We'd all be hopelessly silly to get ourselves excited over the graphics of a game because well... even a franchise as revered as God Of War could end up being utter cack in the gameplay department if you consider a fuck up here and there.

However, series creater David Jaffe, who actually has nothing to do with the game, has of course had a chance to have a look at the game and well... here are his reactions:

HOLY HOLY HOLY FUCKING HELL!!!!

I thought GEARS OF WARS 2 looked about as good as a next-gen game could look....and that game is currently- and will probably remain- my game of the year. And hell, I think I actually get to vote on that kind of stuff in some circles :) And unless I get blown away by POP or something else I missed, GEARS 2 is the SHIT....this year. Dudes and dudettes, fucking WAIT till you see the amazing graphics...just fucking wait.

He probably just saw a CGI trailer... the guy is so high he probably cant tell the difference. Im glad he not working on GoW3....

In the new trailer that has not been released to the public, no one seems to know if it was CGI or in game being shown. Could of course be improved in engine graphics like a little Killzone 2 trailer we all once saw...

From reading his blog I totally got a feeling he wasn't looking at a trailer but more development code? Maybe that's just me but I get the feeling the breaking of this news is coincedental to all the other rumours flowing around.

Well then, I guess I'll 'fucking wait'.

I'm surprised at how people seem to be hating on Jaffe across the Internet. Not only does he have AAA credentials behind him that back up everything he says I much prefer his attitude to the other video game developer "celebs".

His enthusiasm is awesome.

EDIT: For all those "not believing him" anyway - let's not forget that Santa Monica created these visuals for the PSP and PS2 respectively.

A lot of people that are complaining about Jaffe's comments must have forgotten one this:  this dood fucking created God of War, which is one of the best looking games on last-gen console, PERIOD!!!  The art style is amazingly immersive, the frame rate was always solid, the minor details were always in there...I mean, these are pretty intricate games when it comes down to graphics.