I don't think so Mirai, seeing as Zeus was the youngest of the gods anyway. Everyone else had already been eaten by Cronus before Zeus was even born, so there would be no reason why him dieing would mean the rest of them die. I mean hell, Kratos is his son and he didn't die immediately after Zeus just because Zeus died.

So there could easily be a few survivors. And even if all of the Gods did die for inexplicable reasons just because Zeus fell, what about the Titans? We never saw most of them die either.

And please don't forget Athena. That's still her daughter no matter the circumstances. It seems we know who's being set up as a Big Bad Boss in the next one.

What I found odd though... How she didn't even flinch from the blade and expected it. It's the whole "Kill or be killed" thing of the Gods... It was weird that the blade was meant for her on two levels. Personally, it's like she had no response other than to die. Second, it may have been a part of her that would poison the blade.

You've seen Hades. And she was forcibly taken to be his bride. She and Hera probably had a lot to talk about over her chalice.

Nah, Zeus is top dog. Kinda like Ra for Egyptian gods. They aren't protecting Zeus because they would lose godhood otherwise. They protect him because that's the one that freed them from Cronos AND allows them reign over their domains. Poseidon may worry for Zeus' mental instability, but in the end, he follows orders to fight against the ones that would destroy the world or else, lose domain over the waters of the ancient realm. Same as everyone else.

I guess it's symbolic that Aphrodite came out unscathed. The world still needs love and you can't really kill that. Athena, I'm not so sure about.

I would play the shit out of that.

I was actually kinda disappointed in this one.

For one thing, gods I expected to kill.

Gods I actually killed:
Poseidon, Hades, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Zeus. Not gonna count Hera or Helios (who wasn't even an Olympian) 'cause they weren't even fights. Probably shouldn't count Hermes either because he was goddamn pathetic.

I also was rather disappointed in the backtracking. I already went to hell and killed Hades, why do I have to go back? How about instead of having me go back to hell and kill some judges to release a chain after I've gone back to the labyrinth (which I already danced about on top of earlier as well during the path of Eos), you have me hunt down Demeter or Artemis?)

The game also felt way too short for what you do. They could have easily squeezed in... seven or eight more boss fights, and given a few more gods entire areas or stages to go through.

And the story kind of annoyed me at the end. I didn't mind Kratos trying to save Pandora. I didn't mind her dying for nothing. What I DID mind was all this power of friendship and hope and bullshit at the end of the game. That was so anti everything God of War that it just pissed me off.

It also felt a whole lot LESS epic than God of War/God of War 2. Everything in the first two games was bigger than life. Here you were fighting things much larger and much more powerful than you. However, the Greek Pantheon was a total let down after killing the fates and gaining power over time itself. Especially seeming as they made the entire pantheon so damned pathetic. Zeus and Hades were the only two that even gave me a proper fight.

I'm not saying it wasn't a good game, but I was pretty disappointing compared to the first two.

They could also bring in some of the lesser gods from Greek/Roman Mythology. Morpheus - God of Sleep, Nemesis - Goddess of Revenge & Retribution, Demeter - Goddess of the Harvest (Wife of Hades), Dionysus - God of Wine & Madness, Janus - God of Doors, & there is Artemis, who is Goddess of the Hunt in the Percy Jackson books, but I'm not sure if that is based on anything specific.

And I could go on. Not having gotten around to finishing GOW3 just yet, I'm not really reading too much into any posts. Just thought I'd drop in & mention a few names.

SWB

They did Morpheus in Chains of Olympus, the PSP game. You never actually kill Morpheus, it's all dealing with Cronus, Persephone, Hades, and Artemis, with a great bit about Kratos' daughter.

Watch from here.

It always bugged me you didn't kill enough of the Gods in God of War. They said that God of War was to be a trilogy of games involving there own telling of the fall of the Gods of Olympia and we only get to kill what, 7 gods through out the series or so? I wanted to kill more. This game did make me sad for the same reason it disappointed Krylo. Not enough God Murdering!

Yeah but I'd still call the deaths of most of the gods a resounding defeat for Olympia. And it's not like you could kill all of them, I reckon the Titans probably got the rest. I mean by the time they turned up and got their game on 2 were already dead, one was in prison, and 2 more fell pretty quickly after that.

By the time you climbed your ass back up to Olympia who knows who was dead?

FTFY

Persephone is (was) the daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades. In greek mythology winter is caused by Demeter's sadness/depression each year as her daughter goes to spend half the year with Hades in the underworld. During the summer are the months which Demeter is allowed to spend with her daughter.

That said, however, I agree. She could have been in the game. Would have made more sense in the garden section than Hera, given their respective spheres of influence. Might have even managed to be an actual boss battle.

It wasn't even that so much as that most of the gods you DO kill are pathetic.

Poseidon--cool until you knock him out of the water, then dies like a bitch.

Helios--no fight at all, you just tear his head off after a titan injures him (granted you help slightly by shooting out his tire).

Hermes--Most pathetic 'fight' ever. There are, literally, standard enemies that are more difficult to kill. And not just the satyr fucks, either.

Hera--You snap her neck with one hand, no fight at all.

Hephaestus--Completely pathetic 'boss fight'. Only marginally harder than Hermes.

I dunno, I just know that every single god fight (that wasn't Zeus or Hades) was a let down AND there weren't enough of them.

I think the Cronus fight makes up for all crappy boss fights in every game ever though.