OPM: With the PS4 built for an online digital world and downloadable games becoming more and more prevalent, is the sun setting on boxed retail games? Let’s ask four of the Official PlayStation Magazine UK team what they think.
Golf With Your Friends gets better again, with the introduction of a Critical Hit DLC pack and the launch of Speed Golf.
A remake of MediEvil 2 may be getting shadow dropped at the rumored PlayStation Showcase or State of Play presentation in May, 2024.
What, I thought this was dead after Shawn Layden left Sony. I would definitely pick this up if it's true. I have such great memories of playing the MediEvil games on PS1 and I played the PS4 remake. Such a great and underrated series.
Agreed. The first remake was stylistically beautiful and a very noticeable improvement over the original in every regard. And it was reasonably priced and sustainably developed (i.e. not some mega big budget game that was do or die for the developer).
If you played the original print I can see your annoyance. I didn’t and probably a lot others the past 20 years.
Was it any good? Would you suggest playing the original print of 2, or suggest the remake? Just wondering because I didn’t play the originals as I had an n64 at the time
I played the first remake and absolutely loved it. The quality of life and control improvements were very noticeable. I tried playing the PS1 original and gave up halfway through at the janky controls.
Expect the same for part 2. The PS1 version is janky as heck, but I would gobble up an improved remake day one.
The beauty of this kind of stuff is that I find myself enjoying more retro gaming today, so a relatively low budget classic remake (call it a single-A release) is exactly what is missing from first party releases in the modern age. I don’t want every game to be an unsustainable AAAA endeavor that is just overwhelming in every regard. Truly miss when game releases could be modest-sized surprises and still be commercially successful/viable.
Bring on more quality classic remakes!
I can see your frustration and mostly agree, but modern remakes of games lost eras ago are fine if you ask me.
I don't know how old you are, but I was a kid when the first Medievil came out. It's really for a new generation of gamers more than anything and the industry is at a point now where there is an insane number of current gamers who missed out on those classics.
If we're talking about remakes of The Last of Us or remasters of GTAV, I'm in agreement. Otherwise, the choice to remake games like Final Fantasy VII, Medievil, Parappa, etc. are fair to me. Even PS2 era games being remade would be welcome to me. Often, the tech updates make it worth it.
Such a good series I also wish Sony would dust off Wild Arms and Legend of Dargoon even the Legend series needs to see the light again.
My bets on new Socom and/or Wolverine (since Deadpool 3 is dropping in the summer).
I think one after this state of play will be PS5 pro preorder
"The Vancouver-based (Canada) indie games developer Red Hook Studios are today very happy and excited to announce that their roguelike /strategy/RPG “Darkest Dungeon II”, is coming to Playstation consoles (PS5 and PS4) via PSN on July 15th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
I personally didn't enjoy 2 as much as I did 1. Actually didn't even finish it.
I do praise that they didn't just carbon copy the 1st game and added more of everything, but I think that during the process a lot of what made Darkest Dungeon appealing to put a ton of hours in, was lost.
The new mode does look cool and I will definitely jump back into it and try it out.
Maybe. Because if new consoles are released in five years, I don't believe we'll be ready for the all-digital future just yet.
But if they're released in 8yrs, like this current gen, then yes, we'll be ready to go all the way.
I know people say "digital games are the future" and that retail copies will die away, but it won't, no matter how advanced technology gets. There will always be a customer who wants to buy physical, and unlike a CD or movie which are $20 or less, games are expensive, and many people like getting a physical thing for their $60 investment. People bring up Steam all the time to "prove" digital is the future but the reality is that most Steam users wait for the sales and buy games when they're $40 or less.
Heck, iPod and iTunes came out HOW many years ago? And you can still buy CDs. Most albums even come out on vinyl too nowadays, if you can believe it.
They can't make digital the future right now on consoles because the big 3 depend on retail stores to sell their hardware...That's why digital prices on console aren't cheaper so most opt for disc...I bet most gamers wouldn't mind buying new games from PSN/XBL/E-Shop if they were cheaper compared to retail shops...I'm going to buy some digital releases on consoles when not in the mood for travel or waiting for my game to be delivered via mail.
I doubt it.
Nah they won't look at places like Africa and Brazil where the internet infrasturucture doesn't have the investment etc-sony still sells ALOT of console in these places often years after their release. MS might have been happy to eliminate these markets but Sony said no digital only for foreseeable future-next gen is something they will already have a few guys working on and by Xmas 2014 I'm sure they will be well underway with ps5 plans etc. So no physical media isn't going anywhere.