It's great, obviously. The storytelling, world design, animation work, performances, fucking brilliant, all of it. Absolutely love what they did with Thor, amazed that they managed to get the comic relief dwarf boys to be some of the most compelling characters in the whole game, and Odin is a treat to watch; he's like a scooby doo villain, he's great.

There's chunks in here I don't like: I think Atreus's solo sections are boring as shit. They're not Mary Jane in Spider-Man levels of sleep inducing, but I bought the game to play the dude with the cool axe and blades, not the guy with a bow that never feels remotely powerful. I get why they're here but I'd be lying if I didn't groan every single time one showed up.

There's bits of writing (mainly in the middle) that are so contrived it's laughable. The original had the same problem with Atreus randomly becoming evil for about 10 minutes just to further the plot; here he's making the dumbest fucking decisions known to man just to further the plot. There's teenage rebellion and then there's using teenage rebellion as an excuse to write a character with no logic.

I also don't like the spear. It's shit.

Very much enjoyed my time with this video game. Will maybe even say it was worth £70. Maybe.


now i want a thor video game