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The Monday letters page is surprised there are no different colours yet for the Switch 2<\/a>, as a reader praises Insomniac Games for being one of the quickest game developers.<\/p>\n Games Inbox<\/a> is a collection of our readers\u2019 letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Worth every penny I know people rag on this generation, and I\u2019m not going to say Sony<\/a> hasn\u2019t made a lot of mistakes, with a lot of low energy moments, but there are fantastic games out all the time, especially in the last few months, and I really think we\u2019re overemphasising the bad news. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s unjustified, because a lot of it is companies being awful, but they\u2019ve always been awful, and they always will be.<\/p>\n Personally, at the moment, I\u2019m playing Silent Hill f<\/a> and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> and they\u2019re both amazing games that are as good as anything I\u2019ve ever played. And I sure would prefer to play them on a relatively cheap console then put up with the pain and irritation of running a PC.<\/p>\n So, if you haven\u2019t got a PlayStation 5 yet, I\u2019d say ignore the negativity and take advantage of this great deal. Monochrome gaming \t\t\t\tExpert, exclusive gaming analysis\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter<\/a> for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Unless you buy third parties ones, which no sensible person would, every Switch 2 currently looks exactly the same and that is definitely not how Nintendo usually does thing. For me it\u2019s another piece of evidence that shows the Switch 2 was actually rushed. How and why I have no idea, and I doubt we\u2019ll ever find out, but at this point I\u2019d need a lot of convincing to think otherwise. Secret power I know that technically Donkey Kong Bananza is difficult to pull off but it doesn\u2019t look it at a glance, and you have to kind of think about it or have it explained. That\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing but if Nintendo don\u2019t have anything to show off themselves, they should have made an effort to showcase third party games.<\/p>\n But I\u2019ve never seen any ads for Cyberpunk 2077 or Star Wars<\/a> Outlaws. I\u2019m not even sure they were in any Nintendo Directs. I also haven\u2019t seen any footage for Final Fantasy<\/a> 7 Remake or Resident Evil Requiem (unless that was it in the last Direct, but I assumed it was from another format) or Elden Ring, which I\u2019m now confused as to whether it\u2019s meant to be good or not.<\/p>\n If Nintendo is going to keep make publishers fend for themselves like this, they shouldn\u2019t be surprised to see them getting fed up with supporting the console in the first place. Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n New faces Ethan was purposefully not a character and Rose was pretty uninteresting, so we\u2019ve really had no one new in the modern era. I actually like Sheva but for whatever reason it seems Capcom isn\u2019t ever bringing her back. But I\u2019d be impressed if they made the effort to introduce someone new, with an actual personality. Because most of the original crew are beloved because of their cheesy dialogue. But is it possible to introduce someone that doesn\u2019t have that going for them? Suffer like G did I play the original on the Wii U with the Wii backwards compatibility and the plastic gun controller, so it\u2019s just like the Dreamcast. GC: It was released last month. We haven\u2019t played it but apparently it\u2019s just as bad as the remake of the first game<\/a>.<\/p>\n Review confidence Truth be told, reviews weren\u2019t published before the release date, and you could see it a mile away. It was Sony\u2019s lack of confidence. Why did Sony raise the review embargo for Y\u014dtei a week before release and yet for Lost Soul Aside it was barred from the same treatment? Because it was a failed experiment from the beginning. It\u2019s unsettling to see the title has underperformed, but predictable after the demo gave me the expectation of what type of experience this would be.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve rarely given it a second thought. I\u2019d compare it unfavourably to Days Gone. Which was touted as the next Sony winner and it was a failure. So much so we will never see a sequel. I\u2019m glad Y\u014dtei has reviewed well and I pat myself on the back for choosing to invest in an exclusive that will respect my time. Because I have no time or respect for Lost Soul Aside. Oh, but there is one positive, however. It wasn\u2019t a $500 million failure. What was that failure called again? Oh, that\u2019s right. Concord. GC: Sony only published Lost Soul Aside, it wasn\u2019t developed by any of their internal studios.<\/p>\n Need for Shreds Development extremes Sunset Overdrive in 2014, Ratchet & Clank in 2016, Spider-Man in 2018, Miles Morales in 2020, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in 2021, Spider-Man 2 in 2023, and Wolverine in 2026.<\/p>\n Nintendo would be up there. Both, I guess, have a couple of big games on the go alongside smaller games.<\/p>\n Rather than reducing triple-A development times I think a multi-pronged approach to smoothing out the release schedule like the two above is more realistic.<\/p>\n Maybe the biggest franchises, like Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and GTA should look at having multiple studios working on a game or chunky DLC at the same time too. Fallout: New Vegas turned out all right. GC: You\u2019re right, but Bethesda, Rockstar Games, and Insomniac are all outliers, with the latter one of the quickest workers and the former some of the slowest. Although there is the question of whether Insomniac budgets are high because they\u2019re forcing the pace of development. But we don\u2019t enough about the cost of making their other games to tell.<\/p>\n Inbox also-rans I still can\u2019t believe a handheld console exists that is \u00a3800. I don\u2019t care how powerful it is, that is just a stupid amount of money to spend. It\u2019s very obvious to me these Xbox portables<\/a> are just prestige thing for existing fans and nothing more. Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The small print You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader\u2019s Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page<\/a>, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot.<\/p>\n You can also leave your comments below and don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow
So, I see that the PlayStation 5<\/a> has had another temporary price cut<\/a> and, I\u2019m sorry, but \u00a3330 for the console is an amazing deal. That\u2019s much cheaper than a Switch 2 and adjusting for inflation I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s at least as cheap as any PlayStation console has ever been.<\/p>\n
Mido<\/p>\n
I can understand where the Reader\u2019s Feature<\/a> is coming from in terms of the Switch 2\u2019s hardware issues and I do agree that more options at launch, or at least by Christmas, would\u2019ve been a good idea. I\u2019m not too surprised, because that\u2019s not what Nintendo<\/a> usually does, but I am kind of shocked that they still haven\u2019t released any different colours of console, or even of Joy-Con.<\/p>\n
Jez<\/p>\n
The more it becomes clear that the Switch 2 is actually surprisingly powerful<\/a>, the more it makes it look like Nintendo has done a terrible job advertising that fact. There has been nothing from them \u2013 either game or tech demo \u2013 that gives the impression of it being any more powerful than the Switch 1.<\/p>\n
Focus<\/p>\n
I see a lot of fans getting themselves twisted up about whether Leon is going to be in Resident Evil Requiem or not, but personally I hope he\u2019s not in it. Or at least only as a Chris-in-Resident-Evil-7 style cameo. I think the best thing Capcom can do is introduce new characters. When\u2019s the last time they introduced a new one that everyone liked? It probably is Leon, and that was way back on the PS1.<\/p>\n
Grackle<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
RE: The House Of The Dead 2. I\u2019m going through this for the 100th time and I absolutely love it. Isn\u2019t there going to be a remake?<\/p>\n
Simon<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve pre-ordered Ghost Of Y\u014dtei<\/a>. I\u2019ve read GC\u2019s review and it is a very fair score. But I knew it would score higher than the first game. I said 87 as my retracted score and it\u2019s matched my prediction. So, I hope to have the same enjoyment as the first title. You know what\u2019s funny, though? Whereas Ghost has succeeded as an exclusive, I can\u2019t fathom how a title such as Lost Soul Aside, has failed on every account. Another Sony title with questionable hype, yet it is quintessentially a failure.<\/p>\n
Shahzaib Sadiq
PS: Concord is, and it always will be, the greatest failure of the decade for Sony. Why they would fund another failure, after Concord, is anyone\u2019s guess. Just bizarrely strange.<\/p>\n
Shameless plug warning! I know GC liked Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Well, so did I. So much so that I wrote a song about it and put it on my band\u2019s (The Cowes Harpsy Boys) new album \u2013 Out of Control Rock And Roll.
Johnny Alpha SD, aka Yobby McRoth
Currently playing: Mad Max and Halo Infinite<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ironically, the weekend feature about Wolverine\u2019s development time<\/a> could of, used Insomniac as a beacon of light, as it\u2019s probably one of the best triple-A devs to look at for getting quick turnaround times from a studio. They have been consistent for over a decade for a game every two to three years.<\/p>\n
Simundo<\/p>\n
Played Rematch on Saturday and it was actually pretty good. There\u2019s no way it\u2019s every going to take over from EA Sports FC though, because it\u2019s not realistic and there\u2019s no proper teams. It\u2019s just not the same thing.
Booker<\/p>\n
Otto<\/p>\n
New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers\u2019 letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content.<\/p>\n
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