It's funny 'cause altough I am a great fan of the GoW franchise, I had never really played the game that started it all, God of War (2005), 'cause frankly, at this point the plot is so well-known that I never really felt the need to play it myself; but since I decided to sell my PS3, I wanted to finally try this one, and boy oh boy.
The game starts bad, gets good after it, gets REALLY good in the middle, and becomes atrocious in the final segment (slightly before acquiring Pandora's box, and until the end). It feels as if the game is extremely afraid to keep you entertained, like, combat is by far the best mechanic of the game, it has aged like wine, but whenever I start getting enjoyment from it, the game breaks the flow with some boring ass puzzle (some are great, and well-thought, but mostly of them are just trash and non-intuitive), or platforming session (really, WHO thought of that???). Feels like the devs were too afraid to just be fun and simple, guess people thought it would just be a Devil May Cry rip-off back then.
In conclusion, I never really felt comfortable playing this game, not because it's hard or something, but because I knew that whenever things were just too fun, something horrendous was about to come, such as the Desert of Lost Souls, or the Rings of Pandora. And also, most sub-weapons are useless, I think I've used the Blade of Arthemis twice lol