It's pretty good on Normal tho. As long as you understand that the combat is not the main attraction point — the adventure in general is good. I basically ran through it in two short bursts and had to force myself to stop in the middle.
Ironic that THIS game's Kratos was the least "angry" and bloodthirsty as fans knew him. The story of this game is super underrated and it probably did the best job out of all of the Greek games in making Kratos a sympathetic character and portrayed him as a "monster" who was anguished, broken, guilt-ridden who clung onto the hope of being free from his past by killing Ares.
Better than Ragnarok.