God of War

God of War

North American box art. Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SCUS-97399 Release date: March 22, 2005 CRCs: D6385328 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SCES-53133 Release date: July 8, 2005 CRCs: FB0E6D72 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-67010 Release date: November 17, 2005 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): SCEA
Genre: Action-Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 94/100
Game description: God of War is a single player game that features a third-person perspective view with a fixed camera. The player controls the character Kratos, a Spartan warrior in the service of the Olympian Gods in a mixture of combat, both normal and quick time, with platforming and puzzle game elements. The player guides the protagonist through a long series of tests, trials and mazes to achieve goals. The game is loosely based on Greek mythology, and is set in Ancient Greece.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1GHz Nvidia GeForce 9400GT 1GB	0.9.7 (3113 svn)	GSDX SSE2 (r3068)	SPU2-X 1.4.0 (r3117)	BIOS: USA v02.20, GSdx plugin settings : Try to enable Native tick and disable any others. Speed hacks settings : Try to enable everything. VU Cycle Stealing causes huge speed up, but Kratus blinks.	Squall*
NTSC-U	?	Core 2 duo from 3.2GHz or I3/I5/I7 @ 2.7 Nvidia GeForce 9600GT 1GB or better	0.9.8 r4895 ( SVN )	GSDX SSE4 (r4895)	SPU2-X 2.0 (r4872)	BIOS: USA v02.00, Try to enable Native ( weak GPU ) Emulation Settings : try to enable those speedhacks : VU Cycle Stealing( which causes huge speed up, and cause fake FPS (slider2/3)) recomended Speedhacks specially MTVU ( if you're on triple core or higher may cause a decent increase on dual cores ) don't use EE Cycling minimum speed will cause increase stuttering FMVs	Abdo123
NTSC-U	?	? ?	0.9.9 r5128	GSDX SSE4.1 (r5133)	SPU2-X 2.0 (r5112)	With 5x resolution i get 50fps super stable! recomended speedhacks on, automatic game fixes on , mtvu on, gsdx: dx11 , texture filtering , hardware hack- half pixel offset. Change ntsc framerate to 50 fps or lower, change in Pcsx2_vm.ini	Heltonxl

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	Core 2 duo from 3.33GHz ?	1736	ZZogl 182		16-bit textures	188.134.4.34

Known Issues

Shadow of Kratos missing in hardware mode

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Shadow of Kratos missing in hardware mode
• Workaround: Use SW mode (F9)

Horizontal lines underwater

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Horizontal lines underwater
• Workaround: Native resolution

Kratos blinking when using VU cycling speed hack

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Kratos blinking when using VU cycling speed hack
• Workaround: Use the latest SVN

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