God of War: Origins Collection
God of War: Origins Collection (known as God of War Collection – Volume II in Europe and Australia) is a remastered port of the two PlayStation Portable instalments in the series—Chains of Olympus and Ghost of…
God of War: Origins Collection is an adventure developed by Ready At Dawn, released 13 September 2011 on PlayStation 3.
What God of War: Origins Collection is
God of War: Origins Collection is an adventure game developed by Ready At Dawn and released in 2011. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
God of War: Chains of Olympus Set halfway through Kratos' ten years servitude to the Gods, Chains of Olympus begins with Kratos being dispatched to the city of Attica to help defend it from the invading Persian army. Soon after his arrival, the Spartan spots a basilisk climbing over the city walls and gives chase. During his chase, Kratos confronts the Persian King inside the city and kills him. Taking the King's power to summon the Efreet, he then encounters the basilisk and kills it. After defeating the basilisk, he witnesses the sun fall from the sky, plunging the world in darkness. Following the dim remaining light on the horizon, Kratos fights his way through the city of Marathon…
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: Origins Collection is the 16th of 42 entries we hold in the God of War series. The next entry was God of War Saga in 2012. Its critic score of 88 is 3 points above the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is God of War III at 96.
How it was received
God of War: Origins Collection holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
What it launched against
God of War: Origins Collection launched on 13 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for God of War: Origins Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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