The player can use up to four magical attacks and a power-enhancing ability as alternative combat options. It features quick time events that require players to quickly complete various game controller actions to defeat stronger enemies and bosses. It focuses on combo-based combat which is achieved through the player's main weapon-Athena's Blades-and secondary weapons acquired throughout the game.
The gameplay is similar to the previous installment. Slowly dragged to the Underworld, he is saved by the Titan Gaia, who instructs him to find the Sisters of Fate, as they can allow him to travel back in time, avert his betrayal, and take revenge on Zeus. Kratos is betrayed by Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods, who strips him of his godhood and kills him.
The player character is protagonist Kratos, the new God of War who killed the former, Ares. The game is based on Greek mythology and set in ancient Greece, with vengeance as its central motif. First released for the PlayStation 2 console on March 13, 2007, it is the second installment in the God of War series, the sixth chronologically, and the sequel to 2005's God of War. God of War II is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
