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Undo revision 1987852 by HornyLikeIAmA14YearOldGirl (talk) Unnecessary imo. Anyone who's followed the series up to that point will already know this - at absolute most it's a Late Arrival Spoiler, IF that.
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While carving his way out of Hades, Kratos meets an unexpected familiar face: the [[Late Arrival Spoiler|now-dead Athena, who exists as a ghost-like entity]]. She surprises Kratos by offering him her assistance in killing Zeus - but in order to do so, Kratos must retrieve the box of Pandora from Mount Olympus, with the Olympian Gods interested in preserving Zeus's rule standing between him and his vengeance.
The game features a revamped magic system, a wider variety of enemies, and improved [[Fixed Camera]] angles; gameplay is similar to previous installments, with combo-focused combat and a selection of various weapons acquired through the game, and various [[Quick Time Event]]s. Kratos can be equipped with up to four magical attacks and a power-enhancing ability.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Kratos is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]] here, motivated by nothing more than vengeance. Not even the natural disaster he unleashes by killing Poseidon gives him any cause for regret... {{spoiler|but regret comes to him eventually}}.
* [[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
* [[Attack of the Monster Appendage]]: Poseidon, the second boss, is a Type 2.
* [[Awesomeness Meter]]: Rage of Sparta.
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* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Go ahead, Hermes, make fun of the family of a guy known to kill ''out of spite''}}.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Kratos and Hercules are both Zeus's bastard sons}}.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The parallels between Kratos and Hercules are indirectly acknowledged when the latter finally shows up and claims that Kratos is stealing his thunder. Considering that Kratos had already killed the Hydra at that point, [[Fridge Brilliance|he may well be right]]. In the novelization of the game, it's revealed that the Hydra fought by Kratos was the one killed by Hercules in the past and brought back to life {{spoiler|by Athena, who by doing so tricked Poseidon into giving Kratos his powers}}.
* [[Chain Lightning]]: The Nemesis Whip, a chain-whip that produces lightning and doubles as a [[Visual Pun]] on this.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: {{spoiler|Pandora's Box}}.
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