[STEAM] God of War Ragnarok Finally Adding Option to Tone Down Puzzle Hints, But Only on PC for Now

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Former PlayStation exclusive **** of War Ragnarok has features temporarily exclusive to the PC port arriving today, September 19, including the long sought after ability to tone down puzzle hints from companions.

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post outlined "a host of new features" coming to the PC version, including an option in the Gameplay Settings tab that "will reduce the frequency with which you hear puzzle hints from your companions." This is "soon to be added to the console version" but PlayStation did not say when.

Though **** of War Ragnarok was incredibly well received,

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, one gripe players had was with companions throwing out puzzle solutions before players had a chance to solve them themselves.

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, with narrative director Matt Sophos saying "the timing for the first hint was too aggressive and should have had a much longer countdown timer before something comes up." A fix hasn't arrived for the 19 months since, however, and possibly longer on console.

The PC version is also getting the Cinematic Audio Description setting in the Audio Accessibility menu. This will "play audio descriptions of visual events during cinematics" to "provide additional contextual information alongside the spoken dialogue to create a more detailed experience for players with low vision." This too will come to console "soon."

In our review of the base game, IGN said: "**** of War Ragnarok is an almighty achievement and creates a new high that makes many of its peers look mortal by comparison."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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