I'm kinda going old school here, but I figured I would review games as I play them. Today I finished God of War: Chains of Olympus and thought why not review the whole series, game by game, as I play them? Of course I am playing them sequentially by timeline of events as opposed to by release date.
The story of God of War, in a nutshell. You play the game as Kratos, a Spartan during ancient times when gods like Zeus and Ares were worshipped and the world lived in fear of the Titans return. Kratos was a leader of the Spartan army and during a battle when all seemed lost he cried out to the god Ares for help pledging himself to the god. Ares helped and later betrayed Kratos, causing Kratos to commit the most heinous crime. Looking to have his past forgiven and the torment of it erased, Kratos asked the gods for help and they promised to do so after a time of servitude to the gods.
God of War: Chains of Olympus is a third person action/adventure game developed by Ready at Dawn and Santa Monica Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) that was originally released on the PSP but has since been rereleased on the PS3 in HD format. All God of War games are PSP and/or PS3 exclusives. Graphically it is sub-par on the PS3, but pretty well top notch for a handheld game. The controls are tight and fluid. The voice acting is also very well done with the occasional overly dramatic.
The story in this installment (without spoilers) the sun god Helios is knocked out of the sky by the titan Atlas and the goddess Athena has charged Kratos with finding him before the dream god, Morpheus, takes over Olympus.
Along the way you have the pleasure of meeting other gods, titans, demigods and various other greek myth characters.
I love the series as a whole but only rate this title a 6 out of 10 due to the sub-par graphics and the hollow story, if you're new to the series the story is hard to follow in this game.
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