Visually, this one still dazzles with its lush greenery and detailed environments. Gameplay-wise, the exploration is top notch, especially when combined with some very proficient shooter mechanics. However, even bigger things were yet to transpire for the series…. The game takes what made their previous titles so appealing and ramps it up with an insane amount of variety. The more open-ended level design gives players a sense of freedom to go about missions however they see fit, with a bucket-load of enticing collectibles, side missions and mini-games to partake in along the way.
Old-school platforming, enticing and vibrant scenery, humorous storytelling — Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the real deal in a number of ways, showing what the PS2 was truly capable of during its early stages. Up until , there was no real inkling that Naughty Dog could successfully transition from platforming titles into other genres.
And then Crash Team Racing dropped and they proved everyone wrong. Crash Team Racing is still, to this day, one of the most fun local-multiplayer games ever concocted. Taking its cues from Mario Kart , the game is a huge love letter to the furry little fellow, featuring a style and panache that perfectly captures the wackiness of the Crash characters.
The power-ups are awesome, the graphics are wonderfully colorful, and the nail-biting races are insanely intense, making Crash Team Racing a worthy title in the Crash series for Naughty Dog to bow out on. Fingers crossed for a sequel though! Aside from the technological advancements, this is the same game we all know and love. Oh, and that ending. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was a masterclass in the art of platforming, but what happens when you take Naughty Dog out of their jump-heavy element?
Well, they proved with the sequel Jak II that they are just as efficient when it comes to action-orientated gaming. Because while the game stays faithful to its predecessor, it also mixes things up in a big way. Yes, on top of the precision perfect platforming is a gun toting backbone that takes the lovable protagonist in all sorts of new directions. Rightfully considered to be the pinnacle of the series, Warped improves upon everything that came before it, utilizing a much wider stage variety, super-sharp graphics, more reliable platforming mechanics, and a collectibles list the length of your arm.
Naughty Dog throw everything into a cauldron and boil it until its practically overflowing with creative juices. The results are this fiendishly brilliant platformer. And then Crash Team Racing dropped and they proved everyone wrong. Crash Team Racing is still, to this day, one of the most fun local-multiplayer games ever concocted.
Taking its cues from Mario Kart , the game is a huge love letter to the furry little fellow, featuring a style and panache that perfectly captures the wackiness of the Crash characters. The power-ups are awesome, the graphics are wonderfully colorful, and the nail-biting races are insanely intense, making Crash Team Racing a worthy title in the Crash series for Naughty Dog to bow out on.
Fingers crossed for a sequel though! Aside from the technological advancements, this is the same game we all know and love. Oh, and that ending. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was a masterclass in the art of platforming, but what happens when you take Naughty Dog out of their jump-heavy element?
Well, they proved with the sequel Jak II that they are just as efficient when it comes to action-orientated gaming. Because while the game stays faithful to its predecessor, it also mixes things up in a big way. Yes, on top of the precision perfect platforming is a gun toting backbone that takes the lovable protagonist in all sorts of new directions. Rightfully considered to be the pinnacle of the series, Warped improves upon everything that came before it, utilizing a much wider stage variety, super-sharp graphics, more reliable platforming mechanics, and a collectibles list the length of your arm.
Naughty Dog throw everything into a cauldron and boil it until its practically overflowing with creative juices.
The results are this fiendishly brilliant platformer. Warped is the sum of its bouncing parts, a product that effortlessly fuses different gaming elements together, only to come up trumps with every attempt. Collecting crystals and relics has never been this fun. Boy, oh boy. Seriously, how good was Uncharted 2: Among Thieves?
Probably one of the greatest action games ever made, this one took what made the previous installment so enjoyable and fired a rocket up its backside. It has engrossing exploration, superb gunplay, fantastic visuals, hilarious writing, movie-like production, and really, I could go on. But perhaps its greatest achievement is in how well-paced it all is. The time loop structure gave me permission to let go of playing flawless zero-kill zero-alert runs, and adopt a more improvisational and chaotic playstyle.
Fortnite was the favorite of game director Anthony Newman, who admitted he originally thought the game was "a mere toy for tweens, a passing fad that was only popular because of Drake.
Fortnite is truly inspiring, not just as a multiplayer game but as a game period," Newman said. I've been especially impressed with the interactive "concert" events they created: a multiplayer, interactive, limited time musical event? Doesn't get much more innovative than that! Now if I could only learn to build QA director Patrick Goss chose Frostpunk as his choice, saying that he loved how it was "taking a Steampunk City Builder and jamming Victorian era humanity's 'last stand' into the arctic.
Character art director Ashley Swidowski picked The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes because it "doesn't shy away from acknowledging its inspirations, but still feels exciting in its approach. While game director Vinit Agarwal chose Inscryption, he chose not to explain to much because the game is so much better when you know as little as possible going in.
He did reveal that he hasn't "been as blown away by the creativity of a game in a very long time, and despite having a toddler I found myself up till 3AM every night playing till I finished it. However, the users weren't as kind to the game as the critics, and the user score sits at a surprisingly low 8.
Kart racing games were all the rage back in the late 90s, thanks primarily to Nintendo's absolute classic Mario Kart Naughty Dog got in on the action and released Crash Team Racing , a kart racer based on their iconic Crash Bandicoot series.
It served as the answer to Mario Kart , as it was endlessly praised for its cast of characters, graphics, gameplay, and buttery smooth controls. In fact, many critics declared it a better game than MK64 , which was insanely high praise, indeed.
This is also the first time on this list at least that the users agreed with the critics, scoring it a cumulative 8. Released on December 3, , The Precursor Legacy was instantly praised as one of the greatest games available on the PlayStation 2, with many critics singling out its graphics as the best in the history of gaming.
Others praised aspects include its endearing cast of characters, voice acting, and platforming elements, and it basically made platforming cool and again—for a while, at least. The user score also sits at 8. Crash Bandicoot: Warped is an all-time PlayStation classic. Released way back in , Warped was endlessly praised for its production values, which included stellar graphics, crisp and alluring sound design, and brilliant music. But a game is not a game without good gameplay, and Warped delivered that in spades, building on everything that made Crash Bandicoot such a success and expanding on it in various imaginative ways.
The user score also sits at 9. It's a masterpiece. Drake's Deception represented a rather divisive then-ending to the Uncharted series.
Unfortunately, it had to follow Uncharted 2 , and that is not something any game would want to do. Critics praised the game on its terms as a video game, and, as a video game, it was a masterpiece.
Great story and voice acting, same old Uncharted gameplay magic, and wondrous graphics. However, general players were left slightly disappointed, evident by the rather low 8. To them, it was a good game, but it was also a little same-old-same-old, ya know? Given the huge success of The Last of Us , it was somewhat inevitable that fans would receive a sequel. The only surprising thing really is that it took seven years for it to arrive. Thankfully, it was worth the wait.
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