Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta, returns in a prequel to the legendary God Of War games on consoles. Now right from the start I am going to address the one main problem this title was faced with. The game is actually short-lived, some reports coming in that the game can be finished in just under 4 hours. This of course doesn't mean you should not play it.. In fact I think everyone should pick this one up. Please, let me explain.
You are not gonna find a better looking, smoother playing PSP game anywhere else. Chains of Olympus sets the standard now graphic wise. If Readyatdawn can make Chains look as good as it would on the Playstation 2 on the PSP... Well that only means Sony is making good on it's launch day promise. Other companies should take note.
Everything from the cutscenes to boss battles are brilliantly set up within the limitations of the portable unit. Everything you loved about the GOW series is here. Kratos is badass and angry, he hates the gods, and he's good at brutally killing people. If you own a pair of headphones, use em. The music is your regular epic GOW saga keeping you marching forward destroying everything in your path. The sound design is pretty excellent as well. Everything from Kratos's extreme grunting, to the sound of steel entering flesh is perfect. The voice actors get a bravo from me as well, for keeping me enthralled throughout the game.
As far as whats new to this series are some new control mechanics and your inventory of spells and weapons. As you know a few changes must be made due to the lack of a second thumbstick.
As far as replay value is concerned, whenever you beat the game you start a new one with all of your items, and if you try it on different difficulty levels you can unlock costumes and characters. So you might actually get more then enough play than just four hours. Definitely enough to keep your hunger for God Of War III satisfied.
Oh and do check out the manual for this game, there are some really pieces of artwork that I am thinking about blowing up and making some posters out of. They are really nice.
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Kratos has been on a rampage, killing Gods in epic battles since 2005. With each release managing to offer high-octane action, I explore each God of War title and rank every adventure from his journey to Olympus to his Norse tales of fatherhood.
I won’t rank Ragnarok just yet, although it is honestly leaving me and my wife blown away…won’t go into details right now, not done as I assume others aren’t either, maybe some of you are, idk haha.
But here’s how I rank them
5. God of War 3
4. God of War Ascension.
3. God of War 1.
2. God of War 2.
1. God of War 2018.
1. God of war 3
2. God of war 2018
3. God of war 2
4. God of war 1
Haven't played the others but about 30 hrs In to ragnarock now so safe to say if it keeps up it will end up being at the top of my list when I'm done.
I will say the pacing of the original titles and the epic feel to them I feel is way better than the new one’s. Like, I could recognize and appreciate the praise God of War received, but it bores me to tears except for the pivotal moments.
However, that being said I feel Ragnarok is waaaaay better than 2018. I’m only on Ch. 6, but it’s pretty much rocked my face off from the get-go.
I’m really split between this being my GotY or Elden Ring.
I think different games in the series had different strengths but all are great. I liked the original as it was an origin story and the mechanics were fresh. The sequel added smoother gameplay. Three was just so far ahead of it's time graphically it wasn't even funny. Plus great gameplay and bosses and insane gore and nice use of sexy time. The reboot was cool but lost a lot of what I liked about the original trilogy (I don't need my games grown up, just fun). Will wait and see with ragnarok as haven't had time to play it yet.
BLG writes: "After many rumors, PlayStation has finally announced its new subscription service. With it comes the promise of over 340 PS Plus games to play on the highest subscription tier. We can expect to see games from the original PlayStation, PS2, and PSP generations plus cloud streaming of PS3 games."
Should change that headline to: "Old School Titles We Definitely Aren't Going to Get In the New PS Plus Subscription"
Rising Zan because Pushman is the best voice acted boss in the history of gaming.
Konami RPGs---Ring of Red, Azure Dreams and Suikoden.
Thousand Arms, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Persona 1, both Persona 2 and Persona 3 from Atlus.
Any of those would make me happy. Ogre Battle and Azure Dreams the happiest.
PlayStation community before:
We don’t buy new consoles to play old games.
PlayStation community now:
Here’s a list of old games we wanna play now that we might be able to on our new consoles
Don't worry, I read it GO.
I hope my next ones will be better.