Ragnarök’ DLC? The First Game Had Major Updates
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Among the heavy hitters of 2022 gaming releases including Elden Ring, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and Bayonetta 3, God of War: Ragnarök was one of the most highly-anticipated titles of the year. The game was released in early November 2022 to universal acclaim and was recently nominated for «Game of the Year» at the 2022 Game Awards. As a sequel to the 2018 series soft reboot, the game features larger worlds and even more combat options with its playable cast.
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The game is already massive in size, scale, and gameplay. But is there any any chance that the game could receive DLC in the future? If the previous title is any indication, it might not come in the way we expect.
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The sequel takes place three years after the 2018 game. As Ragnarök approaches to wreak havoc on the Nine Realms, Spartan god Kratos and his son Atreus embark on another quest. While Kratos seeks to spend as much time with his son as possible before the end of the world, Atreus secretly searches for a way to prevent Ragnarök and help the people. Meanwhile, the forces of Asgard — at the command of Odin and his son Thor — seek to stop them in their tracks.
If DLC is anything like it was for the first game, it might not be what gamers would expect. Oftentimes, downloadable content will include new stories, challenges, or gameplay additions for players to check out.
God of War 2018 approached this a little differently. Game director Cory Barlog confirmed shortly before the game’s release that the game would not have any post-release DLC or microtransactions.
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Instead, the title received major patch updates that added several new features in the months following its release. These updates included features like a photo mode and a New Game Plus that included new challenges and unique upgrades.
These patch updates came at no additional cost upon their individual releases. While they didn’t necessarily add new stories the way traditional DLC might, they simply deepened the experience that already existed within the game.
As of this writing, Cory Barlog hasn’t made any official statement on DLC for Ragnarök as he did for the previous game. However, we can safely assume that the dev team at Santa Monica Studios will approach post-launch support for the game in the same manner as the first title.
Like its predecessor, Ragnarök did not release with a New Game Plus option at launch. It’s quite possible that this feature will be patched into the game in the future.
God of War: Ragnarök is available on PS4 and PS5.
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God Of War Ragnarok Director Rules Out Potential DLC
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Don’t expect any more God of War for a while.
If you’re someone who has experienced everything that God of War Ragnarok has to offer and you’re itching for more, I have some bade news for you. Despite the open endedness of the game’s finale, director Eric Williams has pretty much ruled out the game getting any form of DLC, meaning the Norse saga is officially over.
Williams dropped this bombshell during a God of War Ragnarok spoilercast in which he was asked questions by fans. Right at the end of the video, Williams is asked whether Ragnarok will get DLC even though God of War (2018) didn’t get any.
Williams responds by saying that Ragnarok is a pretty big game already and tells fans not to «count on» there being any additional content released in the near future.
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«I don’t know man that game is big,» responds Williams. «I think we put everything we had into it, so I wouldn’t count on it.»
Williams definitely isn’t wrong when he says God of War Ragnarok is «pretty big.» Personally, I spent a little over 40 hours in Ragnarok and I still have end game side quests and collectibles to sweep up. However, it’s fairly surprising that there doesn’t seem to be any plans to carry on Ragnarok’s story just a little bit given how the game actually ends. Be aware that there are big end game spoilers ahead, so duck out now if you’re still trying to avoid them.
Those of you still here will know that Kratos actually does end up breaking fate and remains very much in tact at the end of Ragnarok, despite his death being prophesized at the end of God of War (2018).
He does this by going against his nature and sparing Thor and Odin, leaving Atreus to make his own decisions and fend for himself. This all leads to Kratos and Atreus separating as the latter heads off with Angrboda to find the last of the giants.
This could’ve been potential DLC on its own, but Kratos then discovers another prophecy that depicts himself as a beloved God who is worshipped by many. He then sets out to rebuild the Nine Realms with Freya and Mimir after the events of Ragnarok. Both characters clearly have more work to do and go their separate ways to accomplish it, so it’s fairly surprising we won’t see how their efforts go in a shorter DLC even though the potential is there.
God of War Ragnarok producer Cory Barlog even suggested that there are questions still yet to be answered about the ending of the game, specifically regarding the time traveling antics of Jormungandr. Barlog states that this is «a story for another game,» which does suggest Santa Monica might not be done with Norse mythology just yet, but it could just have easily been explained away in DLC of some sort.
Still, it sounds pretty unlikely we’ll get more God of War in the near future, and we’ll unfortunately have to wait many years until we can see how Kratos and Atreus have coped without each other. Hopefully, they’ll have remembered their promise to each other.
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God of War Ragnarok is unlikely to receive an add-on — the developers believe that the game turned out to be big anyway
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God of War: Ragnarok was the last installment in the Scandinavian saga of the series.
While the game did wrap up the main story arc started in the 2018 soft reboot of the franchise, there are still questions in the story that the sequel left unanswered. nine0003
Some expected that the solution to some of the plot inconsistencies might appear in the DLC, but as it turned out, it seems that this will not happen. Speaking on the Kinda Funny podcast, , God of War: Ragnarok game director Eric Williams stated to the same question that the game is unlikely to receive the extension.
«I don’t know man, this game is already very big. I feel like we put everything we had into it, so I wouldn’t count on it.»
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To be fair, Sony Santa Monica has never been a studio that releases story expansions for their games, so the chances of a major DLC for God of War: Ragnarok were initially slim.
At the same time, the developers continue to support the game and have already released a series of updates.
In the near future, a photo mod will also appear in the project.
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure 3D platformer , recently released on Steam and the Epic Games Store, will soon receive a fresh batch of in-game content.
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PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC owners who have started or continue to play Sackboy November 9, will be able to download the new DLC based on God of War: Ragnarok for free. After downloading the pack, users will have access to the costumes of Kratos, Atreus and Freya, as well as unique emotes corresponding to each of these characters.
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