GoW1>GoW2>GoW3>GoWA
I know this looks like a hipster list but I'm ranking the games by variety and for me pretty much nothing can beat the fight against Ares.
I got into GOW actually by accident when I was looking for PS2 games to play on my PS3(because I never owned a PS2). I saw GoW2 in the bargain bin and I remembered having read some people recommending this. At the time I didn't know it was part two thanks to the awful cover art. It was quite fun and then right after that I got me part 1 which was even better.
Then GoW 3 came along and it looked as if the developers had thrown all the interesting puzzles and places under the train just for more spectacle. The game was a lot shorter and the puzzles were a joke, still had a somewhat engaging story.
GoW Ascension was by no means a bad game but it just felt like a cookie cutter GoW game. It was fun and new but just couldn't excite me like the other 3 did. I probably would've enjoyed it more if it were my first.
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