God of War: Ascension demo review

[MisterBubbles]

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[MisterBubbles]

You need this EB, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/God-Of-War...item51a699386c

[EvilBoris]

I'll wait for them to be on PSN+.......

Yeah, i've been meaning to grab it.

[buster_broon]

Just downloaded the new god of war ascension prison of the damned demo (3GB)

and its pretty good, usual polished stuff, baddies seem a little harder than usual but at least i have the story now

basically it seems you are dealing with the furies who are not titans or gods and seem to do the gods bidding

the level itself is pretty much chasing one of the furies through half the level until they create a super monster and you have to deal with that with added little puzzles on the way, nothing too taxing

graphics are good and shiney but in some places like the monster being created it seems a little early code and hopefully that will be sorted, justs looks too plasticy

otherwise looking forward to this - for me all the god of war game have been impressive graphically and full of gameplay

[buster_broon]

also the video that Team Andromeda posted on the previous page is this demo, so get playing

[rmoxon]

The God of war games are blockbuster gaming at its finest and this continues that. It's God of War. I imagine that's a perfect review of the full game as well as the demo really.

[eastyy]

i thought the demo was a epic only problem i had was in one area because the camera was so zoomed out and there were loads of enemies seeing my character was quite hard

[SUMIRE]

I just played the demo, thought it was pretty mundane. I don't like the bright flashes when you are attacking enemies, I want to see more detail, more gore. The graphics look a tad ropey to me, not sure if they have taken a hit from 3, or if I'm too used to PC quality now. The boss characters were pretty cool, but I still hate having to press a certain button to perform the kills, so annoying! Music is as good as ever, over all, I think I'm just a bit bored of Kratos now.

[jimtendo]

... thought it was pretty mundane... I think I'm just a bit bored of Kratos now.

It seems the reviews seem to agree.

I couldn't think of a more insipid build up to a God of War game from more or less, well, everyone.
It just seems that there's so much you can take from the formula now without that much change.
At least there's a 'new game +' now, so you can finally keep your upgrades... took them six games to get there.

I'll still get it.
I'm intrigued more about the horde mode multiplayer rather than the adversarial.

[arcnas]

I was amazed to see the full game pop through my door yesterday, and im 2 hours in, it starts the same as the demo, but im astounded by the quality of the graphics, i havent had the chance to try the multiplayer, but all seems good with the package so far, with this and tomb raider, i just cant see how the next generation will look much better, but i suppose things will

[jimtendo]

Shame they change the combo system slightly from what I've played. They've locked out a few combo strings that have become standard (triangle> triangle> triangle) until you activate rage mode. So effectively cutting down some of that moveset until you chain enough hits (without getting hit) so you can use that combo, which had been the norm in previous titles.