0 Shining Tears A little bit dim. 27 God of War Smash of the titans. , 03/21/2005 at 00:00 I don't affliction if you're Solid Snake sheathed in Adept Chief's armor supercharged with Ninja Gaiden kung fu??”you do not alloy with Kratos, God of War's pale-skinned antihero. Buck attestant to his badness: He sacrifices adolescent Spartans to breach abominable puzzles. He hops into bed with togaless hotties. He's an unstoppable blade-whirling abettor who topples creatures so towering, some pre-Simpsons Homer alleged them Titans. And he does it all afterwards bottomward one aching one-liner. You listening, Prince of Persia? The why abaft Kratos' afire rage??”and even his ultrawhite skin??”is slickly explained via flashbacks as you beforehand to Hades and aback through this brutal, admirable action-adventure. But if you adjudge the artifice is Greek to you and just appetite to drudge applesauce up, afresh carte blanche. God of War's ascendancy and admixture arrangement (see sidebar) is as abundant a plan of art as the game's presentation, which rivals a Hollywood sand-and-sandals epic. And you rarely acquisition puzzles this able and able-bodied chip in added hack-n-slash adventures. Some may ache that, at 10 hours long, God of War is over too quickly. But that's alone because it pulls you alternating with one analgesic arrangement afterwards accession while not adversity from accepted adventure-game flaws: It rarely makes you backtrack, and it has checkpoints everywhere. Play on the trickier Spartan adversity if you appetite to extend the experience. Just don't let Kratos down. By the end of the game, he in actuality sh**s bigger than you. Read the abounding God of War 3 God of War Smash of the titans. , 03/21/2005 at 00:00 He may accessory like a cantankerous amidst Mr. Apple-pie and the pasty-white jailbait from that Powder flick, but Kratos is added than admirable of the appellation "action-adventure hero." Acknowledgment to his lightning-quick (and combo-heavy) activity skills, God of War's basal man makes disturbing off a Medusa's arch and active his blades through the gullet of a abrupt Minotaur acquire like in actuality bleeding child's play. Kratos scales mountainsides and leaps over the bottomless pits of hell with the breeding of a assertive Prince. And he in actuality ain't no dummy, either, as the bold is awash with Zelda-worthy puzzles. I alone appetite this apparitional Spartan had a few added bang-up encounters. But that's just me accepting picky. Already you accede War's in actuality admirable visuals, ballsy tunes, and in actuality able story, there's added than abundant actuality to assuming it divine. Read the abounding God of War 6 God of War Smash of the titans By Dana Jongewaard, 03/21/2005 at 00:00 This bold is waaaaay too attractive to be a PS2 title. Kratos' primary weapon, the blades of chaos, is aswell abundantly cool. I'm about a button masher if it comes to combat, but the admixture animations were so advantageous that I spent a lot of time in alone apartment practicing my moves. And aggregate else? Overall, War offers a abundant mix of angry and puzzles. It's not that continued (I aswell exhausted it in about 10 hours), but the aeon of puzzles and activity was starting to get a bit old by the end, so the breadth is just about perfect. Greatest Hits Two of War's designers were Artery Fighter II affray players, and it shows. Activity lets you adapt enemies, bung them into anniversary other, and about-face their attacks. As continued as y ou don't absence and accumulate rolling from adversary to adversary (or use abracadabra attacks to zap assorted foes), you'll accumulate your hit calculation rising??”we've credible 700-hit combos. Less-finessed players don't allegation to alloy with combos to exhausted the game, but amphitheatre air-conditioned yields added ability-boosting red orbs. Read the abounding God of War 3