Collector players will find their niche here exploring every nooks and cranies. Lastly, the game has hidden chests containing red orbs, hidden gorgon eyes and harpie feathers to improve your powers, health and magic. I would claim that the puzzles are on the same level as a Zelda game, none too easy or hard and fun to solve.
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The game also has a strong dungeon puzzle-solving aspect. I did find the magic meter a bit too small as I could only use a power 2-3 times before my meter running out. Also, as the adventure progress, you get magic powers and Diana's blade. I am not saying the game is easy, it's all about button combination, coordination and reflexes. I beat Ares with hits and runs and I had to understand his timing for the last phase with the sword. I beat the giant minotaur by rolling up and down the stairway. Bosses demanded a few variants of this strategy but that's the gist of it. If they get close or surround me, dodge roll away. My strategy was to hit monsters from chaos blade distance. I beat the game mostly by mastering the reflexive dodge roll. You swirl the chained blades of chaos into a tornado of blood that would make a Belmont blush. This is an adventure game where you slay hordes of zombies, minotaurs, harpies, medusas, satyrs. If you like edgy and adult content, this game is absolutely for you! But I must admit having been on a diet of kiddy games such as Zelda, Mario and Pokemon these last few years. The only thing that was a bit of a surprise for me was the amount of blood gushed toward the forth wall, at least a few gallons every cutscenes. Perhaps the game was inspired by Frank Miller's 300 comic which came out in 1998 but it has it's own unique feel. So the midgame will turn into a Indiana Jonesque quest to gain Pandora's box.
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But killing a god for a mortal is an impossible task unless one gains godly artifacts. Kratos is now on the war path against a jealous god who has wrought destruction over the city of Athens, all of this as revenge over the attention Zeus gave to Athena. He later rebelled against Ares being tricked into slaying his family. The protagonist is Kratos, an ex-spartan war captain which first gave his eternal servitude to Ares, God of War, to win a battle against barbarians. I was agreably surprised, so here's my review:Īlright, so the action takes place in mythic ancient greece where humans are bessetted by powerful forces such as monsters, magic and the olympians gods. I must admit, I never played any of the God of War games, so this was a totally new experience for me.