yeah, i torrented the demo of it last night, and just got around to putting it on my psp now. it looks incredible. like, really, incredible. pretty much as good as the ps2 version. except maybe when it comes to anti-aliasing or whatever, not quite as good. i really wouldn't have expected a psp game to look this good in the traditional, detailed 3d sense. also, it controls really well, and krattos himself moves around and attacks pretty fluidly. if anything, he's faster than he was in the original (maybe these were changes that apply to the second god of war, too, which i never played). i don't remember being able to stay in the air hitting people for nearly this long. one thing i did notice was somewhat substantial, albeit not really inhibiting or anything, framerate drops when entering new areas where like 8-10 goons were waiting for you. but even then, it'd only stutter for a few seconds, and go back to running at full speed, even if there were still a lot of things going on on screen (that is to say, it went back to normal before i even killed anyone, or before the explosions happening all around you stopped, so it's not like after a certain amount of on-screen action, the game's fps just drastically dips). i think this is pretty understandable, though, considering it's a demo.
the game is still kind of just mashing buttons and destroying dozens of baddies, but it seems just as fun as it was on the ps2, which is saying a lot for quite a few people. if they can replicate the pretty solid puzzle elements the original had, and make the boss encounters interesting, this is probably going to end up being one of the really noteworthy psp games.
Last Edit: October 19, 2007, 03:27:58 am by bazookatooth