Thread: God of War

So my friend got me hooked on God of War. I bought the God of War Collections which has both GoW and GoW II. I beat the first one last weekend and let me tell you, this is probably the best game I have ever played. The story is excellent, the graphics are superb, the gameplay is exciting and challenging...overall an awesome game. I can't wait to start on GoW II.

Anyone else play this one?

Not heard of it J. What's it about?

Originally Posted by Rebelle

quit while you're ahead!

lol

J, is it on Wii??

Here's the plot, courtesy of wikipedia:

The game begins with the main character, Kratos, committing suicide by jumping off a cliff into the Aegean Sea. As he plummets to the rocks below, the game's story is told through a series of flashbacks. The story of God of War revolves around Kratos, a former captain in the Spartan army who sets out to kill Ares, the god of war. The goddess Athena tells Kratos the past that consumes him will be forgiven if he destroys Ares, who is attacking her patron city Athens. But since Zeus had previously forbidden the gods from directly declaring war against each other, only a mortal can stop Ares. Kratos however, is already motivated by revenge; as the game progresses, Kratos' backstory is gradually explained, revealing he had been a murderous servant of Ares and had received from him his weapons, the Blades of Chaos, and his recurrent nightmares that continue throughout the story to serve as a reminder of his past. Kratos eventually renounced his service to Ares after the god tricked him into killing his own family.
The game starts among a fleet of ships, beached on rocks in the Aegean Sea under siege from the Hydra. Kratos defends the ships from several of the undead, while simultaneously fighting the many heads of the Hydra. After arriving at Athens by ship, and fighting through it, Kratos learns from the city's oracle that the only way to defeat Ares is to use the legendary Pandora's Box, which can give any mortal the power to kill a god. However, the Oracle explains the Box is hidden deep within the Temple of Pandora, carried on the back of the last living Titan, Cronos, whom Zeus has commanded to endlessly wander the Desert of Lost Souls as punishment for his past actions. Kratos travels to the Desert to find Cronos where he gains entrance to the Temple after scaling the Titan's back for three days.
Much of the game takes place within the Temple, inside of which Kratos must solve numerous puzzles and overcome hordes of hostile creatures to reach Pandora's Box. Ultimately he retrieves the magical artifact, but as he does so, Ares learns of his success and kills him. After doing so, Ares sends harpies to claim the Box for himself. Kratos meanwhile, falls into the Underworld, but he manages to fight his way back into the world of the living.
After escaping from the Underworld, Kratos recovers Pandora's Box from Ares (who threatens to usurp the other gods of Olympus), and opens it. The powers unleashed cause him to grow until he is the same size as Ares, and the two engage one another in battle. When Kratos has the upper hand, Ares traps him in an alternate dimension in which he is seemingly reunited with his family, but is forced to defend them against clones of himself. After saving them, Ares strips Kratos of his Blades of Chaos, and uses the Blades to kill his family. A distraught Kratos is returned to the battleground and, after finding the ancient Blade of the Gods nearby (it serves as a bridge leading out of the Oracle's Temple earlier in the game), succeeds in finally defeating and destroying Ares.
Despite his victory, Kratos is informed by Athena the gods cannot rid him of his frequent nightmares of the past (since none can forget his atrocities), and had only promised to forgive him for his sins. Thinking all his troubles have been in vain, Kratos attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself off a cliff, bringing the story back to the beginning of the game. Athena, however, intervenes and takes him to Mount Olympus where, because of his services to the gods, he is offered to become the new god of war. Kratos' magical abilities are restored, and he is given new weapons, the Blades of Athena.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_(video_game)

@M - nope, this is PS3 Actually, God of War and God of War II were originally on PS2, but this has been remastered for PS3

nice

Sounds complicated J..

It does get tricky at times...and when that happens, just refer to the walkthrough. But it's tons of fun and like I said earlier, the story is great