The Saboteur is proof that any genre can innovate no matter how well-worn the basic concepts are. But as with most games that require peripherals, The Eye of Judgment never really found an audience outside of a hardcore fanbase that continues to play it to this day, albeit without online support. It was sort of like Skylanders or Disney Infinity, but years ahead of its time, and with cards instead of toys. Still, with a sizable roster, including Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Kratos from God of War, and third party-characters like Isaac Clarke from Dead Space and a Big Daddy from BioShock, PlayStation All-Stars has all the potential in the world if Sony ever decides to develop a sequel.Īt its core, a collectible card game, the selling point of The Eye of Judgment was that cards could be read and “come alive” by using the PlayStation Eye camera. That key difference in gameplay is either the game’s biggest draw or its biggest downside depending on how you feel about it. Gameplay is largely the same as in Smash Bros. except the goal is to build up a super meter that immediately eliminates an opponent rather than knock them off of the stage.įurther Reading: Video Game Movies Currently in Development It took a while, but eventually, Sony amassed enough of its own franchises to make its own competitor to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. PlayStation All-Stars: Battle RoyaleĢ012 | SuperBot Entertainment & Sony Santa Monica Studio But with a few tweaks to the gameplay, we might have seen the battle royale genre take off years earlier. Sticking too close to first-person shooter conventions and waning player interest led to the servers shutting down in just four years. It was cool taking part in games of that size, but MAG never really found a way to carve out a niche in the crowded genre.
In MAG’s largest mode, the 256-player Acquisition, platoons essentially played one giant game of capture-the-flag.
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