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God of War III for me - is a tough cookie to review because one of the things that makes this game so good is eyeball-torturing beauty.
No, really. I have seen quite a few console games in my time on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 before finally shelling out the cash for my own Playstation 3 and this game really takes the cake.
SCEA spent nearly four years on this game - studying the Playstation 3 and its capabilities before going on to make the game and it really shows.
Bare with me before the actual review while I say that Killzone 2 and God of War 3 are only beginning to show what can be done with the PS3 if you really investigate the system. Sure, at first the system is hard to understand but this is what you get when you finally do understand, a very, very pretty game that runs at a solid 60 frames per second even when you're on the arm of a 2km high titan battling fifty million minions.
Now for the review.
You play as Kratos, as seen in the last 2 games - no I do not count Chains of Olympus because I haven't the faintest clue about what's going on in that game but I assume it involves Kratos and killing- picking up where he left off at the end of God of War II.
That is, tearing up Mount Olympus on the back of a Titan that can only be described as gigantic. Right from the start it is clear that this game has a scale unlike no other game I have seen - the camera zooms in and out while Kratos is doing his thing on the Titan and the game never ever chokes.
Gameplay is the usual slaughtering hordes of oncoming minions and slightly more huge enemies that can take up a whole lot more damage such as the Chimera, a three-part battle and armored centaurs and more. The other element to all the God of War-games is the puzzlesolving which in this particular game is clever but never at the stage where your brain starts to hurt and you want to give up.
Then there are the boss-battles, which are in a word, epic. I cannot say much about the boss battles because that would spoil the game for those who have not played it but they're bigger and better than ever and always a blast with the QTEs that don't suck and don't punish you too hard even if you do mess up.
Storywise God of War is an interesting franchise with it's own take on Greek mythology, in which I am quite interested in. Things such as the war between titans and gods is well.. somewhat well explained but it could've been a whole bunch better.
Voiceacting is solid as always, always a blast hearing Terrence Carson being angry at basically everything as Kratos and the supporting cast does its job fairly well too but it's not likely to cause anyone's ears explode with joy, after all, you don't play God of War-games for the award winning voiceacting.
Speaking of awards, Malcom McDowell also makes an appearance - voicing Daedalus - having been fooled by Zeus to build him something while promising him his son - Icarus - back.
There are minor issues - like the fixed camera that gets annoying at times when you pass a location where the graphics jump out and make love to your eyes but you can't SEE it anymore cause the camera is more interested in a leaf falling five hundred miles away but it never results in leap-of-faith gameplay. At least it didn't for me - I must be doing something right then. That'll be a first.
Overall, I enjoyed God of War 3. A lot. A lot more than the two games before it and I will go back to it, I still have to complete the game on the two hardest settings just to prove to myself I can do it - given enough time and beverage and you might enjoy the game too. If you own a PS3 or have been waiting for an excuse to get one look no further - God of War 3 is one of those games you have to play.
No, really. I have seen quite a few console games in my time on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 before finally shelling out the cash for my own Playstation 3 and this game really takes the cake.
SCEA spent nearly four years on this game - studying the Playstation 3 and its capabilities before going on to make the game and it really shows.
Bare with me before the actual review while I say that Killzone 2 and God of War 3 are only beginning to show what can be done with the PS3 if you really investigate the system. Sure, at first the system is hard to understand but this is what you get when you finally do understand, a very, very pretty game that runs at a solid 60 frames per second even when you're on the arm of a 2km high titan battling fifty million minions.
Now for the review.
You play as Kratos, as seen in the last 2 games - no I do not count Chains of Olympus because I haven't the faintest clue about what's going on in that game but I assume it involves Kratos and killing- picking up where he left off at the end of God of War II.
That is, tearing up Mount Olympus on the back of a Titan that can only be described as gigantic. Right from the start it is clear that this game has a scale unlike no other game I have seen - the camera zooms in and out while Kratos is doing his thing on the Titan and the game never ever chokes.
Gameplay is the usual slaughtering hordes of oncoming minions and slightly more huge enemies that can take up a whole lot more damage such as the Chimera, a three-part battle and armored centaurs and more. The other element to all the God of War-games is the puzzlesolving which in this particular game is clever but never at the stage where your brain starts to hurt and you want to give up.
Then there are the boss-battles, which are in a word, epic. I cannot say much about the boss battles because that would spoil the game for those who have not played it but they're bigger and better than ever and always a blast with the QTEs that don't suck and don't punish you too hard even if you do mess up.
Storywise God of War is an interesting franchise with it's own take on Greek mythology, in which I am quite interested in. Things such as the war between titans and gods is well.. somewhat well explained but it could've been a whole bunch better.
Voiceacting is solid as always, always a blast hearing Terrence Carson being angry at basically everything as Kratos and the supporting cast does its job fairly well too but it's not likely to cause anyone's ears explode with joy, after all, you don't play God of War-games for the award winning voiceacting.
Speaking of awards, Malcom McDowell also makes an appearance - voicing Daedalus - having been fooled by Zeus to build him something while promising him his son - Icarus - back.
There are minor issues - like the fixed camera that gets annoying at times when you pass a location where the graphics jump out and make love to your eyes but you can't SEE it anymore cause the camera is more interested in a leaf falling five hundred miles away but it never results in leap-of-faith gameplay. At least it didn't for me - I must be doing something right then. That'll be a first.
Overall, I enjoyed God of War 3. A lot. A lot more than the two games before it and I will go back to it, I still have to complete the game on the two hardest settings just to prove to myself I can do it - given enough time and beverage and you might enjoy the game too. If you own a PS3 or have been waiting for an excuse to get one look no further - God of War 3 is one of those games you have to play.
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