It's the only time in-game that Kratos expresses a shred of remorse for his actions.

Died in Your Arms Tonight: Athena dies in Kratos' arms after Taking the Bullet for Zeus at the end of the game.

When you go up against Gorgon's, countering their stone gaze requires you press a random button instead of a fixed one, so if you don't ignore what the game has been making you do instinctively for every other enemy, the counter will fail and turn you to stone, making you vulnerable to a one-hit kill regardless of your health. Using the Golden Fleece counter attack involves timing it right and then attacking immediately after it.

Damn You, Muscle Memory!: Within one game no less.

Crashing Through the Harem: Kratos' escape from the Colossus of Rhodes's rampage takes him crashing through the ceiling of a bathhouse where two women wait in a state of undress, leading to an Optional Sexual Encounter.

During the boss fight against the Fates themselves, you can use Lakhesis herself as a 'statue' to trigger the Amulet.

Colour-Coded Timestop: Kratos can obtain the Amulet of Fates, which allows him to use the nearby Fates' statues to slow down time and give everything a hazy green hue, usually to solve puzzles and go through certain timed doors.

Clothing Damage: Kratos' God armor falls apart after he's crushed by the Colossus of Rhodes.

Cliffhanger: What the game ends on Kratos has just gone back in time and brought the Titans back to the present, and together with them, he makes his attack on Mount Olympus.

Brought Down to Badass: As the soldiers of Rhodes discover the hard way, just because Kratos has been shrunk down to normal size doesn't mean he's any less capable of killing them.

Boss Battle: At up to 14 bosses, God of War II has the largest number of bosses in the whole God Of War franchise.

Cue Oh, Crap! just before Kratos bashes the guy's head in against the altar, his blood draining into a pattern etched onto the floor. Said incantation ends with the reader offering his blood as a sacrifice.

Blood Magic: At the Temple of the Fates, Kratos is required to capture a translator to read the incantation needed to open his path.

Blood from the Mouth: After being squashed by the Colossus of Rhodes' hand, Kratos pukes up a damn river's worth of blood.

Big Good: Gaia the Titaness is the one who directly helps Kratos in his quest by saving him from death.

Been There, Shaped History: Kratos destroyed The Colossus of Rhodes, because it came to life and tried to kill him.

Bag of Spilling: Kratos is stripped of all of his godly powers by the Blade of Olympus early on in the game.

Alrik, the Barbarian King who caused Kratos to make his fateful Deal with the Devil with Ares in the first place, fights his way out of Hades to have another shot at the Ghost of Sparta.As he did before, Kratos fights his way out of the Underworld after being killed by Zeus.You end his torment by breaking the chains and having him fall in the bonfire below. You can also meet Prometheus, tied to Typhon's finger and still mauled by an eagle. Zeus confirms this during the final battle: As he prepares to execute the former God of War, he says that Kratos' torment is about to begin.

And I Must Scream: Gaia informs Kratos that, should he fail his mission, his soul will spend eternity in the Underworld being tortured by Hades.

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