I was excited to play this. I purchased it and let it download. Then when it came time to play, I became stuck on a screen that said waiting for response from auth server. This is a single player completely offline game. Why does it need an auth server for anything?

Well, it turns out Sony wants you to create a PSN account in order to play this on your PC. Why? Good question. Well, because I wanted to play, I signed up for a PSN account. On the final step of account creation, I was told I needed to contact Sony support in order to finish creating my account. There was absolutely no information on how I was supposed to do that. I went to the Sony support site and there was literally no way to contact them anywhere on the site. I had to LLM it in order to get a support number because searching for one didn't yield any results either.

At this point I've been trying to figure out how to contact them for an hour. So I call the number and I am told that I need to call back within business hours. I check the time and the time they said they close is still 45 minutes away. That was the final straw. I uninstalled the game and refunded it.

Why do I have to create a PSN account in order to play an offline single-player PC game that I purchased on a PC game store? Why do I have to contact an uncontactable support chain in order to create that account? Why does creating the account make it mandatory that I enter detailed info like my city of residence and my ZIP code? It's like they don't want people playing this or something. This is asinine. How is creating a brand new blank PSN account going to verify or authenticate a single thing anyway? You want me to link a blank PSN account to my Steam account in order to play a game when you know full well I'm not going to use that PSN account for anything else ever, why? I shouldn't have to try to jump through hoops for hours and hours in order to even get to the title screen. I do not recommend this.

Creating a PSN account was something I knew was necessary in advance and I was prepared to do so, until I was met with the reality of it.

For UK residents at least, it requires submitting a mobile phone number to verify your age just to start with, and if that fails (which it did, no texts were ever received) your only recourse is to submit a photograph of your face or a government-issued ID to a third party website.

If you're happy with that, go right ahead.

I bought God of War, ready to slay,
But Sony steps in, blocking my way.
"Sign in to PSN," they bark like a beast,
Before I play, they need their feast.

My data’s the sacrifice, not Mjolnir or blades—
Just digits and numbers for their corporate raids.
Email, birthdate, card info too,
All so they can milk a dime out of you.

Screw your "community," your digital sham,
I just wanted to crush gods—not give a damn.

ban all 3rd party logins for steam, steam should operate entirely by owning a steam account and nothing else, especially to even PLAY the game which again, is singleplayer.

Why is this 100% single player experience forcing me to sign in with PSN? I understand that some people are given the OPTION to sign in but for others ( like me) it's a requirement. Why? When I launch the game it just says "A PSN account is required to play." and then I can either sign in, or quit the game. WTF? I hated it when EA did it, I hated it when Microsoft did it. I EPSECIALLY hated it when Ubisoft did it (Seriously GFYS Ubisoft). And I hate it now with Playstation doing it. The difference is that God of War: Ragnarok has ZERO online features. I can somewhat understand for games that are multiplayer or have online features but a single player only game? That's a hard no from me.

Edit: To a few of the people who commented. Not everyone does copious amounts of research on every single requirement, recommended specs, and reads the TOS for every game they play. That's a terrible argument and a completely unreasonable expectation. Stop making excuses for bad consumer practices. L corpo bootlicking.

Same problem as others here! Unfortunately, I found that after about 1 hour of play, the buttery smooth 120 frames turned into lousy performance (30FPS). I don't think it's due to my setup. The graphics card is a 4070 Super. I noticed that after time, the VRAM utilization was at 150% instead of the initial 60%.

The icons, subtitles and the entire UI also look unfinished!


Too bad, I was really looking forward to the game... Unfortunately, it's unplayable after an hour.

That's why I have to leave a bad rating for now! That should be better! :/

Edit:
It is a known problem. It is not due to my hardware. It doesn't make any sense - then I should have 30fps throughout. I'm just sick of being a beta tester for a game I paid 80 euros for.

Here is a link to two discussions that deal with this topic:

Memory Leak:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2322010/discussions/0/4843147950366339026/

UI / Icon problem:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2322010/discussions/0/4843147760499953314/

i cant enter game because psn account. error : cant find server !!!!!!!!
account for a single playe game what ??????

incredibly frustrating to see the enforcement of a PSN account for a SINGLE PLAYER game. No matter how good the game is, you shouldn't be forced to do that.

God of War and God of War Ragnarök are easily contenders for the best games of all time - they are must plays. Ragnarök took everything the first game did and improved upon it - the story is captivating, combat engaging, side quests feel important, and there is plenty of enemy variety. I also have yet to experience a single bug after ~25 hours of gameplay, it's an excellent PC port.

I however refuse to recommend a single player game that requires an internet connection. The requirement to sign into PSN, while it was a painless process for me, is nonsensical. Sony cares more about artifically increasing PSN numbers and selling your data than allowing this incredible experience to be more readily available for everyone.

Bought the game to play on my steam deck because it says it’s supported but when i try to play the game it sends me to the PSN login and then it breaks. There is something that doesn’t work on steam deck and I contacted Steam support (they could not fix it) i also tried to contact playstation support but only got bots and forums that couldn’t help. I’m sure this game is great but it’s not steam deck supported.