God of War II is a
third person action-adventure video game developed by
Santa Monica Studio and published by
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). 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. The game is loosely based on
Greek mythology and set in
ancient Greece, with vengeance as its central motif. The player controls the protagonist
Kratos, the new God of War who killed the former,
Ares. Kratos is betrayed by
Zeus, the King of the
Olympian Gods, who strips him of his godhood and kills him. Slowly dragged to the
Underworld, he is saved by the
Titan Gaia, who instructs him to find the
Sisters of Fate, as they can allow him to travel back in time, avert his betrayal, and take revenge on Zeus.