MinnMax Interview - God Of War Ragnarok’s Writers Reveal New Details (Patreon)

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews God of War Ragnarok's narrative director Matt Sophos and story lead Richard Gaubert from Santa Monica Studio about the full process of writing and creating the hit game for the PlayStation 4 and 5. This interview contains spoilers for the game! They talk about an early version of the script where Thor kills Kratos, the origins of Loki's mask, the game's greatest lines, and why companions spoil puzzles for you.

You can watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/JzevDBqEDCA

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:01:27 - Matt Sophos and Richard Gaubert 

00:03:01 - How the writing team changed since 2018 

00:05:26 - Cory Barlog’s impact on God of War Ragnarok 

00:09:30 - The fate of Atreus 

00:11:42 - Kratos died in an early version 

00:15:19 - The scrapped early version of Asgard 

00:16:04 - Writing Odin 

00:17:35 - Where did Loki’s mask come from? 

00:19:08 - The Norns sequence 

00:22:08 - Ragnarok’s narrative themes 

00:25:53 - The story behind the final riddle 

00:28:10 - Potential romance with Freya and Kratos 

00:29:47 - Disproving popular fan theories 

00:33:55 - The secrets of Tyr 

00:36:22 - Why do companions solve puzzles for you? 

00:40:02 - Surprisingly popular lines/moments 

00:43:50 - The biggest cut content 

00:47:03 - The most exciting day in development 

00:48:08 - Creating Thor’s first scene

00:49:32 - The upcoming God of War show on Amazon 

00:50:12 - What they’re working on now/final thoughts

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