The Monday letters page asks for recommendations for games similar to Firewatch, as one reader asks if the
PS5
is still worth getting.
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A new challenger
I’ve been playing Rematch quite a bit and I agree with
your review
. You can tell it’s new, because of the lack of features, but I do think it has a chance of becoming something special. Even right now it is a rival to
EA
Sports FC, and I’ve found myself playing it more. Although you could say that’s simply because it’s new.
However, knowing that
EA Sports FC 25 sold so badly
that EA ended up cutting hundreds of jobs, I wonder if Rematch is going to make things even harder for
EA Sports FC 26
. Could it even be a genuine flop, compared to how much it cost to make and what the series (or rather
FIFA
) usually does?
In my opinion, EA Sports FC is not a good game and it doesn’t deserve to be hyper successful just because it’s got all the official rights. If it wasn’t for that people wouldn’t be interested at all. Once again, we see that competition is good, especially as EA has never done the non-professional side of football well – the whole jumpers for goalposts bit.
Camphor
Old news
Interesting to hear that the rumours about Resident Evil Requiem being open world weren’t wrong,
they were just old
. I think that probably happens more than we realise, where people are told outdated information and there’s no way for them to know. I can imagine publishers even allowing the information to get out there, so they can judge whether people are into the idea or not.
Apparently fans weren’t keen on open world, so that got axed. However, I think that means that nothing about the game actually leaked in the end. I certainly don’t remember anything about it staring the daughter of someone from Outbreak, so well done to Capcom for keeping the secret until now.
Lenticular
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GC:
The fact that the open world had been dropped
did leak before the reveal
. But you’re right that no information about the new version of the game made it out, with insiders still suggesting the main character was going to be Leon S. Kennedy.
A good run
My last run of games (mostly for around £20 via PS Plus/Extra) has been RoboCop: Rogue City, Jusant, Cocoon, Dying Light 2, Dave The Diver, Blue Prince, Balatro, and now Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. All pretty varied, and all excellent.
Cheers for the reviews, which have pointed me towards a couple that I wouldn’t have otherwise picked up. Let’s hope the good games keep on coming.
Matt (he_who_runs_away – PSN ID)
GC:
Thank you. That is a good line-up of games.
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Further watching
Recently, I returned to Firewatch, after a while on my Xbox, as it was my go-to relaxing game to play on occasion. The more I thought about the story the more it made sense. It’s kind of sad in a way. The story builds up to something but in the end it just shows two middle-aged people trying to escape their reality and yearning for some mystery and excitement in their lives, out of the events that unfold in the game.
My brother who, is only a retro gamer as he hates modern games, is addicted to Firewatch. He’s replayed it dozens of times. It’s the only game released in the last 10 years he will play. It’s a shame Campo Santo was bought by Valve and has gone silent. I hate the way that happens in the game industry, when small indie developers get swallowed up and their output grinds to a halt.
I’m wondering what other games on Xbox are similar? I have looked at Return To Grace and The Invincible but don’t know what else is there. Could you recommend?
Icelticghost
GC:
Campo Santo were meant to be making something called
In the Valley Of Gods
but it got put on indefinite hold. As for other recommendations, perhaps
What Remains Of Edith Finch
,
Oxenfree
,
Kentucky Route Zero
, or the original
Life Is Strange
?
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