They often say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and it's never been more evident than the current-gen era. Countless console shooters continue to follow the Halo model while dozens of MMO developers compete to create the next World of Warcraft, often times with sub-par results. Sometimes though, the stars will align and a title will improve on its predecessor. Gears of War took the Kill/Switch aiming system and ran with it while Splinter Cell managed to recreate the intense stealth action found in the Metal Gear Series. In saying this, there is one title in particular staring Sony right in the face that could mean an immediate pay-day: Super Smash Brothers.
It's no secret, Sony followers would bend over backwards for a title that pays fan service to their favorite PS characters. Sony, who has been a main player in the home console world for the past fourteen years, has had their share of memorable characters appear on all three of their respective systems. If done correctly, a quality fighting title featuring all of the Playstation's most memorable characters, from Kratos to Parappa, would undoubtedly be an immediate hit. Granted, many of the characters who gained notoriety on the Playstation platform are now owned by others companies and have since gone multiplatform, so it narrows down the list quite a bit. In the meantime, here is ReelGamers' choice for the Sony Smash Brothers roster:
1. Kratos (God of War)
2. Sly (Sly Cooper Series)
3. Monkey (Ape Escape)
4. Ico (Ico)
5. Rico (Killzone)
(Roster continued after the jump...)
-ReelGamers.com
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With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?
Not clicking on your article otherwise.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
Lame, but it goes hand and foot with sony's new direction for their WWS.
Copy the competition to the T. Let's make queer motion controllers, copy franchise ideas and appeal to a fickle casual crowd who buys 1 or 2 games a year.
That's a hell of a good future you got on your hands Sony!
It just ain't gonna happen, it the Sony fanboy's ultimate dream. Mind you, if you had have asked me 5 years ago this idea, I would have said go for it xD
I dont think its gonna happen too but that a cool idea... but if they do so people will say that Sony copy nintendo and blah blah blah..
I hope if they do make something like that its gonna be better than super smash personally i didnt like it
THEIR LIST:
1. Kratos (God of War)
2. Sly (Sly Cooper Series)
3. Monkey (Ape Escape)
4. Ico (Ico)
5. Rico (Killzone)
6. Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil)
7. Ellen & Keats (Folklore)
8. Hale (Resistance)
9. Parappa (Parappa the Rappa)
10. Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet)
11. Toan (Dark Cloud)
12. Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet and Clank)
13. Jak & Daxter (Jak and Daxter)
14. Blasto (Blasto)
15. Vahn (Legend of Legaia)
16. Gabe Logan (Syphon Filter)
17. Robbit (Jumping Flash!)
18. Lenard (White Knight Chronicles [Jeez, think of the Super Smash!])
19. Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
20. Rau Utu (The Mark of Kri)
21. Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
22. Jen (Primal)
23. US Navy Seal (SOCOM)
24. Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
25. LocoRocos (Locoroco)
26. Lead Character (InFamous)
27. Togera (War of the Monsters)
28. Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)
29. Kai (Heavenly Sword)
30. Parappa & Um Jamma Lammy (Parappa the Rappa)
31. Patapons (Patapon)
32. Yaggi (CoolBoarders)
33. Lemming (Lemmings)
34. Mannequin (Echochrome)
35. Lammy (Un Jammer Lammy)
Isn't Legend of Dragoon a Sony property? They have some cool Fire Emblem type "clones" that could add to the game.
Also, if Level 5 and NIS properties are technically Sony's, you could use so many characters from those games too. Rogue Galaxy, Dragon's Quest 8, Disgaea (1+2) and especially Makai Kingdom have tons of great characters for a SSB type game.
1: ratchet and clank
2: jak and daxtor
3: some ps1 characters
4: kratos
5: snake
6: rayman
7: thats whats on my mind now!
@Luca Blight
damn wat a list!! u completely destroyed my list but i think u just added all playstation games characters!!! thats a lot, and for a game to be good it needs to put only the famous characters!