The closer video games get to telling rich narratives similar to those found in other mediums such as movies, TV, and books, the more serious they become in nature. Recent games like The Last of Us provide horrific tales of personal loss and sacrifice that closely resemble the type of narrative featured in a blockbuster film, and the more serious tone did wonders for the game’s effect on those playing it. Dark and more realistic plots that hit close to home can do amazing things for a video game, but sometimes gamers just want to escape the harsh realities of life to be treated to a respite from the responsibilities and deep thoughts of being a productive member of society.
Luckily, there are still games being made that don’t take themselves seriously at all, yet still provide an entertaining escape from the doldrums of life. Just because a game may feature slapstick humor, or poke fun at itself and game design tropes in general, it doesn’t mean the game is completely juvenile and brain dead.
Take-Two: "We know there have been some concerns from Borderlands fans about Take-Two’s Terms of Service. Maintaining transparency and confidence with the community here is always our goal, and we wanted to address some of these concerns."
The rarest and most expensive PS4 games you can find. That is, if you can find afford them.
Many of these are available on other platforms like the PS3, 360 XBO... so no need for the PS4 version if you want to just play it.
If you want to just have it for the sake of saying you have an expensive piece, then.... sure. I will say though, anything LRG I dont count as all they do is re-release other peoples work. They used to do their own games, but found it more lucrative to re-press games with their own name on it. That is just glorified reproductions / bootlegs.
Microsoft is allegedly in talks to bring Deadpool and other de-listed games from Marvel's catalog back on sale on the Xbox store.
Hope it's true bring back up the servers and release them on Xbox and PS again.
MS can't even advertise their console and games so why I believe them doing something like this. Would ne nice but MS incompetence is hilarious lvls of bad and most it is self inflicted.
"MS can't even advertise their console and games so why I believe them doing something like this. Would ne nice but MS incompetence is hilarious lvls of bad and most it is self inflicted."
In a short period of time MS has been doing more for Activision than Kotick was able to do in years.
To bring those games back would be fantastic news for games.
I do agree with you when comes to MS incompetence regarding marketing for its games and console, though.
Yah but MS isn't very reliable. Like o said they don't even advertise their own stuff so why I believe a rumor in them renewing the license? Would be great but definitely not getting my hopes up.
Xbox Era aren't very reliable as well.
Please, bring X-Men Legends back! I have fond memories of it, used to play a lot with a friend back in my teenager years. Unfortunately my friend passed away a few years ago, but I would love to play it with my younger cousins to see if I could relive a little bit of those days... It was a great game
Legends is pretty unlikely to be honest. Closest you'll probably get is Ultimate Alliance.
@anast
"That summer showcase is an expression of mediocrity."
It was one of the best showcase of all time! And that simple fact got you hurt pretty bad.
Flight sim was the only 10/10 game on that showcase, and thats niche in popularity
hope im proved wrong but on m$ track record, it doesn't seem I will be
@Terry_B
C’mon man, the hyperbole is real here.
I mean, you got Avowed, Perfect Dark, Gears of War E-Day, Indiana Jones, South of Midnight, Fable, State of Decay 3.
You have an article mentioning how Microsoft is trying to bring back delisted Marvel games and a comment that literally asks if they have any originality left in their business portfolio…
You damn well know if this was Sony bringing back delisted Marvel games people would be rimming the hell out of Sony and I doubt a single person would have asked if they have any “originality” in their portfolio. There’s literally 3 new IPs in that list 🙄
They want to be Sony. What does Sony do? Mimic them. Sonys success with Marvel, Xbox wants a piece of that pie too. Marvel games weren't really all that big before Spider-man, but Insomniac Games learned from veteran Rocksteady and figured out how to make it work. It's just a crying shame Xbox is always late to the party and always will be. They don't have a smart enough team to be forward thinking, so they're always trailing behind. Sony knows how to show you how to have fun and Nintendo knows how to make you smile. Xbox? They're always too busy trying to catch up.
Xbox is using the very same producer Insomniac had for the Spider-man games for their Blade game, this is why Xbox is falling. It's not Sheamus Blackly and Ed Fries anymore, you're voluntold at Xbox and they're suits that don't know their customer base, how it's always been. Xbox will always be only second
Saint's Row has become the pinnacle of absurdism. Love it or hate it, it is at least refreshing to see that developers aren't afraid to make games that take themselves lightly.