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Goodbye Demon's Souls

Demon’s Souls does the most insidious thing ever seen a video game does to a player. After the credits finished rolling, Demon’s Souls takes you straight back to the beginning of the game as if nothing had happened.

-Alpha4947d ago

I was only frustrated when I rolled to my death. Sometimes I did not intend to roll, sometimes I rolled the wrong way.

But I never really got angry. The most difficult part was the very beginning yet I totally loved the game for it.

My biggest problem I had was that it felt like it got easier as I played. Last boss was a major letdown and as I got stronger the game got easier and I was less fearful.

Really hope Dark Souls fixes that and keeps the insane difficulty throughout

Dir_en_grey4947d ago (Edited 4947d ago )

I guess you didn't get the ending and the title of this game?
Everything, was intentional. That's why this game is so great.

malamdra4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

Demon's Souls is undoubtedly on the top five this generation along with Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 and Oblivion

jeseth4946d ago

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 right now and I feel like the story is all over the place. I was maybe expecting more I don't know...

The game is still great but top 5 this gen . . . I don't know. I think I like DA : Origins more than ME2. Maybe its just a matter of taste.

RXL4947d ago (Edited 4947d ago )

the difficulty actually goes up 50 percent after you beat it the first time..and something like 15 percent each subsequent time..

soooooo..yea..

obviously if you keep soul grinding it'll make it a bit easier..

but there was nothing wrong with demons souls imo..

the last boss was more of a poetic finish than anything..

you slayed mountain sized dragons and destroyed giants..

great game...has it's tiny flaws but what game doesn't?..

iv beaten the game five times and i STILL love playing it..

JAMurida4947d ago

"the difficulty actually goes up 50 percent after you beat it the first time..and something like 15 percent each subsequent time.."

I thought it only got harder when you entered a world on Pure black ten? Or is this something I never was aware of???

OT: Best thing about is people will STILL play the game even after the servers go down. But I will miss watching how people died to mobs, lol.

despair4947d ago

@JAMurida

He's talking about New Game + being 50% harder than the normal game and New game ++ and the future ones being 15% harder than the last.

RedDead4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

You shouldn't have to look toward a replay for an RPG to get harder. The games difficulty is not consistant. Now I LOVE this game but come on..it ain't perfect.

Iroquois, we don't choose to play it on a particular world tendency do we? It's good they're getting rid of it for Dark souls. The difficulty will be consistant

The_Nameless_One4946d ago

Game+ goes up by 40% then after that it goes up by 8% every time you finish the game.

JoySticksFTW4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

Demon's Souls last boss battle was to show how absolutely pathetic King Allent has become.

Heck, I think he even says that he wants life to end and people are foolish for wanting it to go on.

It's supposed to show you how ridiculously powerful you have become -- just like Saint Astrea's sacrifice when she basically says "I can't beat you, so I won't even try. Take my soul, bast@rd..."

And with this power you can save the world or become the Old One's new champion.

The last boss can't do it anymore, because he became a greedy, dependent, souls-eating, crack addict.

And yes, you can make this game artificially easy -- through tactics and soul grinding.

Magic owns in this game.

Archery when in Hyper mode can be devastating. I'm a stealth guy.

Melee without glitching or soul-grinding though, ramps up the difficulty considerably, especially in your first New Game + when you find out just how hard enemies hit.

Eventually, you're only wearing armor for looks or none at all because it won't stop you from getting one or two-shotted, and you'll need to rely on dodging, parrying, and tactics.

unkn0wn4946d ago

Finally someone who gets Demon's Souls ending. It wasn't meant to be the end all be all of boss battles, it was more of a status event. FYI, I played the whole game as melee, no spells, no healing, no archery bullcrap. I even beat ALL of the black phantoms melee. The armor is still EXTREMELY important, you have to find the perfect combination of defense and light weight so you can still dodge roll effectively. Anyone who thinks armor was useless in NG+ was apparently not playing the same game I was. I played DS more than anyone I've ever known, I beat the game 10 times on my melee character and six on my spellcaster. Anyone who complains about how the game isn't perfect or the mechanics were off clearly are making excuses for their lack of ability. I put more hours into this game than any other, and I can honestly say that *nearly* everything about this game was perfected.

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Iroquois_Pliskin4947d ago

Your sir have played the game on white world tedency...
Please play it on Black world tendency, then you'll see where the true Demon's souls start.

The_Nameless_One4946d ago

Ohh yeah. Satuski on PBWT is a bag O' Fun. LOL

flyingmunky4946d ago

Yea any of the Black phantom versions of the npcs were friggin redonkulus difficult. For the ones I could I did the clever rat/morion blade archery trick so I didn't get owned.

DarkSpawnClone4946d ago

Black world tendency was alot of fun imo i wish it stayed on Black world tendency every holloween i play demon souls for it,it's alot more fun then white better item drops and it was alot of challenging & fun,i really can't wait for dark souls.

callahan094946d ago

The last boss was a let-down in what way? I thought he was incredibly challenging and not only because one of his attacks actually causes you to drop a soul level. Some of the other bosses were really, really difficult as well and only made "easy" because you could exploit glitches: The final boss with the ability to just stand behind the stairs and use the plague cloud on him, the flame lurker with the ability to get him stuck on the debris and shoot arrows or magic at him, the giant spider with the ability to stand at the back in the corner and not get hit at all while shooting projectiles at him, the plague monster in 5-1 that you could kill just by shooting arrows from the top of the platform and never get hit by him, the ability to shoot arrows through the fog and kill one of the two gargoyle things (forgot the name) before entering the fog in 3-2. All of the hardest bosses in the game were only made remotely un-frustrating when exploiting glitches like that. It was pretty great, though, in my opinion because if you wanted the challenge of fighting them the legit way, you could do that, but if you just wanted to move on, you could exploit those glitches and continue through the game without having to tear your own hair out. But for me, I killed all those bosses the way the designers intended without exploiting the glitches, and they were freaking HARD.

DarkSpawnClone4946d ago

"The last boss was a let-down in what way? I thought he was incredibly challenging and not only because one of his attacks actually causes you to drop a soul level."

i think every one was taking about the real king aliant or w.e when you meet him at the old one i was actually dissapointed to because i wanted to kick the old ones ass!!...old king doran was hard to fight imo more so then most of the bosses if you fight him with out useing Luring tactics ect,you're pretty much as good as dead.

zero_cool4946d ago

it's evenly paced game that requires lots of patient it's not a game flaw it's that you made a mistake & have to improve your skills & play through the game more cautiously.

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Achemki4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

The problem was it got easier? It actually statistically gets harder with every playthrough.

People learn to play smarter, or at least they should unlike the Bitmob guy who's raging. Doesn't mean the game gets easier, as it obviously didn't for him.

Subsequent playthroughs may seem easier because you know what to expect and how to exploit things like pure white world tendencies or by playing offline so you can't be invaded...but you can still die at any given time by any measly grunt or ambush.

For a first playthrough though, the swamp is toxic and brutal, the prison can be damning, the Maneaters are nasty and King Allant's last level with all his Joker clown guys and dragons is full of one hit deaths so I don't know what you're referring to as far as waning difficulty.

The last boss btw is actually the King Allant in the tower and without the poison exploit, the guy's a beast and can cause you to lose levels and stats. The final gimped old king allant in the old one was supposed to be gimped...because you already beat him and now have to make the choice of whether to take his place as the old one's new avatar or end it all. Not what I'd call a major letdown.

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Robearboy4947d ago

Demons souls - The only game ever to beat me, it made merealise that my patience isnt as strong as I thought and i get to get rid before I smashed the disc to oblivion

flyingmunky4947d ago

Oh good God! This guy cries us a river of frustration for this game. I'm sorry but a person isn't going to spend over 90 hours on a game that's not enjoyable unless that person is just a masochist.

By the time I beat the game for the first first time I had learned the ropes well enough that the 2nd play through was way easier. Also if your not willing to kill a few npcs your gear may suck. Even with subpar gear you can stay alive with friends. Co-op rocks on this game.

blahblah4946d ago

nah, if you haven't noticed... he played offline;) off course game will be the same if there is no people to mess up your strategy.

coop was nice, but invasions fucking rocked.

anyone saying that game is good or bad and not seeing "black phantom xxx has invaded your world" can't even appreciate this masterpiece. damn, i was scared shitless first time i saw that. tension when i saw that sentence didn't move off even at 1000+ hours. but then again, that tension couldn't compare with seeing "Invading xxx world". when i was invaded i at least knew the status. invading was pure blank slate.

without mp, ds would be just maybe good game. mp made it expand to marvel of its time.

Masterchef20074947d ago

What i really like about the game is that when you die it is almost always your fault. Unlike a certain game a played on the 360 called Ninja Gaiden 2 where there were parts where you died because of cheap deaths (rocket spammers).

Izanagi-no-Okami4947d ago

The Official game for masochists.

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All PS5 Pro Enhanced games listed - titles so far

Here is a look at all the confirmed PlayStation 5 Pro-enhanced game that are know of so far, featuring first-party games, and more.

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darthv7216d ago

Sadly... no bloodborne on that list. I feel it may never be.

darthv7216d ago

Reading more about PS5 Pro Game Boost... it wasn't what I initially thought it was. I was thinking it would be like FPS Boost but it is specifically for resolution, not performance.

"PS5 Pro Game Boost Explained

Like the PS4 Pro, the PS5 Pro will also include a "Game Boost" mode that retroactively enhances older games on the console. This applies to PS4 games as well, utilizing PSSR upscaling to boost image quality. PS5 Pro's Game Boost will apply to more than 8,500 backward-compatible PS4 games on the console, improving their resolution. The feature will also apply to PS VR2 games, as revealed in CNET's hands-on preview of the console."

https://www.mensjournal.com...

MrNinosan16d ago

But the blog writes:

"Other enhancements include PS5 Pro Game Boost, which can apply to more than 8,500 backward compatible PS4 games playable on PS5 Pro. This feature may stabilize or improve the performance of supported PS4 and PS5 games."

Stabilize or improve the performance is what I read as framerates?

Profchaos16d ago

Boost modes can not break a frame rate cap something like bloodborne van be brute forced to maintain 30fps but never go above.

Best example of this is fallout 4 on PS4 when it's boost mode was enabled on the pro the game ran much better and maintained its 30 cap whereas before it would stutter and struggle.

darthv7216d ago

^^ "supported" being the key word. So things would be status quo as they are for performance but resolution improvements looks to be across the board.

Cacabunga15d ago

PS4 Pro was promoting the not yet released heavy hitter games at that time, like God of War, Horizon, Days Gone and of course improving VR quality experience. It just made sense..

PS5pro is flexing using last gen titles. Absolute joke.
First time ever a Sony console is an easy pass for me.

fr0sty15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

PSSR can upscale both frame rate and resolution. Being that PSSR works on the game after the engine renders the image, there is no reason why it couldn't generate extra frames as well as more pixels before sending it to the display.

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BeRich23316d ago

They have to sell u a remaster first, and then a remake.

neutralgamer199216d ago

Did I read this right that some of the partners will release free updates so others might charge for it? This level of greed is getting absurd. Many games got paid next generation update so I guess now that’s a thing

northpaws16d ago

I think it was the same for PS4 Pro.

darthv7216d ago

I dont recall paying anything for an upgrade on the PS4 Pro. On PS5 I did buy into the Spider-man upgrade as well as Ghosts of Tsushima.

Tacoboto15d ago

There was never a PS4 Pro-Enhanced Premium Upgrade.

jznrpg16d ago

You make an assumption then get upset about the assumption. Just wait and see. So many people get upset so easily. Life is short try to enjoy it

neutralgamer199216d ago

No assumptions since Sony themselves said some partners meaning not all will release free updates. And we have already seen next generation updates cost money coming from PS4 to PS5

Yes you are right we should enjoy our hobby and I am not upset. Just really tired of all the greed that has entered this industry over the past 10-15 years. Just look at sports titles which have become mini casinos with all the micro transactions

Inverno16d ago

Gotta pay 10 bucks to enhance the 10 bucks you paid to enhance the 60 bucks you paid for a PS4 game. Whatchu wanna bet that this will lead up to a new 80 dollar price standard? Im almost entirely sure that GTA will be the game to set the higher price standard.

neutralgamer199216d ago

Oh yes that’s coming. You are being in the low end with $80. GTA6 could be the first game to do $99.99. Sell less make more. With budgets for games going to in 100’s of millions we will see the cost go higher. That’s just the sad reality. Way too many suits got involved with our hobby and realized this industry was making billions more than any other entertainment industry. And now it’s all about spreadsheets

Christopher16d ago

They can't dictate if they charge for it or not, sadly.

neutralgamer199216d ago

That’s true and whatever they know they charge for and get away with they will. This isn’t just about PlayStation that’s gaming in general

crazyCoconuts15d ago

@neutral - companies selling things to consumers that are willing to pay for them... Goes beyond gaming even

northpaws15d ago

Even if it is true, Sony has no right to dictate whether a third party would provide a update for free or not.

outsider162415d ago

Rdr2 comes to mind. So far Rockstar also hasn't releasedany 60fps patch. Are they gonna charge u for it i wonder?

rob-GP15d ago

I highly doubt you heard this, because its simply not true.

*If* you read or heard anything, it will have just been "some partners will release free updates that enable PS5 enhancements..." that's it. Then, you fabricated that if it's not free then it's a paid upgrade, when in reality they mean some will release patches and some won't - the same as last gen.

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Retroman16d ago

In my personal opinion
I see NOOOOOOOOOO difference in graphics comparing it to regular PS5 graphics...I'll pass until PS6

jwillj2k416d ago

Thats because youre watching a 1080p compressed video curtesy of youtube.

TheKingKratos15d ago

I watched in 4k and didn't see shit .. Even in their own video they needed to 200% zoom in to notice something different in a Fking Draw distance lmao 😂😂
Only for 700

Neonridr15d ago

frame rate aside, you aren't really going to see much visual improvements. Unless you are like Mark going nuts because the foliage in the distance is a little more rendered.

Eidolon15d ago

I think they compared games, with PSSR that looked better and ran at 60fps vs 30fps on base PS5.

jwillj2k415d ago

@ TheKingKratos

The video was streamed at 1080p by sony. Doesnt matter what the youtube settings are.

sagapo15d ago

It’s a bit dumb by Sony to go into detail on gfx differences and stream the whole thing at 1080p don’t you think?
But I’m sure sites like DF will come with proper videos for that.

Juiceup15d ago

The only difference that will sell me is 60+ frame rate. If lots of new games will release running 60fr close to or equal to Fidelity mode like they are saying, it's probably worth it to me. But I detected a lot of 'business speak' bs in that 8 minute video. I honestly care very little about what it can do for games I've already played my fill of.

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victorMaje16d ago

ZERO.
The number of physical games I own that are enhanced.

DiRtY15d ago

I didn’t watch the reveal, but expected ~100 games on that list. There are only 14 titles?

WTH were they thinking?

Zeke6815d ago

They said at least 50 titles at release in November, still not a huge number but a little better...

Zeke6814d ago

For the downvoter, troll your way over to Cnet and see what Sony said to them. ;)

EazyC15d ago

Perhaps a slower than anticipated long term release schedule forced them into playing their hardware hand

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Drops To Best Price Yet Alongside More Great PS5 Game Deals

PlayStation's Back to School sale includes big discounts on a bunch of PS5 exclusives, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

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just_looken58d ago

spiderman 2 $40 from $70 so it's priced right now as a expansion pack like MM.,

andy8558d ago

Pretty decent expansion pack then saying i got 30-40 hours out if it.

just_looken58d ago

I can get 30hours out of a job outside does not mean it was good.

But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.

I am so glad today's "gamer" was not around for the ps3/360 era these new gamers are way to easy to please and have killed gaming.

andy8558d ago

It was good though. Are you actually saying it wasn't a good game? And blind? The person you play as was deaf and it was 10 mins not 5 hours. Doesn't seem like you've even played it by that comment. And MJ was...30 mins at most? Not sure how you get 40 mins into 17 hours exactly

CobraKai58d ago

@just_looken

I’ve been playing since the Sega Master System. I love Spiderman 2. There’s too much going for it to be a simple expansion pack. I felt Miles Morales could fall into the expansion pack range.

If you didn’t like it, it’s fine. That’s what’s great about opinions, there are no wrong ones, just different ones.

StormSnooper57d ago

You guys have to understand, they don’t have anything even close to it on his preferred system. There is a whole psychology behind his comment.

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pwnmaster300058d ago (Edited 58d ago )

lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol.

CobraKai57d ago

@just
I mean, it’s New York. You can’t exactly change the map.

It sounds like you’re hard to please vs gamers being easy to please. You mentioned great games. Games whose sequels had very similar gameplay with each other with very minimal changes or upgrades.

Im with pwnmaster. Don’t speak for us. It sounds like probably only started gaming from PS360 era.

Rebel_Scum58d ago

Peter Parker lives in New York, where else do you expect the map to be?

Using the same map/location is not a problem.

On topic: In my region the base game is $80. Still not low enough for me to dive in. Not that Im in a rush. Havent even finished the 1st one’s dlc yet.

just_looken58d ago

The map still has asset's buildings the the first game its like madden yeah same stadium but can you change that madden 14 logo?

Not to mention they never added shield basses basically unique interiors you can explore off missions or add in jersey.

pwnmaster300058d ago

Sony pony??
Are you a child? Lmao

Just stop man. It’s embarrassing.
We can like games and not be a fanboy.
Gaming shouldn’t be taken this serious. Relax lol

just_looken57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

"lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol. "

You come at me calling me a bad example talking like this game is gods gift to us and on any sony article you defend them no matter what.

But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.

pwnmaster300057d ago (Edited 57d ago )

Lmao gods gift to us what. I said it would have been a massive hit not a perfect game. It’s a good game get over it.

And this is why I said what I said.
“ But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.”

And you’re still proving me right. God forbid people like a certain game.
And BS about me on every sony article defending them. I like games and praised every games I

“ But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.”

Your opinions are not facts and the fact you think they are is sad. Step off video games for awhile.

just_looken57d ago

Na its fine you go ahead belive 200 million dollars makes sense for 1 game when 80 created a trilogy on 360.

I live without blinders unlike others.

pwnmaster300057d ago (Edited 57d ago )

“I live without blinders unlike others.“
🤣😂🤣 thanks for the laugh. Have a good night brother. Fight that good fight your fighting.

repsahj57d ago

Saddest Xbox loyalist on N4G. XD

StormSnooper57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

He is a duplicate account. He changes names to get a new lease on life and people would respond to him. Sad indeed.

MetroidFREAK2157d ago

Definitely more than an expansion pack... the Miles Morales game from 2020 is that... ya silly goose

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The best PS5 exclusives 2024

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

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Hereandthere165d ago

PlayStation is killing it with the exclusives this year. Exclusive wise, what has xbox released this year?

VersusDMC165d ago

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.🙃

Chevalier165d ago

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?

KyRo165d ago (Edited 165d ago )

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

Abnor_Mal165d ago (Edited 165d ago )

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.

jwillj2k4165d ago

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.

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Cacabunga165d ago

Killing what? Where are the 1st party games??
Stellar Blade and FF7 is what I’m seeing this year.. so shallow!!!!

andy85165d ago

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

Cacabunga164d ago

Andy

PS brand is my favorite because of their stellar first party software.. currently I see absolutely nothing to go crazy for..

CS7164d ago

Nonsense.

PS1 and PS2 was built on great third party exclusives like FF, MGS, GTA & Tekken.

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raWfodog165d ago

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.

Tacoboto165d ago

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?

ChasterMies165d ago

I don’t think Microsoft is releasing games exclusively on Xbox anymore. They have some timed exclusives that release on Xbox first.

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Abear21165d ago (Edited 165d ago )

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.

SonyStyled165d ago (Edited 165d ago )

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

CS7164d ago

Lol, how do you ignore Rebirth one of the best games ever made?

anast165d ago

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.

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DefenderOfDoom2165d ago

I actually do not mind if Marathon releases on multiple platforms . I just wish that Marathon has a dedicated single player campaign.

DaniMacYo165d ago

Helldivers 2 is exactly what gaming needed. I’m loving it.

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