Kratos and his rage crack open the Greek marble, and twenty years on it still hits hard.

On the gut pick, God of War beats 90% of games, way up high. And the detail confirms it without a wobble. What you would take to a desert island, ahead of 92%. The wish to rediscover it for the first time, the same height. The soundtrack, ahead of 91%, attachment and art style up in the 80s. Only one step back, the controller feel, which drops toward the middle on few votes, so treat that as unconfirmed. No real tension here, just a clean coherence: a game you cherish on instinct that holds up when you examine it.

Against the hack and slash titles of its era, it set a standard, the brutal staging and mythological scale, that many copied without matching.

So, for who? For you if you love theatrical action, giant bosses and a vengeance that never lets go. Much less if you expect the polished handling of today's standards, because this is a classic, and its feel in the hands has to be judged against its own time.