God of War Chains of Olympus images released

Jeepers - that looks absolutely amazing.

Will it be a system seller?

Almost - as good a game as God of War is, it hasn't yet got the brand name recognition that a Gran Turismo or Metal Gear Solid has, let alone monster names like Mario, Zelda, GTA and Halo.

However if the game looks as good moving as it does in the still pictures AND the console drops to $199 in Australia, then I think you will see people picking it up on an impulse purchase.

And isnt this game going to come out in 2007?? Thats not long to wait at all!

Aside from the main quest - Im hoping for an extended quest of the gods mode - i think that would work really well on the handheld.

I too was quite shocked at the anti-aliased screens, but you know if ANYONE can do it, then it would be Sony Santa Monica together with the Ready at Dawn the team that made Daxter on the PSP.

Speaking of which, I just checked the Daxter screens, and they do look mighty fine, but jaggies do exist, although the developers did say they were only on about 25% of the PSP's potential power, so make of that what you will.

I think one reason is the perception was that the processing power was somewhere between the PS1 and PS2. Therefore alot of developers saved themselves the trouble by just writing some really quick code that they knew would work. Keep in mind that the PSP was a totally brand new machine, and we know these days that publishers are mindful of investing in anything that does not make a return on their investment. That's why there were so many sequels and ports on the PSP, because the userbase was not there and also because all the art and code could be brought over from the PS2 games in reduced form.

Two games that spring to mind immediately are Need for Speed Underground Rivals and Winning Eleven/Pro Evo Soccer.

In NFS, the game had some of the most shocking car models for quite some time. They looked more like boxes than anything. No one cared cause it was at launch and they didnt know any better.

Pro Evo Soccer didnt have a master league, some may call it lazy, but it definitely would have cut down testing time, for people to actually play through the game, thereby saving them a lot of money.

Not surprisingly its taken a God of War game, to show people what standards gamers expect these days. While no one's played the game yet, the spectacular nature of the graphics suggest this isnt a half assed job.