If GOWIII epilogue returns it'll be free

By Robert Purchese Published 15 March, 2010

May contain titan encounter, says dev.

God of War III director Stig Asmussen has promised that if the scrapped epilogue from the game were to be released as DLC then the content would be free.

"As far as DLC goes, it might be something we might think about getting out there someday," Asmussen told Kotaku. "The pieces are in place, the idea is written. If it's something we put out there it would be something that would be free."

Asmussen said he had "regrets" about chopping the "pretty large" epilogue out. "We had titan encounters in the game, we had a pretty big one planed for the end and we got pretty far with it it, but it was just one of those deals where we just had so much," he said.

"Those things required so many resources and they're so hard to work on. It was literally the hardest thing I've ever been involved with before in my life and we just couldn't do more," he added. "We couldn't."

"It was to the point where we had to remove one just to invest time in the other ones that we had in the game, to get those right. We could have had more, and everything else would have suffered."

But God of War III does not suffer; it excels like Cher straddling a giant cannon in her underpants and wondering if she can manipulate time. What's more, God of War III is out this week.

Gobble up our God of War III review for the full story.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • muscleblade #1 2 years ago

    Its a big "if" though.

  • kratos-i-am #2 2 years ago

    Bit dissapointed that it even needs an epilogue as I honestly expected this game to trounce Uncharted 2 in it's story! I'm also a bit worried about the line up for the rest of the year on PS3 as it kinda looks rather barren. Would love to be dissproved! XD
    Edited by 1 at 15/03/10 @ 09:25

  • woodyrulesok #3 2 years ago

    I could do with a barren spell to be honest, I've so many games yet to finish.

  • callum9999 #4 2 years ago

    @kratos-i-am Evidently the game didn't need an epilogue, hence it not being there... (Not that I see anything wrong with them anyway).
    Edited by 1 at 15/03/10 @ 09:42

  • bladdard #5 2 years ago

    @kratos-i-am

    PS3 has no games full stop, everyone knows that. :p

    Shame though but there must be plans afoot for DLC otherwise why mention this at all?

  • KayJay #6 2 years ago

    Not a massive "If" really. The main man said it would be free. That is now in print and his reputation would be hit if it wasnt free.

  • Murton #7 2 years ago

    "Bit dissapointed that it even needs an epilogue as I honestly expected this game to trounce Uncharted 2 in it's story! "

    Sounds like you are setting the bar way too high on GOW3. There aren't many games that even match Uncharted for story let alone "trounce" them.

  • sfp_noodle #8 2 years ago

    i might sound stupid for making his statement, but i honestly cnt see any other game living up to the same quality as uncharted 2. it was perfect in very single way. maybe a hypothetical uncharted 3 might end up beating it, but i do think ND themselves wanna do something different for a few years and come bk to it later.

    as for god of war 3, well, roll on friday! thts the last game i buy before whatever else decent comes out closer to christmas
    Edited by 1 at 15/03/10 @ 11:38

  • Antaios #9 2 years ago

    Uncharted and God of War are two completely different games with different types of storytelling and gameplay. Stop comparing the two because it's utterly senseless.