I've played at least two of them. I remember climbing up a titan and the camera zooming out in 2, which was incredible at the time, but other than that it's a blur of ripping harpies open and angrily opening chests. Can't get excited by the new ones. Or, as per post somewhere earlier, much AAA stuff these days
I'm fundamentally done with most modern games and how mindbogglingly tedious they are, but the new GoWs are a cut above the usual dross.
Yeah, I liked the first new God of War a lot more than I thought I would. It perfectly captured the feeling of having to look after a really annoying child while being fundamentally done with everybody else’s shit.
Never really got on with the originals though.
I got the first one on PS4 at Xmas and haven't even turned the PS4 on since then.
I am currently playing a mixture of Dragons Age 2 (finally near the end I feel) and then Star Wars Republic Commando (I think that's it's name) despite knowing people consider that God of War amazing.
I did just spot Company of Heroes 3 is out now so will check out how that's looking over the weekend.
God of War 2018 is incredible in a lot of ways, but the RPG/crafting bullshit can fuck off. Even an older, more pensive Kratos is not the kind of man who stands around comparing gloves when there's Shit To Do. I want to kill preposterous enemies and bellow BOY, not waste time wondering what the fuck the Runic stat does.
This is the main reason I've dropped the difficulty down to Easy; I don't have the inclination any more to spend my limited gaming time repeatedly failing at a boss fight just because I haven't found a new belt.
Additional PLAY:
Elechead - Nice short form Metroid-style puzzle platformer where the gimmick is anything you as a robot touch is 'charged' (which can activate lifts, platforms, etc) but you can detach your head briefly to charge something while using the body to run around a bit. I like it, and it's cheap (about £7 in the current sale).
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Pinball FX - I knew this was coming, but there's been zero fanfare about anywhere and it just sort of… appeared? Hmm. I'm a huge Zen Pinball/Pinball FX fan, having spent a lot of money on tables over the years. The new shift to a subscription model absolutely blows, and there's no way I'll take that on. I'll keep buying tables and table packs separately instead; I know it's technically cheaper to get the sub if you're getting everything, but a) I don't want everything and b) I'd like to own what I buy thanks, not rent it for a bit until someone decides otherwise. High score challenge, Gar? 
High score challenge, Gar?
Just took a look at this and… no, I don't think so.
The whole thing's a cynical cash grab. This is, what, the fourth time they've released the exact same game with the same tables yet somehow there's no way to carry your purchases across. The actual game looks the same as it ever did which makes you wonder why they needed to release the whole thing again. The UI is atrocious, and I've got no interest in decorating my Pin Hall or unlocking Season rewards or playing challenges against weirdly aggressive trash-talking bots or any of that guff, especially when I have to squint at 9-point Arial font in order to do so.
And it's REALLY fucking expensive, up to £12.50 for a single table. I suppose you could subscribe to the Pinball Pass for a month but that's also really pricey, as well as feeling like just throwing money away.
I've got Star Wars Pinball on the Switch, as well as the Flip Grip that lets me play in vertical mode, and I think I'll stick with that. Have fun, though.
Wow, felt and I start agreeing with mart and now Garwoofoo turns on him like this.
We truly are in the dark timeline.
High score challenge, Gar?
Just took a look at this and… no, I don't think so.
All the valid points Gar made
I 100% agree with everything here. The whole thing is a garbage fire of a UI setup with hard-to-navigate menus everywhere and cash grabs a-plenty. The price hikes on the tables is disgusting. It doesn't even look much nicer.
I've got Star Wars Pinball on the Switch, as well as the Flip Grip that lets me play in vertical mode, and I think I'll stick with that. Have fun, though.
I'll be sticking to my Vita version of Zen Pinball, which has almost all the tables I bought (bar a couple of PS4 exclusive ones), so I'm also out. Hurrah for progress!
Additional PLAY:
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire - Having thought I'd lost it in the move, I finally found the cartridge for this in an old Game Boy Micro I forgot I had. It's still fucking awesome.
Best pinball game ever. I've been playing this for years. Had to restart a few times though. It all just works with the never ending Pokedex. I started Mario pinball a few weeks back hoping it will be as good as this. Its wasn't. 😢
I also rebought Metroid Prime Pinball, though it's not with me yet.
I am going to go charge my Retroid and give these a try.
Did anyone play Flipnic on the PS2?
What's the GoW where you can smash a woman to death on a massive door opening cog?
Was that 3?
Yep, it was! 
I got to that part two nights ago. It's completely unnecessary and horrible. I do see the joke, that you spend all this time and go through a series of quite complex puzzles and fights to rescue this woman only to use her to wedge open a door. That is sort of a funny subversion of videogame tropes, and a character moment for Kratos the ultimate piece of shit. However the fact that this is done to a helpless woman is kind of horrible and misogynistic, and the fact that she is topless the whole time is really unnecessary. I think the intention is the joke subversion of escort quests and the trope of rescuing maidens, but it could just as easily be read as "women are just tools with tits, there to be ogled and used for whatever means big strong men want."
Anyway, if you stopped playing there, you missed out on the next scene, which is a sex minigame. Good grief. It's a rough period of the game, although ilweran and I laughed through the ridiculous QTE bonking. I accidentally triggered it again immediately after completing it. You get less xp the second time, make of that what you will.
Fortunately this is followed up with an absolutely incredible fight against an enemy the size of a mountain. All the sense of scale, the spectacle, and the inventiveness of the series at it's best in on display in this section. It's all you could want from a God of War boss fight. At one point you get swallowed! I thought I was going to have to fight my way out through his butthole. It also occurred to me that it's a good job I wasn't on the design team for this game, otherwise we'd have all been treated to the sight of Kratos dangling from the titan's bellend while punching his testicles with the big punchy fist gloves. I think considering what had preceded the scene that might have been too much.