Game:

God of War (2005)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 1:32:25

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I admit it, I used to think God of War was kids' gameplay with an e-peen factor like some random military shooter. I don't remember why I got God of War III, probably got it cheap somewhere, and I didn't even play it. Some day I let my sister play this "crap game" and boy, it was freakin good! Then Sony released the HD remakes of the first two games from the PS2. God of War III was put on the backburner because I wanted to know what happend storywise since it tells you that you already killed some gods and I had no idea what was going on.

When I started to play God of War (the first one) I still underestimated it. meh, it's PS2... it's the first game... how good can it be... it's among the most impressive games I've played! the word "epic" is way overused on the internet, but God of War is one of the few games that deserves it. The scale of things, the level design, the story... it's all on such grand scale, there's no other world that does it justice than "epic". While playing, it felt like an adventure. It's all so expertly crafted. I wish I could upload the bonus videos and making-of stuff on the disc, but I would get copyright claims up my butt. David Jaffe sure put a lot of passion into this game (even though it's "not brutal enough" lol).

The graphics are sweet. Sure the textures aren't that crisp, but not even the PS3 has good textures so what God of War has to offer is more than fine. The lighting and everything are great too. The only thing that bothers me are the cutscenes. They do load instantly which is good, but they didn't re-render them for the HD remake. They look totally outdated, but still passable.

Whoever came up with the orchestral soundtrack of God of War is a genius. The music is incredible. It is also semi-adaptive to what is going on in-game and emphasizes the action, changes the track appropriately or just gets louder for a bit. I need to check if there is the soundtrack somewhere on the bluray disc. Probably not.

I have nothing to complain about. The controls are perfect and complex enough that they take some time to master, especially if you would like to chain combos as high as one thousand hits. I think I only ever got to about 250. The difficulty is also just right. "Normal" is a bit on the easy side, higher difficulty can be pretty challenging at times and god difficulty is pretty hard. There is a "Challenge of the Gods" mode too which gives you little puzzles to solve like you need to kill 10 of those dudes with golden shields within a certain time. however, you can't just kill them so... be creative. God of War will keep you busy for a while. I can't wait to see the rest.

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