God of War: Ascension

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Plot

God of War: Ascension opens with a cinematic prologue. Before the time of the Titans and the rule of the Olympian Gods, an eons-long war was waged between the Primordials, the beings who created the Earth. The war spawned the Furies, the guardians of honor and bane of traitors who punish those they deem guilty. When Aegaeon the Hecatonchires broke a blood oath to Zeus, he became the first traitor and a target for the Furies. As punishment, Aegaeon was captured, tortured, turned to stone, and made into the Prison of the Damned. Aegaeon became a symbol of the consequences of breaking a blood oath to a god.

Gameplay begins with Kratos, who is imprisoned, chained, and tormented by the Furies for breaking his blood oath to Ares. The Fury Megaera tortures Kratos, but accidentally facilitates his freedom. Kratos chases Megaera, who uses her parasitic insects to awaken Aegaeon. Fending off the Hecatonchires, Kratos confronts the Fury Tisiphone and her familiar Daemon, who try to trick him with an illusion. Kratos dispels the illusion, and locates and kills Megaera, despite her using Aegaeon as a weapon. Kratos then retrieves the Amulet of Uroborus, which the Furies had confiscated from him.

Kratos battles the manticore at the Tower of Delphi. The screenshot demonstrates the new tetheringmechanic, and it is being used in conjunction with theQTE mechanic.

The narrative shifts to three weeks before Kratos' imprisonment. Confronted by Orkos in the Village of Kirra. Kratos is advised that the visions he has been experiencing are mind tricks created by the Furies, and instructs him to find Aletheia, the Oracle of Delphi. Upon arrival at the Temple of Delphi, he overcomes the corrupted Prophet Castor and his conjoined twin Pollux, who tried to kill the Oracle so Kratos could not consult her. The Oracle, who is dying, instructs Kratos to travel to Delos to retrieve the Eyes of Truth. Taking the Amulet of Uroborus from the now-dead Castor and Pollux, Kratos travels to Kirra's harbor, where he again encounters Orkos. The oath keeper reveals that he is the son of Ares and Alecto, the queen of the Furies. Ares wanted a perfect warrior to help him overthrow Zeus and become King of the Gods. Ares was disappointed with Orkos and disowned him. Orkos became the oath keeper of the Furies to please his mother. Orkos tells Kratos that Kratos was the warrior Ares sought, and to turn him into a powerful, bloodthirsty Spartan, Ares helped Kratos defeat a horde of barbarians and kill their king. Orkos did Ares' bidding as the oath keeper and did not question the Furies until Ares tricked Kratos into killing his own family. Armed with this knowledge, Kratos takes a ship to Delos.

A week later, Kratos arrives at the island of Delos and explores the ruined statue of Apollo. He is attacked by all three Furies and severs Megaera's arm, but is captured when Alecto intervenes. Orkos appears and frees Kratos, transporting him to another location. Orkos gives Kratos his Oath Stone and reveals that he and Aletheia tried to warn Zeus of Ares' and the Furies' plan to overthrow the King of the Gods and claim Olympus for themselves. In retaliation, the Furies took the Oracle's eyes, the objects Kratos seeks. After a perilous journey, Kratos uses the Amulet of Uroborus to restore the statue and retrieves the eyes. After completing the Trials of Archimedes, Kratos is ambushed by the Furies, who capture him and steal the eyes, amulet, and Oath Stone.

Back in the present time, Tisiphone and Daemon cast another illusion to deceive Kratos, who overcomes it and retrieves the Oath Stone of Orkos. He encounters the Scribe of Hecatonchires, who reveals that he was the first mortal to be imprisoned by the Furies. He says that the Furies were originally fair in their punishment, but devolved into ruthless beings because of Ares. Kratos continues his pursuit of the Furies, and upon reaching the door to Alecto's Chamber, he seemingly returns home to his wife and daughter, but finds it to be another illusion, this time cast by Alecto. She tries to convince Kratos he can live within this illusion if he rejoins Ares, but he denies her and says he requires reality. Enraged, Alecto and Tisiphone attack Kratos, who retrieves the eyes, and Alecto transforms herself into a giant sea monster. After a brutal battle, Kratos uses the eyes to break through the Furies' illusions before killing them both, which destroys the prison. Before dying, Alecto promises her death will change nothing.

Kratos returns to Sparta, where he is met by Orkos. He praises Kratos' victory over the Furies and reveals that Kratos will not be free from Ares' bond unless he kills Orkos. He begs Kratos to give him an honorable death, which will free them both from Ares. Kratos initially refuses but Orkos' continuing pleas ultimately force Kratos to kill him. Afterward, Kratos experiences the first of many nightmares—previously masked by his bond—and discovers his path to redemption through continual service to Olympus. Kratos burns down his house with the corpse of Orkos inside and leaves.

(From Wikipedia)