
2024 is shaping up to be the year of backlog clearance for me, and I've finally reached the God of War step in that ever-growing process. As a huge lover of Nordic viking aesthetics as seen in Hellblade 2 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, I knew that I'd adore walking the path of the gods with Kratos and Atreus.
But if there's one thing I wasn't expecting, it's that playing God of War right in the middle of my first ever Cyberpunk 2077 run would expose the best of each game's genre. The focused linearity of Santa Monica's action-adventure couldn't be further from the RPG sprawl of Night City, and the change hit me harder than one of Kratos' axes.