God of War 2 - PlayStation 2

I also have a review for part 1 of this game on this site and rated it a 5, I rate this a 5 because the game and series is one of, if not my favorites, and I've been gaming since the early 80s, but this still ranks as one of my 5 favorite series'.You know most of the good stuff, Kratos honestly believes no one or thing can kill him, and for the most part, he is right. The weapons are a lot of fun, including the often talked Barbarian Hammer which makes Kratos look like a spinning giant hammer when in combo. The Spear is ok, I only used it a few times, the blades of course are the weapon you start with and in most of the battles in the game, they will be enough. Magic is really good this time around, the Atlas Quake is not only devastating, but fun to watch too.Onto the reason I rated a 3 in fun. First, I'm not for sure that many people can play this game without at least looking at a walkthrough or even videos that show how to do some parts. If you want everything in the game you will use a walkthrough. There are parts, Urn of Gorgons, for example, that you wouldn't even think about how to find it without a walkthrough.I personally don't like that. Having to turn my head to the right reading a walkthrough while looking ahead at the screen, usually pausing, and reading, just isn't that fun.My other complaint in the fun area is the same one I had on part 1. Some of the jumps are as a walkthrough said, "Leaps of faith". And after you jump off a cliff 3 times, trying to hit the wall over to your left, you will get a screen that asks if you would like to switch to easy mode, and in parenthesis it tells you only the toughness of battle is changed if you do. Out of the actual fighting parts, one boss gave me a hard time, the Cerberus, but that was my fault, not using the right weapon. I would say though, Kratos probably died a couple of hundred times. Out of those, maybe 10% were in fighting. Speaking of, the Gorgons are back and now you can parry their attack, problem is, I found myself late in the game, getting between two, so I only can parry one at a time. You know the routine, turned to stone, one hit and you're dead. To make matters worse, you now have wings later in the game, so go ahead and try to jump the gorgons and they'll freeze you in mid-air, and when you hit the ground, you're automatically dead.To me this took a lot of the fun out of the game. I didn't want to stick around in areas to try and find the secrets because I knew there could be another of these jumps or cheap kills like the Gorgons do, around the corner and you go back to the last checkpoint when that happens.Still a 5 overall, I honestly can tell you that I had bright red thumbs and analog stick indention on one finger on each hand from trying to wiggle the analog stick to break the stone the Gorgons trapped me in, over and over and over and over and over and over. Sure the parry works, but when between two you can't jump them since they will freeze you in the air. I thought these parts made the game monotonous. I guess that's what we get for saying the first part was too short.

As if the first game was not good enough, God of War 2 is (in my opinion) THE single greatest game ever released on the Playstation 2.The story: If you've played God of War, you know what happened. Kratos, who is a tormented and unbelievably angry Spartan warrior, kills Ares, who was the god of war. This game picks exactly where the first game left off.Kratos is the god of war now and he is still not very happy about it. He is hated by the other gods, but he doesntcare. He commanded the army of Sparta to seige the Greek city of Rhodes. Athena intervenes in his little conquest and asks him to stop. Kratos, being the stubborn brute that he is, pushes Athena aside and ignores herlittle lecture. Kratos heads to Rhodes the size of The Statue of Liberty. Athena quickly shrinks Kratos back to normal size and as if that wasnt bad enough, she also brings to life The Collossus of Rhodes. Thats where the game starts out.gameplay: the combat system has really been perfected. The combat in the first game was already great, so they shouldn't have to change it all that much. The context sensitive commands are back with a vengeance,They appear all over the place it seems. The combat system is overall perfect.graphics: MY GOD!! This game looks nothing like a PS2 game. That's how good it looks. I had to check andmake sure I wasnt playing a PS3. Thats what it looks like. It looks better than any of the PS3 games out.That is saying alot. The environments, character models, lighting EVERYTHING looks outstanding in this game.down to the last polygon.The scale of the game is mammoth, and the PS2 has a bit of a rough time trying to hold it, as you can see from some minor lag issues, but those do not disrupt the elegant size and beauty of this game.enemies: God of War 1 didn't have much to offer in terms of enemies. There were only 3 bosses for God's sake. But that has been fixed. Gow 2 has 2 times more bosses than the first time around. The Collossus isprobably an equivalent to The Hydra from Gow 1. The regular enemies are never the same. The game usesevery enemy from the first game, and adds in a huge whole new beastiary as well. The game is defentiley harder than the first. The enemies are smarter and the new ones have pretty big craving for Kratos' corpse.However the new context sensitive attacks are as satisfying as they are brutal.Sound: The sound is astounding. The musical score in my opinion isnt as good as the one in the first game, but it's still pretty damn good. The voice acting is superb. Christopher Lee does a great job as always, andMicheal Clark Duncan provides a very powerful voice for Atlas. Even though Perseus doesn't last in this game,it's still nice to see Harry Hamlin revisit his old Clash of The Titans role.secondary disc: Every copy of Gow 2 comes with a special bonus disc loaded with special features and behind the scenes extras. There is alot of stuff on the bonus DVD. There is a long documentary, a voice featurette, some spoilers, and a bunch of extras. It's very interesting to see how Cory Barlog and the guys held up making such an incredible game.overall: You can probably see from all the stuff above that I'm strongly recommending this to you. Well, I AM!Get out and buy this game dammit! This is a very fitting end to a great console. God of War 2 is defenitely the PS2's last great game.P.S. F***ing two naked hot chicks at the same time is AWSOME!!