Great follow-up on a great game.
The game does a great job of getting across that "violence" that everyone was looking for from God of War while still keeping you thinking when those puzzles come up during the down time from fighting. With a great story behind such a great game, how could you not love it? The story behind the game is just as intriguing as the game play mechanics.
It does get quite frustrating every now and then with some awkward camera angles that don't help the obnoxious amounts of monsters that, sometimes, just don't stop coming!
You'll spend a good amount of time playing through the game, all though the ending does come too soon in my opinion, but it leaves a great cliff-hanger and opened up that wonderful door to a GoW III. If God of War was your cup of tea, then God of War II will be a nice refill to freshen it up.