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God of War: Chains of Olympus Sweet, Short - Wired's Review

The developers totally nailed the feel of God of War's combat engine. Swinging Kratos' massive chain-blades in dramatic arcs and feeling them rip through ancient Sparta's mythic beasts on the portable PSP is every bit as tendons-in-the-teeth visceral as the home versions, causing Wired's Chris Kohler to make the same sort of strange faces and grunts on the bus home as the crazy homeless dudes in the back seats.

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