[quote name='icebeast']I might get a little flack for this but I really didn't think God of War was that great of a game, I didn't play it till the HD remakes came out but I seriously wasn't that impressed, certainly not enough to play the second game right after I finished the first. Don't get me wrong, the game isn't bad and there isn't anything particularly wrong with it, but I just didn't find it to be as fun or exciting as everyone made it sound, one thing though was I really liked the Hydra boss and I thought there was going to be a bunch more huge large scale boss battles and I guess I felt kind of disappointed with the game in that regard since it had hardly any boss battles. I'm sure I'll get to the second game at some point but I'm in no hurry.[/QUOTE]
I think it was great for the time it came out. I can see how it set the bar for action games. But there's no denying its age. After playing games like Bayonetta & Castlevania LoS it defiantly felt dated. I probably wouldn't have touched it if I played God of War III first. Still, I'm glad I beat it first.
Like you I'm waiting a while before I start up GoW II, but only because I have other games I want to play first. As soon as I reach a lull I'll start it up again.