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