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Soul Sacrifice First DLC Announced, Includes Two New Bosses, One New Area

The first DLC for Soul Sacrifice gets new screenshots. Here we see two new bosses and one new area.

sinncross4058d ago

I hope this game sells well; it looks incredible and it played really well at TGS (I am sure it is even better now)

TriangleOffense4058d ago

DLC and its not even out yet. No real issue just think its not a great idea to be doing

sinncross4058d ago

The game release in Japan a few days ago

Apollosupreme4058d ago

And you think they decide to do DLC after development of the main game? Santa Clause is real too by the way.

Muffins12234058d ago

Even then....DLC after a few days lol?That sucks

HarryMasonHerpderp4058d ago

Yes the game has already been released, whether the DLC was made after the game or not is something we'll never know.
This is the future of gaming unfortunately.
Still buying this day one though! not sure whether to support the DLC though for the above reasons.

knifefight4058d ago

@Apollosupreme
Um, Sincross never said anything about when DLC was developed, he simply corrected the notion that the game wasn't out yet. It is. It came out March 7 in Japan. That's the only thing he said. Adding more to it is just projecting yourself, not really interpreting anything that Sincross said.

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Godchild10204058d ago (Edited 4058d ago )

For all we know the DLC could be free. They mentioned before that DLC with quests will be paid DLC, but things can change.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/0...

HarryMasonHerpderp4058d ago

I'll be supporting the free DLC :D

Gamesgbkiller4058d ago

There will be FREE DLC too :)

IMightBeRetarded4058d ago (Edited 4058d ago )

@apollo No. They probably knew they were going to do dlc and had plans for it, but they probably wouldn't have started working on it until after development of the game had finished (which it probably did a few weeks ago for the Japanese release).

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-Gespenst-4058d ago

Just put it in the game. God sake.

HammadTheBeast4058d ago

Relax, there's already 100+ hours of stuff to do in the game itself.

Donnieboi4057d ago

I thought it was 500+ hours like monster hunter...not that i'm complaining about 100 hours though.

puamdefokejpn4058d ago (Edited 4058d ago )

It is addicting as hell,.. probably put 4 hours just into demo,..(hell haven't made it out of tutorial levels yet- it is so much fun - lol) Combat feels great, constant upgrading your stuff is just like drugs,..

Really having trouble making SegaID for (PSO2)That verification in hiragana is just screwing with my brain ,.. so I am just grinding this as much as I can,.. just feels right,.. It is also really pretty,.. Image quality is top notch (I think this must have some heavy AA,.. because it really looks damn good)And runs smooth like butter.

Blastoise4058d ago

Should have been in the game. Annoying, but I'm still gonna buy Soul Sacrifice

Hydralysk4058d ago (Edited 4058d ago )

Why exactly should it of been in the game?

If you were talking about day-1 DLC I'd totally agree with you, but assuming the game has gone gold and is off to be certified, the team has no reason not to get a head start making extra bosses/areas for DLC.

DLC has become a touchy issue due to how it's been abused by some, but that doesn't mean all near launch DLC is evil, especially considering none of this content looks like something you'd be penalized in any way for missing.

Blastoise4058d ago

Charged(?) DLC 2 days after release? Yeah, put it in the game.

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PS Vita Exclusives Freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice to Have Servers Shuttered

Sammy: "Two high-profile PS Vita exclusives, Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice, will have their servers deactivated on 24th December, 2021. Both titles, published by Sony in response to its loss of Monster Hunter exclusivity, were built around co-operative play, and maintained relatively dedicated communities to this day."

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Rangerman1208873d ago (Edited 873d ago )

Oreshika is also getting it servers shut down too. Big shame for these games. Honestly some of Vita's gems.

Snookies12873d ago

I'm surprised these were even still up! Loved the Vita though, had some great times with that handheld.

XxSPIDEYxX873d ago

These games deserve sequels or remakes. It was Soul Sacrifice that even got me into Monster Hunter.

Rangerman1208873d ago (Edited 873d ago )

Honestly surprised they never got ported to the ps4 or even PC. Since Sony won't give the vita another shot, wht not make a Vita collection? Could have Soul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, KZ Mercs, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Murasaki Baby, etc. As a way to conmemorate the Vita.

CDbiggen872d ago

Freedom wars servers are still up? Holy shit.

jimbo6597872d ago

This why you never should have achievements/trophies locked to online only features.

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It's a lonely but fun place - Top 10 PlayStation Games Stranded on Vita Island

"When PlayStation Vita released in 2012, expectations were high as Sony's previous handheld (PSP) was quite successful even if it could never quite match with Nintendo's handheld juggernauts." - Tyler Hall from Video Chums

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ZaWarudo2012d ago

Soul Sacrifice seriously needs another entry.

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Fist4achin2012d ago

I would have added Killzone Mercenaries to the list. Overall, good list.

Lexreborn22012d ago

It’s not stranded until 2019, if people really wanted to get some great experiences out the way then they’d buy it. But there are so many stubborn people that made their mind up that won’t happen.

You can go on eBay, OfferUp it any social market place and get one from 70-120 WITH memory card and the games are dirt cheap. But I bet people feel like buying their 5th 3DS for 200 plus because of its color is better then checking out great games.

I guess it’s not always about the games

execution172012d ago

I could just never find one after I got a stable income, could find games all over the place though

rainslacker2012d ago (Edited 2012d ago )

Quite a few of the games aren't dirt cheap. Guess it depends on what you like though. The Japanese anime games tend to hold their value quite well.

One can get digital games pretty cheap a lot of the time, and if they were smart, they'd have added all those vita games on PS+ over the years, and have quite an impressive backlog when they get their system.

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How Sony & Third Parties Attempted to Capitalize on Monster Hunter's Absence on PSV

VGChartz: “While the PSP definitely got off to a flying start in terms of sales thanks to the promise of console quality gaming on the go, things took a downturn in the following years due to a variety of factors including increasing competition from the DS & phones, and a lack of quality exclusives. In Japan, one franchise injected new life into the little handheld turning it from a decent seller into the must-have machine in the country - this was, of course, Monster Hunter.

Capcom's co-operative action-adventure series was born on the PS2 but found a much better audience on the PSP, where local ad-hoc play became somewhat of a phenomenon in the country. Each successive release sold better than the previous entry, culminating in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd clearing nearly 5 million copies. The stage was all set for the franchise to make the jump to Sony's new handheld in 2011, but in a surprise piece of news it was announced the series would instead be transitioning to Nintendo's new 3DS handheld.

With the audience still very much interested in buying a true next-gen successor on the Vita despite the hardware shift, other companies stepped in to attempt to plug the gap in the market, leading to a large variety of imitator franchises on the Vita. It's these series I'm intending to examine in this article - what they are (including many that actually pre-dated Monster Hunter or appeared alongside it on PSP), how many entries Vita saw, how well they sold, and how well they succeeded at providing a co-operative hunting experience.”

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Movefasta19932152d ago

Lol i remember soul sacrifice, i remember when people hyped it up to be the next monster esque game, it was fun for a while but it didn't do it for me.

Jaypi032151d ago

Honestly, story wise, I enjoyed it more than Monster Hunter, but it's comparing apples to oranges really.

Movefasta19932151d ago (Edited 2151d ago )

I don't play monster hunter for story, honestly the monster games have terrible stories but I still love them. I couldn't stand the bland environments in soul sacrifice and having to regenerate the abilities.

TheGamez1002152d ago

Freedom wars, God eater, Toukiden, and soul sacrifice I loved. Well the single player stories that is which is the one thing the mh games lacked to me. Very underrated games.

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InKnight7s2151d ago

wow wow stop there lack of quality exclusives? Crisis Core FFVII, Dissidia, Dissidia 012, The 3rd Birthday, KH BBS, Type 0, other SE games, 2 GOW games, DW games, MGS Peace Walker, Dragon Ball Tag Tenkaichi (best DB on the go ever), tons of best anime games including Yu Gi Oh GX, Gundam, HxH, Naruto and so more, Megan Man X, Gran Turismo, 2 GTA games, without mentioning other PS exclusives and MH. PSP main issue was the HACK, without hacking I assume psp games would had sold much better. best portable device ever. with ton of PS1 classics.

Chaos_Order2151d ago

I actually thought Freedom Wars was excellent. Loved the setting, loved the combat, in some aspects I think it beats even Monster Hunter World. (Although MH's scale, scope and depth makes it better overall) I'd love to see a sequel or spiritual successor.