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[EverydayBeast]

I grew up on GameCube, ssx tricky, different sport games, and initially missed the boat on the god of war games. Now in 2013, PS3 was a legend at that point, it was close to ending so back than Santa Monica was probably involved in Norse God of War Kratos, and yet they knew Greek Kratos needed one last hurrah. From the outside looking in on Ascension, it’s just a prequel essentially. The narrative is provided by Linda Hunt, the cutscenes are so important to the games story, you’re getting an artists view of events.

Kratos here is just a crazy mother fucker, he’s striking deals with gods, cracking puzzles and just amazing graphics.

The music is what keeps things in order, when you’re playing as Kratos the music allows you to unleash savage attacks




Kratos’ rage here is kinda scary, the enemy here are the furries, there’s something about these furries that I love beating the crap out of them with a multitude of combos thanks to Hades, Zeus, Ares and Poseidon’s signature boosts to the blades of chaos.

To me Ascension keeps the essence of classic god of war alive, playing it through ps plus’ ps cloud streaming service I needed to know and understand what the service was all about, and after this opportunity playing a combat heavy game the conditions were good, I’m pretty sure I didn’t lag once. This has to be a service Sony keeps around.

An 80 score no question AAA and suggests game of the year material consideration.

Overall I think God of War Ascension should be considered a complete game in the mainline series, the commitment to Greek lore and foundation led by Kratos, the commitment to combat, yes there was a multiplayer component that was met with some success



Ascension deserves a play, you can beat the game in under 10 hours (rare for todays games) and what does GAF think of this somewhat hidden game?

 

[Big Baller]

Peak PStriple graphics

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

The game was far better than reviewer and critics pegged it as at the time of release.

That said, it was clear step down from GOW3 in terms of overall scale and the sheer craziness of the game's ambition. GOW3 is one of the greatest games of all time. The scale and ambition was mindblowing and better than anything that existed on console or PC at the time. It was a visual feast to behold.

Modern GOW games, while incredible, are still very different games to the OG series that culminated in GOW3 at its peak.

 

[GametimeUK]

I was suffering from GoW burnout at the time so I didn't play it properly upon release, but I did play it in 2020 after I needed a classic GoW fix. I had played GoW 2018 too and I really missed the old games so Ascension had a massive impact on me. I loved every second of it.

It's crazy because I started it when it launched and had to put it down because I couldn't stomach any more GoW.

In 2020 I couldn't put it down. Funny how things work out.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

This is one of the games I most want to get a remaster of...such a shame gamers collectively decided "God of War isn't good anymore" basically, around the time this came out. People were shitting all over it so this is one case where I can't even blame Sony for not rereleasing it. Meanwhile it's a fantastic fucking game and people are finally starting to wake up to that.

Sony sucks tho when it comes to BC and especially the ps3. You telling me Ps5/pro can't emulate ps3?? Come on Sony

 

[j0hnnix]

Not trying to derail but honest question isn't there a rumor Sony will be remaking these or remastering them?

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Not trying to derail but honest question isn't there a rumor Sony will be remaking these or remastering them?

There was/is a rumor but it hasn't been substantiated

 

[VeganElduderino]

I was suffering from GoW burnout at the time so I didn't play it properly upon release, but I did play it in 2020 after I needed a classic GoW fix. I had played GoW 2018 too and I really missed the old games so Ascension had a massive impact on me. I loved every second of it.

It's crazy because I started it when it launched and had to put it down because I couldn't stomach any more GoW.

In 2020 I couldn't put it down. Funny how things work out.

yep, seem here!