God of War 3 Review

I am just gonna come out and say it, buy this game!  If your a fan of the previous 2 then it a no brainer that you will love the 3rd.  The almighty Kratos vows revenge on the gods.  Will he prevail?  Let get down to it shall we.

Story:  Story takes place right after GOW2 ends.  Kratos is on his way to take revenge on the gods.  Nothing new really.  You do get some back stories on a couple of characters. The introduction alone got me pumped up to play. Through artsy style animation,  you get a quick overview of the story.

Controls:  The only gripes i have about the controls is that we should be allow to control the camera.  This game is gorgeous to look at.  Sometimes you wanna stop and just take it all in.  Other then that, controls are basically the same.  They did however move the magic button from L2 to R2.  L2 is now use item button.  Took me awhile to get use to it.

Gameplay:  I admit the gameplay is very linear.  Not much areas to explore.  After playing the previous 2 games,  solving the puzzles this time around seem easier to do.  Also quick time events are easier to pull off.   The buttons appear on screen like they do on your controller.  For example the X button will appear at the bottom of the screen instead of the right side of the screen.  The triangle would appear at the top of screen and so forth.  HIGHLIGHT THE SPOILERS the first 20 mins of the game is action packed.  A lot is happening around you.  You got titans climbing and falling.  Your fighting on Gaia arm. The fight with Poseidon is pretty damn epic in my opinion.  The first person view of Poseidon getting his ass whooped is something to cherish.  To bad this only happens twice in the entire game.  This time around you get some new weapons to play with.  Each weapon has it own magic ability.  Grappling ability is really cool to use.

Graphics:  Gotta say, it the best looking game on the PS3 so far.  My friends say that Uncharted 2 was good looking.  I have not play Uncharted 2 but I think God of War 3 beats it in graphics.  During the cut scenes, some characters do look a bit to shiny for my taste.  Kratos looks stunning.  You can see the pores on his face.  When doing a boss battle or mini boss battle, when their blood spraying, it does show up on Kratos.

Sound:  I noticed that most of the character dialog took place on my rear speakers.  Kratos would talk on the center speaker and the other characters would talk in the rear speakers.  Weird.  Same with the behind the scene videos.  All dialog took place on the rear speakers.  I complained before that some movies didn't make use of the rear speakers.  Guess Santa Monica studios was reading my blog.

Longevity:  After beating the game you can go back and play it again on the much harder difficulty modes.  Some items you pick up during the game, you can use in your next play through.  Then you got the challenge of the titans.  There also behind the scene videos.  Be sure to check those out.

Overall:  It a fantastic game if your a God of War fan.  I only have a few grips.  The need to control the camera.  The shiny character models on a few characters.  Dialog on the rear speakers didn't quite fit with the game.  Did run into a glitch when trying to save a game at the save point, the R1 button did not appear.  To fix that I ran towards the camera then back to the save point and that fix it.  Only experience that towards the end of the game.  One forum, someone mentioned a animation glitch during a boss battle.  Didn't happen to me.

Rating:  9/10


P.S - Be sure to watch the scene after the end credits.