High on Life DLC makes fun of God of War Ragnarok's puzzles

[John Elden Ring]

We recently had the release of High on Knife, the DLC for the comic shooter High on Life. Just like the base game, this expansion made fun of several other media products, and one of the targets was Santa Monica's recent God of War Ragnarok.

When God of War Ragnarok launched, many players stated that companions ended up giving away a lot of the puzzle resolutions and High on Life decided to make fun of this. In one of High on Knife's scenes, the suit's AI quickly delivers the solution to the puzzle, referring to itself as a "little God of War-style hint" and even referring to itself as Atreus.

Hey! This is Suit-O. I'll go ahead and give a little tip in the style of God of War, which already gives away the entire puzzle. Go ahead and throw those parasites at Toxxo and it will give you life to heal, and you can stay in the tub longer. What did you think of that? Atreus leaving. I am just kidding. Haha ha!

In the past, David Jaffe himself, creator of the God of War franchise, had criticized Ragnarok's puzzles. According to Jaffe, "they went too far", insisting on always telling the player what to do.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Lampshading:

Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging

 

[Highwind]

There is a way to write that joke.

 

[Zzero]

There is a way to write that joke.

Yeah, ugh that delivery is GoW2 level unsubtle.

 

[KiryuRealty]

God of War laughs at High on Game Pass Payola's sales.

 

[Nimrota]

That feature in Sony games (I know Horizon also does it, unsure what else) is a net negative for the game. If they want to add it for casual players can they at least add an option to toggle it off? Exploring a level in Horizon looking for items and Aloy is muttering the solution to me simply because I'm in the general puzzle zone but haven't progressed. It's terrible. The new Jedi games do it better with a button you can press to get a hint, better than listening to the character monologue answers.

 

[FatKaz]

I hated that in god of war.

I remember trying to rush puzzles before atreus or mimir could ruin it.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Ragnarok is one of the worst offenders but It applies to several games. I remember Lara Croft's inner monologues they used as hints on the new Tomb Raider games.

 

[JAHGamer]

That feature in Sony games (I know Horizon also does it, unsure what else) is a net negative for the game. If they want to add it for casual players can they at least add an option to toggle it off? Exploring a level in Horizon looking for items and Aloy is muttering the solution to me simply because I'm in the general puzzle zone but haven't progressed. It's terrible. The new Jedi games do it better with a button you can press to get a hint, better than listening to the character monologue answers.

I hated that in god of war.

I remember trying to rush puzzles before atreus or mimir could ruin it.

Facts, Sony needs to cut it out with this nonsense. High on Life is trash but I'm glad other industry people are calling them out.

 

[Entropi]

And they couldn’t make it subtle? A Missed opportunity there.

 

[Box]

Meta humour is never not cringe

 

[AllBizness]

It doesn't bother me, I'm a c student and don't mind a hint every now and then. To each their own.

 

[anonpuffs]

Good, that puzzle hint design deserves a callout

 

[KiryuRealty]

It doesn't bother me, I'm a c student and don't mind a hint every now and then. To each their own.

With it being the only imperfect thing in Ragnarok, the hints get a ridiculously magnified amount of criticism.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Well deserved!

There should be an option to shup up the NPCs when they follow us, not everyone is as entertaining as Sully!

 

[KiryuRealty]

Well deserved!

There should be an option to shup up the NPCs when they follow us, not everyone is as entertaining as Sully!

There’s a Voice Volume slider in the sound options

 

[Box]

Well deserved!

There should be an option to shup up the NPCs when they follow us, not everyone is as entertaining as Sully!

Sully is actually well written, and he doesn't overstay his welcome as well.