Bo_Hazem
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Could you imagine what Ghost of Tsushima will look like exclusively to PS5? My brain already melting!
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Games that have a soul
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Could you imagine what Ghost of Tsushima will look like exclusively to PS5? My brain already melting!
Hawking Radiation
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I'm patiently waiting for the sequel. There's so much potential in this game.
And I'm going to get a PS5 soon to replay my PS4 save in 60FPS. I miss PS now
Humdinger
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Yeah, that's the only game that I can truly say "has a soul." Playing it was a spiritual experience for me.
Bo_Hazem
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I'm patiently waiting for the sequel. There's so much potential in this game.
And I'm going to get a PS5 soon to replay my PS4 save in 60FPS. I miss PS now
Be careful, someone will think you're talking about PS Now and suggest you GamePass.
Anyway, another game with a soul:
One of the weirdest games I've ever played. So mysterious, so unique, so special.
Bo_Hazem
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Funnily, that game had taken place in my region, Dhofar today and Ophir in ancient times with its city Ubar, around the Empty Quarter. Same with Uncharted 3, who I've actually sent suggestions to ND back in the day with all documents, and surprisingly they took it seriously!
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Humdinger
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I'll have to try The Last Guardian again. It has been mentioned several times, and there is definitely something evocative about it. I tried it once, didn't get very far, then put it down because the controls seemed very unintuitive and clumsy to me. I probably need to just stick with it. I like stories about animal-human bonds, so I imagine I'll like it, if I can get past the controls.
I also appreciate the mention of Valliant Hearts. That was a good-hearted little game. Just seeing the image of that dog brought back memories.
I also appreciate the mention of Valliant Hearts. That was a good-hearted little game. Just seeing the image of that dog brought back memories.
Bo_Hazem
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Valliant Hearts must be the winner of this all. I was shocked from the real photos showed and details about that nasty war. It was good people against forced hatred of war.
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tassletine
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I think that's because they all have personality, and flaws are a huge part of any personality.
Notice how every game in this post is polarizing? Gamers tend to focus on flaws, mechanical flaws than appreciate the beauty in the game.
Corporate games iron out the flaws to appeal to a wide base and whilst they have less to attack, they lack risk (soul) and people pick up on that.
It's not about beauty or anything like that I think, more about a developer showing you what they think works, taking risks and seeing if you'll go along with them for the ride. All the above are great examples.
SirTerry-T
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The Panzer Dragoon trilogy.
Humdinger
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This thread has inspired me to replay it. It really was a memorable game.
Shut0wen
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Nintendo dont do crunch though, im sure thats why animal crossing got delayed 100 times and so did yoshis wolly world.
Also dead space definitely went through crunch, game was originally developed for ps2 and xbox, got changed to next gen with loads lf cut content
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Shut0wen
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Bioshock
ken went all out on this game
Alien isolation
You can tell the devs loved the original movie and did there very best to make a game out of ut and they succeeded, only thing i can criticize about the game is that its to long.
Fallout new vegas and fallout 3
I know this is a pretty controversial opinion but i personally think bethesda put alot of soul into the 3rd game and respected the ip and tried to be faithful as much as possible while also modernizing the franchise, id say it was the last good game todd gave a ahit about but with new vegas osidian literally took what bethesda made and created a proper fallout game, great writing, great chatacters and so many choices with how you complete quests, just a shame osidian never had enough time with the game
Outrun 2
Mass effect 2
Mass effect 2 is a weird one, in one way you can tell EA told bioware to make the game for a wider audience, the game had way less exploration then the first title but at the same time it fixed the combat, had new and old companions which you gave a shit about, main story was great as well.
Doom 2016
Perfect dark
Timesplitters 2
ken went all out on this game
Alien isolation
You can tell the devs loved the original movie and did there very best to make a game out of ut and they succeeded, only thing i can criticize about the game is that its to long.
Fallout new vegas and fallout 3
I know this is a pretty controversial opinion but i personally think bethesda put alot of soul into the 3rd game and respected the ip and tried to be faithful as much as possible while also modernizing the franchise, id say it was the last good game todd gave a ahit about but with new vegas osidian literally took what bethesda made and created a proper fallout game, great writing, great chatacters and so many choices with how you complete quests, just a shame osidian never had enough time with the game
Outrun 2
Mass effect 2
Mass effect 2 is a weird one, in one way you can tell EA told bioware to make the game for a wider audience, the game had way less exploration then the first title but at the same time it fixed the combat, had new and old companions which you gave a shit about, main story was great as well.
Doom 2016
Perfect dark
Timesplitters 2
SoraNoKuni
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Team Ico games, Japan Studio games, From Software games.
Actually games mostly from Japan and indies, there are a lot Japanese developers that create art, could even argue about Kojima.
Most triple A western developers aim Money first, creativity second... actually no, they are creative on how to cashgrab with mtx.
Actually games mostly from Japan and indies, there are a lot Japanese developers that create art, could even argue about Kojima.
Most triple A western developers aim Money first, creativity second... actually no, they are creative on how to cashgrab with mtx.
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Markio128
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I think it’s clear from reading a lot of these comments that peoples ideas of games with souls are incredibly varied, which is great. In the end, a game just needs to speak to you in some way. In recent memory, I would go with The Witcher 3; that Baron story arc alone was incredible and, in my opinion, the greatest story arc of any recent open world RPG. Not to mention that bloody card game (Gwent) that was so well designed, it turned into a game of its own. Who knew that the same devs would then have then gone on to create the controversial mess that was Cyberpunk.
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