{"id":984,"date":"2013-08-20T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/20\/god-of-war-ascension\/"},"modified":"2013-08-20T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T19:00:00","slug":"god-of-war-ascension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/20\/god-of-war-ascension\/","title":{"rendered":"God of War: Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve followed this blog, you know I\u2019m a big fan of the \u201cGod of War\u201d series\u2026 it\u2019s mindless button-mashing fun, looks amazing, great soundtrack and an interesting enough story and character\u2026<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s with a heavy heart that I say: \u201cGod of War: Ascension\u201d is the worse of them all\u2026<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not that the game does anything wrong, it\u2019s the same as previous ones, but being a prequel (a sequel would be too hard in terms of storyline, it seems, considering the end of GoW3), we already know how the story turns out\u2026 it just feels like a random sequence of events, in which only one character (Kratos) stands out\u2026 and even he is a bit \u201csubdued\u201d (guess that comes with not being the God of War yet)\u2026<\/p>\n

From a gameplay perspective, it has everything the predecessors had: epic combats, a lot of quick time events, and very polished (except for some very silly fights, in which we\u2019re mainly fighting the camera (too far away, so I couldn\u2019t identify my character and the enemies) and an ever-changing reference point which makes predicting what to press next almost impossible).<\/p>\n

It just feels stale\u2026 I know the focus on this one was the multiplayer, but I don\u2019t do multiplayer games (with the exception of MMOs)\u2026 The learning curve on most of those is too steep for me to give a crap, and I really like playing most games for the story\u2026<\/p>\n

Anyway, I can\u2019t say the game is bad, it isn\u2019t, I was entertained for the 10-12 hours I\u2019ve played it\u2026 I just felt like the game was going through the motions to open up for the multiplayer (I still think they should do \u201cGod of War IV: Valhalla in Flames\u201d, in which Kratos goes against the Nordic Pantheon\u2026 Kratos vs Thor would be epic!).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ll keep enjoying my vacation and working on Grey (check out Spellcaster Studios<\/a>\u2019 blog for the latest on that!)<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve followed this blog, you know I\u2019m a big fan of the \u201cGod of War\u201d series\u2026 it\u2019s mindless button-mashing fun, looks amazing, great soundtrack and an interesting enough story and character\u2026 So, it\u2019s with a heavy heart that I say: \u201cGod of War: Ascension\u201d is the worse of them all\u2026 It\u2019s not that the […]<\/p>\n

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