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God of War II

By LongHairedOffender
February 04, 2007 17:22 PM PST
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Kratos swings into action with his new grappling ability.

Most of the God of War II demo that we played through consisted of a fifteen-minute long battle with the Colossus of Rhodes, interrupted by swarms of smaller enemies that you have to massacre with your Blades of Athena. Although epic boss battles occurred in the first God of War, nothing experienced in the previous game will prepare you for the scale of this fight against the Colossus. The stone monster punches through structures like they were made out of feta cheese and it took a Herculean effort to defeat the Statue of Liberty-sized enemy.

A Game Fit for a God
Some of the highlights of the long battle include using an oversized crossbow to shoot yourself into the face of the Colossus, rapidly tapping buttons to prevent the giant from crushing you under his foot, and pulling its eyelids apart and jamming your jagged Blades into its glowing eyeball.

There was also a simple puzzle included in the brief demo, and a few situations that called for Kratos to draw on his new abilities, such as his grappling ability. In God of War II, Kratos will be able to perform a slew of new brutal attacks and even ice, wind, and other elemental magic. But don't worry about too much change as many of Kratos' signature moves will return in this sequel. You're going to see Kratos do a whole lot more this time around, including stabbing his Blades into a wall in order to climb up it.

As impressive as the razor-sharp graphics are in this sequel, they don't look drastically different from the original God of War. Then again, the first game had some of the best graphics ever achieved on a PlayStation 2, so no one will be disappointed. Some of my fellow editors even commented that the game's in-game graphics looked almost like CG.

God of War II is not only a game that is just as gigantic as its predecessor, it even comes with a Bonus DVD dripping with killer content. The DVD includes more than 15 extras, such as the game's high-res cinematics, artwork, music from the game, deleted levels, and will even allow you to see what partying with the God of War team was like on Halloween.

Even though our time spent with the game was a small taste of what is to come, it was enough of a taste to guarantee that God of War II will be just as glorious as the original.