The "hunk of man-meat" as some would call him, Kratos' adventures through Greek history struck a fan-favourite nerve thanks to just being unabashedly gory fun. It's an approach Mortal Kombat took decades prior, and as Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe elected to switch things up to a third-person action perspective, it really made the eyeballs pop in more ways than one. The series is often derided for having the same 'square square triangle' combo at the heart of every fight, and whilst both that and the quick-time events that personify the larger set-pieces are plentiful, by the time GoW 3 rolled around the graphical wallop alone was enough to knock you out. If you just wanted some balls-out action mixed with self-serious one-liners and the most epic setup for a 'one man against the world' trope there's ever been as Kratos took on Gods and Titans simultaneously, GoW 3 more than has you covered.
