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Really? Never noticed. Anyways God of War II forum should be up soon. Once Rich gets to it.
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May 8, 2006 - God of War was one of those games that was undeniably brilliant. Everything from its spot-on control and combat system to its perfect art design and classic story set the bar for action games to come. But God of War was really only the first act in a much larger story, one that Sony's Santa Monica studio will continue with God of War II. We had a chance to see any early look at the game as director Cory Barlog took the reigns and walked us through an early section of the sequel. And just to skip to the point, yes, it looks like Santa Monica has done it again.
God of War II's story picks up right where the last game left off, with Kratos having been newly appointed the God of War. Of course, the gods aren't the most noble of beings and some order of foul play soon happens with Kratos ultimately ending up betrayed in some fashion, forcing the anti-hero to journey to the end of the world in order and seek out the Sisters of Fate. Details of the story are rather sketchy beyond this, though we do know that Athena will once again play a major role in the game, even more so than in the original we're told. As well, various Greek heroes will make appearances throughout the game in a story that's said to be even darker than the original.
The demo begins with one of the very first sections of the game where we find Kratos upon the back of a Pegasus, making his way towards an island at the edge of the world to seek out the Three Sisters. Heavy clouds obscure the view below at the start, but soon they begin to part and the massive island in the ocean below begins to come into view. It's unveiling is an awesome sight to behold and the first hint at things to come.
Though he's riding atop a Pegasus, the combat here looks to be nearly identical to what you'll find on the ground. A few demonic creatures atop gryphons soon catch up with Kratos and begin swarming about, trying to knock him off his winged transport. Lashing out with his blades (of Chaos or Athena's, we're not sure, as Sony is a little hesitant to make perfectly clear), Kratos takes them out one by one while his mount does the flying. As one demon remains, the Circle button icon appears denoting one of the series' contextual action sequences that you may recognize from the first trailer. Triggering it causes Kratos to leap over to the gryphon, impale the demon numerous times with his blades and then toss him through the clouds. And then in an entirely suicidal manner, Kratos cuts off one of the gryphon's wings just for the hell of it, then leaps towards the island hundreds (if not thousands) of feet below. Nice work Sony Santa Monica - this is exactly the way to start the sequel to our 2005 Game of the Year.
The demo then skips forward just a bit in time and we find Kratos on the island as he heads towards Medusa's temple. We're told the island features numerous different locales and environment types, but this section is rather rocky and rundown, looking as if no civilized creature has made its home here in some time. We're immediately introduced to a few of the game's new mechanics, like one of Kratos' new magical powers that gives him an ethereal bow for ranged combat. Quickly popping off arrow after arrow, a handful of demons are quickly dispatched as Kratos heads down a rocky opening. The path ends at a short ledge where we see a few pillars lined up against the ledge that support a short platform. Undead bowmen on the support rain down arrows towards Kratos, but rather than firing back with his own magic bow, he runs forward and grabs hold of one of the pillars, ripping it from the ground and sending the bowman just above to the earth below. A few quick lashings with his blades sends the demon back to hell before Kratos continues to rip apart the structure with his bare hands and take out the other creatures. There's no denying that Kratos is still one bad-ass SOB.Upon arriving at the door to Medusa's temple, a few undead skeletons arise from the stony floor, one of the new enemy types in the game. They didn't appear to be much of a challenge as they sort of lingered forward slowly with sword in tow, but we imagine that just as was the case in the first game, these were weaker variants of skeletal enemies yet to come.
The door to Medusa's temple is covered in a giant cutaway of her head, snake-laden hair and all. It's her eyes that get you though, and approaching the door causes the familiar green rays to emit from the stone. It won't be so easy getting in, so Kratos heads off to look for the answer. Heading over to the right side of the temple, a small structure in the distance encases some sort of chest, but a rather large amount of lava separates Kratos from his prize. Heading to the left of the doorway, and towards another stone building, the camera pans up a bit to reveal a soldier fighting off a handful of creatures. He calls for Kratos' help, so assuming that the mortal will provide a clue of some sort, Kratos heads inside.
At one point in his journey on the way up, Kratos comes across another river of lava that he needs to cross, but this time there are a few circular contraptions that act as action puzzles. To the left is a waterfall of lava and to the right the river drops off again at another waterfall. Chains hold each of the floating, circular platforms to the base of the waterfall on the left and keep them from going over on the right. A crank on each of the platforms allows Kratos to spin them and pull one closer to the next, allowing him to jump to the next and be one step closer to the other side of the river, but demons continue to appear and prevent this from being an easy task. It's quite straightforward, but it looks to be a cool bit of a "puzzle" in that you'll need to rotate the discs until the very last second (as they'll unwind over time), take out the enemies as quickly as possible and then continue rotating.
A short bit later we're introduced to another new set of enemies, ones much more vicious than the skeletons. Three short mutants appear, each wielding dual-axes and capable of performing slashing spin attacks, moves that look like they're ripped right out of Kratos' book of attacks. A large Cyclops quickly appears and climbs over the nearby ledge, and one of the three mutants runs over to him and violently climbs upon its back by first slashing one of his axes into its shoulder to use as leverage. This action is dynamic in a sense in that just as Kratos is able to yank the mutant from the Cyclops' back, another is then capable of climbing upon it again to direct its attacks.
The contextual killing sequence for the Cyclops is extremely brutal in that Kratos first uses its knee as a stepladder, stabs it in the chest for leverage, climbs up a bit higher and violently rips out its single eye. This is an important note as Santa Monica has changed the power-up collection scheme for God of War II. In the first game, you'd collect hidden Gorgon eyes or Phoenix feathers to increase your health and magic. In the sequel, these collectible items are more closely tied to the game world in that you'll rip them straight from enemies. In the case of the Cyclops, performing the extended killing sequence and ripping out its eye will net you one of these collectibles
God of War II's story picks up right where the last game left off, with Kratos having been newly appointed the God of War. Of course, the gods aren't the most noble of beings and some order of foul play soon happens with Kratos ultimately ending up betrayed in some fashion, forcing the anti-hero to journey to the end of the world in order and seek out the Sisters of Fate. Details of the story are rather sketchy beyond this, though we do know that Athena will once again play a major role in the game, even more so than in the original we're told. As well, various Greek heroes will make appearances throughout the game in a story that's said to be even darker than the original.
The demo begins with one of the very first sections of the game where we find Kratos upon the back of a Pegasus, making his way towards an island at the edge of the world to seek out the Three Sisters. Heavy clouds obscure the view below at the start, but soon they begin to part and the massive island in the ocean below begins to come into view. It's unveiling is an awesome sight to behold and the first hint at things to come.
Though he's riding atop a Pegasus, the combat here looks to be nearly identical to what you'll find on the ground. A few demonic creatures atop gryphons soon catch up with Kratos and begin swarming about, trying to knock him off his winged transport. Lashing out with his blades (of Chaos or Athena's, we're not sure, as Sony is a little hesitant to make perfectly clear), Kratos takes them out one by one while his mount does the flying. As one demon remains, the Circle button icon appears denoting one of the series' contextual action sequences that you may recognize from the first trailer. Triggering it causes Kratos to leap over to the gryphon, impale the demon numerous times with his blades and then toss him through the clouds. And then in an entirely suicidal manner, Kratos cuts off one of the gryphon's wings just for the hell of it, then leaps towards the island hundreds (if not thousands) of feet below. Nice work Sony Santa Monica - this is exactly the way to start the sequel to our 2005 Game of the Year.
The demo then skips forward just a bit in time and we find Kratos on the island as he heads towards Medusa's temple. We're told the island features numerous different locales and environment types, but this section is rather rocky and rundown, looking as if no civilized creature has made its home here in some time. We're immediately introduced to a few of the game's new mechanics, like one of Kratos' new magical powers that gives him an ethereal bow for ranged combat. Quickly popping off arrow after arrow, a handful of demons are quickly dispatched as Kratos heads down a rocky opening. The path ends at a short ledge where we see a few pillars lined up against the ledge that support a short platform. Undead bowmen on the support rain down arrows towards Kratos, but rather than firing back with his own magic bow, he runs forward and grabs hold of one of the pillars, ripping it from the ground and sending the bowman just above to the earth below. A few quick lashings with his blades sends the demon back to hell before Kratos continues to rip apart the structure with his bare hands and take out the other creatures. There's no denying that Kratos is still one bad-ass SOB.Upon arriving at the door to Medusa's temple, a few undead skeletons arise from the stony floor, one of the new enemy types in the game. They didn't appear to be much of a challenge as they sort of lingered forward slowly with sword in tow, but we imagine that just as was the case in the first game, these were weaker variants of skeletal enemies yet to come.
The door to Medusa's temple is covered in a giant cutaway of her head, snake-laden hair and all. It's her eyes that get you though, and approaching the door causes the familiar green rays to emit from the stone. It won't be so easy getting in, so Kratos heads off to look for the answer. Heading over to the right side of the temple, a small structure in the distance encases some sort of chest, but a rather large amount of lava separates Kratos from his prize. Heading to the left of the doorway, and towards another stone building, the camera pans up a bit to reveal a soldier fighting off a handful of creatures. He calls for Kratos' help, so assuming that the mortal will provide a clue of some sort, Kratos heads inside.
At one point in his journey on the way up, Kratos comes across another river of lava that he needs to cross, but this time there are a few circular contraptions that act as action puzzles. To the left is a waterfall of lava and to the right the river drops off again at another waterfall. Chains hold each of the floating, circular platforms to the base of the waterfall on the left and keep them from going over on the right. A crank on each of the platforms allows Kratos to spin them and pull one closer to the next, allowing him to jump to the next and be one step closer to the other side of the river, but demons continue to appear and prevent this from being an easy task. It's quite straightforward, but it looks to be a cool bit of a "puzzle" in that you'll need to rotate the discs until the very last second (as they'll unwind over time), take out the enemies as quickly as possible and then continue rotating.
A short bit later we're introduced to another new set of enemies, ones much more vicious than the skeletons. Three short mutants appear, each wielding dual-axes and capable of performing slashing spin attacks, moves that look like they're ripped right out of Kratos' book of attacks. A large Cyclops quickly appears and climbs over the nearby ledge, and one of the three mutants runs over to him and violently climbs upon its back by first slashing one of his axes into its shoulder to use as leverage. This action is dynamic in a sense in that just as Kratos is able to yank the mutant from the Cyclops' back, another is then capable of climbing upon it again to direct its attacks.
The contextual killing sequence for the Cyclops is extremely brutal in that Kratos first uses its knee as a stepladder, stabs it in the chest for leverage, climbs up a bit higher and violently rips out its single eye. This is an important note as Santa Monica has changed the power-up collection scheme for God of War II. In the first game, you'd collect hidden Gorgon eyes or Phoenix feathers to increase your health and magic. In the sequel, these collectible items are more closely tied to the game world in that you'll rip them straight from enemies. In the case of the Cyclops, performing the extended killing sequence and ripping out its eye will net you one of these collectibles
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sorry but go to IGN and then go to E3 GAMES and find GOD OF 2 and read the articles i cant post them here because something is wrong with my PC.
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God of War II forum is up! Check it out.
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e3 it just came on omg it nice omg u have a new power with a a bow and it fires the same but now i thikn o is the main buttonn instead of r2 and u can ride a pegasus and all that and it not for ps3 yea it ps2 note i finally got god of war but i cant play i got in trouble grrrrr
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Yes, you already said in the God of War II forum. There is already a topic in the correct forum for this, so...
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