After a long week with my newly loved video game console, I finally beat God of War III. This has been a game that I have been looking forward to since I beat God of War II. God of War III has been awarded a lot of different awards for most anticipated game of 2010, and I have to say that I was one of the people cheering this game on for every award it was up for.
God of War III is the final installment in the God of War franchise. It is one of the only games that I know of that has been created in a full 1080p resolution. It is one of the best games that I have ever seen to date. The amount of detail put on this game is well worth the money just for that. Everything looked amazing and perfectly done. I never ran into a problem where something was wrong with the different elements of the game. Sound, controls, camera angles, graphics, effects, facial expressions, everything lined up. I never once noticed any problem with the game.
Let's start off with the controls. There are a ton of weapons and different objects that you have to use throughout the game, so my biggest concern was how would they make it possible to create all the great gameplay with the simplistic controls that I was used to in the first two. How they did it is completely beyond my knowledge. They created a button layout on the controller that just felt right. Never once did I forget what button I needed to push to control the different elements of the game. I did notice though that the double jump in the game was a little hard to get used to. It didn't take long to get used to because you had to use the double jump feature a lot throughout the whole game.
The sound in the game was just amazing. Everything had a very unique sound to each individual character or item. They had every single sound effect maxed to a 10. I never once noticed when a sound was out of place. The amount of effort that was put into the sound department is shown, and it sounds fantastic. What really made me enjoy the sounds was the fact that all the environmental sounds and weapons were spot on. That is what made me like the sound the most. The fact that even the little things in the way background are still noticeable by sound.
The voice acting is a whole other story. The cast for this game could not have been better. I have never seen such a great cast for a video game. Every character sounded just like they looked. If the character was violent, like Kratos, they sounded violent, and manifested in power. There were a few characters in the game that were very innocent sounding. They didn't just sound it but they looked it as well. I really felt attached to the different characters. I could tell how they felt and what their real personalities were. This along with everything else made this game even more enjoyable.
The graphics in this game was the biggest selling point to me out of everything. The game looked amazing. I have never seen a game that looked this good. As I stated before the game was running at a full 1080p resolution, and all I can say is they pulled this off with a fantastic outcome. It was a very smooth and pleasurable play through. It was never choppy or pixelated. Everything looked great.
Overall if you have not played the first two God of Wars then I suggest you play those and then pick up God of War III. The biggest reason for me buying a Playstation 3 was because of the God of War series, and all I can say is I am proud I bought it. Very rarely do I find a game that is a perfect 10 AND well worth the money. Never once did I ever regret buying the game and I will never have any regrets for buying it. I can play this game over and over and I will never get tired of it, I guarantee it. I highly recommend you pick this game up and play it through the entire game. I have to give this game a complete 10/10 and I look forward to seeing if they do anything else with Kratos.
