#GOD OF WAR ASCENSION XBOX 360 PSP#

Even the PSP versions, though smaller and slightly stripped down in mechanics hold up, as I recall the Elysian Fields quite clearly in Chains of Olympus. The introduction to God of War III was amazing as you were climbing the back of a titan. That being said, most of the other titles had these standout moments that really just stuck with me for one reason or another, like Ares marching around a battlefield and the sirens in the desert during the first God of War. Here, we see Kratos before he is a complete ball of fury (though there are definitely some anger management issues at work here, he does come across far tamer than in later story lines), and in some ways a little bit more vulnerable. I have been following the story of Kratos for years now, but this was probably the least interesting tale told to date. I will say that the new cloned Kratos and option to heal/decay your surroundings added a nice twist to the usual puzzle solving.

I was really not a fan of this particular mechanic either. There is a new 'sliding' mechanic that gets used - a lot. I feel like quick time events do pull you out of the game a bit, because you cannot appreciate what is happening on the screen, at least not fully. I still think God of War handles them more intelligently than just about any other game, by displaying the buttons to press that correspond to the proper side of the screen to mimic your pad (so for example when you are supposed to press Triangle, it shows at the top, while X shows at the bottom), but there were still a lot of events that relied on very quick timing, and you just never knew when they were needed. Also, I am not a huge fan of quick time events - and there are tons of them here. Not horribly so, and I did like the elemental chains mechanic for the most part, but it still felt just a bit off at times. So an odd hit here, but combat feels a little bit off from prior God of War titles.

God of war ascension xbox 360