GOD OF WAR HD COLLECTION - PART 2
Hey it’s Brandon here folks and it’s time for part two of my God of War Collection review. The second God of War game is far superior to the original for the sole fact that it isn’t as unforgiving as the first game. I
know what you’re thinking oh Brandon is a little girl who needs his hand held through all his games. That’s not it at all because it wasn’t the combat in the original that pissed me off; it was the unforgiving puzzles that drove me to the point of insanity. God of War 2 has puzzles that test your brain not how quickly you can jump from one box to another.
The story of God of War 2 starts with Kratos as the God of War and let’s just say the dude is still fucking pissed about the whole family thing. I am still not going to spoil God of War because I believe there are still people out there who haven’t played it and would like to. So Kratos decides to have his armies ransack cities loyal to certain Gods. I forget why but he is pissed at every God for what has happened.
He ends up pissing off Zeus and Zeus tricks him into syphoning his powers into this sword to beat this well living statue. Which again bravo God of War it starts you out as a badass fighting a giant monster. Granted a giant statue isn’t half as cool as fighting the Hydra but it isn’t much of a step down. After his powers are drained into the sword that’s when Zeus strikes and kills Kratos. You heard me boys and girls he kills him. In doing so that sends him to
the underworld, where he meets the Titians. They tell him about how the Gods came to be and they also help him escape the underworld to extract his revenge. The rest of the game is Kratos finding a way to stop Zeus from killing him. The game has a weird twist at the end for those of you that have played this game what’d you think of the twist I thought that was weak and more of a “really?” moment.
The game sounds great the music hasn’t changed well at all and in all honesty in all the God of War games the music is about the same. Kratos talks a hell of a lot more he isn’t just going rawr for eight hours. What he says is still along the lines of I will destroy you and murder!! Even with that they also have other characters talk besides the Narrating Titan. They have small parts but it helps the story way more than the last game.
The game looks way better than the first, which is weird you think they would’ve spent more time making the first one look better and less time in this one. This came out towards the end of the PS2 so a little polish was needed not a bunch. They added so many new monsters in this game and the new boss fights were way better than the 4 you got in the first. What I really love about this series in general is seeing what Greek legend or creature will Kratos tear a new asshole into.
The game plays the same as the first but the controls are way more polished and make more sense. The big one they changed was having R2 open
everything. I don’t know why but when I played the first that seemed so unnatural. Besides the game being way more brutal and having more of a thinking man’s kind of puzzles the game really does play like any other God of War which is a great thing. Think about it so many hack n’ slashes now copy the God of War format somehow and if you are playing those you stop that shit right now and see how this game started it all.
Overall if you like God of War 2 back on the PS2 go back and play this one. Especially if you have never played one start with two then go back to one it is such a better experience. I highly recommend this game to everyone who likes hack n’ slash games. Own this HD pack it’ll be worth every penny, I give this a B. If you’d like me to review a game for whatever reason let me know in the comments section.
know what you’re thinking oh Brandon is a little girl who needs his hand held through all his games. That’s not it at all because it wasn’t the combat in the original that pissed me off; it was the unforgiving puzzles that drove me to the point of insanity. God of War 2 has puzzles that test your brain not how quickly you can jump from one box to another.
The story of God of War 2 starts with Kratos as the God of War and let’s just say the dude is still fucking pissed about the whole family thing. I am still not going to spoil God of War because I believe there are still people out there who haven’t played it and would like to. So Kratos decides to have his armies ransack cities loyal to certain Gods. I forget why but he is pissed at every God for what has happened.
He ends up pissing off Zeus and Zeus tricks him into syphoning his powers into this sword to beat this well living statue. Which again bravo God of War it starts you out as a badass fighting a giant monster. Granted a giant statue isn’t half as cool as fighting the Hydra but it isn’t much of a step down. After his powers are drained into the sword that’s when Zeus strikes and kills Kratos. You heard me boys and girls he kills him. In doing so that sends him to
the underworld, where he meets the Titians. They tell him about how the Gods came to be and they also help him escape the underworld to extract his revenge. The rest of the game is Kratos finding a way to stop Zeus from killing him. The game has a weird twist at the end for those of you that have played this game what’d you think of the twist I thought that was weak and more of a “really?” moment.
The game sounds great the music hasn’t changed well at all and in all honesty in all the God of War games the music is about the same. Kratos talks a hell of a lot more he isn’t just going rawr for eight hours. What he says is still along the lines of I will destroy you and murder!! Even with that they also have other characters talk besides the Narrating Titan. They have small parts but it helps the story way more than the last game.
The game looks way better than the first, which is weird you think they would’ve spent more time making the first one look better and less time in this one. This came out towards the end of the PS2 so a little polish was needed not a bunch. They added so many new monsters in this game and the new boss fights were way better than the 4 you got in the first. What I really love about this series in general is seeing what Greek legend or creature will Kratos tear a new asshole into.
The game plays the same as the first but the controls are way more polished and make more sense. The big one they changed was having R2 open
everything. I don’t know why but when I played the first that seemed so unnatural. Besides the game being way more brutal and having more of a thinking man’s kind of puzzles the game really does play like any other God of War which is a great thing. Think about it so many hack n’ slashes now copy the God of War format somehow and if you are playing those you stop that shit right now and see how this game started it all.
Overall if you like God of War 2 back on the PS2 go back and play this one. Especially if you have never played one start with two then go back to one it is such a better experience. I highly recommend this game to everyone who likes hack n’ slash games. Own this HD pack it’ll be worth every penny, I give this a B. If you’d like me to review a game for whatever reason let me know in the comments section.