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10. NPCs Spoil Puzzle Solutions - God Of War Ragnarök

God Of War Ragnarök is a monumental achievement from top to bottom, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. And perhaps the single most complained-about aspect? The excessively helpful NPCs.

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Throughout the game whenever an even vaguely challenging puzzle emerges, the super-brainy companion characters won't wait more than a few seconds before offering up a descriptive instruction of what to do.

Naturally this is a bit annoying given that many players enjoy the challenge of figuring out a puzzle for themselves, and it's so aggressively hand-holding as to feel rather patronising, as if Sony Santa Monica didn't believe players harboured the master intellect necessary to solve the puzzles themselves.

Bafflingly despite the game's impressive array of accessibility options, there's no way to just toggle the hints on/off - a staggeringly simple feature that could've easily dealt with perhaps the game's most bleated-about problem.

In a title packed with so many smart, stunning design decisions, this is a truly bizarre oversight.

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