Ascension Descending

GOW:ASCENSION

 

"GOD OF WAR", the Epic Game which never failed in presenting us an unusual experience of awe and wonder is back to make the audience sink into its world.

ASCENSION is the latest outing of blood busy kratos in Greece to kill Ares to free his bond to Gods.

STORY:

KRATOS:BLOOD BATH

Story traces Ares trickery on kratos to kill his family. In fury, Kratos refuses to abide by Ares making him the target of imprisonment by Three Furies. In Prison, With Help of Oath Keeper Orkos, Kratos learns about Ares evil plans to overthrow Olympus and escapes from prison. He starts his bloody quest and ends by killing all the three furies, but fate has some other plans for him....

Story has much emphasis on Kratos's emotional side which we havenot experienced in previous games, but the question is that "Has the emotional content has been crafted well?"

 

 

GAMEPLAY

Ascension toes on the lines similar to previous installments (i.e) Third person perspective. The combat system has been pruned and refined to maximum to provide us a new experience.

All of the previous moves have been retained and placed with purpose for a new experience. The new gameplay mechanics is a pleasure to use and kill.

MULTIPLAYER:GOOD ONE

First of the first time, player can experience multi-player feature up to 8 partners. Each player can control unique god or warrior who inturn have their own abilities and powers.

 There are four multi-player modes: Team Favor of the Gods, Match of Champions, Trial of the Gods, and Capture the Flag.

 The visuals are stunning than it's predecessors, the slick animations and textures along with ultra-realistic environments and characters, is just perfect for all the gamers and sinks us like a rock in water.

VERDICT:

Ascension desperately tries hard to hold the gamers to provide a new visual experience which transcends its predecessors. But somewhere it has lost it's path in the execution.

The Emotional Quotient has gone blurred in kratos blood thirst. The story which promised more diversity , has also slided into monotonous which just exposes kratos blood lust than his love for family.

The Multiplayer feature, though a welcome addition still needs to be tuned for game-play.

Though all these negatives might seem too big to handle for kratos, Still he has his moments in Killing all his nemesis and stamps himself as a true epic Hero(Villain) among the gamers.

RATING - 8/10.

For all the blood bashers, GOW - ASCENSION is a safe bet to hold on........