Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- PS2
- Mode
- Single player
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- None
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most games in the catalogue.
The story
God of War is an action-adventure hack-and-slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). Initially launched for the PlayStation 2, the game stands as the first instalment in the God of War series and the third in chronological order. Loosely inspired by Greek mythology, it unfolds in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central theme. The player takes on the role of Kratos, the protagonist, a Spartan warrior devoted to the Olympian gods. Tasked by the goddess Athena, Kratos is assigned to eliminate Ares, the God of War and Kratos' former mentor. Ares had deceitfully manipulated Kratos into killing his wife and daughter. As Ares attacks Athens fueled by hatred for Athena, Kratos embarks on a quest to locate Pandora's Box, the sole object capable of permanently stopping the vengeful god.
- Action
- Fantasy
- Historical
- greek mythology
- bloody
- gravity
- medieval
- murder
- magic
- minigames
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 84 / 100 · 1,056 players
- Critics
- 93 / 100 · 3 critics
- Developer
- SCE Santa Monica Studio
- Publisher
- Capcom, Sony Computer Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
