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Metro
13-05-2025
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Games Inbox: Is it weird to not like GTA games?
The Tuesday letters page is surprised to learn that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been a hit, as one reader worries about the negative effects of GTA 6. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Minority opinion With all this discussion of GTA 6 I really feel like the odd one out, because I've never really liked any of them. I recognised GTA 3 as an important breakthrough for open world games, and I liked the soundtrack of Vice City, but I soon got bored of their repetitive missions and terrible controls and action. GTA 4 didn't seem to be much better and by the time of GTA 5 I was not only bored of the concept, but I'd begun to find its smug worship of violence and cruelty to be really off-putting. Maybe that's just me being a parent now but I certainly won't want my kid playing the games. I realise I'm in the minority on this, and I'm definitely not telling anyone else not to enjoy it, but to me GTA celebrates the worse in humanity in general and America specifically, and that's not really the kind of kick I need right. Call me weird but I'd rather play something a bit more optimistic. Penfold There are dozens of us I have tried on many occasions to play and enjoy GTA over the decades but failed every time. The games get great reviews but just leave me cold. I just don't get it. I won't be getting GTA 6 even if it gets scored 11 out of 10 when reviewed. I suspect it continues to sell for years after initial release due to parents relenting when they feel their child is old enough to play it. However, I wonder if the game is played just superficially in most of these cases. Ed Multiplayer from From I can't tell you how disappointed I was to find out that The Duskbloods was a multiplayer game. I only found out a few days later, because they never said in the trailer, and it was such a downer. What worries me is that From's next game, Elden Ring Nightreign, is also a multiplayer game. Maybe it's just a coincidence, and I think Nightreign is a much smaller and cheaper game, but that is going to make the gap between Elden Ring and whatever's next even bigger. Elden Ring was over three years ago now and I am really beginning to miss a big chunky FromSoftware single-player game. But I don't know when that will happen or what it will be. Cuit Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The future is now As bad as it is to hear about these Switch 2 Game-Key cards and Doom: The Dark Ages not having anything on the disc I do think it's far too late to start complaining about these things now. If only 10% of people are buying physical now then the battle has already been lost, a long time ago. I realise a lot of people reading this are probably in that 10% but it's time for us to face facts and admit the war is lost. People want to buy digitally, even though that's worse in about a dozen different ways, and publishers are very glad to encourage it, because it means more profit for them and no second-hand market. This has been obvious for a long time, but it's happened slowly enough that I think physical fans haven't realised just how lopsided it's got. But unfortunately this new generation is going to be the first where physical sales are almost irrelevant. You can quote the £75 price tag all you like but most people are going to be buying Mario Kart World for £67 on digital, not paying extra for the cartridge. Personally, I think it's madness that people preferred not having to get up to change discs above owning their games and being able to sell them on, but here we are. The genie is out of the bottle now and there's no putting it back in. Silvo Oblivion on the regular I definitely agree with the performance issues of the Oblivion remaster. After 40 hours of play I'm getting frequent crashes that shut the game down and go back to the Xbox home screen. This wasn't a problem before but it's happening pretty regularly now. It hasn't hurt things that much, it auto saves for me each and every time I go into a new area, but something is clearly wrong with it. It's not going to stop me playing but they really need to fix it. Nick The Greek Old and improved A remaster of GTA 4 as a stopgap for GTA 6 sounds like a pretty good idea but can we please manage something better than the terrible GTA Trilogy collection? That was the laziest, low quality thing I've ever seen Rockstar put their name to and it makes me worried about any other remaster they release. One reader said that GTA 4 had the best story of any of the games and I'd say that's probably true. It definitely was better than GTA 5, which had a lot of cool moments and characters but no real plot. The problem with GTA 4 though is that the action was really bad. The fighting, the shooting, and the driving would not have been tolerated in other game, if it were not GTA. If there is a remaster then all three of these things need to be changed, but I'm not sure Rockstar would be willing to admit there was that much of a problem. Recently, we've seen a lot of remasters and remakes that have really changed and improved the original games and GTA 4 needs to be one of them, because as it stands, I just don't think it's aged well. On the other hand, I'm not sure I'd really change anything about Max Payne 3. That game was sorely underrated and all it needs is a light dusting, in terms of frame rate and resolution. Although I'll never understand why they didn't use the combat from Max Payne 3 in GTA 4. They were both Rockstar games. Paulie Success Expedition I just want to say that in a world of delayed games, rushed games with bugs, and prices going through the roof, that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the greatest games I've played in a very long time. I hope it is successful in sales, although I doubt it will be. Dazj1985 (PSN ID) GC: Surprising as it might seem, the game has been an instant hit and sold 2 million copies in 12 days. A high tide beaches all boats I'm no industry expert but I'm not sure I understand these arguments about GTA 5 saving the games industry when it comes out. I get the high tide raising all boats argument but that's just an old truism, and it isn't always accurate. I think it's far more likely to have an overall negative effect. I'm sure the game will be great, and make billions for Take-Two, but everyone else is going to be scrabbling for peanuts in comparison. Everything coming out next spring is going to be horribly rushed and full of bugs, just to get it out of the door before GTA 6, and then when is anyone going to risk releasing something big? June? July? August? September? The only positive is that not much is usually released in the summer months anyway, so this isn't going to create a massive crater during Christmas, or is it? If the game is as good as people hope is there any reason to think it won't still be selling by the end of the year too? Will people really stop playing GTA 6 to buy yet another Call Of Duty? I wouldn't bet on it, and even when things do slow down the new GTA Online will be taking a huge chunk out of everyone's time and money. It's not Rockstar's fault, they're not doing anything wrong from their point of view, but I think GTA 6 is only going to reinforce the massive gap between the half dozen live service games that people play constantly and everything else. Cubby Inbox also-ransFor fans of video game anniversaries it was the 20th anniversary of the reveal of the Xbox 360 on Monday. As I remember it was some kind of weird pre-recorded thing with Elijah Woods. Time flies, huh? Focus I'm surprised to hear talk of a Devil May Cry remake. I'm not against it but I thought Devil May Cry 5 did well? I don't understand why we still haven't heard about a new game. Robin GC: It sold 10 million copies, so it did very well for what it is. We imagine there's problems behind the scenes, not least the fact that director Hideaki Itsuno left Capcom last year. More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. MORE: Games Inbox: How extreme will GTA 6 in-game sex and violence be? MORE: Games Inbox: Is the Nintendo Switch 2 sold out in the UK? MORE: Games Inbox: Was GTA 6 Trailer 2 a disappointment?
Metro
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Games Inbox: Is GTA 6 the most anticipated video game ever?
The Thursday letters page is not impressed by Xbox's portable plans, as one reader agrees an Alex Garland Elden Ring movie could work. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Bigger than everything Is GTA 6 really the most anticipated game ever? I don't feel that way. I haven't felt anything for GTA since I pre-ordered San Andreas. I was really hyped for that. Since then, I've been pretty let down by the series. Maybe in the future Rockstar will remake their older games, properly in the new engine. I guess we don't know anything apart from it looks OK. Not the mind-blowing graphics some people are spouting about. I hope they've redone the movement controls and shooting mechanics. These haven't changed since GTA 3 for goodness sake. As for the fact it has cost so many hundreds of millions, what do you expect when they're basically making a Bad Boys interactive film? Bobwallett GC: Trailer 2 got 475 million views in just 24 hours; it's easily the most anticipated media release of all time, never mind just games. Expensive logo I really don't know what Microsoft is hoping to achieve with either this newly leaked handheld or their next gen one. We already know that these PC portables don't sell that well, so why do they think theirs is going to be any different? Because it has an Xbox logo on it? If things were that simple the Xbox Series X/S wouldn't be in the state it is. The only thing that would make sense to me is if it was a portable streaming device, which I'm sure it will be able to do, but the thing that's out this year just looks like a ROG Ally with a different paint job, and those things are very expensive. And the next gen device is going to have the biggest leap in technology ever, from one generation to a next? Not only do I not believe that for a second but if it does that's not going to be cheap either. Or they're talking about AI and it'll be janky rubbish that doesn't even work properly. None of that sounds like a good idea to me. Paulie Berenstein universe Oh hey, did you hear the amazing news? Sony just announced a brand new single-player game. A new IP that looks to be going back to their PlayStation 4 golden age, with an intense narrative, deep characters, and a lush open world to explore. I cannot wait, finally my purchase of a PlayStation 5 will be redeemed. Hang on, no. My mistake. They've announced a new studio called teamLFG that is made of people that have worked on nothing but live service junk. I just don't know what's going on anymore. Why does Sony hate making video games so much. Ladel Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Not right now I've got an alternative take on that EA price annoucement: 'We wish we could increase the prices right now but our next two games are a bit dicey, so we can't really take the risk. Rest assured, as soon as we're convinced that people will once again buy our games no matter how bad they are, we'll start charging £80 for them.' You watch, the second EA Sports FC gets back up to speed or Battlefield is a big hit they'll suddenly need to increase the prices because of the cost of making games or some other trumped up nonsense, even though they didn't need to this time, when they had to be more careful. The idea that any publisher will miss the opportunity to increase prices when others are doing it is laughable. Ironically, at the end of all this, Nintendo will probably end up being the cheapest again. Gadfly To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Grand Theft Everything GTA 6 is going to make so much money it's scary. I do think that the Reader's Feature at the weekend had a good point, in that it's going to be so massive it's just going to strangle all interest in everything else for potentially years. GTA 5 is still in the top 10 for all formats and it's getting on for 15 years old. Just imagine how popular GTA 6 is going to be. It's not that it'll just white out a few months either side of it. If people are already only playing a small number of old games all the time they could be on GTA 6, and nothing else, for the next 15 years. Penfold Wait and see Interesting idea on what upcoming Switch 2 models we'll see. The problem with a Switch 2 Lite is that the reason the Switch 2 is bigger than the original in the first place probably wasn't a design choice, it's down to the demand for extra space inside the thing for the jump forward in technology… especially the thermals. An OLED model is definitely a given, maybe with a marginally larger screen by cutting the bezels down like they did for the original. Also, with the cost of the console I can definitely see a TV-only version for a cheaper entry level device, which would be a new front for Nintendo. Dropping the portable hardware would save some cash in the manufacturing, especially now they've got a console that doesn't produce graphics that look like a blurry/jaggy mess on large 4K TVs. As for pre-order, I'll wait for the OLED one a few years down the road… given how far away a new Zelda likely is and that a new 3D Mario is still MIA I want Nintendo to prove they are ready to keep churning out the goods following this generational jump. There is also the question of third party support, multiformat titles will be noticeably inferior to PlayStation 5 so this thing will need more Monster Hunter Rises and Astral Chains to be seen as anything more than a first party machine. The Duskblood's could be a good start and Nintendo should be commissioning many more second and third party exclusive titles via its vast money pile. The rumoured Final Fantasy 9 Remake being Switch 2 first would be enticing. Again it'll take time, years even. I guess my current (large) Switch backlog and Metroid Prime 4 will keep me sweet for a while yet. Marc Impossible mission I have to say that the idea of Alex Garland making an Elden Ring movie is one of the least worst ideas I could think of, if they have to do it. They shouldn't, because a movie doesn't make sense given the way the story is, but if they have to this is probably the best way. Either they ruin everything by explaining exactly what's going on or they annoy and confuse ordinary punters by not explaining anything. Maybe there's a sweet spot in the middle there, but I dunno. But if anyone can find it, Alex Garland probably could. Pinky PS: Really looking forward to 28 Years Later. Coming soon Anticipation is at a fever pitch, especially with the excellent trailer and beautiful screenshots of Grand Theft Auto 6 that released on Tuesday. Since there's also a fair few excellent titles releasing through 2025 and beyond I'd like to take this time to list my 10 most anticipated titles. 10. The Outer Worlds 2 – an anticipated sequel and the continuation of the joy that is Spacer's Choice. 9. Doom: The Dark Ages – a medieval setting and the most ambitious scope in the history of the franchise? Day one on Xbox Game Pass. 8. Fable – another Game Pass title. I'm optimistic for a reawakening of a dormant fantasy IP, but cautiously wary. Peter Molyneux ruined this franchise once. 7. The Duskbloods – FromSoftware. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki. A Switch 2 exclusive. Sign me up). 6. Crimson Desert – it looks stunning, and I will be pre-ordering this title. Exquisitely ambitious. Can't wait for this one. 5. Exodus – taking inspiration from Mass Effect. It certainly looks to be living up to the legacy. Ambitious in scope. I look forward to learning more. 4. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – a new beginning for Naughty Dog. Spoken as a fan, I'm glad to see a new development that isn't another retread of The Last Of Us. 3. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima returns to the world of parcel delivery services and I am beyond ready. Bonus points to Higgs and his new look. 2. Ghost of Yōtei – Ghost Of Tsushima is one of my favourite games. I am deeply over the moon to see Atsu's story unfold 1. Grand Theft Auto 6 – Never have I ever anticipated a title as much as I have this one. The first trailer blew me away. The second one has rocked my expectations. I will lose myself to this game and I will adore every second of it. I'm the most excited, happy, in love, and deeply drawn that I have ever been. I can't wait for the privilege of playing this masterpiece. Shahzaib Sadiq Inbox also-ransJust saw a prediction that console prices (and I assume PC components) in the US could rise by 69% if tariffs go into full effect. All I can say is that the video games industry was nice while it lasted. Johnson This story made me laugh, it's Capcom selling actual herb tea as 'power-ups' from Resident Evil. Strangely it seems you can't mix them though, which seems a missed opportunity. Tacle More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. 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