God of War 2 - Rhodes Palace Puzzle Skip (Speedrun Strategy BP)

Skip the puzzle at Rhodes palace for a speedrun. From on top of the gate, jump directly to your left and you will land on a ledge belonging to the wall/metal fence that is near the savepoint. From there just do a long jump beyond the next gate thus skipping the puzzle quickly.

Note: Don't try to jump too deeply towards the archers near the elevator or else you will skip a vital loading trigger. Jump to where I jump in the vid.

[BigVEE]

So you finished this minor skip? Nicely done.

0:23 Typical GoW Archer who can't hit shit even at point blank.

[findlestick]

@franchiseboy83 Skipping the Colossus appearance trigger is done just by doing some massive infinite jumps, there is no neat and quick way (that I know of) to do it. I kinda feel like I've explored all I can with Colossus III, so don't think I'll do a vid.

[findlestick]

@kevbew63 I did a BP speedrun using the new skips, the link to the playlist is on my channel. But a NP TM speedrun still needs an update, there are a bunch of new NP skips since Shen's run. I've been pondering a NP TM speedrun, the only thing stopping me is time.

[findlestick]

@BigVEE I felt this puzzle deserved a proper skip (asides from IJ'ing over walls, which is slow).

[findlestick]

For sure! At the divine pools (after Theseus) you can get swimming glitch in Normal Play and skip everything from that point all the way to the start of Atlas. Mind you, you will be without the fleece, Hammer, Spear, Euryale's head. (You MUST get the amulet tho, or you'll get stuck!)

But yeah, there are quite a few Normal Play skips. Too many to name here, read AKheon's GoWII glitch FAQ to learn more:

gamefaqs DOT

[Batman_]

When are you gonna upload a video of how to skip the Colossus 3 loading trigger. I saw you were able to skip him crushing the bridge, drain your powers and grab the sword all before triggering Colossus.

[kevbew]

Has anyone done a pretty decent BP speedrun using most of the glitches? Shenminiu's NP run was fantastic when he did it a while back. Just wondering if there's a full playthrough that encorporates most of them because there are more than I can keep track of...

[findlestick]

@hilmi9552 PS3 but the skip is doable on both.

[marcoradiconcini]

i have god of war collection for ps3, i will (re)start gow 2 soon, is there any skip i can do without have beated the game?