I have finished both God of War, and God of War 2. They are amazing games … pinnacles of the 3rd person single player genre. The second one, in particular, takes the cake for egregious, over the top, stylized violence. Just when I would think “okay, I’m normalized to the level of brutality in this game,” something would happen that made me say “wow, that was totally unacceptable and over the top violence.”
It happened again and again.
But, even more frequently, a new opponent … a new mode of motion … a new move or challenge would emerge and make me say “damn! don’t these guys give up? does this game ever stop getting better?”
The epic scope of the plots appeals to me. In the first, you begin as a servant of the Greek gods, and wind up as the God of War, by virtue of killing Ares. The second starts from there, and you basically wade through most of Greek mythology, sword in hand.
In totally unrelated news, tomorrow is going to suck, since we’re already 2 hours into it … and I’m just getting to bed.
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