The Monday letters web page thinks a £75+ online game will be good worth for cash, as one other reader tries to make sense of Doom’s storyline.
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Violent visuals
GTA 6 seems wonderful and every part however one factor I’ve not seen mentioned a lot is the potential backlash over its violence. I’m going to imagine it’s the identical primary stage as the opposite video games however not solely do individuals look far more lifelike in GTA 6 however there appears to be much more of them round in outdoors scenes.
Is GTA 6 nonetheless going to have rampage missions the place you mow down as many individuals as potential? Even when it doesn’t is there going to be something stopping you from doing that? I’m not taking a stance on it, at the very least till I see how they deal with it, however in case you can simply let rip with a heavy machinegun, or no matter, right into a crowd, that’s going to be fairly disturbing if all of it seems and performs out realistically.
I don’t really feel this has been a difficulty for video games for some time now, as most have managed to not have that sort of alternative in it or there’s nobody on the planet besides unhealthy guys. However GTA 6 might open up a complete new can of worms, and that’s earlier than we learn the way it handles intercourse. There’s a kind of intercourse scene within the second trailer but when Rockstar attempt something greater than that I can simply think about how the same old suspects are going to react.
The higher the graphics get the more durable these questions are to reply with a ‘it’s not actual’. The place do you draw the road when it comes to how actual it seems?
Lumpy
You have got enormous guts
I haven’t performed Doom: The Dark Ages but however I’ll agree I had no concept what was happening in Doom Everlasting. The plot was so difficult however on the identical time dumb and never attention-grabbing. Assuming it hasn’t modified, which it doesn’t sound prefer it has, I might agree that Doom must play up the comedy extra.
Everlasting doesn’t actually take itself that severe however on the identical time there’s nothing in it that’s actually humorous, until you depend amassing the little Funko Pop! type toys. That appears an enormous mistake for a recreation that doesn’t actually have any attention-grabbing characters, together with the primary one.
I realise comedy is tough, however they may at the very least attempt. At a minimal they may simply adapt the comedian that ‘rip and tear’ comes from. It’s nonetheless the perfect factor related to Doom that isn’t the video games.
Blofeld
Fight revolved
I’ve spent a very good few hours this morning going by means of Halo: ODST and it’s nearly as good as ever. The gunplay, music, and setting is simply second to none within the Halo video games. I’ve performed by means of all of them tons of of occasions (actually) and there may be at all times a brand new option to beat the Covenant because of the nice AI.
I don’t thoughts it coming to the PlayStation 5 however I worry the remake goes to dumb all of it right down to attraction to the individuals who haven’t performed Halo earlier than. I nonetheless want they’d do a full remake of Halo 3, with all of the reduce ranges included (there are fan made sequels which might be nice) .
Anyway, sustain the great work.
Simon
GC: Thanks.
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Staying pleasant
If it was some other firm, I believe assist for the following technology Xbox could be very restricted. They’ve had two disasters in a row, they’re presently downplaying the Xbox Sequence X/S, and the brand new console could also be moveable solely.
However since it’s Microsoft, they usually’re so wealthy, are they going to be paying different publishers to get them to assist them nonetheless? Aside from cash I’m unsure what maintain Microsoft actually has over different firms now that their {hardware} is irrelevant. It’s undoubtedly no sort of risk to be instructed you possibly can’t writer on Xbox consoles anymore.
I suppose the promise of being on Recreation Move remains to be there, however that’s not one thing larger firms are going to care about, in comparison with indies. Perhaps they’ll simply hold doing it out of a way of diplomacy although. No level burning any bridges, I suppose.
Vectorman
Low-cost threat
Only a suggestion right here guys.
I purchased Misplaced Phrases: Past The Web page within the sale on Nintendo Swap for £1.19.
A easy story pushed recreation with some good puzzles, an attention-grabbing recreation mechanic, a fantastic soundtrack and a few extremely voice-acting. The sport definitely can’t be accused of not attempting one thing completely different when it comes to storyline and you would need to be a robotic or have a coronary heart fabricated from stone to not let this tearjerker get to you.
Anyway, I extremely suggest it at this worth, and I believe it nonetheless has a couple of days within the sale to go.
freeway 77
Revenue warning
I used to be questioning a couple of element relating to the Nintendo Swap 2 consoles on eBay that’s been puzzling me. New eBay coverage is that sellers don’t get their cash till two days after confirmed supply, if tracked, and two weeks (I believe) if not tracked. Does this imply that each one the bought listings presently on eBay (1000’s on the time of writing) have all been paid for by the scalped and received’t be acquired by the scalpers till June seventh on the earliest?
This might imply that eBay has an enormous sum of money sitting of their enterprise accounts for properly over a month. No marvel they had been reluctant to not settle for objects which clearly violated their very own insurance policies! I additionally marvel if there are a variety of offended scalpers on the market who had been unaware of this? A lot of the accomplished listings are for about £450-500, plus a handful round £600.
This consists of the eBay safety charge, which might be roughly £15, that means that almost all could be making about £50-ish revenue. Looks as if a variety of problem and outlay for such a small quantity, together with the inherent threat you at all times take with supply companies (each receiving and sending out). I can’t imagine that so many individuals have bothered doing this and the person small beneficial properties hardly outweigh the strife brought on by it. I might love to listen to from an precise scalper and get their facet of the story.
Themadmonk82
GC: There was a Reader’s Feature on the weekend, however they didn’t use eBay.
The longer term refused to alter
I knew the talk of a Chrono Trigger remake was too good to be true however I hope all the thrill over the chance convinces Sq. Enix that persons are . I’ll by no means perceive why that recreation is so missed, because it’s by far my favorite 16-bit role-player. Heck, it’s in all probability my favorite of all-time.
I believe the issue is that it got here out so late within the SNES’s life, when the PS1 was already out in Japan. It was nonetheless a success however nowhere close to as massive because it deserved. I believe a HD-2D remake could be prefect and I might assume not that costly. I actually hope it occurs.
Hawkguy
PS: Talking of fantastic franchises that Sq. Enix ignores in favour of every part else, the place is my NieR 3 annoucement?! Are they going to shadow drop it or one thing? Automata is over eight years outdated now!
Hours of enjoyable
I don’t need to sound like a shill for Nintendo however enjoying satan’s advocate, is paying £75 for video games really actually that unhealthy?
For instance, over 10 years in the past, I contributed to the Hot Topic of the week saying I had put in 974 hours on Take a look at Drive Limitless 2 over six years.
Again then, I paid about £22 for it second-hand and I haven’t accomplished the maths however I’m fairly certain I acquired my cash’s value plus some.
In reality, I’ve just lately began to remorse I didn’t pay the £49.99 full worth for it, such is the love I had for it, technical points and cheesiness be damned.
I’ve additionally paid round £17.98 for Battlefield 1943 (on PlayStation 3 and Xbox One) and acquired many liked/hated hours out of it.
What I’m saying is in case you’re enjoying a recreation for a few years and nonetheless getting enjoyable out of it, with their now even larger recreation worlds and different issues to find or unlock, ought to it matter if it’s a bit extra pricey?
LeighDappa
Inbox also-rans
Paid £49.99 For The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered on PC this time and may’t get previous the entrance web page (DirectX 12). Theft.
Brian
Having watching the final arc of Andor (which is wonderful, significantly among the greatest TV I’ve ever seen) I’m much more confused as to why Star Wars: Zero Firm is about through the Clone Wars. An Andor period setting makes far more sense, given what number of completely different brokers and missions Luthen and Kleya have happening on the identical time.
Zeiss
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