Sacred Symbols, Episode 146: Recharted (Video)

Just upped my tier and wrote in (:

Cash

Write in!

Colin Moriarty

We will obviously discuss in the next episode.

Colin Moriarty

I'm not talking about Jak concept art. I'm talking about Jak models running on PS4.

Colin Moriarty

You wrote this on the last thread!

Colin Moriarty

It's not feeling right under him...

Colin Moriarty

=)

Colin Moriarty

I know, 8,000 people have written in about this.

Colin Moriarty

Yes, but it's dumb to put together a team that's timid from the get. It's a mismanaged clusterfuck, and it's Sony's fault.

Colin Moriarty

Oh dear.

Colin Moriarty

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Colin Moriarty

That's Dustin.

Colin Moriarty

Poor guy, I didn't even compliment him!

Colin Moriarty

Oh dear.

Colin Moriarty

=)

Colin Moriarty

Hello.

Colin Moriarty

A slight correction, the FF7R DLC isn't playable on PS4, it's exclusively on PS5

Cash

What do you think about them un-cancelling the PS3 and Vita store? Everyone seems to be celebrating, but not noticing that the PSP store's still going away, so I'm still buying up all the PSP games on my list. That outage wasn't that big to me since I've never been a one-system player, but I think it really screwed up some of Sony's plans with Valve though, because up to the point where the outage happened, it seemed like Sony was trying to pursue some sort of partnership between PSN and Steam, and Portal 2 was kind of the first test of that. They even had cross-play between PC Steam users and PS3 users on Portal 2... It was a very poorly timed outage for that deal.

Kaz Redclaw

First I want to say I still remember that history piece you did on Naughty Dog and I love it, thanks again for that one. Also thank you Dustin and Chris for your inputs as well in general, you guys are awesome. The Jak IV concept art has been available for a long time. Limited Run Games released an official mock-up case with a cover featuring the art for free as part of their partnership with Naughty Dog and PlayStation, that saw them release physical copies of all the PS2 ports on PS4. Here's a link to the Twitter post from LRG regarding the Jak IV case if you want to see the art: https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1195064642269319168?s=19 I still don't think this realistic style would have been good for the Jak series. I always have one big hold up when it comes to another studio doing Jak. Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier by High Impact Games does not control or play to the same quality as the trilogy by Naughty Dog. You notice it immediately when you try to perform classic movements you would do in the previous games. (Maybe this has to do with the fact that it was a simultaneous release on PSP and PS2, but I don't know) Sometimes I feel it's lost on some people that Naughty Dog's games all feel good to play, whether it's the lasso from Uncharted 4, roll jumping in Jak, the very detailed gunplay in The Last of Us series, and tight jumps in Crash. I can accept another studio making a new Jak game so long as they learn from the mistakes made in The Lost Frontier and by understanding Insomniac's recent work on Ratchet and Clank. There's a lot of care that went in to the 2016 remake. I know that not even nearly the same amount of people care about the Jak and Daxter series as much as Ratchet and Clank and so many other past franchises as well like Resistance and Infamous. Although, this game being a Naughty Dog game alone, gives it weight at least from a historical and legacy perspective. This franchise is the beginning of them being a PlayStation studio, and their beginning into a focus on storytelling. Playing the trilogy exemplifies the transition taking place in video games during the PS2 generation. Say whatever you want about the story, but I still think the games had a lot of style that still represent what Naughty Dog is today. I just hope that if we get a remake of the Jak and Daxter Trilogy or a sequel/reboot that it would be done with the kind of care and detail that Naughty Dog and Insomniac put into their games, because this franchise deserves it. (For the record the way LRG handled the physical copies was great, but maybe the fact that the physical releases of the ports were handled by LRG rather than PlayStation directly shows how much PlayStation doesn't care about the franchise, but again who really knows. Especially since PlayStation deliberately chooses not to communicate with us these days.)

Ah ok!

BryanK75

I know, it was sarcasm based on some of Sony’s strange moves lately :)

BlindRiot

He's not new to the industry, he's been with PlayStation from the 90's.

BryanK75

Given that Sony’s CEO seems to be new to the industry, I’ve gotta disagree that they’re the folks best equipped to show Castlevania, Silent Hill and Metal Gear the respect that they deserve.

BlindRiot

"Don't interrupt me again, Dustin" hahaha that had me dying.

juicy1nonly

Jim Ryan seems to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing... his finance background is really shining through the past few weeks, like he asked for a spreadsheet of services and operations and just crossed off anything that looked expensive that he thought people wouldn't care about. He also seems to be very focused on Gamepass and what Xbox are doing.... I've seen so many PSNow adverts everywhere, seems like he has a very traditional idea of how to compete with Xbox and he has absolutely no original ideas of his own..... there is no direction or vision beyond 'do what Xbox do but try to beat them'...... it's f-ing pathetic to me. Where is the response to Zenimax? We as PS fans took a huge hit with that, we lost many games, followed by Yakuza going to Xbox and other games losing exclusivity too.... Horizon, Days Gone and Jims 'slate of games' (f-ck him - sorry I am actually furious). Nobody that is a fan of PlayStation cares about another subscription service, nobody cares about a peer service to Game Pass...... all we want is more studios and more exclusives. Buy a Sega or buy a few great studios like MiHoYo, Remedy, Kojima, Arc System works and IOI. MiHoYo is very successful on phone as well as console, Remedy could do an exclusive Marvel game and Kojima can do his niche thing, while IOI do James Bond and Arc make a fighter to tie into EVO or just continue with Guilty Gear........ and keep the prices reasonable. It's not rocket-science, we just want some excitement, innovation and engagement. Anyway, Colin...you've been spot on with everything you've said and I appreciate you speaking out (except GOW is bigger than Halo now, Halo is not what it used to be). Hope next week is better for us all as PS fans!

BryanK75

FYI Colin re: pricing. Returnal is £70 here in the UK not £60. Most games last gen were £50/£55 from retailers and on the PS store, but are now a 1:1 match for the USD price. Current exchange rate is £0.72 or €0.83 to $1 - so if we were going off the basic exchange rate Returnal should be ~£50 / €58. In USD that means UK & EU customers are both paying around $96 (+37%). Maybe this is why Sony likes Europe so much...

Ross Stoddart

I was about to make this same comment, I was certain the DLC was PS5 only. I presume there will be some sort of save transfer / trophy sync so you can continue progress there.

Ross Stoddart

Upon further reflection, I’m more of the mind that schrier’s reporting was sensationalist, and there are two sides. The visual arts team chose tlou because they wanted something green lit, ie they were afraid of asking for the funding to develop a new IP, but the proposed budget turned out to be too expensive anyway, and when the original creators get their hands on it, naturally their word is law. As for days gone 2, I think Sony did the first one dirty, but we don’t know why the pitch was rejected. Nevertheless, it was, and while new ideas percolated, it makes sense that the dev team would work on another Sony project rather than twiddle their thumbs—the timing lines up if they just got the go ahead for the new project. Doesn’t mean some devs aren’t pissed, but Sony is a business, and if we can put on a tin foil hat for a sec, I wouldn’t be shocked if a lot of this was more or less some Microsoft encouraged FUD.

Chris

Sony been picking up Ls like tulips in Holland. 😂 They need to handle that shit. Still excited to get into Returnal but recent news paint a grim picture.

Lol also almost read that as retarded

Lol the thumbnail

Alex Gould

Dustin's new haircut is looking fresh

Vinny Pepperoni

I almost read that title as Retarded lol

Frank G.

Hey Colin, not to be the bearer of bad news but they have yet to backtrack on their initial announce for FF7R and the DLC is unfortunately PS5 only. You won't be able to play it on PS4, which is probably why the upgrade to PS5 is free.

Edward Walton

hehe

four24twenty

"Hello darkness my old friend"

Cody Horne