Ken Fieldman, art director at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), has let slip that he tried to sell the idea of making God of War III a first person shooter to game director Stig Asmussen.

Chatting to CGSociety, Fieldman felt that the shift in viewpoint would have afforded the opportunity to present muscle-bound protagonist Kratos with heaps of “badass huge weapons” in which to unleash upon his unfortunate victims.

Obviously, the idea didn’t go down too well with Asmussen, which is why the team at SCE Studios Santa Monica plumped for the third person antics we've become accustomed to.

“I tried unsuccessfully to convince [Director] Stig to make ‘God of War III’ a first-person shooter,” said Fieldman. “Kratos could have some truly badass huge weapons that rip gods to shreds. Unfortunately he didn’t see the genius in the idea.”

God of War III will be released exclusively for PlayStation 3 in March 2010.

http://www.psu.com/SCEA-dev-wanted-to-make-God-of-War-III-a-FPS-News--a008216-p0.php

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lol.. i like fps but im glad he didn't listen to him :p

lol, what? I'm sorry, but that's eh...

“I tried unsuccessfully to convince [Director] Stig to make ‘God of War III’ a first-person shooter,” said Fieldman.

WHAT? Lol. What the hell is this guy on? And how would that even work?

it would not be god of war if they made it first person shooter, and i would have been a sad and angry alien.

So...Kratos would have guns?

...wat?

"Big guns are cool right? The kids will love em. There all into these shooters kids these days..... please! they told me I needed to make the next Halo!"

LMAO. At first I thought he meant like with guns and stuff. Then I read the OP and he just wanted it from a first-person angle.

EWWWW. I'm very glad they stuck with third-person.

Like Zeno Clash, I guess? Ehhhh...

well it could have been cool.. for a spinoff.. but it's not a game that needed to make that transition. Infact it'd likely have hurt it.

If they do make a sword and bow fps i hope they make it like dark messiah of might and magic :p (not that they game they should do that to is gow... it's not)