Other highlights include the destruction of Atlantis and an actual visit to Sparta as part of Kratos’ unending quest for vengeance. They’re a busy and shady bunch, and so much bullshit – including a fight against Deimos, Kratos’ long-lost brother – happens outside the main games that you start to understand why Kratos overreacted relentlessly in such a dramatic way across several installments. On top of that, more adventuring and slaying of mythological characters and creatures means more conspirations and secret plans from the Olympians fuelling most of Kratos’ hijinks. To really get to know Kratos, you need to play every game he's been in.Īside from small references and name drops in the third major God of War – which already positioned these games as more than just disposable romps – a huge narrative gain comes from going deeper into the hows and whys of the death of Kratos’ family, which is arguably the single most important event in the entire series, a permanent shadow cast over Kratos… which doesn’t get nearly enough screentime. For example, the original conclusion of his story contained a brief reference to Kratos causing Hades a lot of pain when he killed Persephone – that doesn’t happen in any of the two previous mainline games, but in Chains of Olympus.
GOD OF WAR KRATOS PSP
Unsurprisingly, the PSP games weren’t any different when it came to their core philosophy, but the extra tales and context that they provided ended up being quite valuable, especially coming into (and out of) God of War III. The entire Greek world is put at risk by the actions of a single man who was misguided and betrayed by the gods, and that really asked for meatier storytelling, which wasn’t the highest priority back then for beat ‘em up titles mostly concerned with making violence look cool and feel satisfying.
To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Those games have more than enough charm to remain iconic, but Kratos’ – and everyone else’s – characterization is kinda mid and often felt undercooked. The premise, overall plot, and adventure are fantastic. I honestly think no one back then would’ve complained if the story were “just there” to justify more blood-soaked carnage on PSP, but both games really tried to cook something relevant to the bigger God of War picture.Ī good deal of the original trilogy’s storytelling hasn’t aged too well, let’s be honest.
GOD OF WAR KRATOS PS3
The studio's work rivalled some of the stuff we had played on PS2, and that’s why the developmental outfit later had the opportunity to craft something bigger for PS3 with The Order: 1886.īoth games fill in gaps in Kratos’ original story arc Chains of Olympus kicks off after he gets the mythical power-up from Ares (and after Ascension’s events), but right before the first game Ghost of Sparta tells a rather critical story set in between the first and second entries. Moreover, the streamlined art direction in both of them often puts their visuals well above the first and second mainline entries of the saga.įor those who don’t know or remember: Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta were developed by Ready at Dawn, an often-overlooked SCE studio that spearheaded early first-party efforts for the PSP with Daxter – a more than successful spinoff of, you guessed it, the Jak and Daxter series.
GOD OF WAR KRATOS PORTABLE
I’m fairly sure they’re more relevant to Sony’s interests than *checks notes* Toy Story 3.Įven if you take the God of War IP out of the equation and treat Ghost of Sparta and Chains of Olympus as breezy, standalone action-adventure games, they still bang and look gorgeous – despite the limited portable hardware they were developed for.
GOD OF WAR KRATOS PLUS
Yes, these two are only a couple of games in a whole sea of classic titles which have yet to arrive to PS Plus Premium’s ( currently lacklustre) library of games, but they represent two of the highest highs in PSP history. With all other entries present in the current PS Plus Premium offerings (including 2013’s criminally overlooked Ascension), what’s up with those two, less well-known games? There are some pretty important plot points in both PSP games. God of War diehards will surely have no problems as they’ve been hoarding all and each of Kratos’ adventures over the years, but newcomers or casual fans probably never gave Chains of Olympus or Ghost of Sparta a fair chance. Well, the Premium tier doesn’t even have Tekken 3, so let me press square to doubt. “It’ll be packed with classics,” the platform holder said. Don't sleep on Chains of Olympus.īut here’s the problem: Sony refuses to make it easy for us to play those titles despite having launched an upgraded version of its PS Plus subscription service earlier this year. One of many excellent trailers for God of War: Ragnarok.
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