God of War III / God of War II Comparison

PSLS writes:

God of War II released on the PS2 in March of 2007, only 4 months after the launch of the PS3. Fast forward to now. God of War III is a mere 3 weeks away and is the hottest topic in gaming at the moment, just as God of War II was back when it first released. Lets see how God of War II stands up against God of War III in terms of graphical prowess in these exclusive comparison shots…

[NateNater]

What an epic diffence! That's the only way to describe the God of War series, EPIC!

[Hanif-876]

God Of War 3 graphics looks like CG!!!

http://playstationlifestyle...

[Nambassa]

or does God of War III gameplay actually look better than the CG?

[cmrbe]

KZ2 got there first.

[Hanif-876]

KILLZONE 2 is definitely one of the best looking games...its the only FPS that actually can compete against Crysis on a high-end PC :-)

[MerkinMax]

Sadly I have never played them and from what the reviews and fellow gamers have said, they are great games. My MW2 trade in at GameStop will cover it nicely.

[starchild]

Well duh, you would expect it to look a lot better. I still don't think it looks as good as some fanboys are claiming. Played the demo and the screenshots look basically like a more polished version of the demo and it looks good, but not as good as it is being hyped to be.

[D4RkNIKON]

I just bought it the other day too, have never played them before and let me tell you.. It is worth every penny! I don't know why I never played them before. The graphics are impressive upscaled to HD, the story and gameplay mechanics are great too. I have watched all of the behind the scenes footage from the disk for GOW2 and it was really cool too. Can't wait for GOW3!

Those screen shots look so much better in game in GOW3 than the CG cutscenes from GOW2.

[D4RkNIKON]

Yeah you are right, the graphics are good but not worth all of this hype. I mean GOW3 is no comparison to... Uhh. Hmmm.. Well come to think of it nothing else on any console compares so yeah. It is worth the hype.

@ below - Halo has been doing it for how long now? Sounds like you are looking for reasons to downplay the epic scale of GOW3. Nice try tho

[evrfighter]

oh hey same bosses, same moves, same weapons even

-_-

best game evarRRRRrr!!!11!!

[cmrbe]

who did you want Kratos to fight?. Chuck Norris?. You do know its a trilogy right?..

[skip2mylou]

who are u kidding evrfighter their is NEW WEAPONS, NEW CHARS, NEW LEVELS, NEW MOVE SETS, NEW STAGES, NEW GRAPHICS. what your saying is that Gears halo forza lost planet mass effect are all old too.

[Saaking]

That's a HUGE leap forward in just 3 years. LMAO, 360 fans actually called it GOW 2.5. Man, do they look foolish now.

If you haven't played the first two GOW games, then get the collection. GOWII actually looks better than some early 360 games and even some games released today. It's a must have for any gamer (seriously 2 epic games for just 30 bucks? insane deal).

GOWIII FTW!

EDIT: @evilblackcat

Wow man, thanks for confirming that it does.

[EvilBlackCat]

@ fareye765

"Is it just me or does God of War III gameplay actually look better than the CG?"

always compare the new games of this generation with CG graphics of this generation.

Do you wanna see CG graphics?

http://features.cgsociety.o...

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http://www.cgsociety.org/

[W831SOLIDSNAKE]

PM me and I'll send u the link to YouTube

[shadow2797]

Starchild, have you seen the GameTrailer footage? I ask because I had basically the same impression until I saw that footage. Screenshots do not do this game justice.

Once you see the new build in motion, you'll understand the hype. Especially when scale is factored in. It really does look stunning.

"always compare the new games of this generation with CG graphics of this generation."

Why? CG always has hours upon hours to render a scene. Consoles have to do it instantly. For the PS3 to be able to surpass even early 90's CGI in real-time impresses the heck out of me.

Your statement is ridiculous.

[8thnightvolley]

This game is SIICCKKK!!!!.. yo.. those that dont have a ps3 u are missing out BIG TIME.. i tell ya.. this game is mind buggling.. i have played the demo over 10 times already.. as in from the menu screen till the end of the demo no LOAD TIMES and the amount of stuff and the scale happening on the screen is just TOO FREAKING MUCH.. yo BELIEVE THE HYPE.. this is a sure contender for GOTY.. straight up!... i love my 360 but i will give credit to where its due.. ps3 firstparty developers knw what they are doing ... much respect.!

[Udidntlistenpunk]

Lets not forget that (Im not saying you btw) half you people said some of the following just a month ago:

- "God of war 3 looks underwhelming"
- "Im not getting God of war 3"
- "Never played God of war series before and not playing God of war 3"
- "Looks like a rent to me"
- "Is it just me or is GOW3 looking underwhelming"
- "Graphically doesnt look better than Resistance"
- "E3 demo looks kinda the same"

What the hell was wrong with you people.

Personally, I NEVER doubted God of war 3. On Gametrailers, they had HD videos of the E3 demo during E3 2009 and those videos showed GOW3 looking JUST AS GOOD as Uncharted 2.

You are a believer now.

[darthv72]

I never saw the gow games for their detail and graphics. I saw them for their scale. The brutality part of the gameplay and story were big parts but for me it was all about the scale. The size of everything around you and how the screen adjusted to display even more environment at the right times.

First time facing off against rhodes or seeing the steeds of time off in the distance and then being able to run up on them. Simply amazing. It goes to show that the ps3 gow game will be continuing the scale of the ps2 versions while upping the ante graphically. Gameplay is classic kratos, scale is classic gow. You can't go wrong with that.

[gameraxis]

now i remember why i ignored you in the first place, shame on me for clicking on your comment...

you just spit out ignorance no matter how true it is, there are obviously new weapons AS SHOWN, TOTALLY new bosses, AS SHOWN, and a plethora of new moves AS SHOWN... so why put down a comment that is so EASILY countered on EVERY POINT by someone who just saw the gametrailers episode? unless you are a COMPLETE fanboy... who doesn't care for the truth, and who only wants to portray his childish attitude..

[edwineverready]

LOL god of war 3 in game footage looks better then gow2 cg.

[BigPete7978]

I agree. They have made HUGE improvements in gaming. It's still shocking to me how far we have come graphics wise.

[Nambassa]

Ahhh beat me to it... haha

[Wicked Sick]

Yeah, the last 2 screenshots with gaia and hades are from the cgi cinematics on PS2.

The PS3 counterparts are ingame and look much better then the PS2 cgi!

Its a great feat especially since GoW II was/is a technically impressive game.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Just beat God of War II yesterday and then played the God of War III demo afterward. What a huge step up from an already incredible milestone.

[n4gn4gn4gn4g]

PS3 graphics better than PS2 graphics.

Who knew!

[ipwnall]

Everyone's that been saying GOW3 doesn't look that impressive can now shut the hell up (although they should have had their mouths shut a long time ago).

[blitz0623]

God of War 2 can even compete with older 360 games lol

[EvilBlackCat]

"Everyone's that been saying GOW3 doesn't look that impressive can now shut the hell up (although they should have had their mouths shut a long time ago)"

-If i remember correctly no one said that at least here in N4G.

-What i remember is that some people said that the gameplay is just more of the same but like i said "some people".

-What i like about GoW is the combos and scale but for me the story is just ... Greek mythology is not my thing you know. And what get my attention here is that at last we have almost a full in game content game here and not a game that depend on CG. I hope that the next games
and what i mean by next games are all the next game go like this >> NO CG <<.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

@ blitz0623
"God of War 2 can even compete with older 360 games lol"

and there go your fanboynism and hatin. you cant just be a gamer dont you?

[blitz0623]

^
How exactly am I hating?

Oh you can't answer my question, you only have 1 bubble

[ryano23277]

I played it for the 1st time 2 weeks ago, the PS2 version on my b/c PS3. Yeah there are some parts that do look like old graphics.

However there are scenes that are really quite spectacular to look at. (1st Titan you see - Kronos I think with his hairy chest was beautiful)

And I actually would say the proper GoW2 has better graphics than the imposter GoW2 (Gears of War 2 - horrible looking game)

[T3mpr1x]

There really is a huge difference between this generation of consoles and the last - and that is just looking at things from a graphical standpoint. The audio in games this gen is also a huge leap forward, with full surround and higher bit/sample rates. Crazy to see that in-game GoW III footage looks so much better than GoW II CGI!

[doctorstrange]

This really shows what a vast improvement the PS3 is over the PS2. Looking at the game, not only from a graphical standpoint, but from a technical one, GOWIII is set to be a truly epic and spectacular experience, I really can't wait.

[BannedForNineYears]

That's crazy. GoW 3!! WEWWWWWWWWT!

[George Sears]

Regardless of this comparison, nothing is better than seeing it in action. The demo alone, albeit it being an older build looks so great in action. Ripping off the cyclops eye out of socket once Kratos has no more use of his existence is so tastefully done. All that blood splatter sticking on Kratos' body is such a nice touch.

[Bnet343]

Huge difference. God of War on the PS2 was a graphics beast too, probably the best looking PS2 game (besides MGS3) God of War III, yes looks very good.

[awesomeperson]

Should compare GoW2 graphics to a 360 game :P

[Dev8 ing]

Do you mean for a more fair comparison?

[Bumpmapping]

"Bu bu but teh 512mbz and easy to develop architecturez"

"Bu bu but Alan Waitz and Halo Reach Aroundz"

[Aphe]

The ps3 graphics looking better than the ps2. Who'd have thought.

[cmrbe]

look better than PS2 cutscenes.

[Figboy]

PS2 graphics looked better than PS1 cutscenes:

http://www.freewebs.com/lpf...

http://www.psu.com/media/fi...

lol.

it's kind of standard for the next Playstation console to be light-years ahead of the last:

http://img5.imageshack.us/i...
http://monstervine.com/wp-c...
http://static2.videogamer.c...
http://selectstartgames.fil...

people don't understand just how much of an improvement the PS3 is over the PS2.

i'm fortunate in that i bought a PS3 within three months of launch, so i have a fully BC 60gig, so i think the PS3 is the best console ever (i can play PS1, PS2 AND PS3 games on one machine; how is that NOT awesome?).

the PS3 is a worthy successor to the PS2, it just took a while for people to remove their heads from their asses to see it.

[shadow2797]

Umm, the PS1 CG looks much better than that PS2 screenshot you posted, I have no idea why you'd think otherwise.

[XDF]

PS3 is like 10X more powerful than the PS2, so that is expected.

Can't wait for this game to arrive at my doorstep.

EDIT: What is with the disagrees, LOL. OK, GOW3 will be just like KZ2. It is all show but will sell like [email protected] Happy now. LMFAO.

[kingdavid]

10x is exagerating it quite a bit..

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

^^^

Actually, if I'm correct, I don't think it is. I of course have no link to back up my claim but I thought I've heard Sony say something like it's 10 times more powerful, possibly more. Anyone have a link to said claim, or know exactly how much more powerful it is?

[baum]

PS3 is 32 times more powerful than a PS2 in terms of raw computing power, if not more. Its clock speed is 10 times faster and can process about 8 times the threads the PS2 can process, which would result in an overall 8000% (eight thousand, i.e. 80 times) jump in CPU performance, and that's without factoring in the RSX, which, if used correctly, can beat the 360 GPU (which, contrary to popular belief, is not more powerful than the RSX); furthermore, PS3 has 16 times more RAM. So, XDF, it's time to have a big glass of STFU.

[stonecold1]

since 360 cant handle of all of the god of war collection its still amazing game i ever played now with the 3rd god of war just left my jaw dropped on the ground

[Saaking]

Very true. The bad thing about all this amazing PS3 exclusives is that I can't go back to regular multiplats and those rare 360 exclusives. They're just not good enough. I play them, but I can't help but notice how big of a downgrade there is.

If you don't own a PS3, you can't call yourself a gamer.

[hatchimatchi]

I agree.

I own all the sony first party exclusives and they play so much better than the multiplat titles I have. MW2, Assassins Creed, Brutal Legend, etc.

The games are fun but when you play a sony first party exclusive it just screams with polish and everything feels so much smoother.

Microsoft really needs to invest in 1st party studios.

[8thnightvolley]

the 360 just doesnt have a dedicated first party studio such as sony.. sony has been in the game for a while and have loyalist from the get go... the 360 most of its exclusive games are usual converts of PC games or 3rd party studio turning into first while the game might be on the 360 alone aka alan wake.. it was not made from the ground up for the 360 so that goes to show the game its not exactly speced for the 360 .. .really..

secondly..360 is not a hard act to master so it doesnt really challenge developers so u since anything is sort of accepted not much will stand out unlike the ps3 which all knw is generally harder to programme for so those to say " u knw what i wanna make a brilliant looking ps3 exclusive.." once they understand that challenging system the rewards are big.. and sony on the other hand has been pushing its first party studios and investing heavily on them unlike MS.. and i must say i am impressed from naughty dog, to quantic dreams, to santa monica (sony), to GG.. brilliant studios on sonys platform and they deliver.. some beautiful looking stuff..

so until MS actually takes a step like sony to fund making a good game engine and stop freaking relying on 3rd party studios we wont see anything exactly like this on the 360 .... Reach looks good but i dont even think that game engine is was the 360 exactly as per say.. since from what we knw bungie is done after reach .. and will move to ther things and mind u ... they are not exactly a 100 percent first party studio ... so i dout they would make the engine just for the 360... and NO. THE REACH ENGINE IS NOT THE RUMOURED X-ENGINE..

[Miami]

Kratos character model looks insane.

[doctorstrange]

If I remember correctly he is at least 4x more detailed in this game than the last, also the whole blood splatter effect this time around is just incredible.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

I find no matter how much better Sony developers improve on their games they will never get the sales that will equal the amount of quality that reflects. The game I'm looking at is L4D2 being pretty much the same game a year later selling millions followed by anything Halo so far, the Froza series, Ninja Gaiden 2..etc.

I'm not saying this game is worth it or not; but if it is, sales won't reflect that unfortunately and don't get me started on reviews, lol.

[cmrbe]

than sales. Case in point ICO. Sales is not everything. Even Sony mentioned SOTC and why to them sales didn't matter to them. To Sony it was about providing diversity and art that truly seperates them from the rest. That is the importance of games like ICO and HR to Sony. Money is really very much not important to them with regards to these art games.

Uneda hasen't even sold more than 1.5 million copies of his games and yet he is highly regarded in the industry. As high as Kojima and KY. Thats respect you can't buy or get buy selling millions upon millions of game copies.

As for quality. Your logic fails in that you still don't understand that the x360 and PS3 userbase are generally very very different. Thats why alot of us don't see alot of things eye eye. For example, to x360 fans its woth it to pay for good online service like live while to PS3 fans its not. PS fans a 33% failure rate is not acceptable but x360 fans its alright with the 3 year warrenty.

Time and time again we have seen that x360 fans flock to any FPS in droves. Thats generally the x360 userbase. Now even with a game like ME2 which got 96 on meta hasen't sold a fraction of Gears 2 or Halo 3 or MWF2 sales on day one. In fact, i will be surprise if ME2 even get 3.5 million on the x360 alone by the end of the year.

PS fans are generally open to diversity.

[Dev8 ing]

Not to mention that the PS3 has more quality FPSes. The only difference is Halo 3 vs Resistance 1 & 2, Warhawk, Killzone 2 and MAG.

[Biggest]

I hope more people read and absorb what cmrbe posted there. People will fight and bicker for years to come. But nothing will surpass that truth. I feel gay saying this, but. . . Bubbles for you.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

What you're talking about is subjectivity with a little on perspective, the reason why I say this because subjectivity is unique while perspective how people see things or expect things.

What I was talking about is that while Microsoft developers dish out the same games or very similar to their predecessors get really high reviews. As with Sony games if they manage to achieve a high quality game - quality is defined by graphics, game-play, audio, & value based on facts a.k.a. objectivity perspective - will get lower reviews with lower sales.

As with user-base comment this to me is subjectivity/perspective because for example the online services the consumer inertia - view on a company/person is fixed based on previous experiences - will be hard to over come once made. This basically means if players had bad experiences last generation with Sony's online console they will look at the next console with that negative fixation even if valid evidence says otherwise. In the end what many people will see is "customer inertia" vs. "customer inertia". I for example had bad experiences with Rogers with my cell phone, I'm now with Telus so my "inertia" will prevent me from going back to Rogers again for my cell phone needs based on my experiences previously even if evidence suggests otherwise (because I already changed and don't want to do it again so I resist going through the process again). Many pro Microsoft will say Sony's online sucks because of some bad experience and vice versa.

In the end it's the power to lack change once doing something. With subjectivity/perspective try to see this as truth vs fact; truth (perception) - what one sees - and fact - what one knows - can simplify what I typed. I can count the number of vehicles on my street, but not the number of thoughts in everyone's head. The expectation creates the truth, and what people fall in love with.

[dredgewalker]

@some
Would it be safer to say that people own more Toyota's and Honda's than Ferrari's and Porsche's? I dont disagree with any of you cause as you said its a matter of perspective. I have noticed that PS3 games have long legs, they might not sell high within the first few months but the sales accumulate after 2 years which is a good indicator of quality.

[bageara]

I just dont get the sales arguement. Do you judge how good movies, albums, cars etc are by the sales?

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

I don't think you understand, all I'm saying is if this game does have quality the sales won't reflect that because it's on a Sony platform, while Microsoft's platform quality doesn't matter so much.

"dredgewalker" is right I just should have typed, "people own more Toyota's and Honda's than Ferrari's and Porsche's" even though Toyota's/Honda's can be quality they are nothing when compared to Ferrari's/Porsche's but these vehicles are too expensive for the working/middle class people (whatever word is used to describe us).

[remanutd55]

In The End There Will Be Only Chaos !!!!

[yewles1]

The rendering technique to make GOW3 look this good is to use a single SPE in conjunction with the RSX GPU to accelerate the GPU to match and possibly surpass the 360's Xenos GPU. Here is the technique at its alpha stages.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[yewles1]

In case some people didn't understand, this tech demo, like GOW3, ran at 720p, rendering 1.4 Million triangles per frame at 60fps. By comparison, Uncharted 2 renders 1.2 Million triangles per frame at 30fps. Now you know how much GOW3 has actually passed U2 by.

[XtreemGamer]

Uncharted 2 is 60fps....

[yewles1]

I don't know how to tell you this nicely... other than just show it.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[XtreemGamer]

Lens of truth is a stupid xbox biased site. thx for the worthless link...

[BYE]

Hades looks so badass in GoW III

The bossfight is gonna be a thriller with these sick lightning effects.

[Mo0eY]

Dear women,

it is known that throughout GameTrailers there have been unknown pregnancies instantly happening. It has come to our attention that these women all watchd the God of War 3 promo. It seems that looking at Kratos causes an orgasmic explosion equivalent to sexual intercouse. Symptoms include brain gushing from the ears, the ability to not speak for five minutes after the promo, the ability to not even bother with the Xbox 360 ever again. You have been forewarned.

Signed,

Jack Tretton