Gaming Weekly W9: God of War III
Monday, March 1, 2010On the horizon we got a great game coming, that game is God of War III for the Playstation 3. It’s the fifth and final chapter of the God of War-series. Chronologically the game comes in this order: God of War -- Chains of Olympus, God of War, God of War: Betrayal and God of War II. Where Chains of Olympus came for the PSP, Betrayal as a mobile game and God Of War 1/2 came for the PS2.
Killing your way to glory
For you guys and girls that doesn’t know what the series is about. God of War-series is a hack’n slash action adventure game based on Greek mythology. Here is a quick plot summary of God of War 1 & 2. The first game begins with the main character Kratos commiting suicide by jumping of a cliff into the Aegean Sea. As he plummets to the rocks below the players are able to see his life in flash backs. The story revolves around this character and his quest to defeat Ares the god of War. Kratos defeats Aros and is offered the new position as God of War.
The second game takes place some time after the first game, Kratos as the new God of War wasn’t accepted by the other members of the Greek Pantheon. Kratos still haunted by his memories of the deeds from his past he goes to aid the Spartan army trying to conquer the city of Rhodes, the gods are displeased with his campaign and decides to do something about it. As he arrives an eagle which he believes to be Athena in disguise robs him of almost all his godly power, and using Kratos power to bring life into the Colossus of Rhodes. A giant statue which soon is torn apart by Kratos fighting ability, Zeus then reappear as the eagle offering Kratos one more chance to be a god, Kratos refuse and Zeus slays him.
As Kratos is about to die he is saved by Gaia, the mother of titans who offers Kratos an alliance. They want Kratos to help them in their quest for revenge. Kratos flees from the underworld and start killing his way until his second encounter with Zeus where Athena saves Zeus by sacrificing her own life to save his. Athena reveals that he is in fact Zeus own son and that all the gods will deny him, defending Zeus so that Olympus will prevail. In the end Kratos swars that “if all on Olympus will deny me my vengeance than all on Olympus will die!” Kratos rallies the titans and Zeus rallies the remaining gods to his aid, Kratos returns to Olympus shouting: “Zeus! Your son has returned! I bring the destruction of Olympus!”
The game finishes with a the warning “The End Begins”.
I bet you guys can guess what the third game is all about, the game is the final chapter of the series and it’s about Kratos attempt to destroy Olympus. The first game was deemed epic, the second game was deemed more epic than the first. So I guess you need to find a new combination of words to sum how epic the final chapter will be. I propose Super Ultra Mega Epic.
Get ready for some action
I guess everyone has heard about the God of War-series, you all should know the gameplay of these games. Typical Hack’n Slash with QtE (quick-times events). The game is a combination of combat, platforming and puzzle game elements. Kratos will have several weapon types available for different types of combat. This game is also announced to have seamless loading, meaning no loading screens! (yay) and no need for HDD installation. The previous games has won shitloads of awards so these games are the real deal, I haven’t played them myself (I played the first one, never finished it though, don’t ask me why because I don’t know myself) but I’ll get a crack at the God of War Collection which holds the first and second game with updated graphics for the Ps3.
God of War III is set for release March 19, 2010 here in EU. So if you like these types of games I suggest you play through God of War I & II, to get ready for the epic quest of God of War III. I know that I will.
Really looking forward to GoW3. Enjoyed the two first games, very much.
so I really need to get this one in the future.
@Yasuka
I’m looking forward to it too, though I will need to play the through the first two games before. My friend has the collection box, I’ll borrow it
@Christoffer
You haven’t played them before? Then I guess you are in for a treat.
These type of games are usually not my cup of tea. But I greatly enjoyed the God of War games.
@Yazuka
Well I never finished the first one, and the when the second one came I had my interest in other games actually so no I never got to play them. Plus I didn’t have any friends that owned a console of that generation.