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Playstation 2 classic "God of War 2" in 4K with Reshade Ray Tracing on the PC

YouTube's Sanadsk has shared a video, showcasing the classic Playstation 2 GoW game, God of War 2, running on the PC in 4K with Reshade Ray Tracing.

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xHeavYx1288d ago

It's a PS2 that looks as good, or even better than the PS3 games, what are you smoking?

VenomUK1288d ago

That's a spectacular improvement. God of War 1 & 2 with the whole Greek mythos and rage of Kratos are two of my favourite games but obviously they are dated. I recently played a bit of the GOWII remaster on PS3 and it's still great. But this 4K boost and raytracing is lovely. It would be great if Sony could find a way to boost their old classics like this.

lonewolf101288d ago

You do know you have to take the video off of 480p right?

XxINFERNUSxX1288d ago

Yes, I have it so all youtube videos default to 4k, and also I have no ads at all I use this extension that removes all that ad crap. It's called Enhancer for YouTube. It has lot's of other features to.

chiefJohn1171288d ago (Edited 1288d ago )

Ray tracing legit especially after seeing what it did for mine craft. Not gonna lie after this I wanna see Sony go back to making another GOW like this. It can feature his son as the main. It don't need to be big budget either have it as a lil side project spinoff.

CrimsonWing691288d ago

I like new God of War, but man I miss classic God of War. Way more in your face with the gratuitous violence and nudity. I still remember fighting the Titan and taking his finger nail off and the Hydra fight in the first game. Those games were nuts and I wish we could translate that over to the new ones, but gone are those times.

RonsonPL1288d ago (Edited 1288d ago )

The times are gone but hopefully not forever. Just until game devs realize that not everyone shares their opinion that movie-like games are better than games which rely on gameplay.

GOW on PS2 and PS3 were gameplay oriented. The new GoW sacrificed the camera view and some other things, for more "cinematic" experience.

The result is that I finished PS2 GoWs twice, Gow3 1 and a half time and GoW on PS4? I am not even at half of it and don't feel like playing it any more. If I wanted a good story, I'd get a book.
GoW on PS2 were simply waaay more fun to play. Pure joy and I don't even like the nudity and violence. Just the feeling of being a powerful god who can defeat armies of enemies. The superb graphics which are now sacrificed (fixed camera angles allow for SO MUCH more!) and 60fps.
GoW 4 aka GoW on PS4, is not even visually jaw dropping as GoW 1-3 were. It doesn't run at 60fps, and in general, is just yet another TPP game.
And the story.. to each of their own, but I really couldn't care less about some parenting stuff. But you know. Devsa became parents. That's what was on their minds. So have some boring moralising crap instead of fun gameplay.
journalists: 10/10. Finally a mature GoW game!

What a joke..

XxINFERNUSxX1288d ago

Looks good, the power of the PC :D I use reshade in almost all my games. It makes them look so much better. It's too bad devs don't have any options in their games that would mimic reshade. This is the site for all your reshade needs: http://sfx.thelazy.net/game...

jairusmonillas1288d ago

Not really that impressive especially with next gen games sacrificing 60fps for a mere reflection.

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Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.

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JL2930189d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies12189d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

Monstieur189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

solideagle188d ago

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

Golfcoachh189d ago

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

Crows90189d ago

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

JL2930188d ago (Edited 188d ago )

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

Fluke_Skywalker189d ago

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

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TheEnigma313189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

Shane Kim189d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52189d ago

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

Snookies12189d ago

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

Crows90189d ago

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

darthv72189d ago

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

ravens52189d ago

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

Fluke_Skywalker189d ago

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

Inverno189d ago

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

Crows90189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

Inverno189d ago

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

Crows90188d ago

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

Inverno188d ago

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

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A Look Through the Absolute Best PS2 Games of All Time

Take it down the memory lane with this ultimate list of the best PlayStation 2 games of all time. Just the best of the best right here.

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isarai219d ago

It's so disappointing that to this day, I have not seen a game match what BLACK offers in an FPS.

ApocalypseShadow219d ago

Shame isn't it. I thought we'd be at a point of destructible backgrounds, objects, pyrotechnics etc in shooters. I sold many a copy in the demo unit when I managed a franchise Game Crazy back then. But I stopped playing shooters because they didn't evolve. Heavy weapon. Shoot a wall or glass. Nothing happens. Lol. Except for Killzone 2. I enjoyed that.

But then I woke and remembered it's EA. EA didn't care really. They just wanted to kill competition from Criterion and Burnout. And own Renderware to profit from as many developers used that engine. Only thing was that developers ran as fast as they could away from EA to Unreal Engine and its pop in and Vaseline graphics. Shame on EA. And then they bought Dice for Frostbite. Evil busters.

Anyway, too many PS2 games to count. Some of my personal faves being DMC, Genji, Bujingai, Blood Will Tell, Onimusha, Way of the Samurai, Japanese Berserk, Japanese Macross game that blew away the US Robotech game, RAD, Castlevania Lament of Innocence.... there's just too many. Let me stop. Lol

Cacabunga219d ago

Code Veronica
Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
The Getaway
Time Crisis 3
Killzone
Mark of Kri
SSX

are some of my all times favorites missing on that list

shinoff2183218d ago

I've always Saud I'm not a fan of fps much , there's been some I really like and thought were really dope. Black falls into that category.

CoNn3rB219d ago

I would love nothing more than a remaster of the Jak series, including Jak X

Flawlessmic219d ago (Edited 219d ago )

The greatest console of all time !!!!

The last console from when gaming was pure, games didn't take 5 years to release, no online only, no half finished games, no mtx.

Ps2 was just banger after banger after banger.

It will always be my favourite.

sagapo218d ago

No Timesplitters in the list??

FinalFantasyFanatic218d ago

This is a really good list, pretty happy with the choices here.

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20 Best PS2 Games of All Time

Cultured Vultures: We're about to make some of you feel ancient as we reel off the best PS2 games from generations past.

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MadLad534d ago

I don't know about 20, but I know Dragon Quest VIII, FFXII, and Persona 3 are my top 3.

No particular order. Not a huge JRPG guy, but these hit it home for me.

Flawlessmic534d ago

Fairly solid list, would only change a few, I'd put onimusha in there, ico, personally would have vice city.

Then again I'd double up on some series dmc 1, all 3 gtas, both metal gears, all 3 jaks.

Ps2 was just crazily stacked really, every time I think back on it, those were the good days of gaming.

sagapo533d ago

Was thinking the same about Vice City. But yeah, solid list and great era of games!

shinoff2183533d ago

I still think ps1 was better game wise, but im sure thats an age thing depends on what you grew up with to an extent. I feel san andreas is to this day the best gta made. None compare 5 is close imo but just doesnt best it