Disclaimer: I am counting my playthrough as completed because I beat God of War already on an original PS2 copy; I technically only played through God of War II in the collection, but I wasn't about to go replay a game I had literally just beat. Nonetheless, I am reviewing this as a collection, since I don't think it would feel right for me to use this to only talk about God of War II.
So, the God of War series is definitely one of Sony's most iconic IPs. Having played through the first game separately on PS2 and the second game through this collection, I can definitely see why. They are well designed and almost cinematic (for the time) type of games that are a lot of fun to go through, with cool puzzles, platforming, and great combat. Both games are excellent, though I think I would say 2 is my favorite overall since I feel its just an improvement over the first in every way. Way more boss fights, more movement options, some nice quality of life changes, more weapons, different play styles (flying Pegasus segments), more streamlined experience overall...God of War II is just the better game to me. Regardless, both these games are excellent and I'd recommend them to anyone who's a fan of action games like Devil May Cry.
As a collection, this game includes God of War, God of War II, and bonus features for God of War II that I didn't bother to look at but are a nice addition to make this collection stand out a little more. Both games are exactly the same as the PS2 originals but they're in wide screen and have been improved graphically. I would argue that alone makes it superior to playing the original PS2 versions, but of course you may not care about the graphical improvements or you may not own a PS3. There's apparently a Vita version of this, too, but I can't tell you what that looks like since I only played this on PS3. If I had to complain about anything in this, it would be that the screen does feel a little stretched out to reach the widescreen, but it feels like they did a good job making the actual game fit this naturally. I only noticed it because, whenever there's text on screen, its noticeably stretched out compared to the originals. The games look great and run excellent, I have no complaints with the quality of this collection. I think there's even some improvements to the saving, since I feel like the game saved and loaded much faster than the original PS2 versions, but I can't say for sure since I could be mistaken.
Overall, God of War Collection is a great compilation containing probably the best ways to play these excellent games. It gets a solid 4 stars from me; same rating I gave the original God of War.
So, the God of War series is definitely one of Sony's most iconic IPs. Having played through the first game separately on PS2 and the second game through this collection, I can definitely see why. They are well designed and almost cinematic (for the time) type of games that are a lot of fun to go through, with cool puzzles, platforming, and great combat. Both games are excellent, though I think I would say 2 is my favorite overall since I feel its just an improvement over the first in every way. Way more boss fights, more movement options, some nice quality of life changes, more weapons, different play styles (flying Pegasus segments), more streamlined experience overall...God of War II is just the better game to me. Regardless, both these games are excellent and I'd recommend them to anyone who's a fan of action games like Devil May Cry.
As a collection, this game includes God of War, God of War II, and bonus features for God of War II that I didn't bother to look at but are a nice addition to make this collection stand out a little more. Both games are exactly the same as the PS2 originals but they're in wide screen and have been improved graphically. I would argue that alone makes it superior to playing the original PS2 versions, but of course you may not care about the graphical improvements or you may not own a PS3. There's apparently a Vita version of this, too, but I can't tell you what that looks like since I only played this on PS3. If I had to complain about anything in this, it would be that the screen does feel a little stretched out to reach the widescreen, but it feels like they did a good job making the actual game fit this naturally. I only noticed it because, whenever there's text on screen, its noticeably stretched out compared to the originals. The games look great and run excellent, I have no complaints with the quality of this collection. I think there's even some improvements to the saving, since I feel like the game saved and loaded much faster than the original PS2 versions, but I can't say for sure since I could be mistaken.
Overall, God of War Collection is a great compilation containing probably the best ways to play these excellent games. It gets a solid 4 stars from me; same rating I gave the original God of War.