It is and will always be the best of the series and one of the best games of all time, the story is just something that can be told through a video game, where all the gameplay is directly related to the plot, how Jason (the player ) becomes increasingly more violent as the game progresses and he gains more skills, which always translates into how to kill more people more effectively. Obviously the gameplay is the best part, the variety of weapons, the variety of ways you have to approach (most of) the missions, the stealth, going full Rambo or being more creative using the animals to your advantage, the only negative is that, due to the success of the game, now the vast majority of open world games, especially from Ubisoft, are Far Cry-like, even when they have nothing to do with it.