Review: God of War - Betrayal [Mobile]

Between the release of God of War 2 and Chains of Olympus there was a smaller adventure for the warrior Kratos in 2007 that explains how he had lost his godly status after he killed Ares in the first game and sets the stage for GoW2. A 2D adventure for the Mobile Phone, compared to most games available for cell phones this game is incredible in graphics and game play, does it stand up to a full blown 2D console release? Of course not but it feels like playing an entirely new God of War on an old 16-bit console.

The graphics are very nicely done for the small screen they are displayed on, with a very nice selection of colors and minute details. The backgrounds however get rather repetitive in design with a change of backdrop between 2-3 levels. Their are about 6 types of enemies and 2 distinct boss characters: Hera’s beast: Argos and Ceryx, the son of Hermes (the final boss). Theirs plenty of the red stuff you’d expect for a God of War game as well.

The sound is well.. what you’d expect for a mobile game. It does feature the God of War theme at the menu but that is the only music featured in this game. The sound effects are few and muffled but this is a mobile game were talking about.

The gameplay is solid though depending on your handset the controls can seem cumbersome, you have direction buttons and one attack button which you can use to attack with a combo. To use the few weapons and magic spells you get in the game, one of the phones soft keys is used. The biggest problem with the controls I noticed is it doesn’t read simultaneous button presses so that at times can cause problems in the heat of battle. The game’s difficulty seemed imbalanced for the first several levels up to the last 3 the enemies were pretty easy but then they seemed to get very hard to kill. As with the games big brothers, when an enemy like the minatour or a boss character has low health you can initiate a “mini-game’ to kill them in a gory fashion via a prompted button press.

Overall this is a very nice mobile game compared to the other poor offerings you find. It definitely lives up to it’s name and if you are a fan of the series or just want a decent mobile action game, I would recommend checking this one out.