Welcome again to The PlayStation report! We’re spending a while reviewing Sony’s IP slate to find out how wholesome they’re. This time, we’ll be tackling each E and F. There’s not a lot happening with these letters, and what’s right here is fairly out of the extraordinary, for essentially the most half. However typically that may make it simpler to remain alive, proper? Who would not love bizarre PlayStation video games? Let’s get began. It is time for the PlayStation Report!
ecochrome
We begin with a sport that I actually have not considered in a very long time. Echochrome is a puzzle sport that began on PlayStation 3. It is all about enjoying with views and transferring this foolish little character round some cool environments. It is like somebody made a online game primarily based on MC Escher’s illustrations.
Well being ranking: mainly useless
Echochrome by no means took the world unexpectedly, but it surely labored effectively sufficient to get two follow-ups. Echoshift got here to PSPin in 2009, after which Exhoshift II got here out in 2010 as a PlayStation Transfer suitable model. Do you bear in mind PlayStation Transfer? Ahh, the great previous days when everybody was attempting to make their very own Wii Distant. Anyway, Echochrome was a superb experiment, however I am fairly positive it is cooked.
Golf for everybody/Golf Scorching Photographs
You in all probability realize it higher as Scorching Photographs Golf, however for some purpose it is now referred to as All people’s Golf. Properly, it is at all times been referred to as that in Japan and Europe, so possibly they only wished to make issues extra uniform. Anyway, All people’s Golf is a incredible method to golf. It was initially developed by Camelot and was an enormous success. Foolish golf video games are enjoyable. Who knew?
Well being ranking: may very well be higher
The newest sport on this collection was All people’s Golf VR in 2019. Because it’s 2025, it is formally time to fret. I do not suppose this collection is useless by any means, however Sony has been dissing its B-tier franchises fairly a bit currently, so this one could also be on ice till one of many fits determines that individuals really like these video games they usually may in all probability make some cash in the event that they produced extra. There was a 6 yr hole between the releases from 2011 to 2017, so this sort of wait is unprecedented, but it surely nonetheless makes me nervous.
EverQuest
It is loopy to recollect now, however EverQuest Quest shall be THE on-line sport to play. Mainly, it introduced the MMO idea to the plenty and, within the course of, opened the door to video games like World of Warcraft. In case you were not round throughout its heyday, it is a fantasy MMO the place you staff up with varied individuals on-line to carry out duties, full quests, and the like. It was an excellent success.
Well being ranking: Fairly good
EverQuest is not as widespread because it as soon as was, but it surely’s nonetheless alive and effectively! There have been sequels, spin-offs, comics and extra, however I perceive it is the unique recipe that also retains individuals busy. Its most up-to-date enlargement, The Outer Brood, was lately launched in December 2024 and the sport exhibits no indicators of stopping anytime quickly.
Extermination
Do you bear in mind the extermination? In fact! Properly, really you in all probability do not. Or not less than you did not till you noticed the field artwork right here. Extermination was a 2001 survival horror sport for the PlayStation 2 that had a little bit of a rocky street to market. Nevertheless, when it landed, it obtained usually favorable opinions due to its gorgeous visuals and enjoyable gameplay.
Well being ranking: mainly useless
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Contemplating this was an authentic IP survival horror sport, a style that tends to promote fairly effectively, it is actually shocking that Spony by no means turned as profitable once more. They could not really personal the model. It was developed by an organization referred to as Deep Area, which not exists, but it surely was co-developed by Sony themselves, they usually revealed it as effectively. I’ve to think about that this sport’s crowded survival horror market and forgettable field artwork in all probability had one thing to do with its everlasting shelf, however I suppose we’ll by no means know. The extermination has been exterminated.
The attention of judgment
Earlier than PlayStation Transfer, Sony had a digital camera peripheral for the PS2 referred to as EyeToy. This advanced into PlayStation Eye for PS3, with the primary app being The Eye of Judgment. It is a collectible card sport (which was all the trend on the time) the place you place playing cards in entrance of the digital camera they usually come to life in your TV display. Truthfully, it is cool expertise, and for many who favored collectible card video games, it was a superb time.
Well being ranking: mainly useless
The Eye of Judgment had a sequel on PSP in 2010 referred to as The attention of Judgment: Legends, however that appears to be it for the model. This does not appear to be the sort of factor Sony needs to pursue anymore, and actually, who can blame them? Buying and selling card video games can generate massive earnings, however they require a good quantity of upkeep. Though, with the rise of on-line digital card video games, possibly there’s an opportunity Sony will strive once more with out the digital camera? I doubt it, however something is feasible!
fats princess
That is a kind of video games that I can not consider exists. In a world the place there may be a whole sect of the Web that has devoted their lives to complaining that ladies in video video games aren’t horny sufficient, a sport primarily based on an explicitly chubby princess is downright unusual. It is mainly feeding cake to a captured princess, making her fatter and fatter. It is unusual.
Well being ranking: mainly useless
Fats Princess really realized it to some extent for some time there. One of the best I can inform is that the final launch was 2015’s Fats Princess Adventures for PS4. I can not shake the sensation that within the present panorama, this is not the sort of sport that might actually work with fashionable audiences. I think about Sony is equally comfortable to let this slowly fade away.
Folklore
That is one other a kind of circumstances the place I do not know 100% what Sony’s involvement within the model is. Folklore was developed by Recreation Republic, which closed its doorways in 2011. Sony revealed the sport in all areas, which makes me suppose they’ve some curiosity in it, however that is not stable proof that it is theirs. Anyway, Folklore was an motion role-playing sport for the PlayStation 3 with a definite Celtic aptitude.
Well being ranking: very useless
Folklore went unnoticed in its day. It was effectively reviewed, however was by no means profitable. Apparently there have been some talks a few sequel at one level, however since Folklore itself did not achieve this effectively, they have been all cancelled. With the unique studio behind the sport closed and the sport itself largely forgotten, this one is as useless as sport franchises get.
Frequency/Amplitude
The frequency is unbelievable, and whilst you’ll little question have heard of the video games it will definitely advanced into, the unique launch is a bit obscure. It’s a rhythm sport by which a collection of notes journey in direction of the display in a large tube that you need to rotate. Because the notes get nearer to the entrance of the display, you need to change them to the beat. Every a part of the cylinder represents a distinct a part of the track, equivalent to drums, synth, guitars, and so forth. Once you play sufficient of a monitor accurately, that a part of the track will proceed to play alone for a number of measures, and the purpose is to complete the track with as a lot music as attainable.
Well being ranking: mainly useless
Frequency obtained a sequel referred to as Amplitude. The massive change in that sport was flattening the enjoying subject. Then the notes got here to the display on a flat path and also you needed to play them to the rhythm of the track. And if that sounds so much like Guitar Hero, that is as a result of it’s! Harmonix developed frequency and amplitude for Sony, and the ideas they created for these video games fashioned the idea of Guitar Hero, which later led to Rock Band. Nevertheless, these video games have an entire lineage of their very own, and whereas their DNA could be traced right here, they don’t seem to be really a part of the identical collection. As for Frequency, Sony hasn’t touched the thought because the complete Guitar Hero craze occurred. Which is a disgrace, as a result of there’s nonetheless a number of enjoyable available with some of these video games. Sadly, I am fairly positive this one is useless for good.
And that concludes this version of The PlayStation Report. There are a number of “Mainly Deads” right here, but it surely’s nonetheless rather less grim than normal! Be part of us subsequent time as we sort out the letter G, the place there are not less than three really beloved and still-living franchises to cowl. Must be a pleasant change of tempo! See you subsequent time!
