This improves upon the first in every single way besides one crucial aspect. Pacing! The original felt like a heart warming journey between a very eager to impress son and his far too judging/overprotective father and the time we spent with the two bonding felt real and deserved. This attempts to do this with a cast of memorable and forgettable characters who try to sacrifice themselves at every opportunity for either cheap tears or just to rid of the characters for a quick moment. There are some absolutely belter characters such as Oden who I felt lived up to the warning Mimir had given us in the original however the other Gods were either absent or had their characters magically resolved or disappear in the third act which made it feel like the only people in Asgard were Thor(for 3 seconds) and Oden (obviously Heimdall was absent for story reasons). However saying this, I can't lie the ending cutscene did have me sobbing and feeling like Kratos had earnt his path. If it weren't for the rushed third act this would be a stellar game.

Right, Love Spider-Man, first one? Great story, every major character was great and memorable every side character besides like Howard was forgettable and served little to no purpose. This game makes me think major characters are side characters. Kraven shows up for 2 hours only to dip to set up the major major character for the third act who only shows up for like ten minutes then gets defeated by the Spiders in probably the worst suits to ever grace mankind. MJ was improved in this game and I don't see why anyone has an issue with her same with Harry who I personally enjoyed in the story. Problem is everyone else felt like they weren't in the story. The traversal is amazing and literally the best 10/10 feature of any game ever made I just wish we used it in actual missions instead of it being only used for getting from mission A to mission B. Honestly great game but it suffers from Ragnoroks issue of a rushed third act but I'd argue the whole story feels rushed.

This game is a disaster, it's a 3D-platformer with de-emphasized jumping. Do you know what that means? That means when knack walks over to a gap, it turns into a cutscene of him jumping over it. He is such a garbage mascot, you look at Mario and Sonic, their design is so simple and iconic, that even if a four year old drew 'em, you would know who they are. Knack, on the other hand, is 2,000 little rocks that sort of shape into some weird troll. The gameplay consists of walking into an empty area, hitting a guy once and walking into another empty area and doing it again and again until the game is over. There's even a part in the new one where they make fun of knack for only having 2 moves. This game was a joke and apparently Sony wasn't in on the joke. Knack 2 on the other hand...

IS A MASTAPEECE!!! Ohh!!! Look at the graphics! LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS ON THAT THING! 'Knack is back!' You can play as Ice Knack! Ice knack! Ladies and Gentlemen! 'Ice is nice.' It's like the gameplay of Knack but the story of Transformers! Knack has to fight the high goblin, okay? So he can make a robot to fight a laser! Okay!? Knack even has a NEW MOVE! Dynamic combat!! Couch Co-Op!!! Family fun!!!! Huh? Interesting, doesn't look like Bayonetta has family fun. Look at how good I am at Knack 2. That's how you know it's good gameplay. I give Knack 2 my first ever 10 out of 5. And that's just for the graphics alone, okay? Don't even get me started on the storyline!

Loved the bond between Kratos and Atreus. Two unforgettable characters who only grow on you the more you play the game. The gameplay may be repetitive but it's a good repetitive. It works. However the enemy variety does drag some encounters down but the dialogue between characters like Mimir make sitting through the same 5 enemy types worth it. These feel like real and breathing characters which is what you'd hope for in a story game. The locations also feel very grounded which helps set the scene for a more fish out of water Kratos trying to find his way in a world that's not meant for him.