God of War Ragnarok Director Details Why Norse Storyline is Ending

Today, it was revealed that God of War Ragnarok will spell the end of the Norse mythology storyline that the series is currently following, despite it only being the second installment in the story. This news came by way of an interview with YouTube channel Kaptain Kuba, which you can see for yourself below.

In the interview, the YouTuber asked God of War’s directors Cory Barlog and Eric Williams about the future of the series. In a somewhat unexpected answer, Barlog revealed that reasoning for ending the Norse storyline, which you can see in the quote below.

I think one of the most important reasons is the first game took five years, the second game, I don’t know how long it’s going to take but I’m just going to throw out that it’s going to take close to a similar time to do this, right, and then if you think, wow a third one in that same [amount of time], we’re talking like a span of close to 15 years of a single story and I feel like that’s just too stretched out.

I feel like we’re asking too much, to say the actual completion of that story taking that long just feels too long, and given sort of where the team was at and where Erik was at with what he wanted to do, I was like look, I think we can actually do this in the second story.

Because most of what we were trying to do from the beginning was to tell something about Kratos and Atreus, that the core of the story’s engine is really the relationship between these two characters and the complexity radiates out like ripples in a pond.

And we could make it an ocean and make those ripples go for thousands of miles, but is that necessary and is that beneficial, or are we feeling like it’s just spreading it too far apart, the ripples get too far apart, and you sort of lose the plot a little bit.

God of War Ragnarok is set to release at some point in 2022. If you’re looking for a bit more information on the game until then, be sure to check out the recent trailer, which features plenty of amazing new details and tidbits. There is also a load of God of War content in the related articles section below.