Glaeken

I can't also help but feel that comments like "Congrats Sony, this is exactly what gamers want on next-gen" or "ZOMG I WANT A PS3 NOW!!" are from people who are hired by Sony or are people that are just oblivious to the one-finger salute Sony has been gamers for a while.

GravitySpec

really, just more of the same? truly, there is nothing new under the sun.

masmith

Nentuaby

Cell9song

TwEEkEr

fussili

If Heavenly Sword destroys souls (as it very well might) I'll start to see the PS3 as worth it. So while this game seems like "pantloads of fun" it is just the initial look. Sony's gotta prove a bit more to me with Blu-ray, and then we need some original content that's outside the OMG ADORABLE genre.

Of course Home is also to be considered, but with the corporate policy of Microsoft being complete interaction of media, it's likely we'll see something of a similar sort by them depending on the success of Home.

Do you guys remember when the first Xbox came out and a lot of people were buying it for Halo? People thought the game was worth 350 dollars. Those people got lucky that games like KotOR, and eventually Halo 2, came out to rationalize the purchase a lot more. That seemed more like a gamble that could have gone horribly, horribly wrong though. I don't know if I have enough faith in Sony as a company to make that gamble. My experiences with SOE have taught me that.

deviantCharles

In my book no, this and that 3dworld thing arent enough to warrant a $600 investment. Its going to take quite a few cool things that are exclusive.

d0x

Digital_Sky

uuuluuu

NeoSamurai

Would be fun on the Wii though :)

dd-toronto

JoeCrow

Umandsf

Guess I'll go get my ps3 now.

SuperSamicom

@interstate78: My original comparison was actually to GRAW, not PDZ. I don't own PDZ, but from everything I've heard and the few times I've played the demo, it's pretty weak. Sluggy frame rate, blah graphics, standard weak FPS gameplay. JMO.

Since I'm taking shots at popular games, personally I think Gears of War isn't that great either. It's got nice detail, but sometimes that detail visibly "pops" in, and the game itself is MASSIVELY overrated (yes, I own it and I'm saying this). Personally I'd call HALO 2 a better game than GoW in most ways... and I don't like most FPSs either. The one thing I really do like about GoW is its well-done hybridization of 1P and 3P viewpoints. If there's anything about the game I'd like to see become much more common in development schema, it's that.

Digital_Sky

MrLister

and Gamespot's full Sony's conference to see the interaction between players while playing this game.

It's priceless. Pure fun (without killing enemies). Let the physics be your obstacles.

HobbaHobba

For those of you complaining that the game has no enemies, there have been plenty of games that didn't have them and they turned out to be classics. Marble Madness (no I'm not counting that weird solid slinky thing that ate your marble, or the acid :) ), Boy and his blob, and just recently Katamari.

If its just that its a 'platformer' with no enemies, think of another name for the genre, I like Flaberplast personaly, say it.. its gotta ring to it.

Khabi

People buy game consoles for the games end of story. Nothing else will sell a console in the long (or even short) term.

penhalion

"
I said ORIGINALLY developped for PS2-- of course it looks better but its origins shows. If you really do have Resistance, just point your gun and zoom at any object, especially the ground. It looks like garbage.

And if you put PDZ and R:FoM side by side you will see that PDZ looks much, much, MUCH better than Resistance. All Resistance has is polygons. The textures are pixely and blurry. Just compare them and you'll see. PDZ owns Resistance hands down."

Don't be ridiculous. Resistance looks way better than PDZ in every way, shape, and form. Yes, I have both games. R:FoM doesn't have the most amazing textures -- it makes up for this in other areas, like particles and area size, easily -- but they're easily as good as PDZ's.

RedRedSuit

Finally, something refreshing than other gazillion shooter games out there.

This game reminds me back in the days when were were 5-7 years old and played games simply for light-hearted fun and team spirit.

HobbaHobba

Psudonym

One of the comments in the sharing trailer is something like, "omg, where did u find that pink paint?"

I imagine downloadable updates and hidden goodies, as well as collaboration and sharing, will be key aspects of the game.

Suzaku

Skeep

And if you put PDZ and R:FoM side by side you will see that PDZ looks much, much, MUCH better than Resistance. All Resistance has is polygons. The textures are pixely and blurry. Just compare them and you'll see. PDZ owns Resistance hands down.

interstate78

RedRedSuit

interstate78

interstate78

I can't wait until they release the demo later this year. I wish I was at GDC right now.

@Antropical:

You've just said everything else I wanted to say. This game is truly making me want to buy a PS3 soon! Home is just the whip cream on top of the sundae; this is the ice cream, all three flavors!

CONFUSEDgam3r

I mean, you know... if I was into that kinda thing.

Antropical

Doomstalk

Holyus crapus.

Seeing this and the PS3 Home have actually forced me to consider buying a PS3, and I haven't bought any next-gen consoles and games yet. I was planning on the 360, probably not the Wii, and I've always been a PC gamer but then...

This.

This is what next-gen is all about. This is the Spore-innovation that I haven't seen on big-budget console titles in forever.

Heck, this is what Spore SHOULD turn out to be- innovative, collective gameplay that makes the player of the game the owner of the game.

And most importantly, lest we forget, fun. A trailer that makes me smile and giggle and remember why I play games?

That alone is worth the price of admission.

P.S. Enemies? Psht, who needs enemies? As the trailer demonstrates, your friends and their failure to master physics will be all the antagonism you need. :)

Antropical

I'd say the biggest reason for the appalling lack of quality 360 software at launch was a total lack of developer ambition, combined with heavy pressure from MS to crank anything possible out within the launch window. They paid for that hubris, and they should have.

BTW no offense to anyone here, but LBP looks totally "bleh" to me (not the music and graphics, which are awesome, just the play). The only game of this type I'm even remotely interested in is Braid... and I don't care much about that, even.

Digital_Sky

Indeed, of those above post. Next game should offer large character's movement like what is shown in the clip.

Wondering what is the goal in this game. But its indeed great to play with others and laugh about.

zutto

erroers

spate

lilsamuraijoe

sweetie55

Etheo

RedRedSuit

I want this game...

DeejayKnight

Who the hell cares if it's worth 600$ or whatnot. It took xbox360 1.5 years to get Gears of War out. It'll take PS3 just as long and when it comes you'll know about it.

Right now, this is an absolutely great platformer. It's a demo. A good demo. And it's free. So suck it.

rdun

Looks pretty cool to me, though.

doubtful

p.s. the go! team soundtrack is the shit

Bleeeee

If this has a strategic component, where you use each character ability to overcome chalenges/obstacles, than color me amazed.

mustang

Looks great, but I'm fine with my Wii60. $600 to play a platformer and PSHome? Give me some more great games, Sony!

M e d i a d d i c t

And then the PS3 would be worth getting

xkc20d

Honestly, this is next gen. It's not about graphics or controls. It's about creating new things and enjoying them with friends.

Xagest

As for the actual GAME, it is very very pretty, but doesn't look very fun.

Hunty

It would work if they set it up like warioware even where they had like 15 "levels" that are each unique and fun and you can replay whenever you want. Also maybe down the line they could release some sort of collection of the best user created levels as part of the initial download for the late adopters.

Sirusjr

More than anything what it made me think was how awesome a 2D Castlevania or Mario would look with that level of graphics.

Enough with the 3D shit and relegating 2D to portable systems.

skullivan

I am there! Well, I mean....I am when I can afford the system.

rateoforange

Rag Doll Kung Fu was the same way. I was really amazed by it visually, and then hated playing it. My friends and I spent more time comning up with characters.
This looks similar. Lots of time creating the content, very little gameplay.

lunaticcore

Pietepiet

Didn't see because I searched for "Go Team" instead of "Go! Team"

General-Bison

PS3 is slowly gathering interesting content all the time, but I'm still not paying £425 for one.

Overlord11001001

And it's "The Go! Team."

Sony needs to make a PS3 Loco Roco game like this...

adbmice

THE GO TEAM!

General-Bison

This is an especially ominous question for Sony, as this game could easily be overshadowed by Spore, which has lots of user-created content *and* actual gameplay---get the release date wrong and it could suddenly become an also-ran.

Still, this and PS Home are the first signs of an actual vision for the console beyond "more". I'm pessimisstic about Sony sticking to this vision---many a corporation has said they want to empower users, and then fled at the first sign of trouble---but it's a nice change to hear good news about Sony.

Well, at least you know I'm not paid to comment about 'em! Unlike, I suspect, some of the people here.

That Fuzzy Bastard

Seriously, though - this game looks like a pantload of fun - and I agree that the whole "Home" announcement pales in comparison to this.

Keep stuff like this coming, Sony - and don't talk about it, just produce results. Then everyone will love you again.

Mansteak

Kotae

I ain't tossin' out my 360 or Wii for this, although it does look pretty cool.....not sure about spending $600+game cool but cool nonetheless.

fleshribbon

But it made me smile, and feel a bit better about buying a PS3.

m1lkb0ne

Sloopydrew

It does look like a good game. This and the Home functionality could convince me that a PS3 might not be too bad after all...

Marv2

Darkest Daze

Erec

Lider

Koji Otaku

hinkmania

skip shooters and GTA clones, give me fun.

aykay

They need to make custom levels downloadable for free over the internet, with user-made levels, and make them downloadable FAST, so they can incorporate a mode where you can hop online with friends, put the stage selection to random, and try out an infinite amount of new stages for as long as you want.

Mit

-Leshrac
http://alinktothefuture.com

leshrac55

Avinash_Tyagi

Man, I remember reading an interview with the Rag Doll team a few months ago in Edge, how they were saying that they had this big crazy concept that they thought no one would get but Sony picked them up right away! It was one of the things that kept me crossing my fingers that it'd be some crazy killer app no one expected. And here it is! Woot!

Psudonym

totally agreed.. plus i've been waiting for an excellent co-op platformer for EVER.

i love all the little toys there are in this example.. like the rocks you knock over and job across, the rocketpacks, and the shell they had to lift... those floating stars..

i especially liked that one part that the one guy was having trouble with... the star that gets pushed by the moving block, which launches the star upwards..

really cool.

i CANNOT wait for this game! today is a good day for gamers everwhere!

joelface

I'm down for this.

Drake Lake: Encased in a Circuit Board

noneother

This looks wonderful

topaz420

Ixero

Not only that but sandbox games are limited. Sure you can have endless amounts of thigns to do, but only with the same things.

And not only that, but seriously Sony, wheres your big games? playing a bunch of small downloads is great and all but at some point, somewhere on the horizon, is there anything actualyl worth paying $60 for?

The_Truth

Spiderbait

noneother

Looks like the sort of thing that will have you pawing at your screen and wondering how the graphics look so convincing. Love to get this in hi-def - it really seems to transcend my expectation of game graphics up to now. Mind ou it seems locked to a 2D view - maybe that's a good thing...

Writing as a 360 owner, the next XBLA title is going to be hard to take seriously when this looks so fine and allows you to define your own game.

I would like to see more of the setup and how you design stuff, but so far this seems astounding.

I still can't afford a PS3 though.

drivenstorm

pimpsc00by

zomboid

The prospect of designing your own levels with that kind of interaction is really exciting. I just hope Sony delivers with their promises.

rluzinski

And how come I don't get to use my HoMii?

rezlow

feiz

akwinters

wackman

shimpu

SirHamsterz

Echoing "amazing". Next-Gen needs more pretty 2.5D platformers.

edgey

I'm not a Sony guy, but this little LocoRocoish little game is a bless for this gaming world.

I seems to be so smooth, so simple, so easy, so enjoyable and... DAMN,IS A PLATFORMER.

An all the 2D/3D aspects that blend together so well. Is simply brilliant.

As I see it this is going to be better than Nintendo's weird experiment called Super Paper Mario, which it seems will combine Platforming+RPG+3D.

Sounds like a killer-app for me? Sure. Just release it with good timing, and maybe, just maybe, all this so called hardcore and bloodthirsty guys that think they are better just because they play games with guns would try and like this pretty good looking an seems to be fun game.

cYcO_pLuXxEl

Konchu

Finally someone over there knows what they're doing.

inCorinth

DigitalHero

navsimpson

Barbara

http://eat-sleep-game.com/news

aegies

Laz81

Hopefully we'll see more like it.

KapuKapper

themunk

I love how the little astronaut-like one keeps getting left behind."

I enjoyed that too. I kept saying to myself "GO LITTLE ROCKET MAN GO!"

Put me in with the "Completly Amazed" Crowd

Uglysad

PratzStrike

That game looked delicious!

With this and HOME announced today it's like Sony just pulled a complete 180! Still prefer my 360 and Wii but at least now I feel I NEED a PS3 sat along side them.

Parabolee

itcomesinwaves

i don't see anything that can't be done by other consoles as well (except maybe the graphics for the wii) but still, looking at that video i couldn't tell that it was for a Sony box given the direction that it's had until today. i stand by the PS3 as being a future console, but it's just not here yet.

noneother

Gagaman

dMek

Ape.of.Gods

Killer App
OMG I NEED A PS3
My 360 is garbage next to this!

These aren't things you'll be hearing from me. Yes, it looks cute, yes it looks fun, but it also looks like it'd get old quick. I also have to wonder about pricing - they could price this game right out of my interest if they're not careful.

I will say that home looks quite interesting... as long as they don't follow in MS's footsteps w/ velocity girl and never deliver on all of the functionality they're promising

What The Geek

Kyle81

MindKiller317

Crom

boxmyth

rluzinski

Erona

Wolfnave

Laz81

noneother

lemmy

When people can sit there and think to themselves about how fun a game would be to play with their friends, then you've got somthing.

And I just did that.

Thats some cool looking shizzam!

FiXXXerX

Lightguy

Also, was it me or were some of those characters having a heckuva time doing the tasks? And I mean the ones as simple as jumping on the ball...

boywundr

mrbenning

Release date?

adbmice

rizeup

Joel Johnson

TitillatedOcelot

Risky+Safety

Toneman

That looks positivly amazing. That's what I've always been hopeing the next-gen would result in, but I had serious doubts that anybody would actually make it happen (instead of making brown 3d-shooter after brown 3d-shooteR)

Bravo. That might be for me, a killer app.

Karmakin

Anthropomancer

Zadaz

kidko

JibbyJam

Scazza

mrbenning