I played all the god of war games back in the day and its about time kratos has changed.The story is well written and the music is fantastic.Every single aspect of the character design is just perfect for me and the story really has a moral to it about a father son relationship and by the end of the game you will realize kratos changed from the start to the finish of the game and he also keeps on changing while you do side quests etc...overall this game is well stabilized and I really like it.People often think that god of war must be all blood and gore and all that stuff which is not true a good game is a game that the character has actual emotion and that the person playing it can feel it.This game achieves it perfectly I think you should try this game out!