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Wii emulate
With the talk of N64 and GameCube on Nintendo Switch Online I wonder what people think the chances are of the Wii, and maybe even Wii U, being added to the service? Game Pass and PS Plus get all the attention, but I think Nintendo’s subscription service is much better value, at least for me.
As far as I know it’s successful and I’m not surprised, because who wouldn’t want access to all of Nintendo’s hits at the press of the button? Except it’s Nintendo and it’s never that simple, since many games and console aren’t on there.
I hope we don’t have to wait for the Switch 3 to get Wii games though. It might not be many people’s favourite console, but it’s got games like Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Mario Kart Wii, the best version of Resident Evil 4, Super Paper Mario, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, and a bunch of other stuff that isn’t on any format.
I don’t see it happening for a few years, not until they’ve filled out the GameCube selection a bit more, but I do think it’s inevitable.
Onibee
Reduced Fallout
It is kind of crazy how few Fallout games there’ve been in the modern age. It’s enough to make you think the series isn’t that popular but then how do you explain the TV show? I would like to see a new one, and be perfectly happy if it wasn’t by Bethesda, but then on the other hand it is kind of good that at least one franchise hasn’t been hammered into the ground.
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I’d love a Fallout: New Vegas 2 but I’d also like to see one that wasn’t set in the US. I know Todd Howard said that would never happen but the reason for doing it make much less sense than GTA. The London mod proves how good it could be, although you probably need people from the place it’s set to make it.
Olliephant
Heavenly fun
Sony get a lot of stick for their live service disasters, and not without reason, but I would just like to say that Helldivers 2 is really good. I don’t know if it’s worth putting up with all the failures for, but that’s kind of Sony’s fault if they’re okay with pouring all that money down the drain.
I would absolutely recommend it to Xbox owners, since it’s coming to their consoles next month. It’s not the most original game but it’s changed a whole lot over the months and unlike a lot of these sort of games there’s not been many big controversies and other players are mostly pretty chill in my experience. Some of the recent additions have bene the best and I can’t imagine stop playing it anytime soon.
Mookster
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Reputational damage
I don’t know if Microsoft cares or not, but I have never seen such negativity aimed at Xbox than in the last week or so. I don’t mean in the console wars sense but just with people furious with Microsoft for laying off so many people and cancelling all their games.
A lot of the anger seems to be aimed at the obsession with AI and also the complete unreliability of execs like Phil Spencer. I’m sure he’s not going to give up on the gravy train he’s sorted out for himself at Xbox but how he will ever have the nerve to front another video or livestream I do not know.
Microsoft is just a corporation and there’s only one thing they’re interested in. That should be obvious, but I think over the years some people have tried to pretend to themselves it’s not.
Wotan
Better with friends
I agree that my big hope for Resident Evil Requiem is that it has co-op or that there’s some kind of other spin-off game that does. I’d really love for co-op to become big again and I don’t really understand why it ever went away.
Games like It Takes Two and Split Fiction are really good and super popular and with something like Resident Evil you don’t even need to design the whole game around it, it’s just an option. So many other games could benefit from this. How does Assassin’s Creed Shadows have two completely different characters but no co-op. It seems such a missed opportunity.
Grant
GC: To be fair, Resident Evil 5 and 6 were very much designed around co-op. It’s just if you’re playing on your own the other character is AI controlled. The good news is that Shadows is supposed to be getting a co-op mode next year.
Superhero fantasy
I really hope the new Superman movie is good because I feel the whole concept of the character has not been done right for what seems like forever, at least in TV, movies, and games. The sad reality is that people don’t want a hero that is good anymore. Or at least they’ve been made to think they don’t.
They want them to be grim and gritty and as we saw with the Snyderverse that just doesn’t work with Superman. I think it’s very depressing though that while we take laser beam eyes and freeze breath for granted the idea of a powerful person doing good is somehow the thing we can’t believe and seems unrealistic.
That’s understandable when you look at the news but that’s why Superman is a fantasy: absolute power being used only for good.
As your article pointed out there’s absolutely no reason Superman couldn’t work as a video game. He’s got plenty of bad guys on his power level (more than probably Batman has) and most of them are never seen outside of comic books and cartoons.
Also, games, for some reason, are better at portraying heroic superheroes than movies. Peter Parker and Miles Morales in the Spider-Man games are, as I think GC said, ‘morally perfect’ and that doesn’t even really fit the characters. That’s meant to be Superman’s trademark, and maybe Captain America, so there’s absolutely no reason not to give it a proper try.
If this new movie is a hit, then hopefully that’s exactly what they’ll do.
Xero
No one’s watching
Does anyone remember the Watch Dogs series? The second one is one of my all-time favourites, but the third one was so bad I don’t think there’s ever going to be another one. I know encouraging Ubisoft to make more sequels is not exactly the done thing, but I’d much rather have another game, that got back to complexity of the second one, than more Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry.
I get they’re not exactly in the mood for taking risks at the moment but between that and Splinter Cell it seems that all their best games are being left on the shelf.
Homer
Lara laughs
You know when it’s the beginning of a journey you feel a sense of excitement and wonder of discovery. You’re unsure of what lies ahead but it remains a journey to undertake; a wondrous road lies in wait. The journey is with fraught challenge, prevalent dangers lurking within, and a memory to cherish, for years to come.
I’ve myself had the pleasurable journey of undertaking a playthrough of the rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy and just tonight I’ve completed Shadow Of The Tomb Raider. The trilogy is complete and I’ll say this, I’ve always said Lara Croft is my favourite female video game character. I grew up playing the original titles, on PC actually. My older sister’s computer was home to my memories of playing Lara Croft, when she wielded the dual pistols and donned her iconic brown and green outfit. It was childhood memories without equal.
Today I’m 27 years old and I’ve completed Tomb Raider as a grown adult. To say this franchise means so much to me is an understatement. It’s my childhood and it really is a testament to Square Enix that they have provided me with new memories. That will last a lifetime.
Spoken as a long life fan, I’m eagerly awaiting news regarding a new instalment. There’re many more tombs to be explored and raids to be carried out. On a final note. I’d like to ask GC if they can help me decide between two PC releases. Assassin’s Creed Shadows or Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. I know they both scored 7/10. Which is a superior experience though? Here’s to a wonderful trilogy and Lara Croft.
Shahzaib Sadiq
GC: They’re very different games, so it depends what you’re interested in, but we’d say Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was overall more impressive.
Inbox also-rans
Just heard that Soma is coming to Nintendo Switch (so should work on Switch 2) this month. One of my favourite games ever and would totally recommend it to someone that wants a really clever sci-fi horror game with no combat.
Lentz
You know what I’d like? A new X-Files games. Now the two leads are too old for it I’d love to see them voice their characters while they were in their prime. There were two games when it was out and the Resident Evil style one was actually pretty good.
Blaineday
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