God of War Ragnarok dev fires back at \u201cnonsense\u201d controversy over new character Angrboda Sony Santa MonicaGod of War Ragnarok was finally revealed during the 2021 PlayStation Showcase, but the appearance of one of its new characters, Angrboda, has sparked some controversy. When God of War Ragnarok appeared during the PlayStation Showcase, fans finally had the reveal they had waited over a year for. The reception was positive for the most part, but the reveal of one character has set tongues wagging. However, the reasons why this is could be seen as dubious. The appearance of a character called Angrboda, who will likely have a connection to Kratos\u2019 son Atreus, is being described as historically inaccurate by some fans. This is due to Angrboda being a woman of color \u2013 rather than the same ethnicity as the rest of the cast. As the controversy erupted online, the game\u2019s lead writer, Matt Sophos, weighed in on Twitter. Sophos addressed the criticism directly, called out trolls, and explained the writer\u2019s reasoning behind the character\u2019s design. You can read his response below. Angrboda in our game is a young black woman. The vast, vast majority of players are thrilled and think she looks incredible\u2014and boy, does she. \ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\udcaaBut a tiny, vocal sliver of the internet was offended at this notion. I’m going to address a few of the main topics of outrage. 2\/11 \u2014 Matt Sophos (@mattsophos) September 13, 2021 God of War Ragnarok is not based on history Sophos also disputes \u201cnonsense\u201d claims that the studio caved to any exterior pressure to alter Angrboda\u2019s appearance, noting \u201cI can count on 2 fingers the # of notes we\u2019ve gotten for story changes to 2018 + GoW Ragnarok combined. This was not one of them.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the trust given to us to tell the best story possible without interference. So yeah, nonsense,\u201d he says. When it comes to comparisons with the traditional Norse mythology, Sophos notes the differing origins of key characters in the first game, specifically drawing attention to Brok, Sindri, and Mimir. Sophos was keen to stress that God of War Ragnarok is a fantasy game, rather than one attempting to be \u201chistorically accurate.\u201d After all, the game is about infighting between fictional deities rather than any conflicts from actual recorded history. For example, the World Serpent is also historically inaccurate \u2013 because it didn\u2019t exist. “”It’s not accurate to Norse mythology\/doesn’t respect the culture.”” Hoo boy. The big one. Let me start with this: God of War is our interpretation of mythology, not history\u2014Norse or Greek. We tell a personal story with the backdrop of gods, Giants, etc. through our lens. 5\/11\u2014 Matt Sophos (@mattsophos) September 13, 2021 Not only does the game deliberately take liberties with history, but it also makes changes to Greek and Norse mythology. It even goes as far as interwinding the two to create a compelling story. Sophos considers the matter closed, stating that his tweets will be \u201cthe last time\u201d he will engage on the issue. Most fans probably didn\u2019t bat an eyelid during the reveal of Angrboda. They were likely too excited to finally see real God of War Ragnarok footage. Any disappointment was likely due to the lack of release date rather than any character models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God of War Ragnarok dev fires back at \u201cnonsense\u201d controversy over new character Angrboda Sony Santa MonicaGod of War Ragnarok was finally revealed during the 2021 PlayStation Showcase, but the appearance of one of its new characters, Angrboda, has sparked some controversy. When God of War Ragnarok appeared during the PlayStation Showcase, fans finally had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}