I hate when people throw out “God of War 4” like it’s somehow its own thing you can just play like a Final Fantasy game. Imagine watching Empire Strikes Back and then just no other Star Wars media. Yes, it’s hands down the best one, but you’re missing fucking everything that makes it mean anything. You might know what Kratos has been through, you might know what he’s done, but you’re the equivalent of someone watching Saving Private Ryan and then trying to argue with someone who was there on D-Day. You don’t understand his downfall. You don’t understand the true depths of the mistakes he’s made and the holes he’s dug himself out of. You don’t understand how dark he got, that he was truly, fully EVIL, that he was a walking apocalypse that brought about the end of millions of mortal lives for a revenge that still escaped him in the end as he beat his innocent father to death while he had no idea why. You DO NOT simply play God of War 4. Part with ten bucks, play the franchise in canon order (Ascension, Chains, 1, Ghost, 2, 3) on PSNOW, and learn why Kratos is truly the GOAT of all Western fictional characters.