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amazon God of War III Remastered reviews
The plot of the version God of War III: Remastered this time remains the same compared to the original version on the PlayStation 3.
The game will continue the events of God Of War II, when Kratos and his allies (the giant Titans) together go to the top of Columbia to take revenge, with the “antagonist” being Zeus – the supreme god most on Mount Olympia.
However, things are not as favorable as expected, Kratos has to turn to fight the way the gods, as well as the Titans themselves, are said to be allies.
And during this journey of Kratos, players will see the decadence of the gods, as well as the main character himself in the process of revenge.
Although the initial content seems simple, the game still gives us a huge knowledge base about Greek mythology, as well as a lesson about hope and forgiveness …
For players familiar with the previous series of games, it must not feel alien to the plot of God of War III: Remastered.
However, for new players, perhaps the storyline this time is a minus point, everything is quite unexpected because the game hardly summarizes many happenings that happened before.
Right from the first moments of God of War III: Remastered, Santa Monica has immersed players in the most magnificent scene possible.
Olympia’s image of each Titan climbing to the top is truly majestic, massive, and on the same scale as Hollywood movies about Greek mythology.
Then each frame just shows to the audience, such as the scene “hell on earth” where the dead god Hades resides, the “garden of Eden” or even the terror and brutality from the gods when fighting to block Kratos’s way (especially when he meets the sea god Poseidon).
Besides, the appearance of the monsters in God of War III: Remastered is very beautiful, portraying their horror and anger.
If any player has ever “overwhelmed” with the graphics on the PS3 system, then I guarantee that those surprises are even more sublimated on PS4.
Not only upgrading the “texture” (roughly translated as surface texture) to 4 times higher, but this version of God of War III: Remastered also improves dynamic lighting effects, shadows with thousands of effects. Fire or heavy storms, contributing to the highest level of image quality.
Besides, the previous “jagged” marks have also been “eliminated” completely, plus visual effects on the screen, making the player’s experience more and more perfect.
Yet God of War III: Remastered still operates incredibly smoothly at full HD resolution at 60 fps, and virtually no frame lag.
This can be considered a compliment to Wholesale Algorithms (assigned to develop this version of God of War III: Remastered) in optimizing games on PS4.
It can be said that with the manifestation of the God of War III: Remastered version, the battle between Kratos and the Olympus gods is completely enough to “join the war” in the graphics race with the famous modern games today.
God of War III: Remastered’s sound array continues to act as a bridge between the player’s stimulation with the eye-catching visuals.
The game offers heroic songs with an epic, epic atmosphere with a majestic orchestra.
The writer has never felt bored when listening to the music and sounds of the game: sometimes it is quiet, sometimes it is extremely rhythmic …
It can be said that the sound has brought God of War III: Remastered a fierce, a wild – crazy, as well as no less majestic to describe exactly what is going on, portraying the frame. mythology scenes and content that the game wants to bring.
It is no exaggeration that God of War III: Remastered is still a game with a “not old” graphics platform from image to sound, even though it has been many years since the session originally released on PS3.
Going back to the gameplay, the predecessor was appreciated and almost perfect when it comes to balancing action and puzzle, as well as the complexity required in battles and design rich gameplay.
God of War III: Remastered has generally not seen any changes in the gameplay of the old version.
There are still fierce battles with diverse monsters, sometimes requiring timing of attacks to counteract, as well as having to use a few extra weapons to fight back the enemy: for example, sometimes I have to use my magic bow to hit monsters from afar that I can’t reach, while I have to dodge to hit back a few dead bodies.
Sometimes God of War III: Remastered also puts the player in more difficult situations such as having to roll around and dodge the nails, and sometimes, while having to hit other monsters.
Then it is time to fly up and cling to the birds to avoid the traps, otherwise, it will cost the character’s death and start over from the “checkpoint” (the game’s temporary save points).
The details in God of War III: Remastered is extremely rich, contributing to alleviating the boredom that is very easy to happen in action games.
But the game is not too difficult for players so that at the end of a battle or a certain puzzle, players still feel satisfied and continue Kratos’s tough journey.
Besides, God of War III: Remastered also provides various weapons and moves throughout the journey.
They are all skillfully used by the manufacturer to avoid the situation where the player only uses one weapon from the beginning to the end of the game, which was once believed to be a defect in God of War and God of War II versions.
When fighting monsters, players will collect “Orb” (the number of points used to upgrade weapons), and “unlock” their other moves, contributing to diversification over my gameplay as well as helping the battles in the game to be more eye-catching, as well as the “sublimated” boss battles.
In addition to upgrading weapons, Kratos can also upgrade the HP bar (showing Kratos’s health), the Mana bar (used for spells in the game), and the Stamina bar (when Kratos uses a bow or some other secondary weapons like The Apollo crossbows or the shoes of Hermes will gradually decrease and heal when not in use) through well-hidden boxes, or can only be found through a few other secondary weapons.
Not to mention the QTEs (contextual button presses) that have featured in the God of War series since the first release.
Most of the QTE scenes appear at the end of boss fights or some special type of monster.
These battles are extremely perfect and “no-eyed catching”, making players extremely satisfied because every time the button is pressed successfully, Kratos will launch very special moves, at this time the angle of rotation will change continuously describes the cruel and maddenedness of Kratos.
As the writer mentioned, because the God of War III: Remastered version “throws straight” the player into the middle of the war between the gods and Kratos and his Titan allies, new players have never known or known. However, if you have not learned it carefully, you will be surprised by questions such as: “Why is this war?”, “Why is Kratos acting like this?”.
And depending on the player, some people will feel interested and learn about the game, but also some people will find the game has a bad story or not satisfactory for the money they spend.
This can be considered a disadvantage of God of War III: Remastered, although the game has a few cut-scenes that mention what happened to Kratos, as well as explain why Kratos is burning revenge on Zeus. But they are not enough for them to feel the story the game is trying to bring.
Although before its release, Sony did allow those who pre-ordered God of War III: Remastered to play the previous two versions again through the “Playstation Network” system (a service that allows the playback of old games through “cloud system” by Sony) within 90 days.
However, if compared to what Tearaway Unfolded (also another exclusive game) brings or Naughty Dog’s upcoming Uncharted Nathan Drake (including 3 game parts) played by Bluepoint, the session the God of War III: Remastered version is somewhat more inferior in terms of content as well as other improvements.
Not to mention God of War III: Remastered has another sad flaw that is the “Photomode” function (the function of taking pictures in the game).
Because this function … yes and no, when the player cannot rotate the camera, while the features are greatly reduced compared to other games, not to mention the captured image has a rather low resolution.
