May be because of some of the "not so encouraging" reviews I read, I started playing Ascension a few days ago and was very skeptical.

But trust me... This is an amazing game.

You know the feeling when you can't put the controller down, or can't wait to get back home and play... well, this is a big factor for me... and boy does this game have it... Add to that AMAZING graphics.

My advice... If you're a fan of GOW... don't even bother with all the reviews... you will definitly enjoy this one.

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In my opinion, it does as any prequel to a great ride does. You have everything others have but in a smaller scale, because you know, Kratos is still far from becoming the God of War here.

Of course you won't be as surprised as you were in its previous 3 predecessors, but it's a worthy prequel. I had as much fun as I had in others. It's not as epic as the others, OBVIOUSLY, because you're not hunting gods or even climbing mount olympus to end their rule.

I consider this game the deep breath before plunging into the rollercoaster of epic awesomeness that is GOW from 1 to 3. Heck, gameplay wise, it is more complete than GOW3 to be honest, more variety and more satisfying combat.

People today just want everything "Fast and Furious" and as an adrenalin action junkies "the avengers" style, or else, they call it horse manour.

Have you guys even played its predecessors? Have you guys ever went into the clone fight in the GOW 1? Have you guys ever faced Zeus in GOW2? Have you guys ever faced Skorpious in GOW3 or the clone part of Zeus in GOW3 also? It surely seems like it isn't.

I just don't understand why everyone is whinning about this part. Compared to those it's peanuts. Even the Cerebrus part at GOW3 is harder.

Combat: 

For me it's better then all the previous games combined. It just flows better, more brutal, more fluid, more awesome.

Setting:

Any important historical setting fits assassin's creed. Not every time period is like the renaissance. It surely doesn't need to be only about climbing historical buildings.

Hunting:

Could be more developed, still, it's there, you go through it only if you want to. It's not like you're obligated to hunt.

Side Missions:

They're better then all the previous Assassin's Creed. They give you a better understanding of the time period, what the world was going through at that time and shows allows you to see the bigger picture and experience the birth of a new country/world. And I could care less about achievements or throphies. And the fact that you don't even know if there is or not, shows how poorly you know this game and its premisses.

Story and voice acting:

Are you insane? This is probably one of the best stories that we've ever seen in a video game... Unless you're more a "The avengers" story fan and consider it a work of art, if so, I'm sorry you're born into this generation. And the voice acting is absolutely amazing, believable and feels much more alive than the previous games, so I really don't understand your argument here. That you don't like it as a PERSONAL opinion, I can accept that, now stating that it's just bad, you're wrong. Example, I hate GTA, but I know that it's a good game. I hate MAx Payne 3 story, but I know that it has quality.

Framerate & bugs:

I don't know if you're playing it on X-box or PS3, on the ps3 the framerate is absolutely perfect and smooth, as for the bugs, they are as what you could expect in a game as big as this one is.

Frontier:

Yeah, here I somewhat agree with you, there could be more variety in stuff you can encounter, random stuff.