God of War: HELP! I'm stuck...

[Iron_Chef]

Playing God of War for PS2. Great game, although the designers do a lousy job of telling you where to go next or how to defeat special enemies with stuff other than your normal powers. Anyway, I'm stuck, stuck, stuck and need help before I throw the game in the trash in frustration, LOL.

I'm in Athens. The city is under attack by Ares and his minions and is now on fire. I need to jump from moss-covered pillar to moss-covered pillar (sea od hot lava death below me). Meanwhile, undead archers pepper me with arrows from a balcony I can't get to. I can make it to the second pillar, but once there, I can't figure out how to jump over onto the broken ledge. I've tried this like a hundred times, always failing. I figured out not to try it while the archers are shooting at me, LOL, cuz their arrows knock me off balance and into the fire (dead). But I don't see where I am supposed to jump onto the ledge. It's driving me nuts. Either I'm too old and uncoordinated to be playing this game (give me Ms. Pac-Man anyday) or the designers stink and should have created an alternate route around it rather than expect the average gamer to be able to pull something this difficult off...

 

[CronoDekar]

I think I remember what section you're talking about, but unfortunately I can't remember much from the area. If the section is the one what I think you're talking about, I believe you can climb over to the left of the first pillar and double-jump off of it to get to an area where you can hack through some archers. According to a FAQ I'm reading, it says you have to climb around to the right side hanging off the moss and double-jump onto another pillar. In case that's confusing or doesn't help, the FAQ I'm looking at is at:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/game/919864.html

I was looking at the one that's 228k, and if you do a find for "moss" you should get to the point where I think you're at.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I know exactly what the problem is - you have yet to perfect the "double jump." It's an easy mistake - as it makes no sense in regards to real physics. Basically, you jump, and then while in mid air, hit jump again. You'll act as if you kicked off of something solid for an extra boost, and then you'll be fine.

I was stuck in the exact same spot until I figured this out.

 

[John Crichton]

While God of War is my favorite game released so far this year the only thing I didn't like were the platforming elements. I had no trouble with the part(s) mentioned here but some of the later stuff was flat-out punishing.

 

[CronoDekar]

While God of War is my favorite game released so far this year the only thing I didn't like were the platforming elements. I had no trouble with the part(s) mentioned here but some of the later stuff was flat-out punishing.

Oh dear lord yes.

 

[Iron_Chef]

What is a platforming element?

 

[Lobo Lurker]

What is a platforming element?

Aren't those the arch enemies of the rare column elementals?

 

[CronoDekar]

Mainly, it refers to jumping. Jumping the right length/height, jumping at the right time, landing on the right spot, avoiding pits... stuff like that. Think Super Mario Brothers.

Fortunately, it doesn't get too crazy with the platforming, and most of the game is still used destroying enemies by shredding them with your Blades of Chaos and calling down the powers of the gods.

 

[Iron_Chef]

Okay, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. I did not realize I could go around to the other side of the first pillar. That was the only way to take out those archers, by jumping onto a balcony there and coming around their backside through a building, then kicking over a ramp to get back to jumping off the first balcony omnto the first moss pillar. Then you jump to the second pillar and from there to the ledge... which is only possible I think if those archers are dead so you can concentrate. Still took a lot of jumping and dying off that seciond pillar archers or no archers.

 

[Iron_Chef]

Now I'm stuck a little bit later in the game in a similar stupid situation. I'm on the rooftops of Athens, there are two ropes swinging over to a rooftop. The rooftop has 5 or 6 chests (red orbs and blue/green heal/magic orbs). The problem is, I can't open any of the chests because everytime I press R2 I get shot by this group of undead archers in an area I can't figure out how to get to! This is a repeat of the pillar situation and is driving me crazy. God, I hate this crap. I just wanna kill stuff not try out for the Olympics with all this jumping crap. Help please!

The other thing I can't find is the broken lever bit to open the door I feel a "benevolent presence" behind.