God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP
Developer: Ready At Dawn Studios
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Rating Guide: How I Review Games
God of War: Chains of Olympus on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) is one of the best experiences I’ve had with an action adventure game! Most of you should know that I rejoiced when I was able to get a PSP again and after playing God of War, that joy was multiplied by levels of awesomeness that I can’t explain. Was I playing the greatest game on the PSP? Truth be told, I don’t know because I haven’t played many games on the PSP. But let me tell you, this game was great.
I love my PSP. Yes I do. I ride the train each day and sneak in some God of War during the ride. I’ve nearly missed my stop because of being so into the action. I haven’t played the console versions of God of War but if the PSP version is any indictator, then I can understand how some are so into this series. Chains of Olympus is the prequel to the console versions. Kratos, the Spartan. Battles against the Persians, Medusa creatures etc. The Blades of Chaos dealt so much carnage it wasn’t even funny. The system in which you level-up your weapon and magic was also impressive. You had to collect enough red orbs to level-up and press the X button to fill the skull with the blood from the orbs. (or at least that’s what I call it)
The best part about the battles in the game is when the circle button pops up over an enemy’s head prompting you to engage in a series of actions to “finish them off”. I ripped many Medusa heads off and tore through countless numbers of “bat things”. It was a bonafied rush every time I did it.
The game looked and played great. The animations, the environments and the weapon system were all surprisingly crisp for a handheld system. After realizing how great this game was, I couldn’t help but say to myself that I’d buy a PlayStation 3 just to play God of War 3. I thought there would never be a single game that would get me to even consider buying a console for but color me sold after playing God of War PSP.
I became The Ghost of Sparta each time I played the game. I told you I’d be spreading a little PSP love and so feel the awesomeness of God of War: Chains of Olympus on the PSP.
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August 19th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
have yet to play god of war on the PSP. i’ll have to check it out.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
dude it’s great. can’t believe it’s a handheld title it plays so well.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Hmm, I am still in a toss up between a PSP and DS, I have heard the PSP is losing steam, but this game seems amazing.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
the DS is crushing everything in sales. but that doesn’t take from this game or the PSP being pretty friggin cool.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
ohhhh the PSP plays games? Shweet!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:21 am
In my opinion, the PSP God of War is the weakest in the series. I did enjoy it, but the PS2 games were better. If you ever get a chance to borrow a PS2 and play GoW 1 & 2, it is well worth it!!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:23 am
well i’d imagine the handheld version of any game would be weaker than its console counterpart.
and i’m really thinking of hitting up the PS2 editions of God of War.
August 20th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Doooo it!!!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:42 am
yup this game is great.
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August 20th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Deac, that’s one of the many reasons I bought the PS3, so I could play the 2 God of War games!
August 20th, 2008 at 8:08 am
woot just defeated Charon and got Charon’s Wrath!
August 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
GOD OF WAR ? How exactly is this 360 related ?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
it isn’t. it’s PSP related lol
November 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
i love this game. me and my bro we finish part1 and part 2.