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

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. 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. Subscribe to MinnMax’s YouTube channel to help support independent games media or unlock the podcast version of our interviews here - Warning: This interview contains full spoilers for God of War Ragnarok! 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 Follow us on Twitch - Please support us on Patreon - Watch our solo stream archives - Buy MinnMax merch here - Follow us on Twitter - Go behind the scenes on Instagram - Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! Mad Dash - Max Smith Hi-Fi Rush - Patrick Polk Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords - Logan Krause Cookie Clicker - RabidLime Art Style: PiCTOBiTS - Divorced Cougar Defend Your Castle - SSX Tricky - JustusLeague Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales Thousand Arms - Mattmini2008 Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint - ProcyonNumber6 Puzzle & Dragons - Joshua Ayers Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Clemens Zobel Dark Cloud - Andres Silva Destiny 2: Lightfall - Steve B Guitar Hero 2 - Hunter Blessing Yakuza: Like A Dragon - Jesse Spencer