God of War - Review
God of War - Review: God Among Mortals Spoiler Alert - Sections that have spoilers will be clearly marked but be forewarned, I will be discussing events that should be experienced firsthand to fully appreciate When I was eleven years old, the first God of War came along and completely upended my expectations for what a game could be. The fluid, brutal gameplay, the stunningly realized world that built upon and subverted traditional mythology, and an anti-hero who was not bound by any sort of moralistic ideology but rather on achieving his single-minded goal. Even my father, who knows nothing of video games, still recalls the first time he watched me play it and uses it as example of when he knew that gaming was heading towards bigger and better places. I have been an ardent fan of the series ever since and, especially with the release of all of the sterling early reviews, my expectations for this game were atmospherically, impossibly high. With all of that being said, I am so incr...