New God of War or original trilogy?

[Some Android]

@ Some Android: hah hah, so GoW 2, then. The original is a Tragedy that ends with Kratos in Sadness and Despair, and 3 spends a good chunk with Kratos starting to be a Dad to Pandora (and ends in Guilt and Despair and SpiteHope). 2 is the only one that's end to end Rage.

I actually like the first game the best (though I've only ever played GoW 1 & 2). The sequel just seemed to nerf so much of the difficulty. I really preferred Rage of the Gods mechanic as opposed to Rage of the Titans in the sequel. I liked how there where a bunch of cheats you could activate to make things ridiculously easy, but I still love and respect the challenge of the very first game.

I also loved the recurring gag of that one Greek citizen who repeatedly gets metaphorically curb stomped by Kratos.