About time we got some reviews in *sigh* seems video game master has to setup and give down to the point reviews,typing this review in here so bar with me on this add pics etc later


God of War
By: SCEA
Genre: Fantasy Action Adventure
Release Date: Mar 22, 2005
Players: 1 Player
Rated : M for Mature

Well where should I start of this game. Well first thing you should know is this game for you.

If your into any type of blood combat platform games then dont read this review just buy it . I saw gameplay trailer for this game and I was like wow and I'm not person to go out and by games like Devil May Cry etc :/. Ok see if I can put my comments into some kind of sections.

Story:
The main plot of the game revolves around Kratos carrying out a mission from the gods of Olympus to stop the renegade god Ares from destroying the city of Athens. The only way a mortal like Kratos can kill a god is to acquire the mythical Pandora's box, a weapon so powerful that even the gods themselves tremble before its power. You follow Kratos quest to get Pandora's box. The more you get into the game the more you learn why Kratos wants to help the Gods and kill Ares.

Graphics:

I'll be nice and short here. The graphics for this game are right at the top of what the ps2 can do. They are good. There is a few janky animations here and there however thats very small point of the game (as well no game is perfect )

Controls/General GamePlay:

The controls are very simple to use which I enjoyed about this game. You use these 2 small daggers/swords that are chained to your arms. Square is just basic weak attack, triangle is heavyer attack. Yes there are combos in the game. You get more and more when you "upgrade" your weapon, I shall come to that in a min. The cammer angles I found fine, you can't control the cammer thou like you can in some games. When you kill monsters you gain red orbs which you use to update your sword and the powers that the god give you.

Here are your weapons/powers that you have during the game:


Blades of Chaos

Forged in the fiery depths of Hades, the Blades of Chaos are your starting
weapon(s), given to Kratos by the God of War, Ares, after Kratos made the
pledge to become Ares's disciple in exchange for Ares saving his life on the
battle field.

(You do get more combos as you level it,more power etc it says on the upgrade screen aka start button what you get next also can change info with the L1/R1 and one page is all the combos so tells you what the buttons are)

Poseidon's Rage
The best magic gift for getting extremely high combo hit numbers, given to
you by Poseidon in-between the second mini-Hydra battle and the final one.
Using it properly can bring you massive combo hit numbers, thus bringing you
more Red Orbs, and you can never get too many of those.

(love this one :3 good when its level 2 + as the damage area gets bigger)


Medusa's Gaze

Instant enemy statue. Technically, it is given to you by Aphrodite,
although you actually have to fight Medusa to get it.

Stoning an enemy and smashing him/her/it gives you an immediate +15 Red
Orb bonus, while stoning an enemy that is airborne (and letting them come
crashing down) gives you a +30 Red Orb bonus. Don't lag, though, as you
have to smash the stoned enemy quickly, or the enemy shakes off its stoned
state.

A nice perk to this is that sometimes the other enemies will accidentally
smash their stoned comrade. Nice helping hand.

Medusa's Gaze doesn't work on Gorgons, or any of the Bosses.

(heh dont like this one much)

You get 2 more powers and You get a big ass sword (I normaly use my main weapon thou this weapon you get given is usefull for killing certain monsters etc easyer then your blades) Well shall let you find out what they do and are.

Well back to gameplay stuff. One nice feature is with most monsters when they get weak a big O appers above them. And then you play some kind of like mini game to kill them. Orgs you have to press buttons that apper on screen fast and you see Kratos jump under and up his back and kills them it just looks cool. Another one is where you just keep pressing O to drive your blades into the monsters mouth

Small Note. That there is small about of nudeness in the game and clearly alot of blood....prefect ;o

With this game being a platform clearly there are some puzzle elements but I think the makers got these puzzles just right 1-2 maybe hard for few people but that dont get so far that you want to slam your controler on the floor. Myself I'm not gud puzzle person much myself yet I manged most of the puzzles fine. 1-2 gave me abit of trouble but hey games aint make to be a walk over. Well the puzzles themselfs are very well done in my view, a few puzzles are to do with monsters also like:

When you are locked in room and gate at other end and other side is button on floor, need to stone a monster when it stands on the platform then quickly roll to other side and past the now own gate before it unstones itself. Also some are very simple like skull door and got some old dead body in the room, have to smash R2 to rip its head of to use it as a key in the door.

Speaking of each the level for this game is done quite well as if you play it on easy (I did so I could play around whole game to learn everything then play "God Mode" which is hardest after I finished the game (you have to play the game to unlock god mode btw)

The boss fights are quite enjoyable also.Like the certain way you have to kill hydra (first main boss) etc I wish they redid the final battle but well late you view on that thou when did it on god mode clearly it was hard. Boss's etc the game in general is suited to what level you set it too.

Sound also is done very well. I really cant think of anything bad to say about this game :/ Also sorry if its abit messy this review heh You know what I'm like I guess you can get abit away from combat and feel abit button mashy with all doors to lift etc abit too much controler massing lol Also the game is abit sort I think they say the main story is around 10 hours or something. I finished it in 7-8 heh platform geek.

Still this game gets 9.4/10

Just abit to button mashy half time and the story is too short as its such a good game and we want MOREE...well in 2007 we shall have more as sony have said that God of War 2 is in the works.

Also just so you know this game won most of the awards last year. Best platform, Best PS2 game etc. And with it being abit of old game now should be cheap I got mine for £15 brand new thats like $25-30 ? I shall slap you if you own a PS2 love fun platforms XD

Any questions you want clearing up I will be happy to answer them as dout I have answered it XD

UPDATE: Added some screenshots to show what I have talked about.

Poseidon's Rage


Upgrade Screen


Monster MiniGame


Hydra


*glup* He is big :/ Also his health bar is in stone o.o wonder how you get that to show so you can finaly kill him ;o

WOW!!! i LOVE THIS GAME!! one of the best action rpgs currently released!!! hmm i also didnt like the medusa's glare...but the blades of chaos were faster but weaker than the artemis blade... i LOVED all the different combos you could do with the blades, and how you could instant kill some people by ripping their heads off!!

"action rpgs"

Man. You really need to learn your gaming and grammar. Action/Platformer yes how in gods name is it a RPG

Role play can be taken into many different parts of games through the fact that you 'take on the role' of Kratos, Micks... so yes while it isn't an 'RPG' so to speak, it has the element.

I asked the guys in Geekay Games if I could give the game a test run and what I did see of it... man that Ps2 looked tempting! *chants over and over* waitforPs3waitforPs3...

This is the best game Ive ever played on PS2
Put my Ps crashed in ahorrible event before I finshed it

Sounds kewl. I'll get it if I end up with extra cash.

For al big fans in here. And it sems you really like this game. I think ya allready knows about the 2nd God Of War. There is even a site avaible. And I must say it looks better.
Here I gave you the story line

So in God Of War 1 Kratos defeated Ares

Now :

Kratos sits atop his olympus throne , as the new God of War

Far more ruthless than Ares ever was. To end his continued torment , Kratos must journey to the far reaches of the earth and defeat untold horrors and alter tat wich no mortal , or God has ever changed , his fate.

God of War II : sets an epic stage for a devastating , mythological war to end al wars

Real good screens weren't availble but the real stuff will be released soon
But that will be about the first months of 2007
So more than 9 months max.

Did found a cool pic





This post has been edited by Dark Eco Freak: May 31 2006, 11:30 AM

Yeah gamespot did article on it heh. I WANT IT NOW ;-;

Looks nice... If I had a ps... I would surely buy it... Just my type of game ^^

I love the game. A little too short though. 9/10

ive never played this but i have one question to ask? would this be the right game for a serious rpg gamer?

Well thats abit of a silly question. This isnt a role playing type game such as WoW or like final fanasty etc etc doesnt come up "RPG" its a action platformer.

If you like kicking ass killing stuff with cool yet simple to do moves then get this game.

It won game of the year last year officaly at the award thing forgot name of it heh go check up on game sites or w/e and this game I have seen to be quite cheap now brand new so not much to risk trying it if so worryed about buying it then get it rented :/

mickey you should be able to just TELL by now how much I like this game.

I'm always bloodying it up with him and stan on halo, and its what my gamertag and YGOL name are based off of. Well that, and tales of symphonia.

*looks at sig*

Says it all. (you seen the god of war 2 gameplay videos ? me want now ;_;)