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what's up Internet Kevin here with TLD bringing you our review of God of War ascension exclusively for the ps3 now as I said back in the Tomb Raider review prequels are really big thing right now although in god of wars case it's mainly because after three there really wasn't any one left for Kratos to rip in half angrily this particular installment takes place with the still human Kratos shortly after falling out with Ares and focuses on his struggles to break his blood with with him by killing the three Furies making it the first game chronologically in the entire series this is also the first game of the series to have a multiplayer mode we just met with a bit of skepticism for two main reasons first off most series that have been going on this long and add multiplayer mode this late normally rushed or tacked on like in the case of Tomb Raider on the other hand it's not very common for action-adventure games in the style of God of War to have multiplayer modes there's very few examples especially for competitive starting with a single-player mode this game honestly comes across as the weakest in the series not necessarily a terrible game just not nearly as engaging or as memorable as the rest base controls and character setup are pretty much the same as past titles kratos hits things with chain blades uses cool finishers to get a health and experience and occasionally has to do some QuickTime events to make sure a boss stays dead the two largest changes in this water Kratos his ability to use different types of elemental magic as well as sub weapons magic offers damage bonuses against the right enemies as well as mob fights special attacks and an addition also has powerful charge up rage attacks and area of effect spells that have to be used sparingly conserve magic points while sub weapons work similarly to those in the Castlevania series where you get special attack options like a hammer or throwing javelins that you have limited uses or can be thrown to have some strong single hit effect Curtis will also overtime gain other special items that can be used on cooldown for both platforming and combat situations including medallion that can move time forward or back for an object and token that creates a clone of Kratos to take his place for holding switches and helping out in combat all of these abilities can be upgraded using experience offering new moves increased damage and decreased cooldowns and overall makes Kratos focus on just using his tame blades in combat but with a larger moves that than usual thanks to the elemental options while the core aspects of the game are solid and make a good base for it the main problem with the single-player mode is the campaign itself this is by far the shortest route of where this will come out yet taking me only about seven and half hours to be it on a normal playthrough it's also overall one of the easiest with some of the most simple boss flies around and not too tough regular encounters with one exception at the end of the game that took three or four tries to get past the game auto-saves often enough to where there's never been much ground to retake and health and MP restoration chests are practically everywhere as well as easily findable health and MP upgrades the game also features a ton of fights that make use of their trademark cinematic fighting stages where everything is moving around you and while these look pretty they come up way too often a lot of them making it almost impossible to see where Kratos is forcing you to rely on just blindly slashing until everything's dead around you as I said the core gameplay itself is solid enough to make it enjoyable but with a playtime under 10 hours and a storyline that just feels unimportant overall I can't help but walk away a little disappointed from my adventures now the multiplayer mode really presents me with a conflict of feelings on the one hand it's much better than anticipated and is actually a lot of fun on the other hand I can't help but feel it's responsible for the lack of content in the single-player game and it players take the role of a gladiator who pledges his service to one of four Greek gods Zeus Poseidon Ares or Hades the god you choose to worship affects what special skills and spells you gain as well as some cosmetic effects on some of your weapons alongside which God you worship players also choose one of three fighting styles hammer swords and spears as well specific weapon and armor choices that affect your stats and appearance fights play out as a team or free-for-all melee where players fight and kill each other using combos carefully timed parries to knock enemies off balance and heavy attacks that break parries for players focused on just defense well I wish there were a couple more fighting style options to choose from outside of the three combining that with which god you worship leads to a healthy number of different player options and can make free-for-alls interesting when each person uses a different combo it's not the best multiplayer mode in the world but it's a strangely original way of fusing action-adventure RPGs and competitive multiplayer into one and is great for just wanting to play a single match to kill some time I find myself actually liking it almost more than the single-player mode I just can't help but feeling it both of them suffered by trying to be the same game but the single-player being as short as it is and multiplayer not having enough variety of weapons and armor overall God of War ascension left me with more or less just of a lukewarm feeling really their base tools are here for a good single and multiplayer game but there's not a whole lot of content to either one to make either feel complete it's not terrible it's just minimal and ends up leaving the one of the weakest impressions out of the entire God of War series well that's our of you've gotta bow recension if you want to check the game up for yourself make sure to 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