found out there's a parry in ascension and bruther just throw me in the blender already, my time has come

@KBash

Жыл бұрын

when i inevtiably supercut this i'll make an addendum or swap the segment

@VladTepesVladTepes

Жыл бұрын

​​ I thought that all of the God of War games especially the ones that have the sex mini-games took place after Kratos' wife and daughter had died making him a widower. 1:10

@KBash

Жыл бұрын

@@VladTepesVladTepes yeah I just enjoy jolking about the fact that they're still on his skin

@joshwilson7520

Жыл бұрын

My brother in gaming that'll be the first and last time you'll ever use such janky parry mechanic in the franchise.

@grey5178

Жыл бұрын

It is still quite lacking in comparison with the rest, so no harm no fowl.

It's nice that god of war 3 actually references Chains of Olimpus and Ghost of sparta in some dialogues that few actually notice. Hades says that Kratos killed "his beautiful wife", as she is the final boss in Chains of Olympus. And the greatest mention, is actually Zeus in the end of the game when confronted by Gaia, he says "your pawn has failed you gaia, you should have chosen the other one" is referencing Deimos, as Zeus thought that his birthmarks meant that he was the child of the prophecy that would kill him, but actually was Kratos with his tatoos honoring his brother.

@chrisdaughen5257

Жыл бұрын

That does raise the question why Gaia didn't save Deimos. She was probably waiting for him to get older, but started putting her attention toward Kratos when she saw him becoming a legendary tattooed warrior.

@veemo7954

Жыл бұрын

While kratos is swimming in the blood river you can hear all the stuff that prety much fed kratos' anger and 2 characters stand out to me. One is daimos and other being the final spartan. Contrary how people wanna paint kratos, it shows his regret of teaching his about never backing down and how much the death of sparda affected him

@brentgarlick9605

5 ай бұрын

Lol However Chains of Olympus kind of puts a pretty big question mark for The original god of War where Hades helps Kratos out with the Souls of Hades weapon even though Kratos Just murdered his Wife.

@giorno4859

5 ай бұрын

@@brentgarlick9605 yeah, that's kind of a plot hole, they could have said that hades discovered who murdered persephone in the second game or something like that.

@ThatGuy-ky2yf

4 ай бұрын

​@@giorno4859 Hades was oblivious to Persephone's plan and Morpheus taking over in COO and even other big figures in the underworld like Charon might have been in on it judging by how Charon sought to imprison/kill Kratos. There's also the fact that Pandora's Box amplified the flaws the gods already had. It would've made Hades even more angry and petty about her death than previously.

10:02 Tbf, that moment is really powerful because you know the QTE’s in the GOW series are signs of feats of strength. Yet here Kratos performing a feat of strength: pushing his daughter away. The hardest thing he had to do on an emotional level

@juegobuenoyomalo9501

Жыл бұрын

so powerful press f to respect the powerful moment

@mangaprofilepicture5820

Жыл бұрын

iirc im pretty sure that QTE was literally coded to be harder than all the rest in the game, too

@theredandblueyakuza

Жыл бұрын

What about the ones for his sexual encounters😐

@juegobuenoyomalo9501

Жыл бұрын

@@mangaprofilepicture5820 noooo, noooo, really? can't believe they pulled that off what will they come up with next? kratos fighting his debt as a final boss? kratos dealing with being a shitty father by having to surpass "good father" on the leatherboards on the multiplayer mode? you never know with these wacky guys

@bigtacotime4382

Жыл бұрын

@@juegobuenoyomalo9501 they'll come up with something definitely better than anything you said lol

PSP has everything Tons of unique games Mountain of rpgs you won't find anywhere A lot of fighting games Surprisingly a lot of good ports or sometimes the definitive version of a lot of games or remakes of old games

@kermitwithamustache3885

Жыл бұрын

God of war, Dante's inferno, Birth by sleep, YS 7, the PSP is the GOAT

@SpecShadow

Жыл бұрын

and yet people did repeat that joke from PS3 - "PSP haz no gaemz" which looks funny in retrospective for both PS3 and PSP when compared to PS5 and PS4 library

@petwisk2012

Жыл бұрын

And Still unfortunaly overlooked for the shovewere riddled Nintendo DS (i have and love both)

@frogglen6350

Жыл бұрын

PC did it better

@hhaammzzaattaarraaff3313

11 ай бұрын

Can't argue with that 👍

The consistent use of the Age of Mythology soundtrack is why you truly are one of the smartest on the platform

@MegaMaster1021

7 ай бұрын

God it's just PEAK

A new God of War video!? GOW-WOW GOW-WOW

YEAAAAAAAAAAA BOI NEW KBASH UPLOAD LETS GOOOO

"Blast rope" is a euphemism I'd never thought I hear but was forced to anyway, thanks KB.

Ascension does have a parry It's just tighter. It shows up in your footage but you never mention it

It's interesting hearing your opinion on these often overlooked parts of the god of war franchise. One thing I don't understand though is that Ascension does have a parry. They just gave it an input (I think it was guard plus circle but I could be wrong on the input, haven't played it in years) which required timing instead of getting lucky counters every few seconds, to fit the whole "more skillful" playstyle they were going for. It is a very weird direction to take the gameplay, but as a one off it was interesting at least.

The whole Ghost of Sparta segment is pure catharsis. Thank you for explaining why that is my absolute favorite God of War game in the series, even over GoW2.

Funny thing, that God of War Saga collection you showed a picture of only had Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta as downloadable games, it included a code all of which have expired by now. So that collection no longer contains everything the box says it does. Thankfully they did release the God of War Origins collection which was on a disc so the PS3 versions did get a physical release.

Loved this. That Chuckster bit GOT me. Gow-wow.

19:54 this dude has officially lost his rocker. “One of the weaker aspects of the God of War games is the boss battles” literally one of the driving forces and arguably more celebrated aspects of the series 🤦🏻‍♂️

@hootboi9092

Жыл бұрын

to each their own i guess, i happened to find them frustrating in a lot of cases, the best ones are really good, but the rest are alright or just tedious, none of them are bad though, most people like them which is fine but you'd be surprised by how many people are not all that impressed by them, besides, he did say "IF you ask ME" he's not speaking for everyone, just his personal opinion

Still remember the "Path of Solitude" in Ghost of Sparta. Longest walk ever.

@lightmohamed5700

Жыл бұрын

It was so brilliant

God, seeing KBash praise the God of War trilogy really makes me want to see him check out Darksiders: Genesis after his... Mixed to word it kindly review of the main trilogy. It's also a prequel & it gives a lot of character definition to not only one, but two of the Horsemen in War & Strife with their back to back bantering throughout the game & it has a completely different game play style than the whole series. I feel like it would turn his frown towards the series upside down a bit. I don't know. Hope he at least considers it after reading this comment if he does, it might be too late since that trilogy review was years ago at this point. Darksiders might be derivative, sure. But it has plenty unique to offer. Maybe a new approach to the play loop would make it click for him.

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

I don't think most Darksiders fans will take him very seriously on a Darksiders Genesis review, even if he likes it. But i would definitely love to see the game (and the franchise as a whole) get more coverage, as well as more chances and resources for good future games. Personally, i had a very good time with Darksiders Genesis when i first played it. I also love that most of the bosses are demonized pre-Abrahamic deities (like Dagon and Astarte) or Abrahamic terms for sinful things (like Mammon and Moloch).

Yooo im here for the ghost of sparta apprectiation the most underrates title in the whole series

The tax evasion bit was gold 4:12

@Crim-kun

Жыл бұрын

IRS Kratos: gooooopppppppppooold did you pay your taxes

Ghost of Sparta has been on my backlog for so long, after watching this I'm gonna move it up a few places because I didn't expect it to be THIS good! Though Chains of Olympus was all right at best, it does have my favourite weapon: the Gauntlets of Zeus. Smacking enemies around with that weapon was always so satisfying

@jaysony8587

Жыл бұрын

God of War III does it as well, and better.

@selinaw.9751

Жыл бұрын

Omg yes! GoS was developed alongside GoW3 and it shows! I was hyped and glued to my console as soon as I started playing it!

Love your vibe. Eloquent and no bullcrep. Straignt to the point. Nice balance of comedy and analysis and stuff.. Subscribed!!

Reviewing PSP games in 2023 is sexy ❤️

I've never seen your channel before and I just got this in my recommendations, but hearing "mash circle to blast rope in random women" within the first minute of the video tells me this video and channel are going to be great content

The psp titles were my childhood so i have a soft spot for them, replayed both of them recently and they still hold up for the most part great video!

This is my first time on your channel and your energy in the intro alone has won me over. I'm in

Y'know, as someone who's only real knowledge of the series was playing 1-2-3, it's kinda wild to see the directions they went with the spin-offs/prequels. Gonna have to smoke those someday. :0

@Ceodore411

Жыл бұрын

They're worth it, trust me.

@waste3128

Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to a video of yours on them someday!

@lightmohamed5700

Жыл бұрын

They are cool try them

That chuckster edit was too good!

I think you got something wrong about Chains of Olympus. Kratos decides to leave Calliope because if he doesn't, the world will end, aling with Elysium, which means that Kratos doesn't really have a choice, unless you consider letting his daughter die again is a choice. So for me personally, that takes a bit of the gravitas of the moment away, but it's still a very powerful moment, I just wish it would have been contextualised better. And I absolutely agree on Ghost of Sparta, it doesn't feel like a Psp title at all and fires on all cylinders. I was surprised at how well it holds up when replaying the series recently, it has aged almost not at all. And as always, great video. See your literary english degree was of use for something, making KZread videogame analysis which isn't what anyone expected, but here we are.

The "I'm a chuckster" edit is some of your best work

It is disappointing how many players of the new games dismiss the old games because they play differently or don't look as shiny 😐

Chains of Olympus: a decent and competent handheld GoW Ghost of Sparda: it doesnt have the right to look or play as good as it does Ascension: it killed the franchise

@Marako0524

Жыл бұрын

No franchise needs to run forever. I liked the 2018 reboot but Ragnarok made me wish they didnt make any games after Ascension. Sony is the one pushing the GOW brand after all not to mention they killed of Infamous because Second son and Last light didnt make the expected amount of profit.

@jaysony8587

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!! Chains of Olympus is fairly mediocre & Ascension is just ew. So unnecessary. LOVE 2018 & Ghost of Sparta tho

10:28 the cliff scene from GoW1 happened after Chains of Olympus, not before

I always loved Ascension. The combat is the main reason I love it so much. I love the elemental blades and the rage meter. I get the hate towards it but Ascension is my 2nd favorite after God of war 2.

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

If i may ask, what are some of the parts of Ascension's combat you like most, least, and/or find most interesting? Same question for the bosses. I've seen people call the Hecatoncheir parasite quite good, despite camera issues, but Aegaeon proper as more annoying.

@Kanskai

Жыл бұрын

@@jurtheorc8117 Besides loving the looks of the elemental blades, I love how each one has a different set of moves that were there throughout the series so it's kinda like you have every Kratos move he ever did in ascension. The rage meter is also very fun to me cause it challenges the player to play more smart and not get hit and if you do that you are rewarded with doing more damage and getting better moves. I love the boss fights especially Castor and Pollux. The soundtrack is also amazing just like any other god of war game. I also love how the puzzles are a bit more difficult than they were in the past games. I love how Kratos is portrayed in this game. He's not just a angry brute like he is in God of war 2 and 3. The game looks beautiful too. The only thing I hate is how the games story is told. The whole thing where it jumps from 4 weeks ago to present day is stupid but I get what they were trying to do.

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

@@Kanskai Oh man, i didn't even know that all elemental blade variants had different animations for their attack strings. I know there were unique attacks if you fill up the special meter, that could be utilized in different ways (like stunning enemies with balls of lightning, while performing another attack). Seems like something cool that longtime players would get the most out of. I've heard about the difficulty in Ascension as well, with how it's more challenging! Sometimes not for the right reasons, but the idea of Bayonetta by way of Kratos (very evasive, and that evasion is part of building up the offense) so to speak, with the extra moves being a reward for skillful play, is definitely interesting. But if a number of those moves are ones that were already present in the past games, then i can see how that frustrates long-time players. (In regards to that Evasion is Offense thing: A few months ago, a game by name of Clash: Artifacts of Chaos came out that's like a 3D brawler, where you can perform attacks from a dodge move, with the attack differing depending on the direction. There's different fighting stances to try out, and it's very colourful with awesome creature designs. I'm a stranger on the internet, so i don't know your specific tastes, but i recommend to check it out) Castor and Pollux definitely have a memorable design, and reminds me a slight bit of Geryon from Greek mythology (albeit 1 and a half instead of 3 upper bodies). The game Mortal Shell has a boss, Crucix the Twiceborn, has a similar design. Though none of the time powers. I remember watching footage of their boss fight some time ago, and it seemed like it can go on for quite a bit. Requires good attention from the player, both for direct interaction with him, as well as his usage of the environment with that time power. Pretty awesome when an arena gets utilized well in a boss fight. Also, Orkos is a sweetheart and doesn't deserve to be forgotten.

Never been this early for an upload, love the content

You're a brave dude for throwing those bouncy balls in an enclosed space just for a quick visual gag.

KBash treats us right with the intermittent Battle Network references :3

Wasn't expecting Larry Butz lol

In retrospect the psp games are a downgrade. But relative to when it released it was ourstanding. Portable gaming was not what it is today. I remember being blown away able to play a fully fleshed out GOW 2 type games on a handheld. They were only as compromised as the hardware limitation but it was hard to tell in context. Esp COO, since it was released before GOW 3 so unless you went back to back with GOW 2 (which wasn't in HD) the differences were minimal when you were experiencing it on something you could carry in your pocket. Yah, it's a hard recommend now to someone when there are portable gaming pcs that can emulate the main games but back then they were amazing for what they achieved.

14:35 I got confused for a few seconds here cuz I've set the Nier Village Theme as my wake up alarm for months now so hearing it had me reflexibly scrambling to slap the snooze button on my phone screen.

God of War games are way deeper think you think mate but what makes it so special is that it’s not just slash and slash and… more slash like other action games it’s slower more calculated gameplay you have to care about your positioning how make proper use of your magic bar and ACTUALLY how to make the best use of aerial combat and grabs because GoW is different it does not have a combo meter it has a hit counter system which is way different

Ghost of Sparta is still my 2nd fav GOW behind GOW2

The Mario sunshine bit was 10/10

“GOW-NOW!!” has been upgraded to “GOW-WOW!!”

10/10 content as always

27:25 Another Neopets reference? When are we getting a review?

There's an action game that's coming out in August called "Atlas Fallen" and it seems to be going for something similar to what you suggested @ 6:55 - 7:15.

@jurtheorc8117

Жыл бұрын

I think i've seen people describe that game as being akin to the Darksiders games in some way as well.

At the time, I actually preferred Ghost of Sparta to III. The console game was incredible in a technical sense, but Ghost really nailed everything else.

Babe wake up, KBash dropped another banger

Ascension is that one weird game where i want to play it so bad, yet i realized all the horror it got. From a weird elementals instead of permanent secondary weapon (even then it's mostly either the swords, the spear or the club, the rest are not existent), weird pacing involving back-and-forth between past and present (why?), Rage Meter that just goes stupid most of the time, an enemy with literal Invincible Mode (yes, all your attack bounces whenever they were on this mode), awful finisher mini-game (it's awful, don't try to say it's otherwise ok?), many weird unutilized promotional material that are genuinely looks good, constant glitches and bugs (that somehow extends to subtitle bug? Wtf), over-emphasis on Multiplayer so much to the point that 90% of NG+ costumes are just Multiplayer armors, weird enemies placement (sometimes there are too many, others too little), Multiplayer that seemingly locked all the good stuffs behind paywalls (cmiiw but i think all Gauntlest/ Cestuses are DLC only), and many more

34:12 Well, there's some foreshadowing for the Norse God of War games!

Shout out to that doralieus and associates reference 😂😂

Thank you for the AVGN nostalgia

For people don't know the order, of greek god of war games, its acension, followed by chains of olympus, god of war 1, ghost of sparta, god of war 2, then finally god of war 3. I recomend play god of war 1, and 2 first before play prequels and side game, cause give alot away.

Ghost of Sparta is my favorite outta the 3.

Did this guy say he needed KZread to solve GoW Ascensions puzzles…. 🤦‍♂️ No wonder games are so hand holding these days.

@frogglen6350

Жыл бұрын

who tf plays gow for puzzles? They pad out the game. aren't as good as zelda

What killed ascension for me is how much the camera zooms away sometimes, the setpieces can be as cool as you want but I should be able to understand where Kratos and enemies are, and I just couldn't.

@XxExtremeSamX

7 ай бұрын

The camera is the worst in Ascension, by far. …at least until the 2018 game.

The only game that stood out with me today is ghost of sparta... Why? Just compare his arms of sparta to ragnarok's draupnir. This also the only game where your two weapons have different functions, compared to previous titles. Also ghost of sparta's very hard is really hard and encourage you to use all of your abilities as well as knowledge around enemies.

I wonder if that patron will ever learn if they can cuss on here

Time for another round of “Drink Every Time KBash Says Ludonarrative”

Oldest brother had ghost of sparda on his first PSP along with rock band tekken 6 and force unleashed

11:12 holy fuck now I can't unsee Kbash as Rory

More chaos! More Kratos! More God of War karting! More KBash Tenor!

Ironic, the spinoff games hold the most important plot points.

@frogglen6350

Жыл бұрын

No. lol

A new KBash video? So soon!? I'm gonna SMASH SQUARE TO CU-

Kay bishel here wit da vid. It's gonna be a great day!

Megaman Battle Network series review coming?

11:35 Outside of Nintendo and/or series that started their lives on handhelds, the only fanbase I've seen people argue in favor of handheld entries eclipsing home console ones is Sonic the Hedgehog, and even then that point begins and ends with the GBA and DS ones; you don't see people making that argument for, like, Sonic Chaos.

I would love if God of war would go back to basics like these games

Interesting thing is Kratos actually planned to have daughter with Artemis goddess of hunting with kratos having some bonding first with Artemis then their daughter grown up decided to do "children vs father" family tradition because she thought Kratos leave her. Meaning kratos actually had two daughters and one son from three wives, one is mortal, one is goddess, and one is giant.

@ringkunmori

Жыл бұрын

God of war? More like God of Rizz

I am now complete thank you you beautiful beautiful man

11:22 and that's why i was insisting so much on the second gow vid

"He's the Angry Videogame Nerd, he's the Angry Nintendo nerd..."

Id play any of these again over the reboot

Bruh I just read the time this video was created and I read it “6 years” instead of “6 days” lol

7:17 "(Irresponsible) Design Fan-Fiction" - I'm gonna etch that cute descriptor into my brain. Learn new words or quips everyday here lol

Your gags were hot in this one

0:56 you sound like Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day's echo fighter when singing

Bruh ascension is easy besides the elevator at the end 😅 skill issue. Great video though. Love God of War and the side games don't get enough love.

thx for this Kbash

Wake up on a Friday to some Kbash, Hallelujah!

@Road_to_Dawn

Жыл бұрын

“The Good Lord Has Blessed Me, Hallelujah!”

GOW-WOW GOW-WOW GOW-WOW

Okay but are you doing battle network

"It reaches a surprising payoff for a small package." Phrasing?

_Mashing circle intensifies_

GoW-wow!

How did you actually not realise theres a parry? The game gives you a tutorial on it no?

interesting review! I loved those prequel games but as with most prequels we're left with that feeling that these products are not as essential or necessary, and that the og trilogy was the real thing (I'm not being sarcastic just with SW!!). When I first played chains of olympus I thought: "they only made this game to explain that plothole of Kratos and Atlas's backstory, and how Atlas ended up chained to the pillar". Regarding ghost of sparta it's a good game, but it was the game that most dissapointed me, but only for two petty reasons 1) I thought they wasted Midas, and 2) it was the most geographically innacurate game in the series. if they used those magic mirrors or made Kratos ride a mythological creature to take him from point A to point B... 36:50 it would have been insane to smash all those deities from different mythologies in an epic battle

Bro I'm excited for you to do 2018 and Ragnarok. I know you usually talk about less-talked-about games cuz you think it's all been said but NOBODY DOES LIKE YOU BRUTHER

Chains of Olympus is best of them🐐🗿

11:05 S-tier bit

Those are the blades of Athena in the ghost of sparta, not the blades of chos

Your Favorite Number One Fan

IT'S FRIDAY PEOPLE, LET'S GOOOOOOO

Please play the Trail series.

1:00 Caused me to instantly like.

WE OUT HERE RAAAAAAAAH

i hear age of mythology music brain gets happy from nostalgia induced thoughts brain realizes it will never come bakc to those times brain now sad thanks for this

That AVGN callback sent me

Ghost of Sparta is PEAK🤝🏽

3:50 Kbash you can't just drop the AoM soundtrack and pretend I wouldn't notice ❤

Gow wow