The player can use up to four magical attacks and a power-enhancing ability as alternative combat options, and the game features puzzles and platforming elements.
It uses quick time events, where the player acts in a timed sequence to defeat strong enemies and bosses. The gameplay is similar to previous installments, focusing on combo-based combat with the player's main weapon-the Blades of Exile-and secondary weapons acquired during the game.
Guided by Athena's spirit, Kratos battles monsters, gods, and Titans in a search for Pandora, without whom he cannot open Pandora's Box, defeat Zeus, and end the reign of the Olympian gods to have his revenge. Reigniting the Great War, Kratos ascends Mount Olympus until he is abandoned by the Titan Gaia. The player controls the protagonist Kratos, the former God of War, after his betrayal at the hands of his father Zeus, King of the Olympian gods. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. First released for the PlayStation 3 on March 16, 2010, it is the fifth installment in the God of War series, the seventh chronologically, and the sequel to 2007's God of War II. God of War III is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
