GoW’s explicit design goal was “NG/DMC but easier and more cancels.” Which is fine, but the difference is there. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/combat-cancel

GoW’s explicit design goal was “NG/DMC but easier and more cancels.” Which is fine, but the difference is there. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/combat-canceled-i-god-of-war-i-action-game-design https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/combat-canceled-i-god-of-wa... As for “gameplay” I’m not going to recapitulate the past decade+ of how we’ve learned to write about games. It’s semantically empty, say what you mean instead.