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Who knows? True what you said, but Sony confirmed on Twitter that Activision still has its rights. If so, it would be developed by any studio for any platform, but I'd love Naughty Dog to make a reboot (in that case it would be a PS exclusive). I played the original game when I was a kid at my cousin's place.

@NomNom Hopefully they do. I love Banjo and Kazooie.

@JoeBlogs Yeah, it's kind of obvious, isn't it?

I see how Playtonic is taking things from the original Donkey Kong Country game to improve the gameplay: Yooka's rolling is like Donkey standing on a rolling barrel, and the mine races are 2D-style like the original ones. The new footage looks honestly better than last time's footage and anyone can see that it's going to be a lot of fun to play. I hope it's a great success, they truly deserve it and I love this kind of games. Moreover, we Rare fans deserve some good old platforming after all this time, don't we? Super Mario 3D World and Ratchet & Clank are going to be a joke compared to Yooka-Laylee, so I hope Yooka-Laylee sales to be extremely high.

EDIT: The title should be: "Yooka-Laylee Looks Like Pure N64 Platforming Goodness".

@PorllM Every person would tell you a different answer, so if you want to know what are considered by most people the best games in the series, you can see the list below (metascore ranking). You can start with FFX/X-2 remaster (PS4).

FINAL FANTASY RANKING (metascore):
· Final Fantasy IX (PS) 94
· Final Fantasy X (PS2) 92
· Final Fantasy XII (PS2) 92
· Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA) 92
· Final Fantasy VII (PS) 92
· Final Fantasy VIII (PS) 90
· Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360) 86
· Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PS3, PS4) 86
· Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) 85
· Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) 85
· Final Fantasy XI (PS2, 360) 85
· Final Fantasy IV Advance (GBA) 83
· Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA) 83
· Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, 360) 79
· Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls (GBA) 79
· Final Fantasy III 3D Remake (NDS) 77
· Final Fantasy XIII-Lightning Returns (PS3) 66

Actually...

PushSquare: The remaster is also subtitled The Zodiac Age, implying it may introduce the Zodiac job system and rejigged combat from the Japan exclusive International Edition.

Eurogamer: Excitingly, it seems the Final Fantasy 12 remaster will be taking its cues from the International Edition of the game which never saw release outside of Japan, introducing tweaked combat and a new Zodiac job system.

@get2sammyb Thanks. The new subtitle probably reflects the fact that the remake (or remaster) is based on the Japanese International version...

@ricklongo You have a point but I guess they want to make the most of their amazing game history, because not always newer is better. Many people didn't have a PS before (like me) and there are those younger players that haven't played anything on PS or PS2.

"The Zodiac Age" was the original subtitle or is it new?

@ricklongo If you ask me, now I'd ask them to remake VI or VIII and IX (the FF game with best metascore). Many people haven't played most FF games.

No numbers?

Dust collector.

I bet people are much more excited about VII remake and/or XII remake than about XV if they have played the demo.

Great, now I have the chance to play it.

@Mahe Yes, look at New 3DS, it is not doing as well as Nintendo expected. Mid generation leaps are risky. Will PS4 owners be annoyed about Neo? Sony would say: No, because all PS4 software will run on "old" PS4. Will that software be downgraded and run poorly? Like, you know, choppy frame rates and so?

Microsoft is being a bit wiser by linking the console and PC/Windows market and still offering a console choice, but PS4Neo could put PS4 owners off just like Wii U owners are annoyed with Nintendo, because console gamers don't like expensive consoles with limited support, except geeks, of course.

@adf86 Not always. Microsoft added backwards compatibility to Xbox One via software before Sony added it to PS4.

@MERG First PS4 game you should get is Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection unless you already have the PS3 Uncharted games.

@Grawlog

Honestly, I'm not sure. Who really knows? This is a crazy generation so anything is expected.

@Grawlog It was released in 2015.

Even though I haven't played them all yet, my favourites are Uncharted 4, Street Fighter V and Ratchet & Clank, and probably Doom as well.

We could make a poll about PS4 best games yet!

By the way, RE6 remaster was released on 29 March, RE5 remaster will be released on 28 June so RE4 remaster is coming on 28 or 29 September for sure!

I never played RE5 nor RE6, but I'm a RE fan so I'm getting them. Not sure about RE4 because I have the Wii version and Wii Remote works great for it.

@Finozzi1696 Yes, I read all your messages. I only hope that they add many more PS2 games to the PS4 store. A lot of people jumped to PS this generation, I'm happy to see remasters of last generation but there are many PS2 games that I want. I even sent an email to Sony before they announced the PS2 classics requesting them (in 2013).

@Utena-mobile You have a point though. At this point, PS3 had lots of classics on the store. On the other hand, classics are taking forever to appear on PS4. I'm not saying that I don't appreciate 1080p upscaling (which is an automatic process, anyway) or trophies implementation, but sometimes I think Sony is being overconfident because of PS4's success and they are not working as hard as they did last generation. Moreover, they made deals with third parties last generation so it cannot be an excuse.

Of course, Nintendo is doing even worse because those are direct ports and I don't think adding a Miiverse community presents any difficulty at all.

EDIT:

This is the list of PS2 classics on the PS3 store. Obviously, PS3 was older when the list was completed, but it still is a good reference to see how many deals they made and how companies were willing to re-release their games for a platform that was less popular than PS4 is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_2_Classics_for_PlayStation_3

@Finozzi1696 Thank you. I wonder why the PS store is not updated...

Hoping for more PS2 classics. Just 14 this far!

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ie/cid=STORE-MSF75508-PS2TOPS4?smcid=pdc:ie-en:pdc-explore-ps4-games:browse-ps2-classics:null:STORE-MSF75508-PS2TOPS4

@JoeBlogs "I just prefer Street Fighter as being about some pretty badass dudes and gals who can do some amazing magical things with their bodies in the art of fighting":

I agree 100%. Classic Street Fighter were all about physical techniques and magic, and I prefer that.

Great to see more characters coming to SFV.

Honestly, I don't know what they're talking about, I love Xbox One Elite controller's bumpers and triggers. Also, both DS4's touchpad and lightbar are gimmicks even on PS4 games, at least the ones I play. The only advantage of the DS4 over the Elite controller is that the PS4 controller is cheaper. However, DS4 battery life is short and it's not recommend playing with a micro USB cable attached, so...

@bbq_boy I understand. Personally, I haven't played Halo 5 yet because I'm still busy with Master Chief Collection (which I'm liking this far), but many people say that Halo 5 campaign is disappointing, while others say it's like the beginning of something new. I don't know yet, but not everybody is happy with 343 Industries, although Halo 4 was very well received.

By the way, Wii U power brick is huge too!

@Rob_230 And just a dozen PS2 games. What the...?

@Matroska Absolutely. They have a somehow original but narrow range, and they have always trouble with game performance and even gameplay.

@Octane Probably, but still.

Have you watched this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4MP4d9j0M

I don't know why Platinum Games has such a good reputation. I didn't like Mad World nor The Wonderful 101, and Star Fox Zero is technically quite poor. Sure, Bayonetta 2 is quite good, but still I don't understand why they are so well considered, there are so many better developers out there.

Stop PS Now now and bring more PS classics over the store.

@Dodoo " You're probably right.
What is a little worrying about your example is if Sony are first to market a year before MS, then you can bet your bottom dollar that MS will make sure their new Xbox will be more powerful than Sony's.
I hope that doesn't have a knock on effect and make Sony react again as otherwise we may be on yearly updates to our consoles like smartphones!
Why do MS and Sony feel the need to mess with the console cycle that has worked for decades all of a sudden? In fact they used to try their hardest to squeeze 10 years out of each console. They could in fact be the cause of consoles dying out if they keep this up."

I agree with you. I don't like this generation's madness. This could be counter-productive. Anyway, anything can happen now, let's see what E3 brings this year. Hopefully, Microsoft and Sony won't become Apple. Hopefully, consoles won't become smartphones.

Also, as a long-time Nintendo fan, I would much prefer Nintendo becoming third party and developing for Xbox/PC and PlayStation than focusing on mobile rubbish and struggling to keep up with hardware tendencies.

@Gamer83 @sub12 Don't forget that one of the young Nintendo teams is completely responsible for New Super Mario Bros. 2 rubbish (while the older people were working on New Super Mario Bros. U). I read that on Iwata asks. The whole Nintendo company (old and young) has to reflect on what they are doing with their most beloved and popular franchises (such as Mario, Zelda, or Metroid). And perhaps do something different every now and then and not only platformers: a new Wave Race, F-Zero, a new Metroid Prime instead of Force Federation (what the...?).

Nintendo's efforts are lame lately: Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Paper Mario Sticker Star, Mario Party 10. I thought Nintendo was working really hard when they stopped developing Wii games around two years before their next console was released, but they have been releasing cheap cash grabbers (like the ones mentioned before) except for a few excellent Wii U and 3DS games.

Star Fox Zero is just a pure mess, a lame 4 1/2 hours (http://howlongtobeat.com/) single campaign where you spend half of the time trying to figure out the controls, without proper multiplayer, without online and little replay value (and all that for €50). I thought after skipping Wii entirely we would get an awesome Star Fox Zero game instead of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4MP4d9j0M

(thank you @arnoldlayne83 for letting me know about the video and for everything else).

Congratulations to Naugthy Dog once again, they genuinely deserve it, I'm sure it's going to keep selling just like The Nathan Drake Collection and The Last of Us Remastered.

@wiiware I remember lots of articles praising Sony for selling almost 10 millions PS4 units "without games" (don't take it literally). Xbox One early mistakes and Wii U crazy ideas also helped Sony, you have to admit it. Of course, PlayStation brand is hugely popular (they are kings in Europe and Xbox doesn't even exist in Japan). Man, you make it sound like I don't like Sony, when I bought a PS4 6 months after launch! I have Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One.

@wiiware You are totally wrong about me, I was talking with @xMEADx about PS4 and Xbox One launch in 2013. Read again.

@bbq_boy Halo 5 a 4 hours single campaign? More like a 7 1/2 hours campaign, and the online is brilliant. http://howlongtobeat.com/

@xMEADx That's the only reason why PS4 sold tons of units without games. Microsoft made a lot of mistakes: the always online premise, mandatory Kinect 2.0, high launch price... Microsoft corrected all their mistakes and now Xbox One is a great console, but it is a bit too late. The fact that Wii U was a disaster even before it was released also helped Sony. Now with Neo, Xbox 1.5 and NX everything could change though, I'm intrigued about what is going to happen.

@xMEADx Then you could get the best of both worlds.

@adf86 That would be very wise but there's so much hype now about PS4Neo and Xbox1.5, and what the heck NX is (that is confirmed by Nintendo to not appear at E3 though). Plus VR in different forms, this is a mad generation.

It intrigues me how PS4Neo is going to change the PS4 story now and what E3 '16 brings this crazy generation.

There are around 50 new "articles" on PushSquare every day. Now some 8/10 reviews have been released:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/overwatch/critic-reviews

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/overwatch

@DrJoeystein If I may ask, what survival horror elements does Doom (reboot) have? The monsters look quite scary...

It's getting lots of good reviews and everybody says that the campaign is great.

No need to be a shooter since Umbrella Corps sub-series already exists.

I completed the demo on both PS4 and Xbox One (quite similar, in between). I didn't like the demo: bad frame rate (all the time), jerky controls (at least controlling the beasts) and bland combat. I really wanted to like it, but I don't. They could fix the game and delay it (...after 10 years).

I don't understand why Square Enix would take Western elements that don't improve the formula at all.

I haven't played it but I have read some reviews. Basically, it's a good game that has disappointed some (or many) Doom fans.