Sony Santa Monica has lastly launched Patch 6 for the PlayStation 5 model of God of War Ragnarok that tones down companion puzzle hints (and provides PS5 Professional help).
Game model 06.00 is now stay and, in keeping with a blog post, features a handful of bug fixes alongside the gameplay upgrades added in the PC model of God of War Ragnarok six weeks in the past. These are, most notably, the addition of audio descriptions and the aforementioned means to scale back companion puzzle hints.
Although 2022’s God of War Ragnarok was extremely properly obtained, promoting a whopping 11 million copies in lower than three months and incomes a ten/10 in IGN’s evaluate, one gripe gamers had was with companions throwing out puzzle options earlier than gamers had an opportunity to resolve them themselves.
Sony took motion nearly two years later by releasing a function that may “cut back the frequency” of these hints, although solely launched it for the PC model upon its September 19 launch, till now. Alongside the PS5 Professional help for God of War Ragnarok comes the diminished puzzle hints, however these can be found in all variations of the sport and never simply on Sony’s $699.99 console.
Options unique to that behemoth embrace the flexibility to run the Favor High quality mode at 60 frames per second, compatibility with PlayStation Spectral Tremendous Decision, and extra. The total patch notes can be found under.
Sony Santa Monica made clear it was conscious of the frustration with companion hints method again in February 2023, with narrative director Matt Sophos saying “the timing for the primary trace was too aggressive and may have had a for much longer countdown timer earlier than one thing comes up.” It has lastly addressed the difficulty after 21 months.
In IGN’s God of War Ragnarok evaluate, we stated: “God of War Ragnarok is an almighty achievement and creates a brand new excessive that makes many of its friends look mortal by comparability.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.