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I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Some of your edits are misleading as well as giving wrong information, or not completely truthful information. Several edits also make me wonder if you have even played the game, becuase you're reverting correct information to incorrect information.
Examples from last revision:
After a battle with Erinys, the daughter of Thanatos, Kratos arrives in Sparta and witnesses a group of Spartans tearing down a statue of Ares 1. (info you've taken out). After a battle with the 2. Piraeus Lion and an encounter with the spirit of his child self in the Temple of Ares, Kratos learns he must return to Atlantis and locate the Domain of Death. Kratos accepts his former weapons, the Arms of Sparta (used during Kratos' days as a Captain of the Spartan army), as a gift from 3. the Spartans and departs.
Entering the Domain of Death, Kratos eventually locates his imprisoned brother Deimos and frees him. Enraged that Kratos failed to rescue him sooner and stating he will never forgive Kratos, Deimos attacks 1. Kratos, but the god Thanatos - responsible for Deimos' torture - intervenes. Thanatos takes Deimos against his will to Suicide Bluffs (the site of Kratos' suicide attempt) where Kratos saves Deimos from falling to his death. A grateful Deimos the aids Kratos in battling the god. Thanatos kills Deimos but is destroyed in turn by Kratos. Kratos buries Deimos (leaving the Arms of Sparta as a grave marker) and is warned by the enigmatic Grave Digger who once aided him not to alienate the gods.
Athena begs for forgiveness 1. (offering godhood and even 2. acknowledging Kratos as her brother) for not revealing the truth, but Kratos ignores her, returning to Olympus promising that "the gods will pay for this."
In a post-credits scene, the Grave Digger places Callisto in her grave and states "Now...only one remains."
Removal of Zeus.
129.71.208.91 ( talk) 16:56, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Is it ever stated Kratos battle the Piraeus Lion? Yes, when Kratos battles the lion in the Spartan jails, it says "Piraeus Lion" across the screen. Also, the Last Spartan isn't the LS at the time of this story. True, and I like the clarification that you made there. Also no difference between attacks and battles here as obvious. There is a small correction (all that was needed) to Athena's statement. The rest is subjective, a tad fannish and not really needed. 125.7.71.6 ( talk) 03:37, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
I played the game, and Kratos certainly didn't free Thera from her bonds.
What the cutscene shows is, Kratos talks to Thera, says he wasn't there to free her, Thera says he must help her. Then the player resumes control of Kratos and throws his blades into her, pulls them out and gains the Thera's Bane power, Thera screams in pain, and as Kratos leaves, Thera reaches up and collapses the stone bridge/path he is on.
How does that imply he freed her? I interpreted this as him stealing her power and leaving her to remain imprisoned, and she destroys the bridge in an attempt to get back at him. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 20:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Except she wasn't free, she was still chained there. The exact dialogue from the game is:
"THERA: Do not be so naive, Kratos. Your path led you to me. You need my help. KRATOS: I need nothing from you, Thera. THERA: If you do not free me then you will share my fate. You will die here with me."
Then Kratos obtains her power using the blades. Is she freed? No. She is still chained there. You say she is freed. If she is in fact freed, why is she still there, and why did she reach up and break the path he was on? The answer is simple: she was not freed, and as she said, if Kratos did not free her then he would die with her, which is why she reached up and tried to kill him by collapsing his path. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 18:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I agree, JDC, that he "freed" her from this world, but the article does not say this, and it needs to be changed to reflect this. The way "frees" is used in the article's context implies that he physically released her from her restraints, which he did not do. And in no way is this an "unnecessary micro-detail", it's how Kratos obtains a major ability, and freeing a captive and putting someone out of their misery are two very different things. Let's try to remember that the idea is to stay as true to the plot as possible. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 19:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
She is indeed freed by Kratos,and as he freed her she gives Kratos her power.She collapses the bridge in an attempt of getting out of her prision.The game is very clear about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Know-howpt ( talk • contribs) 14:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
You are misreading the information given. From your edit summary, you said it says second and sixth in the same sentence. This is true, but it does not say it was the second and sixth God of War for the PSP, it says it's the second for the PSP and the sixth installment to the series, meaning it was the second God of War developed for the PSP and the sixth God of War developed in the entire series. Also, installment does not mean chapter. Installment means its release order in the series (6th installment = 6th developed game for the series), whereas Chapter, which you added, means its chronological order (3rd chapter = 3rd chronologically). JDC808 ( talk) 16:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Examples:
1. The sex mini-game also returns and has been described as the "most over-the-top" in comparison to previous installments (an encounter with two women with more and more women jumping in as the mini-game progresses).
Two things wrong here - unsourced claim and casual and unnecessary language.
2. "battles the scylla".
There's only one - unique creature - and has a capital.
3. The Thera mention. "Original game creation" in brackets covers it.
4. The abilities that Kratos may gain belong in Game Development - Character section is for the characters' roles - not a place to cite technical points that are GD by their very nature.
Bluerim ( talk) 04:32, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
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Ok. So, I think all have been fixed, so here's my verdict.
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Requesting assessment for A-Class. -- JDC808 ♫ 04:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi @ JDC808:,
Concerning my edits, let's break it down.
This is of course nitpicking, but that's what I do here. I'd suggest expanding some of these sentences so they make more sense, or trim the fluff. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 23:12, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of God of War: Ghost of Sparta's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "IGN":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Some of your edits are misleading as well as giving wrong information, or not completely truthful information. Several edits also make me wonder if you have even played the game, becuase you're reverting correct information to incorrect information.
Examples from last revision:
After a battle with Erinys, the daughter of Thanatos, Kratos arrives in Sparta and witnesses a group of Spartans tearing down a statue of Ares 1. (info you've taken out). After a battle with the 2. Piraeus Lion and an encounter with the spirit of his child self in the Temple of Ares, Kratos learns he must return to Atlantis and locate the Domain of Death. Kratos accepts his former weapons, the Arms of Sparta (used during Kratos' days as a Captain of the Spartan army), as a gift from 3. the Spartans and departs.
Entering the Domain of Death, Kratos eventually locates his imprisoned brother Deimos and frees him. Enraged that Kratos failed to rescue him sooner and stating he will never forgive Kratos, Deimos attacks 1. Kratos, but the god Thanatos - responsible for Deimos' torture - intervenes. Thanatos takes Deimos against his will to Suicide Bluffs (the site of Kratos' suicide attempt) where Kratos saves Deimos from falling to his death. A grateful Deimos the aids Kratos in battling the god. Thanatos kills Deimos but is destroyed in turn by Kratos. Kratos buries Deimos (leaving the Arms of Sparta as a grave marker) and is warned by the enigmatic Grave Digger who once aided him not to alienate the gods.
Athena begs for forgiveness 1. (offering godhood and even 2. acknowledging Kratos as her brother) for not revealing the truth, but Kratos ignores her, returning to Olympus promising that "the gods will pay for this."
In a post-credits scene, the Grave Digger places Callisto in her grave and states "Now...only one remains."
Removal of Zeus.
129.71.208.91 ( talk) 16:56, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Is it ever stated Kratos battle the Piraeus Lion? Yes, when Kratos battles the lion in the Spartan jails, it says "Piraeus Lion" across the screen. Also, the Last Spartan isn't the LS at the time of this story. True, and I like the clarification that you made there. Also no difference between attacks and battles here as obvious. There is a small correction (all that was needed) to Athena's statement. The rest is subjective, a tad fannish and not really needed. 125.7.71.6 ( talk) 03:37, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
I played the game, and Kratos certainly didn't free Thera from her bonds.
What the cutscene shows is, Kratos talks to Thera, says he wasn't there to free her, Thera says he must help her. Then the player resumes control of Kratos and throws his blades into her, pulls them out and gains the Thera's Bane power, Thera screams in pain, and as Kratos leaves, Thera reaches up and collapses the stone bridge/path he is on.
How does that imply he freed her? I interpreted this as him stealing her power and leaving her to remain imprisoned, and she destroys the bridge in an attempt to get back at him. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 20:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Except she wasn't free, she was still chained there. The exact dialogue from the game is:
"THERA: Do not be so naive, Kratos. Your path led you to me. You need my help. KRATOS: I need nothing from you, Thera. THERA: If you do not free me then you will share my fate. You will die here with me."
Then Kratos obtains her power using the blades. Is she freed? No. She is still chained there. You say she is freed. If she is in fact freed, why is she still there, and why did she reach up and break the path he was on? The answer is simple: she was not freed, and as she said, if Kratos did not free her then he would die with her, which is why she reached up and tried to kill him by collapsing his path. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 18:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I agree, JDC, that he "freed" her from this world, but the article does not say this, and it needs to be changed to reflect this. The way "frees" is used in the article's context implies that he physically released her from her restraints, which he did not do. And in no way is this an "unnecessary micro-detail", it's how Kratos obtains a major ability, and freeing a captive and putting someone out of their misery are two very different things. Let's try to remember that the idea is to stay as true to the plot as possible. 69.38.205.7 ( talk) 19:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
She is indeed freed by Kratos,and as he freed her she gives Kratos her power.She collapses the bridge in an attempt of getting out of her prision.The game is very clear about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Know-howpt ( talk • contribs) 14:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
You are misreading the information given. From your edit summary, you said it says second and sixth in the same sentence. This is true, but it does not say it was the second and sixth God of War for the PSP, it says it's the second for the PSP and the sixth installment to the series, meaning it was the second God of War developed for the PSP and the sixth God of War developed in the entire series. Also, installment does not mean chapter. Installment means its release order in the series (6th installment = 6th developed game for the series), whereas Chapter, which you added, means its chronological order (3rd chapter = 3rd chronologically). JDC808 ( talk) 16:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Examples:
1. The sex mini-game also returns and has been described as the "most over-the-top" in comparison to previous installments (an encounter with two women with more and more women jumping in as the mini-game progresses).
Two things wrong here - unsourced claim and casual and unnecessary language.
2. "battles the scylla".
There's only one - unique creature - and has a capital.
3. The Thera mention. "Original game creation" in brackets covers it.
4. The abilities that Kratos may gain belong in Game Development - Character section is for the characters' roles - not a place to cite technical points that are GD by their very nature.
Bluerim ( talk) 04:32, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
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Nothing else to note. — ΛΧΣ 21™ 16:01, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Ok. So, I think all have been fixed, so here's my verdict.
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· · · |
Regards. — ΛΧΣ 21™ 20:21, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Requesting assessment for A-Class. -- JDC808 ♫ 04:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi @ JDC808:,
Concerning my edits, let's break it down.
This is of course nitpicking, but that's what I do here. I'd suggest expanding some of these sentences so they make more sense, or trim the fluff. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 23:12, 25 October 2018 (UTC)