Game Inbox: What’s the Best PS5 Game?

The Wednesday Letters page is excited for a Star Fox reveal this month, as a reader asks for an update on the Ecco The Dolphin remaster.

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Console game
As fun as it is to hear about everyone’s favorite retro games, I have to admit that I’ve never played one. Spectrum ZX or you’ve heard of most of the games people are talking about. My first console was a Mega Drive, so I won’t go back further than that. And to be honest, I’m not that interested in going back anyway, considering the quality of games we have these days.

So I’ll ask the opposite question Tuesday’s Inbox and say what is best PlayStation 5 game? It doesn’t have to be the first party, just the best game you’ve played on the system in what’s been a pretty tumultuous generation so far.

For me, the short list includes God Of War Ragnarök, Astro Bot, The Elden ringClair Obscur: Expedition 33, Forza Horizon 5, and Resident Evil Requiem. I’m sure there are other great games that I haven’t played, but this seems like a pretty good lineup.

I think I’d probably go for the Elden Ring overall. It felt like I spent a lifetime playing that game and I didn’t regret it for a second. So I’m really excited to hear that the movie might be really good.
HOUSES

The fall of the tomb raider
I’ve been worried about Crystal Dynamics since they were sold and then Embracer started to chip away at them. I have no faith that they will finish any new Tomb Raider game or that they will survive this generation.

It’s so sad to see all these developers who have been around for decades, making great games, get ripped apart by bad management and short-sighted bosses. I bet they end up spending a lot more money making the Tomb Raider TV show than the game, and it has a much better chance of getting it done and out on time.

I don’t understand why Amazon didn’t buy Tomb Raider and Crystal Dynamics when they had the chance, especially since it was so cheap. Instead, they were bought by the worst company in the business, which is saying a lot when Activity AND Microsoft exist.
Bishop

Artificial retro
I was excited about the idea of ​​one new Impossible Mission game and then when i saw the trailer… oh. It looks exactly the same game. If you just showed me the game, I’d never be able to tell the difference.

I’m sure there are some people who must love all of this, but I have absolutely no interest in making pretend retro games and being stuck with the limitations of a bygone era. If an indie game has a low budget, that’s one thing, but do it on purpose? I’d better move on.

I can see making a big budget reboot of Mission Impossible is never going to happen, but there’s still a lot you can do with modern graphics, keeping it 2D or 2.5D. I’m pretty curious to see how much the new game costs, but it’s not the return I would have liked.
Parsley

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Crazy for a fox
I’m getting really excited about the idea more Star Fox. I’ve seen new rumors that it will be announced this month, maybe even this week, which would be great.

I really liked a reader’s idea a few days ago to have a smaller, lower budget game that wouldn’t be too long, but could afford to be old and linear. Like an indie game, but made by Nintendo themselves. None of the Star Fox games are long – you could beat the first one in 60 minutes – so you could easily argue that they’re authentic.

I think you can do that with a lot of lower profile Nintendo games that haven’t had a sequel in ages, like F-Zero, Kid Icarus, Advance Wars, and so on. It would even be a chance to bring back the ones we never found in the West, like Murasame’s Mysterious Castle or The Frog Who Tolls the Bells.

They can also create new games and sell them as small experiments. It used to do this on portable consoles but not really on Switch and I think that’s a shame.
Onibee

Impossible favorites
Some of those famous responses to their favorite video game are just embarrassing. When you are talking about Trap or Super Mario Bros. as your favorite, you’re basically just saying you don’t play them, or haven’t played them since you were five. Which is fine, it’s not for everyone, but it’s like being asked your favorite movie and you just say Citizen Kane because you’ve heard that’s what other people think is the best.

But for the woman who said Return. I’ve seen Glass Onion and I still have no idea who she is, but she tastes great and I’m sure she should host Saros this week.
Austin

Non-interactive fun
I went to see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie over the weekend and I can’t say I was particularly impressed. It felt less like a movie and more like a series of animated shorts slapped together.

Each section was good, but there wasn’t much cohesion. If you were being charitable, you could compare it to playing an actual Mario game, each part of a new level with a new idea, but that works well in a game, definitely not in a movie.

I was also disappointed by the music, everything was so frenetic that the themes came and went before you could enjoy them.

No doubt it will make a billion dollars again and get a third movie, I just hope they get a little better at pacing things.
Euclidean boxes

GC: It was absolutely intended to be like playing the actual games.

The last test
I am very satisfied Marathon but I’m getting worried that the number of players on Steam is really dwindling. It will probably drop below 25,000 this week and that’s not healthy, not for a big budget game or to keep Bungie around and in one piece.

It’s not the Concord disaster, but I still don’t see where it becomes a huge hit for Sony, not like Helldivers 2. My question is will this finally make them give up on live service games? I guess we’ll know if they ever announce another one.
Rowan

Asset flipper
I know it’s not seen in the best light these days, but Ecco The Dolphin is one of my favorite games of the 16-bit era. I understand that we will receive HD Remasters from the first two and a brand new third game from the original developer, Ed Annunziata, and I’m very excited.

By writing this email, the official website it has a countdown timer with 362 hours and 12 minutes left on it, which means I’m waiting for some sort of notification for roughly 15 days.

Does GC have the inside scoop or do they intend to do a review/preview of the game when there is more news? I would really like to see something come of this franchise, as Ed tried to get the game out around 2010, but the Kickstarter failed.

I’m really looking forward to some hard hitting cetacean time travel alien fighting action.
Sven

GC: Recently there were some footage from the remaster, in a Japanese magazine. Although we suspect that the terms remaster and remake are being confused again. Either way, a lot of effort seems to be going on.

Inbox-ka too
To be honest, I’d be happy if Naughty Dog left Uncharted as it is and made a new franchise that had the same vibe. It just wouldn’t be the same without Nate and Nathan North isn’t getting old.
FOCUSING

I think Rockstar should have started making GTA 7 with a different team and see who came out first. Maybe you can just skip one and have them come out at a reasonable rate.
Grimsky

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