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07-07-2025
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Games Inbox: What is the best retro video game?
The Monday letters page asks how anyone finds time to play video games, as one reader questions the idea of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ My definition Since I haven't got a Switch 2 and the summer game drought is here, I started looking into playing some retro games instead. It's not too unusual for me to do that but over the years I have found myself become increasingly less tolerant of some older games and their ways. So that got me thinking about what is the best retro game that's actually still playable today? It's probably Tetris, but I haven't got an old version of that, so I thought instead it might be Street Fighter 2. I've got a few old versions and I put it on for a spin and it really is amazing how much fun it still is. Of course, it looks old but the gameplay is still basically the same as all the other modern versions today, including Street Fighter 6. Even the controls are the same if you use them that way. What other game can say the same, at least in terms of how specific the controls and action in Street Fighter are. Just the definition of a classic. Taylor Moon Bottom of the barrel I've seen some suggestions that Nintendo should make Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe, in the same vein as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. As long as it has an upgrade path like the Zelda games, I would be totally for this. I would assume it would have at least a few new characters, but the problem is who would they be? I don't see that Nintendo has anyone left they could do and not only does that create a problem in terms of selling new content but it also kind of emphasises how Nintendo are not making anything new. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. I guess they could make one of the wheelchair players from Drag X Drive a fighter but that doesn't seem likely, but it's literally the only new IP they've announced so far for the Switch 2. Unless they're going to do Duskbloods. Skybaot Amazing wait I do feel that Insomniac are overacting a bit to the hack, if that's the reason Wolverine is taking so long. Maybe I'm missing something about what was revealed but I don't feel finding out it was a third person action game was some kind of shocking surprise that they had to redesign the whole game because of it. Even if code was stolen, I'm not seeing what difference that would make in terms of what the final game is, but I guess they have their reasons. If they've got three games underway then that's great but if we've not heard of two of them then they're not going to be out for years yet, so it's kind of irrelevant. Spider-Man 2 was only two years ago but it feels much more than that to me. It wasn't though, so that means we have to wait and wait to get anything else new. Tasker Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Finding the time How do you play Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom? I don't mean, what weapon is the best or which shield to use. I mean, how do you play it to completion? I've sunk hours and hours into it and I've not even touched the surface. Thing is I know Donkey Kong Bananza is around the corner and I've been holding off getting Monster Train 2 because of Zelda. I'm not a young gamer by any stretch of the imagination and I'm loving Zelda, but because of work commitments I can only get through so much. It's a travesty to me that I likely won't get near to finishing it because there's always the draw of the next game (let's not forget GTA also). Do people play these lengthy games to completion or do they put them down to return to them at a future date, often forgetting what it was they were doing in it six months ago. I'm persevering, Donkey Kong is on order though and, as I said, I've held off getting Monster Train 2 but the seed is forever planted. Damn you Nintendo, for making such beautiful games. Anon Price of success RE: the letter about Halo being 'of its time'. I think the problem with gaming is that once a groundbreaking game comes out it gets ripped off, copied, and improved upon, so if you miss it at the time then it doesn't feel quite so special. I personally love the Bungie Halos – from the music and gunplay to the excellent AI, that makes every playthrough unique – but I now accept it's pretty much a dead franchise. Shame. Simon Very good advice I picked up a Switch 2 from Very, using their 12 months Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option. Good service, will use them again, but how payments are structured is a bit convoluted. The BNPL balance is separate from your account balance. Your account balance will include any non-BNPL purchases but also insurances or interest from your BNPL balance. Any payment to the account balance will not reduce or apply to the BNPL balance. When making a payment you have to select if it's for your account or the BNPL balance. I had the payment and interest deferred BNPL for 12 months option, so didn't understand why it said I had to make a minimum payment of £3.99 on my first statement. As it is, I paid off my entire BNPL balance along with paying the £3.99 account balance just to be sure. It turned out the £3.99 was for postage, which wasn't included on the BNPL order and charged to my account balance on the first statement three weeks after the items were ordered and arrived. If I hadn't of paid that off and assumed clearing my BNPL amount would cover it, I would of received a late payment charge the next month. So the TLDR is make sure you pay the minimum amount even if you do have BNPL with Very. Simundo Nom de plume Did you see that Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox, published by PlayStation Publishing? Pretty big shift from PlayStation, no longer pushing things through a third party publisher onto other platforms. Magnumstache GC: It's interesting, but it's still not Sony Interactive Entertainment, which is the label they publish games under on the PlayStation 5. PlayStation Publishing was set up for publishing PC games. Trust issues Time for Xbox to choose: people before profits, purpose over posturing For two decades, Xbox has been a symbol of gaming possibility – bringing worlds to life, elevating artistry, and fostering community. But now, amidst shifting market strategies, unprecedented acquisitions, and heartbreakingly routine layoffs, Xbox finds itself at a crossroads. The time for ambiguity is over. It must declare its path clearly: commit to being a third party publisher and cloud gaming powerhouse or risk losing more than market share – it risks losing trust, integrity, and the very soul of what gaming means to millions. Xbox's transformation has been whispered across boardrooms and debated in forums: is the hardware still the priority? Are exclusive titles still the north star? With the growing emphasis on Game Pass, the expansion onto rival platforms, and the monumental investment into cloud infrastructure, the writing feels etched across the digital sky. Xbox no longer wants to play only within its own console kingdom – it wants to provide the kingdom itself. Yet, while the vision expands, the cost has been cruel. Studios shuttered. Developers blindsided. Talented people – storytellers, coders, artists – let go like disposable assets in a corporate campaign. The very people whose ingenuity built the worlds we cherish are finding out their jobs are gone. It's bad. This isn't bold leadership. This is corporate camouflage. If Xbox truly believes in a future beyond the console – where Game Pass reigns across screens and where its IPs are liberated from platform exclusivity – it should stop hinting and start owning it. Embracing a third party identity doesn't mean surrender. It means evolution. A Game Pass app on every screen, platform, and ecosystem. No more tribalism, just access. But Xbox must be transparent and do so before no one trusts them ever again. BaldB3lper Inbox also-ransI'm actually kind of surprised we've never had a Resident Evil Tactics games before. This mobile game isn't that but if they did something like XCOM with zombies I'd be interested. Pogo I'm going to call it now, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is going to win all the game of the year awards this year, I just don't see what other contender there could be. Whistler 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: Are video games too expensive for young people? MORE: Select Games Inbox: Has Xbox become irrelevant this generation?Games Inbox: Has Xbox become irrelevant this generation? MORE: Games Inbox: What will be the first Mario Kart World DLC?
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20-05-2025
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Games Inbox: What is Rockstar Games' best game?
The Tuesday letters page asks whether video game execs need to be gamers or not, as one reader predicts Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe will be a while yet. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Rockstar #1 Interesting to see people having the confidence to speak out against GTA, which I don't think we're going to see a lot of as the game gets closer. I won't pretend I don't enjoy the games, and still play GTA Online occasionally, but what I will say is that GTA 5 is not my favourite Rockstar game at all and I do feel it's a shame they don't make a wider range of games like they used to. Bully was great and so was The Warriors, but I especially liked the first Manhunt and I'm very upset that never became a regular franchise. I don't think Midnight Club or L.A. Noire were as good but at least they were something different, as was Max Payne 3 (although I prefer Remedy's two games). I would say that Red Dead Redemption 2 is easily their best game. It has all the scope and size of GTA but none of the flaws that people have been pointing out. It has a good, clear plot. The characters are all interesting and many of them are likeable. They act like people too, not just try hard characters. The gameplay still isn't great but it's no worse than GTA 5 and I definitely prefer riding a horse to driving a car, at least one designed by Rockstar. So while I am looking forward to GTA 6 there are quite a few other Rockstar games I'd rather see get a sequel first. Focus One for two Is it me or has Shuhei Yoshida been acting like a bit of chump in his recent round of interviews? He was very down on Switch 2 for no reason that I could really see, other than he's ex-Sony, and now he, who is presumably very rich, is trying to tell us all that £80 for a video is a bargain and we shouldn't complain? I'm sure it is good value for money but at the end of the day that's money that a lot of us don't have lying around spare. Only a few years ago I would've been able to get two triple-A games for £80, at least a couple of months after launch, and soon I'm only going to be able to get one. I don't see how that's good for gaming or publishers or anyone else. It's definitely not good for my wallet. Brian Summer secrets So, the Switch 2 is out on June 5 and the Summer Game Fest is June 6… does that mean there's going to be some kind of big annoucement? I know people are 50/50 on whether there's a secret Christmas game still to be revealed but if there was I would've though this would be a good time to do it. I can't see anyone getting all that excited when Nintendo try to make the reveal of the release dates for checks notes Hyrule Warriors 3 and Kirby Air Ride 2 seem like some epic reveal. I'm with everyone else that thinks they are very strange things to be out in the first year, especially when that could mean there's really only big first party game out all year. I'm not going to try and predict anything, because it's Nintendo and who knows, but does GC think the two dates are coincidence or are they going to end up being connected? Paulie GC: Our guess is that it's just a coincidence. Nintendo doesn't tend to use third party events to announce anything significant. They may try and squeeze something in at the last minute, just because the timing is so odd, but we wouldn't count on it. Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Strange ideas Like a lot of readers, I find Hideo Kojima a fascinating but flawed character. He's got so much obvious talent, but he's squandered so much of it on one franchise, that faded from public view surprisingly quickly. Dead Stranding was interesting but I'm not sure how a sequel is going to work if the core gameplay is still… walking very slowly and delivering parcels to holograms. I'm painting the game in its worst possible light there but even so, Death Stranding was just flawed as anything else Kojima has done and I would've liked to see him give it another roll of the dice with a different idea. Instead, he's working on a sequel, and what seem to be spiritual sequels to Silent Hills and Metal Gear. By which time he'll be well into his 60s… If all the ideas on the USB stick are as weird as the guy forgetting his abilities over time, I'd rather he do them now. It just feels he's permanently got one foot in the past and it's a real shame. Kurgen Come back later If Nintendo does do a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Deluxe edition for the Switch 2 do we have any idea who could be added to it? I would've said someone from a new Switch 2 IP but there really hasn't been one yet, which is a real shame. Maybe they could try and do one of the wheelchair basketball people, but I can't see many people queuing up for that. I also thought maybe a couple more Microsoft games, back when I expected them and Nintendo to be all chummy. Now it seems that was all just talk and Xbox doesn't have any plans at all, or at least none so urgent they've felt the need to talk about them so far. So if a Deluxe edition does happen, I don't think it's going to happen for a while, for the simple reason that there isn't anyone new to add, because they're all already been done. Roel Dungeons master I was going to compose a missive contemplating the likelihood of Dungeons 4 being ported to the Switch 2, only to find out that it's actually already out on Switch?! That would be an amazing feat if it worked but apparently it's a bug ridden, almost unplayable mess from the only review I can find (I literally had no idea and can't be the only one unaware of the port). So now, instead I'm wondering if they'll release a Switch 2 Edition or complete edition with all the DLC, or even just put some fixes through so the game runs better on the new hardware. I hope they do the same for Tropico 6 (both are by Kalypso, so if ones done the other will probably be too). As an aside, put me on the boat for people not really interested in GTA 6. Five or six years ago I'd been down for it but current, me who replayed GTA 5 before getting shot of my PlayStation 4, I found it pretty awful actually. The characters, the controls, the story, were all just urgh. I appreciate the characters aren't supposed to be likeable (except Franklin, maybe) but my god what were they thinking of with Trevor? Every time I had to play as him it felt like my soul was dying a little more, until I just gave up playing. I don't expect much from the single-player campaign of GTA 6, if there even is one… Solabound Glory days I don't think I'm the first person to say it on here but if Bungie lasts to the end of the year I will be shocked. I'll also be relatively surprised if Marathon isn't cancelled within the next few months. It's a game no one wants, in a genre no one will admit to liking, by a developer that seems to be in a downward spiral. It's sad to think how this sort of thing can happen. Halo 3 was 18 years ago now, and it's at least five years since Destiny 2 was relevant. It's unfortunate but Bungie were never the same after leaving Microsoft and I think the initial success of Destiny 1 just hid that for a while and now it's obvious. Tony T. Management sim I'm in two minds as to whether the head of a big games company needs to be a gamer or not. It feels like it should be a thing but at the end of the day what's most important is that they're a good business person, which the Take-Two guy seems to be. At least going by how long he's been in the job. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata was a great leader and actually used to make games, but his replacement is just a businessman with no developer background at all, and yet he seems to be doing a decent job. Then there's that other obvious example: Phil Spencer. He can't stop talking about what a keen gamer he is, and I think he genuinely is a fan, but I also think it's increasingly hard to pretend he's doing a good job at Xbox. Ultimately, I don't think it matters whether you're a gamer or not, whether you've ever been a developer or anything. The only thing that matters is being good at your job, which has nothing to do with making games but backing the right people that do, making sure they have the resources, and not interfering with them. I believe that's pretty much what the Take-Two guy himself said. Where you get a bit of a grey area is something like EA or Ubisoft, where you definitely feel like their leaders could stand to actually play some games once in a while, instead of just making decisions by spreadsheets. Remember that the team that made Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 used to work on Ubisoft, so they clearly weren't being creatively fulfilled there and that's a management problem. Lemmy Inbox also-ransI was thinking of getting Doom: The Dark Ages after the positive reviews but I was shocked to discover it was £70. This isn't Call Of Duty, this is a single-player only game that apparently is quite easy. I'll come back on Black Friday. Pancus If Red Dead Redemption 2 is out on Switch 2 this year I think that could be a really good selling point, because the obvious comparison, in terms of graphics, is Zelda and Rockstar's game is lightyears ahead of that. Bosley 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: Should there be a GTA 6 spin-off on Nintendo Switch 2? MORE: Games Inbox: Who is the best third party video game publisher? MORE: Games Inbox: Is there going to be a PS5 State of Play this summer?
