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Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio
Publisher: SCE
Release Date: March 12-15, 2013
Vengeance is born in the fires of betrayal in this prequel to the God of War franchise. Six months have passed since Kratos stood over the bodies of his wife and child, his hands stained with their blood - tricked by Ares into murdering the only people he ever loved. Swearing to avenge them, Kratos broke the blood oath that bound him to Ares, but oaths to Olympus are not so easily broken... Sentenced to an eternity chained within a prison for the living damned, Kratos battles insanity at the hands of the Furies. He will be tested as he seeks freedom, redemption for his sins, and the clarity to avenge his family. Ascension is cannonically the first game in the series. The will show a more humane Kratos, at this point in his life, he's not the angry yelling sociopath.
Game Director Todd Pappy
Quote:
Producer Ariel Lawrence, on voice over motion capture
Weapon system: The same as previous GoW games. Kratos can now steal weapons from his enemies, they can be combined with the Blades of Chaos for powerful secondary attacks.
Life Cycle: is a new ability for manipulating time. It is used to rebuild destroyed structures aswel as in combat to slow down enemies. It does not drain Kratos' magic, insteadd it recharges on its own. Its very similar to the Amulet of the Fates from GoW II.
Earn in-game DLC rewards with Rise of the Warrior
God of War Ascension features multiplayer for up to 8 players. Teams consists of Spartans or Trojans and players can align themselves with one the gods. You will start as a lowly warrior who pledges himself to a god and compete to bring glory and honor to Zeus, Ares, Poseidon, or Hades. Gain their Favor to master new abilities, magic, armor, and unique weapons as you rise to become the favored Champion and Legend of Olympus. There are 4 different modes:
Modes
Team Favour of the Gods
Two teams try to reach a target amount of points for victory. Points are earned for killing warriors of the other team and conquering platforms or opening chests, whoever reaches 8000 points first wins the match. A chained cyclope named Polyphemus will interfere when players come too close, it can be attacked when the Spear of Olympus falls from the heavens. The team that kills him gains an extra 1000 points.
Favour of the Gods
Free for all, whoever gets the most kills wins.
Team Capture the Flag
A classic multiplayer mode, teams steal the other team's flag and bring it back to their bases. Whoever collected the most flags wins.
Trial of the Gods
2 player co-op(horde) mode.
Challenge of the Gods
Like the previvous games: defeat hoards of mythical creatures.
Maps:
Rotunda of Olympus: players will allign themselves here with one of the gods.
Desert of Lost Souls: with the cyclope Polyphemus
Hercules' Forum: Hercules watches the warriors fighting below him, he'll occassionally jump down and cause shockwaves.
Labyrinth of DaeDalus
Bog of the Forgotten
Walls of Troy
The last 3 maps were revealed in the Inception&Deception trailer
(1 yet to be revealed map!)
Costumes:
Mythological Heroes pack:
Achilles Armor
Odysseus Armor
Orion Armor
Perseus Armor
King Leonidas Armor (Gamestop pre-order)
Champion's Armour (PS+ beta players)
Armor of Artemis
Armor of Phobos
Armor of Morpheus
Armor of Typhon
Krakon Armor
Kratos is the main protagonist of the God of War series, he was a Spartan general.
Orkos: He is a primordial and helps Kratos against the Furies
Megaera: Megaera is the first of three Furies that Kratos must defeat
US
$79.99
Premium steelbook case
6” statue of Kratos
dynamic theme
avatar pack
48h XP boost
Full OST (digital)
Legacy bundle
Europe
Same benefits as the NA version
Special edition
Bundles
Standard edition with GoW: Ascension controller
All pre-orders will have access to the Mythological Heroes pack
RAGE trailer (Amazing fan trailer by xenorevlis)
Official trailers
Destructoid - 9/10
PSU - 9/10
Machinima - 8.5/10
TSA - 8/10
OPM UK - 8/10
Gamespot - 8/10
PushSquare - 8/10
GamesRadar - 7/10
Edge - 7/10
Publisher: SCE
Release Date: March 12-15, 2013
Vengeance is born in the fires of betrayal in this prequel to the God of War franchise. Six months have passed since Kratos stood over the bodies of his wife and child, his hands stained with their blood - tricked by Ares into murdering the only people he ever loved. Swearing to avenge them, Kratos broke the blood oath that bound him to Ares, but oaths to Olympus are not so easily broken... Sentenced to an eternity chained within a prison for the living damned, Kratos battles insanity at the hands of the Furies. He will be tested as he seeks freedom, redemption for his sins, and the clarity to avenge his family. Ascension is cannonically the first game in the series. The will show a more humane Kratos, at this point in his life, he's not the angry yelling sociopath.
Game Director Todd Pappy
Quote:
Producer Ariel Lawrence, on voice over motion capture
Weapon system: The same as previous GoW games. Kratos can now steal weapons from his enemies, they can be combined with the Blades of Chaos for powerful secondary attacks.
Life Cycle: is a new ability for manipulating time. It is used to rebuild destroyed structures aswel as in combat to slow down enemies. It does not drain Kratos' magic, insteadd it recharges on its own. Its very similar to the Amulet of the Fates from GoW II.
Earn in-game DLC rewards with Rise of the Warrior
God of War Ascension features multiplayer for up to 8 players. Teams consists of Spartans or Trojans and players can align themselves with one the gods. You will start as a lowly warrior who pledges himself to a god and compete to bring glory and honor to Zeus, Ares, Poseidon, or Hades. Gain their Favor to master new abilities, magic, armor, and unique weapons as you rise to become the favored Champion and Legend of Olympus. There are 4 different modes:
Modes
Team Favour of the Gods
Two teams try to reach a target amount of points for victory. Points are earned for killing warriors of the other team and conquering platforms or opening chests, whoever reaches 8000 points first wins the match. A chained cyclope named Polyphemus will interfere when players come too close, it can be attacked when the Spear of Olympus falls from the heavens. The team that kills him gains an extra 1000 points.
Favour of the Gods
Free for all, whoever gets the most kills wins.
Team Capture the Flag
A classic multiplayer mode, teams steal the other team's flag and bring it back to their bases. Whoever collected the most flags wins.
Trial of the Gods
2 player co-op(horde) mode.
Challenge of the Gods
Like the previvous games: defeat hoards of mythical creatures.
Maps:
Rotunda of Olympus: players will allign themselves here with one of the gods.
Desert of Lost Souls: with the cyclope Polyphemus
Hercules' Forum: Hercules watches the warriors fighting below him, he'll occassionally jump down and cause shockwaves.
Labyrinth of DaeDalus
Bog of the Forgotten
Walls of Troy
The last 3 maps were revealed in the Inception&Deception trailer
(1 yet to be revealed map!)
Costumes:
Mythological Heroes pack:
Achilles Armor
Odysseus Armor
Orion Armor
Perseus Armor
King Leonidas Armor (Gamestop pre-order)
Champion's Armour (PS+ beta players)
Armor of Artemis
Armor of Phobos
Armor of Morpheus
Armor of Typhon
Krakon Armor
Kratos is the main protagonist of the God of War series, he was a Spartan general.
Orkos: He is a primordial and helps Kratos against the Furies
Megaera: Megaera is the first of three Furies that Kratos must defeat
US
$79.99
Premium steelbook case
6” statue of Kratos
dynamic theme
avatar pack
48h XP boost
Full OST (digital)
Legacy bundle
Europe
Same benefits as the NA version
Special edition
Bundles
Standard edition with GoW: Ascension controller
All pre-orders will have access to the Mythological Heroes pack
RAGE trailer (Amazing fan trailer by xenorevlis)
Official trailers
Destructoid - 9/10
PSU - 9/10
Machinima - 8.5/10
TSA - 8/10
OPM UK - 8/10
Gamespot - 8/10
PushSquare - 8/10
GamesRadar - 7/10
Edge - 7/10
Special thanks to xenorevlis and BruceLeeRoy!
