Instead we battled across the Grecian buildings taking on armoured foes that spawned from the surroundings before being met by annoying winged bug creatures that attacked as a swarm, or parasitically merged with humans to form more formidable enemy. ![]() The beginning of Ascension is epic, it cannot quite match the epicness of GOW III with the unbeatable cinematic of battling over the shoulders of titans as they ascend Mount Olympus, but then, what could? Naturally – or it would not be much of a game – Kratos breaks his bonds and pursues the hag-fury for the rest of our hands-on game play (approximately the next half hour). The game expands on the story of the Furies, creatures created out of the turmoil of warring gods and driven to be the guardians of honour and by dint the bane of traitors.įor some reason that I am yet to fathom, Kratos gets labelled as a traitor, thus the opening scene of our hands on time is a chained, and yes, furious Kratos being tormented by the Fury Megaera. Having killed all the gods in the first three games (plus PSP titles) it is only natural that Sony Santa Monica turn to a prequel for the setting. ![]() Understandably this is a time when Kratos is pretty pissed off with those that have both tricked him and are attempting to bind him. Ascension takes place prior to the original GOW game, just six months after Kratos is fooled into killing his family, but a full decade before the setting in the original game. For more on the game, check out Joystiq's review.It took a couple of goes to get the debug code fired up, Kratos can be a bit of a pain in the neck when he wants to be, but once started God of War: Ascension sees our favourite painted Spartan back to his old bloodthirsty tricks once again.Įxcept this time around, they are not old tricks. God of War: Ascension launches exclusively for the PlayStation 3 on March 12, 2013. No other aspect of the game is affected by the patch. Players will be instructed to download the update once God of War: Ascension has been inserted into an internet-connected PlayStation 3. As such, we've addressed the feedback and amended the Trophy in question." "We are endlessly committed to ensuring that our community can fully enjoy the experiences the team has created. The text was offensive to some members of our community and impacted their enjoyment of the game," Sony Santa Monica's statement noted. ![]() "We have created and will soon push out a patch for God of War: Ascension that alters the title of one of the game Trophies. (Though it's not a spoiler in light of the fact that Kratos beats everyone up, we've omitted the trophy description.) The change comes after negative reaction from early reviews to the jarring scene on and the attached award, which is perceived as misogynistic. Originally named "Bros Before Hos" (as seen above), the trophy pops up soon after you help God of War's anti-hero, Kratos, brutally pummel a Fury, one of a trio of female antagonists in the game. Once the patch is applied, the name of the trophy will be "Bros Before Foes." ![]() In a statement sent to Joystiq, developer Sony Santa Monica has confirmed it will change the name of a controversial God of War: Ascension trophy in a patch that should be available alongside the game on Tuesday.
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