Starting today you’ll be able to download the God of War himself, Kratos, to kick ass up and down the golf course in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds for the PS3. Too bad he’s not coming to the PSP versions of the game, since it’s my favorite on-the-road title. Looks like I’m a little closer to buying the PS3 version after hearing this little tid-bit.

Well, if you own the game do yourself a favor and download Kratos here and start swinging the wrenches!

I’ve never really gotten in golf games much. Sure I’ve played the occasional round of Golden Tee in random bars and enjoyed some Mario Golf back in the day, but I’ve never really searched out a golf game — not even the first Hot Shots Golf on the PSP that came out back when the system first launched. After Lumines and Wipeout I was out of interesting games to play and decided to just get the game to futz around with while waiting for something else worth playing. Truth be told, in the early days of the PSP if I wasn’t playing Hot Shots Golf my PSP would never have been used. I played the HELL out of that game and got quite good at it.

So how does someone who’s averse to sports games get so sucked in to a golf game? Probably because it’s nowhere near realistic, and the fact that there’s tons of stuff to unlock — and it’s just fun.

So fast forward a few years and the sequel comes out. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to it, but does it live up to expectations? Continue Reading »