So I played a bunch of GOW3 last night, and while I am genuinely enjoying it I am finding the graphics a little distracting. 
 
All the characters look like they are toys. Very, very well rendered and convincing toys. But toys none the less. It's partly the way they shine like plastic and partly in the animations but I cant get over the feeling that I am interacting with a bunch of action figures.  
 
Which isn't to say that I think that the graphics are bad, far from it. These toys look REAL. I almost feel like I could put my hand through the screen and manipulate them myself manually. I'm just having a hard time taking the game seriously when I feel like a 10 year old manipulating a bunch of action figures. 
 
Anyone else notice this or am I the lone crazy person in the room?
 
P.S.   - Aside from this minor complaint the game is fantastic and oh... OH so epic.  
Great Game. Ten out of Ten. Please don't flame me to death

its a videogame. if it looked entirely real to you, it would be way crazier. graphics in general, as they stand today, always look about as detailed as an action figure. by the time they look completely life-like, it will be like virtual reality. 

It's a videogame?!?! Holy Crap, you just blew my mind!!! 
 
I'm not expecting it too look real, but the plastic-like nature of the graphics in GOW3 in particular are totally pulling me out of the illusion. I feel like I'm playing "Toy Story: Mass Murder and Mythology Edition" or a really intense, less funny episode of "Robot Chicken".

Wow, really? I thought Zeus looked a bit plastic but Kratos, in my opinion, looks fantastic.

I think what you're trying to say is it all looks very much like CG. It's incredible that the cut scenes all use the game engine because it looks so damn good.

I felt the same way about Gears of War II. To me the first Gears of war felt way more real than the second one. However, I agree that Kratos looks fantastic. I just think that it's going to take some time for the developers to figure the rendering out.