God of War: Ascension

A 2013 videogame.

Set years before the first God of War game, this installment of the series follow Kratos a little after he killed his family and then stopped working for Ares, the God of War. However, Kratos' alliance with Ares was made through an oath of blood, and for breaking an oath like that, Kratos is hunted by the Furies, deities that punish those who break their oaths.

Developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Tropes used in God of War: Ascension include:

• And I Must Scream: Aegaeon is still alive, because the Furies considered Death too merciful to him. He can still move his eyes a little, but is otherwise immobile.
• Animal Motifs: Snakes are all around the temple of Delphi. Of course, that's a reference to the Python, a snake monster slain by Apollo, the god of prophecy, in Delphi.
• An Ice Person:
  • The Ice of Poseidon gives Kratos' blades the power to freeze enemies.
  • The Chimera Kratos encounters on Delphi can also launch freezing ice waves from its mouth.
• Bad Boss: Castor kills a subordinate for asking for food and rest, and orders his subordinates later to fight Kratos despite the obvious difference in size.
• Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Archimedes dies in a very different way in this universe. The Furies drive him mad and he dies from either starvation or thirst, desperately trying to complete his statue of Apollo.
• Body Horror: Megaera's flies modify their hosts' bodies in ways that aren't pleasant or good to look at.
• Breath Weapon: The Ice Chimera launches waves of ice from its mouth.
• Dark Is Evil: Alecto is heavily associated with the color black and is the leader of the antagonists.
• Defector From Decadence: Orkos betrays the Furies after deciding that the pact between Kratos and Ares is unfair.
• Fan Disservice: There are several female enemies with their humans breasts exposed, but the rest of their bodies are so animal-like or simply uncanny that any fanserivce factor is eliminated.
• Fanservice:
  • Tisiphone uses an illusion where several women with their breasts exposed fawn all over Kratos and try to seduce him, in order to drag him into a trap.
  • Castor have a beautiful female slave on his lap when Kratos meets him.
• Flunky Boss: The Manticore in Delphi pukes smaller versions of himself to fight you in the second phase of his boss battle.
• Girl-On-Girl Is Hot: Tisiphone uses that as part of her strategy to distract Kratos and lure him into a trap.
• God Save Us From the Queen: Alecto is the Queen of the Furies and is just as evil as her sisters.
• Guardian Entity: Tisiphone's Daimon, who she uses to fly and can also attack Kratos in battle.
• Foregone Conclusion: Kratos will manage to escape from his oath of loyalty to Aries.
• Hotter and Sexier: Inverted. The gorgons Kratos meet in this game have a snake-like head, unlike the more human-like of the previous games.
• In Medias Res: The game begins with Kratos already imprisoned by the Furies. After showing Kratos fighting them for some time, the game flashes back to the point where Kratos meets Orkos for the first time.
• Lone Wolf Boss: Subverted. At first you may think Castor and Pollux were just angry at the fact Kratos didn't want to offer anything to see the Oracle. But then they mention something about someone punishing them if they fail. Then it becomes clear that they're working for the Furies.
• King Mook: The Manticore in Delphi, that seems to reproduce asexually and left eggs all around the level.
• One-Winged Angel: Alecto can transform into a giant sea monster. First she just throws things at Kratos from afar, but in the final battle she uses her whole body.
• Playing with Fire: The Fire of Ares gives Kratos the ability to infuse the Blades of Chaos with flames.
• Puppeteer Parasite: Megaera's flies are able to infect and control humans, changing them into monstrous fly-human hybrids that are used to fight Kratos.
• Shaggy Dog Story: Kratos finds a man in Delphi that is desperate to find the Oracle. The boss of the level appears not too long after and attacks the man behind Kratos' back, quickly killing him to then attack the spartan.
• Shattering the Illusion: Several times Kratos falls on illusions created by the Furies, but manages to shake them off by looking at his wife's necklace.
• Shock and Awe: Lightning of Zeus gives Kratos' blades electrical powers.
• Teleporters and Transporters: The Oath Stone of Orkos allows the wielder to teleport from the place where he stands to somewhere else, leaving a clone made of weird black material behind.
• The Dreaded: Averted, unlike the other entries of the series. Kratos' reputation as the "Ghost of Sparta" has yet not formed around Greece, specially since only recently the ashes were attached to his body. Castor has no idea of who is him and his subordinates ran away from Kratos more because he's an intimidating and armed huge man more than anything.
• Time Travel: The Amulet of Uroborus allows time to be manipulated in several ways by its wielders.

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