MMGN writes: Yes, there is another "remastering" coming to PlayStation 3, with more on the way. While some might find plenty to be critical of in Sony's attempt at milking popular handheld titles, these ports offer an expanded view of critically acclaimed and commercially successful titles, often in the way of enhanced visuals and/or new gameplay features.
God of War fans would have loved that the two first games in the series -- God of War and its mesmerizing sequel in God of War 2 -- have already gone through the HD treatment, appearing in last year's God of War Collection. Now two of the PSP's best titles are set to join their PS2 counterparts, with GoW: Chains of Olympus and GoW: Ghost of Sparta making the transition from UMD to Blu-Ray.
Should you be excited about these ports? What exactly do they bring to the table and how do they differ from their PSP counterparts?
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.
Wow, that’s pretty interesting that someone has the same ranking as me haha. So, did you beat Ragnarok? I assume so with you placing it at #1
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.
No diminishing violence or rage in the God of War's first pocket sized adventure.
MenStuff: "Remastered re-releases of classic old games (or some games that aren’t even that old) seem to be the flavour of the week in the gaming world, but while many may roll their eyes at the obvious cash-in opportunity for publishers, there are some incredible collections that give players who missed out on a franchise’s early entries, or those who played them a shot of reinvigorated nostalgia, for a great price."
These are all great. The amount of effort in God of War: Origins Collection is crazy, check out the article on it:
http://blog.us.playstation....
And if we were to add a single HD remaster of a game, Ōkami HD deserves a mention. It's a technical marvel, with the in-house resolution being 4k and then downsampled to 1080p for use on the PS3. Article about it here:
http://www.capcom-unity.com...
It's a beast. Definitely a labor of love, and after having already got the platinum for it, I replayed through it again after reading this article due to added appreciation for it
God of war to this date is, all time best in both series and sales. Men lie, Women lie, Number Don't
I'm most kicked about playing both these games with the DualShock controller.
Oh, look, yet another website telling us what we should or shouldn't be excited for. Of course why would they want us to be excited for GOW remasters when they are a website dedicated to Playstation.
Well, I am very excited, but it has nothing to when these clowns just looking for site traffic.
there can't be enough God of War games
I'm not excited because I already played it on PSP where it was meant to be played in the first place. All of these PSP ports are a waste of money. This is also another reason I'm only buying the 3DS because all of the good Vita games will either be remastered on the PS3 or the PS4 eventually.