Great hack and slash fun, with a great story as well.
But I was very surprised to find myself just as into this story as I was the first on and was still craving more after I had beaten it. The controls are just as smooth as in the first one and the larger range of creatures and bosses that you have to face are a big improvement from the first God of War.
All of the extra content included in the game is even better then the first one as well, giving you even more difficult challenges to complete and an extremely difficult yet fun titan mode (like god mode from GoW1) to complete after beating the game the first time around.