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Top Ten Franchise Reboots

Phil writes, "With Doom on its way later this year and with players having experienced the beta, it seems like a perfect opportunity to delve into other franchises that saw impressive reboots. Sometimes the only direction a long lost franchise can go is just wiping the chalkboard clean and starting fresh. That's what these ten gaming franchises did, and they were quite successful in doing so. While the jury is out on Doom currently, I know for a fact that these ten reboots are some of the best within the industry. After you've checked out my picks, why not list some of your own favorite franchise reboots in the comments section?"

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Alexious2951d ago

The new Ratchet & Clank is hands down the best one!

Dexwix2951d ago

Wow..a list that doesn't completely suck..I don't agree with Star Fox, played it and didn't like it too much. Prince of Persia? I didn't like that reboot too much. Ninja Gaiden, Killer Instinct and Ratchet are FAN FREAKING TASTIC

Phil322951d ago

"A list that doesn't completely suck." I do my best! :) I will take any compliment I can get!

rjason122951d ago

Metroid prime should have been on this list lol.

Sciurus_vulgaris2951d ago

It is not a reboot, the Prime Series takes place between Metroid:Zero Mission and Metroid II:The Return of Samus.

Phil322951d ago

Beat me to it, Sciurus_vulgaris. Thanks!

rjason122950d ago

I thought it meant reboot as in breathing new life into the franchise lol.

Retroman2951d ago (Edited 2951d ago )

Thank you Insomniac for rebooting R&C maybe now other dev such as Naughty Dog see Crash and Jax could still work.

Night992951d ago (Edited 2951d ago )

Ratchet & Clank on PS4 is not a Reboot, Ratchet & Clank is a Remake of Ratchet & Clank1 on Ps2 with exactly the same levels just a few additions.

A Reboot is an entirely new vision of an existing IP, something like the new Tomb Raider or Dmc Devil may cry.

Some guys like the writer of this crap artikel are realy to dumb to see differences between Re Release, HD-Ports, Remakes and Reboot they always confuse them even if it is really not that hard to tell the differences. Is it really that hard to tell if something is an entirely new vision of a game or if it is bessically the same game like already existing with exactly the same looking characters and levels like the original game but with new updated graphics? And is it really that hard to tell the differences between a Remake with new updated graphics and a HD-Port with the same graphics like the original game but only enhanced resolution? I not only often hear guys confuse Remakes and Reboots like in this article I also often her HD- Ports and Remakes confused.

Phil322951d ago (Edited 2951d ago )

I think your need to capitalize unnecessary words, misspell, and have to act like a total jerk to prove a pont make you really dumb, and I'd honestly rather be me than you. :) Sorry you didn't like the article, but maybe don't be so disrespectful because you have anonymity.

And no, the levels are not exactly the same, and it's easy to say why the game is a reboot. It can be a matter of opinion, but personally, since you found it right to sass me for no reason, I don't really care about yours.

LoveSpuds2951d ago (Edited 2951d ago )

Judging from your grasp of grammar and spelling I think it is you who misunderstands what these terms mean.

Referring to the Ratchet title on PS4 as a reboot is perfectly legitimate. It isn't a remake as there are many differences ranging from whole levels, new weapons, new story elements, new collectible mechanics and new controls (you couldn't strafe in the original for example).

Ultimately it doesn't matter, the article (or artikel if you prefer your spelling) is just a fun opinion piece from an enthusiast talking about some of his fave games. Not sure I agree with them all of course, especially Starfox, but I will take a positive article over the countless flamebait articles all day long.

Sciurus_vulgaris2950d ago

I think Ratchet and Clank (2016) is more of a retelling than reboot. The story in no way shape or from affects the plot from Going Commando to Into the Nexus. Personally I think the plot of R & C(2016) transitions better into Going Commando than the original game did. However,it is up to Insomniac & Sony, to use the new R & C as reboot for the series (depending on the plot of next entries in the series)

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Team Ninja: How Ninja Gaiden and Nioh connect to Rise of the Ronin

Many of you who have already played Rise of the Ronin may have noticed some elements of our previous works such as Ninja Gaiden and Nioh from Team Ninja. Today we’re excited to share some of the behind-the-scenes development stories for the first time. Plus we share details on an upcoming game update.

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purple1015d ago

not a good title FPS RUSSIA. should have gone with: "new content added'. ... or something like that

try : 'New and expanded content 5 new Ally Missions added. + Addition of dojo training partners"

FPSRUSSIA5d ago

Lol thats the title of the article by playstation blog what are you talking about ?

FPSRUSSIA5d ago

Read the article it has nothing to do with what you said

purple1015d ago

I literally copied and pasted that from the bottom of the article

DEEBO4d ago

The new update is so good...

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8 Years Later, It's About Time Sony Revives The Rest Of Ratchet And Clank

Hanzala from eXputer: "On this joyous 8th anniversary of the Ratchet and Clank reboot, it's about time Sony considers reviving the originals to complete the saga."

shinoff218337d ago (Edited 37d ago )

It's not the ideal situation but Sony does offer them on ps plus. I to would just like a big ass compilation on doscto though

purple10137d ago

Insomniac roadmap leaked a while ago and they are making another, they’re doing the best they can and these games, especially the last two, are master pieces

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AMD users left in the dirt with "ludicrous" Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues are a huge problem for AMD users

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ocelot07304d ago

Strange with the ps5 being amd based it would of been more optimized for amd gpu's.

mkis007304d ago (Edited 304d ago )

Lets see just how widespread these issues are... doesnt make a bit of sense because the game was made for amd hardware.

: oh its just complaining over amd's poor implementation of things on the pc side.

PunksOnN4G304d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007304d ago (Edited 304d ago )

Maybe you are not up to date on the current state of AMD's Raytracing support and FSR.

Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?

ModsDoBetter304d ago

"Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?"

This is a first party title.
Released and poorly optimised. You jump straight to AMD being completely at fault as if TLoU PC port didn't happen.

Christopher304d ago (Edited 304d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name303d ago

You should probably make sure it is Sony before trying to fling mud.

ModsDoBetter303d ago

@Generic with the cope:

From DigitalFoundry,

"The comparison, which was shared by Digital Foundry, was accompanied by a written analysis that goes over some of the port's best features, such as good scalability, which allows players with the proper hardware to enjoy much better visuals than on PlayStation 5 and those with underpowered machines to have still a decent experience barring some stuttering, and issues, such as missing transparency effects at max settings, texture loading issues, shadows issues with ray tracing enabled, stability issues and more. With the additional disabling of ray tracing on AMD GPUs due to stability issues, it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

"it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

This is not solely an issue with AMD, the port is "yet another" with missing features.

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Jin_Sakai304d ago (Edited 304d ago )

AMD has always been crap compared to Nvidia. The only advantage they have is price.

DarXyde304d ago

And power efficiency. And arguably better performance on 1080p/1440p cards. And availability.

Nvidia cards really aren't worth hunting high and low for when there are very comparable AMD cards that are cheaper. I really have to give credit to AMD for their very frequent and consistent grind with RDNA. This issue I reckon is a developer level problem.

Can't really miss with either, but considering Jensen and Lisa are relatives, they probably laugh about these debates over a very expensive holiday dinner.

iAmyRose304d ago

Naw AMD have had instances of being good, Nvidia do have better features, raytracing and AI performance if you play with software that uses it though.

KeeseToast304d ago

@DarXyde
Power efficiency is not true at all this gpu generation. Nvidia‘s 4000 series is more power efficient that AMD 7000

DivineHand125303d ago

I believe AMD offers higher vram at lower price points compared to NVidia. We have found out that this generation needs at least 8GB to load the highest detail textures at 1080p.

This issue with the drivers will eventually be fixed for Ratchet and Clank, however, the vram issue NVidia has on their midrange and entry level cards can only be fixed by spending more money on a higher end card.

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CantThinkOfAUsername304d ago

AMD has already confirmed it's a driver-related issue on their cards. Besides, AMD 'users' can't stop telling us how not important Ray Tracing is, how they always play with it off, and how it's an 'Nvidia gimmick.' This shouldn't be a problem for them I believe.

On a side note, kudos to Nixxes and Sony for releasing one of the best PC ports in 2023. Amazing graphics with Ray Tracing, great performance, detailed system requirements, plenty of graphics options, all upscaling technologies (DLSS, FSR, and XeSS), DirectStorage 1.2, and native Mouse and Keyboard support.

INMATEofARKHAM304d ago

Not surprised by an AMD driver issue... I love they are in the market and help keep Intel honest but I've had some whacked driver issues with then so I always just go with Intel anymore.

I'm sure they'll have it fixed in the coming days, if it even takes that long, just one of the joys of PC gaming.

ChasterMies304d ago

Imma just sayin’, this is why I play on consoles.

Good-Smurf304d ago

No issues at all on PS5 and some already called me being trolling yesterday.
No telling how well it will run on my PC because there's too things that can go wrong there being High End Nvidia stuff and everything.

MadLad304d ago

Consoles are highly limiting; and when devs screw up optimizing their games on console, you're screwed. You don't have the option of powering through it.

Binarycode304d ago

That's why always wait and see what the game plays like on any device before you buy.

I think they've done a good job porting it to pc, but it needs to be able to run on lower end cards and should have a ram indicator to show how much video ram is being used.

ChasterMies303d ago

That’s why I play on PS5. The user base is so big, devs can’t afford to screw up optimizing their games for it.

MrVux000303d ago

Looking at the overall state of PC gaming and its ports of AAA games for the past 3-4 years vs consoles ports.

Not really helping your case.

1nsomniac304d ago

People never listened when I said that this game doesn’t use “real” ray tracing on PS5. I believe it uses a very clever advanced/modified screen space reflection system. Which is why the real ray tracing doesn’t work on pc.

Outside_ofthe_Box304d ago

Does it matter? I thought we were past this "real" nonsense. The end results matter more. If you can't distinguish, who cares. If it allows for better/more stable frame rate who cares. MS f'd everything when they started using terms like "true" and "real" in their marketing when they launched the One X last gen. People are finally starting to realize that "True 4K" doesn't matter if you have to sacrifice framerate to achieve it. In the end something always has to give if you are truly pushing the hardware.

Binarycode303d ago

Raytracing reflections are used on PS5 as they are in Spiderman, Same engine. tested by professionals with first hand knowledge.

PC Ray-tracings problems are bugs and on AMD side a driver issue.

Lastly if AMD want to compete in the RT space, they need to come up with a solution. As in a unique chip to do it, not just make the gpu with some driver things help it. It's miles behind Nvidia.

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