Though licensed properties often fall short of the mark, Insomniac has a fantastic track-record and honed their open-world chops on Sunset Overdrive. Insomniac hasn’t shown off too much of the game, but it appears to combine open-world traversal with Arkham-style combat for a spidey-sense-tingle-inducing effect. There hasn’t be a great Spider-Man game since 2004’s Spider-Man 2, but this looks to (hopefully) blow that classic out of the water. Insomniac, the studio that brought the PS4 Ratchet and Clank and the Xbox One Sunset Overdrive, is hard at work on an open-world adventure starring everyone’s favorite web-slinger. Thankfully, the wait will soon be over: God of War is set to come out first quarter 2018. It will be interesting to see this softer side of Kratos emerge during his journey. Kratos has typically played the role of raging demigod (and sometimes regular god) that kills or sleeps with whatever is in plain sight. Whereas all previous God of War games were highly linear in nature, this entry looks to open things up substantially and present a sweeping adventure that follows a father and his son. The game will retain the series’ tried-and-true melee combat system, but it looks to be more fleshed out and flashier than ever before. God of War finds Kratos in a state of flux: he now has a son, Atreus, and must journey with him in Scandinavia to deal with foes (and possible allies) that stem from Norse mythology. Though it retains the same title as the original God of War, this is anything but a remake. Though it’s unlikely that any new Colossi will be added to the game, Team Ico’s notoriously finicky controls are being modernized, and will hopefully make this remake of a classic better than ever before. Instead of cleaning up some assets and upping the resolution to high-definition, this is a ground-up remake. This team already handled the PS3 remasters of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus back in 2011, but this version of the game is a whole different kind of Colossus entirely. Next up is the Shadow of the Colossus remake by Bluepoint Games. Shadow of the Colossus PS4 (February 6, 2018) Fans will see if these major changes pay off on January 19. Though some may lament these changes, this follow-up isn’t resting on its laurels. Even the cast of characters is completely different, as Revenant Kingdom takes place hundreds of years after Wrath of the White Witch. The battle system looks faster paced and a bit more action oriented than the original, and it’s dropped captured creatures as allies and instead focuses on humanoid characters as fighters. Revenant Kingdom still employs a gorgeous Studio Ghibli-esque art style, but the famed animation house isn’t collaborating on the sequel this time around. A sequel to the warmly-received original, this unique JRPG takes everything fans loved about the first game and turns it on its head. First out of the gate is Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – and it’s just about a month and a half away.
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