Dave Valentine of Square Enix Music Online rated it 8 out of ten and praised the composers for staying away from the generation of "a neverending dullness of action themes". At the 2005 Spike Video Game Awards, it was named "Best Action Game" and David Jaffe won "Designer of the Year" for the sport. In November 2012, Complex magazine named God of War the eleventh-very best PlayStation two activity of all time.