Grass sways in the wind beneath blooming sunrises while towering cities formed from the ashes of a once prosperous society loom in the distance. And, most importantly, giant, awe-inspiring mechanical dinosaurs outfitted with a terrifying array of pseudo-natural weaponry roam the land, roaring, gnashing, and trampling their prey. When iconic PlayStation developer Guerrilla Games revealed they were pivoting away from the Killzone franchise to make an open world robot dinosaur hunting game starring a warrior redhead outfitted like a space cake dealer at Burning Man, the world was cautiously optimistic.
The end result, thankfully, was a vast, wondrous, and unique open-world action game with just the right amount of RPG elements that come together to create a brilliant first entry into what we hope will become a pillar franchise for PlayStation Studios.
Taking down a gigantic boss with an active strategy of well-placed melee strikes and projectiles is one of the most thrilling experiences on PlayStation 4, and looting the shrapnel of a downed robot for much-needed upgrade parts afterwards is equally satisfying. Horizon takes some of the best elements of existing open world games and weaves them together to make something wholly original, wonderfully refreshing and wildly fun. The latest Horizon Forbidden West trailer introduced us to the game's factions.
What is surprising, perhaps, is just how much of an upgrade it got in the process. Seriously, is there any other game where you can play the stock market, jump in a Mad Max death card and then trip on peyote so hard you turn into a bird?
Dre composed new music for the game and will be featured as a character. Persona 5 does a great job of balancing the two facets of its gameplay, letting players really dive into the social connections in the real world and allowing those to influence the dungeon exploration and turn-based action of its massive and varied mind palaces.
Coupled with a continually engaging combat system, a soundtrack full of earworms, its twisty, wild story, and plenty of additional content on top of the base game, Persona 5 Royal delivers one of the deepest JRPGs of the generation, if not of all time. CD Projekt Red's sprawling fantasy epic has become one of the most noteworthy games of all time, one that set a new standard for open-world RPGs.
With a grim-yet-gorgeous world that stretches across the better part of an entire continent, every corner, cave, swamp or city street of The Witcher 3 has something to discover. It's a game where you can easily get lost for hundreds of hours and still not see everything it has to offer — but every one of those hours will be absolutely worth it. Netflix's The Witcher: Season 2 is now streaming.
IGN's review of the first six episodes said the series "continues to be a light and entertaining adventure in its second season, despite some lingering pacing issues. Bloodborne is a brutally difficult, immensely terrifying action horror game that will immediately kick your ass.
But a voice in your head will begin to ring and linger, calling you back, urging you to return, push forward, and conquer. Bloodborne is a horrible, vile world where every reward brings risks and fear is palpable. Death is frequent. Frustration is certain. But ultimately, victory is possible, and when achieved, becomes one of the greatest feelings in the world. FromSoftware's next game is the highly anticipated Elden Ring , out February Part 2's ambitious, uncompromising story delivers at nearly every unexpected turn, with character arcs that are poignant, risky, and devastating.
It's also perhaps Naughty Dog's most mechanically complex game to date, and its stealth and action systems delivers moment after moment that feel like they should be scripted but are instead entirely dynamic.
Every aspect of God of War feels intentional, interconnecting with every other major aspect of the game, making exploring every inch of its world a rewarding opportunity. Everything from the main story to side missions and seemingly innocuous collectibles factor into your understanding of this new Aesir-inspired world and its major players. It somehow never makes any of that feel like a dry history lesson, though, and God of War is constantly making smart, economical use of storytelling.
Kratos and Atreus's journey cracked the top 25 on our list of the best video games of all time. It's a slow start to the new year for PS4 owners with only a couple of notable new games scheduled for January. Things pick up in February with a number of big releases, including a couple of highly anticipated games. We'll explore next month's exciting lineup as it gets closer, but for now, here's everything you can expect from PlayStation in Those are our picks for the top PlayStation 4 games of all time.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land Logan Plant Quantum Leap Ryan Leston God of War Jonathon Dornbush The deal will allow Q-Games to make the game available again for the first time since November In a new interview, Cuthbert told IGN Japan that he had enquired about the possibility of acquiring the rights multiple times over the years, beginning back when Allan Becker was still head of Sony Japan Studio. Initially, he said, the response was that Q-Games would likely have to repay the entire development cost of the original game.
While this was not a realistic option for Q-Games, the ongoing support from Tomorrow Children fans convinced Cuthbert to persevere. But after about three months he hit a wall, and once again I thought it was going to be impossible. And then came the next big change. Hulst had previously headed Guerrilla Games, with whom Q-Games had once worked on some commemorative artwork for the Killzone series — posters that featured characters from The Tomorrow Children below.
This proved to be the connection that would complete the circuit. Hermen told me he would check into it, but I thought maybe he was just being polite. But a few months later, Greg Rice reached out to say that there had been some movement at the top, and that it may be possible after all.
From then, Cuthbert and Rice embarked on a year-long puzzle-solving mission to track down the various rights involved with the IP. The majority of the rights were held in Japan by SIEJA, but many of the original Sony staff who had worked on the game had moved on, which meant many details had to be tracked down afresh. Also, there were third-party software licences pertaining to things like the animation system and the audio system, all of which needed to be traced so that new waivers could be signed.
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