God of War

One-shot camera and weighted axe combat rebuilt a spectacle series as intimate drama.

Released 2018 Developer Santa Monica Studio Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform PlayStation 4 Genre Action-Adventure Era Live service & the long tail Website godofwar.playstation.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas God of War inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Branching Skill Tree ~~1996~~Hub-and-Spoke World Access ~~1996~~Photo Mode ~~1997~~Directed In-Engine Camera Language ~~1998~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~Over-the-Shoulder Aim ~~2003~~

The God of War series in this dataset

2005

God of War ~~2005~~

2007

God of War II ~~2007~~

2010

God of War III ~~2010~~

2018

God of War ~~this page~~

2022

God of War Ragnarök ~~2022~~

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