In God of War: Ascension players once again take on the mighty Spartan, who uses chain blades in combat.
This time, the story goes back in time to when Kratos was still a man and a warrior fighting in the name of Ares. Rather, it served to underscore the importance of the Blades of Chaos.The fourth part of the saga of Kratos, a combative Spartan who challenged the Olympic gods. These weapons will eventually get used up and disappear, but I never viewed that as a hindrance in the overall structure of the gameplay. See, instead of carrying around three or four different weapons, Kratos will find javelins, swords, hammers, etc. While these elements are a solid way to upgrade Kratos, many players will be upset there are no new permanent weapons for Kratos to dole out Spartan justice. For example, instead of having Kratos find badass weapons to fight his enemies, we find elements of the Gods throughout the game to charge our Blades of Chaos. In fact, there are some other fresh takes on an aged system. But once I accepted this simplistic approach, a fresh new layer was added to a combat system that many have called completely outdated. It’s a little bit hard to get used to at first more than once, I found myself just looking at the screen wondering what I was supposed to be doing. You will often find yourself in certain executions in which you will have to watch the creatures try to fight you off, dodge, and then go back to your assault. One of my favorite parts of the combat this time around is the buttonless quick time events. Just trust me when I say that there are several over-the-top, brutal gems to be savored. There are several other surprising moments like this, but I won’t ruin them. For example, in one fight, you split a creature’s head open and its brain comes bulging out. I found myself repeatedly spouting aloud how awesome certain animations were. In fact, the blood and gore is ramped up to a level I thoroughly enjoyed. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of blood, gore, and boobs to remind us all of Kratos’ trademark manliness. Granted, the Furies bring this on, but it still allows for some moments of true character development. Seeing Kratos broken and hallucinating reveals a humanizing weakness. See, Ascension touches on the breaking of Kratos’ blood oath to Ares, his punishment, and even his sanity. It was a feeling I have not had for the character since the end of the original God of War. But with Ascension, I found myself reconnected to Kratos and his plight against the Gods.
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