God of War

The return of the furious Spartan warrior was made well. God of War is already a great contender for game of the year and you shouldn't miss it. [Issue#285]

Once mastered, God of War’s combat is one of the most rewarding I have tried in a long time. Kratos becomes a hurricane of death and destruction, blocking, shield bashing, slicing, dicing, spinning around and throwing his axe at an enemy further away, while pummeling closer monsters with punches and kicks, and then recalling the weapon to catch two more draugr in the back, before going in for one of the several spectacular finishers. It’s fast, complex, addictive, and exhilarating, but I never once felt like I wasn’t in control.

God of War is the best example of how you should manage the beginning of a new era for an established brand, in every entertainment media. It’s the pinnacle of Sony’s will to promote creative freedom for its first party studios. It’s a melting pot made of old school video game elements and technical mastery, a great script and revolutionary ideas.

God of War is the fourth "main" game in the franchise, but in so many aspects is also a first and by far a better game than the rest of them. Good story, great gameplay and fantastic voice acting make GoW something really special.

An excellent, essential update of a PlayStation icon. Kratos has never been more relevant or relatable. [June 2018, p.72]

God of War very effectively achieves its mission to be a good reboot of the saga and a good sequel. Each one of the days of the five years of development of this new delivery is evident in the great values of production in each one of the sections, materializing perfectly in the constant sequence plane. Perhaps we only regret not having been presented with something truly original mechanically and not a mixture of ingredients that we have seen in other titles.

It’s ironic that a story about the value of discipline and restraint would feel like it needs more time in the editing room, but that’s the new God of War – promising but aimless. I like the new Kratos, but I hope his next adventure is more focused than this, and I pray that it actually gives him something interesting to do.

Kratos is the most badass dude ever created. The story is amazing ! I recomment this game to all

I'm deducting points because the legendary Kratos from the old game is gone and it's more of a puzzle game. Other than that, the gameplay isn't lacking; as I said, Kratos isn't like he used to be, and there are a lot of puzzles.

I think the game starts off very interesting, and as the story enfolded, it made me stick with it to the end. But I don't know, there's just something about it, there are too many twists and turns in the story near the ending, it all gets very confusing and I got burned out on it - almost like the story got lost in translation or something. As an action/adventure game, there are many others which do what this game does much better Imo. I also didn't feel compelled to explore the world outside of the linear story progression, it simply wasn't that interesting too me. +++Positives: The combat was pretty fun however, the visuals impressive, and a certain likeable character you meet mid-game which joins your journey. Overall a pretty good, but severely over-hyped game, that didn't really click with me unfortunately.

The gameplay is pretty repetitive, and the game feels more like a trailer for something that could have been really interesting.

Follow the arrow, the game tells you what to do. The boy tells you where the treasures are. The throwing axe is fun for a while, thats about it.