If this describes you, go ahead and pick the game up. The first is someone who played God of War and God of War II back on the PS2, never bought a PS3, but recently acquired a PS4. Two types of people could benefit from God of War III Remastered, although I'm not sure how big either group is. God of War III Remastered does not have any extra cutscenes or codices to help new players catch up. PS4 owners can only play God of War and God of War II via PlayStation Now, an expensive streaming service.

In the second and third games, Kratos seems less like a figure from a classical Greek tragedy and more like a petulant ball of misplaced fury, tearing gods in half because he has nothing better to do.Įven assuming that you want to know the backstory, God of War III Remastered gives you no easy way to do it. At first, Kratos is a nasty, angry, unpleasant man lashing out at an even nastier, angrier, more unpleasant god.

It doesn't take a master storyteller to figure out why God of War II and III or their myriad handheld and mobile spinoffs ring a bit hollow in comparison to the original. One climactic boss fight later, Zeus casts him down, so that he can do the exact same thing in God of War III. He spends the rest of the game climbing Mount Olympus to confront Zeus. Kratos made it all of 15 minutes into God of War II before Zeus stripped away his powers and set him on a quest for revenge. Or perhaps only until the game sold like hotcakes and Sony decided to make a sequel. From that moment on, the narrator informs us, Kratos oversaw the battles that humans fought until the end of time. Upon defeating Ares, Kratos ascends to Olympus and takes his seat as the new God of War. Those who played the first God of War (and from here on out, we'll discuss spoilers, so newbies be ye fairly warned) know the score. The next two games were not quite as memorable.Īnd that’s the inherent problem with making God of War sequels - there’s no need for them. The fast-paced, delightfully gory, over-the-top gameplay helped usher in a whole new era in action gaming, where QuickTime events and truly colossal bosses reigned supreme. The original God of War, released in 2005, is a modern classic. The problem with God of War III Remastered is that it seems like an odd game to pull out of the rotation and highlight.

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