In Chain Of Olympus, you actually get to see early chapters of Kratos's life, of how he came to serve Ares and how he was being betrayed by this Greek god of war which leads to him being separated from his family. Kratos is as usual, very violent, and has no mercy for his enemies. But despite his ruthlessness, you will symphatise and grow to love this anti-hero.

There are 4 difficulties to choose from - Mortal (Easy), Hero (Normal), Spartan (Hard) and God (Very Hard). The God mode is indeed VERY hard, suffering 1 blow from the monsters could mean instant death. I would say the moves and weapons are pretty much similar to other GOW games. And like previous series, you need to battle through many areas and solve a bit of puzzles every now and then to advance to the next level. 1 sex mini game is incorporated in the initial part of the game, you don't get to see much but it's still something which makes the game complete - god, heroes, violence and sex made up the Greek legend. Some of the things you find in your way (e.g. pots, wood, stone...) can be broken to get red orbs. Other then that, chests are dispersed around for you to gain red orbs(for upgrade purpose), green orbs (for replenishing health) and blue orbs (for replenishing magic). There is 1 particular magic which I find very useful - the efreet which I would recommend you use on top of the other magic as it is very powerful. Upon completion of the game, you can try the 5 challenges, which prove to be very challenging.

The God Of War series has always been highly anticipated and Chain Of Olympus certainly didn't let me down. The visuals are stunning and I am totally in love of the way Kratos finishes off his enemies:) Too bad the game is rather short and the puzzles are easy to solve.

I give God of War: Chains of Olympus 8.5 upon 10.

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