So thought I would post my findings (?) here ;) (there may be spoilers for those that haven't played)
Just before I start, back in the day, I played and finished 1, 2 and 3. but never played the psp games, or Ascension. So I went out recently and bought the collections, 3 and Ascension, and decided to play them (in production order) back to back.
So far, I have rattled through 1, 2, and Chains of Olympus.
I finished 1 in around 3 or 4 sittings, just playing a chunk each night. And that game is still pretty good. Sure there are some absolutely PURE BULLSH'T platforming moments, but overall it's still a worthwhile enjoyable romp. The story is pretty good, the action is still good, it's just a solid game still.
Onto 2.
Man, that game/story just keeps going on and on and on. Took me a fair while longer than 1 to get through (maybe almost twice as long). In places, it does feel like they are stretching it out a bit, by having numerous monster rooms, that just seem to go on forever. And yet again, there are some TERRIBLE platforming moments. One that springs to mind is pressing a timed switch to open a door, then jumping over some moving platforms, complete with spinning saw blades, to get to the door before it closes. It's easy once you nail it..............but not so much when you don't.
I really like the story in GOW2, the whole "find the Sisters of Fate to turn back time and kill Zeus" thing was pretty cool I thought.
Next, Chains of Olympus (the first one so far I had not played)
I rattled through this one relatively fast, over a 2 to 3 days playing a few chunks here and there. Right off the bat, you can tell it was made by 1) a different team, and 2)for a different platform originally. Obviously little things like having certain controls bound to different buttons to 1 and 2, and also the world geometry feels a bit more simplified behind all the graphics. But hey, it looks like GOW, and it plays like GOW.
There seems to be a lot less voice work in this one, and I wasn't massively keen on the story. At times, I wasn't even sure what I was doing, and why. Turning some stone horses at Helios' place into fire horses so I could ride a chariot up to Mount Olympus? Something like that. On saying that, there are a couple of great story bits. Like the moment you ahve to make Kratos choose not to stay with his kid (done in typically ridiculous fashion). So overall, still a good, fun, romp, but not my fave so far.
I then made a quick start on GOW3 last nigh, just to get past the initial boss stuff, and get to the first main save point. Straight off, it obviously looks amazing compared to the last game I just played. But the combat feels much lighter then I remember, and definitely much lighter than the last 3 games I have just completed over the past week or so.
I shall add more once I have have finished 3. It's then onto Ghost of Sparta, and finally onto Ascension after that. Then I can turn off the PS3 and go outside...............maybe. ;)
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