God of War

[Zakath]

Well my friend rented it, and he said it was the funnest game he's ever played. Cursing him, I called all the blockbusters near me and of course they're all out and they said people have been constantly asking about it. It looks like I'll be stuck with either having to buy it (which isn't really an option, I spent another $120 on my bike today) or wait a few weeks for a copy to be in. Has anyone here played it?

[BigTrav415]

This game looks awesome. I'm a huge Greek/Roman mythology fan, and this game looks like it will simultaneously stimulate my history and my gaming parts of the game. I'll probably get this and Splinter Cell:CT for my birthday (April 15th). I'm actually still trying to decide whether to get computer upgrades (more RAM, video card) or an electric guitar for my birthday.

/ramble

[3074326]

I watched a friend play it, and I didn't think it was anything to great. Some of the fight scenes are cool, but I didn't think it was "amazing," as many people do.

[Zakath]

So noone has actually played it eh? :mad: :mad:

[RiotUpstart]

Any chance it will come out on xbox? Because i cant afford to buy a ps2 right now.

[Zakath]

I doubt it. You might as well wait and pray though.

[RiotUpstart]

I will prey since theres no chance that i will get a Ps2 anytime soon.

[Ramsey]

Any chance it will come out on xbox? Because i cant afford to buy a ps2 right now.
Fat chance, its published by SCEA

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

I want this game really badly but I also want a PSP, so I kinda have to juggle my money between PSP and GoW and Timesplitters 3

[super admin guy]

Looks interesting. I read a few reviews on Amazon.com. My only hope is that it will be released on the PC (because it being released on the GC is quite doubtful). Otherwise, I'll never see it.

[Hunted By a Freak]

I saw the "making of"...

It looks cool, but it won't be accurate to any mythology as much as being a "greatest hits" of mythological characters and ideas. Should be cool, though.

[Double Bass Jim]

Played it yesterday, it's a decent game but the fighting is very repetitive and fairly boring. Besides looking really nice I didnt see much new or worth buying.

[Zakath]

It looks cool, but it won't be accurate to any mythology as much as being a "greatest hits" of mythological characters and ideas.
:lol: I doubt anyone was really expecting it to be historically (or mythologically I guess) accurate. But like you said, it looks sweet. I can't wait to play it. Of course since Blockbuster has no late fees for 7 days, noone will probably bring it back for 2 weeks.

[super admin guy]

Accurate? It's a video game. It's supposed to be fun. :lol:

[Zakath]

I just picked it up, I should really try to clean up the basement since it's semi-flooded.. but I think I'll play this for a bit first.

[Scythe404]

Great comic about that game:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-03-27

Not only is it funny, it shows Penny Aracde is actually getting funny again.

[3rdplanet]

Looks like a laugh.

[Zakath]

Great comic about that game:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-03-27
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Played it yesterday, it's a decent game but the fighting is very repetitive and fairly boring. Besides looking really nice I didnt see much new or worth buying.
I don't know what game you were playing, but this is one of the most fun games I've ever played.

It's like a combination of DMC and Mark of Kri, with a lot more violence added in. There are a whole bunch of combos you can do, such as sending enemies into the air, jumping up and then hitting them some more (like DMC). Or you can grab an enemy and rip him in half. There's one part where you're climbing up some of those wide rope ladders to get up to the top of a ships mast or whatever, and there's enemies climbing all around you. I was laughing so hard as I grabbed them and either just ripped them off and watched them fall, or repeatedly bashed them into the wood. I just got Medusa's Gaze too, which means I can freeze enemies then shatter them. Oh man this is an awesome game.

[3rdplanet]

Anybody got a synopsis of the story? History of the Hero from the game?

All I know is you beat a lot of **** up a long time ago.

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

The plot is basically, Kratos, your character jumps off a cliff and after that it goes dark and says "2 weeks before" or somthing like that and you begin on a sinking ship or somthing

[Double Bass Jim]

My buddy loves the game and thinks it's incredible, I played it and watched it for a good 2 hours at least. I guess im just biased toward the run,kill,jump formula. I can't get into those at all.

[Zakath]

Anybody got a synopsis of the story? History of the Hero from the game?

All I know is you beat a lot of **** up a long time ago.
Well I haven't gotten far, but you're Kratos. You've been serving the gods for 10 years so they will get rid of the nightmares/visions you have of the evil stuff you did in your past. Ares started destroying Rome, and Athena sent you to kill him since gods can't fight against each other. 3 weeks later you're jumping off a cliff, but I don't know what happens.

[Jed_The_Avenger]

The game is supposed to have combos equivalent to the Tony Hawk games. The only difference is killing people.

[kris]

I rented it tonight, about a third of the way through perhaps. It's an incredibly fun game, and it has plenty of violence and carnage in it that, the way it is presented, is awesome. The gameplay is like magic: it's fluid, smooth, consistent. This game pwns Zakath, do you understand me dammit? It pwns.

[Zakath]

Oh I understand perfectly. :evil:

Unfortunately I'm stuck dry-vac'ing our flooded basement. I'm sure Kratos would rather jump off a cliff then be stuck dry-vac'ing. :(

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

Dante may have the better attitude, but Kratos looks so ****in badass

[The Cynic]

Aren't you suppose to be Ares' hitman and he betrays you and your out for revenge? Anyways, it looks like an awesome game though.

[Zakath]

Aren't you suppose to be Ares' hitman and he betrays you and your out for revenge? Anyways, it looks like an awesome game though.
Well apparently there is a plot twist, but I haven't reached it yet..

[pantweasel]

That game is one of the greatest 3rd person games I've ever played, and that's sayin something.

[Zakath]

Last night I faced two new enemies.. one of them were large soldiers with a massive sword. The finishing move for them is you grabbing the sword hand, twisting it behind the guy, jamming it into his back then tripping him so he falls over back onto it. :cool: The other guys are the half man/half horse fellows. When you can do the finishing move on them, Kratos chops off their front legs then puts his other sword through their throats. Then I died at the END of the boss fight.. damnit it took me like 20 min to get him that far down..

[Cloud.]

i beat that game last night and i have to say i love how it ended. i didnt really expect a storyline to be anything memorable but that game is amazing through and through. i guess ill try and tackle god mode.

hey zakath what difficulty you start off at?

[ozzyhead541]

Well my friend rented it, and he said it was the funnest game he's ever played. Cursing him, I called all the blockbusters near me and of course they're all out and they said people have been constantly asking about it. It looks like I'll be stuck with either having to buy it (which isn't really an option, I spent another $120 on my bike today) or wait a few weeks for a copy to be in. Has anyone here played it?
its a great game with topless chicks with boobs bigger than your head

[Zakath]

i beat that game last night and i have to say i love how it ended. i didnt really expect a storyline to be anything memorable but that game is amazing through and through. i guess ill try and tackle god mode.

hey zakath what difficulty you start off at?
I'm on Hero I think.. it's the Normal difficulty.

I just got to the Cliffs of Madness. Just when I thought I'd beaten the temple, you find out that part is only the bottom level. :lol:

[Cloud.]

I'm on Hero I think.. it's the Normal difficulty.

I just got to the Cliffs of Madness. Just when I thought I'd beaten the temple, you find out that part is only the bottom level. :lol:

yeah thats what i played it on and its still kinda difficult at times. wait till the final battle with aeris its so fun. it had me jumpin and kicking around in my room.

[The Cynic]

I just rented it last night and I will say I'm impressed. This is a badass game. I'm stuck on the part where that ***** has to extend the bridge. I don't know where to go. And what's up with the arrow thingy where you rotate it at the bottom by the room that's reinforced and you feel a precence behind it?

[Zakath]

I just rented it last night and I will say I'm impressed. This is a badass game. I'm stuck on the part where that ***** has to extend the bridge. I don't know where to go. And what's up with the arrow thingy where you rotate it at the bottom by the room that's reinforced and you feel a precence behind it?
Rotate the arrow gun so it faces that door. Go through that and eventually you get something which will let you.. "take care of" your little problem with the bridge.

The best part was when you had to sacrifice the soldier. That was GREAT. Best video game moment ever.

"Thank god you saved me!"
"The gods demand sacrifice, from all of us."
"NOOOOOOO!!! NOOO!! STOP!!! LET ME GO!!!"

[The Cynic]

Rotate the arrow gun so it faces that door. Go through that and eventually you get something which will let you.. "take care of" your little problem with the bridge.

The best part was when you had to sacrifice the soldier. That was GREAT. Best video game moment ever.

"Thank god you saved me!"
"The gods demand sacrifice, from all of us."
"NOOOOOOO!!! NOOO!! STOP!!! LET ME GO!!!"

I tried but it will only rotate 2 ways.

[Zakath]

I tried but it will only rotate 2 ways.Be creative. :thumb:

[Chanandler Bong]

This game is pretty effing intense.

If I may add, Kratos' ho's had nice boobies

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

I want this game sooooooooooo badly :(

[Zakath]

Oh man I just got a 308 hit combo. :cool: I was on the second part of the last boss, and unleashed Rage of the Gods. I quick used Hade's Souls, and Poiseidon's attack, then went medieval on their ***.

[CaptainWaits]

I'm really looking to get this game, but I recently just got Mercenaries, so I don't have tiome for another game right now.

[Mr. Ron]

I got the demo of the Hydra fight with my monthly issue of PSM. How the hell do you kill that damn thing?

[Zakath]

I got the demo of the Hydra fight with my monthly issue of PSM. How the hell do you kill that damn thing?
You gotta take care of the two smaller guys first. Notice the large hook thing above their heads and the so conviently located box piles?

[Zakath]

I just beat the game last night at about 4am after at least an hour-two hours of cursing and screaming at the ungodly impossible last boss fight. The first two parts weren't that hard and I liked the second part, but the third part of the fight was just not fun. Having beat the game, I think it's definitely one of the best fighting games I've ever played. There are, however, some parts that are simply not fun and I also didn't like the ending all that much.

There were two extremely annoying parts in the game. First when you're in Hades. Too much platforming and not enough fighting. Trying to climb those revolving pillars with spikes in them pissed me off to no end. Getting to within a foot of the top then hitting a spike and dropping allll the way down isn't my idea of fun. Also I didn't like the third part of the last boss fight. No magic, no blades, and Ares regains health when he hits you. What a terrible way to end an amazingly fun game. The second part when you fight the clones is lots of fun though. It should have ended there. Lastly, I didn't like the ending. Kratos is such a badass, I thought it was kind of lame to have the gods save him then decided to give him godship even though they wouldn't rid him of his nightmares. I think either a) Kratos should have died or b) he swears revenge against the gods who betrayed him, and the sequel is Kratos going up against the forces of Mount Olympus. :evil::evil:

The awesome violence and brutality of the game more then makes up for the parts I didn't like. :thumb: :cool: Every PS2 owner must at the very least rent it. What other game has you offering up a human sacrifice so you can continue your quest? That was definitely the most savage video game moment ever. Especially with the dead soldier who left the note that said something like, "I cannot do what the gods ask of me. Not even my quest is important enough to make the sacrifice that is asked of me." :lol:

I'd give the game a 9.5/10.

[Cloud.]

^^did you watch the video that you unlocked by beating the game. the one about kratos's brother. there supposdedly doing the sequel where his brother is pissed at him or something. i personally thing that you should submit your idea if kratos defied the gods and ripped all of there hearts from there beating chests in a act of revenge that is officially the best game ever. and besides they tricked him all along to do their dirty work so it only makes since.

[Zakath]

^^did you watch the video that you unlocked by beating the game. the one about kratos's brother. there supposdedly doing the sequel where his brother is pissed at him or something. i personally thing that you should submit your idea if kratos defied the gods and ripped all of there hearts from there beating chests in a act of revenge that is officially the best game ever. and besides they tricked him all along to do their dirty work so it only makes since.
Yea. I don't really get why he thinks Kratos abandoned him, he was only a kid then and it wasn't his choice. :confused:

Or, if they had let Kratos commit suicide, the next game could have been a prequel and you can be Kratos when he works for Ares. That would be awesome to just tear through villages, men, women, children and entire armies. All for the glory of Sparta!! :cool:

[Zakath]

Man I wish I could develop games. I have so many badass ideas.

[Cloud.]

Yea. I don't really get why he thinks Kratos abandoned him, he was only a kid then and it wasn't his choice. :confused:

Or, if they had let Kratos commit suicide, the next game could have been a prequel and you can be Kratos when he works for Ares. That would be awesome to just tear through villages, men, women, children and entire armies. All for the glory of Sparta!! :cool:
:lol: thats some sick twisted ****. but it would definately get good right at the moment were you slaughtered your wife and kid.

im still for the idea about kratos tearing mt olympus apart in seach of zeus.maybe they could have kratos realease/revive a few titans to tag along. that would be seriously insane.

[Zakath]

im still for the idea about kratos tearing mt olympus apart in seach of zeus.maybe they could have kratos realease/revive a few titans to tag along. that would be seriously insane.
Hell yeah. :cool: That's why I didn't really like the ending, it kinda felt like they pussied out after such a cruel and violent game. The next game better be filled with even more gore and twisted killing moves.

[Cloud.]

Hell yeah. :cool: That's why I didn't really like the ending, it kinda felt like they pussied out after such a cruel and violent game. The next game better be filled with even more gore and twisted killing moves.

yeah well if they continue on the path they are i really dont think i have much faith in the next one. i seriously dont wanna listen to a story revolved around his brother being a sissy and for that hes pissed at kratos. i fear that we may have another case of devil may cry and devil may cry 2. i dont think i have the heart to be let down that badly again. :upset:

[Zakath]

yeah well if they continue on the path they are i really dont think i have much faith in the next one. i seriously dont wanna listen to a story revolved around his brother being a sissy and for that hes pissed at kratos. i fear that we may have another case of devil may cry and devil may cry 2. i dont think i have the heart to be let down that badly again. :upset:
Don't even talk like that. :( If another series makes that mistake then I fear for the gaming industry.

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

Yea, no gaming company should stoop down to Devil May Cry 2, none or else I would boycott video games

[Ramsey]

So I just got the game, and what can I say? Its brilliant.

[Gnarmageddon]

I got a demo in my new issue of PSM, and it's ****ing amazing.

[thunderzstruck]

I got the game and it's ace.

I'm playing on easy and since i'm not that far do you think i should restart to moderate? I don't want it to be too easy but I hate games that are to frustrating.

How hard was the game for you people who played on moderate and are you really good at games becayse I'm aobut average.

[Zakath]

It isn't that hard on Hero. I'm trying to decide whether to play it again on Spartan or God Mode.

[thunderzstruck]

hmmm I'm decidng if i should start over

[thunderzstruck]

i will

[Gnarmageddon]

On the demo, I got to where you had to fight the Hydra, and I couldn't beat it. I'd get one of the heads' life down, and then it would jump back up, and I would eventually just die. That got pretty frustrating.

[thunderzstruck]

On the demo, I got to where you had to fight the Hydra, and I couldn't beat it. I'd get one of the heads' life down, and then it would jump back up, and I would eventually just die. That got pretty frustrating.


when they fall go over to the side and you'll see boxes and jump onto them and there should be a spike and just jump onto it and it will go through them

[Gnarmageddon]

Oh, alright. Thanks.

[XXbleedingthroughXX]

i just beat god of war about an hour ago....never saw that ending coming but the games was AWSOME

[XXbleedingthroughXX]

i beat it on moderate i just started over on immoratal...hard as hell

[Big-Bird]

I've played it and it's a great game.

One of the funniest part I played was when I grabbed a undead bitch and slammed his face against the wall.

[thunderzstruck]

im stuck on a part. The part when the guy won't open the door/bridge because he doesn't want to be killed. What do you do?

[Ramsey]

im stuck on a part. The part when the guy won't open the door/bridge because he doesn't want to be killed. What do you do?
Get off the rooftop, go downstairs and to the right. There should be a puzzle, you need to move the arrow launcher thingy to blast open the door, once you do, you'll gain Zeus's power


If you gain Zeu's power, you kill the kid upstairs and that will release the bridge

[thunderzstruck]

oh ok thanks

[Zakath]

I just put my copy of GoW up for sale on amazon. It's a great game, but I need money.

[Gnarmageddon]

I love grabbing guys and ripping them in half. It's just so much fun.

[Zakath]

I love grabbing guys and ripping them in half. It's just so much fun.
Bashing the siren's heads into the ground is also great amusement. :cool:

[The Cynic]

I just beat the game last night at about 4am after at least an hour-two hours of cursing and screaming at the ungodly impossible last boss fight. The first two parts weren't that hard and I liked the second part, but the third part of the fight was just not fun. Having beat the game, I think it's definitely one of the best fighting games I've ever played. There are, however, some parts that are simply not fun and I also didn't like the ending all that much.

There were two extremely annoying parts in the game. First when you're in Hades. Too much platforming and not enough fighting. Trying to climb those revolving pillars with spikes in them pissed me off to no end. Getting to within a foot of the top then hitting a spike and dropping allll the way down isn't my idea of fun. Also I didn't like the third part of the last boss fight. No magic, no blades, and Ares regains health when he hits you. What a terrible way to end an amazingly fun game. The second part when you fight the clones is lots of fun though. It should have ended there. Lastly, I didn't like the ending. Kratos is such a badass, I thought it was kind of lame to have the gods save him then decided to give him godship even though they wouldn't rid him of his nightmares. I think either a) Kratos should have died or b) he swears revenge against the gods who betrayed him, and the sequel is Kratos going up against the forces of Mount Olympus. :evil::evil:

The awesome violence and brutality of the game more then makes up for the parts I didn't like. :thumb: :cool: Every PS2 owner must at the very least rent it. What other game has you offering up a human sacrifice so you can continue your quest? That was definitely the most savage video game moment ever. Especially with the dead soldier who left the note that said something like, "I cannot do what the gods ask of me. Not even my quest is important enough to make the sacrifice that is asked of me." :lol:

I'd give the game a 9.5/10.

Yeah, those pillar's almost made me break my controler. I would also give it the same rating. Mainly because of the camera view and a few annoying parts. And I thought the ending was actuall really good.

[thunderzstruck]

Ok, I'm inside the Temple were you get Pandoars box. I got the Hades shield now what are you supposed to do?

[thunderzstruck]

HELP! What am I supposed to do after I get the fisrt shield from that underground area? Were am I supposed to go next?!

[The Cynic]

HELP! What am I supposed to do after I get the fisrt shield from that underground area? Were am I supposed to go next?!

Backtrack and you should find a door that has to guys that are suppose ti be holding shields. Put that one in there and you're suppose to go to another room and find Zues' shield. Don't really remember where though.

[foxdie44]

Well my friend rented it, and he said it was the funnest game he's ever played. Cursing him, I called all the blockbusters near me and of course they're all out and they said people have been constantly asking about it. It looks like I'll be stuck with either having to buy it (which isn't really an option, I spent another $120 on my bike today) or wait a few weeks for a copy to be in. Has anyone here played it? Spending money on your bike is lame.......

[theopengrave]

yeah, i'm convinced this is one of my top 10 games ever...

i beat it the day i got it, my and my 2 friends stayed up all night trading off.

i love the fact that while being the most brutal game pretty much ever (the sacrifice part is INTENSE) it retains every fun level of gaming... puzzles, parts that require patience and control, and then full on brawls.
the story line is amazing, the graphics are amazing for ps2, the weapons have a good feel to them, there are soooo many parts where you just think. "wow, i am so badass.... i just ripped the key off some guy's neck and let him fall to his death!"

amazing game. buy a ps2 now.