AKheon | God of War: Ragnarök (PS4) - skip talking to Freya @AKheon | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Something useful for speedruns. To note, this is played on the unpatched PS4-version. Things might vary in unforeseen ways on other versions and ports.
EDIT: I've heard that on the patched version the prompt to the next sidle does not exist after doing this skip, which is a huge drawback for sure.
0:00 - You can glitch up some traversal prompts by blocking as you move into them with L-stick when you're playing as Atreus. After getting on the prompt (like on this first step of the climbing wall), you can evade, use Runic or 180 Turn to break out. The path which leads back down to Sindri is pretty close behind the wall, so you can reach there from out of bounds with an aim dodge. Pretty simple...
0:19 - As a small bonus, you can also break out of the next sidle to sprint past it to save maybe 10 extra seconds.
On unpatched, this whole trick should save almost 5 minutes because the dialogue scene is so lengthy. If it should work on the patched version as well, the time save would be smaller, maybe around 1 minute.
Afterwards, I played all the way up to the point where you switch back to Kratos and things seemed to work normally, so this is probably a viable skip. Also, this trick might help save time in other Atreus-sections as well.
0:37 - While I was at it, I also tested what happens if you go meet Freya from the wrong direction. You basically get to see her hanging out at the campfire from up close. The cutscene trigger itself seems to be a part of the climbing wall and can't be accessed from here.
1:14 - As another bonus, you can use the same prompt glitch (with a charged shot instead of blocking) to freeze Atreus' upper body in the shooting pose. I then go talk to Freya. The rest of the video is just watching the Freya cutscene while Atreus is bugging out.
To note, Atreus gets stuck like that forever, until you retry.
Something useful for speedruns. To note, this is played on the unpatched PS4-version. Things might vary in unforeseen ways on other versions and ports.
EDIT: I've heard that on the patched version the prompt to the next sidle does not exist after doing this skip, which is a huge drawback for sure.
0:00 - You can glitch up some traversal prompts by blocking as you move into them with L-stick when you're playing as Atreus. After getting on the prompt (like on this first step of the climbing wall), you can evade, use Runic or 180 Turn to break out. The path which leads back down to Sindri is pretty close behind the wall, so you can reach there from out of bounds with an aim dodge. Pretty simple...
0:19 - As a small bonus, you can also break out of the next sidle to sprint past it to save maybe 10 extra seconds.
On unpatched, this whole trick should save almost 5 minutes because the dialogue scene is so lengthy. If it should work on the patched version as well, the time save would be smaller, maybe around 1 minute.
Afterwards, I played all the way up to the point where you switch back to Kratos and things seemed to work normally, so this is probably a viable skip. Also, this trick might help save time in other Atreus-sections as well.
0:37 - While I was at it, I also tested what happens if you go meet Freya from the wrong direction. You basically get to see her hanging out at the campfire from up close. The cutscene trigger itself seems to be a part of the climbing wall and can't be accessed from here.
1:14 - As another bonus, you can use the same prompt glitch (with a charged shot instead of blocking) to freeze Atreus' upper body in the shooting pose. I then go talk to Freya. The rest of the video is just watching the Freya cutscene while Atreus is bugging out.
To note, Atreus gets stuck like that forever, until you retry.
