Ain't button mashing fun?
First off, I will give the game credit for it's atmosphere. It uses greek mythology, and while it isn't really true to the mythology, it creates pretty cool environments, a good story, compelling characters, and bad ass monsters. The music score is absolutely epic and very well done by an obviously talented orchestra, followed by some talented voice acting by some well known people. The graphics are PS2 at it's best. Kratos moves with finesse and executes his moves and his enemies with style (jamming a blade down a minotaurs throat is pretty cool)
When we come down to the game however, it's mostly X and square mashing. Kratos swings his blades all over the place so you dont even need to really position him too much. Just mash away. There are some context minigames to make your savage executions, but they get old pretty quick.
The puzzles in the game aren't very hard at all. Mostly just involve pushing blocks around and stuff like that. Although they are set up real well, they could've been a little more difficult. The platforming is pretty standard as well. Jumping, climbing, swinging, swimming. Nothing new
Probably the coolest thing in the game is the boss fights. They're pretty large scale and challenging, using an little more than X and square. There is also a solid number of them. which break up the repetitive combat.
It almost upsets me when sub par games get top rating because of irrelevant factors. If I want a good story, I'd read Charles Dickens. If I want some eye and ear candy, I'd watch a Michal Bay movie. I play games for game play, which isn't how 90% of gamers think though.
So good work noobs, you've managed to get Sony to waste millions on a sequel for a sub-par game and didn't even change the formula at all. Can't wait for Bioshock 2 and whatever half-assed, single player "epic" that will be thought of next.