Arguably the most astounding technical showcase you could buy on PS2, God of War II looked so polished that in the fervor surrounding its release it’s fair to say that more than a few folk either forgot, or were reluctant to upgrade to Sony’s imminently releasing (and very expensive) PS3 console. Like God of War II that would come after it, the original God of War was remastered with higher definition visuals and released on PS3 in 2009 and then later on PlayStation Vita in 2014.īest God of War Games – God of War II – PS2 (2007)Īfter the breathtaking first God of War, it seemed unlikely that a sequel (any sequel) would measure up and yet, under the keen eye of designer Cory Balrog, God of War II requested someone to hold its alcoholic beverage and the rest was history. Whether you were conquering the mysteries of Pandora’s Box atop a hulking titan, or becoming a god yourself and throwing down with a 300ft tall Ares, it all felt scarcely contained by Sony’s then nearly five year old PS2 console. Ultimately though, it was the spectacle, the nail-biting, jaw-smashing spectacle of it all that made the inaugural God of War on PS2 so memorable. However, they all worked to make God of War feel much more substantial than just some sort of deliriously violent and braindead affair. Block moving puzzles and shiny-thing-to-point-in-the-right-direction puzzles. For the most part they tend to be variations on pressure plate puzzles. Though the game might have seemed all kinds of pretty-dumb to onlookers, God of War actually concealed some fairly crafty puzzles underneath all that grit, combat and misery. Best God of War Games – The original God of War made a habit of putting the player up against massive, screen-filling bosses Here, however, we had a ‘hero’ who in the space of tearing the heads of a pack of demons before kicking their friends off the nearest cliff, would hop on over to handily placed harem for a quick threesome with some local ladies before taking off on his next murder spree. Sure, we’d seen violent games before ( Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden were both hardly lacking in this regard). There was something almost scandalous about God of War. Indeed, when you weren’t knocking people up into the air for juggle combos with the Blades of Chaos, you were quite literally tearing them apart with your bare hands, horizontally, vertically and essentially six ways from Sunday. Instead, God of War was all about up close and personal savagery. It also nailed the combat too now no longer just a series of encounters that you would just shoot or carve through with balletic form. More than that though, God of War didn’t just nail the darkness. This, my friends, was some seriously dark stuff. God of War focused on the trials and tribulations of demigod Kratos whose family had been killed by the titular God of War Ares, before having their ashes burned onto his skin for all eternity. So it was that Sony Santa Monica decided to put its own stamp on the genre with God of War, a furiously violent effort with stunning set pieces that takes place during Greek mythology. Best God of War Games – God of War – PS2 (2005)īefore 2005, there really were only two big names in the third-person, action combat genre Capcom’s Devil May Cry series and Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden series. With the series now going through a wholesale reinvention in God of War on PS4, it’s time to chronicle the best God of War games on PlayStation. It’s long enthralled gamers with its stomach-churning violence, hugely satisfying combat and tragedy stuffed narratives. The God of War franchise is a blood-drenched action adventure series with a distinct focus on ancient mythology.
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