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2017 Is Shaping Up To Be Gaming's Best Year in the Last Decade

2017 already delivered an incredible quantity of great games so far and it's only going to get better. At this rate, it could very well end up being the best year since 2007.

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KaiPow2600d ago

It's shocking to see so many well-received games all at once. I don't know if my wallet can handle another 9 months!

Sharingan_no_Kakashi2600d ago

Oh what's another eviction notice... lol

mikeslemonade2600d ago

Last great year was 2007. So not much competition to be claimed the best year.

bouzebbal2600d ago

i agree, and especially if GT and DQ11 are out in 2017.

AspiringProGenji2600d ago

It is sad that Mass Effect Andromeda disappointed.

affrogamer2600d ago

It's arguably the best first quarter ever in gaming history!

Alexious2600d ago

Agreed. Let's just hope the rest of the year keeps up the pace!

QUIMICOMORTAL2599d ago

It surely has! I have had enough games this first 3 months to last me all the rest of the year.

I guess only xbox owners are the only ones desperate for new games...

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LavaLampGoo2600d ago

You see this kind of articles pop up every couple of years but HOLY CRAP HAS 2017 BEEN AWESOME YOU GUYS. I want to be cynical but honestly, it's all looking absolutely great so far

Festano2600d ago

NieR and Nioh surprised me a lot (I was a big believer in Horizon). My backlog keeps growing...

Cybermario2600d ago

Yep i agree, has been a great time for gaming, this yeah every plaftorm got something great to play, we got Horizon on the PS4, Zelda on the Swith and Netflix on the Xbox One, the future is looking bright! (dense people, i am ofc making a joke, relax)

Nu2600d ago

Netflix is truly the only exclusive Xbox has atm. Don't be afraid of us Xbots we won't trample you. Beware of the ponies that prance around looking for blood /s

Why o why2600d ago

Nu
'Netflix is truly the only exclusive Xbox has atm'...

...Not even...I've been using it on my ps4 for moons

Nu2599d ago

@Why o why your comment is proof that Ponies are out to destroy the competition.
*nose bleed*

Dragonscale2599d ago

Tbh nu the competition is doing a good enough job they don't need any help.

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LordoftheCritics2600d ago

You still have a couple of months to make jokes.

DARKKENT2599d ago

If you see septic in person you can see why his a troll...

Cybermario2591d ago

Yes, then i will Netflix and chill on my Scorpio

DigitalRaptor2600d ago (Edited 2600d ago )

@ LordoftheCritics

The jokes make themselves. Microsoft closed/canceled 8 first party studios/projects this time last year so their first-party offerings are looking gaunt. If you think waiting a couple of months for some info means you're going to get a stampede of great exclusive games as soon as E3 is here I would adjust your expectations. MS will likely have you wait another 3 months from then by saving most of their big exclusive games for Scorpio.

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MasterCornholio2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

@Septic

I know some people see Kratos as a beastly man.

:)

Or maybe your making a reference to BloodBorne 2?

That game will have plenty of beasts in it if it does come out.

DigitalRaptor2598d ago (Edited 2598d ago )

Sorry Septic.... there is going to be no sequel or prequel to inFAMOUS to satiate your hunger for that series. Sucker Punch is working on another ambitious open-world new IP. Or maybe you were talking about Bloodborne... well yeah maybe a sequel to that masterpiece will be announced at E3. 🙏
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@ Why oh why

Hahah, perfect analogy there.

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Juiceid2600d ago

It's a good game and all, but truly it's only a re-skinned Tomb Raider.

Bathyj2600d ago (Edited 2600d ago )

Maybe try playing it. It truly isnt.

Juiceid2599d ago

I have been playing. Sure the story is slightly different, but the similarities are undeniable, and anyone who can't see them are just kidding themselves. Sure, there's some far cry mixed in, but clearly this game has many nods to tomb raider and I take all that as complimentary, because those elements are well done.

UCForce2600d ago

Nope. It's more than reskin of Tomb Raider.

TheKingKratos2600d ago (Edited 2600d ago )

Oh yes you are right

remember that part in Tomb Raider where you fight RoboDinos ??
Oh oh or you remeber where you fight in the future after mankind was doomed ??
Or do you remember how lara had red hair like Aloy??

Remember when tomb raider had the same gameplay as Horizon ??

What that ?? You don't remember any of that?? Neither am i.

I do remember one thing though
is that tomb raider since 2013 is still trying to go after uncharted/the last of us metascore and fail at it .

Scatpants2600d ago

Yeah but she's a woman and she sometimes climbs.

Juiceid2599d ago

Third person
Empowered woman without daddy
Bow and arrow primary weapon
Hunting animals for upgrades, and with some type of 'hunter sense' to highlight animals or people or points of interest.
Searching for 'relics'
Campfire save points
Zip lining (very similar character movement in line as well)
Fast travel
Same type of takedowns
Plants and small trees to create arrows and medicine
...and I'm only slightly past the attack at the trials. I'm sure more similarities are sure to show.

Juiceid2599d ago

Perhaps you should play tomb raider, you'll see what inspired them to make horizon.

UCForce2600d ago

Here the thing, Aloy is much better than Lara Croft (the current one).

guyman2600d ago

"but truly it's only a re-skinned Tomb Raider"

hahahaha lmao what a fail of a trolling attempt

notachance2600d ago

it's your xbox that's a re-skinned door stop

nowitzki20042599d ago

Really sad.. I wanted to laugh but thought about it and was like NO.. I could get a much better door stop for cheaper.

Juiceid2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

Sad. Pissing on Xbox in a PS4 exclusive game article. Get the fanboy crap out of here. Tomb raider is not exclusive. I can help it if you feel so worried that this amazing game is nothing but a rip off, or homage, to an earlier adventure game.

frostypants2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

Nope. It's not even slightly like Tomb Raider. Not even a little bit.

"It's got a chick so it's just like Tomb Raider, guyz!!!"

*facepalm*

Juiceid2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

Lol. "not even slightly". THERES the face palm.

frostypants2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

@Juiceid, just stop. For your own sake.

Goldby2599d ago

@Juiced

"THERES the face palm."

There's your face palm

UCForce2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

That's where your opinion are wrong. HZD did have borrowed some other, but It perfected well and it did better than the others.

UCForce2599d ago (Edited 2599d ago )

Here the thing, Aloy inspired by Sarah Connor and Ripley from Terminator and Alien. Like I said, Aloy is better than the current Lara Croft. Aloy is confident without being cocky and brave without being reckless. The Current Lara Croft is way too scared and complaining way too much. Even I understand that Crystal Dynamics want to build Lara Croft to have character development, but it was way too slow and sluggish for me.

Cybermario2591d ago

quoting the all wise Mister T "I pity the fool!"

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Sony Has Added More Titles To The List of Games Leaving PS Plus In May 2024

Sony Interactive Entertainment has added a few more titles to the list of games that will be leaving PS Plus in May, 2024.

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darthv722d ago

curious... if a game leaves PS+, does it make it unplayable if you have already claimed it before it leaves? I know on the XB side, games leaving Gamepass are no longer playable. You need to pay for them to be able to continue playing after you installed them from GP.

CrimsonWing692d ago

The 3 monthly “free” games you keep as long as you have PS+ subscription. The PS+ library is like Netflix. They rotate stuff out and replace them with other titles.

MrNinosan2d ago

Yes, PS+ Extra/Premium games are unplayable after the leave the service, just like GamePass and Netflix.
PS+ Essentials games are available as long as you have an active PS+ account.

Profchaos2d ago

Monthly games, special promos like the free games during COVID or PS plus bundle on ps5 are forever yours. Premium and above are time limited

If you claim a game on the premium tier (not yours to keep) and it comes out as a monthly games later e.g. fallout 76 it appears you do not retain ownership on that one.

Notsofast2d ago

The 3-4 monthly games that are free that are part of every service are yours forever I canceled my service over a year and you never lose access. I dont know what these other comments are talking about maybe they are in a different country but in the USA I could play any game I claimed of the free monthly games

MrNinosan1d 16h ago

Then one of the accounts on your PS5 probably has a PS+ Essential subscription.
Because the 3-4 PS+ games you get every month, is not available to be played if you don't have an active sunscription.
It's the same in US, Europe, Japan and everywhere else.

Petebloodyonion1d 16h ago

Essential stays in your library
Extra and premium become locked when titles leave the service.

It's actually one of my gripes with Extra, you can't remove the title from your own library, so basically it countss as one your title but it's locked so you own library become a cluster F... unless you filter your titles.

MrNinosan1d 16h ago

Well you can just chose to hide them.

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-Foxtrot2d ago

Wonder if Horizon ZD leaving gives credit to those remake rumours

Sigh. If true…another remake that’s not Bloodborne.

SimpleDad2d ago

Probably yes cause of a remake.

Skuletor2d ago

I still remember them giving that one away for free, regardless of if you were subscribed to Plus or not

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

They did. It was during the pandemic and the "play at home" initiative.

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. Sony gave away a lot of games just to push gamers to stay home and not get infected by COVID.

Eonjay2d ago

I think you're right.
There is a separate Bloodborne rumor by the remake is allegedly scheduled for next gen.

Kingrizzy902d ago

Yes cause of the remake good thing I got the plat
And is bloodborn really that good? I never played it due to being Incarcerated 8½ years but I read the comics. It's pretty dark

Profchaos1d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

Highly likely I also bet the remaster will be over priced and under whelming.

I'd also bet most people will simply stick with the PS4 pro and ps5 60fps patch over paying to upgrade when it offers the bare minimum.

I hope Sony has learnt from the last of us 2 and stop remastering games that just came out they have nearly 30 years of content to work with but always remaster games that are like 5 years old and don't need it. I assume this was In development alongside tlou2 so fingers crossed this is the last time we get this because what's next god of war on PS4 to ps5 for 70 dollars probably anything outside of bloodborne

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Friendlygamer2d ago

Glad I played sundered and the messenger, both great 2d games

gold_drake2d ago

ahh the messenger is such a good game.

u should play sea of starts. same people, its a sort of prequel to the messenger tok

Friendlygamer1d 16h ago

Oh I will definitely play it eventually, chained echoes too

Jingsing1d 19h ago

Can N4G adopt a policy of games leaving subscription services as not being a new story, it is just spam at this point.

Petebloodyonion1d 16h ago

Is it me or have there been a lot of great games leaving the extra tier but barely anything in terms of wow factor joining the service in return?
When was the last time that Sony added a PlayStation studio game?
Now I don't expect Sony to have day 1 like Gamepass but I would expect to at least care to make the offering interesting especially when they raised the price by 30% last year.

MrNinosan1d 16h ago

PS Studio Games:
May - Destiny 2: Lightfall
April - MediEvil, Jak&Daxter: The Lost Frontier,
March - CoolBoarders

What Playstation Studio games is it you're missing?

Petebloodyonion1d 14h ago

Sight...
let me check my comment again
" Is it me or have there been a lot of great games leaving the extra tier but barely anything in terms of wow factor joining the service in return? "
Yeah pretty sure I mentioned the EXTRA tier and not the PREMIUM tier
but glad that you consider a DLC to a free-to-play game a great offering

MrNinosan1d 11h ago

I repeat my question, what PS Studio games is it you're missing?

And regarding the first part of your comment, lots of great games leaving and nothing added?

What great games iyo has left the service?
For me, "wow-factor games added would be".
Dave the Diver, Tales of Kenzera, Raji, Miasma, The Outer Worlds, Resident Evil 3, Ace Attorney, Rainbow Six Siege, AC: Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs Legion, Both Southpark jrpgs, Fenyx Rising, Tales of Arise, Session, Lego Worlds, Vampire the Masquerade Swansong, Legends of Mana....

And many more.

Compared to what has been removed, the adds are better than the 'offs'.

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Yoko Taro Passes Respect; Says Stellar Blade Is "Much Better" Than Nier: Automata

Stellar Blade's creative director, Hyung Tae Kim, has also claimed that the game is deeply inspired by Nier: Automata.

shadowhaxor22d ago

I feel like Yoko is downgrading Automata because he has expressed multiple times he'd like to revisit the universe, but Squenix hasn't been keen about it. We know he loves 2B and would love to take her out for another spin, so maybe this is how he gets the company to think about it.

gold_drake22d ago

u do realise that Square made Nier a franchise after Automata right?

Taro is downplaying it cause hes not a snob like most of the directors that think their games are gods gifts to the human race.

he said the same thing when being interviewed during the development of Automata too, that he couldnt have done it without the devs.

hes just a humble guy rly.

shadowhaxor22d ago

I mean, Neir existed before Automata with both OG Niers and Drakenguard. I don't count NieR Replicant, since it's a remake of the OG games. Sure, we have Reincarnation, which is still stuck on mobile devices (quite a damned shame). I just remember Taro saying he'd love to revisit Automata if Square Enix lets him. I do recall there was supposed to be a sequel to Automata, but it wasn't confirmed and I'd imagine it was just for Reincarnation.

Enjoy Taro, he seems like a cool guy, who loves the ladies and is humble. But damn, don't put down one of your masterpieces.

Cacabunga22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

I really liked Automata and cannot wait for Stellar Blade

isarai22d ago

I get he's giving them some credit, but i strongly disagree based on the demo. I honestly don't think any aspect of it feels good, it's not bad, it's just kinda ok but definitely a little jank. Also the souls like formula it is adopting does not help it imo. I was looking forward to this for years, now im just kinda let down honestly 🫤

fsfsxii19d ago

Its not a souls like, its a dmc-ish game with rpg elements. Any game with a third person camera and a sword is souls like to these buffoons

H922d ago

Man exputer can you stop putting words like that after someone's name, i read Yoko Taro Passes and just went blank

Snookies1222d ago

Same... Awful way to word that title's beginning.

exputers22d ago

Whoops. Sorry to startle you.

H921d ago

It's alright brother, maybe I am just slow

Hereandthere22d ago

Thats because Sony had a heavy hand in funding and developing this game.

purple10122d ago

They sent in XDEV one of their traveling support studios to Korea to lend a hand if I’m not mistaken, Sony pulled out the big guns to help this studio

jwillj2k422d ago

(From the demo) Stellar has better direction in terms of stage layout if you like that ninja gaiden type feel. Nier is more polished by far.

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Stellar Blade X NieR: Yoko Taro and Hyung-Tae Kim on How Their Blockbusters Inspire One Another

IGN: "We talk to Yoko Taro and Hyung-Tae Kim about the ways that Stellar Blade is inspired by NieR: Automata, comparisons between EVE and 2B, and much more."