As part of my journey to try and Platinum all God of War games before Ragnarok, here comes Ascension.
Played on Playstation + Premium on the PS5!
All in all, it was good. Nothing spectacular. I enjoyed the grapple variety in combat as that helps you navigate some of the tougher battles on Hard Mode. Some of the fights got frustrating with the difficulty, especially the Trails of Archimedes! The worst!
The story was interesting, but just typical pre-2018 Kratos things. In search of truth no matter the carnage really. The villains are a good foil for Kratos I would say. All decently developed enough to justify why Kratos is important to their plans.
Puzzle wise, I enjoyed a majority of them! Might be some of my favorites in the series. All clever ways to solve them and I enjoyed the implementation with the items you get throughout the game for the puzzles themselves.
The Magic variety wasn't all that new for the series, but this is supposed to be a prequel I guess. They all feel like they've been in other games before. With these same Gods that they're based upon.
Overall, I do enjoy God of War Ascension and I'm glad I got to play it finally. Would recommend it for people, but don't expect anything too grand.
Played on Playstation + Premium on the PS5!
All in all, it was good. Nothing spectacular. I enjoyed the grapple variety in combat as that helps you navigate some of the tougher battles on Hard Mode. Some of the fights got frustrating with the difficulty, especially the Trails of Archimedes! The worst!
The story was interesting, but just typical pre-2018 Kratos things. In search of truth no matter the carnage really. The villains are a good foil for Kratos I would say. All decently developed enough to justify why Kratos is important to their plans.
Puzzle wise, I enjoyed a majority of them! Might be some of my favorites in the series. All clever ways to solve them and I enjoyed the implementation with the items you get throughout the game for the puzzles themselves.
The Magic variety wasn't all that new for the series, but this is supposed to be a prequel I guess. They all feel like they've been in other games before. With these same Gods that they're based upon.
Overall, I do enjoy God of War Ascension and I'm glad I got to play it finally. Would recommend it for people, but don't expect anything too grand.