Aldros - GoW: Ascension REVIEW (NO SPOILERS)

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GameOver22 said:

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UnitSmiley said:
Good review, it seems GoW2 gets a lot of praise and it's many peoples favorite. About to start it now. TBH I found the multiplayer pretty refreshing.

it just edges out 3 for me.  Improves the navigation and has more boss fights than one and just a better overall adventure (Pandora's Temple was too long in 1 but I guess that was partly the intention to make you feel like it'd never end like I did the first time I played).  Also the final couple fights are incredible.  The only reason it edges out 3 is because it did such amazing things on PS2 and still holds up so wonderfully.  3 does as well and I'm sure it will continue to, but 2 did it a generation earlier and delivered something not many thought possible on PS2...kinda like Ascension has done with PS3.

I'm always torn between 2 and 3. I think 2 has better overall boss fights, but 3 has more memorable boss fights. And yes....its amazing what 2 was able to accomplish. I still think that, in terms of scale, the jump between 1 and 2 is bigger that the jump between 2 and 3.

it is like splitting hairs though.  They're both so fully loaded.  2 has the Sisters, colossus, Zeus, Krakken, Perseus (I think, the one that turns invisible), Barbarian King and Theseus but 3 counters with Hades, Poseidon, slightly worse Zeus (imo but maybe that's just because there was less hype after already facing him once and nearly killing him), Hercules (favorite in the series love that slugmatch and the finish), the scorpion (random but a cool fight), and Hermes.  2 has that awesome horse whipping and flight sections, but 3 has you flying through the shafts at breakneck pace and fighting a level (Cronos) the size of a city.  I don't know!  Good thing I can play both in HD lol