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IGN reviews God of War: Chains of Olympus

God of War: Chains of Olympus is a stellar achievement on the PSP. It plays perfectly into the franchise's storyline and offers up the same level of intense action as its console counterparts. It's also the best looking title on the system, without question. Engaging from start to finish, Chains of Olympus is a mandatory purchase for anyone who owns a PSP and doesn't mind getting a little blood on their hands.

permutated6276d ago

I was in the middle of posting this and then it stopped me, lol, can't believe you beat me to it.

Anyhow, I'm REALLY excited for this game, and I can't believe (after playing the demo) how well the formula transfered to the PSP.

Killer app.

TnS6276d ago

I'm sorry. :)

Awesome score.

permutated6276d ago (Edited 6276d ago )

TnS-

Definitely a fitting score considering their video review of it.

I was surprised that it got such high marks considering that they marked it's lasting appeal down so much.

Regardless, this is the reason I bought a PSP, and nothing seems to stop this series. Even the mobile game was fantastic.

sonarus6276d ago

agreed even the mobile game was fantastic. I bought a psp the week the announced it. Never really cared for hand held gaming. Most use it to watch umd movies or mp4 movies. Occasionally play mgs portable ops on it but not very often. GOW will be different i will actually stop playing 360 and ps3 till i finish this lol. Funny the power of a franchise even in its hand held state. I hope gow3 has story tie ins to the hand held. Thats the main reason i bought it the story in 2 seemed so awesome didnt want to be missing any story hints in 3 due to something that occured in the hand held. I am expecting to see a GOW3 trailer by E3 expect ps3's to be sold :)

Marceles6276d ago

Stunning, March 4th is right around the corner and I can't wait

Skerj6276d ago (Edited 6276d ago )

Man, that game is so gorgeous. I think it would have scored higher if RaD added more new things in but I suppose the saying "if it isn't broken then done fix it" applies here. Here's my favorite part of the review:

"Perhaps the most impressive thing about the whole visual presentation is that after you start the game or load a save, you'll never see a loading screen again. Well, if you go backwards to somewhere the game doesn't expect you to then you will, but you can forge straight through the game without looking back and never see a loading icon."

That's quite impressive for the PSP, I'm hoping that more games end up like that later on. Patapon, God of War, and Crisis core hitting around the same time? PSP is a pocket juggernaut.

Marceles6276d ago

Yes indeed, Patapon's gameplay is really awesome trying to learn all of those rhythm commands. It's like a stylized rhythm RPG...I expect sales to go up alot outside of Japan (which they're already climbing).

*goes to play GoW demo*

TheExecutive6276d ago

I am in love with patapon, the best demo in years. I didnt get the GOW demo so i just have to wait for the game. Seriously though, patapon, beats, and GOW are enough reasons to invest in a psp.

Skerj6276d ago

I'm kinda pissed at Sony over Patapon. It's out next week and I've not seen ONE single advertisement for it. Maybe I'm missing something but no commercials and no web ads yet so wth? The PSN demo doesn't count either, are they relying on word of mouth or something?

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The Best PSP Games of All Time, Ranked

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jznrpg427d ago

My son and I played a ton of Monster Hunter on PSP

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Ranking the God of War Games

Kratos has been on a rampage, killing Gods in epic battles since 2005. With each release managing to offer high-octane action, I explore each God of War title and rank every adventure from his journey to Olympus to his Norse tales of fatherhood.

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ClayRules2012894d ago

I won’t rank Ragnarok just yet, although it is honestly leaving me and my wife blown away…won’t go into details right now, not done as I assume others aren’t either, maybe some of you are, idk haha.

But here’s how I rank them

5. God of War 3
4. God of War Ascension.
3. God of War 1.
2. God of War 2.
1. God of War 2018.

MrNinosan893d ago

My same ranking exactly, with Ragnarök at #1.

ClayRules2012893d ago

Wow, that’s pretty interesting that someone has the same ranking as me haha. So, did you beat Ragnarok? I assume so with you placing it at #1

Flawlessmic894d ago

1. God of war 3
2. God of war 2018
3. God of war 2
4. God of war 1

Haven't played the others but about 30 hrs In to ragnarock now so safe to say if it keeps up it will end up being at the top of my list when I'm done.

CrimsonWing69893d ago

I will say the pacing of the original titles and the epic feel to them I feel is way better than the new one’s. Like, I could recognize and appreciate the praise God of War received, but it bores me to tears except for the pivotal moments.

However, that being said I feel Ragnarok is waaaaay better than 2018. I’m only on Ch. 6, but it’s pretty much rocked my face off from the get-go.

I’m really split between this being my GotY or Elden Ring.

robtion893d ago

I think different games in the series had different strengths but all are great. I liked the original as it was an origin story and the mechanics were fresh. The sequel added smoother gameplay. Three was just so far ahead of it's time graphically it wasn't even funny. Plus great gameplay and bosses and insane gore and nice use of sexy time. The reboot was cool but lost a lot of what I liked about the original trilogy (I don't need my games grown up, just fun). Will wait and see with ragnarok as haven't had time to play it yet.

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Old School Titles We Want In The New PS Plus Subscription

BLG writes: "After many rumors, PlayStation has finally announced its new subscription service. With it comes the promise of over 340 PS Plus games to play on the highest subscription tier. We can expect to see games from the original PlayStation, PS2, and PSP generations plus cloud streaming of PS3 games."

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Cackocacho1112d ago

Should change that headline to: "Old School Titles We Definitely Aren't Going to Get In the New PS Plus Subscription"

roadkillers1112d ago

Honestly, I would be surprised to see a lot of the first party titles let alone the third party. If Sony wants to knock it out of the park, add some of these.

BrainSyphoned1112d ago

Rising Zan because Pushman is the best voice acted boss in the history of gaming.

Konami RPGs---Ring of Red, Azure Dreams and Suikoden.

Thousand Arms, Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Persona 1, both Persona 2 and Persona 3 from Atlus.
Any of those would make me happy. Ogre Battle and Azure Dreams the happiest.

Knushwood Butt1112d ago

Did you see the news about Tactics Ogre Reborn?

Big fan of Tactics Ogre but have it on Vita and Vita TV.

Puty1112d ago

I wonder if the ps1 games will have trophies.

Ron_Danger1112d ago (Edited 1112d ago )

Most likely not… however Sony did patent (a few years ago) a method of adding trophies to ps2 games based on where on the disc information was being read from (basically t detected when it was loading a new level which would trigger the trophy). I’m assuming they used that tech when they started selling ps2 games for PS4.

jznrpg1112d ago

There were specific trophies too not just level based if I remember correctly .

Ready4nxtgen1112d ago

Parasite eve 1 and 2
Thank you kindly.

CrimsonWing691112d ago

Actually let’s put all Squaresoft PS1 and PS2 games on it. I’d gladly pay for the service for just that.

z2g1112d ago (Edited 1112d ago )

PlayStation community before:
We don’t buy new consoles to play old games.

PlayStation community now:
Here’s a list of old games we wanna play now that we might be able to on our new consoles

Bathyj1112d ago

Actual PlayStation gamers: Old games are important we know because we have more history and heritage in gaming than anyone but Nintendo, but we're not going to yell and boast about it at a consoles launch to gloss over having no games for a year and lacklustre output for a decade. .

There, fixed it for you.

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MrNinosan1112d ago

I haven't seen anyone from the Playstation Community talk and discuss about games we might get with PS+ Premium. Who do you refer to?
Cause bosslevelgamer ain't the Playstation Community if that's what you thought.

jznrpg1112d ago (Edited 1112d ago )

Old games are great from PS but MS doesn’t have the library anywhere close . I only kept a small amount of games from Xbox OG and 360 . Magna Carta , Blue Dragon , Lost Remnant , Morrowind , Witcher 2 and Jade Empire (which i didn’t care for much) I have 100s of PS games I kept over the PS1/2 alone that I love I have a large PS3 library too .
The main reason BC isn’t the biggest deal is if your using it because you aren’t releasing new games and your older library isn’t very good .
It’s a nice bonus feature but not a main feature at all . It doesn’t replace new games and MS still hasn’t released much to this day . Sure it’s coming we have heard that for a decade or more but old games dont fill the void especially with the lackluster first party from MS . There’s a reason why you can buy old MS games cheap because there is little demand for them even before gamepass gave them away for a little while . Go try and buy any PS1 game PS2 game your going to spend a ton of $$

FinalFantasyFanatic1111d ago

This exactly, the Playstation had a killer library of games in the PS1/PS2 days, and there's quite a few gems even in the PS3 days that we can't easily play. Those PS1/PS2 games are enough for me to fork out for the service, although I'd rather buy the games outright digitally. There's also alot of classics I missed out on the first time that I would love to play, especially JRPGs.

S2Killinit1111d ago (Edited 1111d ago )

Actual PlayStation gamers: old games and subscription services are not the selling point of a console.

MrBeatdown1111d ago

Imagine being so dense that you can't grasp the idea that 100+ million PlayStation owners don't all share the same opinion.

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