Even though I haven't even been able to play the first GOW for PS4 (and for that matter, only had played a bit of the first trilogy's first game and Chains of Olympus), its hard to deny how much so many people have been invested in this completely new take on the franchise, and then bringing some more with all the Nordic Mythology stuff.
I've seen those complains about "this is just DLC" as well...but honestly this is still far more impressive than a lot of games that would definitely take pride in being just extra or reskinned content for sequels. And for that matter, many games from the past decades have also done stuff like that, so even I have to say that it isn't exactly a "bad" thing that these cases happen to truly be DLC; as long as the quality is great and there's that much enough content to play if it has to stand for a full game.
I feel disconnected from these kind of news often simply because I haven't really had any opportunity to be anywhere close to hardware powerful to run these (or the newest consoles), but its great to hear that this was a very great game to invest your time with :)
I understand that it is difficult for average or older hardware to run these new games. Hopefully watching gameplay videos is enough to make up for being unable to play the games you may wish to.
God of War is certainly one of the most memorable gaming franchises.