A really well made reboot with an interesting premise. Kratos has grown tired of slaughtering gods and retired to a different world where Norse gods reign supreme. We pick up some time into his new life with his partner having just passed away leaving Kratos, a man of very few words and a gruff demeanor, to look out for and raise their child by himself all the while dealing with the grief of losing his partner. This leads to some really emotional story beats that I won't spoil. I'll just say it's very well done.

This quite endearing story is paired with a beautiful, mostly open world just begging to be explored and a combat system that may feel strange to the God of War purists as it feels influenced by the more deliberate combat of Dark Souls. This isn't to say that you will be cowering behind a shield the whole time, there is plenty of hacking and slashing, but you have to dodge and parry or you won't last. Took some getting used to this new combat and over the shoulder camera style but it grew on me. Simply put this game is really good and there isn't much I didn't like about it.