The Wednesday letters page is appalled by Sony’s attempts to justify not owning digital games, as one reader voices doubts about DLSS 5.
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Ace attorneys
I still can’t quite believe what was said by Sony in that story about their legal defence of digital games. I had to read it twice to understand what they were even trying to say and then I realised they were trying to bamboozle the judge with made-up nonsense – the sort of thing you could’ve told your gran 30 years ago, before computers were really a known thing at home.
There’s only one copy so how could any one person own it? Sony, what are you talking about? Rather than mock them though I think it’s depressing just how far they are willing to go, to not do the right thing.
Even though their argument is just a word salad I’m sure they’ll win anyway. I don’t know why we bother having trials. Just see who has the most expensive lawyers and skip to the end where they win.
Anyway, to skip to the end myself I’ll just say this, I’m not buying a PlayStation 6 and I don’t care what it does. Sony is losing the trust and respect of gamers all over the world and I am definitely one of them. I don’t want to buy a gaming PC but that’s what I’m being pushed towards because of their arrogant attitude.
Carter
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Group purchase
Hi to all at GC and the readers who make this community fantastic. I am in a pickle of a jam at the moment of only being realistically able to afford one new game in the next few months. Out of the games I would buy – Star Wars Zero Company, Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, and Star Wars: Galactic Racer – I have plumped for Galactic Racer, as it has been on my radar for longer than the others.
As both of these games are semi-niche, I was wondering if someone who is on the fence about getting one, would take a punt on them as they have both reviewed well and I would like to see these sorts of games supported over GTA 6 or EA Sports FC 27 by the masses. I know it’s a long shot but someone taking a chance would be great (physical too).
Many thanks and keep up the good work!!
Will
Definitely probably
With regards to Rob Lilley’s letter about which format to choose when buying Grand Theft Auto 6. I’ll be genuinely interested to see how the game runs on the Xbox Series S. When it was first announced that the game was coming out for the machine, I seriously thought about buying Microsoft’s cheaper console, because at home I’ve got way too much physical media piled up as it is.
Briefly scanning the internet, I get the impression that Xbox Series S owners are more than happy with their machines. Microsoft had a good idea there, releasing a more affordable console for gamers that weren’t overly bothered about ultra high definition graphics and frame rates.
Looking at the huge liquorice allsort that I have stuck under my telly, I regret not buying a sleek and unobtrusive Xbox Series S instead, when they were attractively priced. But will Microsoft’s budget console run GTA 6? That’s the question.
My guess is, probably.
Michael Veal
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Beast of a game
I am really enjoying my time with Beast Of Reincarnation. Nice vertical and horizontal exploration of sorts, to find hidden items and fun battles to boot.
Thank goodness for those updates along the way. That writing was way too small even on my 65″ TV! Plus, other handy updates. But was it me or didn’t they have the English voice overs when first released? Could swear they didn’t.
ShaunOMacY2J (gamertag)
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Unlimited power
Love XCOM. I love legacy Star Wars (and Andor), so Zero Company looked brilliant on paper. But in reality, it is even better!
If you are looking for deep strategy, good storytelling, and solid turn-based gameplay I can 200% recommend Zero Company and would highly recommend it to anyone on the fence.
However, my issue is that it’s left me wanting more!
More characters. More missions. More enemies. More gear. More of everything!
I am going to cash in c. 30 years of Metro/ Digi readership points (going all the way back to Digi characters and ‘reveal’ quizzes!) to implore EA to give Bit Reactor the wonga to make more content and greenlight a sequel ASAP!
Would love to know how others have been getting on with this game too.
Tom
GC: We would love a DLC pack of aliens, at the very least, but the future of Bit Reactor seems very much up in the air at the moment.
A change is as good as a rest
Also loving Star Wars Zero Company – felt I needed to support it but not regretting it at all. I would say that, to me, it does feel like an iteration of XCOM but between the change in theme and the small amendments to the way it plays, it’s just about different enough. That said, it’s not a problem. XCOM is great.
Thinking about it, the theme change may actually be a huge positive for some old school XCOM players (I know at least one). It’s not that its Star Wars, but crucially it’s not XCOM, meaning that hopefully those players aren’t constantly looking at what the game isn’t (the squad sizes are too small, etc.) but can enjoy it on its own terms.
Matt (he_who_runs_away – PSN ID)
Pure kino
Just caught up on the whole Grand Theft Auto on YouTube and one thing it has reaffirmed to me is that the cinematic verve in a Rockstar production is unmatched in the industry, and that the release of a new GTA is always an event. Something that feels increasingly like a rarity these days.
Other than the frankly unreal graphics (eat your heart out Epic Games), which in my eyes virtually look next gen, I was quite pleased to learn that the game is following in Red Dead Redemption 2’s footsteps with the more rigid adherence to realism and higher stakes in the story.
I’m pretty confident the gunplay, driving, and general controls will feel more fluid and responsive than anything they’ve done to date, and I was amazed by the sheer density of detail and things to see and do in the game’s world – the scuba diving and base jumping activities looked incredible.
But I also hope the game doesn’t take itself too seriously and lose sight of its more gamified, zanier side, like the UFO signs, drug-induced hallucinogenic alien fights, and Ballad Of Gay Tony-like craziness, etc. to counterbalance the magnified mundanities of a life simulator elsewhere.
I also have to once again acknowledge how impeccable Rockstar’s editing and choice of music in their promotional videos and montages are.
I’ve always felt that the GTAs are more than the sum of their parts, and whilst I still have some small reservations about the substance and evolution of the main mission design, how sharp and resonant the satire and writing will be, and the relationship mechanics, I think as a whole the experience is most likely going to be impressive.
Now for an anecdote:
I took my dear grandmother out to brunch the other day, afterwards she wanted to go into a flower shop to purchase some lilies, but I desperately had to use the loo, so momentarily left her side.
When I had returned she was nowhere to be seen, but fortunately I was quickly able to breathe a sigh of relief after I located her in the grocery store next door looking for some borlotti beans.
For a moment there, I thought some nefarious soul had committed gran theft auto.
GG
Halloween port
Nice to see the well-received The Séance Of Blake Manor has been given a console release date of October 27th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
It’ll be a very reasonable £16.75 on the eShop, the other stores don’t have prices yet.
Simundo
GC: It’s a great game; we highly recommend it.
Consistently inconsistent
RE: Nick the Greek and when did Sonic games get good again. As a long time Sonic fan I think it’s best to acknowledge that the games have always been a mixed bag. Back when the original trilogy was coming out you had the Game Gear games, which can be considered serviceable at best, but few people are talking about them today.
Then in the late 90s and 2000s, for every Sonic Adventure there’s a Secret Rings. Sonic Unleashed manages to be a great game with Sonic and a poor one with the Werehog, all in one go. Many would say Sonic was consistently good on portables, given the Advance and Rush games, but that ignores the very samey Rivals games on PSP In the 2010s.
We did end up with less games than the 2000s, but sadly that didn’t spark an increase in quality. Games like Lost World and Forces are best described as fine, they function but they’re not going to be all that much fun. Even the racing games embody this mixed bag problem; the Riders series becoming less engaging with each entry and the kart racers being great except for Team Sonic Racing, which had a great idea but poor execution, in my opinion.
And now in the 2020s we’ve got Frontiers and Shadow Generations, which are both fantastic, but then there’s Superstars, which feels like a bad attempt at developing the ideas from Sonic Mania. And of course all of this is ignoring the two underbaked disasters that were 2006 and Boom, which somehow didn’t kill the franchise.
I guess there’s just something about the blue blur that’s allowed him to endure through all the hardship for 35 years, so here’s to 35 more.
Sunny
Inbox also-rans
Why is it I don’t believe a word Nvidia is saying about DLSS 5? It’s very obvious they only started with NBA 2K27 because it’s got real people in it, that the AI can copy more easily. It’s still going to be a nightmare machine when it tries the same trick with characters there’s less reference for.
Focus
I see Double Fine are talking about making a Brütal Legend but, err… aren’t most of the people from the first game dead now? Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne, Tim Curry… the only one still going, that I can remember, is Rob Halford. And Jack Black, obviously.
K
GC: Lita Ford is still around too.
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