n3obuddhaGod Of War 3 lacks a New Game+ feature. This glitch is one step better. Not only gives New Game+ type feature, but even gives it on difficulties you haven't beaten yet, even if you didn't fully upgrade your weapons in first run at all.
Key points:
1. Need to start new game. Won't work for any existing save.
2. You get maxed out weapons and all of them [even items] from beginning. You don't lose weapons in River Styx, only Health and Magic bar.
3. Blades of Exile will be level 1, all others stay at Max.
4. Glitch doesn't disable trophies. As a matter of fact, glitch was discovered when trying to get a trophy [Maxed Out].
5. Don't try to break all 3 crystals and chain at 3 judges area to skip to Zeus fight in the beginning. Will result in a freeze. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jUzrkX23c ]
6. You can successfully skip getting Bow of Apollo from Peirithous.
7. You can't skip Hermes or Helios.
8. You can use Nemesis Whip to fix the bridge in Upper Gardens and skip the entire Aphrodite Chamber, Tartarus and Cronos sections [but why would you?]. Note there is already another faster way to skip all that [but you miss out on Nemesis Whip].
Disclaimer: A friend of mine found this glitch, and so did many others on internet. Most of them stumbled on this when trying the Maxed Out Trophy glitch. I was neither first to find nor first to report. If you think you need to be credited, leave reason in comments.
UPDATE1:
1. You can save and come back to it later, glitch will not be removed, even if you start an "unglitched" run in between.
God Of War 3 - New Game+ How Ton3obuddha2010-03-24 | God Of War 3 lacks a New Game+ feature. This glitch is one step better. Not only gives New Game+ type feature, but even gives it on difficulties you haven't beaten yet, even if you didn't fully upgrade your weapons in first run at all.
Key points:
1. Need to start new game. Won't work for any existing save.
2. You get maxed out weapons and all of them [even items] from beginning. You don't lose weapons in River Styx, only Health and Magic bar.
3. Blades of Exile will be level 1, all others stay at Max.
4. Glitch doesn't disable trophies. As a matter of fact, glitch was discovered when trying to get a trophy [Maxed Out].
5. Don't try to break all 3 crystals and chain at 3 judges area to skip to Zeus fight in the beginning. Will result in a freeze. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jUzrkX23c ]
6. You can successfully skip getting Bow of Apollo from Peirithous.
7. You can't skip Hermes or Helios.
8. You can use Nemesis Whip to fix the bridge in Upper Gardens and skip the entire Aphrodite Chamber, Tartarus and Cronos sections [but why would you?]. Note there is already another faster way to skip all that [but you miss out on Nemesis Whip].
Disclaimer: A friend of mine found this glitch, and so did many others on internet. Most of them stumbled on this when trying the Maxed Out Trophy glitch. I was neither first to find nor first to report. If you think you need to be credited, leave reason in comments.
UPDATE1:
1. You can save and come back to it later, glitch will not be removed, even if you start an "unglitched" run in between.
As of Update 1.01, NOT FIXED.inFamous2 - Free Powers and Teleportation Glitchesn3obuddha2011-06-17 | This one video shows 2 glitches that use the UGC.
First is the Free Powers glitch. Any powers you buy while playing a UGC don't consume any XP. You don't even need to be playing a published mission, as the video shows.
Second is the teleportation glitch. When you quit UGC, you get back in game at exactly same point as where marker was in UGC Editor. You can use this to insta-travel anywhere on map, even reach blocked off areas like Flood Town.God Of War 3 - Crank Bugn3obuddha2010-03-28 | This is the sort of bug that should get Tester and QA Lead fired from the job. Controls not being responsive is one thing, but flat out giving wrong information to the player?God of War 3 - Zeus Boss Fight 2D Phase1n3obuddha2010-03-26 | This was supposed to be video of full fight, but cam started to run out of battery and had to stop abruptly. The vid is from Titan, but same tactics work well enough for Chaos too, only you need to attack for longer.
1. Use Combat Grapple [L1+O] to knock Zeus out of air and on ground to knock him into wall. Note the difference between Cestus's CG and Nemesis Whip's CG. Cestus *pulls Zeus* towards Kratos while NW [and BoE] *pull Kratos* towards Zeus. This is even more useful in final phase of this fight [inside Gaia] so remember that.
2. What you want to do is launch Zeus and once that happens, catch him in a stun loop with t,t attacks of Cestus. You want to start the next combo before Zeus hits the ground so he can't block when he gets up. You can see I messed up, coz had an eye on camera's flashing red icon. When I first tried this strat, I was able to bounce him 7 times in a row and he ended up with O.
3. You can counter first two punches of his 3-hit combo. Use that. If you're spamming L1+O you might end up countering without knowing. Notice once I go past Zeus as I do CG while he is in his punch animation.
4. If having trouble bouncing Zeus, or miss countering first 2 punches, use Nemean Roar [Cestus magic]. It *always* bounces him [unless he teleports before you can hit], setting up for t,t launch loop.
5. Don't be stingy with magic. As you can see towards end, you get magic refill on completing the QTE. Same happens at end of 2nd part of Phase1 too.
tl;dr version:
Use L1+O to knock him out of air. Use Cestus Magic to bounce him. Use well timed triangle, triangle attack of Cestus to keep bouncing him.
On Phase2 [not in this vid]: Just go crazy with Rage and then try to restart the Cestus Stun loop by using Nemean Roar once. Your tactics remain same, only Zeus has a few new attacks that you need to dodge. L1+O combined with t,t launch loop work in Phase2 very well.God of War 3 - Infinite Health Cheat - How Ton3obuddha2010-03-26 | GLITCH STATUS UPDATE: Fixed by latest patch. Delete the patch and disconnect PS3 from internet to get the glitch back.
This is an update to the New Game+ glitch that gives Maxed Out weapons. If you use the trick in this video, you get Maxed Out weapons + Infinite Health.
Rules:
1. TROPHIES are not disabled.
2. Can save, reload, restart without losing INF. Health or Maxed Out.
3. Can start another new game without glitch and play it normally.
4. Can switch between saves and glitch applies only to save made with glitch activated. Means, you can have to runs at same time, one with glitch one without, and alternate between two without any one affecting other.
CONFIRMED: You retain INFINITE HEALTH and Maxed Out weapons till end of the game.
Points to note:
1. Helps to have 3 Gorgons and 3 Gorgon Serpents in arena.
2. There is a trick to get it done properly. Stand still till Gorgon starts to stare. The moment she starts, jump in air. you will be stoned before you hit ground and shattered. I realized it *after* I messed up my jump once.
3. If find 2 difficult, just keep spamming "X" to jump. May take longer, but will eventually work.
4. INFINITE MAGIC: It is a hit and miss. May or may not get it. So please no more comments about why you didn't get infinite magic
5. INFINITE ITEM: If you notice, I set Item to infinite too, wanted to test if it works, didn't. AKheon did get Infinite Item though, so file this one under Luck Factor.
UPDATE:
1. I just tested after recording the video, HEALTH and MAGIC Bar reset to Level 1, but ITEM bar stays at max when you cross River Styx. Also, you don't lose INFINITE HEALTH. So, no need to collect Minotaur Horns, just Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers.
UPDATE2: Glitch works even if you say Yes when offered easy mode. Still, to be safe, always say no.God of War 3 Glitches - Hermes Skip???n3obuddha2010-03-24 | Another FISSION MAILED!
Video is to show how we can use the boots on the wall without killing Hermes. But finally, we're thwarted by lack of loading trigger.
Not show in video:
I did some further testing. Went to Helios [which is basically this room itself, with camera from opposite side] and started the boss battle. Even then, you can run up the wooden boards. But not across the wall with Zeus' face. There are invisible walls blocking path.
Likely trigger: In this case it looks like the loading trigger for missing section is not Kratos, but camera. When the game plays normally, Kratos hits all the same spots, but difference is in the path camera takes to follow him.God Of War 3 Glitch - Bow Skip on NG+n3obuddha2010-03-23 | You don't need to trigger cutscene to skip the section, Bow will target barnacle anyhow. I trigger cutscene to show that I haven't acquired it in-game.God Of War 3 - Three Judges Skip???n3obuddha2010-03-23 | FISSION MAILED!!!
Would have been a great skip if it worked, getting to fight Zeus in 30 minutes [or lesser]. Sadly, not meant to be. I tried changing order of heads and everything. But moment you go near the chains, game freezes.
You can use Cestus to break crystals and get extra orbs, but you don't need extra orbs as weapons are already maxed out and for Blades of Exile you'll get enough anyhow.
Not in vid:
1. If you break 1 or 2 heads, they will be in broken state during and after the cutscene with Pandora.
2. When you try removing Flame from around the Pandora's Box in Flame Chamber after the Guitar Hero-esque minigame, the cutscene will show all 3 heads back in business.
Note: The chests can be revealed using Helios Head at this point. These chests will respawn when you return here later.God Of War 3 - Poseidon Battle on Titan/Chaos made Easyn3obuddha2010-03-23 | Fighting Poseidon with all weapons. What this video shows:
1. Bow, Helios Head and Hermes Boot usage.
2. Rage usage to make short work of Poseidon.
3. Note the top-down camera angle that made it tough to read Poseidon's attacks.
4. Nemesis Whip is equipped during QTEs.
5. NW Magic [Nemesis Rage] has no effect.
What this video doesn't show:
1. NW makes absolutely short work of Leviathan stages and his claws. A single Hold [] is enough to make his claws back away.
2. Anything else?God Of War 3 Glitch: New Game+n3obuddha2010-03-23 | "Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair! " - The Joker
GOW 3 glitch to play new game with ALL weapons maxed out.
Trophy note: The glitch doesn't disable trophies. I can confirm coz I got Hot Tan in the tunnel after Helios.
Currently trying to upload "How to New Game+" vid.
*more to follow after testing*
Note: I did not discover this. A friend of mine did and as it turns out, so did quite a few others on internet.
INFINITE HEALTH Cheat How To Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jsl8ONT7ooAssassins Creed 2 - Thief Kill Glitchn3obuddha2010-01-23 | I tackled and then killed a thief right at the edge. Results were, rather amusing.Hidden Tomb in Assassins Creed 2???n3obuddha2010-01-19 | Edit1: Okay, a false alarm with a small glitch. Looks like this is entrance for Visitazione Tomb. Glitch being, I got the "can't access memory" when I got to this point during a mission and AFTER finishing the Visitazione Tomb, which made me think I was yet to do this tomb while I already had done it.
OT: I just got a new laptop and yet to install a proper editing suite on this one. Any recommendations?God of War 3 - Centaur Battle [Tossed Salad Mix]n3obuddha2009-11-20 | Tossed Salad, Kratos style.
Note: Video taken on a cellphone camera in hope that someone with better recording capabilities will post a better video of the same.God of War 2 - Spartan Warrior [bad quality]n3obuddha2009-04-29 | Remember the Spartan warrior you fight right before Kraken? You can also catch a brief glimpse of him fighting two Minotaurs and an Undead Legionnaire. You even see the bloody aftermath of the fight right after you open the Boreas Door.
I wondered if I could catch him and avoid killing the hapless chap. But looks like they're fighting in a different dimension altogether, maybe an altered timeline, result of all that mucking around Kratos does at the end?
Taken on a camera phone. Might be able to capture better quality version over weekend, don't count on it though.God of War 2 - Euryale Glitches 1n3obuddha2009-04-02 | *later*God of War 2 - Theseus Glitches 3n3obuddha2009-03-27 | Kratopical Paradise.
My second most favorite of all Theseus Glitches and for sheer ease vs fun value, nothing beats this one. Killing Theseus from inside the very room he is trying to stop you from entering.
After the kill we get what I like to call postcard glitch. Kratos in God Armor with BH on his shoulder and sun in the background, blue sky above and even more blue ocean below... if this doesn't say Lord Kratos I wonder what does.
Again, can only be done in Bonus Play and this one needs just one High Jump. Depending on your difficulty, you don't need to go down and use magic, but it makes things easy and fast for demonstration.
This is the end of Theseus glitches for now. I couldn't get him to land in the are shown in 'Theseus Out of Bounds Again' vid. May come someday later. As of now only one more vid, Invisible Euryale.God of War 2 - Theseus Glitches 2n3obuddha2009-03-27 | Part 2 of Theseus glitches. Ignore the typos. I've always been notorious for typos [lazy left hand] and the fact that just got a new laptop with smaller and different keyboard layout doesn't help.
Refer AKheon's GoW2 Glitch FAQ on how to pull off the High Jump. Since this is the only jump I can pull off for now, am exploiting HJ glitches only.God of War 2 - Theseus Glitches 1n3obuddha2009-03-27 | Got lucky and a friend with TV Tuner card invited me over for boys night out. Thanks to the friend who doesn't wish to be named for the capture, edit and music [need to get back your HDD and this vid's audio is all *bleep*ed up].
This is the better quality version of Theseus skip glitch and lil bit of combat. You get to see what happens when Theseus becomes very angry - he turns the same color as Hulk's pants. And there is something more in this one, though I can't recall as I was half asleep being up for 36 hours.
No comments on combat and mistakes please. Am not used to playing with display area smaller than palm of my hand. Few more vids to come, including Invisible Euryale.
Refer AKheon's GoW2 Glitch FAQ on how to pull off the High Jump.God of War [GOW] 2 : Theseus Out of Bounds, Againn3obuddha2009-03-22 | Another very low res video of Theseus somewhere he shouldn't be. Managed to *lure* Theseus inside the room. Better quality vid with complete steps to reproduce shall follow, but don't hold your breath, got RE5 coming up.God of War 2 - Theseus Out of Boundsn3obuddha2009-03-22 | Another video of fun with Theseus. When fighting Theseus on upper area, I was trying to test boundaries and throw Theseus out of bounds. Managed to do it. Not exactly out of bounds, but still, cool enough effect. Note, that moments you throw Phase3 Theseus out of Upper area, he is invincible and you can't kill him, unless there was a way to send him back to upper area.
TB's L2+/\ doesn't knock him in air, so there is no way to throw him back up there.
How to do this? Keep trying to grab Theseus till he grabs you. Then just counter him using 180 rotation prompt. This is only way to throw him out of bounds, though SoD's PS can also work, tough part is getting him in right position and him not blocking.
May post a better quality vid, but maybe not.
Refer AKheon's Glitch FAQ and my Invincible Theseus video on how to do it.God Of War 2 Theseus Glitch better qualityn3obuddha2009-03-21 | UPDATE: Much much better quality vid posted in response.
A better quality version of Theseus Skip glitch, with capture of how to trigger it.
EDIT: Even better quality [the best you're gonna get from me] posted in video response.God Of War 2 Invincible Theseus Glitchn3obuddha2009-03-21 | This is not the Theseus skip glitch but a new and different one. Description in vid itself.
As the vid mentions, I couldn't capture the trigger when I actually did it. So most of early part of video explaining how to do it is edited from later attempts. While trying to reproduce, only thing I did different was I didn't activate Steeds. Maybe that's why Theseus didn't grab me? Don't think so, but could be.
Let me know your views. Got a couple of more Theseus vids, but I think they're already posted somewhere, at least going by what Akheon and asmad said.
UPDATE: Tried it again. Going to steeds is not needed at all. but helps to leave area and rejoin as Theseus is more likely to grab then.
Also, was wrong about Kratos' back to lower area when grabbed. Kratos will throw Theseus to side where Theseus is, didn't realize they switch positions during grab and counter. So try to get Theseus to grab you when HIS back is towards the area you want to throw him to.God Of War 2 - Tiny Gorgon Glitchn3obuddha2009-03-20 | I was trying out the Red Orb Farming glitch in The Underground [check this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SqY5Ri-sow for details on the glitch].
After farming about 10k orbs I noticed that Kratos had to move to hit the stoned Gorgon. After few more tries I noticed that actually Gorgon had reduced in size. You can see well that if I let the Gorgon breakout of stoned state with Kratos near her, he reacts as if he jumped. I *DID NOT* press the jump button, Gorgon's breakout makes Kratos jump.
Also, me and my buddy suspect that Kratos had become smaller. Dunno if it was result of playing for 5 hours straight but we really thought that Kratos has become smaller.God of War 2 Theseus Glitchn3obuddha2009-03-20 | Better Quality with Steps to reproduce:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg46R7mT4AI
A God of War 2 glitch where you skip loading Theseus cutscene. Detail will be added here if get enough comments.