More so tired that other developers don't do enough. I mean games are expensive and I would like to hang on to them after I beat them, but if I don't have interest in them anymore then why bother?
Mass Effect's "Big Sky" add-on was awesome. It easily added about 2 hours of additional game play for an already amazing game. I don't expect sheer awesomeness with all DLC but some additional stuff would be nice.
PAIN! has worked hard to keep things kind of relevant. So far they have just done mostly characters and additional gameplay modes, but sometime this month, maybe next month, they are releasing their new environment. ON their blog the lead developer has said it will be under $6.99 and include more stuff than the original game. Oh, and it is getting online multiplayer.
I know a couple of people on here are really wanting to take some shots at me as they can't beat my 5 million on the leaderboards.
Buy Pixel Junk Monsters and Super Star Dust HD. They will easily last you dozens of hours.
And adding trophies just makes it more so.
I personally don't want to see classics, I want new games. To hell with classics, IMO.
I really do enjoy some of my PS1 games. It is a very cheap way to extend my PSP library as well. I know Medieval gets some serious play time when I am on the road. I also like going back through my Crash Bandicoot games.
It is also convenient to pick them up this way so that they are on the hard drive and not cases taking up shelf space, which my wife already complains about.
You may have to wait until E3 for any new info, but last I heard there were several new PSN games scheduled for release before the end of the year, but I don't really pay any attention to the classic stuff... as so many classic video games are free and easily available on the PC.
My issue with a lot of the PSN games recently is that they aren't that great now. The first batch were incredibly awesome. But I feel as if the ability to touch on the greatness that is Cash Guns Chaos, Calling All Cars, Super Stardust HD, and even Blast Factor is falling short. Wolf of the Battlefield disappointed and I am still waiting on NovaStrike to give me a demo, because I haven't heard very many great reviews for that.
Don't get me wrong, occasionally we still get some incredibly awesome innovative titles that break down barriers, like Echochrome and PAIN! But those are one or two a year at the current rate. I am beginning to tire of omni-directional shooters. And looking at my list I realize that I do not like any of the multiplatform titles.
I think that certain devs have seen a cookie cutter pattern that sells and are doing just that. The exclusives are attempting some new stuff, because they have support from Sony or Microsoft, and that is awesome.
What I am excited about are revamps of classics, like the 1942 HD remake coming out or Bionic Commando Rearmerd. Take something I love and update it a bit. Although I was never a huge fan of Bionic Commando, I recognize it will be good for those who like it. This actually makes me long for the original side-scrolling Duke Nukem games to be updated with HD graphics. Or the Commander Keen series. There is a lot of potential to tap my nostalgia nerve.
I admit though, having a console version can be fun if it has some decent online support. Using the PS3 controller can be much nicer than a keyboard and mouse on a PC.
However, even a controller doesn't do a great job replicating the same controls and buttons found in many classic arcade games. This is why I have been really tempted to make a MAME Arcade Cabinet with one of my old PCs and CRT monitors.
Joey may need to clarify, but by Classics I thought he was talking PS1 titles.
However, I will touch on this. Some of these true PS3 only Classics actually work better here than a mouse and keyboard, because they are direct arcade copies. Those are controls that are built a around a joystick and 1-4 buttons. That works perfect with a console controller with analog sticks. I remember on my PC I bought a gamepad that looked like a PlayStation controller, but had a small joystick that could be screwed into the D-pad so I could play my classic games.
In the mean time, the only classic games I have bought for my PS3 are:
- Q*bert
- Joust
- Lemmings
- Rampage World Tour
I know there are several more than those available, but the only one of these that we really ever play is Rampage World Tour, and that's fairly rare.
Replace Joust with Mortal Kombat 2 and add Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and you have my list. I already have Joust on my PC.
Another bonus to classics: I never owned Symphony of the Night before now. That game is expensive to find elsewhere.
Heck, we rarely ever even play PS2 games on our PS3, although after we took the Kids to our local IMAX theater to see
Whales in 3-D, I went and dug up my old PS2 copy of
Ecco The Dolphin and put it in the PS3 for the kids to play... although once they reached the chapter with the giant Great White, we naturally turned it off.
Do you have a Wii? If they are getting into the whole marine life thing you may want to check out Endless Ocean. It is more of an exploration and learning title from what I gather. I haven't played it yet but it is next on my Gamefly list.
And on the IMAX movie front: Check out Aliens of the Deep and Deep Sea. They were both 3-D Imax films but, they won't put out 3-D versions on disc. I'll save that rant for a different thread.
Of the 40 or so PSN games that have already been released, the ones we have the most interest in by far are the original PS3 games like:
- echochrome
- Operation Creature Feature
- Trials of Topoq
- PixelJunk Monsters
- Super Stardust HD
- Super Rub-a-Dub
- Calling All Cars
- Blast Factor Advanced Research
- flOw
- High Stakes Poker
- LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
Good list.
Yes. And the controllers for Rock Band will also work in Rock Band 2. I'm so excited.
Yep, Harmonix is serving their fans well. Now if only the Guitar Hero controllers would work. I'm contemplating the Nyko Front Man as my second.
Next week they are releasing "Snow (Hey Oh)" and "Tell Me Baby" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a bunch of classic The Who songs the week after that.
You mean this week (XBox 360 should get them today) for Chili Peppers. And you forgot Rush.
Closer to the Heart and
Working Man. How can you forget Rush? Finally some Rush masters. But now I want my money back on that Working Man cover I bought already.
And the Best of The Who is next week. I'm just buying the whole track pack.
For anyone interested here is that track list ($1.99 each or $19.99 as a set):
- "Amazing Journey"
- "Baba O'Riley"
- "Behind Blue Eyes"
- "Eminence Front"
- "Going Mobile"
- "Leaving Here"
- "My Generation" (LIVE)
- "Real Good Looking Boy"
- "Sea & Sand"
- "Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
- "Who Are You"
- "Young Man Blues" (LIVE)
And before someone says it: Pinball Wizard is rumored to be in Rock Band 2.
But back to what started this whole thing: Harmonix and, to some degree, Activision have been very good about DLC for their fans.
. Cant wait for those voucher points things to come out, is there any guesstamate for the time yet.
