God of War: Chains of Olympus

[MKRayden]

We get an updated, exclusive look at more of Ready at Dawn's ripping PSP installment in the God of War series.

At this point it should go without saying that Ready at Dawn's upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus is doing very right by the PlayStation 2 franchise. The ambitious, eye-popping game pretty much had us the moment we saw it moving. One part testament to the Southern California-based developer's mad skills with the PSP, and one part testament to the universal appeal of beating the crap out of mythological critters, the game has made a positive impression every time we've seen it. The only downside has been that Sony and RAD have been keeping things pretty close to vest for this entry in the series, which is meant to ensure that players get some good surprises. We recently managed to get down to Ready at Dawn and take a peek at some new content in the game, which included another look at Attica, the first level; a boss fight; and a brief tour of Tartarus.
Our look at the game kicked off with the now-familiar mayhem of Attica, the first level in the game. The game is set in the decade of time Kratos spent doing the will of the gods, and the level is a nice chance to see our boy at work. The fearsome warrior kicks much tail and cuts through the insanity as the city is besieged. As we've seen before, the central problem Kratos is initially dealing with is a super-old-school-style weapon of mass destruction: a basilisk. The fearsome critter is a serious problem initially and requires some work to deal with. Given how often we've seen it, that part of our demo was pretty familiar, but we also got a chance to battle the Persian king, one of the many bosses you'll face over the course of the adventure. The battle against the surly monarch kicks off with a cinematic that has him engaged in the standard prefight smack-talk you'd expect from our boy. Once that's out of the way, you'll face off against the king and his lackeys, all of which need some hook blade to the face. The king is your biggest concern because he possesses a powerful magic attack, as well as a few unblockable attacks that are painful.

[Paralyzer]

^ Man I cant wait to get GOW2, I'll be gettin it soon enough tho. I loved the first one, I played it in all the top difficulties n' loved every minute of it, god mode was alotta fun, those clones at the end gave me such trouble for the longest time.

I've watched some video on GOW2 n' it looks awesome, I needa get off my cheap a** n' go buy the CD lol