I don't think they'd make it for Switch, but mobile and PC sure.
What are Returnal, Ratchet, Astrobot, Sackboy, Dreams in the last couple years?
And Jumping Flash
Super Stardust HD is a great game.
They don't fit the narrative, so we pretend they don't exist.
Watered down combat? Lol
With Asobi growing as a studio, this is probably the biggest chance to get a new entry in years, so I'd stay hopeful.
I'm so sick of y'all saying this while games like Sackboy, Dreams, Matterfall, Concrete Genie, Anno Mutationem, etc don't get bought or supported
Good point. I actually do support niche and indie games, but yeah we’re probably in the minority unfortunately. I was saying that doesn’t really seem like the main focus for Sony now because their AAA games generally sell much better. When I said risk averse, I mean imo a lot of their games now seem to be more safe and almost even formulaic in a way especially compared to their output before. Again though, it’s business so I understand.I'm so sick of y'all saying this while games like Sackboy, Dreams, Matterfall, Concrete Genie, Anno Mutationem, etc don't get bought or supported
Sony makes these games to gauge interest sometimes, y'all do know this right? They have to be supported
I feel like I'm the only one who bought Sackboy lol
They were though. GOW 1-3 (Plus Ascension/CoO/GoS) although good for their time, had more simplified combat engines than both 2018 and Ragnarok. Don't know how you could argue otherwise. the offensive options was more limited, and it had a legitimately bad dodge mechanics which used surface collisions rather than iframes. I platinumed GOW3 btw, so I got very familiar with the frustrations of that combat engine, especially at higher difficulties.
I must've misunderstood your comment. I thought you were saying that Ragnarok has watered down combat compared to the old games
Less popular IPs and your example is Gow? Hmm, I'm not sure why should they bother at this point. It's not like they need switch and iphone to sell a Gow. They could create small teams inside studios if they were interested in lesser scale projects, they could build company culture and talent in house. I think they just don't care, now they are just too big.
Oh right, yeah I can see how my phrasing could get confusing
Without the rubber banding competition skill I would agree.
Astrobot, Gran Turismo, Death Stranding 2, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade and the Chinese games they'll publish aren't cinematic western games. Same goes with 3rd party exclusives like Final Fantasy, Valkyrie Elysium, Ghostwire Tokyo, Nioh, Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter, Resident Evil and many other exclusives they had.
Most of the best selling and best rated RPGs are in PlayStation, and a good chunk of them are even exclusive. PlayStation is the best selling platform for RPGs. They don't need more first party rpgs.
What is arcady racing without rubber banding lol.
As time passes I like Retunal more. I'm not a fan of dificulty, but it is rare to see a high quality title focus on gameplay first.
I definitely agree. This is what I’ve been saying for awhile. I know they are getting the timed exclusives from third parties and working with more Asian studios, so that’s a start. I would like to see some internal studios created from within developing projects with admirable budgets to see what materializes. I think it would be really interesting. I know Western games generally sell more which is one reason Sony prefers them, but Japanese games can sell millions as well.
My man said Bloody Roar. This is a real Playstation fan.
I would say TLOU in 2013 is where the shift from arcadey to boring cinematic style games happened.
All the Sony studios did seem to have taken TLOU as a template, even if I think Uncharted's success was the real push. Lair, Heavenly Sword, Resistance, Killzone 2, Heavy Rain all aimed to be cinematic. God of War III too, was also very cinematic but it's excused because it was also very arcady and fun. Even third party exclusives were highly cinematic, like MGS4 being more movie than game. Yakuza as well, but like GoW it was also arcady and fun. The shift happened over time.
