God Of War: Ranking The 10 Best Boss Battles
2. Zeus - God Of War 3
The culmination of Kratos' entire journey. The pinnacle of God-slaying. The almighty Zeus vs his son, Kratos. This multi-stage finale makes use of so many different story moments, and displays the developer's perfect use of cinematography and gameplay mechanics.
From the start this finale feels special, using Street Fighter style side scrolling combat to make this fight feel different to anything else in the series, then using cut scenes and QTEs to heighten the intensity of the battle, as the series has so expertly done. You're encouraged to unleash every tool at Kratos' disposal to end the most famous God in Olympus.
From there, the battle advances in to the arena-based combat that the series is known for, one stage overlooking the chaotic skyline left in Kratos' wake, and the other stage inside the Titan Gaia. Kratos impales Zeus in to Gaia's heart with the Blade of Olympus; perfect justice given that Zeus felled Kratos with the same blade at the start of God of War 2.
Battling Zeus's spirit and his own inner demons, Kratos is able to finally defeat his foe with vintage God of War brutality, blood filling the screen before Zeus is defeated.
A perfect ending to Kratos' hunt for vengeance.