SABER TOOTH TIGER KILLING ANIMATION

In God of War: Chains of Olympus, Kratos encounters several different types of enemies, including sabertooth tigers. To defeat a sabertooth tiger, Kratos can attack it with his weapons or use his bare hands to engage in a quick-time event (QTE) that involves pressing specific buttons in sequence to perform a series of moves that ultimately results in the tiger's death. The sabertooth tiger killing animation involves Kratos jumping onto the tiger's back and grappling with it while the tiger attempts to shake him off. Kratos then pulls the tiger's head back, exposing its throat, and stabs it with his blades, causing a spray of blood and killing the creature. This animation is similar to the one used for killing other large animals in the game, such as the cyclops or minotaur, and it is one of several different QTE animations that players can experience during combat in God of War: Chains of Olympus.