I'm a die-hard fan for GoW but this game made me quit. One, the rage meter was so stupid and unneccessary. The flashbacks in GoW1 showed how brutal Kratos was and yet, your are telling me, he is not that brutal in this game that happens just a few days after killing his family? Most of the combat is okay. Hate that you have to hold Square, Triangle, or X during the evasion to do an evasion move. The Parry system is horrible, L1 + X? I never used the parry system until the Trials. And after that, never used used it again. That's how bad it is.