God of War
God of War is an action-adventure game franchise, previously a PlayStation exclusive, released on multiple generations of Sony consoles.
There are two generations/eras of games - original Greek Era, and a modern reboot - Norse Era. In a futile attempt to reduce mental fatigue, this article will consider them entirely separate series.
Greek Era
While the Greek Era games were very well received, only one of the games is playable on modern hardware, and none of the emulators list these games as 100% compatible. If you don't already own PlayStation consoles, PS3 is a platform that has every game of the Era available.
The order to play Greek Era is not straightforward. Originally, PSP received original games that were prequels to first and second PS2 games respectively, and were later remastered for PS3. While 2013 Ascension game was released last (not counting remasters), it's a prequel, and takes place before every other game of the series.
| Story Order | Game Title | PS2 | PSP | PS3 | PS Vita | PS4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | God of War: Ascension | 2013 | ||||
| 2. | God of War: Chains of Olympus | 2008 | 2011 | |||
| 3. | God of War | 2005 | 2009 | 2014 | ||
| 4. | God of War: Ghost of Sparta | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| 5. | God of War II | 2007 | 2009 | 2014 | ||
| 6. | God of War III | 2010 | 2015 |
- God of War: Ascension
- PS3: 2013 Original release
- God of War: Chains of Olympus
- PSP: 2008 Original release
- PS3:
- 2011 Origins Collection, aka God of War Collection – Volume II
- 2012 God of War Omega Collection (Latin America only)
- God of War (2005)
- PS2: 2005 Original release
- PS3: Remastered version included in 2009 God of War Collection
- PS Vita: Remastered version included in 2014 God of War Collection
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta
- PSP: 2010 Original release
- PS3:
- 2011 Origins Collection, aka God of War Collection – Volume II
- 2012 God of War Omega Collection (Latin America only)
- God of War 2
- PS2: 2007 Original release
- PS3: Remastered version included in 2009 God of War Collection
- PS Vita: Remastered version included in 2014 God of War Collection
- God of War 3
- PS3: 2010 Original release
- PS4: 2015 Remastered release
Norse Era
Unlike the Greek Era clusterfuck, there are just two games in Norse Era, they tell the story in the order of release, and both games are available for PS4, PS5 and PC.
- God of War (2018)
- PS4: 2018 Original release
- PS5: 2018 PS4 version is fully compatible with FPS boost
- PC: 2022 Port with FPS boost
- God of War Ragnarök
- PS4: 2022 Original release
- PS5: 2022 Original release
- PC: 2024 Port