![]() ![]() ![]() Apparently it had to be just so, and I kid you now, I was near destroying my console with my bare hands, Kratos style. I spent nearly two days solid trying to place a dumb crate into a room to jump to a ledge. The God of War world is expansive, inviting exploration as well as providing very good direction, and only once did I have any trouble with the puzzles. He's moody, vicious, and he extracts blood and limbs like nobody's business. In God of War, Kratos is rendered bare- chested and powerfully built, with a blazing red body tattoo, scars and white skin. There is plenty of luscious large-chested babes in slinky, barely decent attire, and then you have 'warriors' that look like ten-year-olds in safety-mom's dream football gear. I've been bored of the video game industry's fascination with anime and the Japanese spiky- haired teen heroes. In fact, if there is any real flaw, it is because there is perhaps too much hubris distributed among all the characters in this game. I loved the feel of this, because it reminded me of watching the swords & sandals movies, just as they slashed and wrestled their way to ultimate, noble glory, so does Kratos. It's not just gory for gory's sake, but honest to gory gosh gory because the hero is a violent guy. I'm sure that a seven or fifteen year old will wonder what I'm even talking about. Forgive me for doubting, since I've turned 35, I have found that programming VCRs has become challenging. When I began my first game, on a moderate setting, I was expecting to be daunted by the numerous, very beautifully rendered moves preformed by Kratos, the game's hero. ![]() The interface, while very functional as most Playstation games are, is exceptionally intuitive and rewarding. While not completely rooted in historical myth, the authors have created a well though out, intriguing storyline that brings both ambitious goals and better than most emotionality to the screen. This outstanding slice-n-dicer arises from the under utilized ancient Greek mythology. ![]()
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