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Story & Playability

Before I begin I must warn all readers this game is rated Mature, not suitable for children or people who don't like blood. I made this review for the US release game, thus I do not know if there are changes in the other releases.

This game I must say its one of my favorites, it completely changes the way you look at action games.

Kratos is a muscular, pale-skinned, heavily tattooed Spartan warrior. As you play the game you start to uncover the dark secret that this Spartan Warrior hides deep in his mind. He gave the ultimate sacrifice to be the best warrior of them all, (his life) thus he calls upon the God of War: Aries. Aries grants his wish to Kratos, giving him the Blades of Chaos, these swords are both are bonded to his arms by chains; they make him the greatest warrior, but with such power comes a lost. Kratos lost the only two things that made him human, his wife and daughter.

He cant find relief in wine nor women, and wants Athena to help him get rid of his past, Athena makes a deal that she will forgive his past if he kills Aries,(since the gods cant fight amongst them) who is destroying Athena's city of Athens, with the only weapon capable being Pandora’s box. Since it is not an easy task. The gods help him by lending their powers, from the ultimate God in the Greek Mythology Zeus, who grants him the power to toss bolts of electricity; Hades lets you unleash the souls of the underworld; and Artemis actually provides you with a huge sword that she used to slay a titan, Poseidon power over storms.

You get toss to the depths of the Underworld; you get to unravel the great power of Pandora's Box. This game gives the player what I think is the first and best way someone could ever bring you Greek Mythology at it’s best and a great gaming experience.

Rating

9 (very good)

Graphics

This game truly brings the finest PS2 graphics I've ever seen, the textures are amazing, the characters faces, their hair, the monster you battle are incredible.
When you play this game you can go to the smallest details like the mole on the oracle's face, everything I found gave me more urge to continue to play.

I first was blown away when I played the demo, were you can play the first part of this game, it was amazing!!

I truly can't wait to play the second game that it's going to come out for the Playstation 2 next February, with a similar addictive story.

Overall, I personally think that the God of War graphics for this console (PS2) are awesome; the bosses you fight with are just amazing, (five times Kratos size), things that no one has thought of before. You can see the blood spilling from the monsters, the blood on the innocent victims; I truly love how it looks.

Rating

9 (very good)

Sound

Music; one of the things I loved about this game. The music sounds like a real orchestra, but must of the music was created virtually (sans real orchestra and choir in favor of electronic manipulation), but all but the most trained of ears would be hard-pressed to distinguish between what is real and what is virtual.

Composed by Gerard Marino, Mike Reagan, Ron Fish, and Winifred Phillips, the music that runs throughout the duration of the game makes an intensive atmosphere that goes great with the trials, and blood drenched adventures of Kratos.

The music in this game truly reminds me or makes me imagine of the Greek culture, and makes me want to listen to the music over and over again.

The music goes beautifully with the game play.

Rating

9 (very good)

Fun

Fun; the fun you can have on this game is not that like of other games, that once you passed the game is pretty much the same.

In this game you have the difficulty level; Mortal (easy), Hero (normal), Spartan (hard), God (very hard).When you play this difficulty level, you can really feel the way difference; the weak monsters now are really hard to defeat, more monster arrives, etc...

Also as you keep the progress on the game you unlock some Additional Customs that are really funny; Chef of War- makes Kratos look like a chef, Bubbles- makes Kratos look like a Scuba diver, Tycoonius- makes Kratos look like a Business man, Dairy Bastard- makes Kratos look like a cow (my fav) and the final additional custom is Ares Armor- that makes Kratos look like the God of War {Aries}

Plus the weapons you keep upgrading and getting are really cool, like the power to unleash the souls of the underworld power granted by Hades. And the areas you go in are real well made.

Overall, I love this game, I advice you to play this game if you like violence, blood and all action themes. This game is one of the best released games from the PS2 console…

Rating

9 (very good)

Final Verdict

9.00 (very good)

Reviewed by lunagata, 2y 8wk ago