How does gow 2 end

He goes back to his death at Zeus' hands in Rhodes, saving his past self and reclaiming the Blade of Olympus from a surprised Zeus, inciting a lengthy battle with the King of the Gods. At the end of the fight, Zeus stuns Kratos with a powerful lighting storm, Kratos then announces untruthfully that he surrenders.

As Zeus is about to kill Kratos, he deflects the blow using an energy blast and pins Zeus's hands to the rock with The Blades of Athena. Kratos then takes the Blade of Olympus and begins driving it into Zeus' chest. Before he could finish, Athena arrives and defends Zeus, however, Kratos is angered by her interference as Athena announces her intentions to protect Olympus.

The badly wounded Zeus attempts to escape, while stating Kratos has started a war he can't possibly win. However, Kratos breaks free of the defending Athena, charging towards Zeus with the Blade of Olympus, but Athena sacrifices herself by impaling herself upon the blade, granting Zeus escape. A stunned Kratos asks her why she did this as the dying goddess reveals that Zeus' actions are meant to break the cycle of son killing father, which goes back to Cronos defeating Uranus, and Zeus defeating Cronos.

By killing Kratos before he can kill him, Zeus had hoped to break the cycle - thus confirming that Kratos is, in fact, Zeus' own son, she begs him to relent in his quest for vengeance. After a moment of apparent shock and shame, Kratos darkens and snarls that he has no father. Athena dies in Kratos' arms, saying that all the Gods on Olympus will deny Kratos, defending Zeus so Olympus will prevail.

She said that even though Kratos wishes to kill Zeus, Zeus is Olympus. Kratos then vows to exact retribution on Zeus and any God who will deny him his vengeance, saying that their time is at an end. The dead Athena's body soon explodes as Gaia speaks to Kratos and reminds him that he has the power to control time itself. Kratos returns to the Loom, as the room its in collapses around him and he goes back in time once more to the Great War of the Gods and Titans.

He calls to Gaia and she announces that the Titans were expecting him and then Kratos explains they can win the Great War in his time. As a defeated Zeus encourages his fellow Gods to help him kill the now rogue Kratos, every single Titan to ever exist returns to Kratos' time in their prime forms Due to Kratos going back in time to when all of the Titan were at their strongest to give Kratos his best chance of winning , angry and vengeful they climb Mount Olympus to kill Zeus and the Gods.

Leading them, Kratos announces to Zeus "Zeus! Your son has returned, I bring the destruction of Olympus!!! Much like the first God of War, upon beating the game, additional costumes can be unlocked, for Kratos to wear.

A new addition has Kratos collecting urns that give him special powers. Another new feature called " Bonus Play " allows one to replay the game with all of Kratos' weapons and powers, as well as using the Urns of Power previously collected. Upon its release, God of War II garnered overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. Many consider it to be one of PlayStation 2's best games, and also one of the best action games of all time.

It contains four times as many boss fights and improved puzzles in comparison to the original. The game is also considered to be the swan song of the PlayStation 2 era — in other words, the last great game released exclusively for the console. In North America, the game had sold , copies by the end of March , twice as many copies as the next-best selling game. In its first week of release in Europe, the game took the top spot in the UK charts as well.

The game went on to sell over one million copies in its first three months. As of July 11, , the game has sold two million copies. God of War Wiki Explore. Kratos bullied and bashed his way through the games, murdering innocents to overcome obstacles and defying the gods at every turn, as a living embodiment of hubris that somehow, in the end, managed to win. It featured a more mature, world-weary Kratos dealing with the much more relatable struggles of loss and fatherhood, among other things.

This provided a far more nuanced and immersive story, but the entire experience is different from the pure, visceral spectacle of the original God of War 2. God of War 's story was weightier , as was the gameplay and movement of the principal character. The PS2-era Kratos was a relatively speedy, indomitable engine of destruction.

The one thing deadlier and more relentless in popular fiction than any god or demon is a classic videogame action hero, mowing down waves of enemies without remorse and single-mindedly pushing towards the end goal without pause for self-reflection. Several reviewers at the time of its release considered God of War 2 a fitting swansong for PS2 action games, and one that ended the generation on a high note.

It could also be considered a swansong for the traditional, one-dimensional archetype video game hero. We know he was it was a much loved deity who worked hard to maintain peace - a diplomat who travelled extensively to learn about other cultures. In his vault we see the above image showing that he visited Mayan cultures, Egypt and China.

That's interesting because, in an interview, Cory Barlog has mentioned Mayan and Egyptian locations as possible settings for future God of War games. Now, bear with me here, but I think Kratos is Tyr. The only reason I even noticed this is because when Mimir tells this story in the boat Kratos scoffs loudly at the idea in a very odd way.

He doesn't comment, just laughs to underline the moment. There's also some dialogue when Kratos finds Tyr's Jotnar shrine and Mimir seems to think it shows the god traveling in some way he's unsure about, suggesting it might be magical in someway Tyr never appears in the game but we know he was a big friend of the giants, which would make sense if your son was one.

We also know he was wise, and a good man - everything Kratos is hoping to be. It's also convenient that Tyr's shrine has a secret message that can only be read by Mimir's eyes.

Almost as if Tyr knew who would be looking at it later The Symbol for Tyr is even in the logo for the game if this translation is to be believed.

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