Replaying this right now on pc after last playing it a few years back on release, and tbh some things don't hold up from how I remembered it - - still a lot to admire though :o

The best part of God of War 2018 is - by a pretty sheer margin - it's level design, which dictates a dance between the designer and player intimate enough to let me just about fully role play that the ancient nordic dungeons I'm ransacking exist as a chunk of their nordic world, over being a vehicle for combat encounters and lite puzzle solving. It's a fun dance as well, always nudging you just lightly enough to make you feel like an active contestant and not a marionette

When i first beat ganondorf, i felt more or less satisfied ending it there. Then i found out there's a mod that lets you play as 2B from nier automata, that changes all the battle music to nier automata music. Then i found a mod which turns all the rupees to toilet paper. Then i found a mod that lets you put the bunny-deer-horse god into a stable so you can ride it forever. Then i found a mod where you can make all the koroks say f u c k when you drop the rock they were hiding under on their heads. And before i knew it id already spent 100+ hours on this game.