Paining comes to life once again in GOWA demo!

Simply beautiful, this is probably the pinnacle of console graphics this gen. The lighting, textures, DOF, motion blur, AA, AF and the forthcoming titans all come together in the most graphically intense console game to date. This demo is nothing but a small taste of the final game and you know just how insane the final game would look if GOW3 is anything to go by. The king has returned.

Looks pretty bad

I honestly don't think it looks all that great, even for a console game.

Seriously. It looks above most of them, but certainly not in the top 5%.

That area reminds me of God of War 1. Like when you first enter arrive at the docks in Athens. jg4xchamp

These don't look too exciting, but GOW usually looks better in motion, because of good animations and camera work.

Beautiful.

looks the same as GOW3, and being that game is couple years old now = nothing special

looks the same as GOW3, and being that game is couple years old now = nothing special

humpmasterflex

Looks great, but nothing special.

Graphics look good but nothing mind-blowing, and it certainly isn't even close to being the best looking console game.

But come on, who plays GoW for the graphics? Tis all about the gameplay!

Simply beautiful

gpuking

You really need your eyes tested.

Some bad aliasing in some pics and low res textures, but for the most part it looks good.

It definatly looks better than GOW3, the screenshots you choose are a bit lame though and don't show off how good the graphics really look.

check out the demo walkthrough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scLKPbme5fU

0_o GOW3 looks better than that from what I've seen.soulitane

GOW 3 is the best looking console game to me.

and based on the TC pics, gowa looks like a stepbackwards like how UC3 online looks worse than UC2.

Just got done playing some Far Cry 3 so GOWA looks last gen to me.

But for a console game it certainly is up there with the best looking.

My only problem is that those screenshots look oversharpened.

Looks alright for a 720p console game. We need new consoles that actually have RAM.

Those look worse than GOW3.

Looks alright for a 720p console game. We need new consoles that actually have RAM.

Wasdie

Word. RAM is so damn cheap these days. Why don't consoles have more RAM?!

Just got done playing some Far Cry 3 so GOWA looks last gen to me.

But for a console game it certainly is up there with the best looking.

My only problem is that those screenshots look oversharpened.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Looks alright for a 720p console game. We need new consoles that actually have RAM.

wapahala

Word. RAM is so damn cheap these days. Why don't consoles have more RAM?!

Because you can't just stuff more RAM into the consoles "these days"?

Seven years ago, they obviously thought 512mb was sufficient.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Looks alright for a 720p console game. We need new consoles that actually have RAM.

wapahala

Word. RAM is so damn cheap these days. Why don't consoles have more RAM?!

RAM wasn't dirt cheap in 2005.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Looks alright for a 720p console game. We need new consoles that actually have RAM.

wapahala

Word. RAM is so damn cheap these days. Why don't consoles have more RAM?!

"These days" being the problem there. Think how long ago those consoles launched

Some bad aliasing in some pics and low res textures, but for the most part it looks good.

seanmcloughlin

I'd say the same, looks fine, but nothing groundbreaking...

it's weird to see Kratos without the ashes all over his skin.

it's weird to see Kratos without the ashes all over his skin.

Gue1

To be honest, I can't tell the difference.

[QUOTE="Gue1"]

it's weird to see Kratos without the ashes all over his skin.

LegatoSkyheart

To be honest, I can't tell the difference.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

[QUOTE="Gue1"]

it's weird to see Kratos without the ashes all over his skin.

freedomfreak

To be honest, I can't tell the difference.

Wait are some of those shots supposed to be him without the ashes on him? :?

I thought he was a much more tanned guy from the GOW 1 cinematics. He looks the exact same

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"][QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

To be honest, I can't tell the difference.

seanmcloughlin

Wait are some of those shots supposed to be him without the ashes on him? :?

I thought he was a much more tanned guy from the GOW 1 cinematics. He looks the exact same

looks awesome, cant wait :)

Nah, he still has his ashes on him. The devs said they just wanted to make him look "cleaner" for this game, to show that he only very recently got the ash all over his skin. This game takes place 6 months after he killed his family.jman1553

Nah, he still has his ashes on him. The devs said they just wanted to make him look "cleaner" for this game, to show that he only very recently got the ash all over his skin. This game takes place 6 months after he killed his family.jman1553

ah it makes sense now.

They're just milking the God of War franchise now.

Looks pretty bad

TheEpicGoat

So I wasn't the only one. Yup, nothing special, bring on next-gen already.

Wow!At all those jaggies and low res textures.

The God of War series is excellent! Im not sure about this game though...

Those have to be Alpha screens...

The lighting is much better but at console resolution it shows the jaggies even more.

Simply beautiful, this is probably the pinnacle of console graphics this gen. The lighting, textures, DOF, motion blur, AA, AF and the forthcoming titans all come together in the most graphically intense console game to date. This demo is nothing but a small taste of the final game and you know just how insane the final game would look if GOW3 is anything to go by. The king has returned.gpuking

um ok, i'll give this topic a bit of sympathy CPR, though i think peoples reactions in this topic (or lack thereof) says it all. How can you hype the textures and AF? Does it even have AF? Or are the textures so poor that it just doesn't make any difference?

To me it looks like they've focused too much on designing the visuals around the distant camera angles and trying to show off the scale, which if anything has just increased the type of inconsistency found in GOW3. From the lower camera angle the flat textures and water effects are shockingly bad, the only thing it really has going for it is that they have managed to limit the aliasing, but its hardly leading the way in ALL of the other areas you listed. Also just like The Last of Us the early bullshots you try to make out as being in-game (and down to the amazing AA) turn out to be more like bull****.

Even if it is technically amongst the best last gen console games I certainly wouldn't regard it as being "beautiful" or anywhere near the most impressive to look at, its inconsistency and visual downfalls are too glaringly obvious.