God of War Collection Review

[WastedJoker]

I ordered my copy from axelmusic at about midday and they emailed me to say it had been shipped by 3:30pm :)

[rajputwarrior]

Really?

This Gamefly sounds like an awesome service, wish we had better services in the UK :(

canada has nothing like it too :( but definitely can't wait till payday for this game!

[soniqstylz]

BTW, if anyone is trying for the Challenge of the Gods, you have to do it in one run... have fun. :cry:

[KoL Veteran]

Ordered this today. Shame the cut-scenes haven't been revamped though :(

Hehe yeah the ingame graphics look better than the cutscenes :p

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Trying to get my parents to get the Gamestop bundle so I get this free with my Slim.

Probably not happen though as there's more chance of them getting a PS3 at Best Buy/Walmart than having to drive around the few smaller Gamestops in the area. I doubt they're getting up at 8am Friday anyway, they arrive the Thursday night.

Would rather they just get a Slim with some free content on Black Friday than get nothing at all :p (as in a vanilla PS3 at $299) I have no idea how crazy you Americans go on Black Friday, well I do a bit, but I dunno if I should expect Slims selling out everywhere just due to the hype surrounding Black Friday and Americans willingness to throw money about for this day.

I'll probably try get Best Buy bundle, LBP GOTY edition would be nice for the DLC, and I obviously don't have Ratchet. Wallmart Bundle isn't much use, I have inFamous/Batman and I've seen The Dark Knight. Some resale value I guess, but I'd rather just get some new games I don't have.

[Corris Veteran]

Still haven't played either of these games, considering making the gf get me it for Xmas.

Has anyone here ordered it from the US?

[WastedJoker]

I ordered it from axelmusic.com - they ship to the UK from within the EU.

[Corris Veteran]

I ordered it from axelmusic.com - they ship to the UK from within the EU.

Cheers.

The girlfriend is buying it for me now. :D

[AbandonedTrolley]

Just passed the link on to the parents for Christmas (Y)

[soniqstylz]

Hate you challenge of the gods #10, HATE!!!!

[soniqstylz]

W00t! got it (never even finished CotG on the PS2 version), now just speedrun for platinum.

[jelli]

Still waiting on mine to be delivered from Axelmusic, had it on preorder since September. :(

[Jimmy0]

So tempted to buy this as it is very cheap ... but then again, I am very very poor. :no:

[gigapixels Veteran]

I will be picking this up soon. Definitely NOT tomorrow, but soon.

[LingeringSoul]

Picked this up today from HMV of all places. It was the standard $39.99 (CDN), which is a pretty good price for a game I haven't played yet (GoW2) and a game I wouldn't mind playing again (GoW1).

[soniqstylz]

Just so you guys know, my TV shows this playing @ 1080p.

Only 3 more trophies for double-plat.

After having beaten both, I agree w/ DM that GoW2 is the better overall game, combat is better, set pieces and scope are flat-out amazing, but GoW has the better story due to the background on Kratos and the "twist" at the end of GoW2 is hinted at during GoW, so it wasn't that much of a twist.

Also noticed something, there seems to be some influences especially on platforming puzzles, on Uncharted. Which is interesting to me, because most everything else (betrayal story, combat and platforming mechanics, box puzzles) that seems to be influenced by Soul Reaver, which was written and directed by the director of Uncharted.

Edited November 27, 2009 by soniqstylz

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Just so you guys know, my TV shows this playing @ 1080p.

Only 3 more trophies for double-plat.

Yeah it was confirmed on the video interview on the blog it actually runs at 1080p.

[WastedJoker]

Ordered 24th Nov, arrived on 27th Nov. Good service from axelmusic.

[jelli]

Hmmm thats odd, still not got mine, wonder why it takes so long for me to receive things from them :/

[KoL Veteran]

Finished GoW, now only need the speed run for Platinum :D Damn challenge of the Gods ****ed me off, specially the last 3. Tip for anyone playing CotG. L1+X works great in Challenge #10.

@ soniq: Did you finish the speed run in the first one? How long it took you?

[soniqstylz]

Finished GoW, now only need the speed run for Platinum :D Damn challenge of the Gods ****ed me off, specially the last 3. Tip for anyone playing CotG. L1+X works great in Challenge #10.

@ soniq: Did you finish the speed run in the first one? How long it took you?

Started the speedrun last night, I'm about 45 minutes in, and about to save the Oracle. I'm a bit slow at it, from other speedruns I've read about, people have finished the game in under 3 hours. I'm using the Tycoonius costume, gives you 2x damage and 4x experience, so I'm rediculously overpowered, making battles shorter/faster/easier.

I only need that, and Challenge of the Titans for double plat.

For the Eye Sore trophy (cyclops eyes), play the first Challenge of the Titans, save, exit to challege selection, then replay it. You can't get all 20 during playthrough.

Most of the Challenge of the Gods wasn't terrible, it's just that you can't save and exit. I kept having to pause and take breaks during #10.

Edited November 28, 2009 by soniqstylz

[KoL Veteran]

Cool, using Tycoonius. Easy to max the blades. I was around that time when I was saving the Oracle too.

[soniqstylz]

Cool, using Tycoonius. Easy to max the blades. I was around that time when I was saving the Oracle too.

This is so overpowered it's funny. I got the army of Hades, and had enough orbs left over from maxing everything else, that I maxed that out immediately, and still had 7,777 orbs left over, and I haven't even been to the Muse Keys room yet.

Oh, and I'm at 2:49:45, too.

[KoL Veteran]

I finished it at 3:10. I died a few times because I thought I was invincible lol. Got all Gorgon Eyes but not the Feathers, I missed 3 but I wasn't looking for all. I rarely used magic.

Now to play God of War 2. :)

[Corris Veteran]

Sounds like fun.

I'm looking forward to getting this for Christmas. :D