God of War Ragnarok‘s director has come forward to say the game’s developers thought the title was “not good” only three months ago. Speaking to GQ UK, Eric Williams talked about how the development team wasn’t exactly feeling very positive about Ragnarok during the final stages of development, but things worked out in the end, as Ragnarok has gotten rave reviews.
“When you work with people that are at the apex of what they do, you’re going to get magic. I just came from a room with those people. All I could say to them was, ‘Thank you.’ They were freaking out three months ago, ‘Holy crap, the game’s not good. What are we going to do?'” Williams said. “I can’t even imagine how they feel today. I wish I had a time machine to go back and feel like that.”
Cory Barlog, who directed the 2018 God of War and was a producer on Ragnarok, said the final stages of game development are hectic to say the least.