The story ends with Kratos leaving his Spartan home behind, still tormented by his grief.Īvailable on: PS3 | IGN’s God of War: Ascension Review 2. Ares seeks revenge through the game’s antagonistic Furies, three beings tasked with punishing betrayal, whom Kratos must kill in order to free himself from his oath.
Kratos, traumatized by the killings, refuses to honor the oath he swore to Ares, setting into motion the story of Ascension. God of War: Ascension (2013)Īscension, the seventh God of War game by release date but the first chronologically, is a revenge tale that explores the early days of Kratos’s transformation from a Spartan demigod into the God of War.Īscension takes place months after Kratos was manipulated into killing his wife and daughter by the Greek God of War Ares (more on this under the original God of War section below). These blurbs contain mild spoilers for each game, including characters, settings, and story beats. There are several God of War stories told through novels and comics as well, though this list only includes games. We’re also excluding PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in this chronology, despite its comical inclusion in the God of War canon. We’re excluding its second mobile release, God of War: Mimir’s Vision, as this AR game doesn’t add to the ongoing narrative but instead provides players with background lore from the world of God of War.
