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  | | Desert of Lost Souls                                       [G0008]   | | 
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First, open the blinking chest on your left, then walk down the dusty path in
front of you, until you reach a statue of Athena. You'll see a cutscene of
Athena speaking to Kratos. She explains a bit of the story: What Pandora's Box
is, that the titan Kronos wields the Temple of Pandora on his back, and that
in order to proceed forward, you'll have to follow the sounds of the sirens, and
kill three of them. Now this sounds simple, but it's far from it. The area is
extremely large, and open, and it's covered in sand storms, that make it hard
to see. So, you really will have to rely on the sounds of the Sirens' songs to
find them.

Start by heading forward, until you can see a cliff wall ahead of you. Walk
around there, until you hear a Siren's song. It'll be faint at first, but
walk until it gets louder -- And if it gets softer, walk to where you previously
were. With some patience, you'll be brought to the first Siren, who's in front
of a temple. This is the only siren in a fixed location to begin with, so take
advantage of that, and don't let her run off! Stay right behind her, as you keep
slashing away at her. She can toss energy balls at you, but they can be blocked.
Besides, it's better to be hit a few times, than to have to track her again.
Once a circle icon appeard above her head, grab her, to crack her neck in half,
bringing the total number of Sirens in the area left, down to two. Even though
you can't see, try to remember the relative direction to the temple, as you
search for the Sirens, because you will have to return there after you kill
them. A few words of advice on searching, however: Be prepared. Both of the last
two Sirens have Minotaurs as body guards. Forget about them though; Just trail
the Siren, and take her out first, so that she doesn't escape again.

Each time you kill a Siren, you'll see a spirit released. The spirit will travel
back to the temple, and fly into the door. After you kill the third Siren, the
three spirits will cause the door to open. So, find your way back through the
desert, to where the temple is, and walk inside. Inside, there are two blinking
chests, and a save point. So, ready your health and magic bars, then save your
game. Once that's taken care of, head down the only stairway that's in the room,
to find yourself on a platform overlooking a conveyor belt that leads into a
spinning spiked wheel. The next course of action, is to jump down to the said
conveyor belt, and begin heading left, away from the wheel. You should see a
door on the wall, very quickly. Open it, to reveal a box.

Pull the box to the doorway, but not onto the platform. Doing this, will cause
some Undead Warriors to drop down from the ceiling. Take a moment to clear them
out, then pull the box onto the platform, grab it, and kick it to the left as
far as you can. Again, more Undead Warriors will drop from the ceiling. Take a
moment to clear these ones out as well, then kick the box back to the left,
before it gets dragged into the spiked wheel (if this does happen, a new box
will spawn in the same place the old one started.) Soon, yet another group of
Undead Warriors will drop down -- and this group is quite large. Unleash
Poseidon's Rage, to take them all out in one go (if you need the magic, there's
a blinking chest behind where you move the box from). Then, continue to push the
box to the left, until it's against the wall. When it is against the wall, jump
onto it, then do a double jump to reach the top of the wall, where you'll find
a door. Open it with R2.

Head down the next hallway, until you reach a horn, facing raging sandstorms
outside. Press R2 to blow the horn. This will cause the sands to split apart,
forming a path for Kratos! Walk forward, through the split in the sand, until
you reach a stairway. Halfway up the stairs, you'll find two blinking chests,
so take the time to rejuvinate yourself. Then proceed to the top, where you'll
see another horn. Walk towards it, and you'll see a cutscene of another
sandstorm occuring, and whiping away the horn. Soon after that, three Sirens
will appear. There's actually several waves of Sirens, but it's still nothing
too bad. Take out as many as you can, by waiting until they are close together,
then nailing them with Poseidon's Rage. After that, just focus on using your
combos, until the last of them die off. When this happens, the horn will appear
again. Press R2 to blow it, and Kronos, who you can actually see in the distance
in front of you, will come to Kratos, in a cutscene. The next cutscene will
show Kratos climbing up to Pandora's Temple.

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  | | Pandora's Temple                                           [G0009]   | | 
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Save at the save point in front of you, as soon as you regain control of Kratos.
Then, walk forward, and cross the rope bridge in front of you. When you reach
the ground on the other side, you'll see a short cutscene of some guy burning
bodies. That'll be your next destination. Head to the left, and open the
blinking chest that's against the wall, to restore either your magic or your
health. Then, head further to the left where you'll see a ramp -- You can't
miss it, it's just past the festering horse corpse. Walk down this ramp, and
follow the path at the foot of it, until you reach a wall, which appears to
mark a dead end. However, you'll notice a bar on the wall. You can grab onto it
with R2, then pull back on the left analog stick to pull the wall out. Pull it
out as far as you can; It will stretch into a stairway. Before it slides back
into the wall, jump from stair to stair, to reach the platform above, where you
saw the body burner.

There, you'll see a cutscene, which will end with the body burner opening the
main gate to the temple for you. After he does that, open the blinking chest on
your left, then jump down to the ground below. Head to the left, and two
Cyclops with Clubs will appear, and a wall of flame will block the entryway to
the temple. These guys are just like the ones with maces; In other words, after
weakening them, you can grab them, and perform a sequence of button presses to
finish them off. So, do that. Weaken some with Poseidon's Rage, until you run
out, then resort to rolling, and attacking. There's a chest near where you
jumped down from, that's blinking. You can use that for a restore of magic
during the fight, if it's necessary. After you kill three or four Cyclopses,
the fire blocking the stairs into the temple will vanish. Head to the top, where
there's another three chests (A blinking chest in the middle, a Phoenix Feather
in the one on the right, and a Gorgon Eye in the one on the left.)

Open all three chests, then grab onto the lever in front of the door to the
temple. Push it, until the door in front of you slides open, then head inside.
The doors will close immediately, trapping you in a room with some Wraiths,
and a couple of Archers. Focus on killing the Archers in the back of the room
whenever you see them spawning, and while they're gone, set your attention on
the Wraiths. After you've eliminated all enemies, walk forward, and read the
book in front of you, with R2. This is not necessary, but you'll find various
books like this in the temple, and reading them all reveals an interesting
story about the architect who designed the temple. After you've read the book,
walk forward, and open the large door on the wall with the R2 button. Head
into the next room, and the door will close behind you.

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  | | The Rings of Pandora                                       [G0010]   | | 
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After the door closes, begin heading south. until you reach a door with a skull
on it. That door is locked, but there's a doorway on the wall opposite to it
that's open. Head into that room. Walk through the hallway there. You'll find
four pairs spiked walls that keep smashing into each other. Whenever you reach
one, wait until they hit together, then roll between them before they can do
so again. When you reach another room -- one with a pool of water in the middle
of it -- walk around the water, and take out all of the Archers that are against
the wall. Then, open the chests that are on both sides of the room there, for
red and green orbs. Take the time to save, via the save point to the right of
the door you entered through, as well. Once you are ready, head to the part
of the room where you faught the archers, and step into the alcove on the wall,
where you'll find a lever. Pull it with R2, to cause another lever to appear
back in the circular hallway.

Step out of the crevice, and a lever will appearon the statue next to you. You
can pull it to cause a beam of light to appear, but you can't utilize it for
anything just yet. So, head back to the hall with the spiked walls in it. For
whatever reason, all of the spiked walls have stopped moving. So, just head
back out to the circular hallway, and push the lever that you caused to appear.
You'll notice that it causes the whole wall to rotate! Keep pulling it until
the doorway near you changes to a yellowish hallway. You can't get through that
hallway yet, but remember where it was. Keep pulling the lever after that, until
the doorway changes to a second hallway, with a fire wall visible in it. Walk
down this hallway, and step on the thunderboly symbol in front of the flaming
wall, to recieve a new weapon, the Blade of Artemis! You can switch your
weapons during battle by pressing L1 and R1 at the same time. After Artemis
finishes talking, head down the hallway in front of you.

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  | | Challenge of Atlas                                         [G0011]   | | 
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Continue down the hallway, and ave when you reach the save point. Then, head
into the next room, where you'll be ambushed by a gang of Undead Warriors --
The kind without armor! This is a great place to get a feel for your newly
found Blade of Artemis. Just remember, you can't grab enemies while using it,
unless they have a circle above their heads. After you defeat them, you'll have
to face off against several Gorgons at the same time. These are the first
Gorgons of the game, that require you to press the analog stick in three
directions, when you are wrenching off their heads. Reguardless, if you stick to
rolling and attacking, you shouldn't have much trouble in taking them down.
Although, there are quite a few of them, so a Poseidon's Rage might be in order.

After the battle ends, head to the lower-right corner of the room, where you'll
find a blinking chest, and a doorway. Open the chest, but don't go through the
doorway just yet. Instead, head to the top-right corner of the room, and do a
double jump to reach the stairway up there. Open the blue chest that's waiting
at the top of the stairs, then fight your way through the hordes of Undead
Warriors, along the ledge, to the left. When you find yourself standing on a
wooden paltform, with some Archers firing at you, switch to your Zeus's Fury
attack, and thunderbolt them. From there, head across the wooden platform to
the left, where you'll find a long crooked, thin, wooden ledge leading to where
the Archers were. Take your time, and walk across this ledge, and when you reach
the other side, walk to your right immediately, and open a chest that's hidden
in the corner, for a Gorgon Eye.

Once you've obtained the eye, head to the center of the platform, and pull the
lever that's on the ground, causing a rope to lower in front of you. Jump onto
it, and slide down to the cavern area below. There, you'll see a rope in the
air in front of you. Grab onto it, and shimmy to the platform on your far right,
taking care of any enemies that you encounter on the rope. After landing on the
other side, open the blue and green chests on the ground, to restore your health
and magic, then head up the stairs to your right. Walk forward from there, until
you see a blue item sitting on a pedestal, against the wall. Press R2 to examine
it, then choose to pick it up. As soon as you pick it up, a flamng wall will
appear in front of you, and you'll be in for a massive fight; If you play your
cards right here, you'll be able to link huge combos, and make lots of red orbs.
Be careful though. The only enemies that are there will be Undead Warriors, but
the shear number of them makes them dangerous. After you finish them all off,
and the wall goes down, walk forward and open the two chests on the ground, to
restore your magic and health. Then, make a jump down to the platform on your
right -- the platform with the rope leading back to the floor above is. Climb
the rope back to the surface, and jump off.

Now, do you remember that doorway that was in the lower-right corner of the
screen? That's where you should go next. Take an immediate left in the short
hallway that follows, and head into the next room, where there are Gorgons, and
a couple of Archers on the pedestal in the northern part of the room. Do a quick
clean-up job of the enemies, then head back to the entrance of the hallway.
Walk past the left you just took, to reach the room full of Gorgons. You'll
see a crate full of logs. Grab onto it with R2, and drag it back to the platform
that the Archers were on. Align it directly in front of the center of the stairs
for the alter, then stand on the alter. Grab onto the box, and charge a kick,
then release the box, so that it slides towards the switch in the center of the
room. When it passes over the switch, the wall behind you will rotate; But the
wall will rotate back again, when the crate slides off of the switch. What you
have to do, is roll into the alcove on the alter, just as the crate hits the
switch. You'll rotate with the wall, and be brought to another room.

As soon as you step away from the rotating wall, be ready to take on another
group of Undead Warriors, who will come at you from around the corner. As you
should be starting to realize now, the Blade of Artemis can be used very
effectively for clearing crowds; If the Blade of Artemis, and the Blades of
Chaos are on the same level, the Blades of Artemis will be signifigantly
stronger. That being said, take out the enemies, then head down the hallway.
You can find a red-glowing chest at the end, and a blue and green one in alcoves
on the wall. After opening all three, climb the ladder to the right of the
rotating wall. There's a doorway there, that leads to a platform overlooking the
alter from the previous room. Be careful now, and jump across the alter, to
another platform. If you fall, you'll have to use the crate, to once again get
yourself behind the alter. Once you do make the jump, pick up the orange shield
that's on a pedestal there. Then, jump down to the ground, and head to the door
in the lower-left side of the room. Using both of the shields you've found, you
will be able to open the door.

Head down the stairs to your right, after going through the door, then head
down the next hallway, to where there's a save point. Take a moment to save
your game, then climb up the ladder on your left. Run along the ledge that's
there, and walk through the door on your right. This will bring you to a room
with a grind pattern on the floor, with razor blades rolling back and forth,
both horizontally, and vertically along them. Take your time, and move across
the room, stopping between each line on the ground, until it's safe to continue.
You'll see two levers on the ground, but ignore them for now. Instead, just grab
the green chest from the top right corner of the room (if you need it) then
head through the door on the right-hand wall of the room. Walk into that room,
and smash down the cracked wall in front of you. After destroying it, you'll
be attacked by Undead Warriors from behind it, though. So be ready for them.

With them out of the way, head into the next hallway, where you'll see a
conveyor belt on the ground. Step on it to be brought down the hallway. You'll
see some spiked walls that will clamp together along the way, just like you
did back in the Rings of Pandora. Wait until they are apart, then do a roll past
them to get by safely. Then, once you reach the end of the conveyor belt, head
to the left, and ascend the flight of wooden stairs you see. They lead to a
bridge-like area with Harpies on it. You can still take them out easily -- even
with the one-hit wing ripping if you desire. However, unlike previous Harpies
you've encountered, these ones can do divebomb attacks, which can proove to be
quite dangerous. After you dissasemble the Harpies, cross the bridge, and head
into the next area, taking out another Harpy as soon as you enter it.

In this area, walk to the right, to find a ladder against the wall. Climb it,
to reach the wall, then continue climbing further. Climb to the top of the wall,
then jump off to the wall on your right. By this time, some Undead Warrios may
be starting to spawn on the walls. Take out any that you need to, as you head
further to your right, and jump to the next wall. On this wall, enemies will
really be starting to spawn often. Fight your way upward, to the top of the
wall, then jump off to the wall on your left. Continue fighting and climbing,
until you reach another wall, further on your left. Then, climb downward to a
platform below. Open the chest that's there, then begin climbing the wall again,
and climb into the tower on your left. Open the green chest that's there, then
pull the lever next to it, to realease a rope -- This rope serves as a shortcut
between this spot, and the ground far below. Take a moment to climb to the top
of it, however, and you'll find a platform with two chests on it. Open them both
for some read orbs, then climb back down to where you pulled the lever, and
head through the doorway that's there, to reach another room.

Soon after you enter this room, a wall of fire will block you off, and a group
of Undead Warriors with shields, and Sirens will appear. The best tactic for
clearing out these guys, is to roll away from the group, so that they clump
together, then use Plume of Prometheus on them (with square, square, triangle.)
That will shatter their shields. Once they've been weakened, you can stand in
the center of them, and unleash Poseidon's Rage, which will likely eliminate
them all, and reward you with a huge combo. You can then head after whatever's
left -- usually the Sirens -- at your own pace. And just in case you don't have
magic, you can get away with using simple combos from the get-go. Like almost
all battles, Poseidon's Rage just makes it easier. You'll have to be quick
though. If you take too long in this battle, the floor will open up, killing you
as well as all enemies that are left. For this reason, you may want to bring
out Medusa's Rage on the Sirens. After the fight's over, head to the alter in
the northern part of the room, and take the Handle off of the chest. This may
not make sense now, but it will later. So, take it, and backtrack to the rope
you dropped a few moments ago, for a shortcut. You may want to take a moment
to save at the save point that has appeared at the bottom of the mentioned rope
as well.

The next step, is to head back to the room with razor blades racing across the
floor. Howeer, be careful. The conveyor belt room's spike walls will have begun
moving in different patterns, so be extra careful before you try to roll past
them. Once you've done so, you'll find yourself in the razor blade room. It's
now time to pull both of the levers you saw earlier. The first lever, is one
"block" down from the door you enter through, and one "block" left of it. Pull
that, then _run_ to the top left corner of the room. This is dangerous, but if
you aren't quick, the first lever will revert; And you need to get them both
pressed at the same time. Accomplishing this task, will cause the door next to
the lever in the top-left corner, to open. Head through it, and you'll be in a
room with a large hole in the ground. Push yourself against the wall on the
right, and walk across the thin ledge on the ground, to get over the pit. Then,
on the other side, open the door that's there and head into the next room.

In that room, you'll have to fight Archers and Minotaurs. Nothing new though,
just unleash Poseidon's Rage, and whatever combos you got; Artemis's Blade's a
good call as well. After you've cleared out the enemies, step onto the stairs
in front of the large statue in the room, and press R2 onto the stick in the
ground. You'll be able to attatch the lever that you found earlier to it. Do so,
then once you've attatched it, grab onto the lever and push it. As you turn the
crank, the large statue in front of you will begin to lift the sphere that he's
holding, over his shoulder. Keep turning the crank, until a cutscene shows that
the statue's lifted it as high as possible. Then, head around to the back of
the statue, and open up the chest that's there. The chest contains a Muse key --
one of the two keys that opened the locked door that you couldn't get into back
in the Rings of Pandora. You'll get the other one later on in the game. For now,
just head across the room from where you entered, and walk around the wall, to
where there's a corridor full of stairs.

Walk down the corridor, heading up the stairs, and killing any Undead Warriors
that get in your way; And there will be quite a few of them. When you come out
of the corridor, you'll be on a ledge above the room with the large statue of
Atlas in it. Run along the corridor, and kill the Archers there -- Or take them
out as soon as you come out of the corridor, with Zeus's Fury. When that's done,
open the chest to the right of the doorway you come out of, for a Phoenix
Feather, that should increase your magic bar. Then, walk along the ledge in the
other direction, to find another chest, which contains a Gorgon Eye; This one
should increase your health bar. Not a bad deal at all! Once you've opened both
chests, head to the ledge that connects the sides of the room -- the ledge
that you must have crossed to reach the chest with the Gorgon Eye in it. On
this ledge, there's a lever. Pull it, and the statue ahead, will toss the
boulder that it's holding at the door ahead, shattering both the boulder and
the door. Jump down to the floot below, and walk through the new doorway.

Head across the bridge area that you'll have reached, to find a tomb, behind
another note from the temple's Architect. Read the note, then walk  up to the
pedestal in front of the coffin. Grab onto the coffin lid, and drag the cover
off, onto the ground, causing it to shatter. After the lid's off, jump onto the
top of the coffin, where you can see a skeleton. Press R2 to grab onto the
corpse's face, then rapidly press R2 again, until you tear it off. Doing this,
then jumping to the ground, will cause the tomb to slide away, revealing a
hidden passage below. Climb down the hole in front of you, and open the blinking
chest at the bottom. Then from there, head down the long corridor ahead, until
you see another cutscene about Kratos's past. Continue further ahead from there
and open another blinking chest, then open the door in front of you. You'll
again find yourself in the room full of water, that connects to the Rings of
Pandora. Take the time to save while you're there.

Head into the hallway that leads into the Rings of Pandora. After you step into
it, a wave of Undead Warriors will spawn, and a wall of fire will prevent you
from entering the main ring. Take out all of the enemies, so that the wall goes
down, then proceed forward. After you step out of the hallway, the doorway will
close up behind you, but you'll see the skull door in front of you. Now that
you have the skull of the Architect's Son, you can open it by pressing R2. Once
the door is open, step into the next room, where you'll see a large spiked log
rolling around on the ground. Wait until it passes the doorway, then follow
behind it, until you reach a stairway. When you see them, head onto them, and
climb to the top, where you'll see a short cutscene of a ladder. Wait at the
top of the stairs, until the log comes back, and jump onto it. You can then
keep running in the opposite direction that the log is turning, so that you do
not get knocked off of it. Keep up this balancing act until you reach the ladder
and you'll be able to make a jump for it. When you do so, the ladder will fall
to the ground, and you'll see a cutscene of the logging falling into a pit.
When it's all over, climb the ladder to reach a platform, with four chests: A
blue one, a green one, a red one, and a grey one, which contains red orbs. Open
all of them, and save at the save point that's nearby, then head into the next
hallway. Head along this hallway, until you reach a bridge-like area. Reaching
that, marks the end of Atlas's challenge.

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  | | Challenge of Poseidon                                      [G0012]   | | 
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Cross the bridge, and enter the arena-like area ahead. There, you'll see a
cutscene of a Cerberus appearing. This is an enemy unlike any other; They are
extremely strong and dangerous. Do combos, such as Plume of Prometheus. Don't
even use the Blade of Artemis, it's not strong enough. To keep these guys off of
their feet, you need to use strong combos, end of story. After you beat on the
Cerberus for a while, some small Cerberus will appear. You could even call them
regular, albeit vicious, dogs. They act like the larger Cerberuses, but they are
weak. They can ignite, burst into flames, and evolve into larger Cerberuses
though; And that's not something you want to fight. So, try to take them out as
soon as they appear. Getting in the middle of a group, and using Poseidon's Rage
is a great way to do this. Continue the fight, opening the blinking chest on
the right side of the arena, if necessary. Fight until the beasts are killed off
and the flaming wall in front of you will disperse.

With the wall gone, head forward, onto the dirt path ahead. Walk until you reach
a crate, then open the blinking chest to the left of it -- likely to restore
your health. Seconds later, you'll have a couple of Cyclops come towards you
from ahead. Be ready to fight them both off, like you've done in the past. Then
once they're gone, head around the corner to the right. There, you'll be able to
see a large group of Archers on the ledge in the distance. Begin running towards
them, rolling left and right to avoid damage. Once you're close enough to do so,
tear through the group of them, and jump onto the road on the platform above.
Walk forward a bit from there, and some baby Cerberuses will climb up from the
side of the cliff. Take them out quickly, before they can evolve, then jump up
to the ledge on your left, and kill the Archer there. After that, you'll just
have to take out a few more waves of small Cerberuses and Archers on the ground.
After you slaughter enough of them, the flaming wall blocking the room ahead
will lower. When that happens, head inside, and pull the lever on the ground.

The room you are in, will begin slowly rotating. As it turns, several gates will
be opened, one at a time, for a total of four. There's a chest in each one. If
You  open the chest immediately, then roll out, you can get some red orbs from
each one, but it's very dangerous. If you spend even a second too long opening
them, spikes will shoot up from the ground, and kill you instantly. If you don't
want to risk death, just ignore them. When the room reaches the fifth "stop"
leave, and open the blinking chest on your right, then leave the room. Walk
forward from there, until you get ambushed by several Udead Warriors. These ones
have better armor, and are stronger than previous ones, but they're still
nothing to worry about. After you take out several waves of them, it's smooth
sailing to the edge of the platform on your left. When you reach there, jump
onto a ledge on the wall, and pull yourself up. Jump up another three ledges
from there, to reach a spot with an actuall place to go. Inch along the wall to
the right, until you see a treasure chest. Open it, to recieve the second Muse
key -- you'll be able to use it later. Once you have that, walk along the ledge
to the left again. Continue to inch along the ledge to the left, until you reach
another path.

Just ahead, you should see two Minotaurs. Walk forward to greet them, then give
them a nice, friendly mutilation. After that, head through the next doorway, and
walk up the stairs that are there. In the hallway just ahead, you'll run into a
third Minotaur to kill. Do so, then head to the end of the hallway, where you'll
find both a blue and green chest, with a save point just past them. Replenish
your health and magic, then save your game. After doing so, head along the hall,
until you see soldiers caged, hanging from the ceiling. Ignore them for now;
Just jump to the ground below, and run down the next hallway, into another room.
In this room, you'll see a glowing handle on your right. Pick it up, then look
at the other side of the room. There's a corpse on the wall, with a note. You
can read it for a hint at whats about to happen. Then, when you are ready, head
into the previous hall, and head back to the platform you jumped down from. You
may have noticed a lever here before, but now you have the handle for it! So,
press R2 to attatch the handle, then turn the crank, until a cage is lowered in
front of you.

The man asks to be let go, but Kratos will not hear of it. Push the cage down
to the ground below, and begin pushing it uphill, through the hall. As you push,
you will be attacked by Undead Warriors at several points. When this happens,
drop the cage in front of a rock that's nearby, so that it doesn't slide away,
then tend to the enemies. And don't be afraid to use Poseidon's Rae, or take a
few hits; There are two blinking chests at the end of the hallway. After you
reach the end of the hallway, push the cage into the next room, and position it
on the square between the two alters. Then, turn around, and pull the switch on
the ground. Watch, as the man is roasted alive, as he screams and begs for
mercy. It's funny. This will cause a door between the alters to slide open.
When it does walk into the next hallway. Walk through this hallway, until you
reach a bridge in a room covered with water. Walk across it, to see Poseidon's
Trident sitting on a pedestal. Press R2 to grab onto it, then rapidly press the
button, until Kratos pulls it out. Afterwards, use the save point on the left.

Poseidon's Trident will allow you to dive underwater with the square button,
then rise or dive deeper, with square to dive and triangle or X to rise. You
can test it in the waters on both sides of the bridge, but after you've had your
fill, make sure to climb the ladders on both walls -- one ladder for each pool
of water. On a ledge on the left side of the room, there's a chest containing a
Phoenix  Feather. On the right, there's a chest containing green orbs. Open both
chests, then dive into the pool on the right side of the room, and swim to the
lower-right cornerof it. There, dive down, and you'll find a tunnell on the
floor of the pool. Dive deep down, and swim through this tunnell, until you
reach a wall with the face of Poseidon on it. As a message on the screen will
tell you that you can knock this down with a tackle, by pressing and holding the
R1  button. Do the tackle to break through this wall, as well as the next two
that follow, to reach the end of the tunnell. Surface in the next room. Be ready
to slaughter a huge group of small Cerberuses after you surface, then open the
red-glowing chest against the left wall. Then, open the door against the
northern wall of the room, to reveal a lever.

Pull the lever, and some ledges back where you found Poseidon's Trident will
slide out. Jump back into the water, and swim through the tunnell again, to
reach the room. Then, jump onto the bridge again -- where you might as well save
your game -- and walk behind the statue, to where the platforms slide out from.
As you do this, you'll be taunted by the Cerberus on the bridge, and the Harpies
in the air. Truth be told, however, it's probably more trouble than it's worth
to face the Cerberus. So, just ignore him, and jump onto the ledges that slid
out from the wall. Jump from the top of there, to a tunnell in the wall. You
can kill any Harpies that fly in their with you, but other than that, you can
just put everything behind you. Run down this tunnell until you reach a blinking
chest. Open it, then run forward a bit more, and jump into the water. Swim
through the tunnell there, into the flooded room below. Swim ahead once you
reach the bottom, until you see a Nyad -- a daughter of Poseidon -- floating in
the ray of sunlight. Grab her with circle so that Kratos does a little something
and she'll swim off. When she does, swim downward, through another tunnell.

From the floor below, swim down a hallway to your right. Swim down this hallway
until you reach a mosaic of the Nyads on the wall. Swim to the right, to begin
with. Keep going until you reach a doorway shaped like a mouth. Swim through
it, into the next room. Now this is where you have to be careful. There are
also sorts of razor blades and spikes on the walls, and they'll be closing in
on you as you swim through. Just keep holding R1, dashing, then holding R1
again, and you should make it through fine -- although just barely. When you
reach the opposite side, swim forward, through the flooded hallways, until you
can't go anywhwere else. At that point, rise to the surface, and jump onto the
ground nearby, where you'll find lots of Undead Warriors; There will be
Harpies flying through the air as well. Just basic extermination duty, is what
it is; Just be careful of the Harpies' divebomb attack. After you take all of
the enemies out, pull the lever in the middle of the room, to cause the wall
with Poseidon's Face you saw, rise up. Then, open the two chests in the room;
The green one on the right, and the blinking one on the left. After doing that,
jump back into the water, and swim through the hallway of razor blades and
spikes once more. Then, keep swimming until you reach the mosaic of the two
Nyads again. This time, swim to the left of the mosaic.

Climb out of the water, and step onto the solid ground that's there. Then,
head forward into the next room, where you'll be attacked by a grouping of
Undead Warriors. Take a moment to clear them out, then open the blinking chest
on the left side of the room. Then, head to the wall on the north-side of the
room, and smash the painting in the middle, to reveal a large bundle of pots.
Smash through the pots to gain a large amount of red and green orbs, while
revealing another treasure chest as well. Open it, for even more red orbs. Then
from there, head back into the water, and swim to the mosaic again. Swim down
the hallway to the south of it, to reach where the wall with Poseidon's picture
on it used to be. Swim past it, down the next hallway, where you'll find a
save point. Save your game, then take a left, and do a swim dash through another
wall of Poseidon. You'll find another Nyad there. Feel her up, just as you did
the first, then swim directly upward, to the surface of the water. You'll find
four chests containing red orbs there.

After reaping your reward of red orbs, jump back down into the water, and swim
back to where the save point was. Swim to the right of it this time, and you'll
see a large statue of Poseidon. Swim down the tunnell on the ground, in front of
him slowly; Only go far enough for the camera to change. Then, wait for a large
gate to flow by below you. When it does, swim down quickly, and  swim dash left.
As soon as you see an alcove on the ground, duck down into it, and wait for
another gate to flow by. If you get caught by one of those, you'll be crushed,
and it will be an instant game over. When the gate flows by, swim dash to the
left again, and duck into the next alcove. Do this again, from there, and you'll
be able to reach the last alcove -- a tunnell that leads down into another
chamber. Swim through it, into the next room -- Where you can, and should, jump
out of the water, onto the platform on the left, to save your game. Just be
ready to take on a group of Minotaurs after doing that.

There are blinking chests on both sides of the room for you to open, after you
defeat the Minotaurs. After opening them both, head to the center of the
platform, in the back of the room, where you'll find a lever. Pull it, and
four platforms will rise out of the water, creating a stairway to the ledge
ahead, with a statue of Amphirite on it. And although you can go up there (You
will find a bookfrom the Architect, two chests of red orbs, and a group of
Undead Warriors there) the actuall exit of the room is hidden in a more tricky
spot. To reach it, after raising the platforms -- and be quick about this, as
they will lower after a few moments -- jump into the water, and dive down to
the floor. There, swim to the bottom of the last platform, where you'll see
a hidden room! Swim inside it, and wait for the platform to lower. It will
bring you down with it, acting as an elevator! When you reach the bottom, swim
down the tunnell in front of you, to find yourself once again, in the room
that connects to the Rings of Pandora. As always, save your game after arriving.
Like the last time you were here, head down the hall with the spiked walls,
towards the main ring. Again, like last time, you'll be attacked by Undead
Warriors with shields. Hit them with the Plume of Prometheus (square, square
triangle) to shatter their defense, then just grab them, and tear them in
half. After taking all of them out, continue into the first ring of Pandora.

Now, do you remember that room that required the Muse Keys? Turn rotate the
crank in the room, to find the doorway that leads there. By now, you should
have both of the Muse Keys. And inside, you can find quite a few valuable
treasures. To start with, there are two chests full of red orbs. For more red
orbs after that, jump onto the pedestal in the middle of the room, and press
R2 -- that's over 1,000 orbs there! Furthermore, there are two pits of sand,
one on each side of the room. Step into them, and press R2. One increases your
overall health limit, and the other increases your overall magic limit. Once
you've obtained all these gifts, head back into the first ring of Pandora.

Next, walk into the second ring, where the rolling log used to be. Ascend
the stairs to reach the top of the pool in this area, then dive in. Swim around
a bit, until you find a tunnell on the floor of the pool. When you do, swim
through it, until you come out at another hallway. Walk through this one, until
you reach another large room. Entering it, you'll see a large door with a
Minotaur's head on it. Walk across this room, to where you see the stairs, and
smash the bricks in the wall that are there, to reveal a doorway. Walk through
this doorway, to find another save point. Save your game, then head further
down the hallway, to where you'll find a green chest and a blue chest, both
next to a ladder. Climb the ladder, and head down the next hall, to reach the
next part of your quest: The Challenge of Hades.

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  | | Challenge of Hades                                         [G0013]   | | 
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Head across this room, to the base of a flight of stairs. Then, jump onto the
railing of the stairs on the right. Jump until you reach the top ledge of it,
then jump onto the side of the statue on your right, so that Kratos grabs onto
the bowl it's holding above its head. Shimmy across it to the right as far as
you can, and you'll see a window with a chest in it. Jump to the window, and
open the chest, for a Phoenix Feather, then jump down to the ground again. You
can use the same tactics, to reach a window on the left side of the room as
well. You'll find a chest full of red orbs there. After opening both of these
chests, and jumping back down to the ground, head to the left side of the room,
and go up the short flight of stairs there, to reach a door with a picture of
Hades on it. Press R2 next to it, and you'll be told you have a challenge to
do before you pass. Choose to accept it, and a horde of Centaurs will rush into
the room.

Two circles of light will appear on the ground as well. Your goal, is to kill
Centaurs while they are standing in these circles -- Four kills in each circle
to be precise. The best way to do this, is to stand in the middle of the circle,
and use Poseidon's Rage to weaken them. Then, switch to the Blade of Artemis,
and hack away at them, to finish them off. This isn't too hard, especiall
considering that there are two green-glowing chests in the area; There's one on
each side of the stairs. After you drain the blood of four Centaurs into each
circle, the door you got the challenge from will open. So, head back up the
stairs, and go through the door. Open the blinking chest on the right, just
past it, then head into the next room, where you'll find another blinking chest
on the immediate right.

Head to the left, until you reach another door with Hades's face on it. Don't
open it just yet though; Instead, jump up to the rocky ledge to the right of it.
There, you'll find three chests. Two of them contain red orbs, and the third
contains a Phoenix Feather. Open all three of them, then jump back down and go
through the door, and enter the next hallway. Walk through it, until you reach
a pit of lava, with two platforms that keep sliding in and out of the wall,
over it. Wait for the first one to come out, then run onto it, and jump to the
ground on the other side; Just ignore the second sliding platform. Turn the next
corner, and you'll see another gap. This one has one moving platform, but it's
a bit away from you, so you'll have to jump for it. Wait until it opens and
closes three times before you do. It will temporarilly stop at that time. When
it does, quickly jump to it, then jump off, onto the next platform. Turn the
next corner, and you'll see darts shooting from the walls. Wait for them to stop
then roll past them. Head further ahead from there, and a steel gate will shut
behind you. Open the chest on the ground in front of you, at that point, then
head around another corner, and be ready to fight a Gorgon. Once she's gone,
you can walk forward, until you reach a fork in the path.

Now, in this part of the game, you'll be in a slight maze -- and before you can
get out, you have to kill all of the enemies that are here. Start, by heading
to the left, and taking out the Archer that's over there. Then, turn around,
and head to the right, and head down the hallway without turning, until you
reach some Archers. Slaughter them, as always. Take the hallway to your right,
from there, and get ready to take out another group of enemies (Undead Warriors
and a Gorgon.) Then, head around the next corner, and open the green chest that
is there for some health. After that, turn around and head back in the direction
to where you entered. However, turn off the path to the right, when you reach
some rubble on the ground. You'll enter into a large circular room, with two
Centaurs and a Gorgon in it. Roll around, as you slash them up with your Blade
of Artemis when you can. After you take them out, head down either of the
hallways branching from the room -- it doesn't matter which, as they connect.
Take out all of the Archers and Undead Warriors as you travel through, until
you make it back to the main room. That will clear the first floor of enemies.

Make sure to have opened the chest full of red orbs, then cross back over the
rubble that you crossed to get into the room. Head left around the next corner,
and you'll see a lever on the ground. Grab it with R2, and turn it, and the
platform below you will rise up like an elevator. Continue to turn the crank
until you reach the second floor, then jump off. Immediately after getting off
of the platform, push the "wall" with Hade's face on it, in front of you. You
will cause it to be moved back, then fall into a hole in the ground! Just beyond
it, are five sliding platforms over a pit of lava. If you wait until the first
opens, the rest will open after it, and you can run across. Jump from the last
platform to the ledge on the other side, before they open again, and you'll be
able to open two chests of red orbs. Doing this will also cause all the sliding
platforms to stay permanently open, so you can safely cross back over again.

Turn right at the next corner, and you'll find two more Archers who need to be
killed. Do that, then head right again, and you'll see another pushable wall.
Push it forward, and like the first, it will fall into a hole, revealing a room.
Head into the next room, and some Undead Warriors will begin spawning. Defeat
a few waves of them, so that they stop coming, then open the green chest on your
left, before turning around the next corner on your left. There, you'll see two
Archers on a ledge above. Jump up and slash them both up, then open the door on
the ground, to your left, to reach the main hallway again. Follow it, until
you reach another corner, and when you do, take a right. There, you'll find two
more Archers. Just like the previous group, kill them. Then, take a look at the
door behind where they were.

There's a large stone battering ram, that keeps sliding by. Wait for it to
retract slowly, then head into the room. When it charges at you, do a double
jump, to reach the top of it. While on top of it, you'll see some Undead
Warriors spawning ahead. Face  them in combat, on top of the stone block. Once
they're dead, simply wait at the edge of the battering ram, until a door
against the wall, further ahed from where you entered, is revealed. When that
happens, jump down, and quickly go through it, before you get crushed. The last
group of enemies, some more Undead Warriors are in that room. Kill them all,
and you'll see a cutscene of a door opening. To reach that door, wait for the
ram to retract far enough to escape the room again, then jump on top of it.
Walk across it, to reach a platform, where the door that opened was. Walk
through it, then head out to a balcony overlooking the room where you fought
the Centaurs, earlier.

Step on the switch on the platform, and don't step off of it, until it is
pressed down completely. When this happens, a large statue of Hades will rise
out of the red pool on the ground. After this, jump down to the ground -- and
take a moment to save via the save point at the foot of the stairs -- then dive
into the water. Swim to the bottom of the statue, and you'll see an opening
with a lever in it. Press R2 to pull the lever, and a beam of light will be
emitted from the helmet on top of the statue. Swim to the surface of the water
and jump onto the ladder on the side of the statue, and climb it until you reach
the helmet. As you climb, a cage will slide out, to cover the pool below. When
you reach the top, grab onto the lever behind the helmet, and pull it, to turn
the head of the statue. Keep pulling it, until the light from the helmet,
beams into the doorway above the stairs, brightening the room.

Head up the stairs, and head into the room that was just brightened. There, you
will see large flaming balls rolling down from ahead. Jump onto the ramp that
they are on, as crazy as it seems, and begin running towards them. Try to run
between them, rolling when necessary, until you reach the end of the hallway,
where there's a doorway on the ramp they are coming down from. Go through it,
and get ready to take out a small handful of Undead Warriors. After they're
dead, open the three chests in the room, for a Phoenix Feather, and some orbs
of the red and green variety. There's also a book from the Architect in the
room, that explains that one of the doors back in the hall is the way out, while
the other seven are dead ends. Now I don't know what in God's name they were
thinking, when they put a sick puzzle like this in the game, but to make things
simpler, the correct door is the second left-side door from the top. So, run
to that one, and open it -- which in itself is a feat, due to the flaming
boulders that will almost always knock you over a few times. Once you do get
the door open, head down into the next hallway.

As soon as you come out of the hallway, you'll be up against two rather strong
Minotaurs. If you need health -- which you may very well need -- open the chest
on your left just after entering. Then, consistently roll and block, while you
attack, to stay alive during the fight. Using Poseidon's Rage also helps greatly
during this fight; And stick with the Blade of Artemis, these guys are strong.
In total, you'll be facing three Minotaurs, and a few waves of Archers. Take out
the Archers first, to make things simpler. Once the fight is over, a flame wall
in front of the door on the right side of the room will dissapear. Go through
it, and head up the stairs, to reach a cavern-like area. Walk forward here,
killing the Undead Warriors, and Archers, and opening the blinking chest on the
right when you see it. You'll eventually come to a dead end. When this happens,
head back into the previous room. You may feel like that was useless, but it
was not, and you'll soon find out why.

Head down the hallway to the right of where you opened the blinking chest during
the fight with the Minotaurs. There, you'll find a rope stretching across a
pit. Jump onto it, and begin shimmying to the left -- This was why you had to
kill the Archers. They would be shooting at you as you climbed, and if you had
been hit, you would have died. Fight your way across the rope, to the left, then
jump down to a circular platform with Undead Warriors on it. Begin taking them
out, however, and you'll soon find a much nastier group of enemies appearing:
Minotaurs, Centaurs, and Archers. I reccomend saving any magic you have, until
these guys appear -- There's even a blue chest on the right side of the platform
full of it, that I also reccomend saving for the end of the fight. After you
eliminate all of the enemies, a flaming wall on the platform, will go down.
Head past where it was, and climb the ladder there, then jump onto the next
ledge, to reach a tunnell in the wall.

Walk through the tunnell, heading straight at the first turn, then taking a
right at the second turn to find a chest full of red orbs. After obtaining
them, turn around and take a left, to reach another fork. The left path is a
dead end, so take a right, where you'll see a save point. Save your game, then
head out into the next room, where you'll find yourself on a catwalk, far above
the room with the statue of Hades in it. From this height, dropping down will
be instant death, so be careful.

Start by walking onto the first thin plank. Now, heading left is the "proper"
way to do things, heading around in a large curve, jumping over the spinning
blade when it comes near you. For a quick shortcut, however, you can jump from
this plank, to a platform just ahead. There, walk across a plank to reach a
platform against the wall on the right, where there's a Phoenix Feather inside
a chest. Open the chest, than balance back across the plank. Walk forward,
across the catwalk you are on, until you reach another plank. Here, you have no
choice but to be careful, and jump when the blade comes near you. If you take
a left at the first fork in the path, you can reach a platform with a red chest
on it. After opening that chest -- or choosing not to do so -- make your way
back onto the plank, and follow it around the next corner, until you reach a
platform on the end. Open the chest there for another set of red orbs, then get
back onto the plank.

It will look like you have no where to go, except for a plank that is all by
itself, not leading to any platform. However, if you look carefully at the
spinning set of blades, you'll notice that one plank on it has no blades on it!
Stand back, and wait for the other three planks to rotate by, then walk forward,
and jump onto the safe one. While standing on it, climb the ladder slanted
against the pillar, and climb to the top, to reach another short ladder. Climb
that one as well, to reach a platform above. Walk across the only plank
attatched to it, to reach another platform. You then have a choice of heading
to the right, across another two planks, to reach a chest full of red orbs.
However, if you do that, you'll have to return here afterwards. The real path
forward, is to jump up and grab the rope that's on this platform. Kratos will
then slide down to another ledge on the left. Climb down the ladder that's on
this ledge, to reach a hallway. Walk into it, to put all this treacherous
balancing behind you.

Walk through the hall, until you reach a wheel with a Minotaur's head
embellished on it. Press R2 to turn it, and you'll see a cutscene of the lock
on that huge door you seen near the end of the Challenge of Poseidon becoming
loose -- you'll then see it begin to shake, as something starts banging on it
from behind. After the cutscene ends, begin walking down the wooden staircases
in front of you, until one of them gives out, and you fall to the ground below.
Head south from the hallway you land in, and save at the save point you come
across. Then, proceed into the next room -- the room with the large door in it.
The door you enter from will close behind you, giving you no way to escape.
Walk towards the large door, and  huge Minotaur in a suit of armor will smash
it down. Thus begins the second major boss fight!

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| BOSS: ARMORED MINOTAUR                                                |
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| Attacks:                                                              |
| -------                                                               |
| + While on the ground, he can headbutt at you.                        |
| + While on the ground, he can punch at you.                           |
| + While on the ground, he can punch the ground, causing shockwaves.   |
| + While on the ground, he can do the above moves in combos.           |
| + While on the ground, he can breathe fire at you.                    |
| + While you're on the platform, he can slap his hands together.       |
| + While you're on the platform, he can grab you with his right hand,  |
|   do a flip, then toss you back to the ground.                        |
| + While you're on the platform, he can charge into the wall, and shake|
|   the ledge, knocking you over, and making fire shoot up.             |
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| Strategy:                                                             |
| --------                                                              |
| At the start of the fight, retreat to the stairs on the right side of |
| the area. Stand near the top, just behind the railing, and hold block.|
| This is easily the safest place in the area, but you'll still have to |
| use caution if you want to live. Wait for the Minotaur to climb onto  |
| the ledge, then do a quick attacks on his left hand (the one near     |
| that is right near the stairs.) Use the Blade of Artemis for this.    |
| Repeatedly do this, stopping only to block his attacks, when he lifts |
| his hand up; And if you happened to get knocked down, immediately     |
| reposition yourself at the top of the stairs. After you damage him a  |
| little, part of his armor will get a blast of light through it, that  |
| means you're starting to hurt him. Keep this up until he has five or  |
| six beams of light shooting from him. After that, you'll stun him,    |
| causing a circle to appear over his head. He'll only be stunned for a |
| short while, so as soon as that happens, jump down and grab him. You  |
| will then have to match seven onscreen turns of the Analog stick.     |
| Getting them correctly, will cause Kratos to smash the Minotaur's     |
| head into the ground. The Minotaur will pretty much be seeing stars   |
| at this point. So quickly run back to the platform, and pull the      |
| lever that's on the left there. A flaming log will be shot at the big |
| guy, shattering part of his armor. Repeat this process again, and he  |
| will be quite weakened -- Even normal attacks will start to chip off  |
| at his armor. You'll also notice the horns in the corner of the screen|
| falling apart, to reveal a life bar. Continue to slash away at its    |
| hands, and stun it/hit it with a flaming log, when possible, until the|
| last of it's armor, is gone. When this happens, each hit you do will  |
| drain the beast's health slightly; Other than that, it will keep the  |
| same attack pattern. It won't be stunned this time, until you've all  |
| but killed it. You won't have to grab it though; It will immediately  |
| become wobbly while standing up. Go and pull the lever one more time, |
| and a flaming log will shoot out, and pin the Minotaur to the door,   |
| finishing it off.                                                     |
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After the fight, head to the door that the Minotaur's body is pinned to, and
walk through the crack in the bottom of it. There, walk up a long set of spiral
stairs, and head to the right at the top, where you'll find a save point. Save
your game, then head into the next room. You'll find a green chest on the right
there, and a blue chest on the left. Open both, then open the chest next to the
blue one, for some read orbs. After that, take a look at the book in the middle
of the room, to read what happened to another son of the Architect. After
reading, head forward, and open the crypt in front of you. Then, like last
time, jump onto the tomb, and grab the son's skull with R2. Rapidly press the
button until you tear it off, then leave the room, and head back down the long
set of stairs, to where you fought the Minotaur.

As soon as you enter the room, you'll see another Thunderbolt symbol. Go step
onto it, and Hades will award you with another magic power: Army of Hades. A
group of Undead Warriors will then appear. Use your new power, and several
souls will begin attacking them. While the souls run amock, add to the chaos
with your own attacks. The Army of Hades takes up a lot of magic, so you can
probably only use it twice. So when you run out, just finish the rest of the
enemies on your own. After the enemies are cleared out, Hades will let you pass.
Head through the hall he was blocking, and open the green chest that's there.
Then, head down the hall, and jump into the pool of water. Swim through the
underground tunnell, to reach the Rings of Pandora yet again. Swim around a bit,
to find a doorway under the water, with a skull on it. Press R2, and the door
will open, and the water around you will drain.

Don't step into the room just yet though. Instead, find the crank that is on
the ground, with a door next to it. Open the door, then leave the area
completely, and make your way back to the first ring of pandora. There, find the
crank, and turn it, so that the opening next it leads to the spiked hallway --
This will also cause the doorway leading to the second ring to be aligned with
it. Once that's accomplished, head into the second ring again, and walk through
the door, to reach the center of the ring, where the crank is. Turn this crank,
until the opening of this door aligns with the opening of the first ring, and
the spiked hallway. Next, head into the very center chamber, that the skull door
had bene previously blocking. There, you'll find a third crank. Turn it, until
the opening of that chamber aligns with all the other openings. Then finally,
run back through the spiked room -- taking out the Undead Warriors that always
appear there -- and head into the chamber with a pool of water in it. Head to
the back of the room, and pull either of the levers on the wall there. A beam
of light will emit, and it will shine all the way into the chamber in the
center of all of the rings, causing a huge statue of Zeus to rise up to the sky!

Head all the way to the center of the chamber, and pull the lever there. You
will be brought high into the air, to the next part of the temple. At the top,
step onto the hands of the statue, and you'll be carried to a circular platform
ahead. There, you'll have to fight a new type of enemy, the Satyr. You'll only
have to face three of them (first one, then two) but they are very formidable
enemies. They know all sorts of maneuvers and attacks, and they even block
quite often. There's not one, but two green chests on the platform, though, so
you should be fine. Just block and roll alot, and hit them with your best
combos -- or beat the living crap out of them with the Blade of Artemis. After
the fight ends, walk onto the next bridge, and watch another cutscene of Kratos'
past. After it ends, continue across the bridge, read another book from the
Architect that's there, save your game at the nearby save point, then head to
the right, near the edge, where there's a cracked wall. Smash it open, and you
will find two red-glowing chests inside. Open them both, then head back to
where the save point is. Walk forward, into the Cliffs of Madness.

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  | | The Cliffs of Madness                                      [G0014]   | | 
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Head up the first hill in front of you, and at the top, take out the group of
Undead Warriors that attack you. You can use Poseidon's Rage to make it easier,
because there's a blue-glowing chest around the corner to your left. After the
fight ends, head down the path to the right, until you reach a gap in the path.
Jump over to the next ledge, and attack the Archer that forms on it, as soon as
you land. Then, jump to the next platform, and kill another pair of them. Walk
forward on that platform a bit, after killing the two Archers, walk to the left,
towards a wooden dock, with a rope hanging from it. A bunch of Harpies will be
fluttering about, in front of it. Go for a short murder spree, and once they've
been taken care of, jump onto the rope, and begin shimmying to the left. Very
surprisingly, no enemies will be on this rope to fight you. So make your way to
the next ledge, at your own leisure, then jump down.

Once on the new ledge, walk around the corner to your left, and get ready to
hack-and-slash your way through another crowd of Archers and Undead Warriors, to
reach a crank against the cliffside. When the enemies around you are dead, turn
the crank, and the platform below you will elevate you to the ledge above. Step
off of the platform, and use the save point to your left. Here, you'll have two
choices for a path, that both eventually lead to the same place. You can either
head to the right, and go through a cave, or climb the ladder in front of you.
For the sake of simplicity, climb the ladder, then at the top, head to the right
and climb another ladder. There, head further to the right, until you reach a
green chest. Open it to refill your health, then climb up another ladder, that
will be right next to it. You'll then be at another split in the path; A cave,
or the path to the left. This is a cave you should enter.

After entering it, you'll soon come across two Satyrs -- the same enemies you
fought near the end of the Challenge of Hades. You know the drill; Roll, block,
combo, until they're dead -- and don't be afraid to use magic, as there is a
blue chest against the wall on your right. After taking out the Satyrs, jump
to the wooden platform on your left, and switch to Zeus's Fury. There, target
all of the Undead Warriors on the next wooden platform. After they're cleared
away, pull the crank in the center of the platform you're on, as far as it will
go. Both this, and the platform the enemies were on, will rotate. Once you can't
pull the crank any more, let go, and run to the bridge extending from the
platform you are on. Then, when the bridges from both platforms pass eachother,
as the platforms revert back to their original position, jump to the second
wooden platform, and walk off of it, onto the solid cave-floor again. Walk
through the next hallway, taking out the Satyr that's there, to reach the last
room of the cave. At that point, it will only be two Archers blocking your path
to the door. Jump up to the ledges they are on, and tear them apart, then leave
the cave.

You can walk to the left to find a blinking chest, after leaving the cave.
After opening it, however, you'll have to head back to the right. Double jump
to reach the next ledge over there, then walk forward a few steps. A few
Minotaurs will spawn in front of you, at that point. Keep in mind as you
fight them, that Army of Hades can go a long way in helping you win -- And if
you upgraded the Blades of Chaos all the way, yet, The Lance of Furies can
help you as well (you can use it by jumping, then holding L1 and pressing
circle.) You'll be facing three Minotaurs in total. After you've finished
them off, head to the right a little, and look for a ladder that's hanging
off of the edge of the platform. Climb down it, to reach the ground below,
then follow along the platform to the right. You'll soon come across two
more Satyrs. Either take them out, or knock them over and run, to reach the
edge of the platform, where there are two Archers. Hack through the Archers,
and open the chest on your right, to get a nice stash of red robs. Then, jump
to the rope that's hanging off of the platform, and Kratos will slide down
to another ledge, on the other side of the mountain.

Walk into the cave in front of you as soon as you land, then walk down the
tunnell, until you reach a room with a large puddle on the floor. A door
will lock you in, with a bunch of  enemies who are spawning, just after you
enter. There are Minotaurs, Archers, and Undead Warriors around the room.
If you have the magic, using Army of Hades, or Poseidon's Rage will make this
area infinitely easier. If not, though, rolling and using Plume of Prometheus,
or jumping and using the Lance of Furies (Again, if you've upgraded the
Blades of Chaos to level 5) work too. There's a blinking chest in the room,
against the northern wall, but don't try opening it during the fight -- There
are simply too many enemies. Once the fight's over, head into the next room
on your left, where you'll see a cutscene of a metal grating going up in the
northern part of the room, blocking off an item.

First things first though. This puzzle will require you to fit all of the
blocks into the wall, to make the gate open. However, you have some chests to
open first. Walk forward, and grab onto the small cube block, and drag it
over so that it's next to the tall rectangular box on your left. Once they are
together, jump onto the cube, then jump up onto the top of the rectangle. There,
you can see a ledge on your left, with four chests on it: Two red ones, a green
one, and a grey one with a Phoenix Feather in it. Getting this feather, should
increase your magic meter, if you've been picking them all up. After you've
opened them all, jump back to the ground, where you can start trying to solve
this block puzzle.

Start by grabbing the piece that looks like a seven, and drag it onto the
circle in the center of the room. Then, head to the back of the room, where
there's a crank. Turn it, until the "seven block" is facing the other way.
Then, grab it, and push it into the wall on the north side of the room, right
on the left side of the wall. Next, look in the lower-right corner of the room,
for a piece that's the size of two-cubes stacked on top of eachother. Slide
this piece, so that it's right next to the "seven". Next, find a piece that is
shaped like a sideways "T" in the lower-left side of the room. Drag it onto the
circle in the middle of the room, and use the crank to rotate it, so that it is
shaped like a normal "T". Then, slide it into the wall, so that it fits in next
to the rectangular piece, and the "seven" piece. After that, take the tall
rectangular piece from the left side of the room, and slide it into the right
side of the wall. Finally, grab the piece that's in the top-right corner of
the room, and rotate it 270-degrees, so that it fits into the last remaining
slot in the wall, finishing the puzzle. Once the puzzle is over, all of the
blocks will slide into the ground, and you'll be able to pass. Walk past where
they were, and pluck the Necklace of Hera of the pedestal in front of you.

Picking up the necklace, will cause a ladder outside of the cave to drop down.
So, head back outside of the cave, and save via the save point that has
appeared, then climb the ladder on your right. Once you've reached a new ledge,
walk further to the right, until you come to a rocky wall that you can climb.
Climb it upward, as far as you can, killing any enemies you run into along thw
way. When you're out of wall to climb, jump over to another wall on your right,
then from there, jump to the next wall on your right. From there, climb upward
then to the left as far as you can go. Finally, climb straight upward, to the
top of the wall, where you can climb upto a cliff above, where there's a chest.
Open it for some red orbs, then jump to the next ledge on your right, for more
red orbs. After that, jump to a third ledge on your right, and climb onto the
rocky wall below it. There, climb over to the lower-right hand corner of the
wall, where you'll be above a platform. Drop down onto it, and walk to your
right, to find a lever. Pull it, and you'll see a cutscene of a rope being
lowered, in another part of the mountain. You'll get to it in good time.

For now, backtrack back to the first ledge with a chest full of red orbs on it.
Then, begin climbing down the side of that cliff, heading towards the right.
Jump over the gap in the wall, when you reach it, then climb downward while
hugging the right-hand wall. At the bottom, you can drop off of the wall, to
land back on the platform with the rope you slid from earlier. You can also grab
a chest full of red orbs from a platform just to the left of this drop-down
point. Once on this platform, however, make your way back across the path to
the left, either fighting, or avoiding the two Satyrs. Once you reach a ladder,
jump onto it, and climb it to the platform above. There, head further to the
left, to the mouth of the cave you went through, and proceed to backtrack
through it again, so that you come out at another spot in the mountain. When
you come out of the cave, head down a few ladders, so that you reach a save
point that you were at earlier. Take a moment to save, then jump over the rocks
to the right, and open the blinking chest that's there. Then, head over to the
right a bit more, and kill a few Archers before heading into another cave.

In this cave, there's nothing but a long, hard battle. There are tons of Undead
Warriors, and a fistful of Satyrs. There's also some stairs that lead to another
floor of this cave, but there's nothing but some enemies that you don't have to
confront, and a green chest up there. Only go there if you really need the
health. As for taking out the enemies, Rage of the Gods works great if you have
it; Let loose with it, and kick some ass. Rage of Poseidon and Army of Hades
also help; Especially if you upgraded the Blades of Chaos to level five, and
have the ability to use infinte magic while in Rage of the Gods mode. After you
wipe out all of the enemies on the ground level of the cave, a wall of fire
blocking the doorway to your left will be distinguished. When that happens,
walk through the hallway, to reach another outside-area. There, walk to the
left to find another elevator platform. Grab the crank on it, and turn it so
that you are brought to a platform above, then use the save point on your left
to save your game, before you head into the next cave in front of you.

Head to the right side of this room, to where there's a caged off box. Pull
the lever next to the grating, and it will be lifted; But the door behind you
will be locked. You'll also hear a ticking sound -- and being as there's
holes with spikes in them all along the ground, that's not a good sign! Quickly,
pull the box out of the room it's in, and get behind it. Then, charge kick it
away from the room it was in, then kick it again, into the hallway branching
off of the room. Finally, kick it once more, so that it's against the wall over
there. Then, before the spikes shoot up, jump onto the box, and then do a
double jump onto the ledge above. You should be saved just in a nick of time.
From there, open a red chest on your left, then jump to the vines on the wall
ahead, and pull yourself up to the platform above. There, you'll see a second
pedestal with a necklace on it. Press R2, to take the Necklace of Aphrodite.
After you do this, the exit door will become unlocked, and the spikes will
retract back into the ground. So, jump down, and leave the same way you came in.

Jump down to the platform on your right, once outside. Then, head to the right,
back to the cave with the rotating wooden platforms in it. For a third time,
make your way through this cave, then once outside, jump up to the platform on
the right. Head along this platform, until you reach a two large statues, with
stone heads on each side. Check each with the R2 button, and choose to put a
necklace on each of them. Doing this, will cause four platforms, between this
cliff, and the next to begin to move. Don't worry about them just yet, though.
Instead, head around the corner of the platform, ahead, to find a red chest and
a cave. Open the chest for some red orbs, then enter the cave and kill the three
Archers that are there, to find a pool of water. Dive into the water, and you'll
find a hidden tunnell. If you swim all the way through it, you'll reach a
secret fountain. In this area, there are three cracked walls, which you can
destroy. All have a chest full of red orbs behind them. Open all three, then
make your way back to the two statues with necklaces.

Wait until the first stone ledge that's sliding out from the platform to the
right of you, to emerge. Then, run across it, and jump to the platform which
is on the cliff ahead, and pull yourself onto it. Wait for that one to emerge
again, then make a jump for another ledge on the left. On top of it, you'll find
two chests. One holds red orbs, and the other holds blue orbs. After opening
both chests, wait for the platform to slide out, then make another jump, to the
fourth and final platform, which is on the right. After landing safely, head
to the right, until you see another cutscene of Kratos's past. After the
cutscene ends, be ready to take out a final grouping of enemies -- Some Undead
Warriors, and two Minotaurs. Then, when the fight is over, hop over the pile of
rubble to your right, and walk to the end of the path, where you'll find a
wooden platform. From it, you can jump to a rope that's in the air. Do so, then
hold circle so that you start swinging. Wait until you are swinging hard, then
jump off at the peek of your swing, to a second rope, and from there, onto the
next platform. Climb the wall on this platform upward, to reach an elevator
platform, then pull the lever on it, to go upward to another ledge above, where
there is another cave entrance. Walk through, to reach the Architect's Tomb;
And make sure to save, right at the beginning of it.


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  | | Architect's Tomb                                           [G0015]   | | 
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At the start of the area, walk forward to where you see some moving platforms,
divided by some razor blades that are sliding across wires. Jump from platform
to platform, whenever the razor blades are away from you, to reach the ground
on the other side of the chasm. There, you'll see a locked door. You'll need to
press three switches to open it.

Begin heading down the hallway, opening the blinking chest on your left. Then,
continue down the hallway, taking care of any Undead Warriors that get in your
way. Then, once you make it out of the hallway, prepare to face a Cyclops, and
some small Cerberuses. As always, attack the small Cerberuses first, so that
they can't evolve into larger ones. After the fight's over, climb the ladder on
the west side of the area, to reach a platform, with a steel door on it. Hack
at the door until it shatters, to reveal a room with a red chest, and a blinking
chest in it. Open both, then leave the room, and jump back to the platform
where you fought the Cerberuses. Climb the ladder in the center of the area,
to reach a crane-like machine. Grab the crank and begin turning it, to move
the crank. Rotate it, until the shadow of the box it is holding, is hovering
over the cracked ground below. Then, stop turning, and run onto the crank
itself, to where the rope is attatched. Pull the lever that's there, to cause
the box to drop, and destroy the cracked ground, revealing a cavern! You can't
just leave the crane there though. Begin turning it again, until the box is
overlooking a switch, near the door you are trying to unlock. When that happens,
drop the box again, so that it lands on the switch.

After that, jump down to the ground, and get ready to take on another few
Cyclopse in battle. Then, once they're out of the way, head to the left of the
locked door, and walk towards the northern wall, where you'll find a statue
that you can grab. Grab onto it with R2, and drag it over to the cavern that
you opened using the crane. Push it into the cavern, so that it falls down,
then jump in after it. Inside, you'll see the second switch. Push the statue
on top of it, to secure it, making you two out of three now. And thanfully, the
first switch is the easiest of all! Just jump back across the razorblade-divided
platforms, to where you entered the tomb -- and maybe save again -- then step
on the switch in the middle of the area. Unlike the last two, this one has a
timer on it. So, step on it, until it goes into the ground fully, then quickly
jump back across the platforms, and run through the door before it closes again.

The room beyond it is very interesting. You can see many of the Architect's
original sketches for the traps and puzzles of the temples. You can even see
the body of him and his wife, festering away. Which brings us to the next
order of business... Step behind his wife's body, which is still sitting in a
chair, and press R2. Then, rapidly press R2 to rip her head off. Upon doing
this, Kratos wilkl automatically walk forward, and unlike the next door with
it. Once that's done, walk down the short hallway in front of you, into the
next room. There, walk down some stairs, into an arena-like area. There, you
can head down the stairs on your right to find some red chests, and save via
the save point in the top-right corner of the area. Then, once you're done
preparing, head up a flight of stairs in front of you, and walk into the next
room of the temple. Head down the spiral staircase that's there, then walk into
the next room, and prepare for one of the hardest areas of the entire game.

Here's how it works: There are conveyor belts on the floor, that move left and
right, and there are spinning spikes on the wall, that will hurt you. There
are also platforms on the side of these conveyor belts that don't move, but if
you stand on them for more than a couple of seconds, fire will be shot out from
the walls at you, and you'll be killed instantly. You have to kill an absolutely
insane number of Harpies, as well as the Archers on each of these platforms,
in order to get the flaming wall on the other side of the room to die down. You
should go through all the Archers first, as they don't respawn nearly as much.
Then, once they're out of the way, stand between any two of the solid platforms
so that the floor doesn't move you into the spiked walls. Then, you can use
Poseidon's Rage, or Army of Hades, which wil lreally help you out. You can use
Rage of the Gods as well, as this area truly is quite hard. Once you're out of
magic, just stick to doing quick attacks on the Harpies, as you roll to evade
their divebomb attacks. When the fight finally ends, head into the next room,
walk up the stairs, and open the door, to reach the chamber that holds Pandora's
Box. Grab the lever of the large golden chest in the room, and pull it to
reveal Pandora's Box. Then, press R2 on the chest, and Athena will appear and
tell you to bring the box back to the city. The platform you are on, will then
lower, bringing you to the lobby of the Temple. Drag the chest towards the
door of the temple, and a major cutscene will occur, and by the end of it,
Kratos will end up in Hades. His journey is not over though...

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  | | The Path of Hades                                          [G0016]   | | 
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Walk across the bone path in front of you, and save your game. Then, open the
green chest on your right, and get your blue orbs from the blinking chest on
your left. Then, do double jumps across the platforms ahead, until you reach
one with platforms on every side of it. Jump to the one north of it, to reach
a chest full of red orbs, then jump across the chain of platforms east of it;
Don't even worry about the ones to the west of it, they lead to a dead end.
Keep jumping, until you reach the next platform with platforms on all sides of
it. Again, jump to the platform north of it, for a chest full of red orbs.
Then, jump back to it, and jump across the chain of platforms west of it, to
reach a much larger platform.

Flaming Undead Warriors are running amok on that platform, but beneath the
fancy flaming armor, they're still the same Undead Warriors; This goes the same
for all other flaming enemies in this area. So, as always, slaughter them. Then,
jump up to the next ledge in front of you, where you'll find three more Undead
Warriors to kill. Then, jump up to a third platform, where you'll see another
path of bones. Follow this path, to reach a rotating log, with blades on it.
Balance across it carefully, being careful not to step on the bones, then, if
you are feeling risky, jump to the second platform you see on the right, to
reach a chest full of red orbs. After you've done that, make your way to the
platform on the end of the first spinning log, and kill the Archer that's there,
then open the chest on the platform for some more red orbs. You can then choose
to follow the path of spinning logs on the right side of the platform, to reach
another platform with a chest full of red orbs; You'll have to backtrack to the
first platform again, afterwards, though.

Jump to the spinning log left of the platform, and head north. There, you can
jump off to a ledge on the right, and open a red chest, and even follow some
more spinning logs to reach a second one. However, to advance forward, you must
simply stay on the log you are on, to reach the next platform. Then, follow
along the next two spinning logs from there, before jumping to another spinning
log on your right. There, you can jump to a platform north of the log, for two
red chests, but if you do so, you'll have to be careful, as Harpies will be in
the air around you in no time. Once you're ready to head onward, jump from the
log, to the platform on your right, then proceed to balance across another log
south of the platform. When you reach the next ledge, be ready to take out some
Harpies, that will become a nuisance if you don't, then head across one more
log, to reach a bone path. Follow it to the next platform, where you'll find a
save point and a blinking chest. Make good use of them.

Next, you'll have to deal with some platforms that hover from side to side.
This is far from a new concept, but what makes it tricky, is that a large
group of Archers on the other side, will be shooting at you. Just be careful
to block as you wait for platforms to align, as you jump though, because it's
not worth wasting the magic required to kill them all. Then, when you finally
reach the platform they are on, tear through them like tissue paper. After doing
that, however, be ready to do battle with the much more formidable Minotaur
that will spawn in front of you. Once you've taken that out, jump up to the
ledge on the right side of the area, and get ready to take on five or so more
of them. Thankfully, there will be a blinking chest on that ledge though. So,
don't hold back on the magic. Blast them with Poseidon's Rage to get a head
start on the battle, then just refill when it's over. From there, jump back
down to the ground, and make your way to the ledge on the left. There, you'll
have to fight another pair of Minotaurs, as well as a circle of Archers. If you
let loose a Poseidon's Rage in the center of that platform, it should take out
all of the Archers for you, leaving you to take care of the Minotauts as you
please. After doing so, jump up to the next ledge, where you'll have to take on
one more wave of Minotaurs and Archers. Use up any magic that you have left, if
you have any, and then rely on combos to finish the battle.

When the battle is finally over, the flaming wall in front of you will go down,
and a wall of spikes will begin to spin. Open the blinking chest to the right
of it, then climb onto the wall. You'll then have to climb up the wall, being
careful not to hit the spikes. It's extremely tricky to do, but there's no real
strategies that can be said. Take your time, and try to find the safest path
upward, without being afraid to backtrack downward a little, if it will keep you
from touching a spike. And remember, you can jump upward by pressing the Up and
X button. That may help you get through tricky spots. When you reach the top,
open the chest of red orbs from your right, then head further to your right, to
find some Archers next to a blinking chest. Kill the Archers, and open the chest
then jump up to the next platform. There, you'll find some more Archers, and
another spiked wall you have to climb -- one that's disgustingly hard, and one
that makes the first look like a walk in the park.

Upon reaching the top, open the green chest and the blue chest that will both
be on your left. Then, use the save point that's on your right to save your
game. From there, walk forward towards the edge of the platform, and jump to
the platform ahead. Then, begin jumping across chains of platforms to the left
to reach the next large platform (You can also go towards the right, to find
a chest full of red orbs, but you'll just have to go to the left anyway.) On
that platform, you'll find to Satyrs. When you defeat them, two platforms will
appear before you, then some more Satyrs will spawn. The goal, is to keep
killing Satyrs, until enough platforms form to make a bridge for you. To do
this, you can use any method: Poseidon's Rage, Army of Hades, or just plain
old combos. Do know, that there is a green chest, and a blue chest on the
platform with you, though. The best method, would be to use Poseidon's Rage
once on each pair, then finish them off. This conserves magic, and makes it
last a little longer.

Once the last piece of the bridge rises, and the Satyrs stop respawning, begin
jumping across platforms of the bridge. You can jump off to platforms on the
left and right of the second piece, as well. Both hold a chest containing red
orbs. After that, make your way across the bridge, and jump to the next large
platform, where you'll find two Archers. Rip them both in half, then be thankful
that those are the last two enemies of the area! Jump up to the next platform,
then cross one more bone bridge. At the top, a rope will drop down from the sky.
Jump onto it, and begin climbing. You'll eventually come out at the Temple of
the Oracle, from the grave that was being dug for you earlier, by the Grave
digger. The only step left in your journey, is to take down the God of War!

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  | | The Final Battles                                          [G0017]   | | 
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Start by opening the green and blue chests on your right, then save at the
save point near your grave. From there, head into the Temple of the Oracle in
front of you. In the lobby of the temple, you'll have to take on a few waves of
Minotaurs and Cyclopse. Don't worry though, they are extremely weak -- they are
the first versions of the monsters, that you faced way earlier in the game! Once
you've killed them, the door on the left side of the room will open. When this
happens, walk through the door, and begin ascending the staircase beyond it,
taking out all the Archers and Gorgons along the way, who again, are all weak.
Make your way to the second floor of the temple, where there will be a large
pillar bridging the gap to the other side of the room. Run across it, to the
Archers on the other side, and hack them to pieces. Then, open the blinking
chest on your left and head down the hall just past it, defeating the Minotaurs
and Archers that you run into along the way. When you come out at the courtyard
jump to the ground below, and head to the right side of it, to find a save
point. Save, then head down the next hallway, where you can talk to the Oracle.
Keep heading down the stairs, opening the two red chests, as well as the green
and blue chest you come across. Make any last minute upgrades, then head outside
to confront Ares, for the final battles.

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| BOSS: ARES I                                                          |
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| Attacks:                                                              |
| -------                                                               |
| + He can hit you with the blades on his back                          |
| + He can hit you with a warhammer                                     |
| + He can do a spin attack, with the blades on his back                |
| + He can swing an axe at you                                          |
| + He can do a devestating flamethrower attack at you                  |
| + He can do an attack, where he transforms, and shoots Meteors at you |
| + He can launch his axe into the ground, sending out shockwaves       |
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| Strategy:                                                             |
| --------                                                              |
| Now if you have Blades of Chaos at max, it will really help, because  |
| you will be able to use infinite magic during Rage of the Gods. That  |
| being said, having Army of Hades at max will also help, but it is not |
| necessary. What you should do, is use Army of Hades right from the    |
| start, then doing combos, blocking as necessary. Use Army of Hades    |
| again, as soon as it stops, if you have the magic to do so. And if    |
| Ares ever goes for his Meteor attack, roll around in a large circle   |
| to avoid taking big damage. When you get Rage of the Gods, use it,    |
| then if you can, summon Army of Hades (which you'll be able to do     |
| twice before the Rage of the Gods wears off, if your Blades of Chaos  |
| are at level 5.) If you keep hacking away at him in this state, while |
| Hades's souls are tearing him apart, it's possible to take him out in |
| under a minute. However, if you don't have the necessary upgrades, you|
| can make do by blocking his attacks, and using combos when possible.  |
| It sounds simple for both methods, but believe me when I tell you, the|
| second method is not. For your own good, it is highly reccomended that|
| you have both of the mentioned powers upgraded completely. Once you   |
| weaken Ares until a circle appears over his head, grab him, you must  |
| then rapidly press circle to beat Ares in a test of strength, to get  |
| Kratos to jump onto Ares. Then, press the button sequence shown, to   |
| have Kratos send Ares's own back-blade through his back -- This also  |
| gives an insane number of red orbs -- several thousand! So, you could |
| use this time to upgrade yet again, before the next fight.            |
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After the fight, Kratos will be dragged into a memory of his own past. He
will bring him to the temple where Kratos  slaughtered his wife and daughter.
And his wife and daughter, are still alive in this memory. However, clones of
Kratos are attacking them, and the real Kratos is left to protect them. They'll
have a life bar in the corner, and you can grab them with circle, to transfer
your life to them, if necessary; If either of you die, it's game over. Do know,
however, that you can't kill them. So, if you'd like to go crazy with Poseidon's
Fury -- which is a great tactic for this battle -- go right ahead. Don't be
afraid to use your Rage of the Gods either, as you won't need it for the second
round with Ares. As the fight goes on, the temple will begin to fall apart.
Stick in there though, and keep killing the Kratos clones. Some Archers will
appear on floating platforms as well, but don't worry about them; You don't
even need to kill them. Although, if you use Poseidon's Rage whenever you have
enough magic to do so, like you should, you'll inevitably kill them anyway.
After a few moments of fighting, you'll be brought back out of the memory, so
that you can have a final round with Ares.

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| BOSS: ARES II                                                         |
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| Attacks:                                                              |
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| + He can do basic weapon swings at you                                |
| + He can do a swinging blade attack                                   |
| + He can shoot a fireball at you                                      |
| + He can cause four rocks to come from the ground, and shoot at you   |
| + He can do an attack, where he transforms, and shoots Meteors at you |
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| Strategy:                                                             |
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| Here, you'll be using a new weapon: Blade of the Gods. It has only    |
| four special moves (L1 plus any of the face buttons.) Now, how this   |
| works, is there's a meter at the top of the screen. The left half of  |
| it is you, and the right half of it is Ares. Each time he hits you,   |
| the green goes towards his side. Each time you hit him, the green goes|
| towards your swide. Whoever gets it all, leaving their opponent with  |
| none, is the winner. Ares can still do most of his form one attacks   |
| but you, on the other hand, are left with much less. Blocking will be |
| your friend here, as you try to hit him whenever possible. Note, that |
| if you and him strike eachother at the same time, there will be a test|
| of strength, where you rapidly hit the circle button. Whoever wins    |
| this test, will score some more damage on their opponent -- and should|
| that be you, press circle immediately afterward, to follow it up with |
| a nice combo for more damage. AS for your combos, L1 and X, as well as|
| L1 and circle work fine. However, stay away from L1 and square, or L1 |
| and triangle. They both leave you open for attacks. Personally, I     |
| think sticking to basic square attacks works best. After you defeat   |
| Ares in this battle, you'll see an amazing cutscene of Kratos         |
| delivering the final blow to the God of War.                          |
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After the battle ends, you'll see more or less, the ending of the game, which
is interactive. There are no enemies though, or no way to die, so just listen
to Athena, and walk into Mount Olympus. Make your way along the corridor there,
until you reach Ares' throne room. There, you can do two things. You can keep
hacking away at the statue of Ares and the Minotaur, to find an easter egg, and
you can press R2 to sit on Ares' throne. Doing so will initiate the final
cutscene, and the credits. The end.