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Puppeteer Review | IGN

IGN - I often play games while my girlfriend is somewhere in the apartment, completely disinterested in what I'm doing. She's just not a gamer, and when it comes to sitting down and playing, she typically leaves me to my own devices. But Puppeteer is the first game I can recall that captured and held both of our attention almost from the start. It’s such a charming and creative platformer, with a delightfully playful style to it, that she declared it “my favorite game I’ve seen you play.”

Sarobi4306d ago

This is something I've had my eye on since the day they announced it. I can't wait to try it out.

abzdine4306d ago

"Whimsical and charming, Puppeteer is an important piece of the puzzle in PlayStation 3’s ongoing swan song."

enough said!

Maddens Raiders4306d ago (Edited 4306d ago )

Puppeteer is getting great reviews. Glad to see the PS3 going out like a true champ. Classy.

ZodTheRipper4305d ago (Edited 4305d ago )

Already preordered =)
I think such kind of games should be supported by the community so that we don't get overwhelmed by yearly releases, Freemium-Games or micro transactions in the future ...

miyamoto4305d ago

This game blows Mario out of the water when it comes to originality, creativity and presentation.

The question is why Sony did not advertise this as the Mario killer?

Opportunity wasted?

badz1494305d ago

my god...time flies when you don't have enough free out of them! just finished TLoU couple of days ago and just got my hands on KZ:M today and started playing! can't believe that this is coming out next week? been anticipating this for so long now. omg omg omg...can't wait!

miyamoto4303d ago

pre-ordered this baby with a free wall paper
yeah i still am not done with Dragon's Crown and Puppeteer is upon us
can't wait to cut cut cut away!

Acquiescence4306d ago

from the moment it was unveiled at Gamescom last year. Now to play the waiting game a little longer.

delicia4306d ago

Was it a year ago? Wow.
Yeah, September is all about the waiting game (with Puppeteer, GTAV, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5, and still many others that got pushed to October like Beyond: Two Souls. Not to mention Amnesia!).

Lucreto4306d ago

He praises the game but only gives it a 8.5. From reading it I was expecting a 9 or 9.5.

I know I am moaning over .5 of a point but I don't feel the review reflects the final score.

miyamoto4305d ago (Edited 4305d ago )

That is pretty much how these stupid reviewers do nowadays. most of them.
their scores do not reflect their reviews.

we need more critics and analysts and less stupid reviewers.

OT

Puppeteer is pure unmatched originality, creativity, freshness of a new IP, a labor of love between western and Japanese creative and collaborative minds!

This is why Sony is on the cutting edge of experimental games. They drive gaming forward unlike any other gaming company today.

I'd buy and play this game over any other this September.

Kurt Russell4306d ago

I've basically stopped watching IGN video reviews because of the damn lengthy trailer before it gets started...

Mr-SellJack4306d ago

and people will continue to buy the same games

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Sony's Licensing Strategy May Be the Best Route to Reviving Some of PlayStation's Lost Classics

Sammy: "It’s sad that PlayStation has moved on from some of these iconic brands, but it would be worse watching them rot. At least with this licensing strategy, there’s a legitimate opportunity for more great franchises to get a second chance. And if they sell really well, there’s always the chance Sony may decide to bring them back."

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darthv7284d ago

Love this idea. Let other companies release reboots of these classics to a wider audience. Everyone wins.

Eonjay83d ago

It's what most IP holders do.

jznrpg84d ago

Remaster Puppeteer. It looked great on PS3 but it would be nice to have on PS5 with fast loading and some sort of 4k

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Top 7 Best PS3 Platformers

A little-known game Puppeteer is on this list for the best PS3 platformers.

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gamerz117d ago

Little Big Planet, lol. No.

paddy95117d ago

LBP3 and rayman legends are the best here.

jznrpg116d ago

Puppeteer is really good. Nobody played it because it came out right before PS4 came out. When I went to pick up Puppeteer from GameStop some people were trading in their old consoles for PS4 preorder.

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Sony Japan Studio Closed Because AA Market 'Disappeared', Says Shu Yoshida

No place for Puppeteer, Gravity Rush

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Goodguy01121d ago

Man I'd love to see GR3. Unfortunately Somy didn't do well to advertise these games and AAA gaming is what most gamers preferred.

This gen has been different, indies and smaller games are what people absolutely love now so I wonder how these games would do if they were to release now. These games would also need a PC release.

Cacabunga119d ago (Edited 119d ago )

GR2 was nice but i don’t think it’s made for a home console. It played like a dream on vita. Same for tearaway. Ps4 version was boring but vita was glorious.
Japan studio made amazing titles for everyone. Call them AA if you like but they can work on jrpg reboots and sequel of bloodborne. Maybe even let them remake old gems even from other developers. I don’t think a partnership with SNK to develop Koudelka remake will be unnoticed. But bad management is where it’s at. AA disappeared but let’s invest everything in gaas

Knushwood Butt119d ago

GR2 was never on Vita, oddly, but yes, the fist game was best on Vita and the gyro controls really suited the game and worked well too. Vita had a ton of tech built into it.

I platted GR1 on Vita and PS4.
I couldn't play GR2 more than a couple of hours. Bought it day 1. Still have it. Tried twice but just couldn't get into it.

isarai121d ago

I mean can you really say it closed when 90% of the staff is at Asobi Games which was originally a team in Japan Studio?

blackblades120d ago

Don't try to spin it the studio is no mo end of story

pwnmaster3000120d ago

I mean he has a point.
I get it the studio is gone but what makes the studio, the people who works there.

For example people say BioWare is not BioWare no more because the people who made BioWare left.
Team Asobi may not be named studio Japan no more but if 90% of the workers is from studio Japan then it’s damn near the same and they still in Japan.

isarai120d ago (Edited 120d ago )

Not trying to spin it, that's literally the facts, Asobi absorbed Japan studio, and a small portion left but most of the Japan studio staff are still there 🤨. They're certainly taking a different direction that Japan studio but it's still the same people in the same office working for the same publisher 🤷‍♂️

Hell even the DNA is the same. Astrobot shares a lot in common with how it feels and controls with games like puppeteer and knack

blackblades120d ago

Saying that is like saying they gonna be making gravity rush 3 which is a no. The studio itself is gone the workers that went to asobi isnt gonna be making the same games

isarai120d ago

Wtf are you going on about, no one said any of that, why you makin sh!t up just to argue? 🤣

Scissorman119d ago

that's a bit of poor argument. i mean look at naughty dog. they don't make crash, jak & daxter , or uncharted games anymore either.

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jznrpg120d ago

Bring Puppeteer to PS5 please! Love that game. Gravity Rush collection would be ice as well.

isarai120d ago

I've been shouting that games underrated nature for so long. I honestly think it has more unique charm and heart than astrobot, and if people rediscovered it they would really see Japan studio has always been a special studio

jznrpg119d ago

All the different heads and abilities were awesome. The aesthetic was awesome. The level design was so much fun. It is the true meaning of underrated, sadly.

Melankolis120d ago

Understandable. Adult gamers, while still having interest in AA gaming, have so little time that they choose to play AAA instead. Indie too, being fun and cheap, who could resist? they are too, time-consuming.

Eonjay120d ago

I think your on to something but for me it feels different. For one, even AAA games can get too time consuming. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is gigantic. Some would say obsessively so. It's quite an achievement simply due to the amount t of content. I definitely have less time for games now and the problem is that there is so much to play. I don't even get to half of the AAA games I want to play.

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