God of War is a phenomenal video game and takes cues from both its own past and more recent games to build its vocabulary in its more open exploration and RPG-elements, but it is also extremely well-versed in the language of cinema. The Lake of Nine is a sun-drenched paradise at first glance, overlooked by a giant mountain-spanning snake that peers down on crystal waters and wrecked statues of Thor. Snow-capped mountains overlook sprawling vistas, a glorious technicolour forest is resplendent with vibrant reds, greens and a enormous kindly turtle carrying a friend’s house on his back. The landscapes, meanwhile, are quite extraordinary. Kratos himself, aged and bearded, is staggeringly detailed, from the scars he has collected to the individual scales on his pauldrons. Not least because God of War is a stupendously good-looking game, possibly the very best on console. While it is liberal with its thrills and peril, particularly as Odin and the deities of Asgard start to pay attention to Kratos’ escapades, the nature of your quest gives plenty of room to explore.Īnd you will want to make room. The elegant simplicity of the narrative plays its part here.
Areas are gated off in a familiar Metroidvania style, by glowering red crystals or angry looking hell brambles, waiting to be discovered as you uncover more gear or elemental powers for Atreus’ bow. Now the pair must fulfill Fay’s final wish to have her ashes scattered at the highest point of the nine kingdoms.įrom here you can take a row-boat across Midgard, before eventually travelling between realms entirely. A sickly boy with a hot temper, Atreus is aware of his father’s own coiled rage but not his true nature. As we as we join him in the wilderness of the Norse mountains, the Ghost of Sparta is mourning the death of his wife, Fay, and must now take sole care of their young son Atreus. In truth, Kratos is hoping for peace more than penance. This is more redemption than reinvention, though there is plenty of that too, as Sony Santa Monica levy the weight of Kratos’ past in one of the most gorgeous, spectacular and impactful blockbusters of the generation.
#Sevendust animosity series#
So where on Earth (or the heavens) do you go from there? Often when a video game series has run its thematic course, it calls for a complete revamp the safety of a reboot preserving a popular name while rewriting its history.ĭespite the non-numerical title suggesting a complete do-over, God of War is thrillingly different. Across three main games and three prequels, from the brutalisation of Hercules and Helios, to the demise of his father Zeus, Kratos let nothing stand in his way until the entire Greek pantheon were giblets and bone. And even less so for Kratos, the Spartan deity that crushed, crunched and dismembered his way through the entirety of Olympus in a murderous, vengeful rage. Salvation does not come easy, particularly for a god.
0 kommentar(er)
