Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
For the sake of not having an overworld that looks like sh*t in terms of textural effects, perhaps so. God of War doesn't focus on immersion with its environments so much as it focuses on sheer scale of the level designs with dynamics to the backgrounds (which tends to be at its prime in the first parts of the game almost as a tradition), most of which you end up actually going to in order to show that it's not all pre-rendered (take the Steeds of Time aspect in GoWII for example), coupled with a fixed camera that tends to show dynamic angles, and they seem to be maintaining that with God of War III what with being able to fight atop the larger titans in the game ala the third trailer, and also just having them move around in real time like in the demo shown.
I'll thank you not to bring your Strawman tactics into this.
Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
Not solely, no. For some, it's the make or break factor of the their experience when simply watching gameplay videos prior to its release because they can't seem to recognize what they might otherwise consider decent gameplay. You know what those people are called?
Idiots. Games can have the most engrossing gameplay there is and still have mediocre at best graphics (for their generation), ie the aforementioned Prototype (that being said, Alex Mercer has really good animations in gameplay). Hell, Nintendo knew this with the Wii, and while they're plagued with shovel ware from third-party companies, the first-party stuff that they make themselves tends to make the best use of what they got with the Wii, maybe because they know what the hell they're doing with it.Good graphics tend to be a testament, or at least an addition, to good presentation in a cinematic level. The take on a certain art style matters more than the art style itself. People who ignore that factor are just ignorant.
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Originally posted by Red_Nemesis
You heard me.
Lol @ internet tough guys
Originally posted by Kazenji
Heres the video that Gamer-X posted in that other thread
Hopefully, they'll improve the graphics and gameplay graphics a bit more.
How cool would it be if you had to fight ALL the titans and the gods as bosses?!
Well, they said that every God you see in Zeus' throne room at God of War II's ending is to be a boss. Needless to say, Helios has already been taken care of, and Hades is confirmed as a boss. I also heard a rumor or something that someone wants to see how they can implement the titan Oceanus (who, based on concept art is a scarily gargantuan water-based Titan) in the game.
I for one hope to see Atlantis (a deleted level in GoWII), though seeing as the story so far seems to revolve mainly on ascendng Mt. Olympus, I won't count on it.
...Did you not watch/read about the full demo? It's been made apparent since GDC's first showing of the demo.
Wow, of all the things to say about the GOW series someone is saying it has a horrible storyline? That's completely untrue. I find it to have been successful in taking Greek Mythology, and adding some originality to it at the same time. There's nothing horrible about the GOW storyline at all.
As far as GOWIII goes, it seems like everyone's been waiting on this game forever. It sucks we have to wait to 2010 for it, but if it means getting a great game I'm fine with it. I actually expect this to be the best game of the series.
Originally posted by SuperLuigi
kratos will never cut hercules head off.but with the horrible story GoW series is known for it might happen and its a damn shame.
but the amazing graphics and gameplay from the trailer will be enough to push kratos beyond master chief in fanboys
Says the guy who thinks Athena was evil.