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Would older GT's really be a draw though? I think a lot of people outside of us racing fans view racing games like GT much like they view sports games where the previous one pretty much becomes obsolete once the next one is released and don't really see a reason to go back.
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Wasn't the licensing issue for one character though? GT has 180 cars that need licensing agreements. GT2 has something like 620 cars plus music and real tracks. They both have real-life logos too which pose another issue altogether.
It can be done, but it doesn't really seem like it'd be worth it for Sony to do that since it's not planning on the PS Classic being a long-term seller. It's just a limited release.
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And a bunch of cars at least 20 years old that look like trash compared to current racing games featuring much newer cars along with a chunk of the ones in the older GT's.
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Not a single thing of which matters in the slightest if the one player game sucks.
You only need look at GT6 for that. Looks nice and so much content and not a damned thing to do with it with as much as one other car on the track.
Really nice time attacker though. Not bad for a AAA title.
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Whether the single player mode is good or not really doesn't matter in this case, much like it doesn't matter to sports games, which is how alot of people (and some websites) view racing games. Once the new one comes out the last one falls by the wayside and people rarely see reason to go back since there is usually never a storyline.
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And how many of them were doing that in the mid-late 90's?
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Online didnt really took of at that time.
I agree the ps mini should include the best selling games for the ps1 and especially the ones who never received any re-release or remaster. And GT1 and 2 are numbers 1 and 3 on that list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_video_games
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It's a notable probable omission, but let's not overstate things here. Gran Turismo was a big series towards the end of the system's life, but it wasn't the only word in racing games like it pretty much was on the PS2.
Ridge Racer was big series the system's entire life (which seems to be the goal anyway with this, considering the controllers). R4 is arguably the third best racing game on the system, and when it was new was considered something that could go hit for hit with the first one even if the series imploded almost immediately afterwards. It definitely plays better with digital controls than the first GT does too, and I'd say it has aged better anyway.
It's no different from the fact that the SNES Mini didn't have Chrono Trigger and "only" had Final Fantasy VI and Secret of Mana. I'd honestly be surprised if another Ridge Racer didn't end up on it as well.
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I myself am not big on it either. Ridge Racer Type 4, the demo of the first on the Turbo Mode disc to be specific, was literally the very game that introduced me to gaming as I know it and you'd think i'd have a nostalgic bias for it, but I honestly don't. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Ridge Racer or Ridge Racer Type 4, but I just never was a huge fan of it, even when I was much younger.
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I started out with a C64 (yes I am that old) but my first PS game that really blew me away was Wipeout. That was the fastest and smoothest racing game I had seen in my life and the controls were excellent at the time. It impressed me even more then Metal gear solid or Gran turismo.
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Wow. That's a pretty atrocious list.
Hopefully it's the original Director's Cut, at least; so 6 of the games would be worth playing. Shout out to Sony for including Rainbow Six, though, which was an absolutely butchered and terrible port of the original game even when it was new.
Hopefully it's the original Director's Cut, at least; so 6 of the games would be worth playing. Shout out to Sony for including Rainbow Six, though, which was an absolutely butchered and terrible port of the original game even when it was new.
So?
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Sony just proved i was right calling it a scum.
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I applaud them for being a bit more varied than I'd originally of thought (i.e. original GTA, Rainbow Six), but I could think of plenty of other games that would've fit the bill a lot better. Kula World / Roll Away, Wipeout, Driver, Castlevania, Einhander... the list goes on. Of course it is all personal preference, but I'd argue that most of these aren't necessarily what I'd associate with the original PlayStation, or at least worth playing today. The first GTA for example; great from a historical point of view but it's honestly a very clunky game with poor design choices, even relative to the time. GTA2 improved upon it immensely.
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Not a terrible list but some head-scratchers. With the limited amount of games included I wish they included the (sometimes) better sequels like Twisted Metal 2, Destruction Derby 2 and Resident Evil 2 rather than the originals. No Tomb Raider is strange, too. But, in any case, this was never going to be appealing to me and, really, there are just too many games to narrow it down to 20 and please everyone.
You can get most of these games legitimately, and more, on PS Classics for PS3, if you have one of those lying around. If you really need to pretend you have an original Playstation again, then it’s probably alright. Would make for a nice gift perhaps.
You can get most of these games legitimately, and more, on PS Classics for PS3, if you have one of those lying around. If you really need to pretend you have an original Playstation again, then it’s probably alright. Would make for a nice gift perhaps.
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That list made me wonder why the syphon filter franchise is dead. I really enjoyed that game.
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I would buy the digital collection if they would decide to sell it in psstore. I understand the appeal to collectors, but I dont have any room for another console in my setup.
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