Me and a friend went 50/50 with this game. I'm not entirely hating it.
I'm not a fan of the over the shoulder camera (although I get the need for it), not a fan of the axe (it's funtional, but not enjoyable for me to use), and his son is 50/50 on being helpful and being annoying. Visually the game looks really good, and it runs smoothly. I haven't seen any major FPS dips on a standard PS4 as of yet. The upgrade tree reminds me of more recent titles such as Horizon Zero Dawn. I have no comment on the story thus far. The brutality is still present, but imo it's not on the same scale as GOW 3 from what I have seen thus far.