Overview

Welcome to a new chapter of God of War. Those familiar with the series are used to a brutal and free-flowing combat system, challenging boss fights, and puzzle-solving. This rendition expands on that formula with a wide array of customization options, numerous Favors, Labors, and other optional content, and hours and hours of solid, satisfying gameplay.

Our guide provides everything you need to complete the father-son Journey and beyond. We walk you step-by-step through every playable area of Midgard and the surrounding realms. We get you efficiently from Point A to Point B while stopping to call attention to all items of interest along the way, in every region.

But be sure to check out this Basics section first. It will add profound layers of depth to your understanding of the game. The reason: much of the rich, detailed information in here comes directly from the horse’s mouth. Our four weeks spent on-site at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio included meetings with the entire senior game design team, as well as regular sessions with Sony’s outstanding Quality Assurance testing crew.

A good example: Check out our sections on “Power Level” and “Combat.” This is information you won’t (and can’t) find anywhere else, because it’s buried deep in the game systems. Our generous Sony hosts shared it all with us, and with you.

So, all of us, authors and readers alike, owe thanks to Team Sony not only for creating such a fun game, but also for helping us understand its basic mechanics at a fundamental level. Which, for many of us, makes great games even more fun.