God of War (video Game) - Gameplay

Gameplay

God of War is a single player game that features a third-person perspective view with a fixed camera. The player controls the character Kratos in a mixture of combat, both normal and quick time, with platforming and puzzle game elements. The player guides Kratos through a long series of tests, trials and mazes to achieve goals. Kratos' main weapons are the Blades of Chaos, a pair of double-chained blades. During the game he acquires a secondary weapon, the Blade of Artemis, and utilizes magical abilities, including Poseidon's Rage, Medusa's Gaze, Zeus' Fury, and Army of Hades. Kratos also obtains the relic Poseidon's Trident, which allows him to breathe underwater, temporarily wields the Blade of the Gods during the final fight with Ares, and acquires a special ability, called Rage of the Gods, which provides him with temporary invulnerability and increased attack damage.

During the game, the player finds chests containing green, blue, and red orbs. Green orbs replenish health, blue orbs replenish magic, and red orbs replenish experience for upgrading weapons and magic—allowing new and more powerful attacks—and replenishing the Rage meter for Rage of the Gods. The player can also collect red orbs by killing foes and destroying certain inanimate objects. The player can find Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers, which increase the maximum amount of Health and Magic respectively, in plain, neutrally colored chests. The player must find six Eyes or Feathers to increase each meter's maximum.

Combat includes a quick time event (QTE) feature that is initiated when the player has weakened a strong foe. The player performs actions on the control device shortly after the appearance of an on-screen prompt: an image of the circle button. This allows for limited control of Kratos during a QTE cinematic sequence, which, if successful, ends the battle; failure usually results in damage to the player's character. When the game is completed, a challenge mode, ten trials called the Challenge of the Gods, is unlocked; this requires players to complete a series of specific tasks (e.g. kill all Cyclops before time runs out). The player may unlock bonus costumes, behind-the-scenes videos, and art galleries as rewards. Completion of each difficulty level unlocks various additional rewards. A quick-time sex mini-game in the form of an encounter with twins is featured, and has become a regular feature throughout the series.