God of War

Approximately 24 hours from now God of War III will be released upon the masses, at least for the gamers of Central Texas. According to SCEA Santa Monica, this will be the last game of the series, and will end the plot arc that was developed for the first game. However, it has not been that long a wait for me, as I just finished the God of War games a few months ago.

I first bought God of War several years ago, and played the hell out of it. Until I stopped playing it, for whatever reason. Several years passed, I moved, went to school, got busy doing other stuff. Some friends of mine decided to come and visit me for spring break in 2007, which happened to coincide with the release of God of War II. I realized I had never finished God of War I, so I pressed into it, beat some ass and killed lots of harpies, and I ended up getting fucking stuck near the end on the conveyor belt sequence. Those of you who have played the game know what I am talking about.

God of War II came out, and due to peer pressure I picked up a copy. I brought it home, stuck it on my shelf, and fully fucking intended to finish the first one, and rock out hard with the second one. However, that never happened, because I never finished the first one. I could never get past the conveyor belt part. I don't know how many times I got crushed by rocks, killed by fucking harpies, shot by whatever the fuck, it would never happen. I finally put it away, and never did pick the game back up. Which basically meant that I would never play the second game.

The game sat on my shelf, unopened, taunting me. I guess I could have returned it, but I actually did intend on finishing the first game. Well, that never happened because that summer my god damn TV died. I came home from the movies one day, and it would not fucking work. I could have played the game in other ways, but I chose not to.

In Spring of 2008, when GTA IV came out, I picked up a 40 GB PS3. I looked around for a BC PS3, and there were some, but it was too much trouble and I really just wanted to play PS3 games at that point. Another year and a half pass, more games, work, other shit, whatever. Summer gaming season 2009 rolls around, and in the flurry of Batman, L4D2, and all the other shit, the God of War Collection was announced in late August. Note: God of War II is still unopened on my shelf.

When the Collection came out, I went into Gamestop with my unopened copy of God of War II, and traded it in for about 5 bucks. I take the collection home, and beat the ever living shit out of it, and man it was good. Fucking brilliant pair of games. However, I sure as shit hope that God of War II is the only game I will ever buy twice, but only beat once.