God Of War 3 Detailed, ropes in other PS3 Developers

by MrK · February 24, 2009

Scans of the French magazine PSM3 have ended up on the net. Although the scans are in French, but through the few translations available on the forums a few main points have come forward.

The game will run at 1080P natively at the ‘perfect’ frame rate, with no loading (which will take place behind the cut-scenes)

Developers Naughty Dog (Uncharted) and Insomniac (Resistance) are helping with the game’s development by sharing PS3 know-how and tips.

More than 60 % of the devs from the first GOW are present.

There will be no six-axis, no co-op and no multiplayer

Translated from magazine:

To illustrate the will of Sony santa monica to reach gamers’s hearts and offer sensations that compare to the expectations we have of the ps3, it’s enough to mention their beta testing process.In a conference room, devs have 2 screens: one shows what the beta tester is seeing right now, the other shows the beta tester reactions with a close up of his face. This way they can analyze his behavior and adjust very precisely what is working and what is not working so that every minute of God of War 3 will be of an unmatched quality and intensity. When you witness Sony Santa Monica use that kind of method, you can’t help but feel that this game is guaranteed to be an insane success

Sexual healing:
1080p, new engine and the potential of the ps3 perfectly exploited, it would have been a waste if they only used that to increase the size of Kratos’ pectorals. Indeed, why not do the same for those of women, they are far more attractive… The developpers have promised us more sex bombs, more erotic scenes. And we sure don’t mind that.

After the technical prowess of the first 2 GOW games. GOW III is a really anticipated title. And after having played the demo. It is definitely far from the final product but it gives an Idea of what the game will look like. And it will look far better. You can see real time reflection of Kratos armor and the quality of the texture is awesomly detailed. And everything is animated perfectly. Thanks to the PS3 you can see more details like individual muscles, probably real time damages, scares on Kratos And even his sweat. The work the Team Santa Monica has done on the facial expression is outstanding. You can see his rage his anger. During the cutscenes it’s really spectacular.

Everything in the game is in 3D even the far landscape. The game will still be linear but will integrate Hollywood style camera angles and sequences and the game will feature dynamic elements in the backgrounds to give a sensation of chaos.

100 % PS3 power : Native 1080p resolution + No loading time + Stable framerate = GOW III. There were no framedrops in the demo. Even with tons of enemies of the screen.

GOW III engine is an evolution of GOW II engine suped up with the PS3 power to give an next gen rendering.
Santa Monica has collaborated with teams like Insomniac and Naughty Dog. to get some tips. The studios are really close together in terms of relationship.

1080p , new graphic Engine. The power of the PS3 prefectly exploited.
This power couldn’t only benefit to Kratos himself…Team Santa Monica promised more ” erotic scenes “.

All GOW games have always procured to gamers a sensation of power to the player. And GOW III will not be different.
Santa Monica have added more Throws, killing moves and combos. But Now you can count on contextual finishing moves depending on the environment surrounding you.

Gow III won’t implement tons of new features like most of other series. So it wont feature that lots of new weapons and other stuffs. Santa Monica wanted to offer a restrein amount of arsenal ( a dozen ) but they want to include them efficiently and make them unique and stylish So that the player will be switching weapons regularly and instinctively during all the game and won’t focus only on the Blade Of Chaos. The Orb system and Magic powers will still be there.

Like Prince Of Persia, Kratos will probably have the ability to wallrun.

GOW III is far far far from being finished,and the game is really ambitious.
The team haven’t revealed much and won’t spoil everything.
There still lots of things to discover. Like the massive battlefield sequences kept in secret by the devs with inspirations coming from D-Day.
That’s right , the team will probably include a Massive War battle sequence with you leading your Army and titans against Zeus but that is just on the paper at the moment.

The team knows where they are heading to. And want to create the same excitation that the first GOWs did. The 3 goals to achieve that are : a spectacular realisation , a flawless gameplay, And memorable scenes.

GOW III is a gift from the gods. the PS3 has its warrior which will prove that Playstation will have an amazing year 2009 and will make the PS3 owners proud of their console and why they bought it