This game is near perfect to me but there are some flaws that I want to talk about. Before writing about those, I need to say combat is the best third person action I have ever played. You can flow everything into each other so perfectly, animation cancel skills, dodging and parrying are responsive and feels amazing. Music is amazing as well. I wasn't expecting to hear these types of soundtracks on this game. Gearing and RPG elements are very well designed and balanced. No need to say but graphics and ambiance are perfect. Story is very good and interesting but the story and character writing are where I have some problems. A must-play game and an incredible experience.

(My problems are minor and not deal breakers by any means.)

Spoiler warning from here on out.

Most of the characters are written amazingly well. Kratos, Atreus, Mimir, Thor, Faye are some examples which I have nothing bad to say but some characters are written so cheesy and 'modern American'. I hated all the Vanir gods. Their dialogue and story elements are so low quality for the setting. They did an amazing Freya in the first game but they ruined her so much. It is hard to explain in a review but they feel out of place and boring. They all just talk about how much they hate Odin and do nothing else to elevate the story. The other writing flaw in my opinion is Odin, he is also very 'American' but that is not all. You are supposed to hate the guy as a player and want to make him stop his 'corruption' but you can't hate the guy. I know that he killed Brok and Thor, imprisoned Freya, manipulated everyone and every race, tortured creatures and people for his benefit and more. I know everything. But they wrote the guy to be so pityfull. Also his reason for all this is 'knowledge' which doesn't help. Everyone talks about how manipulative, selfish and evil he is but they wrote and designed him bad which makes it hard for the player to get into that mindset. The ending is the same ending as The Witcher 3. Atreus and Ciri are written very similarly at the end. But for Kratos's ending, it was a very creative and emotional thing to see people praying to him. Apart from these the story is amazing to say the least. Even made me cry. They could have done a far polished job on the writing but this game is a masterpiece nonetheless.

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