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A little help in smiting the hand that feeds you.
Developer
SCEI
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
ERSB Rating
M
Rel. Date
03/22/05
Genre
Action
Players
1
Date: Friday, April 08, 2005
Author: Jeff 'Judasen' McAllister

The Aegean Sea

As the games starts you find yourself on a boat fighting off the crowd of skeletons. Fight off the few waves of them and then head for the trap door. Press R2 to open it and drop down. Open the chest and then head up the right side corridor, jumping over the barrels. Make your way left and continue through the ship. As you come to the wide open room, a hydra head will pop his head in and attack. Use L1 to block when it attacks and then give it some combo’s. When the circle appears over its head, press it and you will give him some major attacks. Press the buttons in the order you are told to and you will bash the creature around like a rag doll. Once it retreats, head across the beams and follow them around to the other side of the broken floor. Hop through the opening on the left side and make a left down the corridor to talk to the man behind the gate. After you talk to him, head up the stairs on the right and walk to the end of the hall.



Bash through the barricade and head through the door. Walk out to the deck of the ship and start wiping out all the Harpies there. You can kill them in one shot if you grab them and tear off their wings. Once most of the Harpies are dead, you can run to the far end of the deck and crack open the two doors there to find chests. Open them and when you return to the middle of the boat and other sea Beast will attack. Use the same combos as earlier and it will fall no problem. Once it is dead, hop down into the hole it made and swim along the left side. Head around the corner and climb the netting there to get to the deck above. Kill the skeletons there and head across the beam. When you get to the junction, make a left to the next boat. Walk to the right and have a conversation with the man there. After the scene, pop open the chest and save your game at the yellow light by pressing R2. After you save, head down the stairs on the left and make your way to the right when you reach the deck.



Grab the crate there and move it all the way down the deck to where the archers are. Slide it under the netting and jump up. Climb up to the top ledge and take out the archers there. Head to the left and follow the hallway outside. Go right and there will be some screaming from the captain’s quarters telling you to find a key. Head up the ladder on the right and climb up the ripped netting there. Kill the enemies that come down to attack you and continue all the way up to the top. When you finally reach it, kill the enemies there and jump to grab the rope. Slide down to the next ship and break open the three barricaded walls to find two chests and a passage. Head down the passage after getting the chests and you will come to an altar and will have a scene with Poseidon. Once it is over, you will have a new magic attack. Kill the enemies that spawn into the room and then head through the opening where his face was. Follow it outside and save at the marker to the left.



Continue to the right once you save and climb up the net after opening the chests. When you get to the top, watch the scene and the Hydra will be attacking. To defeat the Hydra, you first need to take out the little heads on each side. Start with one and whack it until the it gets knocked out. When it is, climb up the stack of boxes beside it and jump over to the round platform to drive it down on top of its head. Do that for both of the little heads to defeat them and then it’s off to face the large head. Climb up the netting in the center and you will be face to face with it. You will need to hit the head until it lays its head beside you and the large circle appears. When it does, mash the circle until you pound the Hydra’s head into the mast. Do that three times and the mast will break off. Now you need to start hitting him again until he is dazed and not moving in the center. When he does that, get in front of his face and press circle to jump on his head. Start mashing the circle button and you will drive his head through the broken mast pole and finish him off once and for all.



Once he is dead, jump in his mouth and head for the yelling. Once you have found the captain and gotten his key, head back out and climb up the boxes on the right side. Jump over to the netting and open the crates there. Once you have the goods, jump on the rope and slide down to the deck below where you were earlier. Head down the stairs on the left and make your way back up to the captain quarters where the screaming women were. Use the key on the door and follow the hallway around until the scene starts. Once you are back in control, have some sex with the two girls for some extra orbs and then head down the hall. Use the save light there and head around the corner and pop open the chests there. Head up the ladder and make your way to the right side of the deck.

The Gates of Athens

Head across the bridge and square off against the legionnaires there. When they are dead, make a left at the end and jump across the gap to the wooden structure and pull the lever there. Ride the lift up and follow the walkway around to fight some minotaurs. After you kill them, head around the corner and ride the next lift. Head off it and a scene will play as three large beasts will enter. Use the combos shown to take them down and once they are defeated, the blocked doorway will open up. Enter and follow the corridor around until you come to a room with large crates. There will be two that you need to destroy the bottom out of. One will be right where you enter and one will be in the far left corner. Take them down and then head back and jump on top of the crate to the left of the first one you knocked down. Make your way right and across the ledge and then left and enter the doorway there. Enter the next room and step to the yellow light at the doorway to talk to Aphrodite.



After the scene, you will face off against a medusa to get its head. After you do the combo to take off her head you will get attacked by a large group of Minotaurs. Use the head to stone them and destroy them all as they come. Once you have killed all of them, the door way will open and you can head down the corridor. Climb the ladder there and there will be a lever. Run past it and head left to the save light. Go back to the lever and pull it once to turn the arrow launcher. Use the arrow launcher to fire through the wooden door ahead of you and you can turn it again to shoot through the wall to the left to find a phoenix feather. Head through the door you blasted open to come to a ladder on the right wall Climb up it and you will come outside. Head to the left and climb the ladder and start climbing the vines. Make your way all the way up and start jump across the gaps to the right. Make your way down when you reach the end and head left. Run behind the large statue and press R2 to knock it over. Once it falls, climb down the ladder there and run across the courtyard to the head. Jump on it and up to the ladder. Kill the two medusa’s there and make sure you don’t try to get up the ladder without killing them.



They will stone you and you will fall and shatter. Climb the ladder after they are dead and you will face another and some minotaurs. Kill them all and then slash the two stone pillars on the left side. Jump from one to the next and then up to the next ledge. Kill the enemies there and then head up the stairs and fire the arrow launcher there. When the rope is across the gap, head down the stairs and get under the rope. Shimmy across and knock down the enemies that try to stop you. Slide down the ladder when you reach the far side and look at the large wooden door on the right. Go to the left and lift the door there and turn the arrow launcher to face the wooden door. Fire the arrow through and then head past the Minotaurs there and climb up the ladder for some chests. Once you have them, slide all the way down to the ground and follow the corridor out to the bridge. Watch the scene as you reach the middle and then continue forward to the stairs.

The Road to Athens

Make your way up the stairs and take a left. Follow the path down until you come to a door on the left. Enter the arch way and the gate will close behind you. Now you will need to fight some armored minotaurs. Kill them until there one left and then use the medusa head on it while it is standing on the large button at the rear of the room. When it is stoned, run for the gate that opens at the other end. Head through the cave to the right and you will come out to the street. Make your way down it and be sure to enter the houses along the way by smashing through the doors. Kill the enemies along the way until you finally reach the barricade at the end. Smash through it and then jump and grab the rope hanging above you. Swing to the next and then to the other side of the gap. Continue to run along the road until you come to the large staircase on the left side.

Athens Town Square

As you head up the stairs, when you reach the top some Cyclops will drop in to join the party. You will need to defeat three of them until the block doorway becomes passable. When all three are down, enter the doorway and follow the corridor around and a woman will yell at you to stay away. Chase her through the temple until you finally have a scene with her. Continue up the stairs after it is over and chase her out onto the balcony. After she falls to her death, you can head to the left to grab a feather from the chest. Now you’ll need to head to the right and drop off the edge and run over to the woman’s body. Grab the key from her and then enter the corridor again that you had just entered. Make your way all the way back through the temple back up to the balcony and head to the right. Jump across the gap and follow the wooden bridge around to the trap door. Use the key and then jump down. Use the save light there and continue around the corridor. Make a left at the fork and lift the gate at the end to go through. When you head up the stairs at the end of the hallway you will come back outside.

Rooftops of Athens

Head over to the right of the platform and jump onto the vine covered wall there. Climb up and you will need to move to the left and then double jump backwards to the next wall behind you. Do it again after you climb some and then jump to the balcony. Pop open the chests there and then enter the doorway. When you enter, a scene will play to show you a new enemy. These spinning little buggers can be tough. Kill them and the archers at the broken stairs and then head up them. When you reach the top floor, kill the large beasts there and the rest of the spinning enemies. Head to the broken wall at the far end and make a right to find two chests. Pop them open and then head back through the room and clear out any enemies you missed. When they are all dead, go through the large doorway that opens at the bottom of the stairs.



Make your way to the right and jump off the edge to the platform. Jump from there to the pillar with vines on it and you will need to shimmy around to the other side and jump to the next pillar. Again, shimmy around and jump backwards to the balcony behind you. Run up into the open doorway and save there. When you are done, head for the ladder in the alcove and climb up. Jump across to the left side to the next rooftop and continue left. Break the wooden wall at the far left and jump over again to the next. Now you will need to head right and smash the blocked up doorway there. When the stones are smashed, jump across to the vines on the wall and climb up to the rooftop. Head up the ramp and you will come to a sparkly object on the ground. Press R2 and a scene will play. After the scene is over, head to the right and kick down the bridge there.



Now make your way back to the first ladder you climbed up from the save room and make your way back down. Kill the spinning enemies there and head out of the room and make a right over the hill. Head left and there will be an arrow launcher there. Grab it and push it down the slope to the room at the bottom. Push it into the room and lift the door on the left side with the circle in front of it. Kill the enemies inside and then place the arrow launcher on the circle. Pull the lever to turn it and then pull the launcher off. Pull the lever again and then put the launcher back on. Pull it one more time and the launcher should be facing the wooden door. Open the rest of the doors in the room for some goodies and then fire the arrow at the wooden door to break it open. Head to the end of the corridor and you will enter a room with Zeus’ avatar. Talk to his big head and you will receive his power. Exit through the doorway and you will be back outside.



Use the lightning to take out the four archers on the roof and the door to the right will become unblocked. Head through and follow the corridor around to the room at the end and smash the wall there. Grab the goods from the chests and head back to the save room across the bridge. Head up the ladder and make your way back up to where the man was holding the lever. Shoot some lightning at him to take him down and the bridge will come across. Head across it and enter the building. Follow the corridor around past the spinning enemies and eventually you will come to a room with an alcove and a button on the floor in the center of it. Stand on it and it will take you for a ride down. Step off and head back outside to the town square and a scene with the Oracle will play. Head across the wooden beam to the save point and use it. Run up the stairs and continue to the Temple of the Oracle.

The Temple of the Oracle

As you enter the temple entrance, you will face off against a crowd of harpies and medusa’s. Kill them all as they come and then you will be introduced to the grave digger. After the scene with him, continue up the stairs and save at the save point.. Head up the stairs and enter the temple and continue to the large room with the Harpies that enter from the holes in the walls. Head to the far end of the room and on the upper ledge will be two statues on either side. Pull out each statue and push them off the edge and over to block each hole in the wall where the Harpies are coming out. When both are blocked and the harpies are dead, head for the gate to the left of where you entered and lift it up. Head up the stairs and run across the beams there to reach the other side. Head left and save and continue down the corridor.



When you reach the end, you will come out side and a scene with the Oracle will play. Now this gets a little tricky. To reach the Oracle you need to do some statue moving. Beside the entrance there are two large statues. Grab one and drag it to the right, to the circle symbol on the ground. When you have it on, the platform will lower. Jump off it when it moves and go back to the entrance and get the other statue. Push it along to the same spot where the lift it and push it over the edge so it lands on the statue below. Now jump down to the ground and pull the two stacked statues off. Drag it to the far right, between the large platform and the mountain wall. When it is in position, jump up on the smaller building with the red chest on it and jump from that rooftop to the large platform. Now you can jump from there to the statues top to the ledge on the wall.



Grab the vines and start up and to the left and a scene will play with the Oracle losing her grip. You now have 60 seconds to make your way around to the platform beside her. Jump across the vines when the mill wheel stops turning and continue across to the end. Climb up the last vine section and jump off to the rope there. Swing over to the ledge and then head across the beam sections. Make sure you don’t fall since time will be very tight and pulling yourself up takes up precious seconds. Make your way to the rope at the end of the beams and swing across to land on the large plate. Head towards the rope and a scene will play saving the Oracle. After the long talk with her, head through the door she opens and follow the bridge across and down the spiral stairs to the sewer below.

The Sewers of Athens

Open the chest to the left of the bottom of the stairs to grab a feather and hten hop up and over the wall. Head to the end of the passage and follow the corner around to face some enemies. Kill t hem and the archers on the upper ledge. When they are dead, walk to the far right corner and jump up to grab the ledge of the wall. Shimmy to the left and then pull yourself up. Face the minotaurs and archers here and continue off the next ledge and down the tunnel. Head for the next wall and jump up to the top and continue to the Cyclops that appear. Take them out and make your way up the next wall to the ladder at the end. Climb up and head up the spiral staircase there. Use the lever at the top to raise more stairs and head up to the road to Athens. Head up the stairs and make a right when you come to the platform over looking the battle. Follow the path all the way to the large open doorway and enter it when you reach it. Continue to run through and you will come to the Desert of Lost Souls.

Desert of Lost Souls

Run down the path until you finally reach the statue of Athena. She will tell you to find the Sirens and they will lead you to Kronos the Titan who is wandering the desert. When the scene is over, head to the left of the statue and follow the wall all the way around. Keep running along the wall and you will come to a chest. Pop it open and keep running along the wall. Soon you will hear some singing and you will come to a temple. Look at the large door and the siren will be in the center of the round area across from it. Kill the Siren and her spirit will fly into the door. Now you will need to find two more to destroy. Continue along the wall the same way and you will eventually run into the second one. Destroy it and keep heading along the edge of the desert and you will come to the statue of Athena where you started.



When you reach it, head out to the center of the desert and you will eventually find the third and final siren. Snap her and then head back to the temple where the door will now be open for you to head through. Enter and save at the light and head down the stairs. Hop off the side of the railing and you will land on a conveyor belt. Open the door there and pull out the block and some enemies will attack. You’ll need to fend off the enemies that are attacking while trying to push the stone block all the way to the left side. When you get it there,, jump up on it and up to the wall. Run out down the corridor and open the next door. Use the horn out there and a path will be cleared. Run down it to the next horn and you will get attacked by a gaggle of sirens. Take them all out and another horn will appear. Use it and a scene will play as you reach the temple.

Pandora’s Temple

As you cross the bridge, a fly by scene will show you a fire burning to the right. Head to the left and follow the slope down and around to a set of large blocks. Pull out the bottom one and the rest will pull out like a set of stairs. Hop up them to the top and have a chat with the corpse there. He will allow the gate to the temple to open. Hop down the side of the cliff, back to the entrance where you were and three large beasts will attack. Take them down with combos and button combinations shown and enter the temple when they are down. Head up the stairs and enter and you will now need to face off against a load of spinning enemies. Kill them all and look at the large circular door at the end of the passage. It will open and allow you to enter the next hallway.

The Ring’s of Pandora

Make your way to the right and run all the way down the hall until you come to an opening on the right. Run down the passage and there will be some spikes smashing together. Run through them to the room at the end and save at the light on the right side. Head through the room and kill the archers in the corners. When they are dead, enter the alcove in the center and pull the lever. Head back out and push the levefr that pops out to shoot a beam of light at the skull door. Head back down the hallway and there will be another lever that was lowered. Turn the lever around and around and it will move you down the hallway. Keep going past the first doorway that appears until you come to the second which will have a red light inside it. Enter the room there and you will receive the Blade of Artimis. Once you have it, head through the opening left by Artimis’ giant face.

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