I have a friend who is perhaps what you’d consider a trophy rival. We’ve been competing for ages to see who can get the highest trophy score level, the most platinums. . . It was a relatively even contest until recently when he got to sit on his backside all day, not going to work, playing games constantly.
Oh sure, he went into hospital and had an operation and so was at home recuperating. Whatever. He’s still gaming like a beast, tearing through games and racking up trophies to make it no longer a contest. I’ve got a full-time job and a wife and kid! Times are hard enough to get gaming as is!
Anyway, one thing did pique my interest. I noticed in his recent gaming exploits that he had got a Platinum trophy on the first God Of War. Now I played this game ages ago and basically dipped out on the Platinum because of two gold trophy challenges. One was for completing the Challenge of the Gods, the other for completing the game in under five hours. Since I thought completing the game in under five hours would be near-impossible I skipped it and moved on.
Seeing my friend had got the Platinum, and had achieved these things, forced me to reconsider. I learned that completing the Challenge of the Gods would unlock a costume that would allow infinite magic power and make a speedrun altogether more viable.
Right then, I thought. Let’s get this Challenge of the Gods thing done. . . No mean feat.
The trial challenges in God Of War are tougher than in the sequel because your progress does not get saved. You have to complete all 10 challenges in one sitting. That worked out around 3 hours for me – slightly more investment time than I had anticipated, but perseverance reaps rewards.
It was tough at first just to get used to the controls again, remembering what buttons and button combos produced what moves. Yet for the most part the challenges were varied and, indeed, challenging, but it was really just three of them that really tested me. Challenge Number 2, Number 8 and Number 10.
Challenge Number 2 basically saw you leaping round a circuit of floating platforms and killing all the enemies there, as well as being dogged by harpies, and it had to be done in a tight time limit. For some reason I really struggled with this. Time just constantly ran out on me. In the end I worked out a point to use my magic power and fell back on my ‘rage of the gods’ – a power that probably was better off being saved for a later challenge, but oh well. . .
Challenge Number 8 was one that featured lots of medusas and soldiers, and all had to be defeated. There was no time limit, it was just such a long slog that if you didn’t get turned to stone and killed in one hit you eventually got your health worn down and were killed off. It was gruelling, until I discovered that using the jumping slam (when medusas weren’t hitting me with their gaze) near the edges propelled the enemies over the side rather than having to batter them all to death. Using that method I got through it reasonably quickly.
The final challenge. By this point I was entering the small hours of the morning on a work night, and I was damned if I was quitting for bed without succeeding! This one basically involved killing endless satyrs and small cerberus’ to raise the small platform I was fighting on high enough to reach the goal. It was tough, and after various strategies failed I finished up using a lot of air attacks to muddle through. As much luck as skill saw me make it to the top and make the terrifying leap to the finish.
Gold trophy awarded! Now the only thing between me and a Platinum was the matter of completing the main game in under five hours. I had the ‘Dairy Bastard’ costume available to me now, though. . . I was all set to unleash infinite magic death and destruction!
Oh sure, he went into hospital and had an operation and so was at home recuperating. Whatever. He’s still gaming like a beast, tearing through games and racking up trophies to make it no longer a contest. I’ve got a full-time job and a wife and kid! Times are hard enough to get gaming as is!
Anyway, one thing did pique my interest. I noticed in his recent gaming exploits that he had got a Platinum trophy on the first God Of War. Now I played this game ages ago and basically dipped out on the Platinum because of two gold trophy challenges. One was for completing the Challenge of the Gods, the other for completing the game in under five hours. Since I thought completing the game in under five hours would be near-impossible I skipped it and moved on.
Seeing my friend had got the Platinum, and had achieved these things, forced me to reconsider. I learned that completing the Challenge of the Gods would unlock a costume that would allow infinite magic power and make a speedrun altogether more viable.
Right then, I thought. Let’s get this Challenge of the Gods thing done. . . No mean feat.
The trial challenges in God Of War are tougher than in the sequel because your progress does not get saved. You have to complete all 10 challenges in one sitting. That worked out around 3 hours for me – slightly more investment time than I had anticipated, but perseverance reaps rewards.
It was tough at first just to get used to the controls again, remembering what buttons and button combos produced what moves. Yet for the most part the challenges were varied and, indeed, challenging, but it was really just three of them that really tested me. Challenge Number 2, Number 8 and Number 10.
Challenge Number 2 basically saw you leaping round a circuit of floating platforms and killing all the enemies there, as well as being dogged by harpies, and it had to be done in a tight time limit. For some reason I really struggled with this. Time just constantly ran out on me. In the end I worked out a point to use my magic power and fell back on my ‘rage of the gods’ – a power that probably was better off being saved for a later challenge, but oh well. . .
Challenge Number 8 was one that featured lots of medusas and soldiers, and all had to be defeated. There was no time limit, it was just such a long slog that if you didn’t get turned to stone and killed in one hit you eventually got your health worn down and were killed off. It was gruelling, until I discovered that using the jumping slam (when medusas weren’t hitting me with their gaze) near the edges propelled the enemies over the side rather than having to batter them all to death. Using that method I got through it reasonably quickly.
The final challenge. By this point I was entering the small hours of the morning on a work night, and I was damned if I was quitting for bed without succeeding! This one basically involved killing endless satyrs and small cerberus’ to raise the small platform I was fighting on high enough to reach the goal. It was tough, and after various strategies failed I finished up using a lot of air attacks to muddle through. As much luck as skill saw me make it to the top and make the terrifying leap to the finish.
Gold trophy awarded! Now the only thing between me and a Platinum was the matter of completing the main game in under five hours. I had the ‘Dairy Bastard’ costume available to me now, though. . . I was all set to unleash infinite magic death and destruction!
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