God of War II review

In 2005, God of War was released and in it was something so ungodly manly and violent that it was awesome. Of course, the story was really good and had some decent twists. Then you had Linda Hunt narrating it like the second coming of The Illiad on top of it and people rightfully call it one of the greatest, if not greatest, game for the PS2. God of War II tries to top it & while it's a really great and manly game, it's not quite as good...it's still really awesome but I'll show you what I mean.

The greatest failing of God of War II is the story. The first game had a hell of a first scene and then it flashed back with each scene being more awesome than the last as we find out what lead to that first scene. In this, it's a plot that 80% of the sentences you use to describe the plot ends with "for some reason." Sure the story is kick-ass as the Gods of Olympus, but mostly Zeus, have betrayed you and you have to go back in time to kick Zeus's ass before then...for some reason, time travel just raises more questions than answers. However, there is one fatal flaw...it ends on a cliffhanger! Granted the third game will(or has depending on when you read this) exist at the end of 2009 but still! And it's going to be released on the PS3...sigh, at least it'll be super-ungodly manly. And another thing, the first God of War earned its awesomeness. This one seemed like it was just coasting on its awesome reputation.

But that's just a minor complaint in the whole scheme of things. The greatest asset this game has are the graphics. Are you surprised? If you played the first one, the correct answer is "They look the same." But that's not a back-handed compliment, it's a real one cause the first game was graphically impressive. All this does is just be more bigger and more fluid but trust me, you will notice this, especially when you fight huge-ass bosses like The Colossus of Rhodes.

But I know that this means nothing in the main draw of this, good old violence that's up to 11 here. You basically obliterate a good amount of Greek mythology single-handed. I mean the first game only had you killing The Hydra, Medusa, The Minotaur and Ares. This one has you killing: The Colossus of Rhodes, The Sisters of Fate, The Kraken, Persius, Theseus, Icarus(one of the best boss fights in the game) and whoever else I'm forgetting. And what would a review of a God of War game be without me mentioning the violence. All the times you break necks, rip off arms that have blades in them and then put the bladed arm into an enemy's face, kick dogs and break their necks, rip off heads, cut off wings, rip out eyes, rip out wings, tear things in half, run an enemy's own sword through him and slitting throats brings out the MAAAANNN in me....not really, but it's awesome. And Pegasus is in the game as a mode of transportation for Kratos...but wait, isn't Pegasus that unmanly flying horse that Hercules rode. You would be right...if Pegasus wings weren't ON FIRE! And his fur was BLACK, instead of white! Cause Kratos only rides things that are as black and manly as his dark, manly SOUL!

Like I said, it certainly is a manlier game than the first God of War but it's not better plot wise. I mean ending something on a cliffhanger is very frustrating even though the next game will be awesome! And I have to say something about Linda Hunt, she gets downgraded from narrator to character who says stuff that's like "This thing does something awesome". And what's worse is that she does narrate the first level and it was awesome. But still, buy this game if you haven't you lazy person you!

9/10