PlayStation 4 Launch Trailer Teases Return of PlayStation 1 Classics

[Elijah Newton]

Jet Moto 3 and Bushido Blade 3 would definitely get my attention and quite likely my money, too.

Wipeout : a true return to form with this would be great, but in a sense there have been a lot of competant imitators so I miss it less.

I'd like to see a return to Twisted Metal as well but - and this is going to sound sort of weird, given that otherwise it's an aesthetic I quite enjoy - without the gothed out look and feel. At this point there's a real 'been there, done that' feel to it. While it was present in the original to some extent, a new game could just as easily approach the series from a modder / street racer perspective, or law enforcement, or the laughably upbeat mayhem of the kids who were in the contest because they'd stolen a monster truck ( I remembering the indignity not just getting run over when driving the ridonkulously fast ferrari, but the squeal of a guitar riff that came with it ). By all means, keep the killer clown, dollface and even bring back Spectre, but throw their psychosis into relief by having them be the outliers rather than the norm.

Also, while I acknowledge the popularity of approachable 'arcade-y' driving games, I'd love love love a new Twisted Metal game to have a more solid driving physics behind it. By all means let that trump the constant jumping off ramps, driving off buildings without consequences, etc etc. Make it Forza with guns. Somebody, please make Forza with guns.

*shrug* Just my two cents.

 

[Roxas1359]

What I mean to say is, the bulk of these franchises went down the crapper, because the studios that made them great went on to other things. From what I gather Insomniac doesn't even own the rights to Spyro anymore, and I doubt Naughty Dog is ever going to return to Crash Bandicoot or Jak and Daxter.

So the only way for these franchises to continue is under the direction of a likely far less competent studio. They're classics, sure, but they're not IPs that get taken serious enough for Sony to put their muscle behind it. So when they continue it's just for the sake of a quick buck.

I wouldn't know about the developers of Ape Escape. I played the first 2 games, I think, and then the series just disappeared. I don't know what they've been up to since then. All I know is that the latest Ape Escape's were crummy PS Eye/Move games.

Well Naughty Dog and Insomniac had to leave Crash and Spyro behind with Universal Interactive because Universal owned the IP, and they were going to work for Sony. But I do know how the Crash and Spyro games got worse over time, and I'm not necessarily looking for them to make a comeback.

When it comes to MediEvil and Ape Escape, no full on game has been made outside of the studio that made them really. And with Ape Escape, Ape Escape 3 was the last game to be localized outside of Japan, but received unfavorable reviews (which I call BS on some of those reviews) and so it stayed in Japan. When it comes to the Playstation Move game there was only 1 Ape Escape game on the PS3 for the Playstation Move, don't know why you'd think there are multiple (unless you count the one that was for the Eye Toy back in the PS2 days, but that wasn't localized in the US).

As for Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studios, you might not recognize their name but you'd recognize most of their works:
ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, Gravity Rush, White Knight Chronicles games, Tokyo Jungle, Patapon, LocoRoco, and all the Ape Escape games (Ape Escape 1 was their first ever game)

When it comes to Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge (They also go by Guerilla Cambridge now):
MediEvil series, Primal, LittleBig Planet (PSP version), and Killzone Mercenaries. They also helped out majorly in the Wipeout game series development.

 

[Casual Shinji]

As for Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studios, you might not recognize their name but you'd recognize most of their works:
ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, Gravity Rush, White Knight Chronicles games, Tokyo Jungle, Patapon, LocoRoco, and all the Ape Escape games (Ape Escape 1 was their first ever game)

I know about SCEJ, but I wouldn't know if the Ape Escape games had like, a dedicated team behind them (Team Ape Escape or whatever), as was the case with Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

I would die if they ever made a actual new, worthy Ape Escape though. Those first 2 games were awesome, eventhough the camera sucked.

 

[Roxas1359]

As for Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studios, you might not recognize their name but you'd recognize most of their works:
ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, Gravity Rush, White Knight Chronicles games, Tokyo Jungle, Patapon, LocoRoco, and all the Ape Escape games (Ape Escape 1 was their first ever game)

I know about SCEJ, but I wouldn't know if the Ape Escape games had like, a dedicated team behind them (Team Ape Escape or whatever), as was the case with Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

I would die if they ever made a actual new, worthy Ape Escape though. Those first 2 games were awesome, eventhough the camera sucked.

I don't think there was ever really a full dedicated team for the Ape Escape games, I'll have to research that. If you liked the first two then I recommend the 3rd game as it's fun and is one of my favorite Ape Escape games. Plus, Soichi Terada was brought back as the main composer for the game so the music is excellent.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I don't think there was ever really a full dedicated team for the Ape Escape games, I'll have to research that. If you liked the first two then I recommend the 3rd game as it's fun and is one of my favorite Ape Escape games. Plus, Soichi Terada was brought back as the main composer for the game so the music is excellent.

I can't really remember if I ever played the 3rd game. It was so long ago when I played them, they've all kinda blurred together. I would say yes, because as I'm searching it I distinctly remember one of them having a movie theme.

 

[Roxas1359]

I can't really remember if I ever played the 3rd game. It was so long ago when I played them, they've all kinda blurred together. I would say yes, because as I'm searching it I distinctly remember one of them having a movie theme.

Yes, Ape Escape 3's main sorta theme was about movie parodies and TV shows. I like it because it's got a lot of content in it, and Mesal Gear Solid is a fun parody of the Metal Gear Solid series.
Back in 2010 Japan Studios said that 2 games for Ape Escape were in development, and one of them was the Move game. The other one was what they called Ape Escape 4. So hopefully they are making one, or at least and HD collection of the first 3 would be excellent. ^.^

 

[RJ 17]

I'd like to see a remake of Symphony of the Night. Buuuuuut to be fair, there really wouldn't be much they could do with it other than make it into 3D with modern graphics. And we all know the curse that nearly all 3D Castlevania's suffer from. >.>

 

[Something Amyss]

It goes a bit deeper. Neogaf user famousmortimer, who has leaked accurate information about other next-gen news in the past, posted that a new Parappa the Rapper title was in development [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=715181&page=5], and that it may be one of many series being resurrected on the PS4.

I've been sort of hoping for this since he showed up in PSASBR or whatever that abomination was called.

I don't know, though. I'm not sure the PTR formula can carry a whole game these days. I see the franchise as more of a PSN title deal.

 

[Roxas1359]

I've been sort of hoping for this since he showed up in PSASBR or whatever that abomination was called.

I don't know, though. I'm not sure the PTR formula can carry a whole game these days. I see the franchise as more of a PSN title deal.

It's because of PSASBR that many of us think that there might be a MediEvil 3 as well. Mainly because of the ending of Sir Dan's story in that game and how ambiguous the ending of MediEvil 2 was in some ways. Of course now we just need to get Guerilla away from the Killzone series for a bit since they've been focusing on that...

Another thing about PSASBR is that I still find it funny though that literally all but one of Spike's moves in that game were from Ape Escape Million Monkeys, which was never localized outside of Japan. XD

 

[Starblazer117]

Anybody remember Croc? I want another Croc game.

 

[xplay3r]

Anybody remember Croc? I want another Croc game.

I LOVED CROC!!!

Also a new Tomba would make me need to buy a whole new wardrobe, because when the announced it, I would spew bodily fluids of all manner on everything I was wearing, and then everytime I thought about it after that, I would ruin my outfit again...
Okay...
That was really gross...
I'm sorry....
... but it's not an inaccurate statement...

Also... am I the only person here who is REALLY REALLY REALLY excited about the prospect of a new Parappa the Rappa?
I mean... it's just...like...
kick... punch...
...It's all in the mind
if you want to test me
I'm sure you'll find
the the things I teach ya
are sure to beat ya
never the less you'll get a lesson from teacher
now kick punch block....