Here's a bit of extra gameplay for them:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/14/ ... -in-action

Spike looks really interesting, like he has a ton of tools. Sackboy looks tricky as hell, a bit much for me.

Dino seems like a fun as f*** character, which sucks because he's Dino. But as long as he keeps his mouth shut and gets a Dante alternate costume, he'll be fine.

EDIT: Also, if there's any Sly fans here, the Alden's Tower stage transitions into a Sly Cooper one. Does anyone recognize that location, by any chance? I love the Sly games, but I don't seem to remember that anywhere.

That Sly Cooper stage transition may be based on Arpeggio's Blimp (final episode in Sly 2), at least it looks that way to me, and with Carmelita in a chopper, resembles that even more. Im not sure though. If not that, then maybe the Australia stage in Sly 3.

Nice, Spike's level 3 super is based on the laser satelite weapon used against the final boss in Million Monkeys.

I don't think it's Arpeggio's ship itself, as more a reference to it. I mostly say that because I didn't recognize the blue, ringed device in the background as anything visible from the deck of the ship.

Yeah i was thinking that the stage may be referencing Arpeggio's ship, i should have said that instead

But yeah, that large crane in the background reminds me of the Australian stage from Sly 3 (Episode 2), as there was a very large crane in that level. Maybe they took things from multiple Sly stages instead of just one.

Argh. This is somewhat embarrassing, really. I like to call myself a Sly fan, but I honestly have no clue what that's even from. I wish they'd just come out and say it >.>

Maybe its a reference to Sly 4, seeing as how the game hasnt come out yet, it would kinda make sense that we dont know what stage thats supposed to be.

Just a wild guess.

It's not supposed to be a Sly stage, it's still Alder's Tower. It's just the top of said tower, with Carmelita in her chopper coming by to launch attacks. It's just another 'stage gimmick is random character from another game comes to stage and attacks'. You only think it's a Sly stage because they also added the background clouds. Sly has his own stage, remember?


Was really hoping to see Sir Dan, but each of these characters looks unique. Wish Ratchet had more weapons I recognized (No morph gun?), but I guess he's alright.

very skeptical about this
the roster seems so thrown together
not to mention chances are high this is just a last-ditch effort to save sony's consoles
otherwise they would just wait until they developed more recognisable franchises that made sense in the same game

I honestly have no idea why Sony's consoles would need saving.

"Let's have.. uh.. Big Daddy and uh.. um.. maybe.. SLY COOPER AND UH.. MAYBE EVEN.. FAT PRINCESS YEAH AND SWEET TOOTH. UHHHH.. GUYS. I NEED SOME HELP."

Vita's a trainwreck. PS3 is vastly superior to s***'s console, but the Vita's pulling it down.


It is a Sly stage, but it's an InFamous/Sly stage. Sly also has another stage.

That in mind, though, it could be that it's not based off of any location at all, it's just supposed to be an aesthetic change to fit Carmelita's cameo. I dunno.

I don't like that Stowaways mashes with Bioshock Infinite, though. Seems like a waste of potential. It seems too expected, not crazy enough like Buzz or the Patapon or whatever else.


If you don't like the game, that's cool, but those of us who have played games not released by Nintendo easily came up with a ton of potential characters. Sony doesn't have as much to pull from as Nintendo, sure, but they've got a lot of high quality games under their belt.

I was poking fun at how they seem to be throwing franchises together but okay.

Did they showcase the Ape Escape stage yet? im curious to see how it changes during the game.

For some strange reason Spike is looking to be one of my favorite characters so far. I do love the Ape Escape series though, so hopefully it will actually feel like playing Spike. Ive played Million Monkeys and that game is awesome, nice to see that they're drawing ideas from that game.

I don't care what anybody else says, Sackboy looks like the funnest character so far. So damn gimmicky...~

He looks a bit tricky to use, honestly. I like the gimmicky idea of him, since Sackboy doing hand to hand fighting is kind of a dumb idea, it fits the LBP style etc. But he's probably my least anticipated character - Cool as hell, but just not my thing.