Sadly that all changed with the introduction of one pivotal member of the Greek mythology cast: Pandora. To be fair, up until a certain point, that was exactly what they got: Kratos fucking people up in increasingly brutal ways while making headway toward his goal of taking out Zeus. As epic as the God of War II ending was, all folks really wanted was more of the same for God of War III. The plot would point Kratos at something and he’d inevitably rip its limbs off and pull its guts out or something. Let’s be clear: God of War never had much of a focus on the story, and that was fine.
However, it does have one very big problem: its plot. Its pulse-pounding boss battles with characters we learned about in grade school, the insane set-pieces that redefine the term itself, and the jaw-dropping graphics that still hold up today mark it as one of the best games ever released on the PlayStation 3 and undoubtedly the best game in the series. This, of course, leads us to the third installment. Though the second game shifted the bad guy from Ares to Zeus, the themes (such as they were) remained more or less the same: someone betrays Kratos and then Kratos smashes heads open until he gets to them, one way or another. While it refined the mechanics and added a bunch of improvements (among them: more boss battles, a few mini-games, and a lot more game variety) it kept the same basic conceit that powered the first game: Kratos is a proud fool seeking eternal vengeance on those who wrong him. The second game brought more of the same.
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