David Jaffe Stops Being Nice, Gets Real

This past weekend, an inebriated David Jaffe (designer for the hit God of War title) said some very blunt things to GT.tv. Among his statements in the heavily edited piece are comments about his work on God of War 3, his failed PSP game, and his place in the pantheon of game designers. From the horse's mouth: "I think I'm a b-level game designer, I KNOW THAT ... When these guys come up and shove a microphone in my face and say 'whaddya think?' maybe I have a healthy enough ego to give you an opinion cos you asked for it, but I don't think I'm the sh**! I don't think our fighting system's as good as Devil May Cry! I think I'm just doing the best I can and I'm grateful people like the sh** our team's pr--"

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Nice to see some honest discourse

[thatguywhoiam]

I actually welcome this new method of interviewing. In Vino Veritas. Favourite part:

Sony Markedroid:
"We're going to continue the story of God of War across multiple platforms culminating in a classic battle-rama on the Playstation 3."

Jaffe:
"I don't know what you just said."