While the combat is not quite as varied as in God of War 3, Ghost of Sparta easily makes up for this with its story. It's surprising to see a PSP spin-off dive deeper into Kratos' character than the mainline games ever did. It's great to see Kratos in a non hostile environment for once (if only for a couple of minutes), and one can even spot a lot of elements that would become much more prominent in the later PS4 era titles.
What holds the game somewhat back is the way it treats its antagonists. Whereas Zeus and Ares both get entire games worth of build up, the main antagonist in Ghost of Sparta appears only a couple minutes before the climactic boss fight against him starts. I don't think the middle part of Ghost of Sparta drags as much as the one in GoW 2 did, but I still think it could've been put to better use to flesh out Kratos' opponents.
The PS3 port is also fairly mediocre. I'm assuming that it runs better than on the PSP, but there's still tons of screen tearing, stuttering, and the game even crashed once (this might be due to my disc copy as the game froze up right when a cutscene was supposed to start). The controls also fail to make use of all the buttons available, as more than one action is bound onto single buttons - a layout that might have made sense on a PSP, but feels clunky on the PS3.
Technical issues aside, this is one of the better Greek God of War games and definitely worth playing. Despite being released after God of War 3, try to play it before playing 2 and 3, otherwise some of the dialogue in 3 won't make sense to you.
What holds the game somewhat back is the way it treats its antagonists. Whereas Zeus and Ares both get entire games worth of build up, the main antagonist in Ghost of Sparta appears only a couple minutes before the climactic boss fight against him starts. I don't think the middle part of Ghost of Sparta drags as much as the one in GoW 2 did, but I still think it could've been put to better use to flesh out Kratos' opponents.
The PS3 port is also fairly mediocre. I'm assuming that it runs better than on the PSP, but there's still tons of screen tearing, stuttering, and the game even crashed once (this might be due to my disc copy as the game froze up right when a cutscene was supposed to start). The controls also fail to make use of all the buttons available, as more than one action is bound onto single buttons - a layout that might have made sense on a PSP, but feels clunky on the PS3.
Technical issues aside, this is one of the better Greek God of War games and definitely worth playing. Despite being released after God of War 3, try to play it before playing 2 and 3, otherwise some of the dialogue in 3 won't make sense to you.
It's way better than Chains Of Olympus, but still it feels kinda imitation to the original games, not self-sufficient.
Très bon
FOUR PAIRS OF SPARTAN PUSSY
So many cool ass weapons.
Muito bom a história e gameplay, mas o que tira do sério esse jogo, são inimigos te acertando de fora da tela.
Ghost of Sparta feels to Chains of Olympus as God of War II feels to God of War. The games all function relatively the same, which at this point into the franchise feels almost more a curse than a blessing, though they also build and riff on each other in slight ways. I found Ghost of Sparta to be a more cinematic experience than Chains of Olympus, feeling even less like a handheld title than its predecessor, but it also contained some of the most annoying enemies in the series to date along with the most forgettable arsenal. That said, this is still a definite improvement over Chains of Olympus, and well worth playing, it's just that playing these games in such quick succession makes it clear how unwilling the developers were to diverge from this formula.
Games I Dislike That Everybody Else Likes
The only one of these I don't really care for. If you thought God of War III felt samey while also looking really grey and uninteresting, just wait until you get a look at this! After how much I dug Chains of Olympus I was expecting this one (its other PSP counterpart) to follow suit, but no - I'm shocked at how inconsequential this feels. Its most grievous sin is committing the video game prequel kiss of death: making every 'new' addition to its franchise lore seem completely pointless by setting it up just to delete it immediately after, so everything can go back to the status quo by the end anyway (rather than, you know, telling its own story that actually sticks around). Storytelling here is totally nonexistent, Deimos was done so dirty and even by GoW standards a lot of this is just futile misery porn BS. While CoO benefitted from its smaller scale, this one feels strangled by it - trying to tell this momentous, grand melodrama by rushing right through everything. It's got good things - Sparta is cool, all the boss fights are solid, the Arms of Sparta rock, and we (finally!!) even get some new enemies here that are fun to fight! Still have my usual quibbles with the combat though - stunlocks here there and everywhere, some bad hitboxes, the Wraiths are objectively bullshit to fight in this game, and - while I still vastly prefer it to GoWIII's item meter - one out of every two times you activate the fire meter it just does nothing lol. Strong contender for worst QTEs ever, too. Just an overall hollow, nothing experience. By this entry these games felt like they were starting to suffer from the same genre fatigue as, say, the Guitar Hero games in the late 2000s.
The only one of these I don't really care for. If you thought God of War III felt samey while also looking really grey and uninteresting, just wait until you get a look at this! After how much I dug Chains of Olympus I was expecting this one (its other PSP counterpart) to follow suit, but no - I'm shocked at how inconsequential this feels. Its most grievous sin is committing the video game prequel kiss of death: making every 'new' addition to its franchise lore seem completely pointless by setting it up just to delete it immediately after, so everything can go back to the status quo by the end anyway (rather than, you know, telling its own story that actually sticks around). Storytelling here is totally nonexistent, Deimos was done so dirty and even by GoW standards a lot of this is just futile misery porn BS. While CoO benefitted from its smaller scale, this one feels strangled by it - trying to tell this momentous, grand melodrama by rushing right through everything. It's got good things - Sparta is cool, all the boss fights are solid, the Arms of Sparta rock, and we (finally!!) even get some new enemies here that are fun to fight! Still have my usual quibbles with the combat though - stunlocks here there and everywhere, some bad hitboxes, the Wraiths are objectively bullshit to fight in this game, and - while I still vastly prefer it to GoWIII's item meter - one out of every two times you activate the fire meter it just does nothing lol. Strong contender for worst QTEs ever, too. Just an overall hollow, nothing experience. By this entry these games felt like they were starting to suffer from the same genre fatigue as, say, the Guitar Hero games in the late 2000s.
Esse jogo é muito bom, joguei demais quanto criança, nem entendia a hístoria, mas a gameplay me prendeu, um puta jogo que ficou nas lembranmças, o ápice do PSP.
Simples, porem incrível ao seu limite, promete pouco e entrega bastante.
one of the best in the franchise.
from beginning to end
the story is so good
from beginning to end
the story is so good
7/10
Je n'ai malheureusement pas pu finir le jeu de mon coté à cause de soucis d'émulation. Mais j'ai regardé un résumé car j'ai vraiment apprécié l'histoire qui est étonnamment bien pour un simple spin off sur PSP de base. De ce que j'ai pu jouer je me suis régalé, et la suite avait l'air également très réussie.
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Slightly better than Chains of Olympus but it’s just an okay game.
Platinado com Sucesso. Jogão slk, historia mt boa pra um spin-off
lost my save data because of power outage and I can't be bothered to redo 4 hours of boring gameplay
idk
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Among the series so far, ghost of sparta seems to be just the worst, It is the least enjoyable both in terms of story which, unlike CoO tries to add more story to intertwine with the first two games but fails to leave any impression other than Kratos is a bigger dick than when he decided to kill the dude in the hydra, when this time he decides to sink Olympus for extensively no reason. Combat is also a step down, adding a new fire mechanic which causes some issues, being mapped to R1/R2, which by itself is not a problem but adding to the fact that holding both Left and Right Bumper buttons cause you to roll, means that using it can cause you many unnecessary hits. Changing armored enemies to necessitate this power means that you are likely going to feel many more unfair hits than in previous games. On top of this, Magic is now mapped to the D-Pad, which feels less responsive than the trigger with some noticeable lag, meaning it is only useful when you know what is going to occur rather than naturally in a fight.
One of the problems that stuck with me most is the checkpoint system, although the same as most of the games, seems to present itself as such an inferior version just to how many of them are placed. Although in CoO, I wasn't thrilled with the final checkpoint forcing you to watch the opening cutscene, It feels like every checkpoint in this game places itself as far away from the area that will kill you as possible, or right before 3 minutes cutscenes. Because of this, it made those frustrating hits even worse. I imagine any playthrough after this will skip this game as it just ended up being a frustrating experience.
One of the problems that stuck with me most is the checkpoint system, although the same as most of the games, seems to present itself as such an inferior version just to how many of them are placed. Although in CoO, I wasn't thrilled with the final checkpoint forcing you to watch the opening cutscene, It feels like every checkpoint in this game places itself as far away from the area that will kill you as possible, or right before 3 minutes cutscenes. Because of this, it made those frustrating hits even worse. I imagine any playthrough after this will skip this game as it just ended up being a frustrating experience.
Demios ;(
So I've been enjoying the more Modern GOW games more than the PS2 games. This one is more of the same and I was enjoying it for the most part. I really didn't care for the last two levels very much. Enemy groups where were all able to spam their knock downs which becomes more frustrating than fun. You'd think game devs would have realized not to use this poor mechanic by now. But they haven't. Oh well still fun and more enjoyable than the first two.
achei o jogo muito gostoso de se jogar, recomendo pra quem e fã do cleiton o bom de guerra,n recomendo jogar os jogos em ordem Cronológica , pois vc toma Alguns spoilers.
Com certeza o mais fraco da saga.
it's very very good, good like the trillogy
deimos fraude nao durou 5 minutos
Good story and gameplay. A very important complement to main games.
Eu diria que para um game de portátil ele fez até mais do que deveria, e acaba se sobressaindo sobre o chains of olympus em todo quesito e em principalmente na história, que consegue se contar de maneira melhor e se desenvolver melhor
Lindo juego de contexto, fiel a lo que es god of war. Lo recomiendo para cualquier amante de la saga o de un hack.
Este es uno de los mejores juegos de PSP y uno de los mejores de la saga. Una jugabilidad mucho mejor que la del Chains of Olympus, gráficos increíbles para ser una portátil y una trama bastante buena que enseña muchas cosas del pasado de Kratos.
This one takes Chains of Olympus and improves on it in every way.