God of War 3 for PlayStation 3 has finally been released after three long years of development and marks another great installment to the action-packed trilogy. The visuals are pretty much the same but the series offers more of the  fighting game play that made this game one of the best fighting games ever.

God of War 3, or War of God 3 as it is known in Europe, has an impressive scale to the epic adventure of Kratos over-coming Titans, throwing you into the center of an amazing sequence of battles riddled with Greek mythology themes. The combat is very responsive and has all the massive combos that we´ve grown to love. The old Square-Square-Triangle combo that ends with Kratos slicing sown the Blades in a big overhand motion isn´t as easily abused as in earlier releases. Enemies are much more aggressive than before so you´ll have to use more of a balance between attach and defensive moves. The game controllers seem more responsive in the new God of War 3.

In earlier games the weapons that you picked up along the way didn´t seem to be as effective as the good old fashioned blades but this time around the new weapons are very effective. You can also now switch between weapons in mid-combo and the switch is so fast that you can string together big sequences with all four weapons in one combo move.

Some of the weapons though are not much different than the blades. They have some unique powers and a few different  moves but are pretty much the same as the blades. The only truly unique weapon is The Cestus, a pair of big metal gloves that you´ve sen in the earlier games, and I can´t help wishing that some of the other weapons were a as unique as the Cestus.

Kratos´s main weapons are the Blades of Exile and the Blades of Athena and the new weapons on God of War 3 include  Claws of Hades, the Nemesis Whip (made from the Omphalos Stone by Hephaestus), and the Nemean Cestus (a pair of fist gauntlets shaped like lion heads acquired from Hercules). This new weapon has the ability to smash through solid objects such as rocks and to plow through enemy shields, but has a slightly smaller range than the extending chains on the Blades of Exile. The Claws of Hades and Nemesis Whip are similar to the Blades of Exile, both being used in the same fashion as the Blades of Exile, but with their own combos and magic abilities.

The number of enemies onscreen at any one time has increased to 50 instead of 15 in earlier installments. Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers which are used to increase the length of the health and magic bar respectively and the Minotaur Horns have been added to increase the length of the items bar.

The challenge feature is still there and called “Callenge of Olympus” and includes seven challenges with a bonus
challenge called “Challenge of Exile” with seven more challenges. In addition to the challenge mode, a new mode
has been added called the “Combat Arena”. Here, players have the options to set up their own battles with several different enemies. Stig Asmussen has said that more challenges might be added as downloadable content to keep the series going.

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