Gotta agree andi ts a problem. Hopefully Prey is good, even great.

The problem is, the maount of money made from online mp games, with having to pay to play online on all consoles, then all the microtransactions, developers know thats where the big bucks lie and sadly, most consumers are stupid enough to pay for all that so mp shooters iwth limited, even boring sp campaigns will continue to be made.

Yeah, I miss that element of hiding things from friends in a competitive game, like Tekken for instance and back then, you couldnt just log into your internet account and look up the instructions. It was just generally more fun.

Marketing executives owuld have you believe that social gaming is at an all time high and everything these days is connected via twitter, FB, YouTube and so on with multiplayer bringing not only big bucks but major changed to just about every gaming IP.

Yet, as a child of the 90s who was lucky enough to grow up in the PS1/N64//PS2 era and experience my college and university years with the PS3 (throw in the PC at various stages throughout) I can't help but think gaming has become ever more lonely. In the bygone age of the mid to late 90s and much of the last decade, the internet was not as big a factor, so if you wanted to know how to complete a tricky level or beat a seriously difficult boss, you actually had to...you know, talk to people. There were plenty of sessions where a bunch of kids would gather round the living of that one class mate who had completed said level/boss just to see how he'd do it.

If you needed more info, you would have to actually leave the house and go buy a magazine or cheat book. On top of all that and the single most important aspect - multiplayer gaming. First off, you didn't have to pay extra for multiplayer modes or be bogged down by connection speeds and server issues. You gathered a group of friends (real friends, not ticks on a website) and some controllers and you just had a blast. Mario Kart, FIFA, PES, Tekken, Crash Kart, various FPS games...it was fun, there was banter, there were even tantrums and above all else, it was social.

With the advent of the internet and almost every aspect of the gaming industry becoming digitised and monotised, the social aspect is not truly social, it is just a way for gaming companies to make a quick buck. I feel sad for thsoe kids growing up in the modern age of gaming. They can't reminisce about witnessin a friends hissy fit at losing on penalties or the joy of working with a friend sitting in the same room as you as he helps you a tricky platforming sequence.

What do you guys think?

I heard about it for the pc years ago, no idea it ws on the ps2 too. Might look for a dl somewhere

I loved the first 2 TH games, I liked one of the PS2 versions, cant remember which one but ultimately, I didnt play any after that and when I was about to get back into it, the reviews were horrendous.

if you can pick it up for a fiver, why not, even if its bad it wont have cost u much.

I personally havent played it, simply because I didnt like KZ3 that much and I know this one was quite different but it was a very early PS4 game and I avoided some of those.

can you list some of the rpgs that released that year?

they still make ace combat games? I thought it died last gen, it was certainly shite back then

Ocarina of Time baby! or Majora's Mask. Maybe I came to the 2D Zelda games late but they feel lesser than their 3D rivals.

Having said that, I'd pick ALTTP over any of the GC and on ward Zelda games.

Entirely depends on game.

Back when you didn't have to pay for MP options, I had no problem with a shortish sp campaign cos you got a bang for your buck from the mp side of things and often there would be local mp options too. Now, with almost everything online/pay only, nope, if a sp campaign isn't long there's no point in it.