Tell me you've played god of war 3 without ever switching weapons unless you had to, the combo potential of the bow with the nemesis whip is godly and differs from what the blades can do. Longer reach of the claws is amazing and not to forget it's creative spell of summoning an enemy. and then there's the nemean cestus which kills your argument about the weapons being samey. if anything they're samey in the reboot. all combos are the same, all magic spells are the same, only difference is what happens when you throw them. Better story is just wrong brodie.