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God of War 2: My Boyfriend has Serious Competition
When I first snatched the my copy of God of War II I was quick to embrace the game with the most content of sighs. My boyfriend must have heard because he was quick to announce that the God of War series was "stupid" and "boring." I threw him the most evil of glances, kindly replied that his precious Halo was even more "stupid" and that I would buy him a game for his PSP.  It has been a rough past 3 days. No sleep. Work. Interruptions. My boyfriend's nagging, I think he's still mad about the PSP game incident. All of it, irrelevant now, because a certain Ghost of Sparta has managed to steal my heart again. Here I am, out of breath, amazed, intrigued, my hands to my face wanting more. Like the perfect lover, God of War II delivered exactly what I needed, when I needed it, and just enough to make me want to scream in ecstasy. Yes, really. Like it's predecessor we, the reader are the devastatingly handsome and brooding Kratos, and if you played the last game you'll know exactly what he is now. If not this next sentence will spoil a few things, but not overall I suppose. God of War II takes place soon after his ascension to Mount Olympus, once there however, he is met with disregard and is quickly unpopular with the other gods because of his "god slayer" reputation. Just like it's predecessor, betrayal and vengeance ensues but from a very unlikely source. But God of War II doesn't just imitate, it's better, more brutal, and with more mindfuck than you can shake a severed head at. Kratos, himself is more violent and vicious than in the previous game, there were moments where I would stare at the TV and give a loud, "Awwww, what the fuck Kratos! D:" I still like the "new" Kratos though, I have always been a sucker for asshole character and I especially love assholes on a mission. Cleaner, prettier graphics make me EXTREMELY glad to be the proud owner of a plasma TV with the Hi-RES connections for the PS2.  The gameplay mechanics are still the same as the old game but improved upon with many awesome surprises along the way. The gameplay itself is smoother, entertaining, and delightful as always. Those infamous combos sequences are still here, and now a tad harder to do and give you the most damage and blood possible. (Call me the Queen of the Brutal Kill.) New monsters plus many old favorites make their appearances throughout the game along with some of the most disturbingly designed bosses ever. (You'll know exactly what I mean when you see them.) Amazingly rendered boss battles will both excite and awe, as well as frustrate. The puzzles will blow your mind, in a relatively good way. I, myself am a huge fan of mindfuck, but this game totally blows the puzzles of God of War I out of the water. These puzzles not only require smarts, they also require common sense approaches. I myself was stumped over a few for hours but then quickly realized the answers to many problems were right in front of my face. But the mind fuck is not only in the puzzles; in perhaps the biggest mindfuck of them all, the God of War II will deal me a big hit to the face. But I'm talking about a full blown KO punch that left me shocked to the core. I guess it's up to the player whether they want to play along or all together hate it. I'm playing along Sony Entertainment America, and it damn well better be as good! There are few things in this lifetime that I will lose sleep over. I'm not talking about like an hour or two of sleep either, most people think that I'd never risk my beauty sleep for anything. This is lies of course, for something I love very deeply I'm willing to lose sleep until the only thing I can feel is eternity passing through my veins and black bags appear under my eyes. I'm talking about full blown massive undereye baggies that you wear with pride that make people think that you have some sort of problem.  God of War II is one of those such things, and just like the perfect lover that comes to steal your heart every night, is worth every sleepless minute. <3 Karla Miranda: Cuter than a Taru, with more aggro than a gang of yags. |
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