The game is extremely good at putting space between battles, and making them feel more exciting as a result.
It also helps to break up the pacing – spending a few minutes pushing blocks and turning cranks gives you a much needed breather before the next big fight. You’ll feel like you’ve hit a brick wall the moment that you come up against them, which makes finding a solution all the more satisfying. While there aren’t a great number of puzzles throughout the adventure, the few that are included are well designed. It’s arguably the most satisfying that the action has ever felt but, at its core, it still boils down to the same blend of right analogue stick dodges and Square, Square, Triangle inputs. The series’ familiar Rage mechanic has also been adapted, allowing you to build up special attacks more frequently during combat encounters, rather than save them up over the course of multiple battles. You can now latch onto enemies from a distance, instantly closing gaps in an almost Batman: Arkham City-esque manner. The combat feels faster, partly due to an increased focus on the character’s blades. That’s not to say that the action hasn’t been refined in Kratos’ latest eight hour adventure, though. It leaves the game in an odd position, boasting the beauty of Aphrodite without the precise purpose of a Greek God. But it’s also bankable, and as a non-numbered instalment in a long-running franchise, predictable in places. The prequel to Sony Santa Monica’s savage Spartan series thrives on years of iteration, delivering the slickest entry in the series yet. God of War: Ascension is the strange type of title that could only exist at the end of a console’s lifespan.
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