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This Game had a lot of expectations to live up to being the
seventh game in the series. Every interview I watched was the developers
stating that this was going to be one of the more story focused God of War
games showing us Kratos’ more human side and what truly made him the vengeful
merciless man that he would become.
Unfortunately as in every God of War game
the story takes a back seat to the action so the fact that Kratos really
doesn’t become any more of a human character and that his struggles are not
made relatable is a real shame and a waste of potential.
**Borrowed From Sony**
That is really my one
big complaint with this game though on the bright side and luckily the action
and beautiful set pieces and actually intelligent puzzles will keep you
entertained and with the surprising addition of multiplayer still makes this
game a good addition to the God of War series just not a great one.
The most noticeable change in the
game when playing single player is the fact that you do not get a plethora of
weapons which you may never use unless fighting a particular boss but different
elemental attacks fire, lightning, water, and soul. This changes the game more than you think it would allowing you to quickly change between elements to vary your assault you could use fire to build your rage meter up more quickly and then switch to your electric powers to cast lightning like Emperor Palpatine on your enemies.
Your main enemies this time around are three fury sisters who take broken pacts to Gods rather seriously and they hunt Kratos down and capture him to forever be imprisoned for breaking his pact with Mars the God of War.
The three Fury sisters are diverse in their specialties the first one you
fight and kill Megaera is very
insect looking with here strengths being in using her insects to infect living
things to do her bidding. The other two furies you will be fighting at the same
time since after killing the first one they stick together in a petty attempt
to stay alive and they are Tisiphone, and Alecto. The way Kratos is able to
actually defeat the furies is with the help of Orkos the Oath keeper who after
seeing what his mothers’ did decided that they had strayed from the path of
justice and needed to be killed. The part of the game that I feel
needed more attention was the torture, that these women put Kratos through this
would have been one way to avoid all of the bad publicity for the “Bros before
Hoes” trophy if the God of War team would have been able to convey how cruel
and evil those furies were then no one would have had a problem with how Kratos
executed them because they deserved a brutal death.
On the subject of death it never felt and looked so good
dispatching the game’s mini bosses: Medusa like snakes, demons from Hades,
Chimera, Elephant warriors, Witches, and Cyclopes. While some of the enemies
are reused the way you dispatch them is executed wonderfully if not a little
redundant however, I was hoping that there would be at least three variations
on how you executed the enemies the first and second time you cut straight
through an Elephant warrior’s skull to reveal its brains is satisfying but
after the 100th time of seeing the same execution it loses its
charm. Though the boss fights with the Furies and even a few other deserving
victims really are a lot of fun and when you finally crush a tough enemy under
your sandaled foot it brings nothing but joy.
On
an interesting side note I do believe that this is the first God of War game to
actually not have a sex minigame! While the absence of this is not truly heart breaking
it was always a hilarious edition. Though don’t be too worried the developers
seemed to take this into account and while the Furies themselves do not have
their breasts out every other female enemy you fight most certainly does, and
while it isn’t a complaint it is rather surprising and comical when you are
having a life or death battle with a Medusa snake and you notice her breasts
have been hanging out the whole time.
It
is now time to address the Elephant warrior in the room is the multiplayer in
God of War Ascensions good?
The answer to that is a definite yes!
While my
disappointment with the single player was in its lack of story I never thought
I would be saying that a multiplayer edition to a game would actually be a
redeeming factor. You start off by picking out of four God’s to swear you
allegiance to, but don’t be worried you can switch allegiances at any time to
experiment and find your play style.
The armor and weapons have also been redone offering more to play with
and experiment with. The new weapon added is only the spear though and while it
is only one extra weapon added there are many more different types of swords,
hammers, and spears to choose from with varying magic’s and effects.
There are also a good number of new
armors added and a rather rough customization option which lets you choose out
of a select amount of different colors while basic it does allow you to pick
yourself out of the death crowds you will often find yourself in.
Another great
edition was a party up system which allows you to group up with three of your
friends so you can strategize turning this game from a basic team free for all
to groups of two taking key points with complimenting fighting styles making
this game a much more fun experience than if it was to just be random.
Our Honest View gives God Of War: Ascension 4/5. While
I would love to give this game a 5/5 for the excellent experience it gives, but
the fact that it had to rely on multiplayer to save it and not an intricate and
beautiful story as promised makes me knock it down to down. The saddest part
is that it will not be the single player that makes you keep playing but the
surprisingly well done multiplayer and even though it is still a good God of
War Game with excellent combat and great set pieces it lacks the story that was
promised which makes it only a good edition not a great one.
Replay Value:
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| By: Tyler Comp |
Moderate (For Campaign) Highly Moderate (Multiplayer)
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