The footage looks really slick. It ran well, was awesome on the graphics front, and sounded good. Kratos used his spear and shield for the first time as a display of his new defensive and offensive moves, but he also picked up the Eye of Atlantis. This is a handheld weapon that projects electricity and zaps the hell out of the bad guys. The cool thing is that Kratos can move around the screen and jump into the air while attacking with the eye.

The demo portion of the panel ended as Kratos squared off against King Midas, the mythical man who turns whatever he touches to gold. Old, withered and on the brink of madness, Midas is cowering before Kratos when he finds the king. The game's camera drops low behind the pleading king, and when Kratos grabs him, a quicktime event goes down where the player needs to nail the onscreen button to snatch Midas' wrist. If the player misses the command, Midas grabs Kratos and turns our protagonist into a golden statue.