This is easily one of the most perfectly crafted games of all time. At points the pacing is questionable, but it truly is a masterpiece. Santa Monica took one of the most insane psychopathic, crazed killing machines and turned him into a more relatable character. The story arch of both Atreus and Kratos from start to finish is one of the best. Since 2018 I've played through this game a few times, and without question I bought it on PC as soon as I could. This is how a story driven game should be crafted. No cutting corners, no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ keeping you from enjoying the fun. It's challenging, exciting, and emotionally invigorating. If you haven't played this game or you're on the fence, you should just bite the bullet and give it a try. The soundtrack, visuals, open world, combat, leveling, progression, dialogue, plot twists, boss fights..this is what every games standard should and should've been set by (since launch). Without question more pros than cons to the game (such as reused boss kill animations to name a con), but I can most certainly look past those points. It's a visceral experience and I truly believe that this iteration of God of War is simply one of the greatest games to have ever existed, and will EVER exist. I'm primarily an FPS player, and typically I don't enjoy games like this...but man.. I can't wait for Ragnarok.

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This is easily one of the most perfectly crafted games of all time. At points the pacing is questionable, but it truly is a masterpiece. Santa Monica took one of the most insane psychopathic, crazed killing machines and turned him into a more relatable character. The story arch of both Atreus and Kratos from start to finish is one of the best. Since 2018 I've played through this game a few times, and without question I bought it on PC as soon as I could. This is how a story driven game should be crafted. No cutting corners, no bullshit keeping you from enjoying the fun. It's challenging, exciting, and emotionally invigorating. If you haven't played this game or you're on the fence, you should just bite the bullet and give it a try. The soundtrack, visuals, open world, combat, leveling, progression, dialogue, plot twists, boss fights..this is what every games standard should and should've been set by (since launch). Without question more pros than cons to the game (such as reused boss kill animations to name a con), but I can most certainly look past those points. It's a visceral experience and I truly believe that this iteration of God of War is simply one of the greatest games to have ever existed, and will EVER exist. I'm primarily an FPS player, and typically I don't enjoy games like this...but man.. I can't wait for Ragnarok. Thanks for reading if you got this far.