System: PS3
Bought: November 2012
Started: {First} December 1st 2012
{Second} November 2nd, 2014
Beat: December 1st 2014
Trophies: 31 of 36
Idea: You're Kratos, haunted by your past you serve the Gods of Olympus. By way of flashbacks it's learned that, you accidentally killed your wife and child.
Kratos was once a captain within the Spartan Army, during a large battle his forces were overwhelmed and as he faced death he asked the God of War Ares for help. Bad Idea. Ares granted his wish and bound Blades of Chaos to Kratos, which he then used to destroy his enemies and save his men.
Fighting on in Ares's name, Kratos eventually attacks a town inhabited by Worshippers of Athena. Ares being the ass that he is, had Kratos's wife and daughter transported there before the attack and Kratos accidentally kills them both. An Oracle from the destroyed town shows Kratos no mercy, cursing him... bonding the ashes of his dead family to his body, turning him a dusty white.
Ares's plan sort of backfires here, he thought of Kratos's family was gone that he'd become the ultimate puppet warrior. Wrong. He denounces Ares and starts to serve the other Gods to try to get rid of the memories of his family dieing.
Thoughts: It took me a long time to really play this game, two years even. It's not that it wasn't good, it just...had it's irritating parts. Those Medusa creatures were a bit of a pain in the beginning.
Anyways... Story wise it was slightly predictable, but still quite good. Kratos gains powers from the major players of Olympus and eventually hunt down Pandora's Box to give him the strength {and size} to defeat Ares.
Of course, once he defeats Ares the painful memories still stick around... On the bright side, having defeated Ares; Kratos is now the God of War.
I'll probably never Platinum this game, There's a Trophy for beating it in 5 Hours and I'm just not good with timed stuff. It's actually a wonder I got a few of the other Trophies since I wasn't using a guide. Oh well, I'll eventually go back and get the Nyad Trophy.
