God of War Ragnarökis finally available on PC today, and the developers at Santa Monica Studio and Jetpack Interactive have taken this chance to packtwo new quality-of-life and accessibility featuresinto the game.
The excitement around the release comes mixed in withdisappointment about system and network requirements.
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The PC port ofthe 2022 blockbustercomes out onSteamand theEpic Games Storetoday for $59.99. For another $10,the Digital Deluxe Edition throws in a set of Darkdale cosmetics, the Dark Horse digital art book, and the game’s soundtrack.
The standard and deluxe versions come with the Valhalla DLC, whichturns God of War Ragnarök into a roguelike.
Gameplay options now let companions be less annoyingduring puzzle sequences thanks to an option to reduce hints. This will hopefully reduce the amount of airborne controllers after the tenth hint in two minutes.
The other major feature of the PC version is the Cinematic Audio Description option, tucked under the Audio Accessibility settings.This will add sound cues during cutscenesthat help contextualise things for those with poor vision.
These features are currently only available on the PC port, but Santa Monica has plans to change that later.
Debuting in the PC version of the game and soon to be added to the console version are two new settings to help you customize the way you play.
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As a ‘thank you’ to the God of War Ragnarök PC audience, Santa Monica has addeda set of God of War-themed streameralerts on its site.Players can also download a fan kitwith social media banners and 16:9 wallpapers.
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It appears not everyone at Sony has gotten the memo about the causes of theHelldivers 2crisis, asthe God of War Ragnarök PC version requires a PlayStation Network account.
Besides the annoyance of adding another login on top of your Steam,thePSN requirement locks out playersfrom hundreds of countries, such as Armenia, Estonia, Morocco, and Pakistan.
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Things are not always smooth, even if you live somewhere with PSN access. IfGhost of Tsushimais any indication,linking to a PlayStation Network account on launch day is a minor nightmareof connection issues.
TheGod of War RagnarökSteam forum already has posts from a few hours agocomplaining of connection issuesasSony’s servers crumble under the demand.
Another major gripe gamers have with this port isthe storage requirement.God of War Ragnarök requires 175.72GB, which sounds insane, considering the PlayStation 5 version is only 84GB.
This is especially disappointing sinceSanta Monica optimized the game to look that beautiful and run at 60 FPSon relatively modest hardware (RTX 2060S GPU, Intel i5 8600 CPU, and 16GB of RAM).
Despite the annoyances,there is little indication that the God of War Ragnarök port will be anything other than another successinSony’s recent PC drive.
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