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Henlo there...

Why it looks so funny to me?! 😂

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Okay, so God of War PS4 was on sale and with the quarantine forcing me to live as a hermit I figured 'why not?' and a week later I have now completed it 100%. Kinda. I haven't beat it on the "Fuck you" difficulty but I didn't enjoy it enough to subject myself to that. Generally, it's kinda like DmC. A good game in its own right but when compared to the preceding games it doesn't hold up.

The combat is much slower. Less "spectacle fighter" and more "Dark Souls". It does get more complex later and though it's slower it's about as brutal as Kratos with a Dane Axe should be. Overall, the combat is good. It's visceral and satisfying and it will never not be entertaining to chop some poor bastard in half with your big fuck off axe, but it's not what I play GoW for. It's like if DOOM Eternal was turned into Rainbow Six.

As far as story goes, well... Look, God of War has never been overly focused on story. It's there but much like DOOM and DMC it wasn't what we were here for. So naturally the game that focuses on story will have the better one. There are more story beats and emotional impact in Dad of Boy than most of Kratos's diecidal rampage. It also gets points for intertwining the game mechanics with the story, like Kratos gaining unlimited Spartan Rage when Boy is threatened by Baldur or is in serious (story driven) danger. Also getting the Blades of Chaos was hype as fuck. But while Kratos is more sympathetic and human than he has been for like 4 games now, he's less entertaining. In the same vein as Joker or Albert "Satan's Hairdresser" Wesker he's not served well by being humanized. He's less fun and entertaining when he's not cartoonishly bloodthirsty. Kratos was sacrificed on the alter of "Hairy Dad" games.

As for the rest of the gameplay...

Bosses are worse. They range from "boringly easy cinematic" fights to "discount Dark Souls bosses". The final boss is anti-climactic and disappointing (seriously, the fucking Revenants, normal ass basic bitch mobs, give me more trouble than the final boss). And the Valkyries aren't hard or particularly fun once you scout their moves and learn the patterns. Just dodge then light, light, light, heavy. They're tedious fights.

Muspelheim is just a challenge tower, and while not the worst, they aren't nearly as creative as they could or should be. Also some were, again, not difficult but just tedious.

Niflheim can go fuck itself. Just run in a circle grinding special currency to unlock three kinda challenging fights and a bunch of chests that you need to go through if you want the final upgrade for your axe. I turned the difficulty down to "baby's first game" just so I didn't have to spend 3 hours running around in a circle. Fuck Niflheim.

Atreus ranges from toloerable to annoying. And the side characters are pretty good. They have their own quirks and verbal ticks and personality.

Overall, standalone I'd rate it 8 but as a GoW sequel I rate it 5.5. I'd say where it lets down the most are the bosses. Which are one of the biggest, best, most famous, aspects of the God of War franchise. @eric-coldfire

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