God of War 2 (PS2)

We've finally decided to give each of our names separate accounts into the blog, so from this post on, just see who the poster is to see the reviewer. That said, let's begin the review.

Story: You play as Kratos, who after having killed Ares is now the god of war. He's managed to piss off the other gods of Olympus, which makes Zeus decide to betray Kratos. Seekign revenge for this injustice, Kratos receives the aid of Gaia, and goes about gaining the powers of the fates to change history. The game incorporates a lot of Greek mythology, some of it even accurate. Kratos isn't a warm and fuzzy loveable character, but he is what he is. 4/5

Audio: The characters have voice overs at parts, which sound good. The music itself is mediocre. I can't really remember it that well other, though I seem to have some recollection of it sounded intense during battle scenes. 3/5

Graphics: The cutscenes have very nice looking FMV, while the game itself is pretty too. The stages aren't horribly detailed, but they look decent. The camera is fixed, which annoyed me some, but it's not bad, and it does suit the genre. 4/5

Gameplay: The gameplay is rather simple. You attack with square and triangle, grab people with circle, and jump with X. R1 lets you interact with the world, L1 blocks, L2 casts magic, and R2 switches weapons. There are three main areas of focus in the game: fighting, puzzle solving, and boss fights. The fighting isn't terribly complicated, hit monsters with attacks. The puzzle solving usually involves interacting with the world so you can move on. Kick a block here, hit a pendulem there. The boss fights involve a little of both. Obviously there's attacking, but there is also solving puzzles to figure out the best way to attack. Occasionally you'll also get prompts to hit certain buttons. Successfully doing this allows you to be successful in a special move, failure means the monster will probably hurt you. Defeating enemies will give you red orbs which you can use to upgrade your weapons and magic. It's nothign too difficult to handle, and you'll usually get prompts when you're supposed to do a particular action. 5/5

Replay: You could replay to try the game at a harder difficulty, but it's not necessary for any reason. 2/5

Overall: The game is a good action play. If you like runnign around killing things while jumpign around and climbing walls, this is for you. 4/5