God of War Ranked
Okay I love God of War games. I have beaten all the main
games, but honestly I only own 1-3 at the moment. I consider the PSP games a
firm step down, and God Of War Ascension would be 4th on this list so
there you go. Let’s see which of these essential hack and slash games is the
best. Also I cannot wait for the GOW reboot coming this year in 2018.
3) God of War (9.5)
The first game came out in 2005. It really is a great game.
I remember standing up and playing this the first time, I played it….and consequently
yelling at the TV with excitement. The game has amazing gameplay and it’s very
cinematic in certain parts. The quick time events are well done and honestly, I
had never played a game like it before. So why is it 3rd? Well there’s
only 3 boss fights…but each boss is very challenging. The difficulty on certain
parts is almost unfair. An example would be some of the underwater sections and
the dreaded tower of spikes in Hades. The
enemy variety is good too. The final sequence to get to Aries is very very hard.
How about them boss fights? Well the first one is pretty easy. After that tho
the bosses border on almost unbeatable lol. I found the magic in the game to be
pretty good also. This is where it started folks.
2) God of War II (9.85)
So how do you top a terrific game in less than 2 years? Well
in 2007 they figured out how to do just that. This game is so much more epic.
The gameplay remains intact, albeit slightly refined. You now have the ability
to trigger the special rage move unlike in the first game. You also get 2
additional weapons to use, but I found them utterly useless hahaha. The magic
is cool, but maybe the first game had better magical selections. A lot of what
makes this game better is the narrative. It seems more grand scale than the
first game. A lot of enemies make their return here too like undead soldiers
(classes 1,2, the dreaded 3), harpies, Cyclops, and gorgons. The game’s boss
fights are really dope and there’s more of them than any other GOW game to
date. Thus the pacing is great. My favorite is the Sisters of Fate its an epic
long fight that culminates into a 2 on 1. The Zeus fight at the end is pretty
hard, but so rewarding (although it doesn’t accomplish anything). There’s a Star
wars esq revelation too that I wont spoil here. All in All GOW2 was the standard
for a while…
1) God of War III (10)
Well we’ve already established that GOWII was a near perfect
game but honestly 3 is better in almost every way. For starters it looks a lot better
due to the advanced hardware of the PS3. Then there’s the fact they revamped
the gameplay. You can now use items which can be repeatedly used as long as you
let the bar regenerate. The magic is cool too, but its now analogous to one of
the game’s 4 weapons. This time the extra weapons are all useful and cool(except
the last one really lol). There are new enemies too like the Chimera which are
formidable foes. Sadly the dreaded class 3 undead soldiers are nowhere to be
found here. The boss fights are primarily the gods of Olympus, but there are some
other bosses like that giant scorpion boss. This game is has great pacing and a
very large sense of scale. While GOW Ascension would match this scale that game
is just too unoriginal for me….but honestly maybe its just because it came
after this masterpiece. The boss fights are some of the best in gaming. My
favorite 3 would be Poseidon, Hades, and Cronos. The latter of those boss
fights is unreal how amazing it is. The final boss…Zeus is interesting but sort
of too long and not as good as GOW2’s Zeus fight imo. Overall this is the best
GOW game to date and I honestly don’t think it can be topped. We’ll see how good
GOW 2018 is.