Welcome back to The PlayStation Report! We’re looking back through Sony’s list of IP to determine how healthy they are. This time, we’ve made it up to the letter G. Got a couple of interesting titles to look at here, so without further ado, let’s get started. It’s time for The PlayStation Report! 

G-Police

This is another one of those Psygnosis games I just assume Sony now owns since they own the studio, but I can’t be 100% sure. That said, I’m fairly confident in that assertion, as the game is currently available on PSN. Anyway, G-Police is a flight shooter/sim where you take control of a VTOL, which I’ve seen described as a jet helicopter? Sounds pretty weird/cool. At any rate, it takes place in the distant future where the world’s governments have given way to corporate police, and you fly around blowing stuff up. 

Health rating: Basically dead

G-Police wasn’t a massive hit by any means, but it did perform well enough to see a followup on the PlayStation in 1999 called G-Police: Weapons of Justice. There was even a planned sequel for the PS2 supposedly in the works, but nothing ever came of it. That’s effectively the last we ever heard of it. Its availability on current platforms makes it difficult to say it’s completely dead, but I’d be surprised to see the G-Police in a new adventure. 

Genji

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai released for the PlayStation 2 in September 2005, about a year after Ninja Gaiden released for Xbox. And whoo boy does this game ever look like it was copying Tecmo’s homework. It looks an awful lot like Ninja Gaiden in terms of gameplay and camera angles, but it clearly never caught on quite as well as the then Xbox exclusive did. It was developed by Game Republic, who released the aforementioned Folklore in our previous entry. 

Health rating: Basically Dead

Genji may not have been as popular as Ninja Gaiden, but it did earn itself a sequel on the PlayStation 3 called Genji: Days of the Blade. That one came out just a little over a year after the original, and it didn’t exactly turn a lot of heads. Its review scores were pretty middling, and its only real lasting claim to fame is that it’s where the “giant enemy crab” meme came from. It was a cool game series, but it neer really stood out, which I guess is why it just kind of faded away without too much fanfare. I don’t see this one making a return any time soon.

The Getaway

Grand Theft Auto III was such a seismic success that after its release, everyone started trying to put together video games based on crimes in an effort to cash in on the craze. The Getaway landed itself in this position more by chance than anything, though, as it was actually supposed to come out a few years earlier than even GTA3 did, but it got delayed quite a bit thanks to development challenges. The delay was probably for the best, since it did get to release after GTA3, it was able to capitalize on its phenomenal popularity. It’s, as you would expect, a heist game, and it was pretty well-liked. 

Health rating: Basically dead

This is a weird one because while the games I would say are more or less dead, the property itself sort of lives on? There was a followup to The Getaway on PS2 called The Getaway: Black Monday, and then another spinoff called Gangs of London for PSP. The Getaway 3 was in development for PS3, but that eventually died out when it was determined there was more money to be made with the EyeToy and Singstar properties. (Curse you, casual market!) But in 2020, a TV series based on Gangs of London premiered, and it’s still going today! So The Getaway itself is, in my opinion, probably toast, but at least the brand gets to live on in some capacity thanks to the miracle of television. 

Ghost of Tsushima

Developed by Sucker Punch Productions, the team behind the Sly Cooper and Infamous games, Ghost of Tsushima is an artsy samurai game that first hit the PS4 back in 2020. It’s utterly gorgeous, and unsurprisingly found itself a decent sized audience thanks to its interesting story, beautiful art direction, and overall undeniable coolness. 

Health rating: Great

Ghost of Tsushima got off to a great start, and was followed up with PlayStation 5 and PC ports as well as the announcements of a couple of proper followups. An actual sequel called Ghost of Yotei is on the way sometime in 2025, and there’s even a major motion picture in the works as well. It may not be as colorful as Sly Cooper, but it’s nice to see a new IP doing this well. 

God of War

Seriously, if there was ever a PlayStation brand that doesn’t need one of these, it’s God of War. It just celebrated its 20th anniversary, and it’s one of the most highly regarded game franchises out there. 

Health rating: Great

Amazon apparently already greenlit a second season of its TV adaptation before the 1st even aired, and there’s little doubt there will be a new God of War game headed our way in the next year or two. God of War is doing more than fine. 

Gran Turismo

And if there was ever another PlayStation brand that doesn’t need one of these, it’s Gran Turismo. I mean, come on. It’s Gran Turismo. 

Health rating: Great

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Gran Turismo basically invented the absurdly detailed racing genre. There was just a movie about it in theaters last year, and there is no doubt a new entry in the franchise proper on the way in the next year or two. Gran Turismo fans have nothing to worry about. 

Gravity Rush

And finally, we have a game that started life on the Vita! Gravity Rush is a gravity-defying action-adventure game that came out back in 2012, and then was remastered for the PS4 in 2016. It was developed by Japan Studio, which sort of no longer exists? They were merged into Team Asabi, the folks behind Astro Bot. Or at least I think they were. Either way, I’m pretty sure they’re still around in some capacity. 

Health rating: Not too bad

Gravity Rush got itself a direct sequel on PS4 in 2017. The main character has made cameo appearances in a handful of other Sony works, and there’s even talk of a movie adaptation on the horizon. Thing is, 2017 was a while ago, and to not hear anything about a new installment in that long a time isn’t terribly concerning, but like I said, it has been a while. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how this movie version turns out. Nothing motivates Sony quite like easy money! 

And that wraps up another edition of The PlayStation Report. It sure felt nice to give out some health ratings that weren’t basically dead! Join us next time for another double letter situation as we tackle both H and I. See  you then!