David Jaffe defends God of War 3

It remains the 'best looking console game' he's seen.

Following a mixed reaction to the God of War III gameplay trailer which premiered during the Spike TV Video Game Awards yesterday, former God of War director David Jaffe - now of Eat Sleep Play - has defended the title, stating what he saw some weeks back looked about 25-30 per cent better.

"The footage aired on Spike looked meh," said Jaffe on his personal blog. "It was dark and grainy and I was watching on a SD television."

He added: "It is NOT the thing I was raving about- as I made clear in a video post a week ago- but I still think it looks darn good. To me, the stuff Spike showed when viewed in proper resolution looks like a AAA God Of War to me. It doesn't rock my world but it doesn't look: meh. It looks like I'd expect a next-gen GOW to look. Granted, the team still has a long way to go and I imagine the final game- in all areas- will look much better. But I still thought it looked good. Fair to disagree but at least you know where I am coming from/where my barometer is set for my expectations of AAA next gen graphics."

And what of the footage Jaffe was privy to at Santa Monica a few weeks ago? He stands firm that it was the best looking game he's ever seen.

"What I was raving about has not been shown outside of internal Sony meetings. I imagine it will be shown soon, but I have no idea," said Jaffe. "I also assume that the Spike stuff was turned in earlier than the stuff I saw (that I raved about) as the stuff I saw was for a meeting and didn't need to be edited, reviewed by Spike, Sony marketing, etc. The stuff I saw that I raved about was probably finished 1-2 days before I got to the studios. The Spike stuff I saw had already been turned into Spike so it was 100% older. Not that I thought it was bad- again- just I can see how the new stuff I saw looked further along, for sure."

He concluded: "... to give you an idea, the stuff I saw that I raved about looked about 25-30% better [than the Spike footage played on HD]. If that's not exciting and cool enough for you, fair enough. It happened to blow me away and remains the best looking console game I've ever seen...beyond Gears 2 which so far is the best looking console game ever released."