Is God of War III that great?

[kungfuian]

About 2/3 of the way through (I think based on weapons/upgrades).

Game play- overall less button mashy and slightly improved from 1 and 2. For the most part you are rewarded with simple button mashing but the combat feels deeper than before. The new weapons are well balanced and fun/usable. Also, many enemies/combinations of enemies actually require strategy/use of additional weapons/tactics.

Side note, the context sensitive button stuff is much easier now that they are displayed on the sides of the screen (kind of takes away from the tension and also draws you eyes away from the screen a bit.) should have been an option!

Graphics- everything looks phenomenal, lighting and texture work in particular, and some set pieces (titans), are just nuts.

Only real flaw so far seems to be the level design and environments, which some how seem a little random and slightly less iconic/diverse as the thoes in the prior two games. (Some areas are very beautiful and interesting and others much less so).

Overall it's not perfect, but dammed amazing non-the-less. So far it’s a great game and definitely worth the price of admission.