Retro Review - God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Wait, time for another game review? Already?

That's right the next chronological installment in the God of War series, God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

 

Ghost of Sparta PSP Cover

 God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Ready at Dawn and Santa Monica Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). It was first released for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld consol...e on November 2, 2010, then together with Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta was remastered and released on September 13, 2011, as part of the God of War: Origins Collection and the remastered version was re-released on August 28, 2012, as part of the God of War Saga, both for the PlayStation 3. The game is the sixth installment in the God of War series and the fourth chronologically. The player controls the protagonist Kratos, the God of War, following the events of the original God of War. Kratos is haunted by the visions of his mortal past and decides to explore his origins. In Atlantis, he finds his mother Callisto, who claims his brother Deimos is still alive. Kratos tries to rescue Deimos after learning of his imprisonment and torture in the Domain of Death. Climaxing in a confrontation with the God of Death, Thanatos, the battle ends with the deaths of both Deimos and Thanatos, and Kratos returns to Olympus, enraged at the gods.

The overall gameplay does not change much in any of the games in the series. If it's not broke don't fix it. Graphically it is well done by handheld standards, probably the best PSP graphics out there, but naturally subpar by PS3 standards. However the game is by far the easiest one in the series and is a lot of fun, which is probably why I got through it so fast. The sound is good as well, the music in these games really seems to keep one engaged. The voice acting, as usual, is sufficient with the occasional over dramatic. (Kratos does so much yelling in these games I think Vin Diesel would be a good actor for the role of Kratos in the upcoming movie.)

The story was really interesting and a fresh change of pace, and the character and level creation was excellent as well. Not only do you go to Atlantis and the realm of death, but you also return to Sparta for the first and last time in the game series.

Kratos returns to Sparta

 I really had a lot of fun with this installment, factoring that in with the sound graphics and game play I rate this one a 7.5 out of 10.

 - N64