely see anything.
So hype. I loved 2018.
So probably we will never get a next-gen God of war game and that makes me sad😢
I'm sure this will be great and the last game was one of my faves, but I would by lying if I said I didn't get just a few worrying feelings with this. The fact that it's a new director and not Cory, that they showed so much of the story in the trailer while showing nothing new gameplay wise and with it being the last Nordic game...I'm getting slight Game of Thrones Season 7/8 vibes where they wanted to wrap it up asap to move onto something they're more excited about.
Really hope I'm worrying for nothing, it still looks great!
Slightly disappointed that it won't be a trilogy but if only doing 2 games makes ragnarok better then I'm all for it. Sad to think this could be the last god of war game we ever get or at the very least will probably be the last for a while.
Surprised they are wrapping it up in 2 games instead of 3, or sad maybe. I really like the Norse setting. Wasn't there speculation that they were thinking about Egypt next?
@Akimi cory said he wanted to explore egypt at some point in the future.
No longer excited because I can tell they are going to cram too much story into one game.
Nothing wrong with a good duology.
Guess I'll have to be the lone voice excited that it's a 2 game story arc and not 3. I may have skipped it if it was part 2 of 3 until the finale. I'm 56, I play a lot of my games on easy now. If I had to wait for part 3 - keeping in mind this game isn't even dated yet - I'd be watching a play thru of the finale on YouTube. 😝
Who knows, maybe you'll all get Kratos in Egypt after this.
Man, I hope they didn't go all The Empire Strikes Back with Horizon, they did add that I and II on the box art. Oh well, even if it is a trilogy first game ended well enough.
Man I so want an Egyptian or Japanese mythology god of war next after this.
@Bingoboyop Originally, I was all for it to be Egyptian and if it hadn't done Norse already, I'd have loved it to be Irish mythology but I actually think they should go really out there and have Mayan mythology.
It would such a huge contrast to Norse mythology and it really is awesome!
Are we allowed to call it God of War Ragnarok, now?
BOIII... I CANNOT WAIT FOR RAGNAROK!
I'm so hyped for this. It will be worth the wait.
I think "the stalker" (the dryad with the bow) is actually Artemis hunting Kratos for his past deeds.
Very pleased with this new game. I was worried it would just be more of the same but it looks to be improving on the previous one in many ways.
Can't wait, this game, project eve, ghost wire tokyo and insomniac wolverine/spider-man 2 are all my most hyped upcoming playstation games
Initially a little bummed that Cory isn't directing this but that is a long running theme for God of War and i'm super excited by whatever he IS working on. Likely the best option as to keep creatives interested and fresh, where they produce their best work, you need to move on to new things. And he's still listed as a producer for Ragnarok.
And excited that this will be a 2 game series before moving on to new ideas. I know trilogies were typical in the past but with game dev time taking so much longer 2 games are a better fit for me before they start to run out of ideas and drag on for decades.
I was never expecting a trilogy so this is fine with me, bring it on!
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