And when you don't cut it's like holding your breath psychologically and we were worried that you know you give somebody, I know they said a couple hours, play a game without blinking, psychologically,

are we going to create some serious clear fatigue?

But the hope was that it would elevate their emotional experience because we never psychologically

remove them from the experience.

Hey, what's up, PlayStation Blockasters?

This is Aaron Kaufman.

I'm the senior community manager at

Santa Monica Studio and we are taking over the PlayStation

broadcast with a new limited mini series called Worlds Collide. In this limited podcast series, we're bringing together

different departments across our studio that collaborated together on a feature

at Evolve God of War. Now if you watched our full-length documentary Raisingising Craters, you got a glimpse into our journey reinventing our franchise.

On this episode of Worlds Collide, we're pointed the lens at a feature that has always been critical to how we want you to feel in a God of War game.

But what happens when you

unhing that feature from tradition? That's the no-cut camera. From the very first

frame in God of War when Kratos cuts that tree down to the seemingly final frame with

Atreus as they spread phase ashes

top the highest peak in all the Norse realms the camera never cuts away between

gameplay and story we always keep you right there seamlessly grounded on the journey with Kratos and Atreus.

The no-cut camera, it was a miracle of collaboration across many departments, but really, none more so

than narrative design and programming. The way they merge technology with cinematography to establish a single shot

from start to finish and every which way you could venture on your journey that it was

unprecedented for God of war and it was bold it was new we hope you enjoy the show.

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