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Sony won the first battle but will they win the war? (pic: Metro)The Thursday Inbox is sick of bad video game movies, as one reader hopes Naughty Dog don\u2019t make The Last Of Us Part 3.
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\nNo place for complacencySony and Microsoft both doing well with their new consoles is clearly good for everyone. Equal competition usually brings the best results\u2026 and different approaches. However, I\u2019m not convinced that Microsoft\u2019s finances are quite as good as they\u2019d like to pretend. It\u2019s a pretty big red flag when they won\u2019t say how much profit they made or how many consoles they sold.
\nI mean, those are the only two things that really matter. Who cares if the had $5 billion in sales if they ended up making -$10 billion in profit, because of the cost of buying all these companies and keeping Game Pass running. We get it, they\u2019re a rich company, but shareholders don\u2019t like to see money going into a black hole like this and sooner or later they\u2019ve got to start making money. I just hope that isn\u2019t after they\u2019ve bought up, or brought down, the rest of the games industry.
\nSony\u2019s report card looked better overall, and at least they didn\u2019t keep anything secret, but their problem is they don\u2019t have any clear game plan other than making more games. I really don\u2019t see that getting them through the whole generation, not with Microsoft on the warpath as they are.
\nThey\u2019ve both had a good start, but this is no place for complacency. In previous generations you\u2019d say that Sony already had this console war beaten but I don\u2019t think things are going to work out that simple at all.Stosh
\nTeach a dog a new trickI really hope Naughty Dog\u2019s next game is not The Last Of Us Part 3. I know it was left somewhat open-ended but only in the sense that not every single character was dead. You could continue it but I really don\u2019t see the need. It is impossible, with any semblance of good writing, to redeem Ellie and personally I feel all the characters have said what needs to be said in terms of the overall themes of the series.
\nI do like The Last Of Us, they\u2019re superbly crafted games, but I think Naughty Dog are getting high on their own reputation. Especially as you can pretty much guarantee that if they did do another one the gameplay would still be almost exactly the same, just as it\u2019s also very similar to Uncharted.
\nI\u2019d much rather they make something new, in terms of tone and gameplay. And that absolutely does not mean Jak And Daxter. Those games sucked when they were new, let alone now.Zub
\nHidden gemI feel like Nioh 2 doesn\u2019t get talked about enough, especially when people are talking about exclusive PlayStation games. I\u2019ve just completed it, and I have to say it\u2019s been one of my favourite games of recent years.
\nThe combat is absolutely top notch, maybe the best combat in any game I\u2019ve played. The game is a bit too long, and I feel if they had made it less bloated, it would be a 10\/10 game. However, the combat carries it for me, and it never got to be too much of a slog. Even though I\u2019ve played it for 90 hours, I was sad when it was over. Great game.
\nI look forward to whatever Team Ninja do next.Mud
\nGC: We agree on all counts. Although, as it happens, they announced just this week that sales had passed 2 million, which isn\u2019t bad.
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\nDemon\u2019s magicAfter getting sick of hearing various video game enthusiasts and journalists wax lyrical about Demon\u2019s Souls, I finally took the plunge after seeing it for \u00a330 on the second-hand market.
\nSo far I\u2019m not sure. I think I enjoy it but not sure, if that makes sense. It looks great on the PlayStation 5 and the sound design is exemplary. Possibly the best use of 3D audio so far, finally a game that begins to validate my purchase of the Sony Pulse 3D headphones. After a number of attempts to get to grip with things I actually started to progress but then died only to reset the progress I had made.
\nI don\u2019t think I realised you had to complete a whole level without dying otherwise you go back to the start. I do want to persevere though as I did feel a certain amount of satisfaction to progress even just a small amount.
\nJust a question though. I started my playthrough with the Royalty class, as I\u2019d heard this is the best class for newcomers. However, I\u2019ve not really been using the magic staff\/wand thing sticking instead to the sword\/shield combo. Is that a different class that would suit this playstyle?matc7884
\nGC: Yeah, we wouldn\u2019t start off focusing on magic. Temple Knight is probably the best pick to start with \u2013 it\u2019s a bit of an all-rounder but there is an emphasis on melee combat.
\nOpposites do not attractI had a grumble on the subject of how terrible movie adaptions of video games are a few weeks ago but having decided to endure the expected mediocrity of Mortal Kombat I feel almost duty bound to re-iterate how feeble nearly every attempt is. I enjoy seeking out the obscure or the so-bad-it\u2019s-good movie. It\u2019s led me to horror classics like Xtro and Street Trash but you do have to sift through some god awful rubbish to get there. Video game movies however, are all god awful and not a single one even rises above the woeful to swim next to a B-movie.
\nWhat\u2019s all the more galling is that video games have some of the most emotionally engaging experiences in any art form. Journey and the Team Ico trilogy alone are a justification, let alone the wonderful hidden narrative of Bloodborne, the maturation of Kratos as a father in God Of War or even little indie gems like A Short Hike.
\nIt can easily cope without this endless obsession in assuming that the public are in desperate need of a movie. One shouldn\u2019t accuse viewers who derive some enjoyment from them of being buffoons but I simply cannot see the rationale behind the decision making. Surely Sonic coexisting with humans was a bad enough in the 3D games?Andee
\nGC: Games gain their emotional engagement from being interactive, despite usually very simplistic storytelling. That\u2019s the opposite of movies \u2013 we wish Hollywood producers would realise that.
\nWhat a start! This is just what I wanted to see!Sony and Xbox are having a fantastic start to sales this gen. Xbox didn\u2019t go into much about Game Pass making a profit, I could see Game Pass going up to \u00a319.99 a month and it still would be worth every penny. Don\u2019t get me wrong, most of the games on Game Pass are from the Xbox 360 but \u00a320 a month for hundreds of games isn\u2019t bad, even if they are last gen at the moment. And with Xbox Series X upgrading the old games you can\u2019t moan.
\nAs for Sony, they need to do a pass of some sort and they need to do Days Gone 2. A profit is a profit, I\u2019d rather make a fiver than get nothing.DavidPS: RE: SatansTherapist\u2019s. The Samsung Q950T does have rear upwards firing speakers.
\nDon\u2019t rush meAm I the only one that watched the Resident Evil 4 Quest VR demo and wondered if the tech could be brought to Metroid Prime? Anyone? Come on Nintendo. We are here waiting to give you money. Alright, I know it\u2019s not nearly as simple as that but one can only dream.
\nI hope the developers take the time to craft an amazing experience regarding the fourth Prime entry. That point aside, the one game that would truly be amazing in VR, or even just a remake, is Eternal Darkness. I\u2019m not even going into that topic. Some folka will know, some folk won\u2019t. My green bar is fading and there is a goose in my slipper and I am now one foot tall.D Dubya
\nGC: Well, they\u2019re certainly taking their time with Metroid Prime 4. So you\u2019ve got half your wish already.
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Low confidenceAm I the only one that has zero confidence that Bethesda has learnt their lesson about bugs? To my knowledge they\u2019ve never acknowledged they even have a problem (same with the character faces, because I remember GC asking them about it) and if they don\u2019t think there\u2019s an issue they\u2019re not going to fix anything.
\nMicrosoft also seems to have convinced themselves that Bethesda are the best developer in the world and that they shouldn\u2019t interfere with them at all. It\u2019s like when you buy something really expensive, that you know you shouldn\u2019t have really, and you\u2019re trying to convince yourself that it was totally worth the money.
\nIf Starfield comes out and it\u2019s full of bugs at launch the whole buyout will have been a total waste. Microsoft has already proved they don\u2019t need any exclusives to do well. What they don\u2019t need even more is bad or broken exclusives. GC was right that Microsoft has yet to prove themselves in the way they handle exclusives and I\u2019m not even close to being convinced they know what they they\u2019re doing yet.Krusty
\nInbox also-ransNice New Pok\u00e9mon Snap review, GC. It\u2019s good to see a new game you can get your teeth into with a review, instead of just well meaning indie stuff. You\u2019d almost call it busy the next few weeks, looking forward to your Resident Evil Village review!Gonch
\nGC: Thanks. And yes, it\u2019s getting relatively busy now, with Returnal\u2019s embargo breaking this afternoon.
\nIf I was Capcom I\u2019d just quietly cancel Resident Evil Re:Verse and pretend they never announced it. The whole thing just looks embarrassing.Lemmy
\nThis week\u2019s Hot TopicThe subject for this weekend\u2019s Inbox was suggested by reader Watson, who asks you to imagine a brand new fighting game featuring your favourite characters.
\nIf you could create a fighting game featuring existing characters from another game, film, TV show, or comic what would it be and how would it work? Do you think there\u2019s any genuine chance of it happening and do you honestly feel it\u2019d make for a good game?
\nYou can include crossover ideas like Marvel Vs. Capcom, as well as an equivalent of Super Smash Bros., but try to make your suggestion relatively grounded, with a manageable roster of characters and plausible moves and features.
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