It looks pretty fucking stupid to me. All those canned animations that take forever.
And why is it that every goddamn game has to be an action RPG nowadays with loot and other garbage?
Sure, you had some progression in the past games, but all this new emphasis on gear (with rarity and whatnot) with stats. Leave that shit to the Diablos of this world, where that sort of stuff is actually fun.
And I just know this story with his son is going to pretty much blow cause writing in games for the most part is complete dogshit to begin with, with horrible use of movie tropes. I bet you somewhere down the line either Kratos or his kid dies and you will be forcefed all those faux deep feels. Forcing Kratos down this new found byronic hero path will be a mistake, I think.
Sure, I'll keep my ears perked on this and wait out on ACG's and Worth A Buy's (if he does it) reviews, but I'm just not excited about this game at the moment, at all.
Looks like a shitty version of Souls and other action RPG's with all these 'OMG YOU LOOK SO COOL' moments that'll grow stale incredibly fast imo.
Just my two cents so far. I will obviously read and watch a lot of reviews when it releases and give the game a fair deal. I'm not against change or evolving a gaming franchise (I LOVE Halo 5, flaws and all), but so far, all the changes I've seen in this game, are leaning towards stuff I mostly dislike in games.