God of war
If there was any criticism lofted at Ready At Dawn"s previous PSP title, Chains of Olympus, it was targeted towards the relatively brief campaign. Ghost of Sparta is notably longer, with a campaign spanning roughly six-to-ten hours depending on difficulty or play style. The trò chơi achieves its length with original nội dung — there"s very little repetition here, so it"s not artificially extended. It feels like a good length for the game"s narrative, và because the chiến dịch is so well-paced it lends itself to multiple playthroughs.
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Technically there are prettier games than God of War: Ghost of Sparta, but this is a PSP game, built for a handheld designed khổng lồ fit in the average sized pocket — not that you"d know it half of the time. Take our word when we state that God of War: Ghost of Sparta is without doubt the prettiest game on the PlayStation Portable. It"s incredible what Ready Of Dawn have achieved; in terms of technical prowess on comparative hardware Ghost of Sparta might potentially outstrip God of War III. While the game"s set piece moments are the most breathtaking, its overall fidelity is astounding throughout. Textures are detailed, while visual effects such as rain, snow and fire embers trumpet the PlayStation Portable as though it"s a new piece of hardware. It"s hard to believe that we"re potentially experiencing the last holiday season with the current PSP as Sony"s flagship handheld — especially with the system outputting visuals of this quality.
Aside from some neat interactive narrative twists, God of War: Ghost of Sparta plays exactly as you"d expect. That"s no bad thing; God of War is one of the few franchises that perfected its gameplay style first hand, và any tweaks at this point would be for change"s sake rather than for the benefit of the experience. Ghost of Sparta does implement most of God of War III"s improvements — QTEs now appear on-screen relative to the PlayStation"s face-button layout, & Kratos can also now wrestle characters lớn the ground. That said, combat still largely boils down to Square-Square-Triangle, though new weapons and power-ups do offer something fresh. Thera"s Bane is perhaps the biggest new addition khổng lồ Ghost of Sparta"s combat, allowing Kratos to charge attacks with an added dose of fire. This helps you khổng lồ break enemy armour, open doors and showroom extra power khổng lồ standard attacks. It"s neat.
There"s no loading. UMD is frequently touted as a format with poor load speeds, but God of War: Ghost of Sparta rarely ever pauses to lớn stream in the next section. Throughout our time with the game"s eight hour chiến dịch we saw little more than three loading screens; an impressive feat for a game so technically demanding.
God of War in its current format feels done. The formula is still as brilliant as it was when David Jaffe invented it in the mid-2000"s, but four titles later it"s beginning khổng lồ overstay its welcome. As a love letter khổng lồ fans, Ghost of Sparta is everything it could possibly be (and perhaps some more), but there"s a sense that Kratos" narrative is done. We don"t believe God of War as a franchise is over, but we presume when Sony Santa Monica return to lớn it, they"ll have a new cast & new game play ideas lớn experiment with. The formula needs a refresh and we"ll be interested to lớn see the direction it heads next.
Conclusion
In terms of comparative hardware, God of War: Ghost of Sparta is potentially more impressive than God of War III. Some of the visual effects are astounding, with a great art direction & solid level design lending itself perfectly to lớn Ready At Dawn"s technical ambition. The gameplay is familiar, & perhaps on the verge of needing an overhaul, but as a love letter to fans, Ghost of Sparta is unrivalled.
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Excellent 9/10
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A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy"s covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count khổng lồ prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
Mon 6th Feb 2012
Starting it tonight (PS3 version). Finished CoO last week, which was underwhelming in almost every way, but I played it to lớn get to this one which I"ve already heard is much better. Và then GoW3 finally.
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Mon 6th Feb 2012
I loved this trò chơi too, better than god of war 3. Need to lớn get the GOW collection khổng lồ play this in HD now.
Tue 7th Feb 2012
I just picked this up as part of the controller bundle. I"m not a huge GOW fan hâm mộ but enjoy this one more than GoW1 và GoW2. Impressive little gem coming from a handheld!
Tue 7th Feb 2012
I missed it when it first released on PSP. I nearly bought the HD collection that released on ps3 but now that I"m getting a VITA, I might tải về this trò chơi from the SEN (Playstation Network changed to Sony Entertaiment Network).
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rhejr I think Chains of Olympus was a pretty good first GOW PSP game. It"s short but necessary for the story and fleshing out Kratos.
