The game will probably come back as free to play, but I agree that all online games should have Peer-to-Peer hosting support when end-of-life.
Fortunately, a lot of old games have been resurrected with fan servers. Many, but not all, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox games are now back online.
Nice to hear. Many of the Sony Japan developers moved to Team Asobi, so they're the best team to make another Ape Escape game.
Yeah indeed, plans can't shift in an instant, especially with such long development times these days. We won't see Herman Hulst's 'touch' for awhile longer still. It could take a year or two before we're fully past Ryan's affect on PlayStation.
My personal pick is a game called Super Cloudbuilt. Though, there's a serious problem, the game has been delisted on both PS4 and XBO. The only way to play it on PS4 now is if your console is hacked, which is unfortunate.
There is a different version of the game called Cloudbuilt available on Steam, but there's some differences between the two. If you have a hacked PS4, and you like fast-paced 3D platformers, do not skip Super Cloudbuilt, the game can get hard, but ...
He loved the game, 9.5 / 10.
There's some slight spoilers, so I skipped through some of it not to ruin any of the surprises, but overall a glowing and detailed review.
Not every game needs to be ultra serious, dark, and gritty. Happy to see a non-indie studio embrace the weird, wacky, silly, and playful nature of games. They almost feel like a Nintendo first party studio, which Sony really needs in this current era more than ever.
Now make Ape Escape 4, please?
The Jim Ryan era is over, it'll take some time for things to improve under Herman Hulst, assuming it does, but he comes from a game developer background, so there is hope.
Title translation: Publishers don't want to release good games because they're so focused on making live service trash, using gambling and FOMO tactics on weak minded whales to trick them into giving all their money in exchange for digital junk.
Don't support it, and let the publishers suffer the consequences.
I'd love for MS to release a new high quality Conker (not family friendly admittedly), Blinx, or Banjo game. But with phoolish Phil in charge, don't expect great things to come. 😕
Ah! I don't own the PSVR 2 yet, so I never paid attention to any of its accessories. I'm still using PSVR 1, but I actually enjoy it a lot, even though the tech is out-dated.
Very clever of Sony to hide it in there, right in the center, clearly not a coincidence. The rumors of it being announced soon seems very likely.
I recognize just about every item in the background, except the mustache looking product.
Well the team is owned by Sony, so of course it can't happen.
Nintendo and Sega have rich heritages, and have honored that in some of their previous games, whether Super Smash, Sonic All-Stars Racing, or the Japanese exclusive Segagaga.
The Xbox's heritage isn't as interesting, though. Forza cars? Gears, and Halo characters? Voodoo Vince, Blinx? Most of their popular IPs they bought and didn't build it in-house. Its just not the same.
I'd like to believe that Nintendo planned to have BC planned in advance when they decided to use NVIDIA's arm chipset. Nintendo has enjoyed supporting BC whenever possible with the GBC, GBA, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U systems.
I've played my fair share of online multiplayer games throughout the years, but I don't really care to subscribe to access online console play these days, so single player works better for me. A lot of people don't want to sub to Game Pass Core, PS+, or NSO.
The three physical product sets that they put on sale is extremely expensive, the total cost of all three is $177.17 USD, and that's including free shipping. Damn.
Its Pandemonium!
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.c...
Watch this game sell millions of copies, and send a message to Herman Hulst that is this what we like to see. I have my copy pre-ordered!
And yet, I still remember that I was told, Concord was a better investment than single player platformer games. A game like Ape Escape 4 would easily out-profit shite like Concord, no doubt about it.
Is it a "collector's item" or is it a waste of plastic and space on your shelf?
Rhetorical question, of course.
This game is giving Blast Core vibes. Isometric vehicle destruction, and its published by Konami, which is unexpected.
I know that Days Gone is mostly loved here on N4G, and I did beat the game, but I found it to be so overrated. And ever since release this guy had been so annoying regarding his overrated game. He thinks of his game as a masterpiece, but Astro Bot pisses all over Days Gone embarrassingly bad QTE 'final boss' and laughably bad ending.
He needs to just be quiet now.