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-------God of War
-Release date, March 13, 2007.
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THIS GUIDE HAS SPOILERS!
It is also a heavy work in progress.
-Maker of this guide: Toni Mobley (Dragonicflare on Gamefaqs)
-Email: Love_chic2003@yahoo.com
-Yes, I am aware my screen name on Gamefaqs is a typo.
-Please do NOT instant message me.
-I will post and credit any tips given.
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-{ Introduction }- 00001
-{ FAQs }- 10001
-{ Monsters }- 20001
-{ Controls }- 30001
-{ Upgrades }- 40001
-{ Walkthrough }- 00002
---/Rhodes\-- 00004
Colossus 1 10004
Colossus 2 20004
Hades 30004
-{ Copyright and Credits }-
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---{ 00001 }---> Introduction <---
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So... You want to play God of War, ey? Well, be prepared for tons of
anti-hero on hero action.
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Other stuff coming soon, still very early in this guide's
Creation.
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---{ 00002 }---> Walkthrough <---
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------ 00004 ------ { Rhodes } ------ 00004 ------
Are you ready for some ACTION!? Well, you got it. As the previous game,
you're started off in a battle. If you ignored what the game automatically
told you when you were allowed to play, I will repeat what it says with
attacking...
Heavy attack: Triangle
Light attack: Square
Grab: Circle
Block: L1
Okay, easy enough. Attack the soldiers, they barely attack, and are clumsy
as well, no worries. If you do get hit, I may have to laugh at you,
especially if you've played the first God of War, but not really.
Anyways, attack the soldiers, more will pour in, merely attack and such.
Once you've killed them all, the soldiers behind the gate will run away,
fearing your strength. Dummies. Go over to the gate at press R1 when
prompted. However, slightly different from the last game, you have to
press circle rapidly rather than R1, which some people may prefer, and
some may not. Me? Eh, it's okay.
Once inside, you are told you can activate magic with L2, and use it with
square, simple enough. Currently you have maxed out Blades of Athena and
Poseidon's rage. Now, attack anything that comes close, soldiers, that is,
and travel on down. Here you will meet three or so soldiers, cowering in
fear, but no worries, Mr. Madeofmetalman will kill them for you, and it
looks cool, too. Yay! Travel into the opening the Colossus created, and
you will be able to open your first chest. Hold down R1 to open a chest
for your health. Swing your blades around inside and beat up some crates
and jars for some Red Orbs. These Red Orbs are basically your experience
points. Use them to level up your weapons and magic later on.
Go up the latter, the game tells you that you can press X to jump up,
Left analog to slide down, and finally X and left analog to jump off.
And after that a rather useless message saying that you just got a
tutorial message and that you can turn it on or off in the options menu.
Wooo! We're rollin', now let's finally go up the silly ladder and...
You're told you can jump with X and DOUBLE JUMP with X+X! Whoah! Take it
slow! Actually, take it fast, because Mr. Metalman will attack you with
his metallic fists of fury, destroying the platform that you were on. To
avoid this, quickly double jump out of the way, and fight the soldiers.
Be sure to use the Right Analog to avoid the attacks of both the soldiers
and the Colossus. When the soldier's number start to dry out, attack the
Colossus' hand whenever it meets the ground you're on, this will
temporarily stun the guy, and after 3 separate attacks on his hand, he
will take a breather. Pathetic, almost. If there are any soldiers around,
kill them, but it's not mandatory. Go up the platform opposite of the one
that the Colossus destroyed and go up to the catapult and press R1 to fling
a conveniently placed bolder at the Colossus' face. Attack the soldiers
that drop magically from the sky and go get up on the ballista. Press
Circle as rapidly as you can, and this will fling you at the Colossus this time!
Uh oh! You got a BUTTON SEQUENCE COMBO! What does this mean? (Many people
got confused with this on my previous guide)... Well, what it is, it's a
period of time where you press no buttons but what flashes up on the
screen. If you press the wrong button that flashes up on the screen,
you will fail the combo, or if you take too long, you will fail it also.
Progressively over time the sequences will require less time and more
quick reaction.
The button sequence you get in the beginning is usually very simple.
All square, all X, all whatever. I got all Square, I don't know if
it's the same for every game or try. When you finish the sequence
you will be flung off into a random pool of water, where the game
tells you how to swim..
Left analog: Swim around...
Square: Dive
X or Triangle: To rise
Simple enough? No. You will be automatically under water, and for a
good reason. If you rise up you will find that you are in a bath house.
Whoah! What do you find in bath houses? People with no clothes on,
that's what...
Wanna see it? Rise up, and attack the shades covering the... naked women!
Two, as there were in the previous game. They must be so cold! So, if
you want, you can let Kratos give them a hug. Go over to them and press
Circle. You will go into a button sequence with them, and also an analog
sequence. All easy, but if you're not used to the sequences yet, it can
take a few tries.
Okay, go back into the big pool of water and dive down, down, down...
Until you meet a barrier. You're told to use R1 to bash through it. So
do it! Hold down R1 to get a good charge, yes, yes, and release! You
will bash through the glass and into a larger area. Rise up and climb
the latter on the surface on the other side of the pool to find your
first save point! Press R1 to save, and save if you like.
After you've saved, or not, you will find a lever. Pull it, and the
game gives you a new trick. There's a lot more swinging around in this
game! The game tells you to press R1 to attach to the grapple point.
Also, it tells you that grapple points radiate when you are in range,
remember that, and also remember to keep a hold on R1 when on a grapple
point. Press X to release, blah, blah, and press X twice to double jump
when off, blah. Grapple your way over to the next area. Jump up the steps
and open the gate. Attack the soldiers that insist on angering the God
of War. Go up the latter and be stomped on by the Colossererer, rapidly
press Circle to get out. This results in a rather satisfying view of the
Colossus falling over on his backside. Hehe. Cute. Find a nearly hidden
chest in the rubble next to the magic/health chest. It is behind a few
broken pillars and in a cornerish place.
Walk over to the mossy wall by the magic/health chest and you're told to
use the Left analog to move around on the wall, and pressing X while
going anywhere but down will allow you to travel faster up the wall.
And finally, pull the Left analog down and press X to jump off. Go up
the wall, and the Colossus will punch the wall a few times, knocking you
off whenever possible. Go on the upper platform above the magic/health
chest to find a Red Orb chest. Go up to the highest elevation and hop
up on the next area.
One on One! Finally! But first you have to jump down, or he will merely
attempt to smash the platform you are on. Jump down, and you will find
that the Colossus is A LOT faster and harder to dodge this time. All
the other battles were warm ups in comparison to this.
--- /The Colossus part 1 \ --- Boss Battle - 10004 ---
His attacks are faster, and he is a lot more... angry. Which is a
understatement. His main attacks consist mainly of this:
Smashing: Hulk SMASH! GRAAHHHH!!! Sometimes, if you're far away, he
will slam both of his fists down. First, to avoid this, don't get
under the fists, and secondly, jump to avoid the shock wave.
Sucker Punch: He also gives you a quick jab if you're far away. Quick hit,
quick damage, one of his faster attacks, roll away to dodge. It's hard
to dodge though, nearly.
Fist smash: Pretty much like a sucker punch, except it's a smash attack,
not a punch. Roll away, roll like... tumble weed.
These are the attacks you will most often see. They run in a pattern,
if you're far away he will do a lot of sucker punches, as well as Hulk
smashes. Once you do an attack his half finished arm 3 times (he will
give you Red Orbs and some health and magic when you do enough damage)
he will be really tired, or something, and retreat to the opposite area
of you. Grapple your way over and press Circle when close enough to him.
This will throw you into a button sequence combo. It's easy, though.
However, you have to do this twice! If you were low on health, you will
be healed up a decent amount after finishing the combo. He has a new
attack, it's a powerful looking punch that is extremely easy to avoid.
It's like a 90 degree angle when met with the ground. It's easy to
avoid, as stated before. Attack his half finished arm three more times
and he will be stunned again. Do the combo. If you fail, you will be
flicked off, not much damage taken. Now, after this, you will be
grabbed and told to press L1 and R1 rapidly to escape the colossus'
grip.
And so this concludes part one of the epic battle with the Colossus.
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You will find yourself in a new area now. Use the health chest if needed.
Jump up on the platform and open the door. Go through the hallway and find
some soldiers with arrows! Fun. But you can't attack them now. Turn right
and find your next save point. Save if needed or desired. Turn back and go
to your immediate right hallway. Fight some soldiers, simple enough. "SHOW
NO MERCY!" Don't worry, you won't. There are some archers at the end of
the hallway room, attack them first if you don't like being annoyed by arrows.
Puzzle time!
It's very simple. Look around the immediate area and find a movable
statue of a bird. The game tells you to press R1 to push around and
R1+(Hold)X to charge up some force to kick the object farther. Drag the
statue on the nearby switch, easy enough. The gate opens. Go inside to
find a few pots and a new hallway to travel. Go walk through travel down
to the back of the hallway to find a gate you can open. Open it to go back
to where you found the statue. Blah, completely useless. Now, do this,
take the statue (that remains on the button switch thing and drag it just
enough to where you are on the switch, and not it. Charge up a kick, and
kick it to the next room at which the statue opened. If you get off the
switch, the gate will close, so now what? Easy, while on the switch, roll
into the next room. Easy. Now, take the statue and drag it onto the
switch in the room you rolled into. This will open a gate farther down
the hall. You find a health chest here. Kill the soldiers around the
corner and travel down the hallway. At the end you'll find a lever to a
elevator, but first walk away from it and find a Red Orb chest opposite
from it. Go back to the elevator lever and pull it and you will go up and
up and up, but not really that far, actually. Walk towards the doorway
and the Colossus will come in to take a peek, attack it and he will cry
in agony as usual and knock down the platform you're on, which makes you
slide down to the next area. Now, walk forward, Zeus will "help" you
out with his almighty Blade of Olympus. Joy. Kratos, as always, is
suspicious. In my opinion, Zeus' cheesy voice cannot be trusted! Oh
well, let's play and be unexpectedly drawn in.
Now, grab the ledge, or rather, jump on it, use the Left Analog to move
around on the ledge, then double jump up to the next ledge, and up to
the next again. Kill the archers and soldiers, simple enough. Kick open
the doors at the end of the path and find a health chest. Use it if
needed. One thing I recommend is to not use chests if you don't need
them. Why? Well, what if you needed it later when you did have less health?
Anyways, 25% magic/health loss is a good enough reason to open a chest.
Okay, smash up the glass and... balance your way? No, no. Jump off
and kill the soldiers and archers first. After you kill the soldiers,
go back to the starting point of the balance, and go up the latter to
balance over again. Once you get to the point where you have to jump
across the balance beams, turn to your right and jump onto the platform
to find two Red Orb chests. Yum! Now, jump back, or fall, or whatever,
and balance your way over to the save point. Save if you like. Go up the
latter and slide down the chain. Kill the soldiers that greet you and
use the health and magic chests if needed, and finally, open the gate
between them.
Wooosshhh! The Colossus will smash the bridge that you're on and so you
will have to escape! Roll or run away from the crumbling bridge and
onto the safe platform. Safe?
--- /The Colossus part 2 \ --- Boss Battle - 20004 ---
Oh noes! Mr. Metalmanthingthatwantstokillyou attacks again! The Blade
of Olympus is right there, grab it! But you will soon realize that you
can't because the Colossus will interrupt whatever attempts you make.
So now what? Simple. See the metallic hand over by the Colossus? It's
somehow fell off, poor guy. So now we use it was a weapon! But first,
some of the attacks he uses:
Magically Blue Stuff Attack: The Colossus will slam his arm with the
missing hand into the side of the platform you're on and it will
cause crevices to appear with blue energy coming out. Easy to avoid,
just walk away before the energy spews out.
Fist Smash: Easy to avoid as well, merely jump to avoid the shockwave.
He will usually smash his first down when you're by the blade. Just
jump, bro. When close to the Colossus, he will use his damage arm to
do this, same result, just jump.
"Oh No You didn't!" Slap: When you walk toward the Colossus, he will
slap you. Roll away if you can, it's one of his harder moves to dodge
in this case.
Now, now, go over to the hand missing from the Colossus and press R1
to use it against him! This will stun him long enough to let you go
and grab onto the Blade of Olympus. All your Red Orbs will drain, or
life blood, whatever. The Colossus will recover and you will have to
attack his wounded arm to give you another chance to let your power
suck into the blade. To attack his wounded arm, I found it best to go
towards the blade, a little behind, and wait for the Colossus to use
his Magically Blue Stuff attack. Before the rifts turn blue, roll over
to the arm and attack, you won't get too many hits in, but it's one way
to get some hits in. You can also wait for him to do his Fist Smash
attack with his wounded arm as well. It doesn't take too many hits
before he is stunned again. After he is stunned for the 3rd time, go
to the blade and let your health suck in. This will allow you to
finally gain control of the blade. Kratos will blast a hole in the
Colossus' side and now you must attack the arm rested on the platform.
But when you come close he will use his wounded arm as a blow torch to
burn you away, which is annoying. But you can easily dodge the attack.
Continue attacking the arm rested, three times he will scream in
agony before a Circle prompt appears over his head. Press circle and...
You will be inside of the Colossus! Interesting, I think. Once you are
inside, follow the path up and kill what greets you. You will have the
occasional jump to do, easy enough. After the second jump you have a
few more soldiers to kill, and after that you have a beam to jump. Do
not touch it, it doesn't feel very good. Now, go toward the second blue
beam, but turn to your left to find that you can get up close to the
center beam! Attack it! Or, just press R1 and Kratos will do all the
hard work. You will be shown a climbable wall afterward. Now, jump over
the gap over to the new wall and climb! Up on the next level, a soldier
conveniently dies and a new way is shown. A rope! Guide your way across,
press X if you want to go faster, and R1 to jump off. Kill the soldiers
that decide to mess with the God of War (and die pathetically) and follow
the path and such. Now you have to balance your way across! Easy enough.
Balance yourself away from the view of the camera toward the new middle
beam. Go back even farther to find a health chest, use it if needed.
Attack the beam this time, there are chains to cut! Now press R1, and
feel the energy flow into the blade! Oh wait, you can't, but neither can
I. Balance your way back and over to where the beams once were, cross the
burning beams and jump your way up and kill the soldiers, but you
can't, because Fate is on your side and killed them off for you.
Jump across the new gap and kill the soldiers. Climb up the mesh wall
and kill the soldiers at the top. Now what? Easy, go up to the fence
wall and hug it over to the left and you will find a beam in your way.
Press R1 to drop and X to go back up once you're in a safe area. On
the new platform, there is, of course, the beam's energy to suck up
and a mesh wall. Kill the beam first. Attack it to get rid of the
chains and R1 to suck in the energy to the Blade. Now, the mesh wall
behind you has a chest up top, it holds a Gorgon Eye, so you should
grab it, these upgrade your health once you get 6.
Now, down the mesh wall you go and climb up the rope you were
introduced to recently. Jump off the rope, jump the gaps and climb
up the latter. Now what? Oh, that lever, pull it. An odd object will
fall, a counter balance weight I can only assume. Once it's down, go
climb down the latter and hit it with your blade, and hit it again until
the weight is at full swing, which isn't very fast, and for a good
reason. Go back up the latter and pull the lever again, this will
raise the weight and it will rock back and forth, blocking the eye
beams that blocked your path previously. It will only cover the beam
for a short amount of time, so get a move on before the beam comes
back to hurt you. Jump up on the rope by the lever and climb across.
Drop down, jump the beam and attack the center beam, and once the
chains are gone, finish it off with R1! YES! Yes? Oh no! With all
the energy gone, the place falls apart! Where to go? Where to go?
Jump across the gaps, with ease, I hope, and jump out the mouth
of the beast!
A few cheap explosions later, Kratos' pretty armor is smashed
by that horrible metal man! Now a mortal, what to do? Grab the
blade you must!
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Kratos' Spartan army watches you, or him, or it, as he tries
pathetically to grab the blade. This is one of my favorite
parts of the game, you are totally helpless. All you can do
is walk, sorry guys. But it's still very interesting.
Walk toward the blade, and Dr. Zeus will save the day! His
prescription drug? Your life. Well, time to fight, but you
can't do anything; really, I don't even think you even give
him a paper cut. Sorry kids. Zeus kills you with this cheesy
voice and then with his blade. After a few hits, you'll go down,
and he will drive the blade in you, but you have a chance!
Rapidly press Circle to escape! Or not, because either way, you
lose. Darn. It almost looks like Kratos is crying, but he never
cries, he just grunts and stabs. Zeus kills your army, and you
are sent to Hades.
Gaia decides to help, and counsels you into not giving up,
essentially.
------ 30004 ------ { Hades } ------ 30004 ------
Ah... Doesn't this place just smell fresh? I mean, fresh hair,
hands that give you back massages (that rips off your flesh) and
warm baths in the sun. Nice. But Kratos doesn't want that. So what
must you do? Climb up to escape this torment.
The hands constantly respawn, so you will have to move quickly. Move
up and right to find your first wall jump. Climb to the very edge
and press X to jump. Jump up after the first jump and kill the hands,
they will slide down in attempt to push you off if you're by a fall
off area. Once you reach the top, you're up in Rhodes again. Joy!
Save if you like.
To be continued.
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------ Yay!! ----- Copyright and Credits ----- Yay!! ------
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This guide has been written by Toni Mobley.
Email: Love_chic2003@yahoo.com
God of War is Copyrighted to Sony and stuffs.
This guide, so far, is only on Gamefaqs.com.
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I hope you enjoyed your stay!..?
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