God Of War PS4: 8 Hands-On Impressions You Need To Know

1. An Opening Fight Is The Best Superhero Duel Ever Coded

Let's end on a high, as a supremely slick fight at the very beginning is one of the best showcases of how this new engine can handle the God of War action of old, modernising it to pull off something altogether more impressive.

Sans telling you who's fighting or why, Kratos comes up against a foe that - with just one punch - sends him careening across the land, Dragon Ball Z-style.

What follows stays in one camera shot the whole time, but has Kratos and his opponent flying through forests and mountains, slamming each other into the ground with enough shockwaves to rumble the entire landscape.

Seriously, it's jaw-dropping and staggeringly impressive, clearly placed at the beginning of the adventure as a way to tell the player, "Hey, we're going to get back to fights like this in due time."