Following the recent announcement of the God of War prequel, God of War: Ascension, we’ve seen a string of other PS3 exclusive announcements including, most notably, the official reveal of the Smash Bros-style fighter, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Late last week, we even got word of further unveilings in the coming days – and now we’ve got the full reveal of God of War multiplayer mayhem in Ascension, including gameplay footage of the mode in action as well as batch of new information.
Details on the new mode are, at this point, pretty limited – and it’s unclear whether the multiplayer in God of War: Ascension will fall under the uninspired, tacked-on, experience category (we’re still looking at you Dead Space 2) or a fun, albeit mostly brainless, offering that adds extended replay ability by way of allowing players to revel in a game’s enjoyable combat mechanics (Mass Effect 3).
The Sony Santa Monica team will reveal further gameplay modes in the future but, at this point, players should be expecting a number of objective-based co-operative experiences – where teams battle for high scores, critical territories (that, if secured, allow for massive environmental events), among other modes.
Check out this first look at God of War: Ascension multiplayer (via Games Radar) to see what we mean:
Rumors of God of War multiplayer have been circulating for years, some pre-dating the release of God of War 3, and while the mode could provide a fun distraction from the main Ascension campaign, it’s hard to imagine a lot of gamers getting too worked-up about the offering – especially given that, at this point, very little information has been unveiled regarding what will keep players invested in the mode.
That said, while it’s hard to imagine a lot of die-hard God of War multiplayers, there are some fun options in the offering – so, even if it is mostly brainless, the experience could be pretty entertaining. In addition to customizing their Spartan warrior, players will select a god to worship (Zeus, Poseidon, Aries, or Hades) – each with unique special abilities – as well as select from a variety of weaponry.
As a result, it’s easy to imagine plenty of players hopping online to experiment with friends for post-campaign hack-and-slack mayhem – whether or not Sony Santa Monica can keep them coming back remains to be seen.
Needless to say, we’re eager for further details – in order to get a clearer picture of just what God of War: Ascension multiplayer (as well as the single player story) has to offer.
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Source: USA Today
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Ben this looks so BAD ASS and the reasoning for the multiplayer (story, avatar, etc) is genius with this series.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing though. IMO this is going to be hella lot different than just being the lone spartan kicking ass. I’m curious of how they’re going to approach this in some ways.
that looked so damn stupid, i mean co-op mp i can understand but this is really boring and dull looking, not to mention how blatantly obvious it is that sony is desperate for cash.
i mean sure just staple mp on a sp franchise, that will surly draw in sales to a boring and generic action/revenge story where the main character just kills everything in over the top manor for 3 games without stopping to think that maybe he should try solving his problems differently and only realise his stupidity at the very end when he was supposed to die but didn’t so he could come back for another repetitive gore fest.
I find your lack of faith disturbing
am i the disturbing one or are the kids that get hard of this over the top violence the ones you should find disturbing ?
Haha thats kind of what I was thinking. Im certainly not saying it needs to be banned or anything but that amount/type of gore is not really my thing.
Really dude you play prototype but gow is too violent? And obviously you didnt get the star wars ref.
You no whats even more disturbing than that you never have anything psoitive to say EVER not EVER have you posted something positive about any game that i have read up on.
p.s this game looks cool
Its cause he is a internet troll, i dont know about the multiplayer aspect, but them taking down that cyclops looked pretty bad ass to me.