God of War Ascension First Look Gameplay Preview with Game Director Todd Papy

Sony took the wraps of its much rumored next installment of its best selling God of War franchise with God of War Ascension. This time around, the game will be a prequel to the previous games and introduces multiplayer for the first time. We caught up with the Game Director of God of War Ascension, Todd Papy to get the juicy details in this exclusive video interview along with first look at real gameplay footage and screenshots.

[MrDead]

By the Greek Goddess Selene in a Chariot with Dual Overhead Cams and "Silver Foxx" Mudflaps, Looks as gory and brutal as ever, I can't wait.

just posted this vid in my last comment.

[waltyftm]

Well said, look's amazing!!!

[Hisiru]

Well... the game sure looks beautiful but I wasn't expecting a multiplayer game... I know there will be a single player portion but this game seems to be more about multiplayer which makes me sad.

I will wait for more trailers/gameplay videos and if it's more "multiplayer oriented" I will probably just wait for God of War IV or God of War Vita.

The cyclop's details are insane. This game will probably be one of the best looking games this gen, but I don't buy the God of War series because of the graphics, I buy it because of the storyline and the character.

I hope they will give us a powerful online experience, but they need to focus on the storyline as well. Don't get me wrong, guys, I am just scared because this guy is only talking about how they are implementing multiplayer to the series and how they are focusing on multiplayer...

[himdeel]

This to me looks more along the lines of a coop I'm happy to see added to my GOW experience. Particularly as someone who bemoaned mp in Uncharted 2 and Mass Effect 3 but came to truly enjoy both of those multiplayer experiences so I'm very VERY excited about GOW:A mp.

I think this is a natural progression for the traditional single players story driven games to add this type of leveling up cooperative game play. Heck every time I boot up Mass Effect 3 I think to myself, I wonder what gun or upgrade I'm getting today, since I have all the characters. I could see this the same way where I have multiple Heroes aligned with a variety of Gods and grinding for more powerful character upgrades and weapons power ups for each character.

EDIT: I like no 3D in MP. I think 3D in MP in Uncharted 3 made the game less pretty in the long run.

[meetajhu]

Mark my words when they release demo on PSN. Sony servers will crash

[Man_Among_Mice]

No your wrong, PS Plus subscriptions will go through the roof cuz they'll give PS Plus members first dibs. Mark my words.

[Awesome_Gamer]

I really hope this game isn't focused on multiplayer..

[GraveLord]

It's not. Single-Player is still the main focus. Multiplayer is just there to bring in a new audience and keep people playing longer.

[crimsonfox]

woah...
that looks outta hand. i don't know how many more games i could afford man...jeez
that cyclops really gets it ;)

[Mkai28]

Looks like it might be more then 8 players aswell, via power stone/mortal combat.

[Zha1tan]

Wonder what the backstory is behind the multiplayer characters

[FunAndGun]

I think they are just random warriors who swear alliance to certain gods. You choose what god you want to represent, you get those type of powers/move sets, you join three companions and battle 4 fighters of an opposing god.

The winners get shined upon while the losers get shamed by their gods. :)

The ultimate battle between mortals for the glory of their God.

[waltyftm]

OMFG!!! at 2:41 onward's OMFG!!!

[GiggMan]

Owww my eye!!

[TCG_Returns]

One of the best looking games this gen. guaranteed.

[basilezz3030]

no it's the best looking game on consoles
it just beat uncharted 3
don't know how but it did it
don't know about the last of us though
both look really amazing
anyway
ps3 owners are damn lucky
they have all the best looking games this gen

[demonJAKAL]

That was brutal!

[Hufandpuf]

Why does Todd Papy look so unenthusiastic? How could he look so bummed out at the premiere of his game!? Loosen up man!

[rezzah]

Thats just how he is; a serious looking guy.

It was the same during Tester 3 on PSN.

[Hufandpuf]

I didn't know that was his personality, he just looks like he's the type of guy that doesn't tell unless asked. A hard to approach type of person. The interviewer did good but Todd needs to loosen up lol.

[Regent_of_the_Mask]

A 3rd prequel which nobody wanted with a tacked on multiplayer mode and a shorter single player. I'd rather have God of War 4 with NO multiplayer in that case.

[Omar91]

It looks good... but Il wait til I sees some more on this before I get excited. The graphics engine looks a tad better then god of war3. which is good.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Wow i'm not even a fighting game fan but this look's amazing.

[sandman224]

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sikbeta]

GOW Franchise always outdoing itself :O

[Crystallis]

WOW. And I thought GOW 3 couldn't look any better. Amazing!!

[MrWonderful]

The power of cell!

[-Gespenst-]

Jesus, this game might actually be too violent for me. Call me a pussy I don't care.

[Ascalon94]

"OMG this game is all about multiplayerz" - half the people commenting
"So yeah, the single player is our bread and butter."- the game director.

[Foliage]

The main userbase on this website cannot comprehend simple sentences.

[Ascalon94]

so true haha

[josephayal]

Graphics and Animation That Only the PS3 Can Deliver