May 9th, 2012
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Square Enix has confirmed a slew of PlayStation 2 classics will be available on the PSN (in Europe anyway) in the coming weeks, with the first title, Just Cause releasing today. Other titles include the PC classic, Deus Ex (Deus Ex: The Conspiracy here in the states).
Keep in mind, some levels in the PS2 version of Deus Ex were changed and chopped down into smaller areas separated by load-screens, due to memory limitations of the system. The PC version of the original Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition is available on STEAM right now for $9.99. If that isn’t an option for you, the PS2 version should do just fine.
There is no word on if these classics will make it to the North American PlayStation Store, although we can’t see why they wouldn’t. We’ll keep you updated. Below is the full list of titles and the announcement from Square Enix’s Ben Bateman.
“With technology and gaming evolving at an ever increasing rate, it’s nice to sit back and take the time to enjoy the classics. With that in mind we’re continuing our mission to bring some of the Square Enix (and Eidos Interactive) classics to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The process is not easy and can sometimes take an extremely long time, but we’re getting there and it’s totally worth it. We hope this gives you the opportunity to rekindle your youth, and for the youngsters amonst you, a chance to see where it all began.
Starting today fans can get the original Just Cause on the PlayStation Network. Join Rico Rodriguez in his mission to overthrow a dictator and kickstart a revolution. This game is built on being pure sandbox fun in an open world like no other. If you’ve never played it, we highly recommend you rectify your mistake. But that’s not all. Grab these fantastic PlayStation 2 classics in the coming weeks.”
Just Cause
Date: 9th May 2012
Price: €9.99 / £7.99Deus Ex
Date: 16th May 2012
Price: €9.99 / £7.99Conflict Desert Storm 2
Date: 23rd May 2012
Price: €9.99 / £7.99Conflict Vietnam
Date: 30th May 2012
Price: €6.99 / £5.49
Source: SquareEnix
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Or, alternatively, you can get the much cheaper and graphically better PC versions, of the listed games, for a fraction of the cost.
True, but PS2 version of Deus Ex (example) is very specific. It plays differently from the original PC version.
It played differently, if by different you mean cackier…yes lol. It also ran badly. It was not a great port. Far better off with the PC version, it runs great on even a old netbook’s integrated GMA950 graphics this day and age.
I guess it at least gives ps3 fanboys something else to play.
With the 360 getting things like fez, trials evolution, minecraft and many others, the ps3(apart from journey)is clearly lacking in quality new downloadable titles.
This is better than nothing, but damn those 360 owners and their superior titles
Well at least the ps3 will be getting Starhawk, Little Big Planet Karting, Playstation All Stars, God of War: Ascension, Sly 4, Sorcery, Dust 514, Ni No Kuni and The last of us along with many other PSN exlusive download titles (:
I can see myself spending a LOT more time and money on my PS3 this year.
whereas for my 360 i’ll have a choice of Halo 4 and…
It is strange how microsoft don’t seem to bother with exclusive games and would rather focus on exclusive/timed exclusive DLC
Actually @Toasty
Microsoft DO care about exclusives. Kinect crap exclusives it is.
well the only interesting xbox live game is minecraft and trials
otherwise steam just beats xboxlive and psn easily
You’ve just listed the ps3′s entire retail(mostly)releases over the next 2 years there lol.
Journey’s fun though for as long as it lasts, but that’s pretty much it as far as downloadable titles go on ps3, unless you include ps mini’s
The ps3 isn’t quite as bad as the wii and its rubbish wiiware service, but it’s getting slaughtered by xbl and the quality titles on it.
Starhawk is not getting very good reviews btw, slightly above average it seems
It’s no witcher 2.
Bought witcher 2 on PC *last year*. It’s pretty good and has insane graphics (probably not the case on console,but yeah)
I personally enjoyed the starhawk beta and a 77 on metacritic isn’t bad by any means.
Also most of the games I listed will actually be out by the end of this year.
But I did manage to list all the exclusive 360 releases over the next 2 years (:
Also how can you compare Starhawk and Witcher 2? :L
A bit random
Why are you caring that much about scores?
And I see no reason to have an Xbox 360 at all anymore if I have a decent gaming PC… It’s all about stupid kinect now. Alan Wake made me keep it. But since both of them are on PC now, I’m thinking about selling my 360.
Only comparing witcher 2 and starhawk reviews wise, witcher 2 was at 90% metacritic a few weeks ago, but I see it’s dropped a bit now.
It’ was pretty much positive all the way though regarding witcher 2, starhawk has had some mixed reviews.
These are the only real big retail exclusives(at this time)that the 360 and ps3 have seen this year.
I’ll be surprised if the last of us gets released this year, 2012 looks like a slow year regarding quality exclusives on either machine.
Apart from one or 2 retail titles, it looks like a year to enjoy the good old downloadable games
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree on that
+ do review scores matter if you like the game?
What makes you care so much about reviews? Do you even read the reviews or just glance at the score? You do know how Metacritic scores their games, right?
A 50 is considered average, meaning a C. A 77 on the other hand is considered a B or B-. Oh and if you actually read the reviews for Starhawk that were considered mixed, you would realize how stupid and irrelevant their opinions were.
I mean, most of them. Especially the Machinima one. Basically, he talked out of his ass and then opinion ended up with how he doesn’t like the fact that team work is required if you want to win.
If a team work based game doesn’t appeal to you, you shouldn’t be reviewing it because you’ll end up with an incredibly biased point of view which is seen as ignorant.
Oh and yeah, Witcher 2 is a great game but how is it relevant to this topic? I mean, if it were released on the PS3 and not the 360, you wouldn’t be saying how awesome it is on the console version. I know for a fact that you would be saying how much better the PC version of the Witcher 2 is. A bit hypocritical, don’t you think?
All of the game reviews (ex: IGN, Gameinformer) and etc are paid off by companies to give a positive review most of the time. So referring back to scores doesn’t decide how good or bad a game is.
If you wanna continue to believe that numbers prove everything than please feel free to do so.
IGN: Resident Evil 5: On the 360 the blacks lose detail and the PS3 presents just a bit more details in shadows. And if you look closely the PS3 has slightly better AA. And yet the reviewer says “Get it for the Xbox 360.”
So I don’t believe in reviews or scores for the most part.