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GoW: Chains of Olympus Demo Impressions
By: Avinash Bali   |   Nov 03, 2007

I’m of the opinion that Kratos is the baddest mofo to roam this earth and every God of War game out there just keeps reinforcing my theory. No man, women, or beast dare come in the way of this ticked off God as he carves a path of death and destruction without guilt or remorse.

Now that I’ve finished proclaiming my undying love for Kratos and his games, I’ll start talking about the matter at hand – and that, ladies and gentlemen, is his latest adventure called God of War: Chains of Olympus.

At first I was afraid, indeed petrified, as to how a God of War game would look and play on the PSP. But developer Ready at Dawn Studios has not only put me at ease with a highly responsive control system, but it’s also issued a big fat f***k you to all those non-believers who are of the opinion that the PSP is a piece of crap incapable of delivering a game of epic proportions.

The game controls (and plays) exactly the same as it does on the PS2 but the only difference is that you’ll dodge enemies by pressing both the left and the right triggers since the PSP has only one analog stick. Initially this may feel a bit weird, but it’ll become second nature in a matter of minutes.

Now I haven’t played too many PSP games but I can confidently say that Chains of Olympus is one of the best-looking games to grace the PSP... ever! Not only does the combat look as spectacular and visceral as it did on the PS2, but the sheer scope and size seen in both God of War games have been transported to the PSP.

The demo has you tearing up the City of Attica and it even teases you with two boss fights, both of which are pretty awesome in their own way. (One of the boss fights is strongly reminiscent of the Hydra battle from the very first God of War game.)

There’s isn’t much of the story you can gather from the demo, but apparently Chains of Olympus will take place before the events of the first God of War game and will chronicle Kratos’ journey through highly perilous lands as he serves Ares, the God of War.

Chains of Olympus will release exclusively for the PSP sometime in February 2008. If you’ve always wanted to buy a PSP but never found a game to justify the purchase, you now have a very solid reason.

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the game is to good no words for the game
raghu shivam @ Nov 07, 2007
dude its about time the boys creating GoW finally come out with GoW for psp....although i do hope that its better than what the rumors are about.
Justin Asher @ Nov 07, 2007
the demo was truely great! been a while since i played something this cool on my psp. i think the only game with comparable (in sheer scale)environments is monster hunter. but the game action here is out of the world. ready at dawn has really pushed the envelope on psp performance here.

one gripe i have with the demo is the unlockable goodies that are actually not unlockable.. ive finished the demo a bunch of times, explored pretty much every nook and corner of each stage.... but still nothing. big tease. kind of unfair. i looked online on various forums and it appears that i'm not alone in this.
chaitanya krishnan @ Nov 06, 2007
WOAH!!!!! Kratos we love you.....crowd cheering!!!!
siddharth chanda @ Nov 04, 2007
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