God of war/gow2

Action platformers from Sony. Played on pS2.
Forget Mortal Kombat, this game is the king of badass fatalities. Action/platforming at its best. Combat is fast, chaotic, and skillful, with immensely satisfying throws and finishers. the game revolves around some bald guy called Kratos beating the living hell out of all of greek mythology. It's a well told narrative, but it really plays second fiddle to the gameplay, which is far from an insult. Brilliant traps, brilliant combat, and fantastic use of QTEs for traps and for boss battles. Brilliant secondary weapons too. My only gripe is that some of the platform sections are frustrating, especially the sections in the underworld.
The second one is essentially the first but better.
Both easily get 9/10. If there were a level select option to improve replay value, and the option to replay with all earned abilities, it would definitely be a perfect 10.