In the leadup to God of War Ragnarök's release on Steam, we covered how PlayStation and Santa Monica added a unique new feature called "Reduced Puzzle Hints Option." The feature effectively hits the mute button on Atreus and Freya and prevents them from blurting out the solution to puzzles and other elements before the player has had a chance to think.
Apparently, that wasn't enough.
A new PC mod, appropriately titled, "Please Shut Up (Companion Mute Mod)" takes things even further by removing hundreds of pieces of useless dialogue. The end result is an experience filled with less yapping and more bliss.
Characters don’t have to be frozen in time just because their creators are
According to the mod's page on Nexus Mods, a website dedicated to housing PC mods, the Please Shut Up mod has removed over 2,500 pieces of useless dialogue and counting.
Its official description is as follows:
Tired of companions telling you things you already know? Tired of the game treating you like a child if you don't instantly solve every puzzle? This mod removes over 2500+ pointless/patronising voice lines from the game.
Examples of some of these lines, besides obvious puzzle hints, are things like...