I have my little niggles with the game as well, mostly in some of the animation delays, some of the weapon spreads i’m not to fond of, the network code is what it is. GOW4 you have the same variety of head scratchers due to lag variety, but these little niggles don’t negate the fact that this game plays, looks, and feels the best of them all, bar none hands down.
I played GOW4 yesterday for a bit, and due to the experience i came away with the thought - ‘man this game is sloppy’. Compared to Five, four is sloppy, with some remains of the angularity of the earlier titles, while five is a much more refined, and elegant experience in the moment to moment gameplay, where it really counts.