Games Inbox: Is Saros on PS5 a disappointment?

The Tuesday letters page wishes Forza Horizon 6 was coming out on PS5 this month, as a reader is surprised by Sony’s obsession with Until Dawn.

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Disappointing return
I’ve been playing Saros over the bank holiday weekend, and I was really looking forward to it after enjoying Returnal so much. It has been good, but even after knowing of the drawbacks from GC’s review I still find myself disappointed.

Yes, the combat is amazing. There is no argument from me on that, but I don’t like the story, all the areas I’ve been so far are too samey, and I think the skill tree actually makes it feel more repetitive than before. The underground machine level is the only one that doesn’t look like a rejected biome from Returnal and I don’t find any of the characters sympathetic.

But the problem with the skill tree, I find, is that when you die you come back and unlock a few things but with Returnal it was more subtle than that. You were more looking to see what the new layout was and maybe upgrading your gun a bit, but the focus was on you training yourself up and getting better.

In Saros it almost feels like you’re just dying a set number of times until you’re powered up enough to win. It’s not quite that obvious but I’ve found it quite demoralising at times and the whole thing is just miserable and grey instead of the weird, dreamlike Returnal. It’s good but I’d say it’s a step back and quite disappointing.
Cranston

New battlefields
I can’t believe there’s a new Star Wars film out in a couple of weeks and I haven’t even bothered to watch the trailer. If my younger self knew that it would absolutely blow his mind, but here we are.

I do agree that the games have been doing a lot better than the films, and been more consistent than TV, even if I don’t feel there’s been a top tier game out of any of them yet. For me the Star Wars Jedi games are slightly overrated. They’re good but the whole Dark Souls thing seems a bad fit to me and some of the level design is very contrived, including in the second one.

I am hoping for the best with Zero Company and the new Knights Of The Old Republic, but I can’t say I’d care too much if Eclipse never happened, given who’s making it. What I’m dying for though, is for them to announce a Battlefront 3.

I worry that the last two weren’t quite big enough though and it’d need a new film with lots of ground action to justify one, and I don’t think anything like that is coming soon. The next film after is Starfighter with Ryan Gosling though, so hopefully that will inspire some new games at least.
Caliban

Eternal Dawn
For a game that has never been that popular, and where they scared away the original developer so they can’t work on it anymore, Sony sure does have a strange obsession with Until Dawn. Now there’s rumours about another spin-off as a PlayStation 6 game?

I mean, if there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to convince people to part with £500-odd for a console they know they don’t need it’s a spin-off to a 11-year-old interactive horror movie that isn’t very scary. And even if it’s not Until Dawn related the rumour is still something horror-based. Is that really a good idea for a lunch game?
Tacle

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Mad world
The number of times I have to question reality itself when reading the news nowadays is getting truly disturbing, but I didn’t think I’d be doing it with gaming as well. GameStop is going to buy eBay by borrowing $20 billion? GameStop… the shop that sells boxed games and Funko Pops? I don’t even know what to say, except why has the whole world gone mad?

I’d actually forgotten, until you mentioned it, that EA has done the same thing to themselves as well, and that wasn’t even a hostile takeover. Of course, it’ll be superyachts for everyone when it comes to the execs but give it five years, or less, and none of these companies are going to exist anymore.

I’d be surprised if Xbox did either or Ubisoft come to that. It’s all the American companies, of course, so no surprises there and… I’m not sure I even care anyway. They all make so few games nowadays, and the ones they do are so completely uninteresting and safe, that I’d barely notice. If it wasn’t for the thousands of developers that’ll be losing their jobs I’d say good riddance to them.
Bernie

GC: Ubisoft is French.

Busman’s holiday
Two new indie titles have recently been released and I highly recommend everyone goes and checks these out. They are Restore Your Island from Paiband Game Studio and Bus Simulator: Ultimate from Gamersky Games.

These are good games to own and play and it shows that there are some good indie titles being made. They are currently on Microsoft Windows and hopefully these can come to next generation consoles in the future.
gaz be rotten (gamertag)

GC: Well, as long as it’s the ultimate bus simulator and not just a run-of-the-mill one.

Timed exclusive
While I don’t disagree that Xbox is a worrying mixture of delusional and running scared, I think the stupidest thing they’ve done lately is not releasing Forza Horizon 6 on PlayStation 5 at the same time as Xbox. They’re going to do all the marketing and making all that fuss and then the format that it’s going to sell the most on has to wait for who knows how many months. It doesn’t make any sense.

If the PlayStation 5 version wasn’t going to be ready until next year I’d get it, but it’s out this year. Why on earth wouldn’t you just delay the Xbox and PC versions until then and have them all come out at the same time, with one big marketing blow out.

The only excuse I can think of, other than stupidity (which I wouldn’t rule out), is that this is what the new Xbox boss means by exclusivity. Having a new game appear on Xbox for a few months early and then going to PlayStation 5.

I can’t really see any benefit in that though and if they think people are going to be so jealous of Xbox they’ll run out and buy a new console, just to get a game a couple of months early, I think Microsoft are going to be very disappointed.

Forza Horizon 6 should’ve been the biggest multiformat release ever for Microsoft and it still probably will be, once it reaches PlayStation 5, but they’re really not dong their best to take advantage of it.
Curly

Infinite money glitch
GTA 6 might not ending up cost £100 but I will be surprised if it doesn’t involve some kind of subscription service, probably connected to GTA Online 2.

It probably will be just £70 but there’ll definitely be deluxe versions that will cost much more and I best some kind of thing for the online, where you’ll get free items and money and whatever. They’ll definitely do a battle pass too.

A company as successful as Rockstar knows you don’t need to make all your money just from the first purchase, they can have people paying for years to come. Based on GTA 5, maybe decades.
Charlie

Keep it coming
I’m actually really glad to see so many Resident Evil rumours going around at the moment. Even if most of them are fake I’ve never seen it like this before, which goes to show just how much bigger Requiem was than usual. I’m not convinced about the movie myself yet, but the extra buzz from that is definitely going to help too.

So, as far as I understand, we’ve got some kind of ‘minigame’ this month, story DLC probably not till next year, and maybe a Code: Veronica remake reveal this summer. It may be a bit early for that under normal circumstances but I feel that with Resident Evil being so hot at the moment Capcom will figure that at least a tease at the next remake will go down well.

As for the idea of bringing in new characters… well, first of all I wouldn’t believe a word Capcom says. They’re not going to give away any plans at this stage and can just say they changed their minds later. I don’t think anyone wants to see the Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny version of Resident Evil but I also don’t want to see Leon and the gang getting turned young again through some Umbrella virus, which I really worry they’re building up to.

At this point I think they need to commit to having them older and bring up a new group of younger characters, which I feel they’re doing well. I think everyone liked Grace and I definitely would like to see her again.

I also don’t see any reason not to do flashback games to their younger days. In a way that’s what the remakes are so when they run out of those just do some of unseen missions of Leon, Jill, Claire, and the rest. What’s clear is the world wants more Resident Evil and hopefully Capcom is happy to provide.
Korbie

Inbox also-rans
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Tim Keeling

GC: Better late than never.

To celebrate Star Wars Day I played Jedi Power Battles just for the nostalgia kick. It was rubbish, as usual, but I still loved it. And that’s what Star Wars is all about, right?
Cooper

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