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God of War II on PS3 - Higher Res Mode?

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I recently played and beat God of War 1 on the PS3 and am moving on to GOW2 (which is amazing btw....one of the best games I've ever played, like Sony's version of an action packed Zelda), and was told of a 'higher resolution' mode by doing some sort of code: L1 + L2 + L3 + circle/square.

But I don't think I can activate it on the PS3 because I believe for a brief time the controller is actually inactive.

Does the game recognize the PS3 automatically and run it at that resolution (I heard some rumor that it does for the European evrsion, I have a US one)? I still have to change it to widescreen mode on the PS3 itself.

Just want to make sure. Thanks in advance.
 
I'm pretty sure this was shot down by Sony. I think IGN were the ones that said GoW II would be 720p capable just before it was released and then Sony came out and said they were wrong.
 
Snah said:
I recently played and beat God of War 1 on the PS3 (which is amazing btw....one of the best games I've ever played, like Sony's version of an action packed Zelda), and was told of a 'higher resolution' mode by doing some sort of code: L1 + L2 + L3 + circle/square.

But I don't think I can activate it on the PS3 because I believe for a brief time the controller is actually inactive.

Does the game recognize the PS3 automatically and run it at that resolution (I heard some rumor that it does for the European evrsion, I have a US one)? I still have to change it to widescreen mode on the PS3 itself.

Just want to make sure. Thanks in advance.
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You can activate it on PS3, I've done it when I played the game. Just plug in your controller to ps3 via USB so it activates quicker, and just quickly do the combo.
 
Snah said:
I recently played and beat God of War 1 on the PS3 (which is amazing btw....one of the best games I've ever played, like Sony's version of an action packed Zelda), and was told of a 'higher resolution' mode by doing some sort of code: L1 + L2 + L3 + circle/square.

But I don't think I can activate it on the PS3 because I believe for a brief time the controller is actually inactive.

Does the game recognize the PS3 automatically and run it at that resolution (I heard some rumor that it does for the European evrsion, I have a US one)? I still have to change it to widescreen mode on the PS3 itself.

Just want to make sure. Thanks in advance.
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You have two options:

1. Connect the controller with the USB cable

2. Figure out the right time to turn your controller back on. I usually wait until just after the HDMI handshake and press my PS button just as the Playstation 2 logo comes on, and hold down the buttons.

If the SCEA text that follows is purple, you're good.
 
No, trust me, it's true. It's not full 720p, but it does run in a higher resolution...something like 576p.
 
Snah said:
I recently played and beat God of War 1 on the PS3 (which is amazing btw....one of the best games I've ever played, like Sony's version of an action packed Zelda), and was told of a 'higher resolution' mode by doing some sort of code: L1 + L2 + L3 + circle/square.

But I don't think I can activate it on the PS3 because I believe for a brief time the controller is actually inactive.

Does the game recognize the PS3 automatically and run it at that resolution (I heard some rumor that it does for the European evrsion, I have a US one)? I still have to change it to widescreen mode on the PS3 itself.

Just want to make sure. Thanks in advance.
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Wasn't that for God of War 2 ?
 
bill0527 said:
I'm pretty sure this was shot down by Sony. I think IGN were the ones that said GoW II would be 720p capable just before it was released and then Sony came out and said they were wrong.
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No, no...not quite. True it's not HD but it was a miscommunication as there is a "High Res" mode that uses the PS2's full frame buffer hidden that can be enabled by code.
 
It no 720p but it works. Just connect your controller with the USB cord and you'll be able to do it. Once it is activated, you'll notice that the white letters at the start will be purple... but the game will be a bit slower though.


Edit: beaten, twice!
 
isn't this just enabling progressive mode? same as in GoW1? i didn't try it on 2, but on 1 it tore so badly it was hard to play at times.
 
Fatghost said:
You have two options:

1. Connect the controller with the USB cable

2. Figure out the right time to turn your controller back on. I usually wait until just after the HDMI handshake and press my PS button just as the Playstation 2 logo comes on, and hold down the buttons.

If the SCEA text that follows is purple, you're good.
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Nice. Method 2 works just fine.
 
soco said:
isn't this just enabling progressive mode? same as in GoW1? i didn't try it on 2, but on 1 it tore so badly it was hard to play at times.
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no, it's not progressive scan mode...it's even more resolution. like I said, 576p instead of 480p

and I think this only works on GOW2
 
Snah said:
no, it's not progressive scan mode...it's even more resolution. like I said, 576p instead of 480p
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nah i just checked it. it is higher resolution, but it's not even full 480p much less 576p (which isn't even supported by most NTSC televisions anyway). it's just 640x448.
 
Bebpo said:
Sounds about right. I don't think much of GoW1, but 2 is a 10/10 game.
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I'm a huge fan of both, and 2 made major improvements on 1, but I can't exactly say it was 10 times better. I expect GOD3 to be 10 times better, if not more! :D
 
Snah said:
No, trust me, it's true. It's not full 720p, but it does run in a higher resolution...something like 576p.
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It's just a bump up from 512x448 to 640x448. Closer to real 480p in the horizontal. Still less than full standard def.

It's a beautiful game and a perfect example of how resolution is not the most important aspect of picture quality. God of War 2 is less than full 480p just like Halo 3 is less than full 720p.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
It's a beautiful game and a perfect example of how resolution is not the most important aspect of picture quality.
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Don't know about the rest, but I certainly agree with you.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
It's a beautiful game and a perfect example of how resolution is not the most important aspect of picture quality. God of War 2 is less than full 480p just like Halo 3 is less than full 720p.
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I'm almost convinced of that. Good art can really step a game up visually. Blizzard, IMO, have some of the best artists on the planet, and parts of the 3 year old World of Warcraft game are still beautiful, and especially parts of the last expansion for it.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
God of War 2 is less than full 480p just like Halo 3 is less than full 720p.
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Nope, completely different. Halo stretches 640 lines to 720. Those extra 80 lines are calculated from the others. God of War 2 just doesn't draw on its extra 32 lines. They're there, they're just black (and indeed, off the top and bottom of your screen if it has any overscan). Like a very slightly letterboxed movie. There's no vertical scaling in God of War 2.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
It's just a bump up from 512x448 to 640x448. Closer to real 480p in the horizontal. Still less than full standard def.

It's a beautiful game and a perfect example of how resolution is not the most important aspect of picture quality. God of War 2 is less than full 480p just like Halo 3 is less than full 720p.
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Yeah GOW 2 does display in true 480p in "High res mode" and just has slight boarders to compensate for overscan (Basically the same thing as what GCN and Wii games do) Halo 3 on the other hand actually displays in 720p by stretching 660p and it looks fucking ugly!
 
inpHilltr8r said:
Nope, completely different. Halo stretches 640 lines to 720. Those extra 80 lines are calculated from the others. God of War 2 just doesn't draw on its extra 32 lines. They're there, they're just black (and indeed, off the top and bottom of your screen if it has any overscan). Like a very slightly letterboxed movie. There's no vertical scaling in God of War 2.
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:lol

how many times a week does this dude beermonkey have to be corrected by people who know what they're talking about?
 
inpHilltr8r said:
Nope, completely different. Halo stretches 640 lines to 720. Those extra 80 lines are calculated from the others. God of War 2 just doesn't draw on its extra 32 lines. They're there, they're just black (and indeed, off the top and bottom of your screen if it has any overscan). Like a very slightly letterboxed movie. There's no vertical scaling in God of War 2.
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Is God of War 2 beautiful in the regular 512x448 mode that the game shipped with (nobody even knew the secret code yet) when the scaler of the PS2 is stretching it out to standard def? What about Ico, which is scaled to double the resolution? Did you know tons of PS2 games are scaled, and not overscanned?

JB1981 said:
how many times a week does this dude beermonkey have to be corrected by people who know what they're talking about?
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How's that shit you are full of?

The big lie in this thread is Snah's claim that GoW2 can run in higher than standard def, in something approaching 720p. Out of the box it is less than standard def. With a cheat code it is 'standard def' that doesn't fill the screen (something that people repeatedly complain about with other games and systems here).
 
So is GoW 2 really worth it? I never bothered since I plowed through GoW 1 in like 6 hours. Is it just more of the same or did they actually add anything (like, length without backtracking and fetch quests)? (Sorry to hijack but it seems you've already gotten your answer)
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
Is God of War 2 beautiful in the regular 512x448 mode that the game shipped with (nobody even knew the secret code yet) when the scaler of the PS2 is stretching it out to standard def? What about Ico, which is scaled to double the resolution? Did you know tons of PS2 games are scaled, and not overscanned?



How's that shit you are full of?

The big lie in this thread is Snah's claim that GoW2 can run in higher than standard def, in something approaching 720p. Out of the box it is less than standard def. With a cheat code it is 'standard def' that doesn't fill the screen (something that people repeatedly complain about with other games and systems here).
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Standard definition for gaming as defined on the PS2. I may have made a mistake on the actual resolution, but I was not wrong in making the statement that it has more resolution than your typical PS2 game.

Hope that helps.
 
handofg0d said:
So is GoW 2 really worth it? I never bothered since I plowed through GoW 1 in like 6 hours. Is it just more of the same or did they actually add anything (like, length without backtracking and fetch quests)? (Sorry to hijack but it seems you've already gotten your answer)
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took you 6 hours? seems awfully fast, though I tend to observe the games I play fully. Took me around 12 hours to beat GoW1.
 
It's a good deal longer, and from beginning to end you're playing nothing but the best bits from the first game - back to back; improved in every possible way. Tighter combat with greater finesse, staggering environments, improved pacing, and far more numerous awesome boss fights. I was lukewarm on the first game, but if you enjoyed anything about it I think GOW2 will be a very pleasant surprise.
 
handofg0d said:
So is GoW 2 really worth it? I never bothered since I plowed through GoW 1 in like 6 hours. Is it just more of the same or did they actually add anything (like, length without backtracking and fetch quests)? (Sorry to hijack but it seems you've already gotten your answer)
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You must have played 1 on easy. That's a fast play through.

Anyways, 2 is exactly what you want from a sequal. In other words, it's very much improved. More puzzles, more mechanics, huge environments, epic battles, and it's longer than 1. If you were at least a bit interested in 1, 2 can't be missed.
 
Aske said:
It's a good deal longer, and from beginning to end you're playing nothing but the best bits from the first game - back to back; improved in every possible way. Tighter combat with greater finesse, staggering environments, improved pacing, and far more numerous awesome boss fights. I was lukewarm on the first game, but if you enjoyed anything about it I think GOW2 will be a very pleasant surprise.
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Right on the money. One of the best games ever and easily the best game of 2007.
 
It's God of War II only and it's actually 480p with FULL SIZE buffers. In other words 640*448 resolution.

It's not available in the PAL version, but since that runs at 576p anyway it's a non-issue.

EDIT: or is the PAL version just 576i???
 
Aske said:
It's a good deal longer, and from beginning to end you're playing nothing but the best bits from the first game - back to back; improved in every possible way. Tighter combat with greater finesse, staggering environments, improved pacing, and far more numerous awesome boss fights. I was lukewarm on the first game, but if you enjoyed anything about it I think GOW2 will be a very pleasant surprise.
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I would love to agree with this post but for two points. First I didn't think the combat was much better, but that's just nitpicking. Secondly, and more importantly;
that awful Pegasus section, it was terrible. No more of that please. Of course the awesome section swinging from the giant stone blocks makes up for anything wrong this game could ever do.

On the subject of the thread though, I prefer just letting the PS3 upscale, IIRC activating the cheat disables the upscaler but I could be totally wrong about that. Either way the game is gorgeous.
 
freethought said:
I would love to agree with this post but for two points. First I didn't think the combat was much better, but that's just nitpicking. Secondly, and more importantly;
that awful Pegasus section, it was terrible. No more of that please. Of course the awesome section swinging from the giant stone blocks makes up for anything wrong this game could ever do.

On the subject of the thread though, I prefer just letting the PS3 upscale, IIRC activating the cheat disables the upscaler but I could be totally wrong about that. Either way the game is gorgeous.
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Yeah, you're wrong. Activating the cheat still allows the PS3 to upscale. It's activating Progressive Scan that disables the PS3 scaler.
 
Fatghost said:
Yeah, you're wrong. Activating the cheat still allows the PS3 to upscale. It's activating Progressive Scan that disables the PS3 scaler.
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Ah, okay then. I played through with the cheat on before the upscaler was activated. I'm about halfway through my second playthrough and I can't remember if I've been using the cheat or not.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
Is God of War 2 beautiful in the regular 512x448 mode that the game shipped with (nobody even knew the secret code yet) when the scaler of the PS2 is stretching it out to standard def? What about Ico, which is scaled to double the resolution? Did you know tons of PS2 games are scaled, and not overscanned?
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Oddly enough yes. Although I think you're exaggerating the amount of scaling in ICO. :D

I agree with all the other points in that post, but I think you over-reached with the 'just like Halo3' bit. I mean, I guess they're the same, in that they're not rendering at the full resolution supported by the display, but in the actual method, and degree, they're different.
 
freethought said:
Ah, okay then. I played through with the cheat on before the upscaler was activated. I'm about halfway through my second playthrough and I can't remember if I've been using the cheat or not.
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The cheat has to be done before every play session. If you aren't doing the code before you play, you're playing in the default 512x448.
 
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It's such a beautiful game, I don't bother with the cheat due to the increased slowdown and tearing.

Upscaled on the PS3, GOW II is just stunning. My anticipation for the visuals of III on the PS3 really went through the roof after I finished with SCE's masterpiece.

Nuclear Muffin said:
Halo 3 on the other hand actually displays in 720p by stretching 660p and it looks fucking ugly!
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Oh yeah, Muffin...that Halo 3 is just hideous to look at, huh? Perhaps a visit to your local optometrist is in order? Or maybe you could just try drinking a *wee* bit less of the Sony Kool-Aid? A beautiful title is a beautiful title...regardless of the platform, Muff.
 
beermonkey@tehbias said:
It's just a bump up from 512x448 to 640x448. Closer to real 480p in the horizontal. Still less than full standard def.

It's a beautiful game and a perfect example of how resolution is not the most important aspect of picture quality. [God of War 2 is less than full 480p just like Halo 3 is less than full 720p[.
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I see what you did there.
 
pixel monkey said:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/sovietmonkey/paleswordlight.jpg

Oh yeah, Muffin...that Halo 3 is just hideous to look at, huh? Perhaps a visit to your local optometrist is in order? Or maybe you could just try drinking a *wee* bit less of the Sony Kool-Aid? A beautiful title is a beautiful title...regardless of the platform, Muff.
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Yea... cause Halo3 looks like the in-game screenshots it takes... RIGHT
 
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