Fact Check: Can you skip cutscenes in God of War Ragnarok?

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God of War Ragnarok has been taking the world by storm lately. The title explores the adventures of Kratos and Atreus as they venture through the nine different realms of the universe. During their explorations, they come across many Norse Gods including Odin, Tyr and the mighty Thor himself.

Since it's a single player RPG, a major part of the storyline in God of War Ragnarok is revealed through cutscenes. And given how important storylines are in a game, these cutscenes are of absolute importance as well. While cutscenes can be downright annoying at times, no matter how hard players try, cutscenes cannot be skipped in this title.

Unlike many other titles in the market today, God of War Ragnarok is completely driven by its storyline. In fact, the storyline is a huge part of the overall God of War experience itself. Thus, to provide players with the best possible experience, the developers at Santa Monica Studios have not included the feature that allows players to skip cutscenes in the game.

Even when players begin a new game, they cannot skip cutscenes at all. While this might sound disappointing to some players, it's actually a good thing. For games, telling a story through a cutscene is comparatively easier that putting forward a narrative through a mission. The only thing that comes close to a cutscene is the lore text, which a lot of players don't read either.

Keeping that in mind, having a cutscene makes the overall storytelling of the game very easy. And since these cutscenes are unskippable, the developers have somewhat made sure that players don't miss out on an important aspect in the story.

This is a difficult question to answer. Santa Monica Studios did spend a lot of time working on each and every aspect of God