This past weekend I stayed over at Leah's. We played the crap out of God of War II. It's awesome, we love it. A lot of video game (and movie) sequels are just the same thing re-hashed...and while GOW2 plays exactly like the old game...I don't consider it a quick cash-in. For one thing, the story line takes what happened in the first game and moves forward logically. The main character, Kratos, killed Ares the God of War and then actually became the new God of War. At the start of GOW2 your powers are stripped of you by Zeus (so basically the whole rest of the game is you trying to take your revenge). The graphics are great, the control is good, and just like last time there are those awesome finishing moves (with those complex button pressing challenges).
Cool things I've done thus far: Ridden a Pegasus, ripped the wings off of Griffin, fought an invisible warrior, whipped four giant stone horses...forcing them to move and entire island!, killed Medusa's sister (she was just as ugly, now I have her head...I can use it to turn my enemies into stone). This game rocks.
Now the bad...so far the boss battles haven't been as cool. The Hydra from the first game is awesome, and so far I haven't had a "holy shit!" moment like that first fight. You keep fighting mortals in this game, and frankly, they're underwhelming. Also, it's pretty easy...I think they may have dumbed some of the puzzles down too. I'm playing it on Spartan (normal) and while I'm not breezing through it (like someone I know and love who's playing it on Mortal (easy)) I'm not having too much trouble either. The first game I only played on Easy...and it kicked my ass. Several times. Now if I hit a trouble spot I usually have to play it twice (I have had several areas where I have died A LOT...but I've managed to squeak by them).
I'm really saddened by this game, though. It's probalby the last one I'll play on PS2. I know they're going to make a God of War III for the PS3...and that also makes me sad. Hopefully the price of PS3 will go down by then, because frankly, I'll have to play that game. It'll be too sweet. In fact, I think Sony messed up. They should have made God of War II a PS3 game (only), they could have made it longer/better graphics and put it out over the summer. Oh well. I guess they made more money this way. But that new console of their's needs some serious help. A guy I know that has one (the only guy I know that has one) says his is already broken (A/V cable is all fucked up, now he's got this annoying white bar that is constantly rolling up the screen).
Anyway, if you liked the first God of War then you'll love GOW2. I love it and think it's the best game on the system (a dead system). It does feel less like a sequel and more like a continuation of the first game (no real evolution in the game play...they added a few little touches but nothing dramatic). The best is still the best.
UPDATE: Okay, I just got over to Leah's and played a little bit more...I just got a cool new item. It really adds a new dimension to the game play, which I thought was lacking (riding on the flying horse was new, but couldn't they give us more?). Well they did, two words: Icarus Wings. Now you can fly/glide. It's sweet. Also, I was thinking about it, and using the chain swords to swing around a-la Spiderman is pretty cool too. I guess I'm just too critical. It's a fucking fantastic game, go buy it!!!
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