I'm about to start god of war III, but unsure whether to play the game on hard normal. Some reviewers have said normal is too easy, and some have said hard is too hard. To those who have played it, what's the verdict? I'm familiar with series, having recently played through the god of war collection.

it's a god of war game have they ever been hard in the least?

Wish I started on Hard...playing on Normal, the game is kinda a joke.  Maybe cause I just got off playing GOW Collection all week earlier...

This game seems much easier than the others, at least to me.  
 
I'd say give hard a go. 

I started this game on hard and it was no cake walk, some bosses made me want to slam my controller into a wall. Took me almost an hour for a couple of bosses.