God of War: Ascension is an action adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio. The game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released on March 12, 2013 for the Paystation 3. God of War: Ascension is a prequel to God of War.
This elephant won't forget the ass kicking that it's about to receive!
Kratos has been seeing visions. When Orkos arrives at his village, he tells him that his visions are actually mind tricks by the Furies. The Furies’ job is to punish the wicked. They are punishing Kratos for breaking his blood oath with Ares. Upon learning this, Kratos heads out to find the Oracle of Delphi. He is too late and she’s already dying, but not before she tells him to get the Eyes of Truth.
Along the way, Orkos tells Kratos that Ares wanted to take down Zeus. In order to do that, he had to make the perfect warrior, which is why he chose Kratos. Orkos had been helping the the Furies until Ares tricked Kratos into killing his own family. Kratos takes this new knowledge and travels to the Delos.
Kratos is doing some high flying action
After restoring the statue of Apollo, Kratos is captured by the Furies. After weeks of torture, Kratos finally manages to break free from his prison and kills one of the Furies. He discovers that the prison is the first traitor of the Furies that broke a blood oath to Zeus. When Kratos comes across the Scribe of Hecatonchires, they reveal the Furies were originally fair in the punishments, but became ruthless because of Ares, the god of war. After breaking free of an illusion of his wife and child, Kratos kills the remaining Furies.
Back in Sparta, Orkos visits Kratos. He congratulates him on his victory, but says before their death, the Furies made him the oath keeper once more. In order to truly be free of Ares’ bond, he must kill Orkos. After killing him, Kratos has his first nightmare. Previously they were suppressed by his bond. His only way to redemption is through service to Olympus.