God of War II
God of War II, an action-adventure hack-and-slash video game, was developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). Initially launched for the PlayStation 2, it serves as the…
God of War II is an adventure developed by SCE Santa Monica Studio, released 13 March 2007 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 9.7 hrs to finish.
What God of War II is
God of War II is an adventure game developed by SCE Santa Monica Studio and released in 2007. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on Kinetica. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kratos, a brutally violent Greek soldier, tortured by the memories of his past, has taken the throne as the new God of war and is a very angry and vengeful god. While leading a massacre through a city protected by Athena, Kratos is betrayed by his fellow gods and murdered by Zeus who is wielding the legendary blade of Olympus. As the arms of Hades prepare to take him into the underworld the fallen god is saved by the titan Gaia. Gaia gives kratos new life and sends him on a mission to change his fate, a task in which no god or man has ever been successful at. You play as Kraots and fight your way through countless hoards of monsters from Greek Mythology in an attempt to locate the temple of…
How it plays
It is played from a third person 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 II is the second of 42 entries we hold in the God of War series. It arrived 2 years after God of War. The next entry was God of War II: Special Edition in 2007. Its critic score of 93 is 8 points above the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is God of War III at 96.
How it was received
God of War II holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 29 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 1,056 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
God of War II launched on 13 March 2007, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Peggle and The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Peggle, The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for God of War II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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