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Re: This Is What a Remake of the Worst Jak & Daxter Would Look Like

RaymanFan2

@BLPs I'm not so much concerned about the opinion of the whole thing, more about how the opinion was stated in the report.
There should have just been a link to the interview where ND allegedly says they don't care for Jak 2 much anymore and left it at that.

I mean, I'd pretty much write exactly what Sammy has if it were an opinion piece, but it's a news report, even if PushSquare has the luxury of being more lax about professionalism than most.

Re: PS4 Exclusive Uncharted 4 Dazzles in Glorious Gameplay Demo

RaymanFan2

Wow.
That combat looks like exactly what I wanted. More Last of Us and less cover-based shooting from a single location until everybody is dead, but still bombastic where TLoU wasn't.
And you guys have no idea how happy I was when I saw hitmarkers. With bullet-sponge enemies like Uncharted's, they make combat immensely more satisfying.

Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot (PSone)

RaymanFan2

Every 'basic' Crash game that followed this was better.
So yes, that's up to and including Wrath of Cortex.
Not to say this wasn't great, but that goshdarn Slippery Climb level...

Re: Review: Metal Gear Solid (PSone)

RaymanFan2

I actually don't think it's aged well. In fact, MGS games are very much products of their time. MGS1 introduced the concept of a game being a movie, but we have things like emergent storytelling now where poor dialog doesn't have to be rattled off for 15 minutes to tell us that "we can buy weapons now" (that example was from MGS4, but whatever).

In fact, the only games that even hold up gameplay-wise are MGS4 and Ground Zeroes. The rest have middling-to-poor stealth gameplay the further back you go.

Re: Sanzaru Games Crushes Sly Cooper PS4 Sequel Dreams

RaymanFan2

Personally, I always assumed that was a cliffhanger for the sake of a cliffhanger and not for the sake of a sequel.

I felt Sly 3 was one of the greatest wrappings-up of a trilogy story ever. While, given the genre, I wasn't too worried about narrative integrity when it came to Sly 4 straying from that, I still hold Sly 3 as a shining example of how to do a happy ending in a kid-friendly plot.

Re: Surprise! Sony Studio Sucker Punch Is Staffing Up for a PS4 Sandbox Game

RaymanFan2

Well, Sucker Punch hasn't made a game that isn't sandbox since Sly 1 (which wasn't).
They could definitely be doing another open-world IP. Which I would prefer - inFamous is still cool, but they've made three/four (First Light/Festival of Blood) now and it never seemed like a property that needed to go on any longer than that.
Uncharted, really, was the only PS-exclusive property that deserved to continue.

Re: Push Scare: Why the Abysmal Zombeer Has Changed My Outlook on Games

RaymanFan2

There's nothing all that wrong with lowbrow humour (Saints Row does it with aplomb), and T&A isn't by definition a bad thing either.

I don't doubt the game sucks as a game, and I do think it's stupid to put baps on zombies (note: stupid, not necessarily OMG ORFENSIVE), but the game is clearly aimed at teenage guys and fratboys.
And, in the words of Michael Bay; "Oh dear what a crime."

Re: Ratchet & Clank's PS4 Remake Will Include All New Assets

RaymanFan2

@BLPs Hmm... maybe we'll just get Nefarious's backstory in this one, as established in R&C3?
It would make sense, to set him up for any sequels.
It'd be cool if, this gen, we got three R&C movies and 3 R&C remakes. I think that's actually be cooler than new games IMO. Also they could probably remake Deadlocked, but 4 movies would be stretching it.
Maybe they could do 3 and deadlocked at once, since you can fit an awful lot into a movie for the running time...