This game was a mistake from the word go. Sony should've listened to me (and others) and took this moment as a way to reboot the franchise (by "giving" it to Platinum/Kamiya and letting them use any mythology they want).
That would have been terrible. Platinum is good but they're not suited for a God of War game in the slightest. They're incapable of hitting even a fraction of the graphical and artistic highs of Santa Monica. They're a complete mis-match.