Review: God of War Collection - Volume II (PS3)
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EVERYONE'S favourite cursed Spartan warrior has been dusted off, given a HD makeover and, Sony hope, a new lease of life on the PS3.
Developer Ready at Dawn Studios have lovingly upscaled and remastered two of Kratos's PSP outings - The Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta - and made a pretty good job of it, too.
While the basic formula stays the same - a combination of hard-hitting hack 'n slash mechanics with epic storylines inspired by the Greek myths - it does look at home on your widescreen telly as you can tell real effort has gone in to beefing up the visuals.
Is is worth shelling out for? It's a good introductory package for newcomers and no doubt avid fans of the franchise will lap it up. Otherwise, I dare say there a few new titles that are more worthy of your attention.
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Steve Wollaston - Sunday Mercury games reviewer Steve has been writing about video games for donkey's years. In fact he is probably far too old for it now which is why you will see a lot of reviews been done by kids... He has been nominated three times for Regional Games Journalist Of The Year at the Games Media Awards, but never wins. His major love is sports games and rates Sensible World of Soccer circa 90's as the greatest game ever made - closely followed by Championship Manager 2. Skyrim has currently taken over his life.
