Shaz Mohsin writes: "Before the days of massive explosions, high octane action, incredible set-pieces, zombies, remarkable narrative style, and emotion filled characters; Naughty Dog was known for their talking animals, weird elf-ish creatures, and creative, colourful, and cartoony platforming games.
Nostalgia plays a massive role when coming to entertainment. It’s that word alone that keeps a company like Nintendo afloat. And with the constant ‘remasters’ and ‘remakes’ and ‘reboots’ and ‘re-whaterverthehell’ this generation of gaming has had, it begs the question of, “Do we really need another reboot?” Jak’s smaller cousin, ‘Ratchet & Clank’ is already getting a remaster– heck those guys are even getting a movie alongside a remaster of their original game (which, by the way, looks incredible). So is it just all too much? Should Naughty Dog really invest their time and efforts into rebooting a franchise that already has 5+ games to it's name?"
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The PS2 birthed various notable PlayStation mascots, but Ratchet and Clank appear to be the only ones that made it on every later console generation.
We needed remakes of Jak and Daxter more than pumping out an unnecessary "remake" of Last of Us.
Then again, we're hilariously now getting a "remake" of Horizon Zero Dawn, so Sony is already outdoing themselves.
People on here go at me because I always take jabs at Sony, but it's because I want to see them do better.
Do they make great games? Of course. As of this gen does their ecosystem suck? I'd say definitely yes.
They're becoming more anti consumer by the day.
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It's not PlayStation bro it's Jimbo and his cronies thinking the success of because of them and not guys like Shawn layden, Andrew house etc
I get that. Jim needs to go. At the same time, we're still the consumer, and Sony is still the people doing the hiring and writing the checks. They need to stop turning a blind eye to how Playstation is being handled right now and get things back on track.
This isn't last generation. Xbox is real competition again. You're seeing a lot of people getting tired of what they're doing with the brand the last couple of years.
I don’t think so for some reason the title mascot is always given to “platformers” characters like Mario in particular when it comes to games.
Miscrosoft tried d to make master chief it’s mascot but it never really stuck because those characters appeal to a small percentage of gamers.
God of War on PS2 does have platforming elements in it, if Jak & Daxter and Ratchet can be considered platformers with the inclusion of minor platforming elements in them then so can God of War.
What a mascot is though is simply a game series based around a "named character". Solid Snake is a mascot, Gabe Logan from Syphon Filter is a mascot, Lara Croft is a mascot etc... we really don't get many franchises based around a single named protagonist anymore.
Master Chief is 100% Microsoft's mascot and yes he does appeal to a very wide range of gamers. He's a space marine much akin to the Terran in Starcraft, whats not to love.
blinx was the xb mascot, not master chief. but they gave up on blinx after the 2nd game which is sad as there was lots of potential there. They should bring him back.
So the definition of a mascot is that they have to be cartoony and platform characters? Makes little sense to me.
Mascot, Icon, whatever word you want to use, Kratos is definitely part of that Playstation definition. And yeah, Master Chief is one for Xbox for whatever it's worth.
Nahh we don’t need these kind’s of games we need more walking slimulators like Naughty Dog games and remakes of games that aren’t even 10 years old because they make money right Sony. The fact that R&C is still around AND still good is a goddamn miracle that i’m very grateful for.
lol it's funny how your only game is about Sony games because Microsoft has no games to compare to :p
Which is absolutely fine since he wasn't comparing Sony to MS in his comment to begin with.
Its obvious your just hating levii92. You can call last of us whatever the f you want Ill call it one of the best games Ive played. Also if you cant see the huge drastic difference in graphics between a ps3 and subsequent remaster to ps4 which didnt change the looks to much to a remake for ps5 where the graphics are phenomenal then thats on you lil guy. And its far from a walking simulator Id guess you never even played it.
Truth is the last of us is fantastic and if you dont wanna pay that much for it wait, if you even play ps which I doubt. It was just 50 bucks everywhere. Im still waiting until its 30 or so cause I dont like to spend over 30 40 bucks on any games these days.
On the bright side atleast you can stand in the corner or something cause I know the other system doesnt have alot going on these days.
Levii, does it bother you that the remake came out 9.25 years after the original? Would your balls not be squeezed as hard if it was delayed 9 months?
You are not wrong. The probably two biggest ps5 exclusives next year are the second chapter of FF7 (remake) and Knights of the old Republic (remake).
the last R+C (rift apart) was definitely way better than I wanted to give it credit for before playing. still one of the best, most impressive ps5 games imo.
the game is so good, the only flaw I want to highlight is the fact that it's a little bit short for my liking. I want more of it damn it!
Even though it's been 13 years since the last brand-new Jak and Daxter game, several factors have allowed Naughty Dog's franchise to survive.
I know naughty dog has no interest in this, but man I love to see this series return, or at the very least get blue point onto remaking the original 3 games please!!!
They have moved on from the series, they have said so many times. I'd much rather that Sony builds a new studio for continuing the Jak and Daxter series
They should let sanzaru games do it.They did a good job with Sly"Thieves in time
""Make it darker, make it massive, make it completely different while still holding the same characters and that same wonder we got from playing the original titles""
"Make it darker".
My reaction:
- What? FUCK OFF!
I am a big fan of J&D series and platform games in general, and didn't like the darker style of ND's binned attempts from a few years ago, which we can see in the article. Why the hell EVERYTHING has to be dark nowadays? Why everything needs to have serious story and lots of emotions? It's a platform game for fucks sake, it should be enjoyable, have good balance of relaxing and challenging, with more focus on the relaxing part (that's where this genre shines) and it should allow to visit great looking, weird and never seen before worlds. At 60fps, with good music and controls, with good jokes and overal AAAAAAA quality. Just as all three J&D games on PS2.
They should. I'm sick of Nathan Drake, i hate him. Jak & Daxter were so much charismatic, iconic and fun characters. Nathan is just an empty shell.
Besides Ratchet & Clank are coming back so it would be the right time to slap them off.
I love Jak and Daxter. If ND is on board (with most of the original team), I am all for them making a sequel. However if they aren't, personally I would rather a studio create a new IP/game in the style of Jak and Daxter than to see another company make a sequel. As much as I love Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, they were played out to a pulp and the last few games for both series left a bad taste in my mouth. I would hate for that same thing to happen to Jak and Daxter.