Probably Sony's peak iteration of its trademark AAA blockbuster design. It's tremendously excessive, overindulgent and conservative in its design philosophy, but it's all about the execution here. The team at Santa Monica Studio have this type of formula pretty much nailed down by now, and they just turn everything single dial up to eleven with this sequel. A narrative that offers continuous amounts of setups and payoffs, with tons of variation and quality of life improvements in it to make its 2018 predecessor seem like a mere proof-of-concept. I'm not entirely sold on its final stretch, but I there's a lot here that I really, really loved. My favorite God of War game and one of the best games of the past five years.