PSN delivers demo duo

  • By TomM_GScom, GameSpot
  • Posted Oct 18, 2007 4:42 pm PT

In August, Sony added a playable demo for its shadowy action adventure Folklore to the PlayStation Network. It may come as some surprise, then, that a new demo for the game has been added to the PSN this week as part of Sony's recurring Thursday update. This time out, gamers can take a tour of the...

In August, Sony added a playable demo for its shadowy action adventure Folklore to the PlayStation Network. It may come as some surprise, then, that a new demo for the game has been added to the PSN this week as part of Sony's recurring Thursday update. This time out, gamers can take a tour of the Fairy Realm as the game's primary protagonists, Ellen or Keats. Developed by Game Republic, Folklore was released earlier this month exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

Also appearing this week on the PSN is a free trial of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights. Juiced Games' street racer features a mix of both racing and drifting gameplay. The game also plays heavily to its tuner roots, with an emphasis on car customizations and modifications. Juiced 2 is slated to arrive on the PS3 on October 22.

Sony also noted that Calling All Cars! has been discounted to the tune of $4.99 until October 25. God of War designer David Jaffe's first foray into bite-sized game development, the multiplayer-centric game first zipped onto Sony's downloadable service in May.

76 Comments

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Oct 28, 2007 1:23 pm PT

    I want some PSN games.

  • blancobo

    Posted Oct 22, 2007 8:37 pm PT

    A little bit of crap with some icing made of more crap. The PS3 is in a serious dry spell of great games!

  • Riverwolf007

    Posted Oct 22, 2007 3:04 pm PT

    Two demos in the same week? On PSN? I can see why this was newsworthy.

  • timothyt

    Posted Oct 22, 2007 7:06 am PT

    OMG PSN content is coming so slow... The only thing that's really captured my attention is the Ratchet & Clank demo - I thought I might rent it now I know I want to buy it.

    What I want to know is WHERE THE HELL IS HOME? We were supposed to have it in October, and October is almost gone now without a peep from Sony. My guess is that it's not even close to ready and they're either going to say nothing or wait until the 31st to say it'll be ready sometime in 2008. I wish they'd just open the stupid thing up as public beta and at least let us mess around in it. It's not like it's an MMORPG where people are going to be freaking out over a character wipe if they need to do it.

    I'm so frustrated that I bought a PS3 - I should have waited until 2008 but I really thought Sony would have put more out by now.

  • hazelnutman

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 7:52 pm PT

    The next update better be good. But then again, I'll probably be too busy playing Ratchet and Clank for demos. MGS4 demo, I SUMMON YOU (please)

  • storm1110

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 9:55 am PT

    Folklore is one hell of an AMAZING game, it makes the PS3 worth buying =D

  • NaviDood

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 9:52 am PT

    Folklore is a pretty boring game to me, anyways getting the demo is pretty pointless, especially there being 2 now. i have like all the demos in psn except folklore, lol

  • kalkhaja

    Posted Oct 21, 2007 9:04 am PT

    Still no Winning Eleven demo...still waiting...

  • unforgiven_612

    Posted Oct 20, 2007 6:15 pm PT

    what the F@ck i just wanna F@cking shoot something and explode their mother F@ucking brain in *toki Wartooth not a bumble bee voice*

  • liljfreestyle

    Posted Oct 20, 2007 11:21 am PT

    Sony release a Call of Duty 4 demo for ps3 Home beta Metal gear Onlne demo Kane and Lynch demo u have great success if u release all theres games next week

  • matt_dangelo

    Posted Oct 20, 2007 6:27 am PT

    well it isnt too bad..not htere best updates but...the demos arent to good, however...i like watching the HD videos..uncharted rules and i like to see how they make games..i hope to be a game dev when i get older so....

  • Vic-ice

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 10:02 pm PT

    that juice 2 demo is not that bad, (even though thisweek was weak on the psn) its a nice online racing game... my opinion. folklore......... ok am almost beating the damm thing already, c'mon they should have given us something else.

  • senjutsu

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 7:05 pm PT

    My god, the Folklore demo is GREAT compared to the 1st demo!!! I was wondering if it was the same, but it's WAY better!!!

    But juiced 2 is really boring, and the "drift" challenges reminds me TOO MUCH of ridge racer... Good update anyway. And now that lair was given as a free game with the purchase of the ps3, I just went to get it (best price warranty of 30 days) for free . And the game is way better than the gamespot score , it's NOTa great game, but it's a good game that's for sure. I would have put 7.0, not "abysmal" or something! They said the control was bad but even my grand-father killed dragons!!! And he never played a game before (the simple controls HELP a LOT for casual gamers! For me, it's just another challenge )

  • nar-uto-25

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 5:36 pm PT

    wow thats why my ps3 is never touch i love my 360 so much better then my crappy ps3 real talk son

  • PS360owner

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 3:35 pm PT

    @tippy dude
    "I like shiny things and have HDTV (CRT with all the resolutions) ."

    Dude, are you for real?

  • lil-maxy

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 1:10 pm PT

    Folklore demo suck, this weeks psn updates are lame.

  • callumohare

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 11:10 am PT

    damn. after 6 weeks of amazing updates...

    Oh well, i guess its got to end sooner or later.
    Make next week another amazing one sony! Please? 2.0 update? ......please?

  • DevilD2005

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 10:52 am PT

    Sad they give us demos for games that arent high in public interest when they could give us demos of Assassins creed, Unreal Tournament 3, or Haze.

  • dragonseer439

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 9:56 am PT

    Americans shouldn't complain too much about their PSN updates, in Europe and Australia on the PSN store, we're still waiting for Everyday Shooter, Symphony of the Night and Tekken online. Bad Sony, bad!

  • tatinhawk

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 9:34 am PT

    Not a very good update this week of the PSN...

  • zeke2040

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 8:55 am PT

    i already have the folklore game... why make another demo... they just need to bring the content for the game to come out... why is ps3 taking so long...shesh!

  • Temmehkan

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 8:53 am PT

    Rachet and Clank Future: Tools of destruction will be released next week, a week early than before, i think that makes up for this weeks PSN

  • tippy922

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 8:08 am PT

    I loved the first demo. I like shiny things and have HDTV (CRT with all the resolutions) so I think another demo, though odd, couldn't hurt anyone. Some people are very whiny about FREE content. It's FREE! Deal. There are gigs and gigs of demos on PSN for your enjoyment so ENJOY ALREADY!
    As for me, since today is payday and I've planned to buy my FIRST PS3 game today, I am choosing Folklore.
    Folklore is very shiny and it's a genre I know and love.
    I hope, in the future sometime, there may be a sequel to Okami for PS3.
    THAT would be AWESOME!!

  • -DarthMaul-

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 7:40 am PT

    Not a good week at all.

  • assault120

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:59 am PT

    not good

  • assault120

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:58 am PT

    not good

  • MasterChief725

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:46 am PT

    lol juiced 2 came out on 360 like a month ago.

  • cavalierkid13

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:19 am PT

    Its not the 20th of October yet, duh, so thats why its not out yet.

  • DanC1989

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 2:07 am PT

    Quite a poor update this week, really.

  • vonerr

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 1:58 am PT

    Where is GT5 prologue demo?.it was due on the 20th october

  • vass86

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 1:11 am PT

    sounds exciting

  • PS360owner

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 12:49 am PT

    Just got done watching a download of Return to House on Haunted Hill in HD on my 360 after a marathon gaming session with Puzzle Quest, an awesome XBL game. Oh, and played an awesome demo of Jericho the other day. And, then I read this article to see what's up with the PS3 crowd. Looks like they've gotten two pathetic demos in and it's making big news. Hundreds of people are celebrating. How pathetic for a system costing $600 that's been out for a year. Then I start laughing at those people foolish enough to own one - until I remember that I'm one of them.

  • NinjaMunkey01

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 12:14 am PT

    wow FullSurface is it? Cant wait for this game I went on a forum and there was a test to see which were real pictures and which were IN GAME footage. And the cars looked so much like real life it was actually difficult to tell! The gameplay, realism and graphics on this will be sweet!!!!!

  • batosaims posted Oct 18, 2007 11:36 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    batosaims

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 11:36 pm PT (hide)

    lol just another one of the many reasons why the ps3 is crap wanna play real demos play the 360

    i just played today
    bladestorm
    timeshift
    pgr4
    virtua fighter 5 and others

    enjoy juiced and folklore lol

  • PseudoFinrod

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm PT

    I will totally get Calling All Cars now that the price has been reduced. It seemed like a great game, but not one I could justify 10 bucks on.

  • sniper_99

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 10:27 pm PT

    I'm still waiting for MGS4 demo

  • Maersyndel

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 10:14 pm PT

    One Folklore demo is focused on the combat side of things, and the other is more on the story. I've got the game and I can tell you it's fantastic. Have a look at both demos to get a fuller picture.

  • cezeon

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 9:52 pm PT

    Wait till the end of this month. They about to kill it.

  • Shadedgale

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 9:45 pm PT

    2 demos for one game get negative points to the game my point of view.

  • superbeast1370

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 9:19 pm PT

    Folklore demo was pretty good, I bought the game.

  • FullSurface

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 9:11 pm PT

    ha hang in there 2 days till the gran turismo prologue demo 0ct 20

  • jpga2002

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:47 pm PT

    C' mon another stupid demo of Folklore, while 360"gamers" get Pro street demo and PES 08, SONY needs to became serious so c' mon bring us good demos please while we are waiting for the big games to hit the shelves!!1

  • OtterX

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:37 pm PT

    I'm glad I gave Folklore a shot after playing the first lackluster demo. For some reason I couldn't get into that demo, but in the actual game, I'm completely immersed into it's story and characters. Excellent game.

  • 247k

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:29 pm PT

    Folklore again?
    Everybody is expecting the MGS4 demo to come on PSN... sorry it won't!

  • Temmehkan

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:13 pm PT

    there will be no mgs4 demo ever, konami said that the the E for all was the last time it will be seen

  • gamer082009

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:02 pm PT

    Haaa...I wanna laugh at these demo's...LOL

  • KamuiFei

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 7:53 pm PT

    Not sure why they released another Folklore demo. People that liked the first one more than likely bought it (like me). Still don't get why it was rated so low, its a good game for those who like the genre. Juiced 2...eh, not really into racing games, but thats me.

  • Zam_basic

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 7:46 pm PT

    why no lair demo?

  • awilcher

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 7:15 pm PT

    another boring waiting week at PSN. Would anyone suggest me buying Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2?

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