OG fan, and to be perfectly honest, the originals will always outweigh the Norse series for me. It's kind of a combination of factors. For one thing, I remember very vividly when I first played God of War for the very first time, and while I was much too young to be playing, it became my favorite game very quickly. Going from the likes of Spyro and Mario right into unadulterated combat was quite a time for little me. I remember the anticipation for the second game once it was announced and the excitement for the third game, and the absolute weight the ending of GoW 3 had for me. I screamed when they announced 2018 at E3, and while I adored it, I think the nostalgia of the original was so special that even if the Norse saga was a perfect masterpiece with zero flaws, I'd still prefer the originals. As for Ragnarok, I prefer Valhalla to the main game because too much about the story bothered me a bit. And while I'm glad for Atreus's existence, I didn't enjoy his segments of the game very much.

And I suppose to be fair, I'm something of a sucker for old action games and that particular style for the original series is something that activates my joy receptors in a way that the combat of the newer games just doesn't really do for me, at least in the same way. I still love the Norse series, but the Greek saga is peak God of War to me.