The assumption, of course, is that once the Norse saga has wrapped up, God of WarВ will move on to another mythology for another new arc, which was something even the 2018 game seemed to hint at. Not sure what it is, but I think itвЂ™ll be great.вЂќ вЂњAnd, you know, after that, wanted to really make a big splash with something. And I kind of want that to happen maybe before my kidвЂ™s in college.вЂќД«arlog added: вЂњAlso, as we started to talk about what the story could be, about where Eric really wanted to go, the things that were interesting and exciting for him, I was like, вЂYeah, I really do think we can do this.вЂ™ Because it is centralizing itself always around these characters, and then really kind of giving everybody the time that they need. So to be able to say, вЂhey man, you could probably start God of War (2018) and then play God of War: RagnarokВ and feel like youвЂ™re getting the entirety of the story. And I just thought that was fantastic, amazing. вЂњThat experience I had when I got the extended edition box set of The Lord of the Rings, and I was able to say, вЂwow, I can sit down and have like thirteen and a half hours of this experience, playing them one after another, back-to-back. But is that necessary and is that beneficial, or are we feeling like itвЂ™s just spreading it too far apart? The ripples get too far apart and you just sort of lose the plot a little bit.вЂќД«arlog went on to add that SIE Santa Monica Studio is looking to craft a singular experience across both games in the Norse saga telling one story from beginning to end, an effect that he feels is вЂњfantasticвЂќ when done right. And we couldВ make it an ocean, and have those ripples go just thousands of miles. The complexity radiates out, like ripples in a pond. вЂњGiven where the team was at and where Eric was at with what he wanted to do, I was like, вЂlook, I think we can actually do this in the second story.вЂ™ Because most of what we were trying to do for the beginning was to tell something about Kratos and Atrues, that the core, the storyвЂ™s engine is really the relationship between these two characters. Like I feel like weвЂ™re asking too much to say- the actual completion of that story taking that long just feels too long.

And then if you think, wow, a third one in that same, weвЂ™re talking a span of close to fifteen years of a single story, and I feel like thatвЂ™s just too stretched out. The second game- I donвЂ™t know how long itвЂ™s gonna take, but IвЂ™m just gonna throw out that itвЂ™s gonna take close to a similar time to do this. вЂњI think one of the most important reasons is, the first game took five years. вЂњThere are several reasons,вЂќ Barlog said. Barlog then went on to explain that telling the entire story over the course of three games in what would roughly have been fifteen years would have stretched the narrative too thin, and that the development team felt confident it could wrap things up by the end of the second game itself.

In a recent interview with YouTuber Kaptain Kuba, when asked about why it was decided that RagnarokВ would be the final game in the Norse saga, Eric Williams вЂ“ wo replaces Barlog as director on the upcoming sequel вЂ“ says that the decision was actually made by his predecessor. Most people assumed that the Norse saga would be a trilogy at the very least, especially seeing as the Greek saga was also a trilogy (with three mainline spinoffs on top of that), so to see God of WarВ wrapping up this arc in just two arcs has taken people by surprise.ДЄnd as it turns out, that decision was made by Cory Barlog, creative director of God of War (2018), himself. The fact that God of War: RagnarokВ is going to be the last game in the seriesвЂ™ Norse saga has surprised quite a lot of people.

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