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I got just past the part where Kratos escapes from the Underworld. The fight against Hades was a little disappointing, in comparison to the one with Poseidon. He's just kind of a large man with a chain whip, where Poseidon had a lot of awe-inspiring water powers to show off. He talks a lot about Kratos killing his wife Persephone, which I don't remember. Was that part of the PSP game? Hades has a weapon that can harvest souls from people, which Kratos steals during the fight and uses to capture Hades' own soul. Oops! The underworld goes to Hell and Kratos is free to swim in the river Styx with no problems and use the magical portal out of there and over to the city of Olympia. Helios rides through the skybox on his chariot when Kratos first arrives, so I assume he's getting killed off next.

The whole characterization and conceptualization of Hades probably come off a little worse after last year's game with that title, where he was a much more complicated character and the fact that he and the other Gods can't die was integrated into the overall story. He's kind of just a big angry man who looks like he's dressed for some very hardcore BDSM in this game.

Like I said before, the gameplay is more or less the same as the first two games, including all the weaker parts. The climbing combat is still a joke and the puzzles kind of lack creativity. The gorgon and minotaur enemies look different but they still do all the same things. Although the combat is definitely the best part, I do find myself getting kind of bored with it. Maybe it's similar to other combat-heavy games like ME2 where when not much else besides combat is happening I have trouble getting invested, since some of the encounters can be kind of long.

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