God of War II
July 28, 2006 Posted by Al Castle
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I just noticed that there is a God of War II scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2007. Check out this video preview I spotted on YouTube. Righteous bad ass ballet like action is in my near future. Amazon has the game listed for $49.99
God of War
July 28, 2006 Posted by Al Castle
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Behold. After five days, some 25 hours of post work game play, I have defeated the 2005 Game of the Year - God of War.
I know I’m a year behind the times. I happened to be at Target wandering about the mall, killing time before our movie started this weekend, when I noticed the title. I don’t follow the gaming scene and have only occasionally picked-up titles. We purchased the PS2 several years ago as a Xmas present for my eldest daughter, who uses it more for a DVD player than anything else.
My previous happy purchases include one and two of LucasArts Star Wars: Battlefront. Excellent game play, innovative, and great graphics. Being able to choose era, team, and individual was killer, but also being able to interact with turrets, enemy XWings and the like was over the top for me. I’ve also spent a pretty penny for The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction when it came out and was fairly pleased with the overall game. Having been a Hulk fan since before the womb I was excited to be able to issue some general mayhem and the indestructible cows were a lot of fun.
God of War differs from the previous titles mentioned in several ways and despite the cool features of each it outshines them all. The story line or plot of the game was well thought out with a surprise ending after defeating Ares. The quick of it being you are a Spartan commander who makes a deal with Ares the Greek God of War just seconds before you’re about to be slaughtered. Whereupon Ares offers some magical enhancements to you. The cut scene goes onto show you kick some serious tush in a rampage and also, oops! - butcher your own family. At this point you turn on the God of War and have to do a whole list of impossible acts. Including acquiring Pandora’s Box, escaping Hades, and killing the Olympian Ares.
