What Is Good:
- Incredible setting, one of the more stunning Environment Designs in a Triple A Game from its generation. Also, the character designs and animations.
- Storytelling through character interactions rather than Logs or AudioLogs. Never been done this good.
- Mimir (70% of the previous point)
- Kratos and Atreus relationship (Except for when Atreus becomes a dick out of nowhere). I think this is the main reason you should play this game. Where the feels are.
- The first 70% of the game. Getting to know this new Kratos, facing new monsters, and the idea of this open world. Unlocking new skills and trying them out. Mastering the combat system.
- Some of the combat system. There's a nice flow to combat with some deep mechanics in play. A lot of variables to play with allowing different play styles.
What Is Not Good:
- Freya + Baldur Story and the last 30% of the game. The storyline and side quests start to feel repetitive and uninspiring. Character development comes to a stop until you get to the very end and even then, it feels like they could have done so much more.
- Seamless (Interactive) loading is not so seamless after the first 3 times you fast travel/change realms.
- Combat can get buggy, specially when using Runic Attacks. Very punishing when playing in NG+ and harder difficulties. Cheap deaths on 10+ minute fights are not what you expect from a game this big.
- Crafting System is linear and boring. Farming materials is not possible until later in the game making it imposible to try new sets and see what you like best.
Character growth depends too much on equipment to not talk about this.
- ''Open world'' too scripted and linear. Paths that should stay open close for no apparent reason making you unable to go everywhere without fast travel. This is very painful when going for 100%
- The enemies and Boss fights. I think there's only 3 Boss fights in the game. 2 of which you play several times. Then there are the stronger enemies that seem like Boss fights the first time you encounter them but end up appearing more than a dozen times in a playthrough without substantial differences. Very lacking.
Finishing Thoughts:
If you have a PlayStation 4 and you enjoy Triple A games and/or Fantasy then give it a go. You wont be dissapointed. A lot of things could be better but there's enough entertaining content to make up for it.
Replaying it didn't have a lot of value for me except for allowing me to experience the story again and to get me excited for the new one :)
- Incredible setting, one of the more stunning Environment Designs in a Triple A Game from its generation. Also, the character designs and animations.
- Storytelling through character interactions rather than Logs or AudioLogs. Never been done this good.
- Mimir (70% of the previous point)
- Kratos and Atreus relationship (Except for when Atreus becomes a dick out of nowhere). I think this is the main reason you should play this game. Where the feels are.
- The first 70% of the game. Getting to know this new Kratos, facing new monsters, and the idea of this open world. Unlocking new skills and trying them out. Mastering the combat system.
- Some of the combat system. There's a nice flow to combat with some deep mechanics in play. A lot of variables to play with allowing different play styles.
What Is Not Good:
- Freya + Baldur Story and the last 30% of the game. The storyline and side quests start to feel repetitive and uninspiring. Character development comes to a stop until you get to the very end and even then, it feels like they could have done so much more.
- Seamless (Interactive) loading is not so seamless after the first 3 times you fast travel/change realms.
- Combat can get buggy, specially when using Runic Attacks. Very punishing when playing in NG+ and harder difficulties. Cheap deaths on 10+ minute fights are not what you expect from a game this big.
- Crafting System is linear and boring. Farming materials is not possible until later in the game making it imposible to try new sets and see what you like best.
Character growth depends too much on equipment to not talk about this.
- ''Open world'' too scripted and linear. Paths that should stay open close for no apparent reason making you unable to go everywhere without fast travel. This is very painful when going for 100%
- The enemies and Boss fights. I think there's only 3 Boss fights in the game. 2 of which you play several times. Then there are the stronger enemies that seem like Boss fights the first time you encounter them but end up appearing more than a dozen times in a playthrough without substantial differences. Very lacking.
Finishing Thoughts:
If you have a PlayStation 4 and you enjoy Triple A games and/or Fantasy then give it a go. You wont be dissapointed. A lot of things could be better but there's enough entertaining content to make up for it.
Replaying it didn't have a lot of value for me except for allowing me to experience the story again and to get me excited for the new one :)