The overall GOW combat is still really satisfying and visually this game looks outstanding (even if it takes a toll on the framerate) but the overall story feels very held back by its prequel nature more so than the PSP prequel.
Theirs a sense of monotony at this point, from the levels to the overall feel, rather than it feeling grand and powerful it feels like they didn't know what to do after GOW3 so they want back the last possible place they could go; plus they needed to get more out of the GOW3 engine they made because it was stupid expansive.
Again I don't think this is bad or even lazy, but the GOW well had been pretty dried up and completely out of original ideas, and compared to other spectacle Fighters released that year (DMC Reboot, MGR) it just felt antiquated.
Theirs a sense of monotony at this point, from the levels to the overall feel, rather than it feeling grand and powerful it feels like they didn't know what to do after GOW3 so they want back the last possible place they could go; plus they needed to get more out of the GOW3 engine they made because it was stupid expansive.
Again I don't think this is bad or even lazy, but the GOW well had been pretty dried up and completely out of original ideas, and compared to other spectacle Fighters released that year (DMC Reboot, MGR) it just felt antiquated.