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@Overmind Fair enough. 😊 As a TR fan I’m just a bit peeved at slogging through Legend with a vaseline finish (the emulated version looks terrible) when there will most likely be a remaster coming now anyway. Would have really been a piss take if I had paid the £16 they were asking too! 😬

@Overmind Even if a better version comes out next year? I mean nobody knows at this point so it’s just a “what if” anyway.

@Dragoon1994 Probably, which is why these two (and TR Legend) being emulated seems like a waste, but we’ll see.

@DETfaninATL Sadly not. PS3 games are just streamed as is with no quality of life improvements.

@ATaco Certainly, if you’re a PC player. That obviously isn’t an option on consoles though. What R* did on PC with this trilogy is shameful for sure but I’m only really speaking about the console releases.

@Flaming_Kaiser Vice City is my favourite as well, and for what it’s worth I absolutely loved my time getting the 100% and platinum trophy on both the PS4 emulated version and the remastered version.

But yes, I do agree that it was a flawed product. Their first mistake being the hiring of the god-awful War Drum/Grove Street Games again after their first attempt at a San Andreas remaster (on PS3/360). I just feel it didn’t deserve quite the amount of hate it got. What saddens me most is that any chance of the GTA Stories finally getting the spotlight they deserve with a release on modern platforms probably disappeared after that backlash.

@ButterySmooth30FPS Fair enough. I didn’t have any problems as major as that during my playthroughs. Worst thing I experienced was that weird line across the middle of the screen on SA.

@Flaming_Kaiser I’m not making excuses. I literally said there were problems. 😂 Rockstar are not saints and are certainly not in my good books these days. That said, players weren’t fair either. The games simply were not “unplayable”. That was my point. Sorry I’m more balanced in my view and not just jumping on the “R* bad” train.

@ButterySmooth30FPS See here we go again with the “unplayable” nonsense. Again, yes, they had issues but they were far from unplayable.

@ATaco They did, on PS4, and people moaned about those too. Truth is people just like to complain. The remasters obviously had issues at launch but no way were they “not worth playing” until now. It just became fashionable to hate on them.

@Kelrics90 Don’t forget the collectables! Everybody wants them right? They’re even going for 1250 points now, equivalent of the old £5 wallet top up. What a steal! (for Sony that is)

@ShaneReactions So would you say a “colour scheme” is negative? Yeah, if someone were “to scheme”, they would most likely be nefarious but “a scheme” is just a plan or programme. Though you’re probably right about it in the context of Sony. 😂

@Keyblade-Dan Aw that’s cool. The Dagger of Xian project? Hopefully they do the same with the guys who were doing the AoD fan remaster.

Ah ok, so doubled checked the full Tomb Raider credits and yeah, Saber and Aspyr both have dev credits. I see the problem now because Saber aren’t credited on the cover. We all knew Crystal did f- all though. That’s no surprise.

@McTwist I see what you mean, it’s a mess. The bulk of the development is by Core Design (and Eidos USA for the expansions) but they get no credit, then all the porting and remastering work (and publishing) is by Aspyr but they’re part of Saber, and finally the IP is held by Crystal Dynamics. Oh and the latter three are all Embracer companies. Far too complicated.

Update: Found out Embracer have sold off Saber this year so Aspyr aren’t part of Saber anymore. Jeez very complicated indeed. 😂

@Decoy_Snake It’s got to be Capcom holding out. It’s only their classics that are like this. Probably don’t want people buying these instead of the remakes (if they ever remake Dino Crisis that is).

@nessisonett Don’t worry. I got the reference straight away. 😂

What the heck? They announced PixelJunk Eden 2 for PS5 ages ago and it’s still not released yet but they’ve found time for this… 🤦‍♂️

It’s rare but I wouldn’t say it’s “unprecedented”. For example, Sony own the Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls IPs and licensed them back to Quantic Dream to release PC ports.

@trev666 It doesn’t. Just pure greed, and/or Brexit. 🫢

What is with these poll answers? “Nope, it's overpriced now” and “No, it was already too expensive” are literally the same thing reworded so are simply splitting the no vote.

Aww I had hoped Rayman would be in the game as he was such an icon of the PS1 here (the best selling game in the UK). Definitely hope he gets added!

@riceNpea People never seem to get double negatives! 😂

@nessisonett Ah fair enough. I’ve not played the Indy ones but would be interested if re-released. There are plenty other Lego games though that are stuck on PS3 too which could benefit a remaster, especially over HP that is already playable on all the platforms this new version is releasing.

Ugh again. Yes they were great but could we not have had something else remastered instead? I’d love a Lego Indiana Jones Collection for instance but not HP again and again.

Also, cue the PS5 version only having one platinum trophy in 3,2,1… 🫢

@Dragoon1994 Yes and no. His words at the time were “it’s a little premature to announce it”, so to my mind that means it could have still fallen through as it was in the very early stages of development. Just happy it’s official now! 😁

Finally! I remember reading about this last year over on Time Extension but it didn’t seem set in stone at the time. So glad it’s for sure now! 😁

Sea of Thieves launched on PS5 with 254 trophies which would be the largest for a single game in one go (its since had more trophies added up to 263). Tomb Raider I-III also launched with more at 269, however it could be argued that doesn’t count as a single game.

@Northern_munkey No worries. It’s just a weird quirk of the site. Sometimes the colour scheme will be themed to the game series featured, so GoW can be red, Horizon orange, Uncharted a grey-blue. Doesn’t happen too often so it’s always a surprise to see. 😂

@Northern_munkey Was it about God of War on PC by any chance? Concord articles are still blue, for example, even though they also have the PC tag.

@Northern_munkey It’s red because it’s a God of War-related article.

@get2sammyb Chamber of Secrets PS2, Goblet of Fire PS2 and PSP, and Half-Blood Prince PS3 are all missing. You might want to add those so the “best games” list will make sense.

First Theme Hospital was updated for a modern audience with Two Point Hospital, now Theme Aquarium with this! Leaves only Theme Park to receive the same treatment now!

@BeerIsAwesome Exactly. Rockstar provide the details for the listings of their games not Sony.

@sanderson72 There’s no Vita backward compatibility (yet) so they couldn’t.

This will be their second original game after their debut, Blast Factor. Granted, this is a little more large scale but still.

@thefourfoldroot1 Yeah, I would! 😂 In fact, when you boot up Folklore, it’s the Japan Studio logo that shows up first, then Game Republic’s. Definitely a trick question!

@ShogunRok Hmm the Folklore question was an iffy one since both Game Republic and Japan Studio actually worked on it! 😝 GR were the lead devs though granted.

@nessisonett In this case, it’s generally accepted the PSP version is the superior one. The PS2 port apparently added a load of bugs which weren’t in the original PSP release, and it also removed a cutscene for some unknown strange reason.

RATCHET: SIZE MATTERS!!! ❤️🥲 I can die happy now.

The only ones I’d be interested in would be the original game and it’s PSP sequel Bloodlines. Everything else (excluding DS and mobile) are already available for PS5.

Why does Insominac need to do it? Sony holds the cards, they can get another team to remaster it.

Does this only count users tracked with their trophies? Sony themselves said Toy Story 2 was the most downloaded classic at one point (didn’t have trophies until recently) so surely that one would still be in the top releases too?

Again, how does Square Enix still own this? Crystal Dynamics owned the IP when they were sold to SE. Why on Earth would SE want to keep an IP they have never used yet happy to ditch Tomb Raider. It’s beyond bizarre.

Weird that Square kept this IP when selling the ex-Eidos studios to Embracer but not Tomb Raider. Still, I wouldn’t credit it as “Square Enix’s infamous 3D brawler series” when they’ve never touched them. Both games were made by Core during the Eidos days.

@nessisonett Oh wow! You had to read that too? I thought we did it just because it was local interest or something. Fun fact: I actually used to live on the same street in Aberdeen where the author once lived. His blue plaque was a few doors down.

@nessisonett Well exactly! At least you’ve got a lot on TV though. We have that god awful Granite Harbour and that’s about it. 😂

Yeah, Rockstar have studios in both Edinburgh and Dundee so they’re on fire, plus GTA originated in Dundee of course along with Lemmings. Everybody seems to forget they were created by the same dev.

@nessisonett Hope so! Us Aberdonians are vastly underrepresented in video games. 😅

Got to be honest, I’m a bit disappointed actually. Was really excited for Sly and TR Legend but the resolution on these is terrible. I’ve played quite a few of the PS1 and PSP classics, and the up-rendering on those really helped. The PS2 ones seem to have none of that. Legend is very blurry to the point it’s difficult to see in places. Can only hope these will be patched at some point to boost their resolution/definition.

in the UK, it’s Sly Raccoon not Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, for anyone looking to search for it.

@get2sammyb You know Ubisoft haven’t used that version of their logo since 2017 right? 😝