An Oct 30 presentation at Paris Games Week saw PlayStation introduce
live-action drama Erica, take a grim turn with trailers for Detroit and The
Last of Us Part II, and entice with previews of Spider-Man and Ghost of
Tsushima, plus expansions for Destiny 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Styled as an interactive, live-action drama, Erica works by connecting
Android and iOS touchscreen devices to the PlayStation 4, allowing viewers to
decide how the story plays out.
The main character, a young woman with a traumatic past, is pulled into
a murder investigation and it's up to players to decide which path to follow in
a multi-sided narrative.
PlayStation leaned harder into mature themes with new footage for two
undated tentpoles: sci-fi thriller Detroit: Become Human and post-apocalyptic
The Last of Us Part II.
The second was previewed through an uncontextualised and extended
torture sequence.
"We're sure you have many questions after watching this
scene," the game's creative director wrote on the PlayStation Blog in an
accompanying news post, characterising the game as "intense, beautiful,
harrowing, and emotionally moving."
But elsewhere, PlayStation was keen to offer calming, non-violent
material.
Contemplative flying game Oure was announced and immediately released
during a pre-show event, as was surreal time-control puzzler The Gardens
Between. The main briefing opened with a look at animated mural outing Concrete
Genie.
The spirit of PlayStation 3 era rough and tumble racing franchise
Motorstorm lives on with a dizzying twist in mid-2018's Onrush, and electronic
dance music icon Avicii is behind a new rhythm action game Invector.
There was more on 2018 PlayStation 4's exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man,
which was confirmed to feature Mary Jane, Aunt May, Miles Morales and the
Kingpin in its cast of characters.
PlayStation's preferential partnership with the Destiny franchise
allowed for a peek at Curse of Osiris, late 2017's first expansion to social
action game Destiny 2, while there was also a look at Nov 7's expansion for
early 2017's single-player hit Horizon Zero Dawn.
And the studio behind five games in superhero
franchise Infamous unveiled its latest project, Ghost of Tsushima, a
go-anywhere, do-anything Samurai game set in feudal Japan. — AFP Relaxnews
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