An unnecessary prequel with a worthless story, frustrating combat encounters, and very little to give praise toward. When I played through all the God of War games in 2020, I specifically bought a PS3 so I could play this game and while I don't regret it due to homebrew being fantastic, I hated the game for the same reasons I do now except I played it on normal. Playing it on hard for the platinum trophy was like throwing myself at a wall over and over to see if I could break through it. Every combat encounter was frustrating, every puzzle wasn't fun, every platforming section was boring. The only thing I can give this game credit for is its visuals - it's absolutely gorgeous for a PS3 game. Much like Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus, you could have easily fooled me into believing this game was released on the PS4 due to the overall visual fidelity. Besides that, I don't think I'll ever have any reason to replay this game again and I'd even go so far as to tell people to steer clear of it.