About this guide
What this site is
An independent guide to God of War Sons of Sparta, covering the base game, the 16 November 2026 patch that added Hermes Mode and Erebus Mode, and the PS4 release.
It is written for players who are deciding whether to buy, or who already own it and want to finish it efficiently. That shapes everything: the guides are ordered by decisions rather than by menus, and where a system has no published numbers, the page says so instead of filling the gap.
Where the facts come from
Every claim on this site traces to one of these, and the page footer notes when it was last checked:
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| PlayStation Blog announcements | Patch contents, unlock code, price, release dates, cast, systems |
| Wikipedia's article on the game | Credits, chronology, aggregate review scores, outlet scores |
| PowerPyx trophy and collectibles guides | Trophy difficulty, timing, region collectible counts |
| Metacritic and OpenCritic | Aggregate scores, as reported |
Facts are attributed on the page they appear. Numbers are not smoothed, averaged, or reconstructed: if a source says 594 collectibles, this site says 594, and if the per-type breakdown does not sum to that total, the page says that too rather than inventing a reconciliation.
What this site will not do
Three commitments, because they are the ways a guide site usually becomes untrustworthy:
- No invented measurements. Frame rates, resolutions, load times and file sizes for the PS4 version are not published and this site has not measured them. They are absent from these pages, not guessed at.
- No fake codes. Sons of Sparta has no code-redemption system. Pages that print voucher strings for it are fabricating them. The single legitimate input is the Hermes Mode start-menu sequence, and it unlocks a mode rather than content.
- No copied review prose. Review verdicts are summarised and attributed; the text of those reviews belongs to the outlets that wrote them.
How it is built
A static site, generated from Markdown with a small build script, with no trackers beyond Google Analytics and no third-party content beyond web fonts and official press imagery. Charts on the guides are generated from the numbers printed in the tables next to them, so a chart cannot disagree with its own page.
Corrections
If something here is wrong — a stale patch number, a mistyped region count, a claim that a newer announcement has overtaken — the contact page is the fastest route. Corrections are applied to the page and the check date is updated, rather than quietly edited.
Affiliations
None. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Sony Interactive Entertainment, Santa Monica Studio or Mega Cat Studios. God of War and Sons of Sparta are trademarks of their respective owners, and game imagery is official promotional material used for reference.
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