Anyone else hate this game?

[HiryuMK]

Chain of Olympus's story could definitely use more work.

Meeting Eos felt useless, you only talk to her once and that's it.

Morpheus, you never get to meet him or fight him even thought the game made it seem like he the main villain. And we never get to know what happened to him in all GoW...

[JH1]

I love these two games and think they fit into the series very well. I'm 4 hours into GoS so far and it's God of War at its best.

What I do hate, however, is making stupid decisions all in the name of a trophy. I met my first Wraiths and I figured great time to go for the Heartless trophy (rip out the heart of 10 Wraiths). I got up to 8 and then the last wraith I had to fight had the circle above his head so I figured I'll let him kill me so I can restart and then get up to 10 for the trophy. So I let him kill me, got my 10th, got the trophy, but the only problem is I've been dying for the last 1 hour.

[halo22]

I found it fun but then again I haven't played god of war 1 2 and 3 in awhile. Its fun for what its worth

[Skopintsev]

I haven't played the HD versions yet, but I own both CoO and Ghost of Sparta for PSP. And I gotta say, I enjoyed Chains much much more than Ghost of Sparta. It just had more going for it; First GoW on the PSP, everyone with one wants it. Coming off the year befores AWESOME GoWII, riding the coattailes of a looming GoWIII.. The hype was everywhere, and to a certain degree it didn't disappoint. Yeah, I'll admit the story is pretty weak and with HUGE plot hole (what the hell happened to Morpheus??), and the voice acting and cutscenes can be pretty hammy. But it was GoW at what GoW did best dammit, in a handheld, and it was awesome.

But Ghost of Sparta.. I waited almost year after it's released because I had JUST finished platinum'n GoW1-3 and was feeling a little burnt out from Kratos. And after I got it, I still felt burnt out. I still feel that way too. I'm just tired of God of War. Nothing could make me give me a shit about what was happening in that game and it wasn't enjoyable. I went through it cause I had written reviews on all the other God of War games, I might as well finish the job. I still gave it a 8.5/10 because obviously it's still a great game, but damn am I TIRED of God of War. The series needs to take a break until the PS4 comes out imo.

Will I get the collection? When I find it used for 15 bucks sure, could always use the trophies. But then I'll return it right after.

EDIT: I'll post my little rankings of the GoW series.. It may suprise you.

#6: GoW: Betrayal - May not of heard of this, but its a mobile phone game.. Not bad for a mible game but still not great.

#5: GoWI

#4: GoW: Ghost of Sparta

#3: GoWIII

#2: GoW: Chains of Olympus

#1: GoWII - IMO, it was the game that did everything right... Apart from a cliff hanger endings which I didn't like.

[mag1cst1ck]

i think its one of the best games ive played this yr.

[billyballs]

Originally Posted by Skopintsev

EDIT: I'll post my little rankings of the GoW series.. It may suprise you.

#6: GoW: Betrayal - May not of heard of this, but its a mobile phone game.. Not bad for a mible game but still not great.

#5: GoWI

#4: GoW: Ghost of Sparta

#3: GoWIII

#2: GoW: Chains of Olympus

#1: GoWII - IMO, it was the game that did everything right... Apart from a cliff hanger endings which I didn't like.

wow, being tired of GOW doesnt make you at all biased. but really tho, you should reconsider GOW1 as the best game in the series. considering how 1 did all the hard work of the series like establishing the world and Kratos. The ending was perfect for a standalone game, but for better or worse it's carried on. the combat was very good at the time, and lets face it as much as i love the series its pretty much the COD of experience points-based platformers. I can agree that GOW2 did alot of things right, but what it did wrong was zoomed out way too far in terms of scope. (barlog admits that in the video included with this collection). GOW3 perfected the combat, but kinda f'ed up the plot (and to an extent the characters).

you could really feel on Chains that they didnt know where the ceiling was in terms of the hardware, and when they hit it, they had to cut stuff out or not develop the section altogether. they had a better idea and gameplan for Ghosts, and it shows. not to mention a throwback to where the series was "supposed" to go, at least according to Jaffe's plans.

theres no definitive list because there would be different orders for the games in terms of combat, graphics, story, and so on.

[Rafie]

Originally Posted by billyballs

wow, being tired of GOW doesnt make you at all biased. but really tho, you should reconsider GOW1 as the best game in the series. considering how 1 did all the hard work of the series like establishing the world and Kratos. The ending was perfect for a standalone game, but for better or worse it's carried on. the combat was very good at the time, and lets face it as much as i love the series its pretty much the COD of experience points-based platformers. I can agree that GOW2 did alot of things right, but what it did wrong was zoomed out way too far in terms of scope. (barlog admits that in the video included with this collection). GOW3 perfected the combat, but kinda f'ed up the plot (and to an extent the characters).

you could really feel on Chains that they didnt know where the ceiling was in terms of the hardware, and when they hit it, they had to cut stuff out or not develop the section altogether. they had a better idea and gameplan for Ghosts, and it shows. not to mention a throwback to where the series was "supposed" to go, at least according to Jaffe's plans.

theres no definitive list because there would be different orders for the games in terms of combat, graphics, story, and so on.

I definitely agree with this. I've been playing GOW since '05 and the first one is most certainly the best one. It's the foundation to the rest of them.

[CannonDrill]

Originally Posted by Skopintsev

I haven't played the HD versions yet, but I own both CoO and Ghost of Sparta for PSP. And I gotta say, I enjoyed Chains much much more than Ghost of Sparta. It just had more going for it; First GoW on the PSP, everyone with one wants it. Coming off the year befores AWESOME GoWII, riding the coattailes of a looming GoWIII.. The hype was everywhere, and to a certain degree it didn't disappoint. Yeah, I'll admit the story is pretty weak and with HUGE plot hole (what the hell happened to Morpheus??), and the voice acting and cutscenes can be pretty hammy. But it was GoW at what GoW did best dammit, in a handheld, and it was awesome.

But Ghost of Sparta.. I waited almost year after it's released because I had JUST finished platinum'n GoW1-3 and was feeling a little burnt out from Kratos. And after I got it, I still felt burnt out. I still feel that way too. I'm just tired of God of War. Nothing could make me give me a shit about what was happening in that game and it wasn't enjoyable. I went through it cause I had written reviews on all the other God of War games, I might as well finish the job. I still gave it a 8.5/10 because obviously it's still a great game, but damn am I TIRED of God of War. The series needs to take a break until the PS4 comes out imo.

Will I get the collection? When I find it used for 15 bucks sure, could always use the trophies. But then I'll return it right after.

EDIT: I'll post my little rankings of the GoW series.. It may suprise you.

#6: GoW: Betrayal - May not of heard of this, but its a mobile phone game.. Not bad for a mible game but still not great.

#5: GoWI

#4: GoW: Ghost of Sparta

#3: GoWIII

#2: GoW: Chains of Olympus

#1: GoWII - IMO, it was the game that did everything right... Apart from a cliff hanger endings which I didn't like.

I definitely agree with you, maybe I'm just burnt out with kratos. I just could not give a damn about anything in the story like his brother, his mum or him reuniting with his daughter. I thought ffs yh yh. I did analyse the game and I thought... Why don't I like this? It is a good game, still quite violent and on scale it's huge, but I just didn't feel it. gow 2 was my favourite and I personally think they haven't surpassed it and most likely won't because what more can they do with kratos? Make him have a love story then she cheats on him and turn that into revenge as well? No thanks

[Wozamil]

Originally Posted by Felcio

I'm keep dying in a battle after a 2 mins cutscene that I can't skip.

So yes, I really hate this game.

^This

I've died about a dozen times at the Gates of Crete, where you first meet the nasty guys with the shield, and have to endure a lengthy cut scene before each attempt.

[mearhar1]

There's no heartless trophies in GoS