 The Thursday letters page wonders why Sony never bought Tomb Raider and Lara Croft, as one reader worries the NES is aging badly. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Least worst script 2023 really is turning into a classic year for games. Nothing seems to come out for months but whenever something big arrives it manages to knock it out of the park. I can't honestly think of a major disappointment this year, with Nintendo and Capcom leading the pack in terms of being at the absolute top of their game. There's a lot of good stuff yet to come, including Baldur's Gate 3, Mortal Kombat 1, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Alan Wake 2, and Spider-Man 2 but I think the only one that could beat Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom (except maybe Super Mario Bros. Wonder) is Starfield. But is that really possible? I know a lot of people talk Bethesda down, but the fact is that Skyrim is an absolute classic, still being played and re-released today, more than a decade later. I'm already feeling better about Starfield than I did Fallout 4 and I think if it all works out like they say it could actually beat Zelda in the end, if only for being something we've never seen before. I do worry about the dialogue, which was pretty cringe in the trailers, but since Zelda is even worse in that area, I think the fight for the best game of the year is a lot closer than some people let on. Forerunner The last mascot Assuming the Activision Blizzard buyout goes through now, that means Xbox is going to own both Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon, both games that I closely associate with the original PlayStation. I'd even say Crash was kind of the unofficial PlayStation mascot, or at least that's how it seemed at the time. The other one was Lara Croft, who I'm surprised Sony didn't try to buy when she went up for sale recently. As I understand Embracer (I had to look that up, I thought it was Enabler at first) are in financial trouble at th){kind=link}
The Thursday letters page wonders why Sony never bought Tomb Raider and Lara Croft, as one reader worries the NES is aging badly.
To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk
Least worst script2023 really is turning into a classic year for games. Nothing seems to come out for months but whenever something big arrives it manages to knock it out of the park. I can’t honestly think of a major disappointment this year, with Nintendo and Capcom leading the pack in terms of being at the absolute top of their game.
There’s a lot of good stuff yet to come, including Baldur’s Gate 3, Mortal Kombat 1, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Alan Wake 2, and Spider-Man 2 but I think the only one that could beat Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom (except maybe Super Mario Bros. Wonder) is Starfield. But is that really possible?
I know a lot of people talk Bethesda down, but the fact is that Skyrim is an absolute classic, still being played and re-released today, more than a decade later. I’m already feeling better about Starfield than I did Fallout 4 and I think if it all works out like they say it could actually beat Zelda in the end, if only for being something we’ve never seen before.