{"id":618974,"date":"2026-06-03T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618974\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:58:11","slug":"that-looks-like-sht-god-of-war-creator-predictably-tears-new-ps5-game-to-shreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618974\/","title":{"rendered":"‘That Looks Like Sh*t’: God of War Creator Predictably Tears New PS5 Game to Shreds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'That<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

David Jaffe is not a fan<\/a> of new PS5 game God of War Laufey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The veteran game director, who created the original PS2 game, looked visibly distressed during the new title\u2019s 20-minute presentation. And he held nothing back in the aftermath, comparing the release unfavourably to Square Enix\u2019s Forspoken<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(A game I, for the record, thought was fun.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the f*ck is that?\u201d he pondered. \u201cThat looks like sh*t, I\u2019m going to be honest with you. It reminds me of that game Forspoken a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jaffe went on to say that he thinks the new title looks \u201cuninspired and dull\u201d, which I can\u2019t agree with when we\u2019re literally talking about an afterlife for the gods<\/a>. But each to their own.<\/p>\n

He expanded:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s dead. That game is not going to do well for what they expect it to do. This just feels like Cory [Barlog] or somebody wanted to write a fantasy story. You\u2019ve lost the gore and the violence that made the first game. You\u2019ve lost the character. You already lost him after 2018 because he changed so much he wasn\u2019t the same character anymore. And you\u2019ve lost me with the cube and the little Disney character at the beginning. This just seems like a fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Santa Monica Studio employee went on to say that he believes without the God of War branding, no one would care about the game.<\/p>\n

The views echo his comments about side-scrolling spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta<\/a>, which he described as a \u201cterrible first-party game<\/a>\u201d earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

Cutting through Jaffe\u2019s somewhat obnoxious commentary, I think he\u2019s just generally opposed to the overall direction of the franchise he created, which is clearly targeting a broader audience these days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that Laufey is a departure for the series \u2013 he speculates that Santa Monica Studio may have been forced by management to create a different type of experience within the God of War universe \u2013 but I don\u2019t necessarily think this is a bad thing.<\/p>\n

While I think the original God of War trilogy had its time and place \u2013 and is getting remakes, remember<\/a> \u2013 I\u2019m not opposed to different stories being told within that universe. Actually, as I wrote earlier<\/a>, the entire premise of Laufey really appeals to me.<\/p>\n

I think Jaffe is probably being earnest with his commentary here, but much like his criticism of Sons of Sparta, I think he also knows he can get engagement by being as scathing in his criticism as possible. After all, I\u2019ll willfully concede I\u2019m writing this story, and ultimately feeding the machine.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, I don\u2019t agree with his views here, and looking at the overall response to the reveal, I think he\u2019s definitely largely on his own with this one.<\/p>\n

As the creator of God of War, his words will always carry weight when it comes to this franchise, but I think he probably needs to accept that the series he birthed has changed dramatically in the 20 years since it debuted.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square David Jaffe is not a fan of new PS5 game God of War Laufey. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[156222,59,66230,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-618974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-david-jaffe","tag-gb","tag-god-of-war","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}