the story was probably the highlight of this game. the combat was fun in the beginning but got worse and worse as the game went on because increasing amounts of enemies just became damage sponges with super armor and enemy variety just completely fell flat. the magic was very hit or miss. having 3/4 magic spells given to you super early and then the last one being given to you super late also just makes it feel like there is no progression whatsoever, just a plateau until you get to the challenge of hades. I mainly ended up just using the first spell given to you exclusively as enemies also tended to not be affected by medusa's gaze and the lightning bolt is more situational than useful. this having been my third god of war game I've played, the weapon variety has, at the very least, improved given that you get two weapons instead of one. the spiked walls in hades is some of the worst level design I've ever encountered in recent memory. the music was alright but most of the time I felt like I was hearing the title theme but just arranged/composed differently.

tl;dr the story is good but the rest... not so much.