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sega4life on 15 December 2008

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Jaffe: Continue To Wait For God Of War III's Visual Awesomeness

By Michael McWhertor, 8:40 PM on Mon Dec 15 2008

Remember when God of War producer David Jaffe gushed orgasmically about the footage he'd seen from the PlayStation 3 entry in the series, writing that it was "like a painting come to life"?

And that it was "HOLY HOLY HOLY FUCKING HELL!!!!"? And everyone got their hopes up? And then the God of War III trailer came out?

Well, while some of us thought the thing looked absolutely spectacular, even in tiny-vision from 200 feet away, some of the more emotionally invested forum dwelling creatures disagreed that it looked any better than God of War II or a pile of dog excrement or something along those lines. And that it certainly didn't look like any painting come to life that they'd ever seen! Apparently, they've taken it up with the Eat Sleep Play, who felt compelled to respond in the Jaffe fashion.

He addressed his detractors on his blog today, writing that what we witnessed last night during the Spike TV VGAs wasn't exactly the footage that got him so excited.

"It is NOT the thing I was raving about- as I made clear in a video post a week ago- but I still think it looks darn good," Jaffe wrote. "To me, the stuff Spike showed when viewed in proper resolution looks like a AAA God Of War to me. It doesn’t rock my world but it doesn’t look: meh. It looks like I’d expect a next-gen GOW to look."

Jaffe clarifies that the gush-worthy stuff "has not been shown outside of internal Sony meetings" and that he hopes it will be shown soon, maintaining that God of War III "remains the best looking console game I’ve ever seen…beyond Gears 2 which so far is the best looking console game ever released."

We can't wait. We're readying our patented console graphics wow-o-meter so we can do this scientifically.

SPIKE AWARDS + GAME AWARDS IN GENERAL [DavidJaffe.biz]


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First Article:

Jaffe admits 'meh' GOW3 debut, promises game looks much better

Posted Dec 15th 2008 9:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News

Some of you were underwhelmed by God of War III's VGA debut ... including franchise creator David Jaffe. The outspoken developer did a little rant on his blog, indicating a small amount of disappointment in the presentation. "The footage aired on Spike looked meh. It was dark and grainy and I was watching on a SD television." However, he does promise things will look up. "The stuff I saw that I raved about was probably finished 1-2 days before I got to the studios. The Spike stuff I saw had aleady been turned into Spike so it was 100% older. Not that I thought it was bad- again- just I can see how the new stuff I saw looked further along, for sure. And to give you an idea, the stuff I saw that I raved about looked about 25-30% better than what you see in this thread."

Looks like the game may have been shown off a bit too early. Rest assured, though. Jaffe reassures us that the upcoming PS3 God of War game will be "the best looking console game" besting his current fave, Gears of War 2. We'll hold you on that sentiment, Mr. Jaffe.

The new game director of the God of War franchise has a lot of work on his hands, especially considering this will be the "last installment" of the franchise. "We have large shoes to fill following the success of the previously released God of War titles," said Stig Asmussen . "But with refined gameplay and jaw-dropping visuals, I guarantee that God of War will give fans what they have been eagerly waiting for, and much more."

[Via Joystiq]

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Now I want to talk a little about the BOLDED text...

Now he raved about the game weeks ago... and he states that the video was already submitted to Spike for the show?

Now for such a HUGE Announcement / Showing don't you think just 1-2 days later you would have the time and the brains to hand in the video that was meant to be shown?

I mean this is a multimillion dollar television station not Public Access, they don't need weeks to update a preview, the video that was meant to be seen could have easily been handed in 1 day before the awards..

This was watched by many, many, people this wasn't just a simple commercial...

I'm just saying I think they are falling behind and rushed what ever they had, claiming they have better video..

It's part of the sales pitch.. your not going to say "ya that was the vid I was throwing F-Bombs over, sorry it will be better"

I thought the game was coming out in 09', now it has a 10' release... This tells me they are falling behind.

 

 

 

 



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indodude on 15 December 2008

Oh Noez! Last installment?



Oniichan on 15 December 2008

The new game director of the God of War franchise has a lot of work on his hands, especially considering this will be the "last installment" of the franchise. "We have large shoes to fill following the success of the previously released God of War titles," said Stig Asmussen . "But with refined gameplay and jaw-dropping visuals, I guarantee that God of War will give fans what they have been eagerly waiting for, and much more."

 

 

Did i read that correctly. Last installment. NOOOOO! they cant stop GOW.



craighopkins on 15 December 2008

why would a sony dev say the current best graphics is gears 2. he should of said a sony game



hotrodx on 15 December 2008
Oniichan said:

The new game director of the God of War franchise has a lot of work on his hands, especially considering this will be the "last installment" of the franchise. "We have large shoes to fill following the success of the previously released God of War titles," said Stig Asmussen . "But with refined gameplay and jaw-dropping visuals, I guarantee that God of War will give fans what they have bee n eagerly waiting for, and much more."

 

 

Did i read that correctly. Last installment. NOOOOO! they cant stop GOW.

Kratos would run out of gods to kill, anyway.



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deathgod33 on 15 December 2008

well thats a relief.



 

 

 

 

Oniichan on 15 December 2008
hotrodx said:
Oniichan said:

The new game director of the God of War franchise has a lot of work on his hands, especially considering this will be the "last installment" of the franchise. "We have large shoes to fill following the success of the previously released God of War titles," said Stig Asmussen . "But with refined gameplay and jaw-dropping visuals, I guarantee that God of War will give fans what they have bee n eagerly waiting for, and much more."

 

 

Did i read that correctly. Last installment. NOOOOO! they cant stop GOW.

Kratos would run out of gods to kill, anyway.

You got a good point there. Well the better make this one memorable like MGS4 was.

 



Garnett on 15 December 2008
craighopkins said:
why would a sony dev say the current best graphics is gears 2. he should of said a sony game

No,he said that Gears 2 is the best graphics now,then KZ2 comes out and is supposly better,then GoW3 comes out and Eats both,therefore making the hype better,its more of a sacrifice to them to make the quality higher.



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CDiablo on 15 December 2008

I highly doubt it will be the end of God Of War......theres too much money to be made not to keep milking the young(3 games total thus far) series.



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numonex on 15 December 2008
craighopkins said:
why would a sony dev say the current best graphics is gears 2. he should of said a sony game

He was telling the truth for a change.