Jaffe: Cinematic narrative focus is a “bad idea, waste of resources”

[Spedfrom]

Kasz216 said:

Spedfrom said:
Oh Jaffe, sometimes you should just shut the fuck up. What was God of War if not a cinematic game with a good story that also had exciting gameplay? You don't even know yourself you stupid ass.

Actually, previously he said how he didn't want to make anymore games like God of War because they were to cinematic...

even though... no by modern standards it wasn't that cinematic, and as for great story....

really that depends on how you feel about Kevin Sorbo and "Hercules the Legendary Journies".

It was about on par with an episode of that.

It's a shame then that he is renouncing to the type of games from which his best one was made.

The story in general is not the most original, yes. But the way it was presented was gripping and it was full of details that enriched it, such as the reason he is so pale looking and how Ares controlled him into undoing what he loved most. So yes, I still believe it was quite cinematic with a good focus on story. And it was because of that tight and polished balance between story, details and gameplay that I love the game so much.