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God of War

God of War

2005
Action, Adventure
God of War is an action-adventure hack-and-slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). Initially launched for the PlayStation 2, the game stands as the first instalment in the God of War series and the third in chronological order. Loosely inspired by Greek mythology, it unfolds in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central theme. The player takes on the role of Kratos, the protagonist, a Spartan warrior devoted to the Olympian gods. Tasked by the goddess Athena, Kratos is assigned to eliminate Ares, the God of War and Kratos' former mentor. Ares had deceitfully manipulated Kratos into killing his wife and daughter. As Ares attacks Athens fueled by hatred for Athena, Kratos embarks on a quest to locate Pandora's Box, the sole object capable of permanently stopping the vengeful god.

God of War

2005
Action, Adventure
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28 Jan 2018
70
54th
Dim the lights, lock the door, pull the shades. PS2 boobs.
30 Jan 2018
75
78th
Mashing circle faster than you thought was possible to fight the hydra at the beginning and you still ain't fast enough
10 Aug 2026
90
73rd
Zeus
27 Jul 2026
99
58th
Ares save me
07 Aug 2025
69
52nd
A bloody good foundation, but not yet legendary.
20 Dec 2023
94
89th
Before God of War (2005) is a power fantasy, it is a portrait of the colonized. Look at Kratos: skin stained by tragic ashes, chains fused to his bones. He is a man whose violence belongs to his masters. Olympus points, and he butchers the monsters of the periphery for a vague promise of relief. The tragedy is woven into the gameplay itself: extracting red orbs to upgrade the very chains that bind him. Violence doesn't liberate him; it only makes him a better servant of empire. - Full Review
09 Jul 2022
71
53rd
I think overall, this was better than Ascension, but being an older game, there are a lot of frustrations, especially when they make you mash circle faster than feels possible, as well as a couple levels, the worst of which being the spinning towers in Hades. That being said, the story, while a little jumbled in presentation, is pretty good, the locations are good, the puzzles are interesting, and the gameplay still feels great in 2022.
17 Dec 2020
78
71st
The flashy, splashy, button-mashy beat-or-slash 'em up action genre was very, very hot in the PS2 days. This may not have been one of the earliest to the party, but it certainly was one of the flashiest. What it lacks in innovative gameplay, it more than made up for at the time in cinematic flair. The standard fights between bosses and puzzles feel like filler, and I do wish it hadn't done quite so much to popularize the notion that nothing says "epic battle" quite like QTEs, though.
12 Feb 2020
77
24th
God of War is a fast paced and fun hack and slash game. Although it doesn't often rise far above being just that. The bosses are large and epic for sure, though the whole affair can feel a little too easy at times.
20 Oct 2019
60
64th
Good game. Again I was rating this higher back in the day when it first came out. Now it's long it'll take about 10 hours to beat and the puzzles in these games are a huge problem.
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