Wow… I can’t think of any other way to start off talking about the God of War demo aside from that… just… WOW!

I felt like an unstoppable Spartan straight out of 300 as I ripped hordes of Persian soldiers to shreds. Sure, it was more button mashing than muscle for me, but it was still an immensely satisfying experience.

It’s not just the action in this game that reminded me of 300, the colors, graphics and music all had a similar feel. Not sure if everyone will see it, but in my case I couldn’t ignore it. I found myself lingering in sections of the demo where enemies would spawn purely to delight in dispatching as many of them as I could. When there were no soldiers left I would move on to the next hot spot and repeat the process. I continued playing this way through the demo several times until not a single Persian soldier dared oppose me. What a rush.

I have never played God of War title before, but Chains of Olympus has me contemplating picking up the two previous PS2 titles. Hell, when God of War 3 rears it’s head on the PS3 I will be hard pressed for willpower to resist making the purchase (of the game and the PS3 that is).

The full version of Chains of Olympus isn’t set to be released until March 3, so it’ll be a while before I can fully put the portable Kratos through the paces. To say I am eagerly looking forward to that day would be a massive understatement.

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