God of War Producer: PS4 Is A "Behemoth", Hints At Scenes From Previous Games Recreated In New Game

The God of War producer Cory Barlog recently praised the PlayStation 4 console, which opened up a lot of possibilities for the new game. He also hinted at some other featues

[Imp0ssibl3]

If that demo truly was running on the normal PS4 rather than Neo, then it is indeed a behemoth....It was fantastic!

[Nyxus]

After Uncharted 4, I don't understand why people still doubt the PS4's capabilities.

[Alexious]

Well, it was natural to wonder if that was the peak of it. But God of War seems beyond.

[uth11]

It seems like people are more in awe of specs- numbers on a page- than what you actually do with it. As soon as new hardware is dangled in front of them, the old one is suddenly not good enough anymore

[ApocalypseShadow]

Uth11 said it best, people concentrate too much on paper numbers instead of the games.

But people doubting ps4 ability when we have seen its quality from previous games need their heads checked. More development time and understanding of the hardware will always produce better games.

Where gamer's brains have gone this generation i can't figure out. If naughty dog got a hold of Xbox one and made a game, people would think it was an Xbox Scorpio game. No. Better developer with more development time.

Neo isn't even on the market yet. God of war is running in the present.

[BLow]

Agree with you 100%. The sheep now days follow what others say rather than using their brains.

Developers are always going to squeeze as much as they from consoles. Plus this is "Technically" Santa Monica 's 1st game. Imagine what their next game will look like. Remember the difference between GOW and part 2 on PS2?

Lastly, developers are still getting the hang of async compute that offloads more of the load on the GPU. But people now days have no patience and expect Avatar graphics day 1.....

[uth11]

@bruce755- yes and there's no guarantee that developers will put Neo's power into better frame rate rather than enhanced visual detail.

In fact, MS said frame rates wouldn't change because they didn't want one console to have an advantage online. Sony could follow suit

[masterfox]

PS4 says: Thank you for the compliment. ;)

[masterfox]

@cama

O shat my bad, lol fixed!.

[leoms]

@Camarolover
Nah, I am sure he used the correct one https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... not sure about you though.

[MasterCornholio]

Sony has some pretty amazing developers. With games like Horizon, Until Dawn and GOW4 I wouldn't feel like I owned an underpowered console. NEO is nice but developers keep proving that the PS4 is indeed a capable system.

Edit: Oops. I should have said Uncharted 4 then. Can't believe that I made that mistake.

@Tyler

Yeah Second Son was very impressive visually. Pretty good game from what people tell me. Also Ratchett and Clank looks amazing as well. Their next game (Spiderman) should he a visual powerhouse combined with extremely good gameplay.

[BlakHavoc]

I agree although until dawn was created by a non first party studio. Sony has some great talent in house though, ND, GG,and SSM are pretty damn good.

[jb227]

Same here, I've never bought a console based off of specs. It is generally one of my last concerns in all honesty. The games are what matter to me. Having a cheaper more powerful box this gen was just one of many positives, but the games are ultimately all I care about. Sony just has a catalog that speaks to me more than any other box.

I've said it before & anyone w/ any history owning Sony products will understand it, but Sony has always been the tortoise in any race. They start slow because they are focused on quality & truly delivering on promises. Sometimes the market has shown that the hare can win sales battles, but that approach will never truly win out when it comes to quality of the end products & user experience. Now that Sony's devs have been afforded the opportunity to close out their PS3 work & focus solely on the newer hardware, the games will come at a steady stream until after this gen is done & dusted. We are already seeing that come to fruition, & I don't really see any significant period of time in the future where it'd even be possible for PS4 to not have great exclusive software always around the corner.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Hell, look at Second Son and imagine what Sucker Punch is working on now. They started developing SS on dev kits.

[leoms]

It was confirmed to be running on a normal PS4 but facts don't matter http://www.playstationlifes...

[cRy4wAr]

11 down votes ?, you said nothing wrong .

[medman]

@imp0ssibl3
For your edification, Sony has verified that all games at their E3 2016 presentation were running off a ps4. I agree, the games shown looked amazing. It makes it hard to picture what Neo games will look like, but I look forward to seeing the first reveal of that console and what Sony has planned for their sku's.

[objdadon]

It was, this has already been confirmed.

[TwoForce]

Dude, have you played Uncharted 4 yet ? It's the best looking game on console.

[Movefasta1993]

I think the order can match it.

[Movefasta1993]

i don't understand why it wouldn't be,if you look at the order and uc4,it's not hard to believe that they were running on ps4. I think the neo will run games at 60fps,that will be the change.

[GordonKnight]

This is funny! PS4 fanboys feeling attacked because of specs. Wasn't that their biggest arguement, three years ago? People still talk about, when talking smack about X1 BC. " we want new games at "better frame rate and resolution."

The NEO going to be purchase for me. Hopefully it will be quieter than my day one PS4.

[masterfox]

lots of gamers seems they don't know the difference between coding for a PC game and a gaming console.

like it or not in terms of game development console gaming will always have the edge over PC gaming.

[Alexious]

Yeah, but that doesn't undermine the fact that PS4 & XB1 are already obsolete...Which is why both Microsoft and Sony are coming up with newer, much more powerful consoles next year.

[Hk85karlsson]

"obsolete" = Whiny gamers wanting better specs is the key thing you've missed in your formula!

UC4 proved so many whiny gamers wrong in May. Same with I:Second Son. And Driveclub.
"It's running on a high end rig: No way that game runs on a standard PS4..etc etc..

[uth11]

If these consoles continue to wow us, how can they be considered obsolete?

Again it's this mentality of having the best spec numbers on paper is somehow better than having the best games.

Hk85-. Yup, and the constant 'ps4 not good enough for VR' complaint

[jb227]

How are these boxes obsolete? We haven't even seen visual proof of what these new boxes can offer us, but we are seeing games like Horizon & GoW running in real time on vanilla PS4s, and they look pretty phenomenal to me. Far from "obsolete".

Power will never be enough in & of itself to drive consumers. W/o content, power is pointless. It's all about the talent that utilizes it, the power itself is just a medium that can either be properly utilized, or laid to waste. I'll believe my ps4 is obsolete when I can no longer have great gaming experiences on it, and I don't see that anywhere on the Horizon, pardon the pun.

[medman]

@Alexious
LOL...hard to consider the ps4 "obsolete" when it's still flying off the shelves month after month and is selling software like nobody's business to boot. And it's got VR coming. And it's got the best first party devs in the industry. And if you're missing the exclusives, you might be crazy.

[krypt1983]

I wouldn't say obsolete but yes we definitely need stronger consoles the neo and scropio should last about 3 years

[Shineon]

You are right ps4 and x1 were born weak they are gen 7.3 consoles while scorpio and neo are the true upgrades from ps3 and 360

[IrishSt0ner]

In terms of a Console and PC with relative performance, then sure the optimisation of a game on console will yeild better results... but giving a console the 'edge' over PC gaming is frankly a lie, our high end PCs literally wipe the floor with consoles in visuals and in performance, it's not even close, now with the 4-8x raw power of current gen GPUs (and extereme difference in CPU capability)... I mean how could you even consider it a possibility? Have you played a video game on ULTRA 60fps 1080p, that destoys all my console games by a huge margin, and resolutions/frames can go a lot higher on PC.. smh.

[Shineon]

Developers be gagging,ps4 weak as sh#@ xb1 weak too their the reason for midcycle consoles. 8th gen never truly kicked off with these machines,more like remasterd gen 7

[ShakyTown]

" high end PCs literally wipe the floor with consoles"

I'm assuming you don't know what "literally" literally means... or, you're referring to a Roomba you own that you swear plays video games. Not everyone can tell the difference, but you and I know that a 4k clean is way cleaner than a 1080p clean.

[IrishSt0ner]

I'm assuming you don't know about the informal use of the word 'literally' in modern language, acknowledged in the Oxford Dictionary. Get with the times man!

[uth11]

Lots of power gets wasted in overhead and underoptimized- potential on PC. People don't get that.

I mean the fact that DX12 and Vulkan are claiming these big performance boosts just shows how much power was being wasted before them.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Uncharted, Second Son, The Order, Driveclub, GoW 4, Horizon. All running on a regular PS4 and all look visually stunning. These games look better than most PC games, the only difference is framerate. In fact, i think Uncharted 4 and The Order might be the best looking games i have ever seen.

[Ysmir6723]

So?What can 1.84 AMD tflops do against 18,6 Nvidia Tflops?

[DJ]

Man, Cory Barlog has come a long way from the PS2 days.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Barlog was the director of GoW 2, this isn't new to him.

[LuckyChamCham]

This game is gonna be amazing!!!

[Malice-Flare]

if that giant white snake is any indication...

[Shineon]

Did he really call the Ps4 a behemoth lol I guess thats why they're dropping a neo to make an even bigger behemoth#laughs of joy

Thank you Liq1d

[Liqu1d]

*they're

[DarkOcelet]

"To me the influence is a lot more of that transition of Resident Evil 3 to Resident Evil 4"

Its insane how much RE4 influenced the industry from TLOU to God Of War to Gears Of War.

[TwoForce]

No kidding.

[cRy4wAr]

The difference between Xbox One and PS4 shows in the exclusives department. PS4 exclusives shows the GPU advantage over tte XBox One. Of course 3rd party games will be made on par or sales will be effected.

[Kingdomcome247]

If you guys need need me for any reason between now and this game's release date you can find me anxiously pacing within my cabin near the front of the hype train.

[windblowsagain]

https://youtu.be/6943A1peJU...

Uncharted 4 is an amazing looking title.

That's what I love about different studios, different engines, different look.

[Germany7]

People still doubt Santa Monica?

I guess they never played God of War 3 on PS3.

[Movefasta1993]

i remember,people were saying(and myself included),that gow 3 looks like a ps4 game.

[colonel179]

I have to say, excellent interviewer! Very good constructed questions, talked very well, and was interesting. Very good job!! On topic, I am very sure this is going to be an excellent god of war. I was playing GOW 3 yesterday (platinumed it in 2 days!) and I couldn't but feel that I needed to see what was next for Kratos. He redeemed himself at the end, and he was also becoming a better character when he met Pandora. He was going back to be the father he couldn't be. With that said, I wouldn't want to take care of the boy as I had pandora in the labyrinth, it is frustrating!

[Kingdomcome247]

The labyrinth as a whole was frustrating. Lol. The Scorpion boss, having to keep those Minataurs from chopping through that chain that was holding up the crate that you were suspended on. I love that cutscene in that area, I believe, where Hermes is taunting Kratos. I need to play through the remaster. The game was just one big epic, 12 hour or so, highlight reel.

[colonel179]

Those minoutars destroying that chain is the most difficult part of the entire game in Titan.

[dinosaurcrossbow]

They did the same with PS3 last gen. Underestimating it's abilities and what it was capable of. It may not be PC but PS4 can do impressive things even PC gamers have to admire. For example they couldn't believe the upcoming spiderman game could perform the way it did at the Sony E3 conference but it was confirmed it was gameplay footage.