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Saturday, August 24, 2013

God of War

         God of War  is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, and the best-selling action-adventure video game series loosely based on Greek Mythology. Debuting in 2005, the series has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand, consisting of seven games across multiple platforms. The main trilogy and is prequel- God of War I, II, III, and Ascension-were developed by the Sony's Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) for PS2 and PS3 video game consoles. Ready at Dawn developed the PSP installments- Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta-which were also published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Two collections featuring the remastered versions of both PS2 installments-God of Collection and both the PSP installments-God of War Saga- was released on August 28, 2012. For PS3 God of War I,II,III and both the PSP God of War has been released on the PS3.

        The central character of the series is Kratos, a Spartan warrior tricked into killing his wife and child by his former master, the God of War Ares. Kratos eventually kills Ares at the behest of the goddess Athena and takes his place as the new God of War, but is still haunted by the nightmares of his past. Kratos is eventually betrayed by Zeus,  the king of the Olympian Gods. Revealed to be a demigod and the son of Zeus, Kartos now must seek revenge against the gods for their Machinations. What follows is a series of attempts to free himself form the influence of the gods and the Titans and exact revenge.

     The series consists of six single-player only games, and a seventh that includes multiplier. Each game typically features a third person , fixed cinematic camera. The player controls the Kratos in a combination of combat, platforming, and puzzle game elements to achieve goals and complete the story. 

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