Tuesday’s mail page gets very nostalgic about GTA 4, as readers would expect Bill Murray to play Tingle from Zelda.
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Pro tip
With all the talk of PlayStation 4 and 5 at the moment I wonder how many other people are in the same position as me, where they are still stuck in the last generation and waiting for PS5 Pro to jump on board? Given the problem at the beginning of the generation, and a slow couple of years for the first party game, I imagine that I’m probably not alone.
I know some people may not want to see the PS5 Pro announced, because they already have the original model, but personally I want them to go ahead and confirm it, because despite the complaints about Sony’s latest actions. I am eager to join this new generation at last.
I know every rumor suggests that the PS5 Pro will come out this year, but I’m worried that it still hasn’t been announced. I think this is something that Sony will announce at E3, sometime back, but nothing has happened yet. And wouldn’t they want a major new game to show off their capabilities? I’m sure it’s great but I don’t see Astro Bot as that.
I know I have to be patient, but I’m just worried because Sony keeps going silent. Although I guess I’ll have to get used to it once I finally get a PlayStation 5.
Shaggy
GC: The PS4 Pro was actually announced in September, in 2016.
Size matters
Can I just state for a moment and say that Shadow Of The Erdtree is an amazing DLC. The size alone is impressive. I kept thinking I should have seen most of it and then I realized there were other parts that were going to take me hours and hours to get through.
I checked HowLongToBeat and this game is logged as taking 22 hours just for the main story and over 45 hours to see everything. If the language game is what to go by that will take me at least two or three times that amount, which is incredible for mere expansion.
Not only does it take longer than the standalone game, it’s better and cheaper. Although £33 is more than expected for DLC, it’s worth every penny in my opinion. Excellent from FromSoftware, your Midas touch continues.
Orion
Surprisingly old
It seems so long since Bioshock was considered a big name game. Infinite was 11 years ago and my understanding is that it underperformed and the whole franchise was put on ice at that point. Bioshock 1 was 17 years ago, which seems crazy given that I still think of it as a relatively modern game. Mind you, I haven’t tried the remake yet, so maybe it’s less old, but the remake still seems unnecessary.
As another reader said, it’s not as simple as just ignoring it if it’s not for you. It’s a waste of time and money for developers to spend years making unnecessary remakes. Especially when a remaster will do the same. The Resident Evil remake was great, but I’m really struggling to think of many other worthwhile ones, especially Final Fantasy 7 more than a direct remake.
I realize the secret 2K in question may not be Bioshock, but I suspect it is and that will only make the wait for a real new game even longer.
Ocher
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Games without a console
I’m a big fan of the game section of Metro and everything you do, so please keep up the good work.
I recently watched a video on the subject of GTA 4 and thought I would see if I could find a way to play on a modern console, as the PlayStation 3 has long since left me. To my surprise, it is not currently available on modern consoles. I have to say I was a little disappointed. I will pay, and I’m sure others will also for a bundle of three GTA 4 releases on the current gen console.
It will definitely be cheaper than buying a PlayStation 3 and games, I would think. I know there’s a story about some of the music rights being revoked after about 10 years from the game, so that might have something to do with it. Now they’ve remastered the Red Safe Dead I guess I can still hold out some hope for a new remaster or even GTA in the style of the Metal Gear Solid collection, with the original top-down and GTA 4, perhaps.
Maybe one day, I hope. This makes me wonder if other readers have games they can’t play because they’re stuck in console history. I guess the lesson is not to get rid of that old dusty console.
Charlie T
GC: Coincidentally, we have a Reader’s Feature reminiscing about GTA 4 this weekend.
Outlasting us all
Fascinated to hear about old MMOs still getting updates, though I’ve never heard of them. It’s easy to think of anything online related as modern, but there are online games that are 30 years old or older and still around. People will probably still be playing MUDs (like text adventures with other people) long after every other online game has disappeared. Heck, it’s probably still around long after we read this.
Compared to flying in the night of the live service game, which is lucky for a year, and you know that some games are successful because of enthusiastic and respectful fans, others are just pushed out and only get far because of marketing and not any kind of grassroots popularity.
Sider
Newly selected
With the live action Zelda movie coming soon, the big question on everyone’s lips is, ‘Who would be the best person to play Tingle?’
The list of contenders is actually surprisingly short. Nic Cage brings the right kind of energy, but perhaps he has become too much of a meme today and doesn’t really match up physically. As we have seen with the Mario movies, Nintendo is quite conservative in its casting choices, the case of Chris Pratt as Mario. Now I’m not saying that Nintendo’s board of directors watched the audition tapes, but they must consider Shigsy influential in Hollywood.
For me it has to be Bill Murray. It just has to be. I think he is one of the few who have the required star power, acting chops and unpredictability that the role demands. As a bonus, having starred in Groundhog Day, he already has the experience of acting déjà vu should the film, or the inevitable Majora’s Mask sequel, require it.
Get me the number for Murray’s mythical answering machine. Bill, sweetie, I got a role for you.
Major_Kahonas
The gimmick is back
I’ve heard various guesses from readers about what ‘gimmick’, if any, will be a feature of the Switch 2. The mention of Nintendo Land brought me back and caused me to wonder what exactly that kind of functionality would be. Will it work in the successor to Switch?
In other words, whether the dock has the ability to show one thing on the TV and the actual device in hand will show another. Effectively, the Wii U functions but without cables.
This would allow for a more asymmetrical multiplayer experience, which I definitely feel is underutilized.
Matt
GC: It’s a great idea, and it’s not out of the question, but the problem is that asymmetric multiplayer hasn’t really taken off the way developers want it to – outside of horror games like Dead By Daylight.
Stick landing
I also love the PS4 but can not feel there is a bit of romanticizing in the inbox, in both the output frequency of the game and it is a console for home for a reasonable budget.
According to Wikipedia, and the FTC leak, the PlayStation 4 game The Last Of Us Part 2 cost $220m, took five years with approximately 2100 developers, in 14 studios.
PlayStation 5-only game Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart took the same amount of time but was reportedly ‘only’ worth $81 million. An upcoming PlayStation 5-only game, Astro Bot has reportedly taken a team of 60, three years to create. Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, on the weakest hardware in the console market and using assets from Breath Of The Wild, took 6 years to create.
If you want a game with the production value of The Last Of Us Part 2 or the ambition of Tears Of The Kingdom, it’s going to be expensive and time consuming no matter what the hardware is. I have no doubt that it is more expensive to get the most out of the PlayStation 5 over the PlayStation 4 but the budget is where the problem is in the latter and it is the type of game rather than the hardware as to why the budget is too high.
Second, find a list of the best PlayStation 4 games and it’s stacked with 2018 games, especially first-party titles, with God Of War, Days Gone, Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part 2, Shadow Of The Colossus remake, and Ghost Of Tsushima . Big third party games also made the list, with games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I think that the PlayStation 4 has ended up making some forget about the usual big titles.
There were notable early exceptions like Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, and The Witcher 3 and no doubt the PlayStation 4 will be faster than the PlayStation 5 but it actually took 3-4 years to start spitting out a lot of memorable titles. now.
Simundo
GC: You’re not wrong, but how sure are you that last year the PlayStation 5 will be as strong as the PlayStation 4?
Inbox well-rans
All this speculation on Switch 2 is amazing. I still can’t decide if it will be the Switch but it will be more powerful or completely different, maybe both and I wouldn’t be surprised.
Goblin
Isn’t it strange to anyone that classical music is almost never used in video games? Considering it’s royalty free, often easy to recognize (even if you don’t know the name), and very high quality I wonder what that is. Do you need a bigger orchestra than your usual video game music?
Huey
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