God of War: Ghost of Sparta

"Marking Kratos' second foray into portable gaming, God of War: Ghost of Sparta stands as a spin-off nestled between the events of God of War and God of War II. Despite ascending to the title of the god of…

91 2 November 2010

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Fantasy Historical

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is an adventure developed by Ready At Dawn, released 2 November 2010 on PlayStation Portable. The main story takes about 5.6 hrs to finish.

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What God of War: Ghost of Sparta is

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is an adventure game developed by Ready At Dawn and released in 2010. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Oracle foretold that the demise of Olympus would come not from the Titans; but by a Marked Warrior, a mortal. The Olympian Gods Zeus and Ares believed this warrior to be Deimos, brother of Kratos, due to his strange birthmarks. Ares sieges a village of Sparta and interrupts the childhood training of Kratos and Deimos, with Athena on hand to watch over him, and kidnaps Deimos. Kratos attempts to stop Ares but is swept aside and scarred across his right eye by the violent Olympian. Ares prepares to kill the young Kratos for attacking him. Athena stops Ares and tells him they only came for the Marked Warrior, not to take the boy's life. Taken to the Domain of Death, Deimos is imprisoned…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the God of War series

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the 13th of 42 entries we hold in the God of War series. It arrived 7 months after God of War Trilogy. The next entry was God of War: Ghost of Sparta in 2011. Its critic score of 91 is 6 points above the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is God of War III at 96.

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How it was received

God of War: Ghost of Sparta holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 272 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5.6 hrs.

What it launched against

God of War: Ghost of Sparta launched on 2 November 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Call of Duty: Black Ops. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Cheats and codes

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