God Of War: 9 New Things We Can't Wait To Do

2. Be As Brutal As Possible With New Elemental Abilities

Although the focus of gameplay trailers has mostly been on how Kratos' Leviathan Axe can rip through enemies like butter, the devs are planning to keep the signature weapon interesting by allowing it to channel a multitude of elemental abilities.

Shown off so far is the freeze ability, which has allowed players to completely decimate enemies when used smartly with regular attacks and the environment, as well as adding a downright cool visual effect to otherwise indistinct combat encounters.

The extent in which the developers will allow players to mess around with different elemental abilities so far hasn't been revealed, but the studio has teased the title's upgrade system, with Kratos' weapons and armour both being customisable, so it could factor into that system in a major way.

Either way, between the environmental dangers as well as elemental attacks, it's clear that Santa Monica are giving players a wide array of tools for fans to experiment with when it comes to how they dismember, decapitate and completely dominate the hack-and-slasher's monsters.