Topic: Team Microtransactions (MTX) PS3 Library Deliberation Thread

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I tend to avoid games that have the description "rogue-like" and if any comments are "OMG, this game is un forgiving." I like to feel I make progress in a game. Not spend a few hours just be back where you started.

i've played 5 (and a half) of them.. but destiny and diablo III were on PS4.

initial thoughts:
Dark Sector - 3 (existing)
Dead Space - 4 (important)
Dead Space 2 - 5 (very important)
Dead Space 3 - 2 (not important)
Destiny - 5 (very important)
Diablo III - 4 (important)

OK team - quick rankings from me on the games i have played. I'm on holidays for a week from tomorrow so will dip in as and when internet connection allows.

Dark Souls From Software (Very Important)
Dead Island Techland (Important - why? I will mention it below).
Dead Rising 2 Blue Castle Games - existing
Dead Space EA Redwood Shores (very important)
Dead Space 2 Visceral Games (important)
Dead Space 3 Visceral Games (not important)
Demon's Souls From Software (very important)
Destiny Bungie (not important)
Devil May Cry HD Collection Capcom (not important)

My reasoning for Dead Island is less to do with the game and more to do with marketing. Dead Island, in my mind, had an amazing marketing campaign compared to the actual game and is probably better remembered for that then the game. This becamse quite a trend in the later years of last gen and a little this gen. Anyway, that's my thought.

Destiny for PS3 is in my mind, an afterthought and didn't get all the support the PS4 version did.

Alright, I ranked the ones I've played before. Dark Souls was my only 5.

I am going to have to withdraw from this I’m afraid, I have had only an hour of free time in the past 4 days which I’ve spent gaming! It’s not going to be like this for long but it’s not fair to mess you guys about waiting on me. Sorry for the inconvenience, I will be following this and will chime in as and when!

Sorry again guys!

@kyleforrester87 No problem, dude. Sometimes life just doesn't play along, and you have to make choices.

@Ralizah yup, if it gets much worse I’m gunna have to make a choice between Sekiro, my job or my girlfriend.

@kyleforrester87 I hear you mate, life can get in the way. This project is big, bulky and will take time.

The voting sections will be In around 10 weeks so be sure to check back when that kicks off as you just need to one shot score like the old polls.

Ok, I have added Rudy's scores to the spreadsheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14uRdE72JtbW4N3dPmgzaf...

Which means as kyle is skipping the next few rounds, we've all got our initial scores in now.

@LieutenantFatman Dead to rights is a 3rd person shooter a bit like Max Payne but without the great story. Instantly forgettable however the shooting is decent so it avoids being pointless. Imo - Not Important.

@themcnoisy ok, sounds good, thanks for the info!

Current scores including assistance from themcnoisy

Dark Souls From Software - 5
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut Eidos Montréal - 5
Dead Space 2 Visceral Games - 4.75
Dead Space EA Redwood Shores - 4.6
Diablo III Blizzard Entertainment - 4.5
Dante's Inferno Visceral Games - 4
Darksiders II Vigil Games - 4
Deadly Premonition Directors Cut Access Games - 4
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Team Ninja / Sega AM2 - 4
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut Eidos Montréal - 4
Dirt 3 Codemasters Birmingham - 4
Dead Island Techland - 3.666667
Devil May Cry 4 Capcom - 3.5
Dark Sector Digital Extremes - 3
Dark Souls II From Software - 3
DC Universe Online Sony Online Entertainment - 3
Deception IV: Blood Ties Koei Tecmo Games - 3
Destiny Bungie - 3
Darksiders Vigil Games - 2.5
Dead or Alive 5 Team Ninja / Sega AM2 - 2.5
Devil May Cry HD Collection Capcom - 2.5
Dead Space 3 Visceral Games - 2.25
Dark Void Airtight Games - 2
Dead Island: Riptide Techland - 2
Dead to Rights: Retribution Volatile Games - 2
de Blob 2 Blue Tongue Entertainment - 1.5

Undecided

Days of Thunder: Video Game / NASCAR Edition Piranha Games
Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos DoubleTap Games
Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Pipeworks Software
Deadpool High Moon Studios
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Team Ninja / Sega AM2
Def Jam: Icon EA Chicago
Def Jam Rapstar 4mm Games
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax French Bread (game developer)
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon Sandblast Games
Digimon All-Star Rumble Prope
Dirt: Showdown Codemasters Southam

Hi guys, interloper here to make a case for Dark Void at invitation from @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy

I’m not going to bother going in to the rather fun and pulpy pre-WW2 sci-fi plot, or the workman like 3rd person on foot action, or even the jump-pack-powered vertical cover system, or even the stunningly good and engaging jet pack flight and combat.

This game is massively important because it featured an expansive, moving and infinitely listenable (video game debut) score from Bear McCreary. Yes, God of War (PS4), Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary.

While his work on several relatively high-profile TV shows was always at least solid (in the case of Terminator: TSCC and Eureka), Bear McCreary’s Battlestar Galactica work was the only really excellent take away from the rebooted series, while The Walking Dead has a drab, subdued score that suits the show - but no-one's going to listen to it.

Coming a few months before TWD started, McCreary’s Dark Void score brought a pulpy, heroic, swashbuckling and otherworldly flare to the game that matched it perfectly. The score punctuates the on-screen action beautifully and few games can really match the spectacle of jet-pack soaring over an orange-dust canyon landscape lit by a broken sunset with the Dark Void main theme accompaniment.

At the time, the game was of course compared to Uncharted – which is a far better game, but Uncharted doesn’t have a jet-pack; and while the Uncharted scores are undoubtedly good (we all know the theme by heart, right?) – The Dark Void score is better. Like Uncharted, it hangs around a central theme, but the sense of wonder created by McCreary’s use of tradition orchestration and synth instrumentation for the more ‘alien’ sections of the score are far more engaging.

Also, I would submit, that without the experience of crafting the score for Dark Void, McCreary may have little further interest in working on video game scores. I’ve not played God of War (PS4) yet, I’ll get to it – but I’ve listened to the score, a lot, it’s beautiful and haunting – and there’s certainly plenty of Dark Void familiarity in there.

Do Dark Void – an OK 3rd person action game with a fantastic flight hook and a superb score from a composer who would go on to craft another incredible score for one of PlayStation's bestselling games ever.

I’d say IMPORTANT.

Even if you don't bump it up - go and have a listen of the Dark Void score, it's on Spotify if you have access.

@LieutenantFatman Thanks for sorting that.
Now is the fun time again!

Days of Thunder: Video Game / NASCAR Edition Piranha Games
Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos DoubleTap Games
Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Pipeworks Software
Deadpool High Moon Studios
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Team Ninja / Sega AM2
Def Jam: Icon EA Chicago
Def Jam Rapstar 4mm Games
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax French Bread (game developer)
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon Sandblast Games
Digimon All-Star Rumble Prope
Dirt: Showdown Codemasters Southam
@leucocyte @Ralizah @LieutenantFatman @Rudy_Manchego @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
Six of us. 11 games! Not sure how to do this one so pick the ones you would like to look at & research!

@KALofKRYPTON I remember renting this game and after the 1st level I could go no further. Just did not find joy in the game. For me, it was just "filler" game that was forgotten

@ZeD I don't think you even get the jump-pack by the end of the first level, let alone the jet-pack!
You missed the meat of it really.

I believe a game's soundtrack is a very important factor and Kal makes a solid argument here. Perhaps existing would be a good compromise for Dark Void.

@KALofKRYPTON I have just checked my trophy list and apparently I got to level 6 (Complete Into the Void). I cannot remember any of it! 🤣

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy No! You take them all!
JK, you get yourself sorted. 👌😎

Also I'm happy to take a look at Dirt: Showdown Codemasters SouthamI'm not a racing super fan but I have some familiarity with rally racers.