The Wednesday letters web page is resigned to the following technology being all about AI, as one reader wonders what occurred to The Wolf Among Us 2.
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Bottom of the pops
Is it me or is fashionable online game music actually boring? It’s very top quality however it all appears like film music and I by no means really feel any of it’s memorable. Very few sport soundtracks really feel like they had been made for a sport anymore, simply its reduce scenes at most.
It says one thing when the most effective soundtrack of current years has been for the Final Fantasy 7 remakes, however they’re solely memorable as a result of they’re primarily based on older tracks (though they’re very properly reimagined). Starfield was the one different one I can keep in mind liking not too long ago however though good it might simply simply have been a film soundtrack and also you’d by no means know.
I miss the times after I might hum a online game tune and everybody would know what it’s. I imply, what’s the theme tune for well-known fashionable video games like God Of War or Monster Hunter or no matter? Compare that to Halo and Metal Gear Solid and it’s no competitors in any respect. I miss these days.
ChaosMR
PC in disguise
What I don’t perceive about Microsoft’s new route is why they suppose anybody’s going to put money into their ecosystem as they go multiformat and sideline their {hardware} plans. Xbox consoles are principally irrelevant now and the one different place Game Pass is on the market is on PC, so the variety of individuals signing as much as that and gamertags and no matter goes to shrink yearly.
Sure, they might make you signal into an account, like Uplay+ and no matter, however that doesn’t imply something and positively hasn’t helped Ubisoft. If you’re a PC in a field you’re… only a PC. There’s nothing particular concerning the {hardware} apart from the emblem on the case.
Xbox simply is Activision Blizzard now, plus a couple of sidelines, and each new hearsay and annoucement simply appears to cement the truth that they’re purely a 3rd social gathering writer.
Blastermaster
Welcome Crisis
I don’t wish to excite anybody, however Capcom has apparently trademarked the title Dino Crisis once more. I do know that doesn’t essentially imply something, and generally they’ve to do that simply to maintain the title, however now there’s hope that lastly a dinosaur disaster might escape on fashionable consoles.
Like many, I’m hoping Capcom spend their Monster Hunter cash on something apart from Monster Hunter and a brand new Dino Crisis could be my primary selection. I’ll take no matter I can get however personally I’d choose a model new sport fairly than a remake. I’ll take that however the authentic had fairly a bit of lifeless puzzling that wasn’t truly that a lot enjoyable, so I’d wish to see a very fashionable take, like the brand new Onimusha.
Flambe
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Too many and never sufficient
Interesting to learn how few avid gamers end video games. I don’t suppose it’s all the way down to having much less time however that there’s so many video games being launched. You solely need to look on the shops of all codecs to see there’s a whole bunch of video games being launched each week. Admittedly so much are dross however it’s nonetheless overwhelming. Then you will have Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, the place you will have so many video games that as quickly as you begin taking part in one you’re already interested by the following one.
When I used to be gaming within the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s (that makes me really feel previous) video games the place few and much between, so we rinsed each final drop out of every sport that we loved. Makes me snigger that avid gamers now nonetheless moan that not sufficient video games are popping out. I do know they imply AAA video games however hardly any are that now, as they’re launched unfinished or damaged, however there’s nonetheless a lot of nice indie video games being launched.
Rob
Lobo lives
I not too long ago accomplished Detroit: Become Human and totally loved it (I realise I’m fairly late to the social gathering) and it obtained me interested by all of the Telltale video games I performed as soon as upon a time.
I not too long ago learn an article about The Wolf Among Us saying that the second sport could be out this 12 months and was questioning if GC had heard something about this, as I can’t discover every other information about it?
Soloplayer36
GC: Last October, Telltale denied rumours that the sequel has been cancelled however they by no means stated when it will be out or gave any indication of after we would possibly discover out extra.
Fear the long run
I concern that AI being the large new gimmick for the following gen Xbox and PlayStation is now inevitable. This is even supposing, as you say, there isn’t any proof that it really works, that it’s helpful, or that it’s not all only a massive rip-off.
I consider it’s attainable that Sony is simply experimenting and perhaps solely considering of utilizing it for particular functions, like speaking to characters, however I’m already satisfied Microsoft thinks it’s going to make complete video games with AI, regardless that that sounds just like the worst concept ever.
AI can not create something new. It simply regurgitates issues that exist already. If you don’t like procedurally generated ranges in roguelikes in the mean time then you’ll hate AI generated video games with random designs that by no means go anyplace, landscapes that don’t make any logical sense, and no correct exploration or secrets and techniques.
But hey, it’ll make Microsoft’s share worth go up and I believe we will all agree that’s the one factor that’s actually essential. (Until the share worth then plummets, after they realise nobody needs to pay for these items.)
Gordo
HD traditional
I’d love a HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger. I agree that it’s a really underrated sport, which is bizarre as a result of on the similar time everybody appears to agree that it’s additionally a complete traditional. So I’m undecided why it doesn’t get talked about extra.
I realise the dream group wouldn’t be coming again to make it, however it is just a remake and so they don’t essentially have to alter something; simply change up the graphics, perhaps add a couple of extra anime reduce scenes and that’s all you want. It’s an ideal sport with none modifications, you simply want a gimmick to promote it to a brand new technology of followers.
Loman
Changing instances
Just a couple of musings on current information articles… Sony’s reside service push was clearly a response to wider developments inside Western gaming, the place gross sales of many ‘regular’ video games have been falling year-on-year. Anecdotally, it feels just like the youthful technology of avid gamers are drawn to reside service titles with social components versus typical video games (regardless of my finest efforts to foist my pursuits on my younger members of the family…).
This shift within the Western market is being offset by the rise of PC gaming in China, therefore Sony and Microsoft’s pursuits in that platform: if video games are promoting much less on console, a PC model turns into extra of a necessity. It additionally explains Sony’s current strikes to cosy as much as new third social gathering studios in East Asia. Nintendo are insulated towards this to a level by their tremendous sturdy model, notably of their residence nation the place they reign supreme (and PlayStation haven’t made a lot of a dent because the PSP/PlayStation 3 period).
Where does that depart us previous, grizzled avid gamers who’ve been right here because the Xbox 360 period*? Well, there’s nonetheless a great deal of good video games on the market however the instances they’re a changin’ it appears, with even massive title studios one perceived flop away from closure. I hope us previous timers are nonetheless a worthwhile goal marketplace for a couple of years but, in any other case we’ll need to ‘get higher’ as the children say, at these on-line video games.
Magnumstache
*Just kidding. I had PlayStation 3.
GC: ‘Sales of many ‘regular’ video games have been falling year-on-year’ is a fairly obscure assertion, it relies upon what you’re referring to precisely.
Inbox also-rans
What a bizarre story concerning the SNES operating sooner because it will get older. I can’t say I’ve had the identical downside. Maybe if we wait way back all these Xbox 360 video games with horrible display tearing will instantly begin operating with none issues.
Gordolf
I realise we don’t know the price of this supposed Xbox handheld however I believe the purpose many individuals are overlooking is that this stuff are at all times £500+. There’s a purpose the Steam Deck has solely offered a couple of million and it’s the ridiculous worth.
Korbie
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