Favourite 'God of War' game

[minko]

God of War II for most of the reasons already posted. It was also the one I felt like I enjoyed the most.

[TurboSquirrel]

It has to be God of War for me. As in the first installment. It was utterly perfect as a game. Totally unprecedented on the PS2, with outstanding gameplay, sound, visuals and quite probably the most artistically inspired environments to ever grace a video game. Everything in it felt fresh, polished and innovative. The fact that fully one half of the game takes place on the back of a Titan is almost too awesome for words. I still think the rings of Pandora were the best set of puzzles in the Trilogy. It also had the best magic of the three games.

Although all three are superb games, I would have to single out God of War III as my least favourite, owing to the fact that there's little variety in the choice of weapons (having 3 sets of blades was the single worst decisions in the game) and aside from the invincibility, Rage of the Gods/Titans/Sparta was amost useless. Number 3 also had the weakest, least inspired magic of the 3 games, which was a shame given the increased potential for some incredible special effects on the PS3. I really missed being able to use the Blade of Olympus too. They could have nerfed it if they'd liked, for the sake of balance, I'd still have welcomed the variety. The same goes for the Head of Medusa. Something along those lines would have worked wonders for combat variety under God of War III.

All that said, this is without a doubt the best video game trilogy ever made and I'd put all 3 games in my all time top 10.

[Dagger]

Having only played GOWIII for a little bit number 2 has to get my vote, although all 3 are brilliant games.

[nelo_inc]

My favourite is God Of War 1,because i think it as a better story,awesome soundtrack,and a fine end,that doesn't leave thinking -What now?.It's over Kratos did what he was supposed to do.But i also liked the other 2.

[SpartanMkII]

3 was the best, easily, nice and refined, saying that the other two were great aswell

[macca72-]

Hi everybody,i've just joined,my favourite has to be GOW III,as i haven't played the 1st 2,i will put that right when the GOW Collection is released here in the UK.

[dda1996a]

I can't vote as all of them are amazing. Even the mobile game was really fun. All the stories are good, gow 1 is best in telling the story, 3 is just amazing with graphics and weapons and 2, well I played it 7 times already, u get my point

[Emperor_Fabulous]

I think of the God of War series the same way I see the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy - the first is the best of the movies. It sucks you in to the world, introduces the characters, etc etc. With POTC2 and POTC3, it's essentially one story broken in to 2 parts, same with GOWII and III. The first God of War, I loved the pacing of the story and the way it was presented. It made me want to keep playing. With II and III it seemed more like the story was just there for Kratos to get new weapons and abilities and to just look as badass as possible. I didn't really care about his motivation any more. And the story for III was a total let down after the set up for an epic showdown between the Titans and Gods at the end of II. Seriously, the Titans were completely useless; all they did was climb around in the background.

[dz06lt]

Its hard to say man i loved 3 but i was disapointed by the ending a bit 2 probably was the most epic 3 was the best graphically(obviously). Id say 2/3 are probably a tie for me with the first being not too far behind

[F8L Fool]

Originally Posted by PoorPaddy89

Which is your favourite God of War game? Please only vote if you have played all three games, rather than just one.

Personally, mine is GoW II. The environments, story, combat, EVERYTHING is amazing. GoW III looks stunning and has the best graphics and animations, but the story wasn't as good as II I think.

The second installment was definitely my favorite. It's not even that big of a competition between them in my eyes. In terms of improvements, story, character development, environments (III LOOKED better because it was on the PS3, which should be a given), and just the all around experience I liked two WAY more.

It feels like they just didn't try as hard with the third one as they did with the second. Aside from the visual aspects of the third game, they really didn't impress me at all. The story was the worst out of the trilogy, the environments were the worst, and all it really had going for it was the momentum and hype of the franchise, as well as the epic boss fights and visuals.

Aside from the visuals and the bosses, the third game in my eyes is a total failure. They needed to go out with a huge bang, rather than just giving out some "ooh's and aww's". They focused too much on aesthetics, and not enough on actual content and gameplay.

Two brought back the great things from the original, and expanded on it greatly. Three just gave the series from pretty polish, an improved QTE look, and that's about it.