kingfey
Banned
great way to run from discussion. Its not like it will hurt my feelings though. I am enjoying all the 4 console games. So bye, ignoring me.
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Jim Ryan for TMTPOST: "we don't want games that are OK, we want the best."
kingfey
Banned
Its one of those moments, when someone is trying to discredit someone, and they just pull something out of their arse. Like a gotcha moment. I love it, when it back fire at them completely.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
You count Nixxes Software? Bluepoint said they were independent.
Sony acquires PC port specialist Nixxes Software
Sony announced today that it has acquired Nixxes Software, a company that specializes in PC ports for console games.
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kingfey
Banned
Bluepoint is already a Sony studio. Its matter of time, before they join them. They primarily make PlayStation games. Unless i am living under rock, and missed some of their games on other platform.You count Nixxes Software? Bluepoint said they were independent.
Sony acquires PC port specialist Nixxes Software
Sony announced today that it has acquired Nixxes Software, a company that specializes in PC ports for console games.
Ezekiel_
Banned
Can't you tell it's just a bad traduction?
MasterCornholio
Member
You count Nixxes Software? Bluepoint said they were independent.
Sony acquires PC port specialist Nixxes Software
Sony announced today that it has acquired Nixxes Software, a company that specializes in PC ports for console games.
So did Insomniac around the time the negotiations were happening.
Topher
Identifies as young
His point was that Spider-Man is not an RPG in the same way GTA V is not an RPG. You are using a description of "doing side missions, Open world, not being forced to play the story, doing whatever you want" to describe an GTA V when that all fits Spider-Man just as well.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
GTA V does the same thing when you're in a mission?
Craig of War
Banned
So Sony paid for timed exclusive to both Deathloop and Ghostwire and both them games look like ok games to me lol
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kingfey
Banned
I said it ticks all the rpg box, except the open world. GTAV is open world, like skyrim. You can leave the mission to do what you want. I cant do that on spiderman, since i am tied to the mission. RPG isnt simply getting rare weapons' or magic. If the game lets you do what you want to do, then that is rpg game, as you can role play the game to yourself, and do what you want to do.
kingfey
Banned
I got a call from lamar. Last thing I did, was drive all around the city. Never went to him. I got a call in spiderman, and got the direction. Tried to go to different areas, game brought me back. Only thing you cant leave in gta is the timed mission, like chasing. Other that, you can say f it, and do what you want to do.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
It's the same thing for both
If you don't activate a mission when it's available, then you can the roam the open world as much as you want
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
1) thats why days gone 2 got cancelled.
2)TLOU2 is a success, people whine but the game still sells
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
Because that isn't a perfect metric to go by either? Some of the best games ever made (IMO) don't even have Metacritic entries.
It was also one of the most divisive games to come out the past decade in terms of the fans. I saw tons of regular streamers just outright hate the game by the time they were done with it, and they were oblivious to the leaks.
You can't also pretend that some of the praise for the game from media is in media using it as a proxy against what they consider troublesome gamers or "bigoted" fans (except most of the people who didn't enjoy the story had valid reasons for not liking it).
We don't talk about Japan Studio, that never happened!
Eek, it must be really hard for you to pick up a PlayStation controller to play games on it.
Well I wouldn't mind if the sticks were asymmetric and they haven't had the best ergonomics for the longest time and the rubber grip for the analog sticks rubbed off way too quick with the PS3 & PS4 ones but other than that, I'm good.
Who is the hottie in the gif btw?
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
The cinematic cutscenes is why people love tlou.....
Besides, there is a reason why they called a "cutscene". You want a game full of action from start till the end? We need proper flow in gaming, constant action would burn out alot of people.
Topher
Identifies as young
That's not what makes a game an RPG at all. You are equating open world and RPG. There are very different aspects of both and you are conflating them. Regardless, some missions in GTA V require you to stay in the area or they will fail. What you are talking about is deciding to put off another segment in an over-arching story mission. Just about every open world game there is, including Spider-Man, allows you to do that.
kingfey
Banned
I hate full action games. I like blend like syrim, and Witcher 3. making the cinematic in-game action. and use full cutscene on important missions. This way, the player will be fully engaged in the game. I dropped out yakuza like a dragon, because I didnt use the controller for like 5-10min. I just watched them talk, and talk. The turn based was good, especially the dodge mechanics. But i am not gonna sit down around and watch cutscenes for that long. They arent my cup of tea.
Sony's exclusive output is overrated, they have a few great games which make people forget about all that games that are not special. You know the ones, they get threads about how they are better than the review scores, or the ones that dont get much of a thread at all and rarely talked about.
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yurinka
Member
Everything Jimbo says there makes sense.
Sony only paid for its timed exclusive. MS bought their studio, their IP and their whole company group.
Yes, Sony did this with Japan Studio. But after several decades and dozens of games they proved to don't be able to produce a hit and instead becoming a money sink year after year, they did what made sense: to fire a lot of people downsizing the studio around their best team, rebrand the studio under a new leadership and reboot it. They provide creative freedom but aren't a charity, they are a company so want to have profits.
Yes, it's what happens when they invest in a ton of games, a lot of new IPs from many genres. Some may suck. But at the same time, many other ones turn out to be great games.
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kingfey
Banned
How do you stop the mission from getting activated in spiderman? I was playing the game from mission to a mission.
kingfey
Banned
Those required missions in gtav are annoying sometimes. You are so close to completing the mission. then you fail, and you have to restart it again.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
farmerboy
Member
It feels like his answers were translated to Chinese and then translated back to English.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
i don't have an issue with Hollywood-style games if they're done well. Ghosts of Tsushima does it very well. TLOU2, despite all the supposed accolades, does it very poorly.
Contrived set-ups, questionable stereotypes, poor narrative structure and pacing (so many damn flashbacks), emotional manipulation to prop one character up (Abby) by ruining another (Ellie). Oh, and barely any innovation on game mechanics from the prequel several years earlier.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
the best have got simply high standards
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
Always defending the Playstation costumer, this mediocre games quality are not consumer friendly.
But at least it was unique. We'll probably never get a Tomorrow Children sequel because it's not a "Hollywood" style blockbuster and it probably won't fit what they want in a MP-centric game either.
1P-wise that side of Sony seems done unless they push that stuff for PS Now in the near future but that'd require a big shift in their product strategy and business model.
A look back at the 'Game of the Year' Winners (Part 1 of 2) 1985-1999
(Due to the length of this blog I've decided to separate it into 2 parts) It's the end of the year and amid the holiday festivities we gamers also have something else to think on - the all important best game of the year winner. What game do we call the defining experience of the last 12...n4g.com
According to this (not sure how valid it is) these were the aggregate media GotY winners during the PS1/N64 generation. Keep in mind, that generation was the shortest generation as the Dreamcast launched in 1999, which saw Soul Caliber win a bunch of awards.
GotY 1996: Mario 64
GotY 1997: Goldeneye
GotY 1998: Ocarina of Time
During that stretch, there wasn't a developer/publisher who was on Nintendos level in terms of reputation. PlayStation had the benefit of being friendlier to 3rd parties so they drew a wider variety of games from the larger industry.
The best case for the N64 was that it's best 5-7 games were a step above what Sony had. Certainly a case could be made.
Anyway, I think it's safe to say that quantity indeed matters. As does price.
Some people probably do sleep on the N64 (Saturn even moreso IMO) a bit much, and Mario 64 was such a big step forward it deserved its GOTY without question, I do think it's worth keeping in mind that not every game holds up well with time passing by.
Goldeneye for example, is just frankly 100% outdated today and looking back at some other FPSes like Exhumed/Powerslave on the Saturn, was outdated even in its day when it came to level design for a FPS on console. I think something like Goldeneye benefited a lot from brand name at the time and the four-player couch multiplayer, but it's ass-choppy nowadays and doesn't have a lot of unique creative elements to help it stand out in a modern context.
Meanwhile a game like Parasite Eve maybe didn't win any big awards, but it holds up a lot better than a Goldeneye these days because the combination of survival-horror and JRPG is still pretty rare to this day, especially with as well-done a story as Parasite Eve's. It even innovated some with the controls in a way we wouldn't see for Resident Evil until a lot later.
That's why IMO, GOTY awards and a lot of these "Best 50 Games Ever" or whatever lists places like IGN make are not worth very much to me; a lot of them are based on popularity of the IP or amount of sales, usually both, or how "fresh" are things the game did for its time without considering if they were even done well or hold up today. They also tend to have a bias of focusing on only the more known systems and IPs, so a lot of genuinely amazing gems from lesser-known devs or platforms (including arcade and PC) get left out, especially if they're pre-PS2 era and don't come from a big-name developer like Nintendo, Square-Enix, or Capcom.
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kingfey
Banned
will do it. thnx.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
A unique looking turd is still a turd
sendit
Member
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Stamp of quality is something playstation has been invested in for some time, I wish another company would catch up already with theirs.....
TheKnownUnknown
Banned
I'll wait till we actually get an event showing us something rather than take his word for it.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
You missed the part Where it said corresponding return. Kind of hard to get a return of your games don't sell well. No wonder why they folded them. If someone is bleeding my money do i restructure them or give them more of my money to bleed?
Mike Zhang
Member
Wow, I didn't realize god fall and destuction all star are best games
ZehDon
Member
In terms of all exclusives, I think Jimbo's off the mark. With PlayStation charging more for their games, the bar is high, and some of their exclusives just aren't meeting it. Destruction All Stars and Godfall are the obvious examples; AUD$125.00 for sub-par games isn't really something Sony can get away with for too long before fans stop buying games on release day. In terms of just their first party exclusives, I think Jimbo's pretty much on point. PlayStation Studios work hard on their games, and they deliver pretty good quality across the board. I've grown tired of the Sony Formula® myself, but there's no denying their studios are pumping out high quality, AAA games that their fans love.
The problem I see is one we've already discussed around here: Sony's myopic focus on blockbusters and metacritic scores. They'll never make a Sea of Thieves, a Zelda, a Starfield, a Gears Tactics, an Animal Crossing, a Halo; there's a reason nearly all of their studios are making these cinematic third person action-adventure games: it proved incredibly successful in the past and so they've doubled down. Over the course of the PS4 generation their studios have nearly all migrated towards making a fairly specific type of game. Is it a smart move to put all your eggs in one basket? It'll be Jimbo's legacy one way or the other.
The problem I see is one we've already discussed around here: Sony's myopic focus on blockbusters and metacritic scores. They'll never make a Sea of Thieves, a Zelda, a Starfield, a Gears Tactics, an Animal Crossing, a Halo; there's a reason nearly all of their studios are making these cinematic third person action-adventure games: it proved incredibly successful in the past and so they've doubled down. Over the course of the PS4 generation their studios have nearly all migrated towards making a fairly specific type of game. Is it a smart move to put all your eggs in one basket? It'll be Jimbo's legacy one way or the other.
sainraja
Member
That prompt only displays when you start a mission. If you just want to explore, don't jump into a mission. lol
vaibhavpisal
Member
But they can only dream about 2021 quality.
And the amount of stuff you can do in the game or no of hours you can put into it.
bitbydeath
Member
XDev is missing from your list.
Sony have a list here - https://www.playstation.com/en-au/corporate/playstation-studios/
But it’s still missing Housemarque.
Men_in_Boxes
Banned
The majority of Sonys studios are now working on multiplayer projects. Jim Ryan / Herman Hulst seem to understand multiplayer and the future of gaming far more than PS4 era Sony leadership.
kyliethicc
Member
Xdev are a support studio, like PDSG and now Nixxes (which will become part of PDSG.)
They don't make their own games.
Mokus
Member
What? They released the game?
vaibhavpisal
Member
C'mon it's a Halo game. Yet to play a bad one. Gameplay already looks stellar.
Shmunter
Member
Hehe, we don't know how Deathloop will be received yet. And it is 3rd party, I assume it will not carry a Sony Studios logo?
bitbydeath
Member
Actually yeah, you’re probably right.
The Housemarque announcement listed 13 studios.
Mokus
Member
Cyberpunk 2077 looked stellar before launch. Aliens: Colonial Marines too. Fallout 76 hype was also about something stellar.
Why not wait until the game is released and then praise it?
kyliethicc
Member
Actually yeah, you’re probably right.
The Housemarque announcement listed 13 studios.
And the preemptive BluePoint announcement listed 14.
Nocturno999
Member
They better do at 69.99