Sony’s carefully guided a new Lemmings game onto smartphones, and it wants to lead you towards the microtransactions once you’ve installed it. This is stuffed with standard mobile game crap, with countdown timers and £99.99 consumables – but if you get past the free-to-play hooks, it’s actually likeable stuff. Developed by a studio called Sick Puppy, the title plays out in portrait mode, so it’s great for when you’re on the loo.
There are thousands of levels, and even different types of Lemmings that you’ll encounter as you progress. It’s interesting to see Sony licensing out its brands like this and bringing them to mobile; it’s something that we’ve already seen the organisation do under the ForwardWorks name in Japan, and there have been a handful of examples in the West as well. We can’t help but feel that it needs a more concentrated effort if it really wants to win big on the various app stores, though.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Lemmings on mobile is a nice idea. I'll probably give it a try.
Here’s a question to all if this was charged at $5-$6 or whatever but no MTX would you pay for it...
Other than being published by Sony, exactly what is so 'PlayStation' about this game?
@Turismo4GT Sony owns Lemmings.
@Derpie1 Probably not. To be honest I'm not really fussed about microtransactions in these kinds of games anyway. They're designed to be time wasters. If the timer comes on, I just close the app.
@Derpie1 if it was good enough, maybe, but I don't play enough mobile games really. I happily bought Super Mario Run for a tenner and have paid outright for a few others which I've no problem doing if I feel I'll get enough play out of it.
It's a mobile game so to be expected.
The bigger news here is Sony owns Lemmings, why have we not had a PS4 exclusive? Or imagine it in VR
It’s been years since I played Lemmings. I had no clue what I was doing way back then lol. I think I played it on SNES, maybe. I didn’t know that Sony owns it though.
@shonenjump86
First time I played Lemmings, I got it from a friend pirated copy on a floppy disc. Haha
It was great stuff.
Nostalgia.
What the hell? MTX in free to play games? They should be free and completely free. Why should they make any money from entitled gamers?
I can't believe people play games on mobile phones.
@tomassi Have to have something to do while sitting in the waiting room at the dentist.
@Deadlyblack I know, although how we've devolved to the stage that we can't sit for ten minutes anywhere without having to fiddle around on our screens is pretty depressing isn't it. Even more so when some spend real money on MT's on something to 'fill the time'.
I have the 'original' Lemmings on my Laptop - Free via MS Store!
I know Sony acquired Psygnosis - the original publishers - (subsequently Studio Liverpool - which essentially closed in 2012) is where Sony picked up the rights to Lemmings
With Nintendo also releasing mobile games with a heavy microtransaction focus, I'm curious if these two big console makers at least aren't just eager to get a slice of that money pie. Maybe this is also a clever and subtle way to reinforce the stigma of shallow cash-grab f2p mobile games that pale beside the deeper experiences on console. It serves a kind of dual purpose and they get no backlash for it, because this kind of game is expected on mobile. Or you know, it's just a happy accident.
@naruball I think that's boiling down the argument to a whole other level to how most long term gamers feel about micros.
Lemmings is a very good puzzle game which is based on thought and skill. I would have happily paid say £10 for the original game on my phone 5-10 years ago (in fact I think I did) . The reason I won't now is the whole structure of mobile games became a race to the bottom, free games with gambling mechanics.
Lemmings was the perfect puzzle game for its time and one of my favourites. The micros will inevitably have an overarching effect on the game mechanics making it less Lemmings that everyone loved and more steamining pile alongside the other mobile games.
@tomassi I wasted way too much time in the past waiting to get a haircut. I'd much rather play a video game while waiting.
@themcnoisy you may have happily paid that amount, but there is a reason most mobile games don't offer that option. Gamers aren't interested in paying anything if they can get it for free and they're only willing to spend money on it if they get hooked.
Not interested in this but a VR Lemmings game could be cool.
This game is not very well done. First of all the timers. You can buy extra timers for 8euros, ONLY for 2 hours (not for unlimited) - which sucks ! It's a free2play game again.. I will pass. The issue is that Nintendo for example have fire emblem, Animal Crossing, etc in mobile with transactions BUT if you don't like these, you can pay the full price and enjoy them in portable / home consoles. Lemmings on the other hand, was mainly for PC (one of my favorites) at 90s and now it's ONLY in mobile as a free2play. You don't have other options. So, another franchise that is dead. RIP.
I am playing it in my imagination right now FOR FREEEEEE
Like many others here I didn't know that Sony own the Lemmings, it just makes me wonder what other IP it has
Last time I played Lemmings I think was on the our old MS Dos computer when I was 7! No way would I want to tarnish my nostalgically wistful memories of that game by returning to it via a mobile version chock full of game enjoyment-breaking MTX! If it had an option to pay a reasonable one time fee for the game to play without MTX then I would likely get it, but that probably wouldn't be feasible as this incarnation of Lemmings has probably been entirely designed around the modern free to play mobile model, so it's a hard pass from me.
I want this lemmings game without mtx on ps4, or psvita
Tu quoque, Brute!
I did not know Sony owned Lemmings, I remember playing it on the Sega Mega Drive (Maybe it was Master System?) all those years ago, hours spent.
@JJ2 I barely remember it but I definitely remember playing it. A friend of my brother’s let us borrow it. It had to have been on SNES. So long ago, but think I kept letting them fall off cliffs. I had no idea what I was doing lol.
@Derpie1 Thats the problem people are so stupid they rather get it free and pay tons of money in microtransactions then buy it and have fun. Its sad the new generation is brought up with everything free and max monetization.
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