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ChuckeRearmed
Member
You have to marvel at that
saintjules
Member
The definitive Venom game
James Sawyer Ford
Member
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
proandrad
Member
I wanted that game so bad as a kid, simply because the cartridge was red.
GermanZepp
Gold Member
That sounds more up to the average Disney/Marvel 'enjoyer'.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Making a few games. Ok.
Becoming a factory for churning out Marvel content for a further 12 years when the boom has come and gone. Not ok.
The writing in Insomniac’s Spider-Man games is objectively sub-par.
Gojiira
Member
Exactly, I know theres more than the ones already listed too.
They should just consider that Sony isnt going to want to compete with its own exclusives, or cut into the sales of those same games. And with so many exclusives they have more time to add/polish etc their first party stuff.
Just seems like a win win to me.
Nonehxc
Member
mckmas8808
Banned
The money they all make say otherwise.
The Stig
Member
dont give them any ideas! lol
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Insomniac, such a talented studio that has given up on original IPs. With San Diego busy doing The Show games, I was hoping they would take a crack at The Mark of Kri.
aclar00
Member
It is a bit of a slippery slope, but honestly, given game development complexity and time nowadays its likely what's best for the industry. We probably actually need to go back to more of it IMO...kind of do a reset to how things were.
While I hate game price increases, they do pale in comparison to the increase in scale and complexity of a game today. People now put a huge emphasis on length as oppose to generally quality it seems. Large part of that is on devs/publishers though.
My fav game til this day is OG Resident Evil 1, which can easily be beaten twice on a Saturday morning...and it cost $50 usd if im not mistaken at launch. Now people expect 30+ hours from a $70 game whose complexity is ten fold.
RE1 thru 3 also came out in what...3 maybe 4 year timespan and didnt bother me much....maybe us adults are just more jaded.
March Climber
Gold Member
If the casual audience can separate the video games from the movies, so can you.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I am also still down for this kind of experience if it's a worthwhile one. I regularly revisit old games like that and enjoy them, well worth the money. I agree, things are kind of skewed but for so many reasons it's hard to "fix".
struggler_guts
Member
Rated teen, short like miles, still switch between playing spiderman...
This is gonnah be a freakin snooze
This is gonnah be a freakin snooze
SteadyEvo
Member
It’s hard to get excited with another game in the same universe with similar gameplay.
Insomniac has made games like sunset overdrive and resistance…. Why are all these Sony studios only working on 3rd person story games centered around the same charcters…
AltogetherAndrews
Member
I liked Resistance plenty, but it was a first person shooter franchise with a brownish tint released right in the middle of a bunch of other brownish shooters. At least with their current output, they are at the very top of the game.
And Sunset Overdrive, well. Swing and miss.
is the price correct should it be not 70 Bucks or did i miss something
Embearded
Member
The boom has not gone, not yet.
I agree on their writing, it's not great, at least i prefer the recent God Of War games writing. Gameplay is very good though and all of my friends who are into comics are more than satisfied.
Understandable, but its only logical to continue making these games as long as they are making money.
Also, you just described some annual games that sell millions.
Sunset overdrive that made them 600$ profit?
Resistance was ok but to be fair gaming wasn't as mainstream as it is today in the PS3 era.
And sorry i don't find the characters in the games similar. I see the similarities in the stories (GoW - TLoU) but characters are not the same.
ResilientBanana
Member
You’re right, games should have fresh ideas where the main character wields weapons and special powers instead.
systemr123
Banned
Same, should probably be more around 30 bucks though, I feel 50 is too much for the relatively smaller effort the devs have to put into these games. You know, a long time ago it would be called an expansion pack, and be sold for 19,99. Which is actually the best price for a product like this. Unfortunately this is the price of a single costume in some games now. F*ck the abuse of modern MTX and the shameless abuse of it.
crackajack
Member
I would assume that for at least 9 out of 10 people involved in any game project it is entirely irrelevant to them what the topic and genre of the game is. The average worker bee does not care at all, while a few people are really passionate about certain elements in the pipeline.Inso has become a Marvel factory. I remember them being so happy when they released the first spider-man game back in PS4 era not knowing that they will lose are creative freedom and be forced to make Marvel shite until the end times
I guess writers and directors have to actually like the game's theme though. Just a job attitude won't work great for that, if you really feel like some creative soul, caged into a monotone world with contractual limits to your ideas.
aclar00
Member
Years ago it would be considered a full-fledged game.
Why are you sorry for them? They get extra bonus pay for sales milestones. Spider-man series is the multi million seller. So naturally they would pick that series to earn more money.
FingerBang
Member
I feel sorry for the leak of private information, I'm happy with what they're working on