God of War II - Reviews.

[Tamer17]

They are starting to appear , the first one is by IGN:

God of War II may in fact be the best action game ever made. It outdoes the original God of War in every way, even if only by a tiny bit as the first was so good to begin with. It's an evolutionary step rather than a revolutionary leap, but it has basically perfected the formula that the original set up

9.7

Sounds as a good reason to get back finishing the original game.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

YAY! Thanks for the link.

 

[Qonfused]

Looking forward to playing this.

 

[Asknoone]

Looking forward to playing this.

qft

 

[Icarusintel]

Thank god the title was fixed... it was irritating me


Also, I want this game right now... that is all

 

[jimbo118]

****ing A!

 

[StardogChampion]

I never got into the 1st one. It was totally on rails with nothing really new to it. Maybe I needed to play further into it or something.

 

[Hypnosos]

Sounds promising. Very promising.

 

[Harryz]

I'm sold; sounds awesome.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Whoa. Better finish the first one before... April.

*shakes fist at non-simultaneous releases*

 

[smwScott]

Awesome ... great game and 720p on PS3. Can't wait.

 

[Asknoone]

I never got into the 1st one. It was totally on rails with nothing really new to it. Maybe I needed to play further into it or something.

On rails isn't a bad thing.

 

[AmishSlayer]

1UP gave their review as well - 9.5
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3157112

Why are these reviews coming out a full month ahead of release...

 

[Stigmata]

Hype machine + more time to press copies for release day, I'd think.

 

[B_MAN]

i might buy a PS3 (yes, 3) just for this!

 

[VictimOfScience]

Nice. Solidifying what I already imagined. Can't wait.

 

[AmishSlayer]

I'm disappointed there's no real solid reason to replay the game (why oh why can't more games do what Ratchet & Clank games do...).

I'll probably just rent this one.

 

[Max35]

Well, IGN over-rates everything, but I've heard a lot of good things about God of War so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. That and 1up bascically backs their review.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Jesus... the screenshots look pretty damn amazing. How do they keep managing to pull so much power out of the PS2? It's outdoing the Xbox at it's peak now, which was it's superior in technology (wasn't it?).

 

[Direwolf]

I wouldn't believe the screenshots if I hadn't checked out the vids and played the first game.

 

[jimbo118]

I'm disappointed there's no real solid reason to replay the game (why oh why can't more games do what Ratchet & Clank games do...).

I'll probably just rent this one.

qft, thats one of the biggest probs i had with the original, it had unlocks to get but they werent particularly satisfying, its replay value sucked...

 

[Sparta]

Yeah i'm with you there. I liked that DMC3 allowed you to use your powered up weapons after you already beat it. But at the same time, the weapon unlocks in Ninja Gaiden Black were ****ing satisfying to use after you saved up to purchase them. And the missions in Ninja Gaiden Black were just as good as if not better than the actual game. ****ing epic. i'd be happy if GoW2 has missions like that.

 

[AmishSlayer]

Yeah i'm with you there. I liked that DMC3 allowed you to use your powered up weapons after you already beat it. But at the same time, the weapon unlocks in Ninja Gaiden Black were ****ing satisfying to use after you saved up to purchase them. And the missions in Ninja Gaiden Black were just as good as if not better than the actual game. ****ing epic. i'd be happy if GoW2 has missions like that.

That does sound good.

Ratchet & Clank games do replays the best though. 2nd time through, you keep your old equipment, difficulty is ramped up, every weapon in the game can be upgraded twice as far (weapon functions even change when leveled that high), there's a new combat multiplier for getting the game's currency (get hit once and it drops to zero) and best of all, there's new content - new weapons, new gadgets, new missions. THAT'S how you add replay value.