- Purchase includes a PSN voucher for the God of War III E3 2009 Demo.
- The God of War Collection includes: God of War and God of War II on one Blu-ray Disc for play on the PlayStation 3.
- Rediscover two of the most highly praised games ever developed for the PS2 in advance of the upcoming release of God of War III on PS3.
- Remastered in high-definition at a resolution of 720p and including anti-aliased graphics for 60 frames per second gameplay.
- Full PlayStation Network (PSN) Trophies support for each game.
Product Description
Two Epic Adventures of Conquest, Destiny, and Vengeance, God of War and God of War II, return for the first time on BluRay Disc! In God of War: Colleciton, players will experience the dark world of Ancient Greece through Kratos, a brutal warrior determined to murder the God of War and alter what no mortal has ever changed… fate itself.Amazon.com Product Description
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I decided to get this game because I heard time and time again about how great GOW was so I got the GOW collection because it was remastered on a blueray disc. Well I started playing it and I dont see why people like it so much. Everything you do in this game is repetitive,hack,hack,slash,tap,tap,tap,BORRRRIIINNNGGG! The graphics are ok for a last generation system,dont let the blueray disc it comes on fool you, the graphics are still chopped up and blocky, remastered, yeah right,this game was just converted from a regular dvd disc to blueray with no sign of remastering at all except maybe the colors are brighter WOW is that all.I thought I could look past all the highdefinition problems if I just had fun playing the game but I just could not get into it, I dont like doing the same thing over and over again after about 2 hours in the game I lost interest and traded it in. As for GOW3, I hope they drastically do some changes so it doesn’t end up like the first 2 games, I mean we’re talking PS3 here not Atari.
Rating: 2 / 5
This game could be a lot of fun. Great graphics, great controls, and great story line.
Having played tons of games of this genre: the only thing I don’t like is that there are a few places where the game is frustratingly difficult, even on the easiest setting. To me it’s just not fun to have to spend days and days trying to get past one little thing (like a jump that has to be perfectly set up and timed or a monster that you just can’t figure out how to kill). This really has nothing to do with solving puzzles or figuring out what to do. Knowing what to do is quite easy. It’s just that the controls don’t work as they are supposed to or require an level of precision that is just ridiculously over the top for the situation you are in as compared to the rest of the game. It’s pointless that backwards jumping off of a pillar to another pillar is more difficult than killing a boss or figuring out a puzzle. It’s called bad design.
I’m making more use of hints/walkthrough pages on the internet than I’d like, but otherwise I’d probably have given up.
So far it’s really too irritating to be fun or worth my time.
Rating: 2 / 5
I love God of War 1 and 2, make no mistake, they “were” awesome on the PS2, but my review is not the game’s themselves as they were originally released, I’m taking note of the changes. I bought the collection hoping that it would look better with the remastering in 720 HD, I wasn’t expecting 1080p, I did read the back of the box. Yes the frame rate ran very smooth, yes the anti aliazeewhatchacallit was nice, but what the box or even the instruction manual failed to mention was that the aspect ratio was stretched to give it that 16×9 look (not even the full 16×9 by default). So we get a fat Kratos, oval buttons, and a fat world. Some people don’t mind their aspect ratio’s messed with, those same people probably have wide screen tv’s with standard definition signals stretched so they can get the most out of their fancy new screen. I’m sorry, but if they can get away with releasing movies that are still 4:3 onto a bluray and call it HD (Gunbuster 1) then why couldn’t they do that with the God of War’s? They could still up the frame rate and the anti whatever and still give it trophy support without stretching it (or at least give you a full range of aspect ratio options instead of fat and fatter). God of War is practically the mascot for playstation and I would have thought they could have done better for the legacy games. I promptly traded it to a friend for something non stretched.
Rating: 1 / 5
It’s good for people who haven’t played GOW1 and 2 on PS2. I think there’s no need to mention what quality they are on PS2 platform, I rate them as the best action game ever on PS2.
The game itself has little difference to the original ones, they says they improved the graphic to 720P and remodeled in 60 fps, but in fact, you can barely feel the difference. The models, the environments, are all 2007 level so even though it’s been up to 720P it’s still PS2 graphics. And the trophies… Well if they mean a lot to you then you may buy the game can grab them, but they are really means nothing to me.
So I strongly recommend NEW players to dwell in, you won’t get disappointed; However, if you had played it before, probably you should save the money unless you really need the trophies, or your PS3 are not capable for PS2 games.
Rating: 5 / 5
Good upgrade of a classic from the PS2 Era; I do recommend it to anybody who either loved the originals, or never played them. However, imho this game is just good, not amazing.
Rating: 3 / 5