God of War Review

God of War

God of War is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. God of War sold more than 4.6 million copies worldwide and is the tenth best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. It was first released on March 22, 2005, for the PlayStation 2.

What are the things that make the game fun, are that there are different abilities to use like a special ability is more damage than a regular attack, when doing this ability the game will tell the player what buttons to press in what order. There is also an ability that allows the character to bring out wings and glide around. The best bit in this game are the boss fights that is against each god. Overall the fun factor in this game is good because there is a lot for the players to enjoy.

The graphics of the game are good especially the detail on the characters and nearby scenes but long distance scenes are not as good and not as clear. The buildings have decent detail but the game has mainly focused on making the characters look better. The graphical style in this game is set upon an exaggeration style, because there are a lot of oversized weapons and unrealistically large characters. Overall the graphics are good but there is room for improvement.

The sound effects in this game are suited to the actual scenes, for example when there is a fighting scene the music changes to a high tempo music to make the game feel more intense. The sound effects during scenes such as battles are very good because you can hear the sound of the weapons crashing against each other. The good thing about the sound effects is the background music because it sets the mood of the game, but there are parts where there are too many sound effects which overpowers the background music.

The replay ability of this game is okay because there are numerous achievements that can be unlocked, also there are different abilities that can be used with the character against enemies. The main problem with the replay ability is there is no multiplayer which makes it bad because players cannot play with friends. Overall the players don’t have very much of a reason to go back and play the game.

The gameplay in this game is good because there is a lot in it. There is parts in the game there are flashing lights to show where players have to go for the next part of the level. There are chests that can be found when going through the levels that will give the player health and experience that allows players to upgrade the ability attack. The only bad bit in this game is when the character is moving or picking something up to get through the level, the enemies stop fighting you and just wait until you have finished doing it. Overall the gameplay is good apart from the enemies waiting for you to finish picking something up.       

Overall the game is good fun to player but there are some room for improvements. The PROS in the game are the background sounds match the mood of the gameplay like when in a boss fight the music goes more intense. The CONS for this game are there is no multiplayer for players to play friends on and enemies stop fighting you if you start moving or pick something up. For the overall rating of the game I’m going to give it a 8/10 just because there are some room for improvement but not much.