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Retr0gamer

It already had a PSP remake which hardly set the world on fire or enamoured the critics. Play it now. It's not aged gracefully. There's nothing wrong with the game and controls well. It just does nothing to really stand out.

It needs an entire REmake style do over rather than a crash style remaster.

Skerries

Skerries wrote: »

nice switcheroo video

This definitely looks like something I need in my life

Doge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcuFJXgU6cA

Jamiekelly

The real re-make we need right now is Hogs Of War. Tally Ho!

Skerries

J. Marston

Looks great. I assume there won't be a giant leap between the PS4 and the PS4 Pro.

MilesMorales1

Gunmonkey wrote: »

So PSX keynote last night...not much in the way of big reveals.

Although, Medievil is getting the Crash:N-Sane Trilogy treatment.

Wait was it? I didn't think it had happened yet!

Gunmonkey

Yeah was at like 4am, a lot of people were hyping up a DMC5 reveal and Bloodborne 2 but alas it was not meant to be.

BelovedAunt

Doge wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcuFJXgU6cA

On the one hand, I'm happy to see an original AAA game. On the other hand, that looks like an utter mess.

raze_them_all_

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Yeah was at like 4am, a lot of people were hyping up a DMC5 reveal and Bloodborne 2 but alas it was not meant to be.

it looked like a possible bloodbourne two, had some other name though, but same company

Digital Solitude

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

it looked like a possible bloodbourne two, had some other name though, but same company

Shadows Die Twice, would have expected Sony to be slapped all over it if it was Bloodborne 2 though

Gunmonkey

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Shadows Die Twice, would have expected Sony to be slapped all over it if it was Bloodborne 2 though

Yeah...cue tons of fan theories such as "the font they used is the same from The Old Hunters which is a unique one owned by Sony so it has to be true".

From even said just hours after that tease they were hoping to show more in the next 12 months...but some were expecting a full BB2 trailer 24 hours later.

Some folks need to chill a bit every now and then.

Robert ninja

Late news but Dying Light gets a battle-royale mode. I'm not sure if it's payed. I'm not sure I'd buy it if it was but I haven't really touched PvP yet.

Everspace gets free roguelike update

Sony says story games are important, not games as a service Rich that they're saying they're not treating games as a service when they're the ones who pushed that marketing strategy the hardest for the PS4.

heebusjeebus

Robert ninja wrote: »

Sony says story games are important, not games as a service Rich that they're saying they're not treating games as a service when they're the ones who pushed that marketing strategy the hardest for the PS4.

The only game I can think of that Sony are pushing as a "service" is Gran Turismo.

Retr0gamer

Standard PR firefighting after the EA ****storm. Means nothing.

Varik

Except it's the same thing they've been saying all along and backing it up with games, and all before any battlefront nonsense.

Stone Deaf 4evr

isn't psnow the very definition of games as a service?

Mitch Connor

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

isn't psnow the very definition of games as a service?

The games themselves aren't service driven. They are the games they were. The delivery method is service driven though - so it will depend on what definition you want to go for.

Personally, I wouldn't consider Dragon Age: Origins on EA Access as a service game.

Mickeroo

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

isn't psnow the very definition of games as a service?

No that's a service providing games. Games as a Service refers to games that seek to act like a service by keeping the player invested in them for a long time using DLC or microtransactions or whatever. Overwatch, Destiny, CS:GO, WoW would all be examples to varying degrees.

At least that's my understanding of it, though just about any game with a successful well supported multi player mode could fall into the category, so it's basically a meaningless buzz word.

Robert ninja

Sony have made it very clear that you should be subscribing to their service to get the most out of the PS4 as a console for gaming. The value of a disconnected PS4 or one without PS+ is very low compared to other platforms for gaming.

In news, Valve remove a game from Steam because they think its audience is pedophiles.

Varik

Varik wrote:

Except it's the same thing they've been saying all along and backing it up with games, and all before any battlefront nonsense.

If Sony say something its PR bull****, I'd Nintendo come out with an identical statement it's a bold and daring move. I think that Sony like all companies have made numerous missteps but when they do they generally hold their hands up to it, I never got the impression that Sony was considering games as a service though that is the direction gaming is going.

We're in a world where Nintendo can lock difficulty levels behind season passes and cheap plastic toys and no one seems to mind, any other company does it and angry gamers unite. It's a case that no matter what Sony does people will have a go at them for some perceived injustice

kunst nugget

Robert ninja wrote: »

Sony have made it very clear that you should be subscribing to their service to get the most out of the PS4 as a console for gaming. The value of a disconnected PS4 or one without PS+ is very low compared to other platforms for gaming.

No different from Xbox and the Switch when Nintendo launches its full online service in the new Year. A disconnected PS4 is still going to be able to play any of the games I'm interested in.

Robert ninja wrote: »

In news, Valve remove a game from Steam because they think its audience is pedophiles.

Are we meant to be outraged by this?

J. Marston

kunst nugget wrote: »

Are we meant to be outraged by this?

Of course.

Unfortunately, unless Valve makes a public press statement we’ll never know exactly what parts of The Key to Home / いえのかぎ was something Valve thought would attract pedophiles.

That's written below the image of the upskirt of the 10 year old.

"We'll never know..."

kunst nugget

J. Marston wrote: »

Of course.



That's written below the image of the upskirt of the 10 year old.

"We'll never know..."

It complained about this game being banned even though another game had 'loli' characters as well and that wasn't. I didn't know what loli characters were so I looked it up. Probably shouldn't have done that at work…

Do you play games like this, Robert ninja?

Robert ninja

kunst nugget wrote: »

It complained about this game being banned even though another game had 'loli' characters as well and that wasn't. I didn't know what loli characters were so I looked it up. Probably shouldn't have done that at work…

Do you play games like this, Robert ninja?

I've played a couple of visual novels from japan (want to play more but they're expensive). They don't have much regard to western sensitivities and the Japanese have very different attitude on so many topics so it's not uncommon to have 'idol' type characters. The last I played was Doki Doki Literature Club (check it out!) which is actually a parody of such content and is from a talented western guy I now have mad respect for (Dan Salvato).

In either case, we can say what we want about pixel fictional characters but until our child abuse statistics improve over the country of origin of the developers of most of these titles I think it's a duplicitous attitude to be offended over it.

kunst nugget wrote: »

No different from Xbox and the Switch when Nintendo launches its full online service in the new Year.

Definitely not unlike XBL, for sure. But just because it's capable of playing single player games offline doesn't say much. What physical platform can't do that? The point is that the value of the console and Sony's marketing strategy has been heavily tied to online service. Getting free games, benefits, discounts etc for subscribing is a huge deal to the PS4. I know I wouldn't get a PS4 if I wasn't also interested in PS+. I'm not affluent enough to pick up a single 8th gen console just for a handful of single player titles like Yakuza.

Grumpypants

Mickeroo wrote: »

No that's a service providing games. Games as a Service refers to games that seek to act like a service by keeping the player invested in them for a long time using DLC or microtransactions or whatever. Overwatch, Destiny, CS:GO, WoW would all be examples to varying degrees.

At least that's my understanding of it, though just about any game with a successful well supported multi player mode could fall into the category, so it's basically a meaningless buzz word.

Simply put, instead of making games in the old mode were devs would launch it and forget about it, and players would buy it and trade it back after 2 weeks as it holds no more value.
Games as a service looks to make games that keep you playing for months/years by adding new content, special events etc etc. Giving you hundreds of hours of entertainment.

But apparently that's a bad thing.

Sephiroth_dude

New One Piece game coming in 2018


http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/11/bandai-namco-reveals-one-piece-world-seeker.aspx

Zero-Cool

New cinematic trailer for Overkill's The Walking Dead releasing next autumn.

The game takes place in the DC area not long after the apocalypse begins. Players go on missions and raids “securing supplies and survivors to strengthen their base camp against the threat of both the dead and the living-by any means necessary” according to the press release.

Each character is a different class with different skills, weapons and story arcs. “The action is close-up and intense,” the press release reads. “Take out enemies carefully with silent melee attacks or go in guns blazing. You need to be able to improvise,as nothing is certain,and a horde of walkers is always around the corner.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=non_0jlOXew

kunst nugget

Robert ninja wrote: »

In either case, we can say what we want about pixel fictional characters but until our child abuse statistics improve over the country of origin of the developers of most of these titles I think it's a duplicitous attitude to be offended over it.

That's a nonsense argument. I can find the sexualization of little girls for entertainment (and most likely gratification) purposes distasteful, support Steam's stance in removing the game from their library and support the reduction of child abuse in our country. It's not a zero sum game and it's silly to try and frame it as such.

It's like you're saying that fapping off to loli characters will be alright as long as our child abuse statistics are worse than Japan's - which have been rising quite sharply year on year. When they reach parity, will people have to put away the vaseline and remove the games from their computers?

Robert ninja

kunst nugget wrote: »

That's a nonsense argument. I can find the sexualization of little girls for entertainment (and most likely gratification) purposes distasteful, support Steam's stance in removing the game from their library and support the reduction of child abuse in our country. It's not a zero sum game and it's silly to try and frame it as such.

And I can find steam's continued double standard of content policing unfavourable and support the reduction of child abuse.
Let's not forget Lady Killer in a Bind is sold on steam with explicit sexual content and rape. HuniePot developer even requested his game (a match-3 dating sim with lewd images) to be uncensored when they released LKIAB, thinking Valve had changed their mind with regards to sexual content on steam. They haven't, they just make exceptions if it's about people having their homosexuality raped out of them. But a young person's thighs? That's too far.

kunst nugget wrote: »

It's like you're saying that fapping off to loli characters will be alright as long as our child abuse statistics are worse than Japan's

I don't care what people fap to.

kunst nugget wrote: »

When they reach parity, will people have to put away the vaseline and remove the games from their computers?

If they reach parity it won't have any affect on Valve's attitude. Abuse & violence have no correlation to games, porn or fiction overall.

In news Shadow of the Colossus is running well on PS4 Pro
I would actually really like to play this again @ 60fps. Such a moving game, I still remember my playthrough crystal clear despite how long ago I played it.