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lestatdark on 10 March 2010

Actually, I enjoyed the second game much more than the first one.

It made more sense in the mythological context of the ancient greek mythology. Whenever a god gained too much power, or favored a faction of humans over other, it would cause a stir or a revolution in Olympus. Just look at the punishment that Zeus gave to Prometheus when he gave the knowledge of fire and science to humanity.

So Kratos favoring Sparta and destroying pretty much every enemy that he saw fit, caused an unbalance that Olympus and Zeus couldn't bear. Plus, him not being an actual god, but a Demi-god promoted to god (the gods were all brothers, sons of the Titans or from Zeus or other gods between goddesses), played in a large role of him not having a second chance to redeem himself.

So having been betrayed by the gods twice, once by Ares and another time by the entirity of Olympus (except Athena), just fueled his rage beyond the limits of the first game. The final nail in the coffin of his hate for Olympus was struck when he killed Athena while she tried to protect her father, Zeus.

So yeah, it makes much more sense and has much more scope and integration into a normal greek mythology story than the first one xD



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GodOfWar_3ever on 10 March 2010

I'm playing the collection and for me GoW 2 >>>> GoW 1 in terms of gameplay...you know..more bosses is a big plus..
Storywise, they are pretty equal for me..What GoW 2 lacks in character development, it makes up in epicness...
III is going to pwn.



libellule on 10 March 2010
lestatdark said:

Actually, I enjoyed the second game much more than the first one.

It made more sense in the mythological context of the ancient greek mythology. Whenever a god gained too much power, or favored a faction of humans over other, it would cause a stir or a revolution in Olympus. Just look at the punishment that Zeus gave to Prometheus when he gave the knowledge of fire and science to humanity.

So Kratos favoring Sparta and destroying pretty much every enemy that he saw fit, caused an unbalance that Olympus and Zeus couldn't bear. Plus, him not being an actual god, but a Demi-god promoted to god (the gods were all brothers, sons of the Titans or from Zeus or other gods between goddesses), played in a large role of him not having a second chance to redeem himself.

So having been betrayed by the gods twice, once by Ares and another time by the entirity of Olympus (except Athena), just fueled his rage beyond the limits of the first game. The final nail in the coffin of his hate for Olympus was struck when he killed Athena while she tried to protect her father, Zeus.

So yeah, it makes much more sense and has much more scope and integration into a normal greek mythology story than the first one xD

my key point is here :
"So having been betrayed by the gods twice, once by Ares and another time by the entirity of Olympus (except Athena),"

HOW did he gets betrayed twice by the god ??? and why not by Athena ???

I also prefer GoW2 gameplay/game/epicness etc ... but I just feel the story/plot was a LOT more "simple."
Also, I preferred the sword "Artemis" to any of the new special weapons ... the cutting feeling was amazing !



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lestatdark on 10 March 2010
libellule said:
lestatdark said:

Actually, I enjoyed the second game much more than the first one.

It made more sense in the mythological context of the ancient greek mythology. Whenever a god gained too much power, or favored a faction of humans over other, it would cause a stir or a revolution in Olympus. Just look at the punishment that Zeus gave to Prometheus when he gave the knowledge of fire and science to humanity.

So Kratos favoring Sparta and destroying pretty much every enemy that he saw fit, caused an unbalance that Olympus and Zeus couldn't bear. Plus, him not being an actual god, but a Demi-god promoted to god (the gods were all brothers, sons of the Titans or from Zeus or other gods between goddesses), played in a large role of him not having a second chance to redeem himself.

So having been betrayed by the gods twice, once by Ares and another time by the entirity of Olympus (except Athena), just fueled his rage beyond the limits of the first game. The final nail in the coffin of his hate for Olympus was struck when he killed Athena while she tried to protect her father, Zeus.

So yeah, it makes much more sense and has much more scope and integration into a normal greek mythology story than the first one xD

my key point is here :
"So having been betrayed by the gods twice, once by Ares and another time by the entirity of Olympus (except Athena),"

HOW did he gets betrayed twice by the god ??? and why not by Athena ???

I also prefer GoW2 gameplay/game/epicness etc ... but I just feel the story/plot was a LOT more "simple."
Also, I preferred the sword "Artemis" to any of the new special weapons ... the cutting feeling was amazing !

If you have played GoW: CoO, Athena warned Kratos that should he oppose any on Olympus, she would be forced to stop him, even though her actions compelled to have mercy and pity on Kratos. 

And the two betrayals were made one by Ares and the other by Zeus, by tricking him to drain all his powers to defeat the Colossus of Rhodes so he could kill him easier. 



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jesus kung fu magic on 10 March 2010
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
No not really. I myself didn't know that but I enjoyed God Of War II a lot more or just as much as the original.

You just don't like the game buddy, but you should still give God of War III a rent.

When did I say that I hated GOW2?

When did I say that you hated GOW2? Like, I said..Like.

Ok..then let me ask you.....when did I ever say I didnt like GOW2?

Last time we had an argument.

Last time we had an argument we were discussing how barebone GOW2 story was and then you went off into how there was alot of story between the points I laid out without even explaining a little of it.

Thats far different than not liking a game.

" Far less enjoyable"(OP)...I take that as a, "I didn't like it".

And if you want the story behind God of War 2, watch the cutscenes on youtube.

 

 

.....compared to GOW1.



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lolage on 10 March 2010

I haven't played gow 1 or 3 yet
I played gow 2 in compatibility mode and I wish for collection in PAL!!!1
but gow 2 was an extremely good game, I don't see how gow 1 can do so much better than you consider gow 2 bad, honestly ...



luvtospooge on 10 March 2010
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
luvtospooge said:
No not really. I myself didn't know that but I enjoyed God Of War II a lot more or just as much as the original.

You just don't like the game buddy, but you should still give God of War III a rent.

When did I say that I hated GOW2?

When did I say that you hated GOW2? Like, I said..Like.

Ok..then let me ask you.....when did I ever say I didnt like GOW2?

Last time we had an argument.

Last time we had an argument we were discussing how barebone GOW2 story was and then you went off into how there was alot of story between the points I laid out without even explaining a little of it.

Thats far different than not liking a game.

" Far less enjoyable"(OP)...I take that as a, "I didn't like it".

And if you want the story behind God of War 2, watch the cutscenes on youtube.

 

 

.....compared to GOW1.

Far less enjoyable.