God Of War Ragnarök On PC Lets You Mute Atreus

Summary

• If you're tired of the constant yapping from Atreus or Freya in God of War Ragnarök, then the two can be effectively muted via the game's PC release.
• A "Reduced Puzzle Hints Option" has been baked into Ragnarök's PC port, preventing them from blurting out the solution to puzzles before players have had a chance to think.
• The feature will make its way to consoles down the line.

God of War Ragnarök is officially out on PC as of today, and it brings a wealth of new features to the table. Unlocked framerates, upscaling tech and support for ultra widescreen monitors are all possible on a PC, though the best feature has almost nothing to do with technological advancements.

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That's because God of War Ragnarök's PC release will finally let players mute Atreus, as well as Freya. It's a PC exclusive feature for now, but it will soon make its way to the PS5 and PS4 versions of the game, according to Sony.

The Boy Will No Longer Talk

It's important to note that Atreus or Freya won't be muted completely. The feature is a "Reduced Puzzle Hints Option," which will stop either of them from blurting out the solution to a puzzle before you've had a chance to think things through. But considering their propensity to yammer out hints, it's effectively a mute button.

Because the alternative, which launch-day players had to deal with, is this:

Sony Has Muted Its Protagonists Before

God of War Ragnarök's reduced hints option won't be the first time that a mute button has been patched into a Sony game.

Gamers might recall that back in 2022, Guerilla Games patched Horizon Forbidden West to stop Aloy from mentioning her stash as often as she previously did. The team at Guerila even made it a point to include that update in their Patch 1.06 notes on Reddit, writing, "Aloy will not mention her stash quite as often as before."

Prior to the patch, Aloy constantly mentioned her stash when the player picked up any sort of item from the world. It was bad enough that it became a meme among PlayStation fans. It seems like Sony's protagonists have a bad habit of talking too much, and their studios aren't afraid to mute them via a patch down the line. Atreus just happens to be the latest example in a long line of chatty characters.

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