The Monday Letters page isn’t surprised that smartphone owners don’t want to pay full price for games, while one reader tries to imagine an Elden Ring movie.
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Force of habit
I found myself agreeing with a lot of what was said in the Reader’s Feature about Sony sticking with the PlayStation 4 instead of making the PlayStation 5. Microsoft had an excuse to make the Xbox Series It just seemed to happen because that’s what they usually did at that point in their previous console’s life.
No one seems to have tried to have longer generations, except, as usual, Nintendo. Why a PS4 Pro Ultra was a better idea than a PlayStation 5? I don’t know and Sony never will unless they actually try. I think they’re just risk averse, but as usual that means you’re potentially ignoring the opportunity to do things better.
I think we could have definitely benefited from keeping the graphics where they were for a generation or two, until there was a cost-effective way to take advantage of them. Those opportunities have clearly been missed now, but I suspect there are now more than a few people at PlayStation who think the next generation was a bad idea.
Virgil
Unknown competitors
I agree that another Dead Rising remaster is the last thing I want Capcom to waste their time on. But if it is just a remaster, then hopefully it is a fairly small project in terms of the use of their resources.
I actually have some hope that there will be a new Marvel Vs. Capcom, because even with Sony owning the X-Men license, I imagine they’d be quite willing to share a little bit of the profits if it meant they got to release a style of game that they clearly couldn’t make themselves.
What I like about the games are the more obscure characters that Capcom just throws in. For example, what did Shuma-Gorath do in Marvel Super Heroes?! That’s why I love Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, because I have no idea what even half of the characters are, but I can just feel the love that went into turning them into fighting game characters.
So yeah, it would be nice to see Squirrel Girl or someone else from Marvel, but I’m more interested in the Capcom side of the story, to see who they unexpectedly put in the spotlight.
Xan
Continue to rise
It’s a shame that Dead Rising is only a remaster. I’d love a remake with more of the open world element of 3 and 4, but without the brutal Christmas spirit of 4. Also lose the super infected; they irritate the hell out of me.
Maybe if the remaster goes well, Capcom could make a new entry with actual intelligent AI. For me, the best part of Dead Rising was having eight characters with AR-15s that completely washed away every boss you fought. Hopefully it stays that way.
Bobwallet
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Terrible bosses
RE: Stellar Blade. I really enjoyed it and it was my game of the year, but the boss fights are a nightmare. I’m usually one to just grind through if I have to, but the unidentified Naytiba just got me and I switched to story mode. I feel like a slob for doing it, but I’m tired of having to spend ages tinkering with his health just to throw instakill fireballs at me and let him die.
That’s why I’m not getting the Elden Ring DLC. I just can’t be bothered dying to annoying bosses over and over again right now.
Simon
Ancient origins
You know how sometimes you quote slogans and such from the past, well, my wife and I still say “OL Yade” and “I’m saving it for you” on a regular basis, usually when we’re handing random things to each other.
Thanks to your review, we just realized that we’ve been saying this for over 20 years. I bought the original Beyond Good & Evil based on your review!
I feel very old now, but glad to hear the game is still holding up.
Tincanmemory (gamertag/PSN ID)
Not naming names
It seems very sincere and real, considering what Shigeru Miyamoto said about the Nintendo ethos. Faced with wildly changing trends in the public’s spending on final products, it is not difficult to see that even the corporate sheep could put into practice the bullnose of hard work and dedication to bring about comparison and competition with other ‘faster and trendier’ business ethics, trying to work out the lightning-in-the-bottle formula to keep up with others. When I talk about others, I’m talking about the faceless money people. We know the big brands.
There’s no way I can guess what they’re up to. I just hope they make Satoru Iwata’s memory a Mario triple jump to any success. I would be a happy man if I had invested heavily in 2000.
It’s been a great time to be a gamer and I’m really looking forward to the future as long as the passion continues.
D Dubya
Middle class mediocrity
I would say Black Flag doesn’t really come close to being the best of the series, classic or otherwise. I would say Assassin’s Creed 2 was by far the best of the old school games, with the best setting and characters, and streamlined but enjoyable stealth and action.
I actually have a soft spot for Unity, but I think the more modern role-playing style games are the best and they’ve all been good so far. For me, Mirage was a pretty disappointing step back.
As far as I’m concerned, Black Flag is strictly middle table fodder. The pirate angle is good in theory, but I found the story quite plodding and the ship battles are fun, but a bit dumb in terms of realism.
Ishi
Dream scenario
I love that this guy is optimistic about a Dreamcast 2 in the Reader’s Feature this weekend. It’s clearly not going to happen, and I think he knows that, but it’s a fun idea. I do think that in a few years, when streaming is a little easier, this kind of thing could happen.
The idea of every publisher having their own subscription service, like EA Play and Ubisoft+, seems to have cooled down a bit in recent years. I guess they realize that everyone is tired of subscriptions by now. But they still love selling all their games to fans, without anything else getting in the way.
Digital sales can save the stores money, but you still have to pay Microsoft or Sony a percentage, on top of the licensing fees. So all that goes away when the Dreamcast 2, to use the example in question, comes out and you’re only paying for that game and the games directly to Sega.
Now, no one wants a console – virtual or otherwise – for every publisher, but there are plenty of incentives for the companies. They might be put off because that style of doing things doesn’t really work on TV, but it does on Disney+ and a few others.
Does this mean I think we could have a real Dreamcast 2 in the near future? No. But in the distant future? I might have been able to see it, but who at that point could even guess what games it would run?
Lesker
Inbox-also-rans
I love how nine Assassin’s Creed games in development seems like a huge exaggeration at first, but when you dig deeper, it actually turns out to be an understatement.
Karel
If Bend is working on a live service game, why couldn’t they just make it a Days Gone game? It’s not that people don’t like zombies even if they haven’t played the original game.
Wreaths
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