Wholesale improvement from 2018. While I still have my gripes with the gameplay, mainly the camera, everything feels much more fleshed out and faster paced. It's a lot better to play overall even when trying to handle the camera. Plenty of enemy variety and new tools keep the gameplay from getting stale as well. And the story was thoroughly engaging, a long tale, but well told. If God of War stopped here, I would feel satisfied with that.

(half a star gone for having the cape blow away 5 seconds into the intro. talk about false advertising!)