God of War III: Difference between revisions

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: Revealed to be the fate of {{spoiler|Athena at the end of the previous game. Thanks to her [[Heroic Sacrifice|saving the life of Zeus]], she has become an angel-like creature that lives along the River Styx. She's also fully transparent}}.

* [[The Atoner]]: Played straight. {{spoiler|Kratos discovers he had the power of hope inside of him the whole time after opening Pandora's box to fight Ares. Now owing Athena nothing, he kills himself with the Blade of Olympus, letting its power seep into the now-ruined world and leaving Athena disappointed}}.

* [[Awesomeness Meter]]: Rage of Sparta.

* [[Back from the Dead]]: Kratos in series tradition, which also doubles as the equally-traditional...

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Hercules.

* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Pandora, mainly because she reminds Kratos of Calliope. In fact, she actually succeeds in forcing Kratos to see the consequences of his actions, making him feel genuine guilt}}.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: [[Captain Obvious|Aphrodite, of course]], it's literally her divine domain.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: In a hilariously [[Refuge in Audacity|audacious]] example, Kratos uses Helios' severed ''and still screaming'' head as a flashlight.

* [[Never Found the Body]]: {{spoiler|[[The Stinger]] shows a blood trail that leads off a cliff}}.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|When Kratos opened Pandora's Box back in the first game, darkness was unleashed that consumed Zeus and turned him evil, and it is only in this game that we discover this. Also, each time Kratos kills a god, he unleashes a calamity upon the world: the seas flood, the souls of the dead are released from the underworld, the sun is blotted out, a plague is unleashed, and all plant life dies}}.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: In a rare moment of spooky suspense, you have to turn a very slow crank while four [[Demonic Spiders|four Stone Talos]] statues surround you - you've likely been fighting them with quite some difficulty one-on-one until now, and you just ''know'' [[Elevator Action Sequence|they're gonna ambush you]]. {{spoiler|They don't attack until you have to backtrack through that same area about an hour later, and even then, only three of them do}}.

* [[Offing the Offspring]]: {{spoiler|Zeus certainly tries his damnedest to}}.

* [[Serrated Blade of Pain]]: Kratos' swords.

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: Subverted. While Kratos has sex with Aphrodite, the camera pans away... to two of Aphrodite's slave girls feeling each other up while watching the whole thing. The two handmaidens murmur about [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|how it's for mature audiences and parents shouldn't let their children watch it while fondling each others' naked breasts...]] and if you succeed, there is ''another'' discretion shot as the two maidens "go to the next step", and the camera pans back to Aphrodite.

* [[Sliding Scale of Linearity vs. Openness]]: Level 2.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Good goddesses, '''''Aphrodite'''''. Her outfit consists of a strip of cloth across her chest - which is so thin

* [[Villain-Beating Artifact]]: Pandora's box, which contains the only thing that can kill a god, and Kratos's main objective in order to defeat Zeus. {{spoiler|It's all a lie, since Pandora Box is now empty}}.

* [[Visual Pun]]: {{spoiler|You literally give Gaia a fatal heart attack}}.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Gaia.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Hercules' motivation to defeat Kratos.