Unfortunately, though these are indeed functional, they can prove frustratingly tricky as you have a brief amount of time to input the commands, but the controls on most handsets are quite small. You'll have moments when you can grab hold of a weakened enemy and then use a series of button inputs to trigger a crushing final blow.

The contextual attacks also book a return engagement in God of War: Betrayal.

Each one of these weapons or magic attacks have their own strengths against numerous underlings or vicious boss monsters. Kratos has access to several other choice weapons, such as Medusa's Head, Army of Hades, and the Blade of Artemis. You do not have as many combo possibilities in God of War: Betrayal as you did in God of War II, but there are still several combos such as running into an enemy as you unleash the chain swords. His default weapon, the chain swords (Athena's Blades) whip all around the screen, slicing up enemies, tossing them into the air, and leaving them on the floor in a crumpled mess. Kratos is all about action, so expect to jam on the 5 button regularly to use his brutal attacks. The action and puzzle elements are very much true to the original PS2 games - this really is an extension of the God of War universe. But it's important to note right away that God of War: Betrayal is not just a cookie-cutter platformer with Kratos pasted over some other non-descript hero. Kratos' first mobile adventure is a 2D side-scroller, not entirely unlike those we saw during the glory days of the 16-bit generation. In telling the tale of Kratos' rise before a spectacular fall at the beginning of God of War II, many will tremble at the feet of this warrior-god and many a god will be displeased.

God of War: Betrayal fills in the gaps between the first two God of War games, when Kratos defeated Ares to claim an Olympian throne and got something of a big head about it. Mobile is a valid gaming platform - and you can tell 'em Kratos said so. Between this and the recent announcement that Square's Parasite Eve is going mobile, the hardcore gaming crowd that turns its collective noses up at the smallest screen can no longer afford to traffic is such condescension. Except this time, the electrifying anti-hero of the God of War saga is wreaking havoc not on a PlayStation system, but mobile phones. And lo, Kratos set forth from Olympus to cleave the unclean and the unbelievers in two with his mighty chain swords, wetting the earth with rivers of fresh blood.

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