Finally got my PSP analog stick fixed after it was spoilt by the frantic gaming session of this game, so what’s in my mind? Continue the madness of course...haha. My analog control went kaput during one of the boss fight in the game but I think it’s worth it with the quality of portable gaming here. Just completed another masterpiece here with the 2nd serving of God of War on the PSP. Let’s the madness begins....
Storyline.
Well, Kratos is a very angry god so what can possibly be the best storyline for the game? Make him madder of course. Below are the storyline thanks to Wikipedia...
An oracle foretold that the demise of Olympus would come not by the revenge of the great Titans, who had been imprisoned after the Great War, but by a marked warrior. The Olympians Zeus and Ares believed this warrior to be Deimos, the brother of Kratos, due to his strange birthmarks. Ares interrupts the childhood training of Kratos and Deimos (with Athena watching) and kidnaps Deimos. Kratos attempts to stop Ares, but is swept aside and scarred (across his right eye) by the Olympian. Ares attempts to kill him, but Athena stops him, knowing Kratos' destiny. Taken to Death's Domain, Deimos is imprisoned and tortured by the god of death, Thanatos.
Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta, has taken Ares' place as the new God of War on Mount Olympus. Still haunted by visions of his mortal past, Kratos decides- against the advice of the goddess, Athena -to explore his past and travels to the Temple of Poseidon, located within the city of Atlantis. The sea monster, Scylla, attacks and destroys Kratos' vessel off the coast of Atlantis, although the Spartan drives the beast off. After a series of skirmishes across the city, Kratos eventually kills Scylla.
Kratos also locates his ailing mother, Callisto, who attempts to reveal the identity of his father. When Callisto is suddenly transformed into a hideous beast, Kratos is forced to battle her, and before dying, Callisto thanks Kratos and beseeches him to seek out his brother Deimos in Sparta. Before departing from Atlantis, Kratos encounters and frees the trapped Titan, Thera, which causes the eruption of an underground volcano, and subsequently destroys the city. During Kratos' escape he has another encounter with the enigmatic Grave Digger, who warns of the consequences of alienating the gods.
After a battle with Erinys, the daughter of Thanatos, Kratos arrives in Sparta and witnesses a group of Spartans tearing down a statue of Ares, intent on replacing it with an image of Kratos. After killing the Piraeus Lion and a dissenter in the Spartan Jails and an encounter with the spirit of his child self in the Temple of Ares, Kratos learns he must return to the now sunken Atlantis and locate the Domain of Death. Before leaving, a loyal Spartan provides Kratos with his former weapons- used during Kratos' days as a Captain of the Spartan army -the Arms of Sparta.
Entering the Domain of Death, Kratos eventually locates his imprisoned brother Deimos and frees him. Enraged that Kratos failed to rescue him sooner and stating he will never forgive Kratos, Deimos attacks Kratos, but the god Thanatos- responsible for Deimos' torture -intervenes. Thanatos takes Deimos against his will to Suicide Bluffs (the site of Kratos' suicide attempt), where Kratos saves Deimos from falling to his death. A grateful Deimos then aids Kratos in battling the god. Thanatos kills Deimos but is destroyed, in turn, by Kratos. Kratos, remarking that his brother is finally free, places Deimos in his grave (leaving the Arms of Sparta as a grave marker), and is warned by the enigmatic Grave Digger who once aided him not to alienate the gods, stating Kratos has become "Death...the Destroyer of Worlds."
Athena begs for forgiveness (offering full godhood and even acknowledging Kratos as her brother) for not revealing the truth, but Kratos ignores her, returning to Olympus promising that "the gods will pay for this."
In a post credits scene, the Grave Digger places Callisto in a grave near Deimos (with an empty third grave nearby) and states "Now... only one remains." The final scene is a brooding Kratos sitting on his throne on Mount Olympus.
A long winded story but nice enough to connect all the missing dots to link each of the events in God of War. Pretty engaging and nice to follow with a lot of referrence to the Greek mythology as well as history such as the fall of Atlantis, demise of King Midas...very colorful indeed.
Gameplay
It’s hard to perfect an item which is already perfect to start with, and this can be very well used here. The core is like any God of War game with a lot of killing and some puzzle element and mini-game to extend the playability. The control is smooth and tight for an action game and you won’t be dying due to sucky control anytime soon. As with every God of War game the only weapon that is recycled is your dual-blade and others will be new original weapon. It’s cool and doesn’t feel like it’s a lazy port from the previous game. Some enemies will trigger a mini-game sequence for finisher which is dramatic and violent. The boss fights were as fantastic as ever with it’s larger than life scale and frantic actions.
Graphic
Simply one of the most beautiful game on the PSP. It takes every power on the device to recreate fantastic Greek landscape both outdoor and indoor to give you the best view and feel on the scale of event that is happening. The game takes you from Atlantis to Sparta and to Death’s Domain which all does not look like Copy and Paste work with distinguish feature and effects as well. A game fitting to be called the pinnacle game for PSP. A few place were kinda dark but fixable with brightness adjustment. The details on the world landscape like lava and water are done to perfection and Kratos just look as convincing as ever. Definitely an eye candy and power demonstrator for the PSP.
Sound
Another 5 star performance for the game as the soundtrack sounds grand and engaging all the time. It tends to keep your heart pumping even with just the BG alone. The sound effect were not shabby too to keep us engaged on the game itself.
Overall
The game itself worth 10 over 10 with all this improvement over the previos God of War as well as show the PSP still have it’s power and capability. A must play for all the God of War fans as well as PSP owner.
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