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God of War: Betrayal

Betrayal is the only installment in the series to be released on a non-PlayStation platform and presented as a 2D side-scrolling game. Despite the limitations of the mobile platform, in comparison to its home…

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God of War: Betrayal is an adventure developed by Javaground, released 20 June 2007 on Legacy Mobile Device.

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What God of War: Betrayal is

God of War: Betrayal is an adventure game developed by Javaground and released in 2007. It was published by Sony Online Entertainment. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device only. It runs on Java.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Following the events of God of War, Kratos is leading his Spartan army against Greece. While fighting alongside his warriors, he is attacked by a number of beasts led by the giant, Argos, who is sent by Hera to stop the war Kratos is waging. However, before Kratos is able to kill the beast, it is killed by an unknown assassin as a clear effort to destroy the anti-hero's reputation with the Gods of Olympus. Kratos pursues him through Greece in order to discover the identity of the assassin's master, who is attempting to turn the gods against him. However, he is being slowed down by an attack of Hades' minions. Soon, the son of Hermes, Ceryx, is sent to deliver a message to Kratos from Zeus…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the God of War series

God of War: Betrayal is the fourth of 42 entries we hold in the God of War series. The next entry was God of War: Chains of Olympus in 2008. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points below the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is God of War III at 96.

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How it was received

God of War: Betrayal holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

God of War: Betrayal launched on 20 June 2007, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and The Darkness. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, The Darkness.

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When did God of War: Betrayal come out?
God of War: Betrayal was released on 20 June 2007 for Legacy Mobile Device.

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