My immediate thought. Sony would be mad not to pursue the idea.
EA are paying me nothing and I am thoroughly enjoying the game.
I'm finding that by far the most enjoyable way to play the game is as a pair. My wife and I have been thoroughly enjoying it 2-player, where we can really work together to time our attacks effectively in order to maximise damage. Playing in synchronicity with one another really shows off what Bioware have done with the game.
Well, I'm enjoying it so far.
I don't know whether it's disinterest, or just anxiety.
Which is good actually - low hype levels is a good thing.
There was a game based on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds... But I guess it doesn't really count as a musical.
Also, it's only loosely based on it...
https://youtu.be/tkyyKciVEv...
Pretty sure they released a patch for the game a short while later which reactivated the servers.
A lot of this sounds like it could have been made up, to be honest.
I mean, if you had decided to make up a rumour about a new Arkham game, pretty much everything you would come up with is the content in this article. Ridiculously large area, vehicles...
Saying that, the harder stealth sounds promising...
A beta of this sort is usually to test servers for any issues that may occur when a large volume of gamers attempt to play the game simultaneously. Therefore, this beta has been successful in helping them identify one (or more) issues.
They clearly didn't know there would be server issues prior to the release of the beta... but without this beta, the issues would have occurred during the open beta (worse for marketing) or at final release (fatal for marketing).
It's only just getting a European release at the start of March.
I find this fascinating. Naughty Dog are possibly the masters of interactive storytelling... and they are one of the only high profile developers still focused on making linear games.
What is even more remarkable is that they were one of the companies who were instrumental in shaping the 3D open world genre with Jak and Daxter.
See, I'm not Sure that would ever happen. Time and time again, we've seen that putting guns into the Alien games just devalues the threat, removing the horror element. And without that, it's just not Alien.
At least in Aliens (the film), you still had the memory of what the xenomorphs can do.
You are exactly right. Creative assembly managed to take the late-70s technology, atmosphere and style, and still make it terrifying in 2015.
But due to its mostly-mediocre reviews and little coverage during it's early weeks of release, it received a lukewarm reception at launch that it never quite managed to claw back. It didn't sell as well as you would expect a game of that calibre.
And I bought my PS4 FOR Alien Isolation.
I haven't played Spider-Man yet... I'm actually currently replaying Arkham Knight. So I don't claim to have a real answer to this, but...
It seems to me that they are 2 very different types of games. The Arkham series, although open-world, rely on a very claustrophobic feel to their environments in order to supply a concentrated Batman experience. Spider-Man seems to rely on a vast and expansive world in order to deliver a sprawling, free-feeling game.
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Jak and Daxter and Jak II are just too different to compare. The first is simultaneously a love letter to the 3D platformer genre and a massive step forward in open world gaming. The second is an early demonstration of Naughty Dog's narrative mastery, and was ahead of its time.
But I would agree, Jak II wasn't exactly an improvement over the first.
Literally my favourite song. Ever.
If physical discs all end up in the bargain bin, people will buy them instead of downloads.
Digital media is great, but from a market position, I doubt it will ever render physical media. There is little difference in quality and capability between the two forms, so it's not as though physical media will ever become totally obsolete as a format.
There will ALWAYS be people who prefer to purchase physical formats.
Well, I generally only play single-player games these days, and 90% linear. So I guess this just means EA won't be getting any of my money.
I agree that its sad that used games are becoming a thing of the past for consumers. But its much better for the industry as a whole. We need to ensure that when we buy a product that we enjoy, that our purchase goes to support the people who made the game. Second-hand sales don't allow for this.