Planet Ivy: The current generation of console video games is certainly impressive. New games boast lifelike graphics, innovative gameplay and some of the most inventive narratives of any modern medium. With Sony’s announcement of its next-generation console, the PS4, these standards are set to soar ever higher. This rise in quality will come with an inevitable hike in costs as well, forcing us to reconsider whether games really do offer value for money.
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
"The Singapore-based indie games publisher Spiral Up Games and Qingdao/Shandong-based (China) indie games developer Aluba Studio, today announced with great happiness and excitement that their hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"The Berlin-based (Germany) indie games developer Tarock Interactive today announced with great delight and happiness that their open-world survival/crafting game "Lost Legions", is now currenly in development for PC." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
I can name on one hand the games I've bought in the last two years which weren't worth the money-games are at a very high quality right now
Depends on the amount of content offered.
For example are short linear SP campaigns like Uncharted, God of war etc etc worth the full price tag when they can be completed in a weekend?
I don't think so, they don't offer as much playtime as other games I play so they are not worth the full price.
nope most games are just like this now
Agree with Zha1tan above. If its a game like RDR, LBP or GT 5 all of which have good challenges to complete and can last 6 months then yeah, charge me £40 for it.
As much as i love GOW, and i'm just starting the single player for Ascension, i know i will be done with it in a few weeks. As good as the experience will be, its not value for money compared to the games which can last 6 months or have endless replayable value.
Over £80 for COD and all the map packs/season pass, as much as this game has replayablity, is a complete joke.
Its a fine balance, and not many companies get it right consistantly. I doff my cap to Rockstar on this front. I cant remember the last rockstar game i played where i felt short changed. RDR, the batman games, LA Noir all good value for money.
Last gen games gave us value for our money. Can't say the same about this gen for most games.