@nessisonett exactly this. Their tactic was buy,buy, buy then ride the wave and sell themselves for 2 billion to a Saudi investment group. There was no long term strategy of actually developing games.
I am tempted, after having tried the demo back in 96 and did not get past the first level, as the switch i needed to pull, i couldn't find as it was the same colour as the wall!
So never engaged with the OG games at all, until the PS4 revival trilogy, which i loved.
Just playing this now after having just completed the campaign for a 2nd time.
Getting kind of bored of the premise after having fought tyr for the 3rd time and reset back to the beach / beginning. Possibly due to having played the campaigned again just prior so 30 hours of GOW straight.
I suspect Disney would have negotiated a similar contract to the Square Enix, Avengers. Disney's getting paid whether its successful financially or not.
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
I'm a huge fan of the MGS series though i will admit it does have its flaws (MGS2 and MGS4 bonkers storyline!).
However, MGS5 is surrounded in controversy and rumour.
It was originally going to be episodic - similar to how HITMAN 2016 released. Although the counter argument to this is that Konami had enough of the cost of MGS5 and Ground Zero was released to claw back some of the investment.
The counter argument to this is that Kojima suspected he was on his way out and slapped his name at the front and end credits of the early missions (which then come across as episodic)
MGS5 Phantom Pain was originally going to revisit the prison island seen in Ground Zero - but was scrapped.
The game was supposed to have a third chapter set on the island with the lost children, again scrapped due to cost. This is known as mission 51.
The soundtrack was scrapped and re-done at a huge cost.
Literally finished this Saturday afternoon. The game is an interesting one to review. Graphically it is stunning but graphics dont make a game.
I thought the storyline and characters were ok - i like the Resident Evil games so survival horror is a good genre but it is an 18 rated game (?) and a new IP so expecting this to achieve Resident evil numbers (which they dont always hit) was a big ask.
The combat is the most frustrating thing about this game! And is a major factor of a game and my god it frustrated me to the point of insanity!
Eventually i settled on a stealth / reduce the numbers of enemies using the environment and the glove or even throwing them out of the area to complete certain sections.
The designers should have focused on either guns or melee! I upgraded the baton and a few of the guns, felt as though it made zero difference!
The bosses were repetitive and had no link to the protagonist, until we got to the final boss! Shouldn't we have had the head guard follow us and mutate throughout the game Ala nemesis in Resident Evil 3?
Always liked the idea of weapon degradation or your guns jamming. Made it more realistic. Though it always tends to happen to me when im mid fight and the gun jams or breaks!
@Danloaded is that the case? Damn, i was hoping to get a cheap PS4 copy and upgrade to the PS5 edition for free. At least then the game might have been worth the purchase.
As it is its £35 on the PS store for the PS5 version.
That is a rhetorical question. If you like FPS and killing nazis, then boy is this the game franchise for you. Ignore Youngblood…we don’t talk about Youngblood.
I was quite interested in this game when it was known as god and monsters, then when they showed off the new art style alongside with the name change I lost interest. Though it’s currently on eBay new for £8 so I’ll inevitably pick it up.
This games seems half way between a remake and remaster. Not fully one nor the other. If you've never played the game it will be worth it, if you're a major fan it will be worth it.
A part of me suspects its been remade to tie with the upcoming TV show and that Part 1 and Part 2 are in the process of being ported to PC in the near future and Part 1 needed a refresh prior to being ported.
Hmm have never bought a collectors / special edition in all my time of gaming. However, god of war 2018 was so fantastic and got me hooked on Norse mythology, that I am very tempted to go all in.
hmm colour me interested. i'll be willing to give this a try. Never played the original, was looking forward to the remake. Saw the reviews and never purchased it. Might be worth a stab if the remake of the remake is worthwhile.
I assume this will be re-reviewed by pushsquare when it hits the PS5?
I’m in! Looks good in the trailer, though I’ll wait for more gameplay footage and actual reviews before committing as the Alien franchise can be hit and miss. Both game and film wise.
We might be waiting a while (2 years) as I suspect Montreal are probably remaking the entire game at this point. Looks like the Indian studio completely dropped the ball and it’s been handed other to another internal studio to rectify.
Shame as I was looking forward to this having never played them originally.
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Re: Indiana Jones PS5's Launch Trailer Will Make the Spring 2025 Wait That Little Harder
Day one purchase for me (depending on the review). This looks ace and comes across as the true successor to the OG Trilogy.
Re: Embracer Still Struggling, Despite Cutting Thousands of Jobs
@nessisonett exactly this. Their tactic was buy,buy, buy then ride the wave and sell themselves for 2 billion to a Saudi investment group. There was no long term strategy of actually developing games.
Re: Iconic 90s FPS DOOM Adds All-New Campaign in PS5, PS4 Bundle
If you own doom eternal, the og doom games are already available to you in the slayers room on the sentinel space station.
Re: Upgraded PS5 Pro Planning to Be the Best Place to Play GTA 6
Has there actually been a game or one in the pipeline that has pushed / stretched the PS5 to its limits to justify a pro?
Re: Biggest Dying Light 2 Update Yet Has a PS5, PS4 Reloaded Edition
Guns, it finally has guns! Im in!
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (PS5) - Rocksteady's Big Gamble Just About Pays Off
@GiliusThunderdome
An unlikely incentive, due to pushsquare not getting review codes for this game.
Re: Big List of Tomb Raider Remastered PS5, PS4 Upgrades Revealed
I am tempted, after having tried the demo back in 96 and did not get past the first level, as the switch i needed to pull, i couldn't find as it was the same colour as the wall!
So never engaged with the OG games at all, until the PS4 revival trilogy, which i loved.
Re: Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2024
Yeah I’m not see anything that’s screaming must buy. Looks like I’ll be saving money in 2024.
Perhaps the og tomb raider trilogy but that’s a remaster of a nearly 30 year old franchise.
2023 wasn’t exactly rammed either with dead space and resi 4 being my main purchases.
Re: DLC Review: God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla (PS5) - An Essential Epilogue for Fans of the Series
Just playing this now after having just completed the campaign for a 2nd time.
Getting kind of bored of the premise after having fought tyr for the 3rd time and reset back to the beach / beginning. Possibly due to having played the campaigned again just prior so 30 hours of GOW straight.
Re: Disney Doesn't Think It Was 'Overly Exclusionary' to Cut Planned PS5 Version of Indiana Jones
I suspect Disney would have negotiated a similar contract to the Square Enix, Avengers. Disney's getting paid whether its successful financially or not.
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster's Anxiety-Inducing Lost Levels Revealed
These are not lost levels, its not like Naughtydog found them behind the back of the sofa!
Just a nice PR spin for cut content and trying to justify the £10 upgrade price.
Re: Comical God of War Ragnarok Video Marks the Game's First Anniversary
Less buggy than most of the games that released this year!
Re: TV Show Review: Twisted Metal - Car Crash Entertainment
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
Re: Twisted Metal Surpasses All Expectations on Rotten Tomatoes
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
Re: Poll: Is Twisted Metal's TV Show a Win or a Write-Off?
Absolutely love this series. I'm 7 episodes into my 10 episode binge. The show is pretty damn good to be honest. Humour is spot on, acting and special effects are decent. Unlike typical streaming shows, something fun and interesting actually happens and moves the plot on! The 30 minute run time seems to have helped tighten things up as well.
Some of the characters / vehicles from the original games are there but have been revised to meet the reality of an alternative 1990s.
My only query is why this isnt linked to a new Twisted Metal Game? Sony missed a trick but i suspect they just wanted to farm out an old IP for a quick easy buck!
Re: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Studio Clarifies 'Paywalled' Voice Acting DLC
From horse armour, to this!?!
The state of modern gaming; where you now need to pay extra to hear the background NPC's provide extra lines!
Wait until Ubisoft et al hear about this, they'll be billing you per line spoken in your games!
Re: XCOM with Xenomorphs? Aliens: Dark Descent Tiptoes to PS5, PS4 on 20th June
@trev666
Correct and the franchise rights have been sold to various other studios.
Re: XCOM with Xenomorphs? Aliens: Dark Descent Tiptoes to PS5, PS4 on 20th June
Hmmm not normally a fan of Xcom style games - though i love the Alien universe so might give this a try, depending on reviews.
Played the PS2 version of this back in the day - similar set up.
Re: Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Was an Experiment Fans 'Didn't Understand'
I'm a huge fan of the MGS series though i will admit it does have its flaws (MGS2 and MGS4 bonkers storyline!).
However, MGS5 is surrounded in controversy and rumour.
It was originally going to be episodic - similar to how HITMAN 2016 released. Although the counter argument to this is that Konami had enough of the cost of MGS5 and Ground Zero was released to claw back some of the investment.
The counter argument to this is that Kojima suspected he was on his way out and slapped his name at the front and end credits of the early missions (which then come across as episodic)
MGS5 Phantom Pain was originally going to revisit the prison island seen in Ground Zero - but was scrapped.
The game was supposed to have a third chapter set on the island with the lost children, again scrapped due to cost. This is known as mission 51.
The soundtrack was scrapped and re-done at a huge cost.
Re: 'AAAA' Title The Callisto Protocol Reportedly Falls Short of Expected Sales Figures
Literally finished this Saturday afternoon. The game is an interesting one to review. Graphically it is stunning but graphics dont make a game.
I thought the storyline and characters were ok - i like the Resident Evil games so survival horror is a good genre but it is an 18 rated game (?) and a new IP so expecting this to achieve Resident evil numbers (which they dont always hit) was a big ask.
The combat is the most frustrating thing about this game! And is a major factor of a game and my god it frustrated me to the point of insanity!
Eventually i settled on a stealth / reduce the numbers of enemies using the environment and the glove or even throwing them out of the area to complete certain sections.
The designers should have focused on either guns or melee! I upgraded the baton and a few of the guns, felt as though it made zero difference!
The bosses were repetitive and had no link to the protagonist, until we got to the final boss! Shouldn't we have had the head guard follow us and mutate throughout the game Ala nemesis in Resident Evil 3?
Re: Game of the Year: Robert's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2022
My game of the year 2022 is…MGS1
Came out in the 90s but hey ho guess that’s the rules now.
Also cyberpunk, even the ps5 version, is an average game. Missing features you’d find in far cry 3 and GTA San Andreas.
Re: Atomic Heart Confirmed for February 2023 Release on PS5, PS4
Dead Space
Dead Island 2
Atomic Heart
Resident Evil 4
Are the 4 out of that list that I'll be purchasing depending on the review scores. So thats £280 easily gone!
Re: Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose (PS5) - Creative DLC Is a Short But Sweet Send-Off
£16 quid for 2.5 hrs of campaign DLC, 3rd person mode and extra characters for the mercenary mode? Hhhmmm.
Re: The Last of Us Was 'Ahead of Its Time', Sony Wanted 'Definitive Version'
MGS was ahead of its time. MGS3 was ahead of its time and still shows up modern games from a gameplay perspective.
TLOU was a good / great game but ahead of its time...what was revolutionary about it?
Re: CD Projekt Red to Test Games on All Platforms Equally Going Forward, Not Just on PC
I mean, shouldn't they have been doing this from the start? Seems like basic common sense...
Re: Weapons in Dead Island 2 Will Degrade with Use, But Dev Explains 'We’re Generous with It'
Always liked the idea of weapon degradation or your guns jamming. Made it more realistic. Though it always tends to happen to me when im mid fight and the gun jams or breaks!
Re: Mini Review: XIII (PS5) - Improvements Can't Save This Remaster Redo
@Danloaded
is that the case? Damn, i was hoping to get a cheap PS4 copy and upgrade to the PS5 edition for free. At least then the game might have been worth the purchase.
As it is its £35 on the PS store for the PS5 version.
Re: Battlefield Publisher EA Eyes Opportunity if Call of Duty Leaves PS5, PS4
Hey EA i've solved your FPS rival COD shooter problem.
MEDAL
OF
HONOUR
Re: Future Cyberpunk 2077 Update Overhauls Police System, Vehicle Combat, Melee Gameplay
@AFCC
Yep at this point I’ll start my 3rd play through at the end of 2023 when the games complete.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.6 Adds Transmog, New Character Customisation, Out Now
It’s a shame this is being added 2 years down the line.
I’ve played this game twice. Once on the ps4 on release date when it was a broken mess and February this year when they released the 1.5 PS5 patch.
Though I love the setting and storyline and will likely dive into the DLC.
Re: Aloy Confirmed for Horizon Netflix Show, Helmed By Umbrella Academy Showrunner
In other news… water is wet. Tune in next week for an update from the ministry of obvious.
Re: Cult PS2 Comic Book FPS XIII Looks Much Improved on PS5
Might pick this up on the cheap for the free PS5 upgrade closer to the time.
Re: All-Time Low Prices in New PS Store Bethesda Sale
Doom 2016 but set in an alternative America where the nazi s won. Easiest way to explain it.
Has robot dogs in it if that helps, close to werewolves.
Re: All-Time Low Prices in New PS Store Bethesda Sale
@Would_you_kindly
That is a rhetorical question. If you like FPS and killing nazis, then boy is this the game franchise for you. Ignore Youngblood…we don’t talk about Youngblood.
Re: Would You Pay $45 for an Overwatch 2 Character Skin? Blizzard's Curious to Know
And to think this all started because of Horse Armour...
Re: Rumour: Immortals Fenyx Rising Spin-Off Is Inspired by Polynesian Mythology
I was quite interested in this game when it was known as god and monsters, then when they showed off the new art style alongside with the name change I lost interest. Though it’s currently on eBay new for £8 so I’ll inevitably pick it up.
Polynesian gods would be super interesting.
Re: Sony Posts Official The Last of Us: Part I PS5 Gameplay in Extended Look
This games seems half way between a remake and remaster. Not fully one nor the other. If you've never played the game it will be worth it, if you're a major fan it will be worth it.
A part of me suspects its been remade to tie with the upcoming TV show and that Part 1 and Part 2 are in the process of being ported to PC in the near future and Part 1 needed a refresh prior to being ported.
Re: Fortnite's No Sweat Summer Is the New Vibe
No Sweat Summer - is Prince Andrew the sponsor?
Re: God of War Ragnarok Collector's Editions Revealed, Two Have Mjolnir
Hmm have never bought a collectors / special edition in all my time of gaming. However, god of war 2018 was so fantastic and got me hooked on Norse mythology, that I am very tempted to go all in.
Re: Lollipop Chainsaw Remake Revealed for 2023
I’m in as I’ve never played the original.
Re: The Abysmal XIII Remake Gets a Huge Overhaul in September
hmm colour me interested. i'll be willing to give this a try. Never played the original, was looking forward to the remake. Saw the reviews and never purchased it. Might be worth a stab if the remake of the remake is worthwhile.
I assume this will be re-reviewed by pushsquare when it hits the PS5?
Re: Suda51's Cult Hit Action Game Lollipop Chainsaw Is Coming Back, Apparently
Can’t wait as it’s often on the 50 greatest ps3 hits list and I never got to play it.
Nerd fact. Game was co produced by James Gunn of Guardians of the Galaxy fame.
Re: Gallery: Spot the Difference in The Last of Us: Part I PS5 Screenshots
Might just be me but i dont see any difference!
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann Working on New PS5 Project
@KilloWertz
Ellie was the reason you played the game. I played the game because ND deliver a kick ass game, story and characters.
Re: The Last of Us 2 Has Sold an Impressive 10 Million Copies on PS4
Love how the haters changed the goalposts for Part 2.
Haters: it will never sell 10m copies "go woke go broke."
Part 2 sells 10m copies
Haters: Part 3 wont sell because of part 2
Re: The Callisto Protocol PS5, PS4 Gameplay Footage Is Gloriously Gory
So Resident Evil in space? I’m in never played dead space so this looks like a good place to start.
Re: Metal: Hellsinger Finally Thrashes onto PS5 in September, Demo Available Now
Hmm not sure on this one. Love DOOM, love FPS and love rock / metal but it’s just not hooking me in. Might be worth trying the demo before hand.
Re: Command Your Squad in Aliens: Dark Descent, a Tactical Action Game Coming to PS5, PS4
I’m in! Looks good in the trailer, though I’ll wait for more gameplay footage and actual reviews before committing as the Alien franchise can be hit and miss. Both game and film wise.
Shame it’s not over the shoulder 3rd person.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Kicks off PS5, PS4 Pre-Orders
The ultimate weapon is the Tsar bomb…Or the nano machines from no time to die.
Re: Prince of Persia Remake Hit with Another Delay Causing Retailers to Delist Pre-Orders
We might be waiting a while (2 years) as I suspect Montreal are probably remaking the entire game at this point. Looks like the Indian studio completely dropped the ball and it’s been handed other to another internal studio to rectify.
Shame as I was looking forward to this having never played them originally.