Deicide doesn't make you many friends on Olympus. God Of War II finds Kratos at odds with Zeus and Athena, who conspire to strip the up-jumped Spartan of his powers. You can't really blame them for the backstab; the guy did smite Ares the last time he rubbed elbows with the gods.
The sense of scale is off the charts; From the opening brawl with the towering Colossus of Rhodes to the Island of Creation-a sprawling mega-level which takes a good half of the game to traverse
Many tasks and altercations are resolved by jamming on a single button as fast as possible.