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"Since the announcement of the PlayStation 3 Slim and the $100 price drop, Sony has been riding a wave of good news. Sales have been increasing for the platform worldwide, the marketing for the system appears to have hit its stride and interest for the system, as a whole, is better than it has ever been. Yet, with all the recent optimism for the PS3, not all is well within the PlayStation family. In particular, there is an interesting dichotomy between the two mainstays within the PlayStation brand: the PS3 and PSP. As the Sony's premier home console rises from years of glum outlook, the PSP, even with the forthcoming release of the PSP Go, is still facing a number of challenges."
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
From school politics to ping-pong, pistols to police procedurals, let’s dive into the best that Rockstar has to offer.
PSP is doing just fine, it even has 52 million sold so far. The only thing not fine is the piracy which has crippled it since nearly the start.
"Too little too late" anyone?
Many articles BEFORE the slim/price cut were predicting the inevitable doom of the PS3, LOL. They were proven wrong.
Sony is pushing the PSP a lot, on octuber 1 the PSPgo will be launched. New games are coming, minis are coming.
Mature gamers need a successful mature portable platform. I'm sure pspgo/psp will do very well.