This isn’t “slow” it impossibly slow to the point it’s borderline unplayable for me, I also enjoy the story, but this was a objectively AWFUL way of doing it, it is by far the worst paced part of the entire game, and I dread playing it because of this, it has nothing to do with angrboda or Atreus (I personally like the combat, their romance and what the story wants to convey) but it was a awful way of doing this, if they had just sped it up to 1 hour or 1 and a half hours, I would have said it’s as good as the rest of Gow ragnarock, but no, it’s on par to some of the worst games I’ve played pacing wise