Interestingly, several reviewers say they’ve been able to play the gamewithoutlinking aPSN accountat all.

“I get why people are upset about the PlayStation account stuff.

It sucks when developers stuff online features into a single-player game,“saidone positive reviewer.

Kratos from God of War Ragnarok holds up the horned head of Mimir

“But I don’t even understand because I could play fine without logging in.

It sucks because those reviews are gonna turn people away from an incredible game.”

Extremely scummy behaviour from Sony here.”

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You may remember plenty ofdiscourse around the high frequency of puzzle hints in God of War Ragnarok.

Check the in-game “Gameplay configs” tab to enable this feature.

Steam review: “I bought God of War, ready to slay / But Sony steps in, blocking my way / “Sign in to PSN,” they bark like a beast / Before I play, they need their feast / My data’s the sacrifice, not Mjolnir or blades— / Just digits and numbers for their corporate raids. / Email, birthdate, card info too / All so they can milk a dime out of you. / Screw your “community,” your digital sham / I just wanted to crush gods—not give a damn