Both IGN and GameSpot consider '' God of War II '' to be the " swan song " of the PlayStation 2 era . In 2007 , it was awarded " PlayStation Game of the Year " at the 25th annual Golden Joystick Awards , and UGO awarded it " PS2 Game of the Year " . At the 2007 Spike Video Game Awards , it was a nominee for " Best Action Game " and " Best Original Score " . At the 12th Satellite Awards , '' God of War II '' received the Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game award . At the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) Video Game Awards , '' God of War II '' received the " Story and Character " and " Technical Achievement " awards , and was a nominee for " Action and Adventure " , " Original Score " , and " Use of Audio " . In 2009 , IGN named '' God of War II '' the second-best PlayStation 2 game of all time — five ahead of its predecessor . In November 2012 , '' Complex '' magazine named '' God of War II '' the best PlayStation 2 game of all time — where '' God of War '' was named the eleventh-best — and also considered it better than its successor , '' God of War III ''
12th Satellite Awards
12th Satellite Awards
God of War II