History Awesome / GodofWar

--> '''Poseidon:''' "''You challenge me MORTAL?!''..'''''A GOD OF OLYMPUS?!'''''"

** And indeed, the third game demonstrates just to ''what'' degree Ares succeeded in making [[OneManArmy Kratos]] [[KillEmAll the great warrior]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[KillEmAll And the Ghost of Sparta was just getting started...]]]]

* When Ares hurls a spike out into the distance for apparently no reason. We then cut back to Kratos who is then SPEARED through said spike right through the chest. Understand? The God of War chucked as spike halfway across the planet and hit the guy DEAD CENTER of his chest. Holy shit.

** Actually, you don't have to imagine anymore, because Kratos fights against MOTHERFUCKIN POESIEDON HIMELF! And wins!

** [[spoiler: The fight with Deimos in ''Ghost of Sparta'', followed by them settling their difference and teaming up to kill Thanatos.]]

** [[spoiler:At the climax of the final confrontation against Zeus in God of War III, you're required to mash the Circle button while Kratos bashes Zeus' head against a rock. Since you're in first-person mode, Zeus' blood slowly obscures your vision while Kratos keeps hammering away at Zeus' skull ''and you have to keep mashing the circle button.'' In theory, until the whole screen is covered in red. [[RefugeInAudacity In PRACTICE, however, you can keep going]] [[OverlyLongGag for as long as you want,]] [[CatharsisFactor until you are done laughing like a maniac as you hear the sound of the fists crashing on Zeus's face.]] ]]
* When Ares [[spoiler: hurls a spike out into the distance for apparently no reason. We then cut back to Kratos who is then SPEARED through said spike right through the chest. Understand? The God of War chucked as spike halfway across the planet and hit the guy DEAD CENTER of his chest. Holy shit.]]

* "''ARES!'' There is '''nothing''' you can put in my way to stop me! I ''will'' save my family!" Even if you hate Kratos, you can't help but think '''YES''' when he shouts that at Ares [[spoiler: after he summons a bunch of Doppelgangers of Kratos himself who are closing in on avatars of his family. Especially since this line comes right after Calliope cries "Daddy!"]] Not only does that get the PapaWolf out of Kratos, but the player as well (MamaBear if the player is female) which makes it double as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* The following exchange [[spoiler: between Kratos and Ares, moments before Ares is killed.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ares:''' I was trying to make you a great warrior!]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Kratos:''' [[GoneHorriblyRight You succeeded.]] ''[stabs Ares]'']]
** And indeed, the third game demonstrates [[spoiler: just to ''what'' degree Ares succeeded in making [[OneManArmy Kratos]] [[KillEmAll the great warrior]].]]

* As awesome as Kratos is, his most badass moments are probably in the last couple of hours in the second game. [[spoiler: He kills the Fates - you know, the ones which were supposed to be UNKILLABLE, the creatures that even the GODS feared - even after they decided he wouldn't, providing one of the most literal subversions of YouCantFightFate anywhere, and he beats up Zeus while still technically a mortal]].

* At the end of God of War 2 [[spoiler: Zeus is shooting his lightning at you (Kratos) while you block with the Blade of Olympus. Then Kratos says "[[ISurrenderSuckers I lay down my arms, Zeus!!]]." and stabs the Blade into the ground in (supposed) defeat. Zeus takes the Blade and prepares to slice your head into two, (at this point the rest of the game is a quick-time event) but you block it, smash Zeus's head into a rock a couple of times, stab both of his hands with your Athena's Blades to pin him down, and stab him with the Blade of Olympus. In fact, if Athena didn't interfere, you would have killed Zeus then and there.]]

* The battle with Hades in III, which ends with Kratos throwing Hades's "YourSoulIsMine" taunt right back in his face by [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard taking HIS soul using the claws he just took from him]]]].
* The entire battle with [[spoiler:Cronos]], the mother of all {{Colossus Climb}}s, which has you [[spoiler:fighting loads of monsters on his surface, doing nasty things to the guy's fingers, getting eaten at one point and then slashing your way out in pure badass fashion before then driving a crystal right through his jaw, climbing right on his face, and then finishing him off with the Blade of Olympus right through his forehead]].
* The battle with Hercules in III, where Herc reveals that [[spoiler: Stealing his heavy armor and [[PowerFist Nemean Cestus]] just makes him faster, able to now pull off a ''FlashStep'']]. Then, he rips the entire arena out of the ground, [[spoiler: only for Kratos to pin him under it, and pound his head until it caves in]].

* The final boss battles of ''Ghost of Sparta''. [[spoiler:Kratos and Deimos fighting side by side]] is just ''awesome''.
** [[spoiler: You almost feel bad for what's about to happen to Thanatos after he kills Deimos.]]
* In God of War 3, most people don't recognize it, but, when you grab a normal and hitting Triangle splits him in half, right? Well, do that exact same thing except hold on to triangle the entire time, and we get a camera zoomed in at Kratos as he brutally rips an enemy in two with blood flying all over him and blood flying everywhere.

* The final battle of Ascension. [[spoiler: Alecto transforms into a Titan-sized sea-beast and battles against Kratos in a maelstrom on oil with Tisiphone assisting throughout.]]

* In ''Ghost of Sparta'', there's an unlockable costume, which allows you to play as - oddly enough, the Grave Digger. But once you start playing combat arenas with the costume, the Digger transforms, and you realize that you aren't playing as the Grave Digger. [[spoiler:'''[[PromotedToPlayable You're playing as]] [[GodIsEvil Zeus.]]''']]

** First game, Kratos uses Pandora's box to grow into a giant to fight Ares. So with all the cool attacks thrown between them, there is the extra awesomeness from the fact that the two of them are giants.

* At the end of God of War 2 [[spoiler: Zeus is shooting his lightning at you (Kratos) while you block with the Blade of Olympus. Then Kratos says "[[ISurrenderSuckers I lay down my arms down, Zeus]]." and stabs the Blade into the ground. Zeus takes the Blade and prepares to splice your head into two, (at this point the rest of the game is a quick-time event) but you block it, smashes Zeus's head into a rock, stabs both of his hands, and stabs him. In fact, if Athena didn't interfere, you would have kill Zeus. Just a note, you fail at the quick time event, Zeus kills you.]]
* Speaking of final boss fights, the final confrontation with Zeus in III. [[spoiler:You not only get to [[ShakyPOVCam slice Zeus with the Blades of Exile from first-person view]], but right after, mashing the circle button repeatedly will produce [[{{Gorn}} so much blood, that your view of the beating is blocked.]] Only when you stop does Zeus finally kick the bucket, which means you can beat on him [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential as much as you want.]] And really, after everything Zeus has said and done by that point, it feels ''so'' satisfying.]]
** It's a great metaphor for the games, too: "You can go as long and as far as you want, it's only going to get darker, bloodier, and more over the top."

** Stabbing Zeus through the eye with the Lighthouse of Alexandria?
*** Dropping the Moon of Titan ON the Titans?
*** Burning the Pleiades alive with...well, with the Pleiades?
*** None of the above - the Ultimate weapons combo. The Blade of Olympus is shoved into the ground. The blades catch Zeus under his body, launching him to the air. Kratos uses the chains to pull himself up. Finally, the gauntlets are used to punch him down, impaling him on the Blade of Olympus. Kratos lands, picks up the blade, then launches a laser attack up into the air, launching Zeus into the air, a hole in his stomach, his back broken, his front bleeding, his powers sapped.
*** Considering what the newest trailer showed us, the ambitions of the team and the power of the hardware they have to use, these will probably all seem mild compared to what he actually does.
*** [[spoiler:It seems they TookAThirdOption. At the climax of the final confrontation against Zeus in God of War III, you're required to mash the Circle button while Kratos bashes Zeus' head against a rock. Since you're in first-person mode, Zeus' blood slowly obscures your vision while Kratos keeps hammering away at Zeus' skull ''and you have to keep mashing the circle button.'' In theory, until the whole screen is covered in red. [[RefugeInAudacity In PRACTICE, however, you can keep going]] [[OverlyLongGag for as long as you want,]] [[CatharsisFactor until you are done laughing like a maniac as you hear the sound of the fists crashing on Zeus's face.]] ]]

[[spoiler:'''Kratos:''' You succeeded. ''[stabs Ares]'']]

* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', after you kill the Hydra by impaling its head onto the ship's mast. And for players new to the world of Kratos, ''VideoGame/GodOfWar II'' has him rip ''the Colossus of Rhodes'' apart from the inside. One can only imagine how the third one will top this.