Insomniac's Narrative Director explains that keeping Harry as Venom would mean more dramatic influence on Spider-Man 2's story.
With so many PS5 exclusives to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming to pick which one to play. This is especially true for a new PlayStation gamer who has yet to experience the wonder of PlayStation-exclusive storytelling. So, here's KnowTechie's take on the best PS5 exclusives in 2024 and beyond
PlayStation is killing it with the exclusives this year. Exclusive wise, what has xbox released this year?
They won't complain about Microsoft not releasing games here but put all their effort into saying that only first party counts. Games like Rebirth and Grandblue Relink don't count. Games published by Sony like Helldivers 2, Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin don't count because Sony don't own the studios.
It's some narrative building so for when Hellblade 2 come out they can say, seemingly without shame, that Microsoft is actually releasing first party games this year. And claim victory.🙃
Weird 1st party games didn't matter when Xbox had so little, but, now they're important again? Guess Ark 3, Stalker 2 don't count any more?
ARK 3 doesn't exist and it's just a timed exclusive. It's also a game that a majority of the ARK player base doesn't want as it's a massive deviation from what people like about the original game
Honestly to me it doesn’t matter what they say, they are just finally getting a chance to say all the things PS fan(boy)s were saying to them for the past few years. Let them get that, they deserve a “win” for a change.
The new narrative is that suddenly first party games matter again when awhile ago they didn’t, but that was because they were struggling with the same three games with the occasional fourth or fifth. That games should be everywhere on all platforms since that’s whats happening to theirs. The consoles don’t matter just the ability to play anywhere. Whatever Xbox is doing Sony will soon follow.
They’re not moving the goalpost anymore, but rather just moving the whole damn stadium.
Only a incel would care about who published what and who owns who.
If it’s not on the other consoles it’s an exclusive.
Killing what? Where are the 1st party games??
Stellar Blade and FF7 is what I’m seeing this year.. so shallow!!!!
Doesn't really matter as long as they're great games. Baffles me why people put an emphasis on 1st party. They're still games you can't play anywhere else this year
Andy
PS brand is my favorite because of their stellar first party software.. currently I see absolutely nothing to go crazy for..
Nonsense.
PS1 and PS2 was built on great third party exclusives like FF, MGS, GTA & Tekken.
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Of course I love the games I’ve played from PS but I don’t believe we need to limit it to ‘exclusive’ to acknowledge that Xbox will be releasing some good games this year also. In that same vein, I believe that Xbox diehards shouldn’t limit their acknowledgment of good PS games to 1st party. There are plenty of good games to go around for everybody.
This is a Playstation article about Playstation games and your comment is about Xbox. Can't you just celebrate what PS has without dragging this into console war BS?
I don’t think Microsoft is releasing games exclusively on Xbox anymore. They have some timed exclusives that release on Xbox first.
Returnal, Astro Bot, and Ratchet made having it since day one worth it.
GT7 free updates and Spiderman 2 and others at 60fps have made this last year more than okay.
But yeah, it’s been dry lately. BG3 and third party have made great filler, but we ready for that SOCOM or Killzone announcement and some more 1st party goodness. Crossing fingers for Ghost of Tsushima 2 announcement this summer.
Didn’t know Helldivers was exclusive! Wtf is going on at Xbox that they can’t get these games, series s strikes again.
Sony owns the Helldivers IP. The first was a PS3/Vita/PC game. It was never an Xbox game that they could ‘get’ a decade ago. I’m not sure what the upset is with Xbox here
Looks like they are on par with the previous gens. Solid games all around. Interestingly enough, we can't say they released a bad game yet this gen. Unlike the Quiet Man dustup.
Replies(2)I actually do not mind if Marathon releases on multiple platforms . I just wish that Marathon has a dedicated single player campaign.
The new Spider-Man 2 update adds multiple long-awaited features, but the improvements to this suit are worth swinging back into it alone.
It’s funny cuz they always made Tobey’s lines silver in the old PS2 games too. It’s nice they finally corrected it
I'm probably in the minority but the Raimi Spidey movies have aged so poorly and are BRUTAL to rewatch. Just an unpleasant, cringe-fest with mostly horrible casting. Tobey and Kristen suck so much.
You're most def in the minority. Yeah. Aside from some boneheaded decisions, like having a mask on Willem Dafoe or shoehorning Venom in the Third one, those movies are far more enjoyable and honest than the new Marvel's Spider-Man movies.
As for Tobey and Kristen, they both help ground the characters and make them more relatable and human than the new Disneyfied versions. It's no secret as to why the best parts of the Disney Spider-Man movies are the ones with the characters from the original Trilogy; Dafoe, Tobey and Molina.
The original trilogy is indeed not perfect, but they still have heart and feel like the people behind them actually cared about the property whereas the new version feels like brain numbing been-there-done-that by the numbers Disney affair.
But to each their own.
I love 1 and 2. Haven't watched the new movies (or really any Marvel movies of the last 10+ years, lol).
When I rewatch amazing Spider-Man it feels like the drama parts could have been their own movie with only glimpses of him being spiderman. Disney spiderman has no real emotion outside of the ending of the last one.
Yea, Part 3 hasn't aged well, but Part 1 & 2 are still good watches. I really, really liked how they did Sandman in Part 3, it's just a shame that its Venom sucked and pushed Sandman more to the side.
To each their own is something most people don’t understand. I loved the Tobey movies but disliked the Amazing movies, but it’s all about taste and it’s good that people don’t all have the same tastes
From gloopy tendrils to his sinister voice, Spider-Man 2 PS5 developers reveal the long and terrifying process of bringing Venom to life.
I understand what they were going for but I personally still didn’t care for it, I’d have liked something more to the comics as I don’t feel Eddie has ever had justice with his comic book roots.
The whole thing with Harry turning just felt like a rehash of Peter fighting someone close to him in the last game, Doc Ock.
Also the games issue is it’s not only splitting time between Kraven and Venom they are splitting time between Peter and Miles which means less time overall for all of them
I kind of wish it was just a Peter focused game so they could have focused more on that relationship with Harry but because you’re jumping to Miles with his story beats you don’t get to see much of them. Then you have MJ’s drama with her job at the Bugle.
Seeing as they want to keep continuing the spiderman games and even a venom game, they can always use eddie later.
I actually thought this angle was better. I know it breaks tradition and completely erases a character, but the way Harry needed it, Peter didn't want to give it back, and then telling Harry it has to be killed worked better than an angry sort of co-worker hating Spider-Man and getting the symbiote.
I think you get a lot more dramatic and emotional depth with how they used this friendship angle. Plus, they still can do Hobgoblin and Eddie could still show up and take Venom. So, it's not like things are drastically altered yet.
I haven't read the comics so I don't have too much attached to Eddie Brock as a character, but I am loving everything they've done in Spider-Man 2.
Last night I got through to being near the end of the story. Peter's normal again, we're looking for Venom, new "things" popped up in the city and are much more difficult than the usual enemies. This "Scream"ing fight that was amazing...
Game of the Year for me; the story is done so well and flows together, it's obvious they knew the story they wanted to tell.
I like a new twist on things