This is not a game you play in front of children. Other games still feel tame compared to God of War III. The beginning sequence, which sees you killing Poseidon in a gruesome, first-person view, sets the tone and reminds you that when it comes to brutal violence, none can top Kratos. God of War III is still like no other game that has come before or after it. It shows just how simple the control scheme of God of War III is, and yet the game retains its characteristic difficulty level - expect to die several times on Normal mode, and at almost every boss encounter on Hard or higher modes.
I found myself very quickly pulling in enemy after enemy, with a combo count in the hundreds, as if I had been playing the game on a regular basis in the meantime. Since the game is the same as when it first released, there are no real surprises to be found anymore, unless you haven’t played the game in a long time and have forgotten most of it.
If you had previously played God of War III, then you’ll fall into your old gameplay tactics here in no time.
