The Wednesday letters page compares Nintendo to EA and Capcom, as one reader wonders what has happened to the Fable reboot. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.
uk Next gen favourite I’m going to take a glass half full approach to the State of Play last week and say that the new Astro Bot game looked great. Like, really great. It doesn’t excuse the rest but at the end of the day, how many classics do you get per year? Not many and I’d say that this year has already seen two contenders for best PlayStation 5 exclusive ever, in Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth .
Which makes me question what is the absolute best PlayStation 5 exclusive now? As the console is now well into its fourth year and sales are apparently slowing down. For me the other contenders are Returnal, Demon’s Souls, and Spider-Man 2. Horizon Forbidden West and God Of War Ragnarök are also good but I would put them on a lower tier overall.
I’m tempted to go with Returnal but maybe it’s recency bias, but I honestly think it might be Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Maybe it is a bit bloated but I’ve loved it all anyway and the production values are sky high and feel really next gen. Curious to know what other people think? Futterman Different worlds I wonder what the heads of Western publishers think when they see stories about Nintendo hiring 400 new people or Capcom giving everyone 30% pay rises.
They must think they’re mad. And yet here we are with most Japanese c.