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Good Gory Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Summary: God of War: Chains of Olympus has you playing as Kratos, one of the beastliest men ever to walk on the face of the earth. Take down a Basilisk, punish a God, subdue a Titan and more in this epic journey set in ancient Greece. In addition to visually impressive pre-rendered cutscenes, this game boasts some of the best graphics I've seen on the PSP so far. The gameplay is insane, with moves that defy gravity and powerful magical spells. The game even has some puzzles for you to solve, in addition to intense button-mashing sequences which just might wear down your PSP buttons. The story is short, but hey- quality over quantity. Ready at Dawn studios has made some great games for the PSP, but this one takes the cake.

Gameplay - Five Stars
This has got to be on of the most fun games I've every played on the PSP. There are just so many ways to take down your opponents. But don't think that it's a walk in the park; some Boss Fights are extremely challenging and parts of the game can be frustrating. When you kill enemies, you get red orbs which can be used to upgrade your magic, and learn new moves. The game also gives you fun puzzles to solve, which involve a bit of thinking, but nothing frustrating.

Story - Five Stars
If I could use one word to describe it, it would be: Epic. This story will unless you hate fighting gods, or taking down a Titan, then you'll love it. I did, and as you can see from all these other reviews, they did too. I won't reveal the storyline, but remember: epic.

Online Play - Nonexistent
You don't honestly expect online play for a game like this, do you?

Final Verdict - Five Stars
Let me tell you, I beat this game three times. And all three times, it was worth every minute. This game keeps you on your toes. Yes, what everyone says is true, it's short. But as before mentioned, quality gameplay over quantity.

The power of the Gods in your hand.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I must say this game shows great examples of scale; when your fighting colossal reptiles to climbing a massive cliff in the heart of Tartarus you feel the sense of power the environs emit. I'm not gonna lie, I initially strayed form the God of War franchise for awhile. Chains of olympus is the first GoW game I've played simply because I own a PSP. Man have I been missing out since God of War first came out for the PS2. Thankfully Chains is a prequel to both God of war and God of war 2! The action and violence in this game is comparable to Ninja Gaiden for the XBOX. Blood splattering and demon slaying from start to finish with this game. You can chain all kinds of brutal combos with weapons like Zuess' gauntlet and of course the blades of Chaos. I couldn't really follow the story much, every level has alot going on regardless if your trying to figure out a puzzle something in the backround is happening. I have to reccomend this game to any die-hard action fan or gamer in general. The only thing wrong besides a camera that can sometimes get funky on ya' is the fact that the game is WAAAY to short. Beat it in a few days :(

This is why you buy a PSP

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So what are my impressions with God of War? Well I am now about 3/4 of the way thru and I must say that I am impressed. I never really got a chance to GoW on the PS2 and now I am seeing what I am missing. The controls are tight and doesn't take a lot of getting used to. The graphic are excellent for a portable device and not a lot of clipping can be seen. I even have a cable that runs to my HDTV and it's not bad at all. The storyline with Kratos helping the gods and trying to atone for murdering his family is so far done well as the voice acting...this game may convince me to get a PS2 so that I can play the orginals and get the full story. If I have any complaints about the game so far is that altho rare, some of the puzzles are not so obvious to solve (but then it wouldn't be a puzzle right? LOL) or better to say that difficulty raises and drops during the game. Also, sometimes it get difficult to find your correct path even when soem paths need you to double back. But otherwise, this is really one of the best games on the PSP right now and probably the reason why a lot more will be sold. On a sacle of 1 to 5 it get 4.5 stars.

Almost perfect!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game! Probably the best for the PSP. The only 'con' I would say is that the game is a bit short.

god of war

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this is a really good game but they should of made it a 2 disc set to make it feel like and seem like its longer and have it continue on to the second disc and and on the second disc that would of make it alot better because 40 bucks is alot of money for a short game but its worth it for god of war dont get me wrong just next time developers think next time befor you make a game guys please thank you spartans prepare for glory

WAAAY too short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the first time I've ever been compelled to actually create a review of something on Amazon. And this one will be short and to the point.

I'm a big fan of the God of War series. I've loved the previous two PS2 games. I would give this game a solid 5 stars for its actual content. (Though I sure wish they allow camera control in this series.) However, I was utterly disappointed by the fact that I had completed the game in only about 10 hours of playtime, on Hero (Normal) level. I may go back and try it on the God (very difficult) level, but I've already seen everything, so I don't know if the urge is really there.

In short, this game unfortunately falls well shy of the "killer app" status that it was supposed to achieve because it can be finished in 3-4 short sessions, or one really long one, I suppose. The short duration of the game keeps me from being able to rate it 5 stars. In fact, I'd probably drop it to 3.5 if that were possible.

Please be aware of this when you're ready to shell out your cash, and know what you're getting.

Excellent graphics but there are not different things to do only kill enemies and collect things

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: May 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I hope more about this game. It has a excellent graphic and scenarios but you cannot go everywhere only to designated areas. There are not really to do, only kill enemies and get light balls. Dexter is really better and interesting to play.

IS TOO SHORT

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 23
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I FINISH THIS GAME IN 2 HOURS OF GAME PLAY IS TOO EASY AND TOO SHORT. THE GRAPHICS ARE GOOD BUT I LIKE GAMES WITH MORE PLAY TIME. IF I`M GOIN TO SPEND 45 OR 50 DOLARS ON A GAME AT LEAST I WANT 6 OR 8 HOURS OF GAME PLAY WITHOUT GET BORING PLAYING.

Great Game! Shows what the PSP can do!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game really highlights what the PSP can do. The graphics are beautiful. The gameplay is solid. My only gripe is that after playing it it was a bit short. Took under 9 hours for me. Also, an more expanded weapons system would have been nice.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This was the best new PSP game I have played all year. It was fun and challenging and had lots of blood and fighting and killing.

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