Kratos is betrayed by Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods, who strips him of his godhood and kills him. The player character is protagonist Kratos, the new God of War who killed the former, Ares. The game is based on Greek mythology and set in ancient Greece, with vengeance as its central motif. First released for the PlayStation 2 console on March 13, 2007, it is the second installment in the God of War series, the sixth chronologically, and the sequel to 2005's God of War. God of War II is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
