God of War Ascension the Trials of Archimedes

I heard that this particular section of the game is absolutely brutal in terms of frustration.  Now, after the first game I swore I would never undergo another ****fest like the towers in Hades.  I have to know, is this segment that frustrating?  The guy who reviewed for IGN said it took him 6 hours just to get past this one part.  Is it really that bad on Normal? Should someone who hates frustration avoid the game? 

For the record, I LOVE the God of War franchise, and have only held off on buying this game because of money problems.  Now I finally have some, should I really buy it, or is it just going to be a frustrating trial of attrition?

They actually patched that part to make it easier. When I did it, I only found the first part challenging. After that it wasn't too bad. Might take a few tries, but no way in hell will it take a few hours.

Difficulty spikes have been patched. I played the game on Hard the first time through and didn't think it was that hard. Pretty sure GoW 3 killed me on hard and I ended up finishing it on easy the first time. So if you've played GoW on normal or hard previously, it's about the same or possibly easier. (again, assuming what the above poster is true and it must have been patched or something). 2Chalupas

I'm actually finding GoW:A harder than previous GoW games (and I've platinum'ed GoW3 twice). I still havent reached the Trials of Archimedes part yet so I cant say for sure how hard it is but, I know I died more in GoW: A so far than GoW3 on hard mode

I played on hard before the patch and it took me a few hours. If only they would patch the game and make the controls more responsive and make less frames of vulnerability...Chaos_Bladez

And a better sound effects sync!!!

[QUOTE="Chaos_Bladez"]I played on hard before the patch and it took me a few hours. If only they would patch the game and make the controls more responsive and make less frames of vulnerability...KiriharaZro

And a better sound effects sync!!!

[QUOTE="Chaos_Bladez"]I played on hard before the patch and it took me a few hours. If only they would patch the game and make the controls more responsive and make less frames of vulnerability...KiriharaZro

And a better sound effects sync!!!

*jumps*

5 seconds later......

"Heee-ugh!"