God of War II
God of War II is a video game that consists of 9 releases
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Theres also a noteworthy new feature that debuted in this sequel that wasn't available in the first game which is the hook shot which basically, Kratos can use his Blades of Athena to swing from grappling points throughout the game. There in places where it is convenient to swing across lava from platform to platform or overtop lava towards the end of the game. The grappling shot is used extensively in your journey. In one particular scene, Kratos has to swing through falling pillars which are timed so you probably won't get it the first time around. You swing from pilar to pillar while there going down and you have to do it quickly or else you wil die. Puzzles are another form of aspect which define the God of War play that you must solve through Kratos journey. Some of them can be tough to figure out while others you can figure out in a jippy. They mostly can consist of moving an object to another area or use them to press switches or pulling levers.
Weapons & Items
Athenas Blades - This is what Kratos starts off with and uses to slash his foes.
Barbarian Hammer - He gets this from the Barbarian King.
Spear of Destiny - He gets this from Thevious.
Blades of Olympus - Kratos gets ahold of this weapon when he confronts Zeus. You can also unlock this weapon when you beat the game on any difficulty.
Typhons Bane - He gets this from typhon
Cronos Rage - He gets this from Cronos
Head of Euryale - He gets this weapon when Kratos decapitates Euryale.
Atlas Quake - He gets this from Atlas.
RELICS
Poseidon's Trident
Rage of the Titans
Amulet of Fates
Golden Fleece
Icarus Wings
URNS
Gorgon
Gaia
Olympus
Prometheus
The Fates
Poseidon
The supreme ruler of the Gods, Zeus reigns over the sky, while his brothers Poseidon and Hades rule the Seas and Underworld. As lord of the sky and rain, Zeus wields deadlu thunderbolts, which he can hurl at those who displease him.
Athena (Carole Ruggier )
Athena is the daughter of Zeus. She is a fierce and brave warrior. She is the goddess of the city of Athens and is the embodiment of wisdom, reason and purity. She has a strong sense of what's right and whats wrong.
Poseidon (Fred Tatasciore)
Second only in eminence to his brother, Zeus, Poseidon is the ruler of the seas. Poseidon can bring the rage of the ocean down upon those who anger him.
Hermes
Son of Zeus, Hermes is the bringer of dreams, God of travelers and literture and the inventor of fire. He is the mesenger of the Gods who guides the souls of the dead down to the underworld.
Kratos (TC Carson )
A Spartan warrior who served the God of War. He was tricked by Ares to kill his wife and child, Kratos sought revenge. Upon defeating Ares, Kratos became the new God of War, but more ruthless and more powerful than Ares ever was.
Hades (Nolan North)
The underworld is the kingdom of the dead and ruled over by Hades, brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld. Hades is a greedy God who is greatly concerned with increased his subjects.
Aphrodite (Carole Ruggier)
Daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite is the Goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite posesses the power to steal away the hearts of Gods and mortals alike.
Cronos (Lloyd Sherr )
The Tian Cronos was the son of Gais and father of Zeus. Defeated by the Gods in the Titan war, Cronos was banished to wander though the dessert carrying Pandora's Temple on his back, until the sand scraped the flesh off his bones.
Gaia (Linda Hunt)
Born from chaos, Gais personifies Earth, and is the mother of all Titans and the mighty Cyclops.
Atlas (Miachel Clark Duncan)
Son of the Titan Lapetos and brother of Promethus, the Titan Atlas was king of Arcadia. Atlas led the Titans againts the war of the Gods. Upon defeat, he was banished by Zeus to hold up the heavens on his shoulders.
Bosses
Perseus (Harry Hamlin)
Perseus is trapped in the Temple of the fates and cannot escape but when Kratos shows up he tries to defeat him because he thinks the sisters of the fates are testing him
Barbarian King (Bob Joles)
He has come back from the dead hellbent on getting revenge
Atropos (Debbie Maywest)
The crones and the oldest of the Sisters of Fate.
Euryale (Jennifer Martin)
Euryale is back with a vengeance to destroy Kratos. Shes Medusa's sister.
Lakhesis
She's the matron and the middle of the Sisters of Fate.
Clothos
A humongous obese creature the size of a 100-story building who is grounded and spins the thread of fate. Through here, everything is written in time. She's the maiden and youngest of the Sisters of Fate.
Theseus
He serves the Sisters of Fate as the 'Horse master' and guards the key to the chapels on the Steeds of Time. He is an over confident warrior who thinks no one can best him. He wields a double edge spear and summons frost minotaurs and ice crystals.
Kraken
The sea monster.
Cerberus
A black three-headed beast who is fast, strong and can breathe fire. It is a ruthless animal none of the less.
Colossus of Rhodes
A giant statue build by the Rhodians at the center of the city to protect its city . It is brought to life by Athena (who was in the form of a bird) who drains Kratos' power and gives it to the statue.
Zeus
The king of all Gods and father to Kratos. He throws lightning bolts at those who defile him.
Chapters
campaign of blood and war. The great amount of direct manipulation he is exerting in the world, plus the fact that he is a mortal makes the other gods grow uneasy and devise a plan to strip him of his powers. Athena tries to warn Kratos before he descends into Rhodes to destroy the city. Athena then partly removes his godly powers and brings the colossus of Rhodes to life to destroy Kratos. Kratos is then fooled by Zeus to transmit his godly powers to the Sword of Olympus, Zeus appears and double crosses a severely weakened Kratos and murders him. As he is dying Gaia revives him with the hope that he will kill Zeus. Kratos vows revenge and so begins a long quest to recover his powers, destroy Olympus, and find inner peace. His quest ultimately leads him from the the bottom of the world where he meets Atlas, to a forgotten temple where the sisters of Fate determine creation. Along the way he battles a mixture of mythological creatures, Greek heroes, and legendary beasts. Kratos murders the three sisters of Fate and obtains their power. Then he goes to murder Zeus but is stopped by Athena and accidentally kills her. Kratos then unites the Titans to destroy Mount Olympus as Zeus marshalls the Gods to defend Olympus.
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Memorable Quotes from the developers
God of War II continues the story of Kratos, with him wielding his newly-found godlike powers, much to the dismay and fear of the other gods.
Overview
God of War 2 is an action/adventure game and the sequel to one of the highly critically acclaimed game of 2005, God of War. The game is loosely based on Greek Mythology which sets the premise for the game. Developed by SCE Studio Santa Monica in California, a game developer for SCEA. David Jaffe who was responsible for the creation and direction of the first game, only served as a Creative Director to this game. The game was directed by Cory Barlog who served as a Lead Animator on the first God of War prior to directing this entry in the planned trilogy. Soon after the game was released in Japan. Cory Barlog left SCEA to pursue his own career in film and video game entertainment. God of War 2 is about 10-20 hours long and has many unlockables that you can access after beating the game. The game supports wide screen (16:9) display and progressive mode for HDTV screens that support those features. This game takes place right after the events of the first game. You'll be controlling Kratos who is intent on destroying the Gods of Olympus. There will be many shocking events that take place throughout your journey that will further the mythos of Kratos. A remastered version of God of War 1 & 2 has been announced for the PS3 with anti-aliased graphics running in 720p. It is set to be released in the holiday season of 2009.Gameplay
The gameplay plays exactly the same way as its predecessor but with newly added weapons, magic and relics. There's also new combos and special moves to accommodate the new weapons. You can launch enemies up in the air and do damage to them. The game rewards you with red orbs every time you kill hordes of enemies. The red orbs are used for upgrading your weapons to make them more powerful and you more stronger. Throughout the game you will find Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers to expand your health and magic meter. You need to acquire six to expand your health and magic meters. There are several combos that you can perform to take down tough crowds of enemies. Though the game is essentially a button masher and the combos aren't really needed to advance to the next level. The game has a huge water level that you can swim in but you'll need to acquire the Poseidon's Trident in order to swim underwater. You can find various hidden Items like 20 Cyclops Eyes and 6 Urns of Power throughout the game to unlock certain bonuses. The game features context sensitive attacks where you attack an enemy until a corresponding button appears above the enemy's head and then there would be a sequence of button presses that you would have to perform to take the enemy out. Accomplishing that would reward you with a brutal animation with Kratos performing a killer finishing move. To acquire life and magic, you open chest scattered everywhere by pressing the R1 button repeatedly. Chest that are coded with the coler green equal life while the chest coded with the color blue equal magic energy. You can also find chest with red orbs scattered everywhere as well. Some of them might contain normal amount of red orbs while others might contain alot of red orbs. Once you acquire the Rage of the Titans, you will need yellow orbs to replenish your Rage meter. You will find yellow chest to refill the Rage meter. Just as the previous installment, you can unlock the very hard difficulty "Titan Mode" by completing the game once in any of the three difficultys.
Kratos fighting in mid-flight is one of the new gameplay mechanics
Theres also a noteworthy new feature that debuted in this sequel that wasn't available in the first game which is the hook shot which basically, Kratos can use his Blades of Athena to swing from grappling points throughout the game. There in places where it is convenient to swing across lava from platform to platform or overtop lava towards the end of the game. The grappling shot is used extensively in your journey. In one particular scene, Kratos has to swing through falling pillars which are timed so you probably won't get it the first time around. You swing from pilar to pillar while there going down and you have to do it quickly or else you wil die. Puzzles are another form of aspect which define the God of War play that you must solve through Kratos journey. Some of them can be tough to figure out while others you can figure out in a jippy. They mostly can consist of moving an object to another area or use them to press switches or pulling levers.
Weapons & Items
Athenas Blades - This is what Kratos starts off with and uses to slash his foes.Barbarian Hammer - He gets this from the Barbarian King.
Spear of Destiny - He gets this from Thevious.
Blades of Olympus - Kratos gets ahold of this weapon when he confronts Zeus. You can also unlock this weapon when you beat the game on any difficulty.
Typhons Bane - He gets this from typhon
Cronos Rage - He gets this from Cronos
Head of Euryale - He gets this weapon when Kratos decapitates Euryale.
Atlas Quake - He gets this from Atlas.
RELICS
Poseidon's Trident
Rage of the Titans
Amulet of Fates
Golden Fleece
Icarus Wings
URNS
Gorgon
Gaia
Olympus
Prometheus
The Fates
Poseidon
Gods
Zeus (Corey Burton)The supreme ruler of the Gods, Zeus reigns over the sky, while his brothers Poseidon and Hades rule the Seas and Underworld. As lord of the sky and rain, Zeus wields deadlu thunderbolts, which he can hurl at those who displease him.
Athena (Carole Ruggier )
Athena is the daughter of Zeus. She is a fierce and brave warrior. She is the goddess of the city of Athens and is the embodiment of wisdom, reason and purity. She has a strong sense of what's right and whats wrong.
Poseidon (Fred Tatasciore)
Second only in eminence to his brother, Zeus, Poseidon is the ruler of the seas. Poseidon can bring the rage of the ocean down upon those who anger him.
Hermes
Son of Zeus, Hermes is the bringer of dreams, God of travelers and literture and the inventor of fire. He is the mesenger of the Gods who guides the souls of the dead down to the underworld.
Kratos (TC Carson )
A Spartan warrior who served the God of War. He was tricked by Ares to kill his wife and child, Kratos sought revenge. Upon defeating Ares, Kratos became the new God of War, but more ruthless and more powerful than Ares ever was.
Hades (Nolan North)
The underworld is the kingdom of the dead and ruled over by Hades, brother of Zeus and God of the Underworld. Hades is a greedy God who is greatly concerned with increased his subjects.
Aphrodite (Carole Ruggier)
Daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite is the Goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite posesses the power to steal away the hearts of Gods and mortals alike.
Cronos (Lloyd Sherr )
The Tian Cronos was the son of Gais and father of Zeus. Defeated by the Gods in the Titan war, Cronos was banished to wander though the dessert carrying Pandora's Temple on his back, until the sand scraped the flesh off his bones.
Gaia (Linda Hunt)
Born from chaos, Gais personifies Earth, and is the mother of all Titans and the mighty Cyclops.
Atlas (Miachel Clark Duncan)
Son of the Titan Lapetos and brother of Promethus, the Titan Atlas was king of Arcadia. Atlas led the Titans againts the war of the Gods. Upon defeat, he was banished by Zeus to hold up the heavens on his shoulders.
Bosses
Perseus (Harry Hamlin)Perseus is trapped in the Temple of the fates and cannot escape but when Kratos shows up he tries to defeat him because he thinks the sisters of the fates are testing him
Barbarian King (Bob Joles)
He has come back from the dead hellbent on getting revenge
Atropos (Debbie Maywest)
The crones and the oldest of the Sisters of Fate.
Euryale (Jennifer Martin)
Euryale is back with a vengeance to destroy Kratos. Shes Medusa's sister.
Lakhesis
She's the matron and the middle of the Sisters of Fate.
Clothos
A humongous obese creature the size of a 100-story building who is grounded and spins the thread of fate. Through here, everything is written in time. She's the maiden and youngest of the Sisters of Fate.
Theseus
He serves the Sisters of Fate as the 'Horse master' and guards the key to the chapels on the Steeds of Time. He is an over confident warrior who thinks no one can best him. He wields a double edge spear and summons frost minotaurs and ice crystals.
Kraken
The sea monster.
Cerberus
A black three-headed beast who is fast, strong and can breathe fire. It is a ruthless animal none of the less.
Colossus of Rhodes
A giant statue build by the Rhodians at the center of the city to protect its city . It is brought to life by Athena (who was in the form of a bird) who drains Kratos' power and gives it to the statue.
Zeus
The king of all Gods and father to Kratos. He throws lightning bolts at those who defile him.
Chapters
- The End Begins
- The City of Rhodes
- Inside the Colossus
- The Hand Cavern
- Flight to the Lair of the Titan
- The Lair of the Titan
- Journey to Lahkesis
- Flight to the Island of Creation
- The Island of Creation
- The Steeds of Time
- Temple of Lahkesis
- The Temple of Lahkesis
- The Bog of the Forgotten
- The Temple of Euryale
- The Hall of Atropos
- The Hall of Atropos
- Outside Atropos
- The Great Chasm
- Atlas
- Temple of the Fates
- The Palace of the Fates
- The Garden of the Gods
- Underground
- Temple of the Fates
- The Inner Sanctum
- The Summit of Sacrifice
- The Loom Chamber
Plot
Kratos has become the new God of War and is still tormented by his old memories. He seeks to distract himself by using his newfound powers to guide the people of Sparta in an endless
Perseus donning the invisibility cap of Hades before battling Kratos
Trivia
- If you did a combo of 9,000, a message would appeared displaying the name of a website called "TheIsleofRhodes"
- Unbeknown to everybody at the time when the game was released, you could access the High Definition mode by inputing these buttons before the "Sony Entertainment presents" shows up on the screen: L1, L2, L3, Circle and Square simultaneously. If you did it correctly, the following text will be in purple.
- The instruction manual advertised a new God of War game being available for the PSP in 2007.
- Harry Hamlin reprised the role of Perseus for a second time, the first being in the 1981 film "Clash of the Titans".
- Cory Barlog had stated that he would of liked to change out the enemies and numbers of spawns when the difficulty was ramped up.
- Cory Barlog would have extended the production out for another 6 months to get everything in that he wanted.
- Immediately after Cory Barlog finished God of War 2, he was already working on the story and design for the third game.
- Hercules was cut from the game because of time and budget. He was going to be a mini-boss battle between the two sons of Zeus fighting over who hates their father more.
- Popular Japanese game magazine Famitsu gave God of War 2, a score of, (10,9,9,9 = 92.5%) and also awarded the game , "Platinum Hall of Fame"
Memorable Quotes from the developers
- "You know it's my face and name out there and if this is bad, I'm the guy..You're the guy who fucked up God of War, that weighs heavily" - Cory Barlog
- "That's very pretty, does your wife do your ringtones for you or what" - Cory Barlog
- "Can't go home till he goes home" "I'm sleeping here tonight man, theres no hope for you" - programers
Challenge of the Titans
There are 7 Challenges in this special unlockable after you finnish the game once.Arena of the Fates
You can control your own destiny and wage combat on your own terms. You unlock this by completing all challenges in the, "Challenge of Titans" with an overall rank of "Titan".
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