Graphics Comparison: God of War Collection Vs. Originals

The most notable aspect of the $39.99 God of War Collection is that the graphics have been re-mastered with anti-aliasing effects -- and now run at 720p at 60 frames-per-second.

That sounds great, but is the difference worth the money if you already own both games? Judge for yourself with these comparison shots between the original and re-mastered versions of the God of War Collection.

[lagoonalight]

Wowie Zowee! This is going to rock. The differences are like night and day in certain shots. Thank the lord for some AA. 4x would have been even better but I'll take what I can get at 60fps. This game is really going to show it's strength in motion. Wonderful.

[Cwalat]

I have but one question;

Why the hell not make these available for PS-store?

[ReservoirDog316]

That's actually a good question.

Another good question: Should that picture really be allowed? Like really?

[raztad]

Looks really really good. This Collection is meant to be mine day one. It doesnt hurt it got GoW3 demo access bundled.

[prunchess]

Playing the GOW 3 demo last night. really looking forward to playing all three again.

[sikbeta]

3 Consecutive GOW at time = Too much for a human, but It Really Worth

[HammockGames]

@ Raz & Prunch

The GoW demo is absolutely breathtaking, especially if you have a HD TV (I got my Amazon code a few days ago for preordering - the demo alone would have made it worth every penny).

After playing the GoW 3 demo and seeing remastered screenshots of the first 2 games I may just have to pick up the collection too.

[O2_Addict]

Other than being too light, it's about the same as the original only at a much higher resolution. In porting to the PS3 they've retained the bump-mapping from the original, which is good. The way the PS2 did bump-mapping was completely different (used programmable vector units and EDRAM rather than the GPU) so they would have had to reengineer that aspect of it.

It's amazing how good even the PS2 version looks. The lighting was so sophisticated for it's time.

[lagoonalight]

Actually if you look at it the blacks are slightly crushed in the original shots. Just dial down your brightness setting one or two and you have what you want. It in no way will hinder anything. I play on a dell lcd so my blacks are always slightly crushed and bright lol but I will be getting one of those LED LCD's next year all is good. The detail that was put back into this game is amazing. Or rather it was there just not realized. GoW2 seriously looks like a first generation PS3 game LOFL.

[Hanif-876]

Yeah, i think its worth the buy!

[neogeo]

4 gaming. V10 only

[SKUD]

Nice picture!

[-Alpha]

I don't really care. I never played God of War (they never worked on my fatty PS2) so I never got the chance to play the original copies. So, the graphics wont matter to me. Their touched up in HD? Good, even better for me.

This game can be the opening for Sony to take advantage of re-releasing PS2 classics. Since they don't seem to be offering them as DLC on the PSN Store this is a good alternative. The budget price, owning them as physical media, and remastering them in HD + trophies is a smart move for some easy cash...

San Andreas and Shadow of the Colossus next please.

[DaTruth]

What was wrong with your fatty PS2? Just wondering because mine is 9 years old and I can still play them on it.

Actually, I never even tried GOW2 on my PS2, because I only played it on my PS3 even before they added upscaling to PS3. Which actually kind of blurred it and it was hard to tell which looked better!

[BLuKhaos]

He was probably trying to play a bad pirate copy because even my 7 year old phatty could play the game, pirated or original.

[-Alpha]

Truth, my Fatty just wouldnt run it for some reason. I went online and found out that this was a problem with older models. I assume that this was the problem.

Stupid PS3's dont have backwards compatibility which made me think I would never experience GoW but this collection edition is just the cure I was looking for.

And no I didnt have a pirated copy-- I thought I had a bad copy of the games so I kept returning and trading with Best Buy 3 times before I gave up

[theEnemy]

the tits.

Can't wait till release.

[BulletBtweenUrEyes]

Hey GOW Collection You will be mine in less than 2wks. God of War was probably the game I could get my gf to play she loves her some kratos. Now come on Rockstar bring on GTA Collection in hd+trophies. I would happily drop $59.99 on that.

[JonnyBigBoss]

This is going to be one HECK of a title. I gotta have it.

[Sarcasm]

Come on, it's $40 for two full fledged games. Also consider that the PS2 versions are $20 each. So why not play it in 60fps with clean graphics and trophies.

Then again, if you already have it and don't feel like paying, then don't get it and wait for GoWIII. Problem fixed.

People need to stop making it out like it's a bad thing they released this. The people asked for it, and they delivered.

[DigitalAnalog]

I was one of those who voted in their "GOW REMASTERED SURVEY"

[DaTruth]

I have both the other games and all my friends love these games but have a tendency to never buy games and just borrow mine. So I'll just give them to them and buy these remastered with the GOW3 demo.

Seems there is also a big difference too!

[PlayStation X]

the 360 shiould be classed as a last gen or atleast the ps2 should be classed as a next gen console.
never played gow1/2 before but those pics phewwwwww easily look just as good if not better than a most next gen games.

[NaiNaiNai]

Your a idiot.

No no. Really you might be the biggest idiot on this site.

Scary how you have all of those bubbles.

wait nvm, MA's huh?

[PlayStation X]

sos but im not that sad =/

im the biggest idiot on this site??

look at yourself
http://n4g.com/up/59916/com...

"BTW don't make me get the great low res textures from MGS 4"
you deserve a b1tch slap for that comment.

[NaiNaiNai]

http://www.bdgamers.net/wp-...

Gotta love those wall textures. I mean really, that's below SD.

I mean really, it even makes his camo look like crap.

[wxer]

@1.3

still looks waaaaaaaaaaaaay batter than any xbox360 game

[Tetsuryu]

That screenshot was from a 2006 build.

[Sunny_D]

I think Tetsuyru just owned NAI.

[Schobeleth]

Is anyone else having issues accessing it? It always seems to take forever to load for me :\ I just wanted to see some boobies. Anyway, yeah it looks really great, I've had mine preordered for a few months now.

[ThatArtGuy]

The page is slower than molasses going uphill in winter.

[steck67]

If any of you have not played God of War yet, this your chance! I've only played the second one like a million of times, and I can just buy teh first one for 20$, but with HD graphics, 60FPS, anti-aliasing and trophy support, the extra 20$ is well worth the purchase.

[Anorexorcist]

*Honk Honk* action!!!! (I Love God of War, but this is some really hooter-rific action going on.

Watch the Video...Al Bundy 4Ever!!!

[Amp]

Is Ric Flair? Im sure he would like to comment on that picture!

[Anorexorcist]

He probably worships the Jonas Brothers!!!

Leave his pathetic ass alone!

[FailureRate54]

They forgot to enabled "Full RGB" on the "GoW Collection" pics... lame

Plus.... this is really embarassing for xbots... even the old PS2 GoW look almost at par with lot of xFlop game.

Damn... really embarassing...

[FailureRate54]

And where they add 2xAA??

There no Aliasing even in the the OLD PS2 version!

They really look the same pics with Full RGB ON/OFF

[Gantz_Team]

I plugged in my PS2 into my 40" flat panel TV to play God of War I about 3 months ago and it drove me crazy - the colors were so horrible and the game was so dark... I almost started crying but 2 or 4 days later I heard the remake was coming out and I couldn't stop smiling for a week.
I cannot WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!! !!

[Gantz_Team]

It's gotta be widescreen right people????