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| Author: A I e x |
| Began: March 26th, 2005 |
| Completed: March 27th, 2005 |
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| Table of Contents |
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** In order to navigate this guide I have implemented a Ctrl+f system, which
means you press ctrl+f in your browser or word processer to bring up the
search menu, then enter the letters in brackets on the right of the section
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1. Controls...... (0000Z)
2. Full Walkthrough...... (00000)
i - Aegean Sea...... (00001)
ii - The Gates of Athens...... (00002)
iii - The Road to Athens...... (00003)
iv - Athens Town Square...... (00004)
v - Rooftops of Athens...... (00005)
vi - Temple of the Oracle...... (00006)
vii - The Sewers of Athens...... (00007)
viii - Desert of Lost Souls...... (00008)
ix - Pandora's Temple...... (00009)
x - The Rings of Pandora...... (0000A)
xi - The Challenge of Atlas...... (0000B)
xii - The Challenge of Poseidon...... (0000C)
xiii - The Challenge of Hades...... (0000D)
xiv - The Cliffs of Madness...... (0000E)
xv - The Architect's Tomb...... (0000F)
xvi - The Path to Hades...... (0000G)
xvii - Temple of the Oracle...... (0000H)
3. Final Note...... (0000I)
4. Version History...... (0000J)
5. Legal...... (0000K)
6. Credits...... (0000L)
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| Controls (0000Z) |
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| Menu Controls | Function |
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| Start | Access Menu Screens |
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| Select | Pause Game / Options Menu |
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| Left analog / D-pad | Highlight / menu item |
|------+------|
| X | Select menu item |
|------+------|
| Triangle | Previous screen |
|------+------|
| L1 / R1 | Scroll Menu Screens |
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| On Ground Controls | Function |
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| Left analog | Walk / Run / Climb |
|------+------|
| Right analog | Evade |
|------+------|
| X | Jump |
|------+------|
| X + X | Double Jump |
|------+------|
| Square | Normal Attack |
|------+------|
| Triangle | Heavy Attack |
|------+------|
| Circle | Grab Enemies |
|------+------|
| L1 | Block (Parry if block at right time) |
|------+------|
| D-Pad | Select Magic (when acquired) |
|------+------|
| L2 | Use Item / Magic |
|------+------|
| R2 | Action / Interact with world |
|------+------|
| L3 + R3 | Rage of the Gods (When rage meter full) |
|------+------|
| Triangle (Hold) | Launch and follow enemy into the air |
|------+------|
| X (After enemy launch) | Super Jump |
|------+------|
| Circle (Enemy in air) | Chain Grab |
|------+------|
| Start | Access Menu Screens |
|------+------|
| R2 (Hold) + X (Charge) | To Kick Objects |
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| In Air Basics | Function |
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| Square | Horizontal Attack |
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| Triangle | Vertical Attack |
|------+------|
| Circle | Air Grap |
|------+------|
| L1 | Block |
|------+------|
| D-Pad | Select Magic (When acquired) |
|------+------|
| L2 | Use Item / Magic |
|------+------|
| R1 | Hercules Stomp |
|------+------|
| Circle (Hold) | Rope Swing (when hanging on a rope) |
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At the very beginning of the game you're given control of Kratos, a man who
wields two swords attached to the end of very long chains. Using a
combination of the square (weak attack) and triangle (strong attack) buttons
you can perform numerous different combos at the start. To save you the time
of learning everything progressively with the tutorials you can also throw
enemies with circle, block attacks with L1 and evade by moving the right
analog stick. Get yourself accustomed to the controls by smashing through all
the enemies in this area. Note a fun little tip, when you press the circle
button to grab enemies you can perform three different throws. While holding
the enemy press either circle, triangle or square to do one of the three
different throws. After all the enemies have been disposed approach the trap
door in the upper left corner and press the R2 button to grab hold. Continue
to press the R2 button over and over again until the trap door opens then drop
down. There's a treasure chest right here when you land, hold the R2 button
to grab on and open it. Inside a number of green orbs will refill your
health. You can break many of the objects in this area to get red orbs as you
continue North down the hallway. Head down into the next hallway.
Here you will be ambused by a large "miniboss." It's the head of a hydra and
it's extremely angry. To defeat this boss you need to run up to it and attack
using a combination of square and triangle attacks to dish out as much damage
as possible. The boss will be constantly attacking and size that's virtually
impossible to dodge you need to block it instead. When the head moves back to
strike just stand where you are and hold the L1 button to protect yourself
from the attack and go in swinging madly after each one. Continue this
process over and over until you've knocked out about half its health. At that
point it will fall down and the option to play a minigame appears. To
initiate the minigame press the circle button when you see the circle icon
appear over the beast's head. Now you have to press the button that appears
on screen quickly, if you see a triangle press the triangle button and so on.
Doing this will treat you to a rather violent and brutal scene.
Once the monster is gone continue forward and begin to cross over the pit on
the beams that extend overtop. It's quite a balancing act but if you happen
to slip you can usually just tap the X button to climb back up again. If you
fall entirely just swim back to the start and give it another try. Break the
barrels on the other side to get all the red orbs and then jump through the
crack in the wall to the left. There's a man in the cage at the end of the
path, you can speak to him using the R2 button. Climb the stairs on the right
and open the treasure chest to receive a whole bunch of red orbs. Continue
down the hall past the wooden barrier and kick open the door with the R2
button. Outside you'll find a huge chaotic scene of violence involving some
nasty winged creatures ripping men apart. Return the favour by using the
circle button to rip their wings off completely, this will occur for many
enemies throughout the game, special throws based on the type of enemy they
are. It's an unfortunate truth that the innocent men running around on deck
will drop health when killed, so if you need it then just start swinging
madly. After defeating a few of the creatures and thinning them out a little
run to the opposite side of the deck where you will find two doors. Approach
one of them and open it by tapping the R2 button, it will reveal a chest
containing red orbs as will the second one. Head back and continue your
slaughter of the winged cratures, eventually a boss will appear.
This actually isn't so much a boss as a miniboss again. It has a few basic
attacks, first there's a generic bite attack which bites down on the spot
wherever you are stand, simply block this attack. The second attack the
monster will pound its head down on the left side followed by the right side
followed by the middle so knowing this pattern be sure to avoid it entirely.
Finally the creature has a swiping attack where it uses its head to swing
around on the ground and swipe you to the side. This one can by jumping if
you double jump and time it correctly. The last one is an attack you actually
want it to perform. It grabs you in it's mouth but using the circle button
and tapping it as fast as you can you can break free and do some serious
damage to the creature in the process, so it's actually beneficial to be hit
by this. While you're not in its mouth however just stick with normal
triangle and square attacks to defeat the creature, you must drain all its
health this time rather than just a partial amount to kill it.
After defeating the miniboss drop down into the water where its head had
popped up from since there is now a hole in the ship. Swim up down the
corridor and grab hold of the mesh net at the end. Start climbing up and jump
back onto the ship when you reach the top. The game will now teach you a new
attack, hold the triangle button to do an upward swing and launch an enemy
into the air. You will automatically jump up along with him so while airborne
press the circle button to do an air throw, this manoeuvre can be pretty
helpful at times so keep it in mind. Start tiptoeing across the pole leading
off the upper right side of the ship, if you fall then you die but the
checkpoint was quite recently don't worry. When you reach a fork take the
right branch to find a chest containing red orbs. Go back and take the left
branch to reach another ship. Head up to trigger a cutscene.
Following the scene open the nearby chest to reveal a whole bunch of healing
green orbs. Left of the chest is a glowing save point, while standing on the
save point press the R2 button to bring up the save menu and then you can save
your game. Back on the ship drop down and run up to find a crate behind the
first box on your right. Using the R2 button you can grab hold of the crate
and either push or pull it in any direction. You can also hold the X button
to charge up and kick the crate in the direction you are facing. What you
need to do is get this crate all the way down to where the archers are
shooting at you because the ledge is too high to jump up to. The problem is
that the arrows can actually destroy the crate, and while another one will
respawn you have to go back and try again so the easiest way to do it is
charge up a kick when no arrows are coming at you and release right before
they hit. Kick the crate all the way to the end underneath the archers and
use it to double jump up and grab hold of the ledge. Kill off all the archers
and then open up the treasure chest containing green orbs. Head down to the
end of the hall and you'll find a locked door but you cannot open it. Your
only option is to climb up the ladder on the opposite side and leave them.
There's a large net here and it is your only means of going further. Approach
the net to automatically grab hold of it and begin to climb. Note as you are
climbing that you can attack and grab still while on the net. Grabbing is
going to be most helpful, the best grab is the one you do while holding up on
the left analog stick since it's fast and effective. The other grab is good
if there's multiple enemies around. Note that as you climb you can hold up
and press the X button to climb up faster. On the way up there's a platform
but still more net to climb after that, when you reach the very top head down
and balance across the large pole. At the other side of this pole is a lone
chest containing a stash of red orbs. Now head back across and jump up to
grab that long rope leading from the top of the pole down to the other ship.
Break open the left and right wooden blockades to reveal a chest containing
red orbs on the left and a Gorgon Eye on the right. Collect a total of six
Gorgon Eyes to permanently increase you maximum health (so in other words, you
just got a Blue Orb Fragment.) Break through the middle and approach the
glowing blue flame down at the end. Here you will meet the one of the many
Greek gods who assists you with your quest by granting you a special power
which in this case comes in the form of a magic spell. Using the L2 button
you can crate a huge blast of lightning around you and deal heavy damage to
foes. It's quite an effective attack in large groups and for bosses actually.
Use Poseidon's Rage here to take out the enemies that spawn around you,
there's now a blue bar below you health which represents your magic power and
using Poseidon's rage drains this bar, but you can refill your magic by
defeating some enemies or finding chests with blue orbs in them. Head through
the door that Poseidon's head was blocking and make your way outside again.
On your left is another save point which may come in handy here; on the right
are two treasure chests which will fully restore both your health and your