And, it could be argued that Kratos does bear some of the weight of the guilt on his own shoulders considering that of it being him himself that called upon ares to win the battle with the barbarians.
Ascension is the most skill intensive of any GoW game. The rage meter is a big part of that. You have to EARN the power and you have to KEEP it. Every fight was so intense on max difficulty. That last fight riding the statue up was horrendously difficult but I felt like a king by the end.
23:04 Can we just appreciate how amazing that shot is? I wasn't scared of Kronos or Thamur but that shot legitimately terrified me and shows just how courageous Kratos is for being willing to take it on.
Thank you very much! I was looking forward to this! Ascension gets put down a lot because it came after GOW3. So the bar was set very high, and nobody really thinks about the fact that this story takes place chronologically much earlier.
I hope sony eventually either do a remaster of all 6 Greek games with updated textures and assets and release them as a collection or at least port them over and release it as a collection in higher resolution
I was one of those caught up in the fatigue back in the day and I remember putting the game down because of that. As a kid it was the first time that I felt that something I loved could be tiring. Welcome to adulthood little me, welcome :)
From personal experience It’s the flashbacks. They really take you out of the story. While the game hyped you up thanks to the beginning. It really gets you bored when you spend an hour or two in a flashback when you just wanna get back to where you left off with the furys
I finally appreciate somebody actually telling the great about God of war Ascension everybody used to talk s*** about it but I'm not going to lie it's one of my favorite God of war games probably my second one besides God of war 3
Strangely the scale still wows me, I picked up a PSP game for first time a few days ago. And was just floored watching ships get swallowes and ripped apart in the opening.
3:45 I’m in cosmetology school to become a barber, and we went over the chapter in our books about infectious, scabies is no joke and you don’t want it…the book shows it and I will forever be mortified about it
Probably the most underrated god of war game, has my favorite combat system, because of the counter mechanic all the enemies are super aggressive, just how I like it 😍😍😍
My brother loves the live action trailer. After playing it despite not finishing it, it’s such a fun game and overall wanted to hear TC Carson’s voice work before Christopher judge took over. All in all God Of War Ascension is a good game.
I'm actually surprised he didn't give a win to trying to save the oracle. Yeah it was for his own purpose, but before he had even said a thing he tried to save her life.
Kratos is my favourite vidio game character and I'm going to be somewhat sad when ragnarok comes out because we will have to wait a decade to see him again
i really wish Santa Monica would push to bring back the multiplayer as a live support. It would really succeed. i feel like that type of game is actually really needed right now. There arent any multiplayer games that make you feel like a badass, while being graphically pleasing with combat and gore, the skill separation, the diversity in how the weapons and armor looked, the game was decently balanced and you felt like a badass WHILE completing the objective. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!
consistency, true. except I love the music and soundtracks of Ascension a lot, 2nd to GOW 3 in my opinion. The soundtracks when fighting the Manticore and (especially) Trial of Archimedes will always something I want to hear again. feels like Kratos is doing heroic labors that rivals Hercules'
Been binging this god of war series of videos and it inspired me to get into the games, starting with 2018 then I might play the older ones before I get to Ragnarok. Im loving it so far
I got to the God of War franchise pretty late, so for me this was amazing and didn't really experience the fatigue, having played the whole saga back to back on the PS3. Yay for me, as I thoroughly enjoyed it as a prequel. Dude you should totally go for The Witcher 3. It would probably be a 2-hour video I'd gladly watch.
Don't know how good it is to capture, but the PSP titles also got with the God of War: Origins Collection (or God of War Collection - Volume II) a remaster for PS3, maybe that's an adequate alternative
I'm surprised you didn't play the PSP GOW game. It quite simply among the Top 10 PSP games of its history while also having a nice gameplay flow & maintaining its awesome world scaling
@@godzillazfriction He mentioned that he was streaming this one, so he's probably playing them on a PS4 or PS5. The origins collection isn't available to stream on those systems. Just 1, 2, and Ascension.
Never got to play ascension Tbh never knew it existed until I started to watch timeline videos, good to see GamingWins talk about it so I know whats going on xD
The sound design in this game alone is really impressive. The way the blades slam on the ground as the chains whip around has never been more satisfying in any other GoW game, even in 2018 or Ragnarök.
I genuinely feel about this game how i feel about ds 2 where it feels like if it wasnt released when it was itd be more liked, however it comes after what is probably the best in series and falls into the flaws of earlier games and so doesnt get a lot of credit.
I'm so mad they took chains of Olympus and ghost of Sparta from ps now. Ghost of Sparta is one of the best gow stories in my opinion, I have grown a great appreciation for ascension.
im pretty sure this has been the only god of war game i played, watching the video some of the scenes look familiar to me same with the locations and camera placements, ive been scratching my brain trying to figure out which god of war it was that i played and im pretty sure its this even the cover looks familiar to me, so thanks for reminding me of this game.
GOW ascension is not the best game of the saga, but this games has so much content for the lore of Kratos , it’s worth it. Also this game story happens before Chains Of Olympus.
Gow:a was hecking great I really didn't get the hate but I was younger and didn't really know about the hate I saw the e3 showing and I was ready to play it
I think my least favorite thing about this game is that it turns the first game into what it's not, but everyone thinks it is; a basic revenge story. I know he's rather controversial right now, but UnderTheMayo made a REALLY great video on why the first game isn't a revenge story, and I highly recommend watching it. He makes a lot of great points (for once), and some of those are basic and icon moments in the game, like it's opening cutscene.
ive always agreed on all the nice compliments from all the gow games, and even if ascensions wasnt the best game and people didnt liked it, there is still alot of good to see here and its always better to see the plusses than the minuses on a game side note: for the psp games there is a way to play them on consoles i believe if its hard to record on the psp itself, or emulation works as well too, (my first gow game ive played was coo on my phone and i was blown away from the gameplay and the whole gow game saga and i would die to see a god coo video T^T)
FANALLY someone agrees that God of war ascension is good you are the first person I like God of war ascension besides the other people in the comments they also loved ir to but FANALLY someone agrees with me
I like how the Spartans in the gauntlet fight with empowered weapons, I always thought Kratos's where special in ghost of Sparta, nope, all spartans had magic weapons
@ 5:04 GOW:ASCENSION Multiplayer was the best thing that happened to this game. I wish they brought that concept to GOW:RAGNOROK Norse mythology style.
I'd love to see your take on Devil May Cry of Shin Megami Tensei with their stories and demons. Your optimism is a breath of fresh air and it's great to see your views on these games.
I never finished Ascension. After slugging through the Trial of Archimedes I finally got past it... only to find the next section for me was glitched and broke my game. It is certainly nice to see the rest of the story. Also sad I never played the multiplayer of this game. It looked so fun.
The Ghost of Sparta. He lived as a warrior. He died as a god. He suffered the ultimate sacrifice . He has been denied release. Death could not claim him. Fate could not hold him. And on that fateful day The Man The Myth The Legend The Destroyer of Worlds Slayer of his own kin Would have his Revenge.
Win like 85ish: nah man. Kratos not only just gets bored and uses the environment, my man is possibly the most resourceful video game protagonists of all time. Much better than 95% of survival game protagonists.
Although Ascension's gameplay was still solid, the whole story made it kind of a drag to get through by the end. Still enjoyed it but I don't usually replay
Whenever I watch anything god of war I always say to myself “if ares didn’t make kratos kill his family none of this would’ve happened”
And, it could be argued that Kratos does bear some of the weight of the guilt on his own shoulders considering that of it being him himself that called upon ares to win the battle with the barbarians.
If Kratos accepted defeat at the hands of the barbarians, none of this would have happened.
@@YaBoiBrendoif the barbarians never invaded sparta none of this would have happen
@@skylerwarren7300 if the primordials didn't fight. There would be nothing at all.
Ascension is the most skill intensive of any GoW game. The rage meter is a big part of that. You have to EARN the power and you have to KEEP it. Every fight was so intense on max difficulty. That last fight riding the statue up was horrendously difficult but I felt like a king by the end.
Without a doubt the best long battle in the greek saga
This game is probably the one where Kratos’ skin looks the most ashen. That’s very neat
God of War 3 and Ascension have aged like a fine wine... they looked fantastic when they were new and they still look great now.
23:04
Can we just appreciate how amazing that shot is?
I wasn't scared of Kronos or Thamur but that shot legitimately terrified me and shows just how courageous Kratos is for being willing to take it on.
absolutely! this game and GoW 2005 did some great work with horror elements!
Thank you very much! I was looking forward to this! Ascension gets put down a lot because it came after GOW3. So the bar was set very high, and nobody really thinks about the fact that this story takes place chronologically much earlier.
These series of videos on God Of War is quite enjoyable to watch
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The multiplayer was amazing for this game and I actually really like the story even though it's very flawed
How is it flawed?
I adored the multiplayer! I forgot it existed until this video came up
@@wrathguy don't bother waiting since no one can actually point out flaws in a story even when it is a good written one
@@godzillazfriction I never thought I'd see the day that people would be calling Ascension a well written game but here we are
@@RozKounelakion ok tell me how is it badly written since so many ppl don't like explaining why.... don't be shy.... say the word...
I hope sony eventually either do a remaster of all 6 Greek games with updated textures and assets and release them as a collection or at least port them over and release it as a collection in higher resolution
They need to fix the audio for ascension first. Its so bugged
I was one of those caught up in the fatigue back in the day and I remember putting the game down because of that. As a kid it was the first time that I felt that something I loved could be tiring. Welcome to adulthood little me, welcome :)
I never understood why ppl didn't like this game! I'm glad to see some appreciation for it
From personal experience It’s the flashbacks. They really take you out of the story.
While the game hyped you up thanks to the beginning. It really gets you bored when you spend an hour or two in a flashback when you just wanna get back to where you left off with the furys
Multiplayer was good until all the microtransaction
I finally appreciate somebody actually telling the great about God of war Ascension everybody used to talk s*** about it but I'm not going to lie it's one of my favorite God of war games probably my second one besides God of war 3
I like how Kratos’ skin actually looks ashen in this one as opposed to just being gray
I personally feel like every god of war game was fantastic and I never felt like I was playing a weak entry when going through them all
This is awesome, watching all of got reviews is like a movie this is fun as hell!
Strangely the scale still wows me, I picked up a PSP game for first time a few days ago. And was just floored watching ships get swallowes and ripped apart in the opening.
The PSP titles were ported to the PS3 with their own disc set or even the God of War saga collection
God, I'm glad I've been with you a while. I love watching you grow and improve your voice acting yourself. Keep it up king, don't ever stop.
3:45 I’m in cosmetology school to become a barber, and we went over the chapter in our books about infectious, scabies is no joke and you don’t want it…the book shows it and I will forever be mortified about it
Probably the most underrated god of war game, has my favorite combat system, because of the counter mechanic all the enemies are super aggressive, just how I like it 😍😍😍
You could still play GOW Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta because they were made remastered or something as a collection for the PS3
My brother loves the live action trailer.
After playing it despite not finishing it, it’s such a fun game and overall wanted to hear TC Carson’s voice work before Christopher judge took over. All in all God Of War Ascension is a good game.
9:32 Kratos is GOW3 : dont mind if i do 😂
I'm actually surprised he didn't give a win to trying to save the oracle. Yeah it was for his own purpose, but before he had even said a thing he tried to save her life.
I loved ascension when it came out. I think it was a pretty cool and intresting prequel.
Kratos is my favourite vidio game character and I'm going to be somewhat sad when ragnarok comes out because we will have to wait a decade to see him again
10:00 I think Santa Monica is just cracked, and really excels at pushing their hardware to the absolute limit.
i really wish Santa Monica would push to bring back the multiplayer as a live support. It would really succeed. i feel like that type of game is actually really needed right now. There arent any multiplayer games that make you feel like a badass, while being graphically pleasing with combat and gore, the skill separation, the diversity in how the weapons and armor looked, the game was decently balanced and you felt like a badass WHILE completing the objective. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!
consistency, true. except I love the music and soundtracks of Ascension a lot, 2nd to GOW 3 in my opinion. The soundtracks when fighting the Manticore and (especially) Trial of Archimedes will always something I want to hear again. feels like Kratos is doing heroic labors that rivals Hercules'
Keeping knocking this awesome videos out for these classics!
Been binging this god of war series of videos and it inspired me to get into the games, starting with 2018 then I might play the older ones before I get to Ragnarok. Im loving it so far
The PSP titles, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta were ported to PS3. That's where I played them.
That elevator ride is responsible for my only broken controller... never did complete this one because of that exact reason.
Every time this guy releases a video, I am brought to joy
Honestly this is my favorite out of the original series
Five down, two to go, looking forward to your videos on Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta
I got to the God of War franchise pretty late, so for me this was amazing and didn't really experience the fatigue, having played the whole saga back to back on the PS3. Yay for me, as I thoroughly enjoyed it as a prequel.
Dude you should totally go for The Witcher 3. It would probably be a 2-hour video I'd gladly watch.
Don't know how good it is to capture, but the PSP titles also got with the God of War: Origins Collection (or God of War Collection - Volume II) a remaster for PS3, maybe that's an adequate alternative
I'm surprised you didn't play the PSP GOW game. It quite simply among the Top 10 PSP games of its history while also having a nice gameplay flow & maintaining its awesome world scaling
He didn't say that he haven't played them
He's just ain't gonna make a video about 'em because there's no easy way he can record the gameplay with
@@lightdestroyer3007 but it's on the ps3 soooooo
@@godzillazfriction He mentioned that he was streaming this one, so he's probably playing them on a PS4 or PS5. The origins collection isn't available to stream on those systems. Just 1, 2, and Ascension.
Never got to play ascension Tbh never knew it existed until I started to watch timeline videos, good to see GamingWins talk about it so I know whats going on xD
Zesty is gonna love this one, most underrated GOW.
This game was really underrated
Really surprised you’ve not passed a million subscribers yet, your day is definitely coming
The sound design in this game alone is really impressive. The way the blades slam on the ground as the chains whip around has never been more satisfying in any other GoW game, even in 2018 or Ragnarök.
Please do some of these for chains of olympus and ghost of sparta!
I genuinely feel about this game how i feel about ds 2 where it feels like if it wasnt released when it was itd be more liked, however it comes after what is probably the best in series and falls into the flaws of earlier games and so doesnt get a lot of credit.
I'm so mad they took chains of Olympus and ghost of Sparta from ps now. Ghost of Sparta is one of the best gow stories in my opinion, I have grown a great appreciation for ascension.
Flashes Out kratos character so much and makes you understand him just a little bit more
im pretty sure this has been the only god of war game i played, watching the video some of the scenes look familiar to me same with the locations and camera placements, ive been scratching my brain trying to figure out which god of war it was that i played and im pretty sure its this even the cover looks familiar to me, so thanks for reminding me of this game.
9:30 I misheard that as “EYES of Poseidon”, which would have been a brutal callback/forward
GOW ascension is not the best game of the saga, but this games has so much content for the lore of Kratos , it’s worth it.
Also this game story happens before Chains Of Olympus.
Gow:a was hecking great I really didn't get the hate but I was younger and didn't really know about the hate
I saw the e3 showing and I was ready to play it
Nice, I didn't even know this game existed. Thanks for introducing me.
I think my least favorite thing about this game is that it turns the first game into what it's not, but everyone thinks it is; a basic revenge story.
I know he's rather controversial right now, but UnderTheMayo made a REALLY great video on why the first game isn't a revenge story, and I highly recommend watching it. He makes a lot of great points (for once), and some of those are basic and icon moments in the game, like it's opening cutscene.
GamingWins: the gift that keeps on giving
22:59 Eyes were like, "Oh S***!"
Coming in with top tier content recently 👌 ❤️
The most underrated GOW Game Out there seriously still cant quite Grasp the hate for it
17:19 forgot to censor something, also amazing reviews
Love your videos!
ive always agreed on all the nice compliments from all the gow games, and even if ascensions wasnt the best game and people didnt liked it, there is still alot of good to see here and its always better to see the plusses than the minuses on a game
side note: for the psp games there is a way to play them on consoles i believe if its hard to record on the psp itself, or emulation works as well too, (my first gow game ive played was coo on my phone and i was blown away from the gameplay and the whole gow game saga and i would die to see a god coo video T^T)
Yeah Chains and ghost of Sparta are both on ps3
Knew to your channel but enjoy your videos specially your cover of God of War games and Red Dead Redemption 1&2 hope see many more of your videos
FANALLY someone agrees that God of war ascension is good you are the first person I like God of war ascension besides the other people in the comments they also loved ir to but FANALLY someone agrees with me
I like how the Spartans in the gauntlet fight with empowered weapons, I always thought Kratos's where special in ghost of Sparta, nope, all spartans had magic weapons
Probably not _all,_ but magic and divine empowerment is not uncommon in this world.
@@Michaeljefferson9000 yeah, no wonder they were a force to b wreckoned with
Idk if im the first but you need to play dmc series except dmc 2 its essential that you do since we doing hack and slash
@ 5:04 GOW:ASCENSION Multiplayer was the best thing that happened to this game. I wish they brought that concept to GOW:RAGNOROK Norse mythology style.
I'd love to see your take on Devil May Cry of Shin Megami Tensei with their stories and demons. Your optimism is a breath of fresh air and it's great to see your views on these games.
9:33 Oh Kratos did take The EYES of Poseidon in GOW 3
I never finished Ascension. After slugging through the Trial of Archimedes I finally got past it... only to find the next section for me was glitched and broke my game. It is certainly nice to see the rest of the story. Also sad I never played the multiplayer of this game. It looked so fun.
For me, I had to get a different copy of God of war 2 for similar reasons, being broken code.
I'm quite certain that the staircase view from above is supposed to symbolize the nautilus shell because of the corkscrew spinning outward effect
20:58 I'm not the only one who heard that notification, right?
Omg thank you imma watchhhhh
Yo I'm early! And I am so hyped for Ragnarok!
Can't wait to see you review GoW Ragnarok!
Can’t wait for your Ragnarok video, hopefully it’s a two parter
Great video! Do you replay the games for each video? If so, did you use PsNOW/PS+ or did you play on ps3?
Keep up the good work I hope the next franchise is the Battelfield franchise
I really want a remaster of this game. Never played it, but it looks really good. Not willing to get a ps3 for this game
I think theyre is a PS4 Version
@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 ther is if 3. Not this game sadly
I just noticed instead of saying Aries, he says Kratos, when he meant to say, when Ares was groveling about making him the perfect warrior
are you gonna do Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta? I personally played those games the most on psp growing up.
Here we go again. GamingWins with the 4th video in a short time span- ghost of Sparta and chains of Olympus maybe 🥺?
never mind GamingWins just shattered all the hope J had in the video 😭
Since you mentioned it in the video, would you ever do the Kingdom Hearts series?
After this, gotta do the other console exclusive GOW :) (do gears of war)
The first shot of kratos he's in the hecatonchiries mouth
You can see the teeth when the fury was in front of him
What do you mean? You can play the PSP games ON the ps3 at 1080p... (God of War : Origins Collection)
Can someone give me a brief explanation of why how ascension was terrible I watched the whole gameplay and it looks so fun to play
We need a remaster!!
The Ghost of Sparta.
He lived as a warrior.
He died as a god.
He suffered the ultimate sacrifice .
He has been denied release.
Death could not claim him.
Fate could not hold him.
And on that fateful day
The Man
The Myth
The Legend
The Destroyer of Worlds
Slayer of his own kin
Would have his Revenge.
Not all are direct quotes but you get the idea.
I don't know how can this game run on PS3, it looks much better than early PS4
I love this gow videos expecting a one for ragnarok as well
Win like 85ish: nah man. Kratos not only just gets bored and uses the environment, my man is possibly the most resourceful video game protagonists of all time. Much better than 95% of survival game protagonists.
Ascension should've come *before* GoW3. Ascension looks fucking great for a PS3 game, especially Kratos.
Hope you do Resident Evil 4 anytime soon
Can't even believe you haven't clear the Resident Evil series yet
Although Ascension's gameplay was still solid, the whole story made it kind of a drag to get through by the end. Still enjoyed it but I don't usually replay
GamingWins, could you please do everything great about Saints Row 2 it's the best one in the franchise and in my top 5 games all these years later
You could try a psp emulator for the psp god of war games.
@GamingWins you do know there is a 'origin' bundle for chains of olympus and ghost of sparta for ps3
Ahhh, Therapy.
Thankyou GW.
Did they take inspiration from Kung Fu Panda with how it's the actions of Kratos' captors that ultimately set him loose?
Are you going to do everything great about gow ragnarok?
I hope this means you’ll be doing vids on GOS and COO :)