The Thursday letters page is glad to hear of the death of Fairgames, as a reader calls for a Zelda: A Link Between Worlds remake.
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PS7 launch line-up secured
So it’s finally over? Sony has stopped making new live service games… until they announce some bland-looking co-op looter shooter next month, that no one wants and will be cancelled before it’s ever properly revealed. That was what happened to Fairgames and good riddance to it as far as I’m concerned.
A whole generation has been wasted on this nonsense and the only hit they’ve had is the only game they didn’t make themselves (Helldivers 2). That’s so poetic!
Of course, they’ll never admit anything has changed. They barely acknowledged the whole live service game push started in the first place. That means we’ll get no explanation of how they thought any of this was going to work or at what point they realised it hadn’t.
I also expect Sony is too proud to admit the mistake and that we won’t see any major increase in the number of single-player games. I hope I’m wrong on this but given how long they take now how long would it be till they were all ready anyway? This could be good news for the PlayStation 7 but not much else, I expect.
Bootles
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Out of the frame
In answer to Adam_Lion_23’s letter, I have just cancelled my GTA 6 pre-order.
I had kind of hoped on the PS5 Pro it would at least have a 40fps mode, this mode makes a hell of a difference over 30fps.
I am not a gaming snob, I just find 30fps too jarring to play and this was the main reason I upgraded to the pro version of Sony’s console.
I know Rockstar aren’t bothered by the odd person like me who won’t buy this game for this reason, I just hope when the PC version comes out my oldish (five years) rig can play a decent version of the game.
It’s probably for the best anyway, I still have a large game backlog to catch up on!
Trev
GC: But the great majority of all video games, at least before this generation, are 30fps or less?
Easy answers
I’m in the market for a new console, GC. Any idea if there’s going to be any deals to get a Switch 2 for less than £419 any time in the near future?
Also, I think Code: Veronica and Resident Evil 1 remake are my favourites in the series. Any indication that Veronica will both be released on Switch 2 and if it will run well?
Sven
GC: It’s £390 on Amazon right now. It’s possible it might go lower in the Black Friday sales, but probably not that much more, as it’s still a new console and selling well. Resident Evil Veronica has already been announced for the Switch 2 and if it’s like the other games, including Requiem, it should work fine.
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First of many
I picked Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter up for my PlayStation 5 months ago and it has been sitting in my backlog until recently.
I am surprised how much I am enjoying it. The story is a bit plodding (just finished chapter 1 after 16 hours and not much has happened) but the combat is really enjoyable and satisfying. It is turn-based, although you can use basic real-time attacks on weaker enemies, but the fun comes from the variation in the turn-based battles with the different spells, special attacks, turn order delays, and surprisingly difficult enemies – it has just clicked with me.
They have just released the sequel so I have picked that up and will go straight onto that once I finish the first game. Highly recommended
Simon
GC: It’s actually a remake of a game from 2004 and part of the very substantial The Legend Of Heroes franchise. If you enjoy it, you’ll probably like Nihon Falcom’s other stuff, particularly the Ys series.
Oncoming storm
Well, I bought a voucher from ShopTo for GTA 6 on the PlayStation 5. However, I can’t redeem it. It keeps coming up with an error message.
Having contacted ShopTo, it turns out the PlayStation network is struggling. I guess a lot of people are buying GTA 6 at the moment and it’s struggling.
DB
Planned relocation
It’s mid-morning Wednesday and GTA 6 has been downloading since around mid-afternoon on Tuesday. Switched off at the wall overnight, though, and it’s ready to go. 220GB didn’t actually take that long I suppose, around 12 hours give or take. I mean that is a long time, if it was bought on the day, but there’s pre-downloads for that so…
Come next Thursday, my Xbox’s location will be New Zealand and it’ll be another early finish for me.
Rubber dub, dub, Jason and Lucia in the tub!
big boy bent
Second Link
Zelda: A Link To The Past is a great game and I’d happily play a remake in whatever art style, but it can be played on Nintendo Switch Online. The remake I’d love to see is A Link Between Worlds.
That’s still locked to the 3DS system and I actually think it’s a better game. Not sure if that’s controversial or not. It’s been years since I played it, but I don’t recall the dual screen doing anything that couldn’t be overcome on Switch. Great game.
Somasonic
GC: We don’t know about better, but it is a very good sequel.
That’s a bingo
Even my local bingo club in Manchester is getting in on the GTA 6 hype! Just shows how massive this game release is going to be!
Also it’s like the game is a PlayStation 5 exclusive, not seen any Xbox advertisement at all!
BINGONINJA
AI Armageddon
I’m with the letter yesterday, over performance modes and GTA 6 at 30fps. The PlayStation 5 generation gets a kicking for its slow release schedule, but for me by far the best thing about it is that after two relatively slow and janky generations, we’ve finally got fantastic console performance at 60fps in almost all titles, like the old days.
People complain that games like Returnal or Astro Bot aren’t huge leaps forward compared to PlayStation 4… but they run at twice the frame rates of something like Uncharted 4 back in the day. For GTA 6, I don’t think 60fps was ever on the table this late in the generation given how it looks… but I guess it’s not exactly Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice gameplay-wise so it’s modest mechanics will probably tick over just fine at that pace.
One thing that I’m sure is keeping Rockstar up at night though is the current A.I emulation issue. Does anyone want to take bets over how long it’ll be until this is running at 60fps with a native AI recompiled PC port? I have a feeling we’ll see it well before the official PC version launches next year.
Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake is already on PC after just a few weeks, despite the ferociousness of Nintendo’s legal team. YouTube is gonna be awash with videos by Christmas, with the game modded to hell… Jason and Lucia replaced by Link and Zelda? Probably. Hope Rockstar have strengthened their team of lawyers.
With this rate of advancement gaming is gonna get pretty weird, pretty quickly.
Marc
GC: If we’re lucky it’ll only be that.
Inbox also-rans
So that guy yesterday only did once in Zelda: Ocarina Of Time and he’s already halfway, but he doesn’t think it’s too easy? I don’t mind the low difficulty but that doesn’t make much sense.
Lambda
Just to put those Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake sales numbers in perspective… that’s almost 70% of what the original version sold in just four days. We are so getting Majora’s Mask and I couldn’t be happier.
Onibee
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