PS4 Gets Another Quality Exclusive, Is Xbox Even Trying Anymore?

This might have overtaken Zelda as my shoe in for Game of the Year

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PS4 just got 3 quality exclusives yesterday and another a few days ago. Not your best work char.

The PS4 has many quality RPGs releasing this year. Skylight Freerange 2 probably isn't one of them. :P

Honestly though, this game looks awfully rough around the edges and needs more time in development before it is released. It looks like one of those projects best left as a learning experience than a game that reaches consumers.

Between this and Black Tiger, it's a wonder PC, Xbox and Nintendo even exist anymore.

While I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Xbox get more exclusives for me it's not simply a numbers game. All the exclusives in the world won't mean much if I'm much more interested in a select handful that I can get elsewhere.

CHOICES COMPLETELY ALTER THE STORY

Nice, it also got this game recently. Goat.

PS4 Fans Are Baffled As To Why Sony Is Promoting Crappy-Looking Games

http://kotaku.com/ps4-fans-are-baffled-as-to-why-sony-is-promoting-crappy-1791501018

Earlier this month, the official PlayStation YouTube account uploaded a trailer for a game called “Life of Black Tiger.” The mature adventure game, which appears to be a port of a free mobile title, looks like crap—but it has sparked a discussion over the quality of games that players expect to see on consoles.

Now, the trailer for Life of Black Tiger, embedded above, was originally uploaded on January 12th. After some backlash, the footage was briefly unavailable for mysterious reasons, though it has since resurfaced online. As of this writing, it has 711,251 views and 27,826 dislikes—all because it looks like PS1 shovelware that appears to have stolen music from an anime. “Please tell me Sony is trolling us,” one YouTube commenter wrote. “I feel so disrespected by this somehow,” another dramatically wrote.

Of course, just because something looks bad doesn’t mean it actually is. And so, YouTubers such as Jim Sterling have been giving this $9.99 game a shot, so you don’t have to. You can watch a playthrough below:

Turns out, it’s just as terrible as it looks. The thing nobody can figure out if it’s actually all a joke—we reached out to Sony to inquire about the game, but have not heard back.

“This might be the worst game I’ve ever played on a console,” Sterling said. Between the ugly graphics, shallow mechanics, and awful controls, Sterling compared it to some of the bottom of the barrel games you might expect to see on Steam Greenlight, not a console. “There are no adequate words to describe how fucking unbelievable this game is,” Sterling said.

Thing is, Life of Black Tiger is not alone. Increasingly, Sony has been promoting more games that players deem low-quality. Last year there was Solbrain: Knight of Darkness, which had a bunch of seemingly ripped-off art and music. More recently, the official PlayStation YouTube channel uploaded a trailer for Skylight Freerange 2: Gachduine, a $14.99 game that makes Life of Black Tiger look pretty good by comparison:

Here’s the official description:

Skylight Freerange 2: Gachduine is an open world RPG that takes place in Nova Scotia in 2048. Choices can impact the storyline, available quests, final battles, which of the 23 party members make an appearance and are available, and endings.

After completing the initial quest, players are given free reign to do main quests, side quests (where the player’s choices determine 1 of 3 ultimate side quests), explore world map and dungeons unassociated with quests, and engage in social situations with their allies, where they can become friends and enter relationships.

An expansion has been added for both the Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita versions, that adds Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula and an additional questline to accompany it.

Hilariously, the game is rated M for Mature—it has nudity and sexual themes, which I’m morbidly curious about.

PS4 fans have no idea what to make of all of this:

I don’t actually have a problem with games like this appearing on the PlayStation Store—I firmly believe that everyone should make games, and that not every game needs to be triple-A quality. If Joe Schmo wants to sell his small little game that he made over the weekend, hey, be my guest—so long as nobody is misled into buying a game they don’t want, it’s all good to me.

That said, games like Life of Black Tiger are drawing controversy because they appear to be endorsed by Sony itself, just by virtue of being on the official PlayStation YouTube. It’s easy for fans to look at the aforementioned trailers and wonder why Sony appears to be marketing games that just aren’t up to snuff. It’s possible that Sony is less involved with the YouTube channel than people assume, but then the question becomes, should they be stepping in to do some damage control?

This is all stuff PC gamers are very familiar with thanks to Steam, but on the latest generation of consoles, the question of “quality” is still up for debate.

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@charizard1605: Um ok? What's your point. Also don't use all caps, it's rude.

Because there is no such thing as xbox exclusive. all of xbox "exclusive" are on PC too.

@kvally:

I agree with you. That's a very positive outlook to have. As long as the developer is transparent and honest about their product, then why can't they sell it?

Still, I think that if a new studio is just starting, it's best they show off their work when it meets a competitive standard (within the independent scene, of course). It's their decision but some games are best kept as learning experiences and put your best work forward when it's ready.

Especially when Joe Schmoe's these days are producing games like Stardew Valley, Cave Story and Undertale.

WTH is that??? PS1 game?? lol

This is a joke thread, bro. See the actual game in the OP

Agreed. Just like there is no such thing as exclusives on PS4, as you can get them on PS Pro too.

EXPLORE AN OPEN WORLD

LMAO

And I agree, Archangel.

GAMING IS SERIOUS BIZZ NIZZ Char.

This game looks like an early 3D game from the 90's.

Forget PS1 or even Saturn quality, I'm not even sure this is 3DO quality!

God I hope nobody is using this to bash the Xbox.....

Serious question: do these games exist or are some kind of troll attempts intended as jokes? And no it's not about taking sides, i'm sure if we search hard enough we'll find the same kind of "dirt under the carpet" games on Xbox too.

@charizard1605: Meh. :P

Why do you always leave the 4 out of PS4 Pro? Is it because you know you're an idiot?

Did I buy the wrong console?

Okie dokie, now Atari 2600 looking games are "quality" exclusives, what´s next, PONG in PoS4 ?

I think Sony markets funny. It was a smart marketing ploy, but we got their number. No need for name calling.

Has Alone in the Dark finally been dethroned? Could we possibly have a new graphics king?

TLHBO

You can play Halo 5 on your PC?

Is this a joke thread or what....each system gets its share of low profile indie games, I certainly have more than enough on my XOne and don't always bother to check if its exclusive to which system. PS4 gets more support for those games, I agree.....but Xbox is no slouch in that department either.

Which reminds me, a wonderful Xbox One console exclusive recently released on PS4(or maybe soon, I'm not sure), "Flame in the flood". Top Down, rogue like survival game. Easily one of my favorites as far as these survival games are concerned, great soundtrack too.

Dont let sluggish boat gameplay turn you off at first, its normal, because you can choose to upgrade your boat later for better control.

As for the game in the OP, I'll watch the video later, can't now .

ITS A MASTERPIECE!

I can play Halo 5 MP on PC. along with Gears, forza, crackdown etc.

Halo CE and Halo 2 were also multiplats. they were on PC too.

@kvally: He's mad dude. Ignore him. He overloads into psychotic behavior if someone isn't bashing X1 on a constant basis.

average for Sony

Forge =\= Halo 5 MP

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What in the blue hell is this game?

Exactly.

Quality over Quantity every time.

Would you rather be in bed with 25 Kelly Ann Conway's or 1 Kate Upton.....

I don't know about you'll but I know who I'm picking.

BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I guess I can't blame him for being mad. When his ClosedStation 4 has no games and no exclusives, I would try to find something else to do too.

Xbox One =

WTF did I just saw?!

Damn, I'm finally starting to regret getting the Xbox One over the PS4.

Are joke threads allowed? Great mode.

Said no one ever, lol

This is serious shit!!!!

@charizard1605: It doesn't get much better then that, huh? LMAO!!

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I'm not. Oh wait a minute, I own both systems. No regrets at all.

More PS+ ammunition for Sony. Joyful times.

Geez. This makes Black Tiger look like The Witcher 3.