20 Most Anticipated Video Games Of 2018 - Ranked

8. God Of War

Can a complete reboot work for a franchise so engrained in specific game mechanics?

We'll see, but so far the new God of War looks like Dark Souls meets The Last of Us, rather than the Devil May Cry-esque hack n' slashery we've come to know and love.

Granted, part of the problem was because we'd come to know way too much of it, being every God of War played the exact same, but the jury's out on whether throwing the camera behind Kratos and putting emphasis on group enemy management is the solution.

Thankfully, Sony are fleshing out Kratos as a character, making something as 'video gamey' as his former 'rage meter' now spike and fluctuate during cutscenes as he deals with being a surrogate father.

It's a strange twist for such an overblown series, but that's precisely why it might work. And considering Sony are making Naughty Dog's 'over-shoulder narration' part of their house style, this will sit alongside The Last of Us 2 and Days Gone quite nicely.