When God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen recently revealed that "we cut less" from the PS3 game than from its PS2 predecessors, he wasn't kidding! As PlayStation Blog has unearthed, God of War 2 has the entire "lost" city of Atlantis buried in its design history.
In the video after the break, level creator Jonathan Hawkins guides us through the blueprint. This was his first "big chance," recalls Hawkins, who says "knowing what i know now, it cracks me up how all out I went." He reckons three to four months were spent on the intricate Atlantis level before it was eventually scrapped as the game's story evolution went in a different direction. (Kratos does take care of unfinished Atlantis business in the new Ghost of Sparta PSP game.)
"As a designer you have to have tough chops and, you know, roll with the punches," Hawkins warns with a chuckle about the unsentimental creative process. "I wish you guys could have played it."
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Posted: Nov 5th 2010 7:50PM The MARIO said
I was wondering if i would ever see this level after i beat GoW2. This was on the "Treasures"section.
Posted: Nov 7th 2010 1:32PM KamiKaji said
@The MARIO Sony Santa Monica should release a "deleted scenes" bonus disc for the PS3 where you can play through all of these lost levels. It would be so awesome to see what was cut, and play through it yourself! Especially the Atlantis level; it just looks so amazing!
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Posted: Nov 5th 2010 7:52PM Esposch said
Ouch. Working 3 or 4 months on something that didn't get implemented would suck.
Posted: Nov 5th 2010 7:56PM Mach2 said
@Esposch
Yeah, you know how bad you feel when you play a game for a few hours only to have your PC crash, or a power outage, or the Red Ring of Death, etc. and you lose all that progress? Or how it feels to have a save game deleted?
I imagine it's like that, but multiplied by ONE HUNDRED BAZILLION.
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Yeah, you know how bad you feel when you play a game for a few hours only to have your PC crash, or a power outage, or the Red Ring of Death, etc. and you lose all that progress? Or how it feels to have a save game deleted?
I imagine it's like that, but multiplied by ONE HUNDRED BAZILLION.
Posted: Nov 5th 2010 7:54PM Mach2 said
Holy cripes, that image is gorgeous.
Posted: Nov 5th 2010 8:03PM rukiro said
That man looks like he could hulk out at any moment. A lot of suppressed emotions right there...
Posted: Nov 5th 2010 8:06PM Howard Roark said
i got my GoW 3 box signed by the concept artists. ^_^
one of the artisits, cecil kim, also teaches at otis.
one of the artisits, cecil kim, also teaches at otis.
Posted: Nov 6th 2010 1:37AM NecrosavaNt said
i wish they bunch up all these cut levels together and let us play them. doesnt matter if it doesnt fit into the story, i just wanna playthrough whatever awesomeness they came up with
Posted: Nov 6th 2010 2:57AM Burger Queen said
The part about Atlantis being in Ghost of Sparta was a bit unnecessary..
Posted: Nov 6th 2010 2:58AM Burger Queen said
@Burger Queen Then again I consider everything a spoiler.
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