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"We might have overachieved, to be honest": The making of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

The original Naughty Dog team look back at Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy as it turns 20

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Sonic-and-Crash1565d ago (Edited 1565d ago )

i miss that old ND with their animated comedy tone of their games (ala looney toones ) ...Uncharted in a way retained that humor and color in the games ...while LoUS turned to be completely dark and serious that imo was unfitting for the company ..

Yes i liked (like everyone else) LoUS1 and bit less LoUS2, though i didnt like the 180 degree turn ND made after Uncharted 3 generally speaking, Crash and Jak s adult type of comedy animation in combination with quality platforming in beautiful worlds is absent from todays Gaming

Amplitude1565d ago

I'm sort of expecting the new Ratchet game to take a more "original trilogy/deadlocked" tone rather than a "2016 reboot" tone. I really hope so.

Then we'll pretty much have what you're asking for :p

LucasRuinedChildhood1565d ago (Edited 1565d ago )

None of what they've shown gives off the vibe of the original trilogy to me, tbh. It looks more like a return to the Future series - a spiritual sequel to A Crack In Time with a focus on dimension shifting instead of time travel. The pirates from A Quest For Booty briefly appeared in a dimension jump as well.

R&C 2016's biggest problem was that it inherited so much cutscenes and writing from the movie, tbh. The Future games had solid storytelling and a decent sense of humour so I think you'll still really enjoy Rift Apart. I know a lot of people want a full return to the OT's writing though.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Amplitude1565d ago (Edited 1565d ago )

@LucasRuinedChildhood

Eh I just mean the humour. That E10+ rating has my hopes up lol. As far as the reboot goes: I still platinumed it but it had a lot of awfulness lol. I could go on about it for hours about how they ruined the character arc and the friendship and made all the characters one-dimensional and the awful ending re-write but lets skip that lol. They shoulda made a new game+movie with a new story instead of butchering a major series' origin story imo

But yeah gameplay is totally Future which is a good thing I think. The Future series was amazing

They got rid of the guy that did the music for the reboot and All 4 One thank god. I just replayed through the hd collection of ps2 games and the soundtracks on them all is just so good. Hope that dude comes back

I'm happy no matter what though lol - so happy this series has survived as long as it has

EmperorDalek1565d ago

Still my favourite Naughty Dog game. It's a shame they released a PS2 port instead of the PS3 remaster on PS4.

Kabaneri1565d ago

Kinda wish another studio would reboot this series, it had a really cool universe.

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Rematch is "chasing credibility" but not realism like rival EA FC

Pocket Tactics sits down with Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, to discuss why Sloclap moved away from Sifu to chase something new.

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Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation in the Netherlands has filed a class action against Sony for inflating PlayStation Store prices.

dveio20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

My personal opinion:

Manufacturers and publishers have indeed inflated the industry.

From $700 million development costs for games like Call of Duty, to digital (store) prices for games and DLCs, online multiplayer fees on consoles (why can you play Helldivers 2 online for free on PC but not consoles?) or still preventing sell/lend digitally purchased games.

Sometime in the future, this bubble will collapse.

They should know better, but they just can't help themselves and suck even the last penny out of our wallets.

BeHunted18h ago

Because Sony knows people will be forced to pay those prices for single player and multiplayer games, not everyone prefers PC gaming. Sony also has a monopoly on PlayStation digital games. In 2019, they stopped allowing retailers and game key sellers to sell PlayStation digital games, making them available only through the official PlayStation Store

anast20h ago

The Dutch gov. wants a piece of the pie.

Eonjay19h ago

They should be suing the individual publishers increasing the prices to $80 instead of suing the store. There are plenty of publishers still selling game for like $50 with much success (like E33). But this proves that the publishers are the ones setting the prices.... so again nothing changes because they aren't even going after the main offender. How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD? Sony being the number one store in the market doesn't mean that publisher have to charge us an arm and a leg. Again the industry is laughing at us because consumers never get real representation. Just these fake platitudes that are meaningless.

BeHunted18h ago

"How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD"

Because Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, I can purchase Call of Duty at a huge discount from CDKeys or other gaming retailers. The only way to purchase digital PlayStation games is through the PlayStation Store.

djl348516h ago

Weird, I swore GoW, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, TLoU, etc. were on the steam store....uh.....

BeHunted13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

@djI3485

I'm talking about PlayStation games that you can only purchase on PlayStation. I can purchase Steam and Epic games from 3rd party retailers and key stores.

"Sony to stop selling full-game download codes at retailers"

https://www.videogamer.com/...

Killer2020UK18h ago

About time. There is zero fair reason why digitally distributed products that you cannot recoup any value when you want to dispose of them, should be priced higher than that of physical copies that entail all of the costs and the benefits of owning.

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Cancelled Batman Game Featuring Damian Wayne Character Designs Surface

"Project Sabbath" was a cancelled Batman game by WB Games Montreal where Damien Wayne was set to take on the mantle of the Bat.

Terry_B2d ago

Its time Damian ...and his mother too & how his son came to be will be a big part in a background story of a Batman movie, series or game.

-Foxtrot2d ago

I'd have rather seen Terry than Damian especially to see what they could have done with Terry in the Arkhamverse

excaliburps1d 2h ago

No, WB doesn't want anything fun since suits want live service garbage for max revenue. LOL!

Shame. If we are getting any Batman games like these, it'll be years away.

LordStig15h ago

YES! make an Arkham game with Terry as Batman and call it Batman Beyond Arkham.

Babadook722h ago

Not to be confused with Damon Wayans.

jznrpg22h ago

I’m not a big superhero fan but I do enjoy the Batman and SpiderMan games. Too bad this one got cancelled. WB has been mostly shite live service.

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