I started a new game of God of War II yesterday. I'm still wanting to unlock that Athena costume, so I thought maybe I'd just skip straight to Titan mode without running through God mode first. Part of me was a little intimidated by 'skipping a grade' and going straight from 'normal' to 'very hard', but I thought,

"How hard can it be, right? I mean, I finished the game on Spartan...."

Oh. My. Lord. Okay, never mind that, then. It took me like twenty continues just to make it to the first save spot. The first 'boss'? The one five minutes in, that is there to educate you on how boss battles work in this game? It schooled me, all right. You can take one hit from it and barely not die if you're at full life. Plus, is it me, or are the grunts like really pissed off in this compared to Spartan mode? I didn't notice them all making a beeline for me at once before. And this is the first stage! Who am I kidding?

So I guess I'm going to start a new game on God (hard) mode now, and practice some more first. If I never make it, there's no real shame, I guess. I can't be the only guy who never unlocks all the stuff if it's that hard.