Was God of War (2005) As Good As I Remember?

[@MrHammers]

The Birth of the Kratos we know and love. This video was such a nostalgia trip for me, those button prompts bring back fond memories of smashing the circle button to oblivion on the PS controller. Cant wait to see you cover the whole series

[@MayorHairBear]

Mate from start to finish I was just on a massive nostalgia high! A tonne of memories came flooding on back and the same thing is happening now that I'm replaying God of War 2. I think this series is going to be a lot of fun to revisit 🙌

[@Robert-tl2vg]

😬

[@sachxtrem]

Considering the quality of the videos you are putting out, its a crime you arent bigger. Dont give up bud, you're making good content and people are sleeping on it. Its a matter of time.

[@MayorHairBear]

Thank you so much for the kind words mate, it really does mean a lot 🙏 I'm going to just keep uploading videos I'm proud of and we'll see where this KZbin journey takes us

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

21!? Your only 21!? Fantastic, your one of my favorite channels and being 18 yrs your senior, your on a good track to becoming one of the best retrospective channels out there. Keep it up young'n.

[@MayorHairBear]

Not 21 anymore but 24 isn't much older 😂 Thank you so much mate, glad to hear you're enjoying the content and I appreciate the support!

[@jollama]

*you’re

[@twistedtick]

Amazing video retrospective! I’m nearly 31 and seeing someone so young with an appreciation for the original God of War really made my day. Thank you.

[@MayorHairBear]

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@lolrus5555]

17:05 Very well said about Kratos as a character, especially when you take everything that happened to him in both this game and the other entries in the Greek series. I feel a lot the same way about Caim from Drakengard, TBH, right down to how he feels like a very human character, albeit very clearly not a morally _good_ character.

[@MayorHairBear]

Great comparison! And you're bang on, very human but not morally a good character. A bit of an anti-hero vibe

[@Kranitoko]

Kratos is also my PlayStation Daddy.... DAD. DAD. I MEANT DAD 👀

[@MayorHairBear]

Big suss energy there champion 😂

[@BergXX23]

Bought this game at Walmart out of boredom in 2006. Became my favorite franchise of all time.

[@MayorHairBear]

I wonder how many people were genuinely anticipating GOW at release, because every story I hear is either something like your or mine!

[@sebastiangonzales46]

Just finished the first 2 GOW games last week. I love the game so much and i'm currently playing the third one, I searched for a god of war review and found your channel. Amazing video and commentary man i'll binge watch your other videos for sure

[@MayorHairBear]

Hell yeah mate, I'm glad your enjoying the series (GOW 3 is my personal favourite and an absolute banger to boot!) Enjoy the videos my friend, hope you enjoy them 🙌

[@sebastiangonzales46]

@@MayorHairBear Update bro, just finished the trilogy and holy crap that ending.

[@MayorHairBear]

@@sebastiangonzales46 Right!

[@lightmohamed5700]

Try the side Games

[@GamingUniversityUoG]

I'm going to love going through this series! Oddly enough I didn't play any GoW games until a year after GoW4 (The Viking One) came out.

[@MayorHairBear]

I hope you enjoy the series mate, it's one of my all time favourites!

[@Esteban_907]

KZbin has hundreds of thousands of game channels. And I'm sure I found a hidden gem, that is your channel. Amazing stuff.

[@MayorHairBear]

Thank you so much for the kind words mate! Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you enjoy your stay here on the channel 🙏

[@Elthechop]

I disagree with you on the pandora temple! I really thought the point was for it to seem like an epic challenge like they frame it to be I. The preceding cutscenes, and the length of it made me feel like I was really in some massive trial created by the gods. Love your video though

[@MayorHairBear]

I definitely get where you're coming from and agree it does feel like this massive trial and feels good to conquer. I just think it could have been done a little bit better with more story and maybe a boss fight to cap it all off. Glad you enjoyed the video though mate!

[@kylespevak6781]

As a new player, I didn't expect it to be half of the game and to turn into more of an Ocarina of Time water temple

[@anthonycaraballo6547]

God damn that Minotaur button mash sequence is so brolic in the first game. You really gotta mash that O button like your life depends on it. Thanks god they eased up on it in the second game.

[@MayorHairBear]

It really is brutal 😂

[@gingeranagram2467]

I'm playing the OT for the first time and Holy shit, the difference between the mash in 1 and 2 us absurd

[@laszlopados3350]

Another amazing video, MHB. You outdid yourself! I especially liked the intro to the video. I 100% agree with all your points you made. I always admire hack-n-slash games' fluid, "flowing" combat, just like you said. How with each move, Kratos builds up a barrage of stabs and slashes. To this day, the Blades of Chaos (and later versions of it) is such a unique weapon, literally fused onto the flesh and skin of Kratos. I can't wait for the GOW2 video. The beginning part of that game is bar none one of the best moments in the series. Something to think about: it's such a funny thought seeing this anger fueled, raging half-god stumbling and getting stumped by puzzles. Like, not even his brutality can solve those puzzles [for the most part]. It's hilarious!!

[@MayorHairBear]

Thank you for the kind words mate, I loved making this video from start to finish so, to hear such kind words means a lot! I'm about to start playing GOW 2 today and I'm super excited to see how that game holds up today.

[@whichway2322]

Awesome video man! I grew up with a PS2 and never played God of War. I wish I had. I learned a ridiculous amount of info just from this vid. Very thought out! Can't wait for the next video.

[@MayorHairBear]

I appreciate that mate, glad you enjoyed it! Highly recommend checking the series out if you can the games are top top tier

[@TTV.MoraiZuko]

I can actually relate a lot to playing the game so young, played the OG at 7, GoW2 at 9, GoW3 at around 11-12 and rest from there and GoW4 (Viking one) at 16 and now im almost fucking 20 years old waiting on GoW Ragnarok

[@MayorHairBear]

It's crazy isn't it! Hell I'm 25 now waiting for Ragnarok 😂

[@TTV.MoraiZuko]

@@MayorHairBear yeah, time sure went by fast

[@RadriarTheGodKing]

Your take was really good, but I’m surprised at how little you showed disdain toward the puzzles. Man, some of the puzzles were pure brutal. The rebuilding the soul puzzle, the towers of hades (with its huge hitboxes), the box pushing puzzle (with the thorns that activate after a timer), are notable examples.

[@LokiTricksterG]

I played this game for the first time on the PS Vita and the balancing beam sections were astonishingly difficult. The combination of the small screen and the sensitive Vita joystick made it a nightmare in comparison to its main console counterpart.

[@MayorHairBear]

I can definitely that being a problem as even on console those beams are very narrow!

[@fatalcrabnow29]

The only reason I ever consider switching over to PlayStation is because of God of War. And then I remember that I’m broke and that cod won’t be on PlayStation for much longer

[@MayorHairBear]

God of War is sick, but yeah not worth it for a single series

[@kylespevak6781]

I'm playing through the series now and I would say that the first game feels like it was finding its roots. Feels like something between Devil May Cry and the dark Souls.

[@SIGNOR-G]

You too discovered this gem of a series thanks to your Uncle?! *BASED*

[@MayorHairBear]

It seems to be a theme mate, had a few people now comment the same sort of introduction! Shout out to cool uncles 😂

[@themoongateofficial]

Before my parents divorced I would be in the living room watching my father playing GOW I vividly remember shit like the desert of lost souls, hades area etc, it’s a game I’ve know about for at least 15/16 years it’s crazy to think about the start and now

[@sunsetman22]

gotta love how all of the gods look like old geezers, and then you have Hades who is straight up just an alien

[@Synchro-tq1mo]

I just played the first game recently , its à great hack and slash game with some interesting segments such as hades , the satisfaction when i beat it was real

[@MayorHairBear]

I completely agree, God of War is a great hack and slasher with a lot of serious highlights and satisfaction. But, if this was how good the original game was... I'm really excited to replay the rest of the series!

[@boyzen5832]

Really enjoyed the video🔥We have the exact same origin story with starting GOW games oh and instead of wrath of cortex it was twinsanity for me

[@MayorHairBear]

Glad you enjoyed the video mate and that's crazy! Twinsanity was a banger of a game though

[@sharksbean]

I only played the original for the first time just last week, and hell yes it holds up

[@AlexGreat321]

I'm such a Greek mythology nut I really wanted to play it. But the PS2 game I bought didn't work on my PS2 (I believe it was a different region) fas forward a few years they release the hd collection on PS3. I have a PS3 now so I get both games. And it's awesome. My dad laments at the bastardisation of Greek mythology when I tell him what happens in the story. And while I agree it's so cool lol I still need to get the speed run trophy for the first game on my PS3. It's been over ten years and I still haven't done it haha

[@MayorHairBear]

The Greek mythology setting captivates me in each entry. It definitely takes liberties with the material but it's so incredibly bad ass! I was tempted to go after the platinum's with this series but as soon as I saw that speed run trophy I bailed out, not my thing but let me know if you finally conquer that feat!

[@AlexGreat321]

@@MayorHairBear I can separate adaptation from original myths. It's why I can enjoy Troy haha. I managed to platinum Chains Of Olympus. But still need to try the first one

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

Just started playing this and God of war 2 for the first time last month they've been a blast! I still think the game holds up ive only played the psp titles up until now great review!

[@MayorHairBear]

Hell yeah mate, I'm glad you're finally playing these gems!

[@LaserBungalow]

I grew up with the series too. I started at 9

[@MayorHairBear]

Cool uncle too or do you have your own story? 😂

[@kylespevak6781]

The problem with not growing up with these games as a child is that I don't have nostalgia to hide the issues

[@batboythecool]

I never owned ps but I played a god of war type game called marlo Briggs, its about a Samuel Jackson like dude that is an explorer that gets caught up in a gang trying to steal artifacts but he dies and gets revived by some tiki mask and gets powers based on Mayan and Hawaiian mythology. Its pretty fun to play tbh. Recommend it too

[@MayorHairBear]

That sounds really interesting, I'll check it out!

[@soyrobin2001]

Playing 18+ games being 8 years old... 😲

[@MayorHairBear]

Well to be fair in Australia it's 15+ but yeah, a bit young 😂

[@matejamicic3037]

@@MayorHairBear i beat gow 3 when i was 11 i beat it yesterday

[@hassanawdi3793]

No need to worry about playing god of war at a young age My very first horror game was resident evil 2 original in 90s and I was 12 years old and now I have masters degree in computer and communication engineering

[@Synchro-tq1mo]

Well that was quick

[@MayorHairBear]

That's what she said...

[@barbaricrenaissance]

Funny that you mentioned the other system seller, Halo, because I found out about it in the same way you found God of War, just on pc. Great to know that you are familiar with both sides, I imagine it helps a lot when making these videos, so did you grow up with both ps and xbox or alternated one generation each?

[@MayorHairBear]

I grew up with PlayStation and PC gaming but a mate of mine I've known basically all my life was an Xbox kid. So during the PS2 and original Xbox generation I'd go to his place and play games like Halo and Halo 2 and he'd come over and get to play games like God of War, Killzone, Kingdom Hearts. The 360 and PS3 generation is where I managed to get my hands on both consoles somehow though, got pretty lucky with that and I've had both Xbox and PlayStation consoles since.

[@barbaricrenaissance]

@@MayorHairBear That sounds like the perfect credentials for making early-2000 retrospectives on yt! Thanks for sharing

[@MayorHairBear]

@@barbaricrenaissance Oh the amount of games I've got written down as potential retrospectives is insane, literal years and years worth of content! No problem at all mate, always happy to answer questions 🙏

[@MrGreatCamper]

In my opinion there is quite a misunderstanding with the way people look at gow1, we are used to seeing kratos angry sure, but the man is actually not angry in this one game, sure he kills enemies quite brutally, but they are no more then beasts and undead soldiers, there is no cutscene or piece of gameplay in this game where he is angry or raging like in gow3, man is just sad, even while killing ares he doesnt brutalize him in rage, just 1 clean stab through the throat and thats it, even when athena refuses his wish he doesnt go raging or attacking the statue, he is once again just sad and nothing more. People overlook his humanity in the first game just because of how rage consumed he is in others, but kratos in gow1 is actually a man who used to be a bloodthirsty beast but ''reformed'' himself in time over those 10 years in between. He doesnt care for killing innocents he is no hero for sure, but he is no rage consumed murderer just yet either.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Honestly my favorite game series

[@MayorHairBear]

Easily one of my favourites as well

[@GoldenDragonMonkey]

God of War is one my most favorite first installments of a game next to Halo Combat Evolved both of which I continue to replay to this day. I’m part of the minority that favors this over the first Devil May Cry, I found myself having a greater time in the final quarter of GOW as opposed to DMC where I had fun beginning to middle but that’s just me being inadequate with that game

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

I played GOW when I was 7, and pretty much every time I played pretend with my friends, I was like Kratos. Nothing about saving princesses or being a hero. I took things as weapons, slayed everyone and used their blood as upgrade materials for my weapons. I didn't help was a bit precocious about school's subjects and knew blood had Iron, and swords had iron. So the rest of my childhood, I imagined myself as a bloody warrior butchering armies. I didn't turn into a serial killer or anything, and the only person I slashed in my life was myself with box cutters because I often forget how sharp they can be compared to kitchen knives when I have to cut or carve something. Let's say back in my time, nobody really cared about ratings, so buying a pirated Mature-rated PS2 game at a camelô here was quite easy. TBH, people still don't care about ratings here.

[@loganmatthews5956]

Good stuff as always

[@MayorHairBear]

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

[@loganmatthews5956]

@@MayorHairBear always do man

[@paulpieper4356]

28:55 What are we seeing here? Now I'm curious of why nothing is guarding the box.

[@bagelitsandila4611]

IMO this game's got the most overpowered rage form of Kratos ever. Rage of the Gods. RIDICULOUS damage, for one. And infinite magic while activated, on max level for the blades of chaos

[@abdullahfaheem4369]

I will argue this until the end of time, GOW IS THE GREATEST PS2 GAME EVER MADE

[@MayorHairBear]

It's undoubtedly up there, no question

[@lm4585]

GOW2.

[@abdullahfaheem4369]

@@lm4585 the story's not as good as the first one. The gameplay improvements are great but I don't think it's enough to put it over 1

[@reygartv9184]

The start of the legend of Dad of War, a bald Chad to anger to die

[@LadyOfTheEdits]

I too grw up with gow ❤

[@marufimahmud7593]

Cliffs of madness

[@Cheffers]

I wanna see some borderlands game play 👌🏽👌🏽

[@MayorHairBear]

Very interesting, I'll see what I can do mate 😂

[@harleymartin.h6428]

can review dantas inferno it a one kind game based on book on depiction of hell

[@MayorHairBear]

Dante's Inferno Retrospective is in the works!

[@chancylvania]

“The kids stuff of Greek mythology” …have you read any of Greek mythology? Zeus was always turning into animals to get it on with some random chick. Also wasn’t it Prometheus that got his intestines pecked out by birds while tied to a rock? Over and over? Greek myths are pretty adult as it is

[@johnnysparkle]

What about God of War: Betrayal?

[@romarioalvarez7397]

Love the game but I hate it so much even on normal this game is hard thank god I completed this game on god mode so I can never touch it again

[@MayorHairBear]

After revisiting the entire series, I can easily say the original has the most challenge by far!

[@romarioalvarez7397]

@@MayorHairBear absolutely kind of ridiculous how insanely hard it is

[@billybeeeeeeeeee]

I wish that the story took some time to make me give a shit about his wife and kid. I'd want to see how a guy who is so angry could actually have a home life and what it was like. That way I could understand why angry man is angry. Otherwise it's just "boo hoo, I did bad things because I'm angry" lol It would make him wearing their ashes ACTUALLY matter rather than just be some edgelord shit lol

[@tdm6621]

The real god of war . Reboot is complete garbage

[@matejamicic3037]

agree,what i would have done is keep all the traditional elements but just switch to norse mythology like fighting creatures and gods of norse mythology with the brutal qte's and s*x minigames