The Thursday letters page is excited for the new Resident Evil movie this week, as one reader asks how difficult Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is.
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Another Capcom hit
It shouldn’t really be a surprise, given this is the same guy that made Barbarian and Weapons, both of which I loved, but I’m seeing the reviews for the new Resident Evil movie by Zach Cregger are out of this world. It’s got 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 79 Metacritic, so it’s going to end up as one of the highest reviewed films of the year. Which isn’t exactly normal for a video game movie.
I don’t even know what most people consider to be the best movie nowadays. Maybe one of the Sonic movies or Uncharted? Up till now, not too bad is the most you could ever hope for and I’m not even that optimistic about the Zelda film.
But this just shows the difference it makes when you get a good director and you let them do whatever they want, while knowing they are a fan of the series.
The film opens at the weekend and I’m definitely going to see it. Just curious as to whether anyone here has already? Maybe GC or a reader that got early access? I can’t wait. This really is the year Capcom can do no wrong.
Tiddles
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GC: We haven’t seen it, no. But we’ve heard only good things.
No further
I completely agree with the reader who said it’s crazy to even consider spending £1,000 or more on a PlayStation 6 (or even worse a next gen Xbox). Gaming has been one of my favourite things for basically my whole life but I wouldn’t dream of spending that much at the moment, especially if it’s out next year. And he’s definitely right that Sony’s attitude is only making it less likely that I’d splash out.
But I see this as a positive, an opportunity not a problem. Ever since the PlayStation 4, people have been saying that video games don’t really need better graphics. Not that it wouldn’t be nice but if that means games that take longer and longer to make, with bigger and bigger budgets (so it becomes a risk to try anything new), I don’t think it’s a good idea.
We don’t know what the PlayStation 6 is going to be yet, but I can’t imagine it doing anything that would make me want to spend that kind of money on it. I also can’t imagine it being anything but a negative for the games industry, given the problems I’ve just mentioned.
Carlton
One weird trick
Someone was looking for cheap Game Pass Ultimate the other day and the popular method that people are using now is to buy three EA Play codes from Amazon for £19.99 each, but it must be on three separate transactions.
Before stacking these codes, it is crucial that you do not have an active Game Pass membership. Once the codes are stacked you then purchase one month of Game Pass Ultimate and it works at £77 for 10 months.
Charlie H.
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Newbie friendly
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave was not on my radar to get but after reading your review and seeing the high scores it is getting from elsewhere, I must admit I am tempted now.
The Persona-like elements and story sound right up my street but I have never really played a Fire Emblem game before and am generally poor at strategy games, so I do worry it might prove too difficult.
Does it have an approachable learning curve and easier difficulty settings if needed?
Pigfish2 (NN ID/PSN ID)
GC: It has a lower difficultly setting and we wouldn’t say normal was particularly hard anyway, assuming you level up sensibly between big battles and turn off permadeath. We think you’ll be fine.
High score
A-woo-hoo! I finally rolled over 400,000 gamescore, really want 500,000 now! 20+ years of achievement hunting, Game Pass has helped in recent years of course!
The real question, though, is I was scrolling the advertised games at the top and eventually reached Microsoft Flight Simulator and I thought, isn’t that streamed through the cloud? Being the whole world like!? So then with these new restrictions does that mean people who own or enjoy the game are now limited to a few hours a week? What if you’re wanting to take a flight to Australia or Japan?
Doesn’t affect me, never played it, but what if you do, do they get a refund, some compensation? Would be interested to find out.
big boy bent
GC: Are you joking?
Nostalgia power
I’d be very curious to know how much Nightdive Studios makes from all these remasters of old 90s games. Very few of them seem to be big names, as far as I’m concerned, and yet they put so much effort and, I assume, money into them, so I guess they must sell well. They’ve been around for a while now too, which also shows they must do well.
Eternal Darkness is actually fairly well known compared to things like The Thing tie-in and PO’ed. I mean, who wanted a remaster of an obscure 3DO first person shooter? But they did it anyway.
I guess what I’m getting at is that none of these games seem like they’re worth the effort or that they’d have many people that were interested in them, and yet apparently I’m wrong because they keep making them. The power of nostalgia really is that strong.
I’m also surprised that Nintendo would agree to let them remaster one of their games, although we’re not exactly talking about Mario here and I would think Nintendo probably respect Nightdive’s work.
However, I doubt they have any serious plans for a new entry. They probably just see a remaster as an easy way to make money from a game they have just lying around. It’d be very expensive, I would think, to make a new game with so many different settings, like Eternal Darkness had, so I can’t see it happening.
Then again, the sanity effects were a neat idea, and quite Nintendo-esque, so maybe. They are working with Bloober Team already, so maybe they’ll ask them to do a new one.
Pascal
Missing the point
So much for trying to win back gamers, the latest rumour is Game Pass Ultimate will drop in price but day one releases will stop, which for many would of been the draw of Ultimate.
Who advises these people? Are they actually trying to fail as a business? Madness.
TWO MACKS
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Remake time
Pretty amazing that the remake of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time has been put out there in all its possible glory and wild to think it’s going to be keeping the gameplay and world layout in a pretty similar vein. Zelda: Link’s Awakening was a great remake but it definitely looked more child-like and though captivating I was unsure if it was going to keep its emotional quality.
I never really personally felt a remake was needed for Ocarina Of Time and I have completed this game so many times that I’d be happy not to play it again. The obvious reason Final Fantasy 7 is such a treat is the beautifully recreated world in a graphically awe inspiring 3D universe, compared to the original 2D isometric view. And also the promising new story arc and possibilities.
The problem with Ocarina Of Time is that it doesn’t seem to show any more than characters and the general world in an amazing new lick of paint and models. It was like that with Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, gorgeous to look at and magical to explore and rekindle past memories, but I’d already played it to the limit many moons ago, same with Ocarina Of Time!
My time now is taken up going back to ongoing Cyberpunk 2077 updates and back catalogues of indie games, as well as current new releases like The Blood Of Dawnwalker, which is my other go-to game. It’s just blooming amazing, with such an awesome premise and Interesting game mechanics. It has me wondering if I’ll have time for The Witcher 3 Remastered as well.
It’s great to see the classics get given this prestigious treatment and recognition they deserve and it feels good that a new generation of gamers will get to see these amazing classics in a brand new light and hopefully be equally as captivated by them as I was.
If Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night or Zelda: A Link To The Past had the same type of treatment though, I may just make time, as these are my other two all-time favourites and my imagination would definitely get super hyped for them for sure.
Alucard
GC: Oblivion was just a remaster, Ocarina Of Time is a full remake. At the moment it’s still unclear how much has been changed.
Inbox also-rans
I doubt Nintendo will mention it but just to let you all know that Wave Race 64 will be 30 years old this month. Still the best water-based racing game and at this point I doubt it will ever be beaten.
Taylor Moon
I have noticed a lot of people getting very angry about Marvel’s Wolverine and talking about it as if it’s the worst thing ever and a complete flop. I agree that it’s probably just general anger at Sony, which makes me feel a little sad for the developers, but what can you do? This is probably the only way to get Sony to listen.
KageGarden
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