![]() ![]() Kratos is only starting his adventure as an incredibly angry dude who will apparently spend his entire life ripping the heads off of pretty much anything. ![]() After all, Ascension is a prequel-you know, that place stories go when they’ve run out of gas. One could argue God of War: Ascension is afforded a pass for trotting out the tired, well-worn path blazed by three major console releases, two handheld titles, and even a dismal mobile game. Everyone else has grown up and moved on to a new life, but the Ghost of Sparta calls you up every couple of years promising he’s really changed this time. Maybe the muscle-bound protagonist, swords firing from his arms in a dance with bare-breasted demons, seemed cool in the same way keg-stands once seemed like a great idea.īut eight years have passed, and Kratos is the perennial senior who just keeps showing up to the same frat parties with the same old tricks. ![]() Maybe pressing plastic buttons while listening to the sounds of ancient mythological love-making felt like the pinnacle of the maturation of videogames as an art form back in 2005. Remember the first time you were appalled by the gratuitous violence and blatant sexism of God of War? OK, so maybe you-specifically-were not appalled. ![]()
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