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Is the fan made 8K demo what Zelda would look like on Xbox? (pic: YouTube)The Thursday Inbox thinks Naughty Dog is too obsessed with its past successes, as one reader is unimpressed by The One Show\u2019s game coverage.
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\nFriends with benefitsOh, I would love to know what Microsoft and Nintendo have been discussing! Like GC implied, it probably involved Microsoft asking for the world and Nintendo saying no to everything, but I would\u2019ve loved to be a fly on the wall nonetheless.
\nInteresting also, the comparisons between Sony and Nintendo nowadays, and both being focused on exclusives and being weird and uncommunicative. I\u2019d still rather have that than Microsoft\u2019s very American style of doing things though, which always seems so desperate for approval you don\u2019t quite believe anything they say.
\nEven so, I can much more easily imagine a team-up between them and Nintendo than with Sony. They\u2019ve always seemed to get on relatively well, maybe because they see themselves as two ends of the gaming spectrum, and while I wouldn\u2019t want Microsoft to buy Nintendo, because then I think they\u2019d just Americanise them, I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing some kind of long-term partnership.
\nI\u2019m still vastly more interested in most of Nintendo\u2019s offerings than anything Microsoft is even hinting about, but I have to admit I\u2019d really like to see a new Zelda with Xbox quality graphics\u2026Costream
\n50% gameDidn\u2019t Naughty Dog once say that 30fps was preferably for their games because it was more cinematic (films run at 24fps)? I\u2019m really not sure this obsession with constantly touching up games that already look better than 99% of others is really a good use of Naughty Dog\u2019s time. They\u2019re already at risk of disappearing up their own rear end and this self-adulation is only making things worse.
\nI really hope whatever they do next is a new game and one that focus on gameplay at least half as much as the story, because, while I wouldn\u2019t call it terrible, I do sympathise a lot with the recent Reader\u2019s Feature about The Last Of Us Part 2, which said it was barely interactive. It might be a good interactive movie but I\u2019d still rather they make a decent game instead.
\nIt\u2019s worrying when so many of the biggest games just aren\u2019t particularly good when it comes to gameplay. GTA 5, as was mentioned the other day, and Fortnite are mediocre at best and that\u2019s not the reason they\u2019re popular. Some people might scoff at it but at least Call Of Duty has really solid gunplay.Skimper
\nMultiple choicePeople\u2019s problems with the ending of Mass Effect 3 stem from being told that their choices would matter over the long term, that how they played would matter. Then it ended with an A, B or C choice and it didn\u2019t matter how you played.
\nThe endings wouldn\u2019t really be a problem if, for example, one ending was restricted to paragon players, one for renegade players. and one for a balanced player; therefore showing that how you play matters. But they went with the generic A, B or C ending. That is why everyone was so dissatisfied with the ending. Not because of the gameplay but because it makes every choice you made over the course of three games have less or no impact.Craig Cann
\nGC: We think the previous reader was complaining more about the nature of the story itself and the motivation of the Reapers \u2013 which we agree doesn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense.
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\nForward planningRE: Tronic. I suspect the reason many game writers intentionally avoid using anything from fan theories (and if I remember correctly, sometimes if a theory does match what they are writing it, they change it) is due to legal, financial and professional reasons \u2013 if they use someone else\u2019s writing:
\n1) They look less competent at their job than some random person on the internet.2) They may need to acknowledge that person\u2019s input.3) They may need to then pay that person.4) If they don\u2019t, then they may end up in court and have to change things.
\nNumber four is why the credits in the Terminator include the line \u2018Acknowledgment to the Works of Harlan Ellison\u2019.
\nThen again, some writers are very good at writing on the fly and dealing with sudden changes (see Amy Hennig, especially in regards to the Legacy of Kain games).Joseph Dowland
\nGC: Although you\u2019re probably right, surely the way around all these problems is to work out what you\u2019re doing beforehand (and therefore have proof that you thought of it first).
\n80s heroIn response to Trace\u2019s letter, Rambo is in all these games coz he\u2019s proper hard! Not sure that the author of the original story would have envisioned the character in a gory video game though.
\nI\u2019ve never been a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I was always more a Street Fighter guy, but I did buy Mortal Kombat 11, as I could get it for a reasonable price including the Terminator, Joker, and Robocop DLC and it\u2019s actually very good. I did go on to spend \u00a315 (or something like that) on Rambo. In case you hadn\u2019t guessed I was raised in the eighties!John Atkinson
\nTypical storyHuw\u2019s letter about Resident Evil Village made me burst into laughter, which was most unfortunate as my mouth was full of hot tea. Tremendous.
\nWhile I\u2019m here, I saw a report on gaming addiction on the One Show last night. (I can\u2019t stand the show but my ears pricked).
\nThe subject of the report was a young man who spent \u00a32,000 on costumes and upgrades. I have no idea which game it was, but the failure to define whether there was a gambling addiction as well as a gaming addiction seemed like poor reporting to me.
\nAs ever, gaming itself came under fire without the additional, essential contextual information except that it was during lockdown.Matt
\nTwo good reasonsI\u2019m willing to bet Nintendo doesn\u2019t change anything major about Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. For a start, they\u2019re cheapskates so that\u2019s ruled out on that side but also it\u2019d take a major amount of work to make any real difference and that just isn\u2019t their style (also, they\u2019re still cheapskates).
\nPersonally I would\u2019ve let everyone forget about the game and if you need to fill up the schedule remake another of the 2D games, maybe even the original, using the same graphics as Link\u2019s Awakening. I bet much more people would be interested in that.Jonesy
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The madness of publishersIt\u2019s probably not the first thing on most gamers minds but whatever happened to the new Sonic the Hedgehog game? It\u2019s his 30th anniversary this year and Sega has barely mentioned it. I know the pandemic is slowing everyone down but surely you can announce the game and show a trailer? Nobody minded that Resident Evil Village missed the 25th anniversary so unless the game is two years away I\u2019m not sure I understand.
\nOr is it just a legal part of Hollywood contracts that publishers aren\u2019t allowed to take advantage of a new film in anyway, because they never do. Like, there\u2019s a new Tomb Raider film on the way but we\u2019re a long way out from a new game. Plus, the film will presumably still be based on the reboot trilogy, whereas we\u2019re now getting a new reboot that may be nothing like it.
\nYou could go mad trying to work out games companies sometimes. I\u2019m just glad that when they do finally put something out the standard has been really good lately. I\u2019m loving Returnal and Resident Evil Village at the moment and at the end of the day that\u2019s all that matters. Maybe being crazy and illogical is just part of what\u2019s needed to make the magic?Smaug
\nInbox also-ransI understand the frustration over WB Games as I was thinking the same thing, but one reason there hasn\u2019t been a new Shadow Of Mordor game is probably that a lot of staff have left to set up their own studio. The head guy is with a new EA studio now.Bolter
\nI\u2019m going to be honest and say I\u2019d never even heard of Deathloop until. I know the pandemic and everything but is it really wise to be so quiet about a brand new IP. And couldn\u2019t they have sent you a beta copy or something to play? Seems a bit minimum effort on Bethesda\u2019s part.Koffey
\nThis week\u2019s Hot TopicThe subject for this weekend\u2019s Inbox was suggested by reader Clambake, who asks what\u2019s the most annoyed you\u2019ve ever got with a video game?
\nDo you feel your anger was justified and what exactly happened? Was it because the game was very difficult, had a stupid plot twist, or was there some kind of bug that ruined the experience? Or what about playing online, including against cheaters?
\nHow often do you get angry playing games and have you ever broken a controller, or anything else, when getting upset? How have you learned to cope better and is there anything you now purposefully avoid?
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