God of War Ragnarok is essentially an improvement on the 2018 game in every single conceivable way, and yet in hindsight it just strengthens the original. The absolute patience and genius storytelling at play is just mind-blowing and Ragnarok takes everything 2018 was building towards and delivers in spades. Everything here is top notch. Beyond the portrayals of characters like Thor and Odin, this really delves deep into Kratos' psyche and his relationship with Atreus which I found really good. Characters such as Brok and Sindri which seem auxiliary in the first game are promoted to actually impactful characters with arcs. And Freya is just a huge step up here. Love the additional weapon added. The world just feels better to explore with interesting puzzles too. It all leads to one of the best final stretches of any game I've played. Thematic masterpiece of a duology. I'll definitely play whatever the next God of War is.