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[Ogbert]

Astrobot and Helldivers 2 are fun games?

Astrobot is brilliant. Loved it.

Not a fan of helldivers due to the controls, but yes, a great game.

Those are exactly the sort of games Sony should focus on.

 

[Inanilmaz]

Maybe im the only one who wants this low budget games, but where are Ape Escape and Fat Princess?? you can't do much wrong sony

 

[LakeOf9]

Astrobot is brilliant. Loved it.

Not a fan of helldivers due to the controls, but yes, a great game.

Those are exactly the sort of games Sony should focus on.

I feel like if we want good gameplay mechanics, that is something Sony has been able to deliver for a few years now. TLOU2's third person stealth sandbox is incredible, Spider-Man 2's movement tech is fantastic, Ragnarok's combat is great... it's the stories people have issues with, not the actual gameplay lol.

I guess Astro and Helldivers both sidestep that problem though, true.

 

[Ogbert]

I feel like if we want good gameplay mechanics, that is something Sony has been able to deliver for a few years now. TLOU2's third person stealth sandbox is incredible, Spider-Man 2's movement tech is fantastic, Ragnarok's combat is great... it's the stories people have issues with, not the actual gameplay lol.

I guess Astro and Helldivers both sidestep that problem though, true.

For me, it's the bloat.

I want less story. Culture is so inane these days, the 'stories' are almost always written by cretinous imbeciles.

It's just tedious schleping through hours of cut scene to get to anything resembling good gameplay.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

For me, it's the bloat.

I want less story. Culture is so inane these days, the 'stories' are almost always written by cretinous imbeciles.

It's just tedious schleping through hours of cut scene to get to anything resembling good gameplay.

It went the way of movies, big budget = better in their mind as those seemed to drive the biggest sales initially. Which was true up to a point but it came with an unrealized cost. But the narrative focus lost sight of the value of gaming. If I want to watch a movie I will watch a movie. If I want to play a game then I will play a game. Strip away the imbedded menus in menus for action games and 8 hours of cutscenes. Go back to simpler games like astrobot etc. That's why everyone appreciates the PS2 they had focus driven action and adventure games when there was multiple Ratchets and Draks etc. Sony doesn't to stop exclusives but they need to go back to gameplay being the primary focus.