The Tuesday letters web page thinks the GTA 6 Trailer 2 date was apparent all alongside, as one reader is upset the Lego James Bond recreation received cancelled.
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Three a long time
I don’t know if it’s simply me, however I really feel just like the PlayStation being 30 years outdated this week is definitely lower than I’d have thought. I suppose video games are solely about 50 years outdated, so it’s a lot, however I can’t keep in mind a time when there wasn’t PlayStation and the way in which the trade is organised, and has been for years, it looks like PlayStation is such an integral a part of it.
It’s onerous to faux that Sony is at their finest for the time being, which makes the anniversary type of awkward, however there’s no doubting the importance of that unique console and Sony’s contribution to gaming as a complete.
Hopefully the final two years can be seen as a minor blip sooner or later and we’ll begin to see Sony get again to their outdated self subsequent yr. I don’t need to see the PlayStation 6 but, however I’d be mendacity if I pretended I wouldn’t get it anyway. For me PlayStation is video video games simply as a lot as Nintendo is, and so they’ll all the time have my consideration, if not my loyalty.
Pr0metheus
Many glad returns
Happy birthday PlayStation! I had the unique console as an early birthday current (I can’t keep in mind precisely when, but it surely had been out for just a few years by that time) and I’ve cherished gaming ever since. It didn’t make me a brilliant fanboy – I’ve additionally owned Xbox and Nintendo consoles – however for me PlayStation is the face of gaming and the whole lot else is mainly a aspect order on high.
I actually couldn’t start to think about the place they’d be in one other 30 years, and even simply 5 at this level. Things are altering rapidly within the video games trade and I’ve a sense Sony can be going through some powerful occasions quickly but it surely’s actually onerous to think about them not all the time being on high or at the least near it.
I do know they are often boastful and really distant seeming, significantly for the time being, however I feel we might do loads worse than PlayStation being what everybody thinks of first when the phrase online game is talked about. I feel they’ve been good ambassadors and so they’d should do loads worse than have a few quiet years to lose my loyalty.
Chris
Obvious reply
So, in the long run the reality concerning the second trailer for GTA 6 goes to be the obvious guess you may presumably get: precisely the identical as what occurred final yr. I do know clearly individuals have been hoping for it earlier, and a full yr is a weirdly lengthy hole, however as soon as we began to get into the autumn I feel it turned fairly apparent what Rockstar are doing.
I say that and now I’ll look an fool as a result of it nonetheless gained’t be till subsequent yr now, however I’d be stunned if it wasn’t this week or subsequent. Although I’m a bit confused as to why Rockstar don’t say when it’s, given they introduced the final one mainly a month earlier than it hit.
What I’ll say is that in the event you apply the logic from the reader speaking a few delay of the Switch 2 then the identical should observe for GTA 6. If we don’t get a second trailer this yr I might start to noticeably doubt if the sport can be out till 2026.
Kosm
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Spot the distinction
So, an early Christmas bonus final week satisfied me to improve my PlayStation 5 to the PS5 Pro. Using it on a 55” OLED the visible enchancment in decision is considerably noticeable on the likes of Gran Turismo 7. However, the most important improve I’ve seen is on Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 in multiplayer.
That factor runs so clean and quick it’s unbelievable. Played just a few video games then jumped onto my Xbox Series X simply to see if I might see a distinction and it truly is night time and day. The Xbox Series X feels half as gradual and virtually jerky as compared, though that’s working at 120Hz too.
Would I’ve observed it earlier than? Probably not. But upon getting skilled gaming working that quick and clean you actually would wrestle to return. Of course, it’s a luxurious over and above the usual one however emperor’s new garments that machine ain’t!
I dare anybody to play the 2 side-by-side and never see what advantages the Pro {hardware} brings to the desk.
Saints Stickman
Ultra Pro
I might like it if the Switch 2 Joy-Cons had analogue triggers as a result of, for my part, that’s the solely actual flaw with the Switch. The Pro Controller is nearly the right low price gamepad however as a result of it solely has digital triggers it should all the time be missing.
This newest leak is all very plausible, however it should make me giggle if it and the others are fakes and the actual Switch 2 is one thing you must stick up your nostril and play with a piano keyboard to regulate. Because who wouldn’t put it previous Nintendo to provide you with one thing loopy once more?
DaleL
Encountering the vampire
I used to be seeing the opinions for Nosferatu by Robert Eggers and getting very thrilling concerning the film after which I realised that vampires are literally type of badly lined by video video games. Apart from Castlevania and Vampire Survivors I can’t consider something that has them in a lot and people are each straight motion video games.
There’s Vampire: The Masquerade however that’s tremendous outdated and past that… V Rising? Which I haven’t performed however appeared type of janky. It’s not like they don’t flip up as enemies however nothing I can consider actually focuses on what they’re and the same old plot components of a vampire film.
There’s Blood Omen, however that doesn’t actually really feel like a standard vampire recreation to me and I’m undecided what that leaves. Probably the way in which they have been dealt with in Skyrim was higher than one thing like Redfall.
Maybe there’s one thing I’m forgetting although, if a reader can suggest me what they suppose is the definitive vampire online game. Time for Eggers to make a online game?
Waxman
Nobody does it higher
It’s a disgrace that the Lego James Bond recreation isn’t ever going to be launched. The trailer you shared on the positioning appears to be like like a fantastic match to me.
TT Games have all the time managed to make a critical affair right into a laughing matter, and it seems fairly pleasant in that quick trailer. It’s a disgrace. I for one would have appreciated to have performed that.
Nick The Greek
GC: TT Games are British too, so it could have been a labour of affection.
A easy victory
Most video games have it as of late, particularly Nintendo, however finishing a stage/mission/race isn’t so simple as attending to the flagpole or crossing the end line first, like within the 90s.
You now should both discover the three/5/ten, and many others. collectibles or end the race earlier than an especially tight time after which you get the three-star ranking to say you’ve ‘actually’ accomplished it.
I ‘accomplished’ Forza Horizon 4 (not the DLC) earlier this yr and final night time (Sunday) I made a decision to attempt to 3-star the Stories races however discovered doing that was 2Hard4Me so I gave up and re-decided that the 1-star and 2-star completion awards I had must do.
Princess Peach: Showtime! is one other one I ‘accomplished’ earlier this yr.
Well, I’ve crushed all bosses however not discovered all of the collectibles.
I actually don’t discover re-doing ranges/missions/races time and again and over once more to be pleasant.
Battlefield Hardline is one other recreation I accomplished this yr (sure, I’m late but it surely was on Game Pass) and that was performed totally, inside one or two tries, after arresting key characters and discovering all proof.
I didn’t want to fret about doing every mission in a sure time restrict or to get a sure variety of headshots to get a gold ranking, and many others.
This recreation is ‘performed’ now, with no actual want to return.
I’m guessing that is performed to pad out the video games, however I discover it pointless and need we might return to the time when attending to the flagpole/crossing the end line first meant you had actually completed that occasion.
LeighDappa
GC: We’re undecided you’ll be able to name that kind of factor padding. Padding implies you’re artificially extending the size of a recreation and the issues you must do to finish it. What you’re describing is generally non-obligatory to enhance the replayability.
Inbox also-rans
Not fairly Inbox magic however the request for RoboCop VR has already been fulfilled, type of, by way of the Praydog UEVR mod injector on PC. Most video games might be turned simply into VR video games, with varying levels of success.
Mark Matthews
That PS1 start-up routine for the PlayStation 5 is fairly particular, I’m not gonna lie. Sony hasn’t performed a lot of curiosity for the thirtieth anniversary however that was good.
Glottis
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