If Chains of Olympus looks and plays anything like this on the PSP, then this game is a technical marvel. The fact that Ready at Dawn managed to essentially recreate the PS2 games on a handheld is impressive. It's just unfortunate that the focus was entirely on recreating that experience--this feels exactly the same as the two console games. That's not an entirely bad thing, but I found myself wondering why I needed to upgrade my Blades of Chaos a third time to unlock the same combos I'd already been using for two games. It's still God of War, so it's still a good time, but it could've forged more of an identity for itself rather than simply aping its console big brothers.

Reviewed on Jun 20, 2023


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