When he came to God of War,ony Santa Monica was totally able to understand that, no matter what magic they managed to conjure for the game, no one did ever know anything as the result of thatscenes during the game on August 14, 2018 was so true. And the fact that some people can only describe thatscene as the War of the Storm and most people will know what that means and what that matters, should tell you all of how deeply it has been etched into all of our memories.
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Even as a sequel,God of War Ragnarok committed the shit of trying to move forward and better in a way that could be done, and he’s forced to put an end to his own story. Before the game,Kratos and Atreus rescue Tyr, the former Nazise pantheon from long, long-term prison. Odin was taken by Odin because he was linked to the Giants. He was kept locked up so long that most believed he was dead, when Kratos and Atreus were only able to learn where he was being imprisoned and break him out.
From then until the end of the game, Tyr is a crucialally valuable ally of Kratos and Atreus and an important member of the continuous-expanding alliance of soldiers they recruit during their journey. Then on the eve of Ragnarok, it is revealed that from the start of the day, Tyr was nothing but Tyr, but actually Odin. He infiltrated them by the start, manipulated them and lying to them all the time- and he capped off that deception with Broks murder. After that he flees back to Asgard.
It is a sad moment. If you don’t see it coming in the slightest, the world is looking more like it is going to be uneasy. However, it’s not the kind of twist that leaves you feeling cheated either. By looking closer into War Ragnarokand his story, more you dive into the seemingly innocuous details, more you realize that the game is much more complicated.
In fact, a couple of these were directly condemned by Game Director Eric Williams. In an appearance in the IGN spoilercast following the Games launch, Williams revealed one of the most intriguing details on the show, particularly from the first few plays. When Kratos and Atreus go into Svartalfheim in search of Tyr, one of the first things they see is a Dwarf in the distance crossing the sea, he looks at them, spits in their direction, and quickly zips off the screen. According to Williams, that Dwarf is not actually Odin, he has finally gotten an agent of the gods to spy on his enemies without ever thinking they’re in his presence.
While the Aesir prison in Niflheim holds the real Tyr locked insiders, it finds everybody that Odin disguises himself as- and that Dwarfs character model is also there in the prison, among the other corpses.
In the room where Kratos and Atreus first find him, and where every nook and cranny carefully checks the floor and covers its skeleton. It is clearly obvious that Odin recently used his ravens to teleport into the prison- and, of course, the fact that the abandoned mine with no many Einherjars holding the place is a giveaway in the future. So when they arrive at Sindris house after the fake Tyrs rescue, he has decided to leave a room in a puddle. Is this just the type of person that Tyr is, should reflect that he really doesn’t need any space to be comfortable, particularly since he has spent so long in a cell? Maybe. You’re certainly able to keep up with the players’ mind for one game. Until again, maybe he chose a broom closet because he knew it would be the perfect place to teleport in and out of using his ravens, without drawing attention.
And there are some other hints which are pretty subtle, as you always keep looking for Tyrs real identity. He has completely sworn off violence and promised never to make a weapon again, even if his house is attacked by enemy troops and then he doesn’t do anything else than to pick up a shield for his supposed friends. Earlier in the game, when Atreus opens Groas shrine while Tyr is journeying along, he’s very shocked to learn that Odin had been led to believe a false prediction and that the real one talks about the death of Asgard and the destruction of the grave. From the beginning, that seems natural reaction, but after learning of that that, actually Odin can learn how he was deceived, you could understand the different aspects of his reaction.
Some interesting things worth looking into are the talk with Freya, and how often he calls her Frigg. That, of course, is what Odin referred to as her. And understandably enough, she’s an aversion to that name. Even though he was Tyr, Odin can help but get a sly dig in, with the name Frigg, trying to go under Freyas skin. And if you want hints of the twist to look even more subtle, you can always check the subtitles with careful attention. If you find the real Tyr in the game, you will see the character of Tyr with a head wavy accent over the y. If the fake Tyr speaks, there is no accent above the y in the subtitles. It is ridiculous that Sony Santa Monica decided to hide clues in a dark corner of the game? It’s certainly the best way to do that.
What is more, a second book in the Universe’s Ragnarok, and is proveable, how good the game hides its twist and annoys all the time, and so that most importantly you don’t cheated. When it happens first, it can hardly get used to it. No, it’s not even close to the Blades of Chaos moment- but for the same price of every new coin, a little more so, at all.