Games Inbox: Elden Ring vs. Starfield vs. God Of War, Ubisoft GAAS obsession, and Halo Wars 2 downtime

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The Tuesday letters page asks whether you play multiple games at once or one at a time, as a reader compares The Northman to Elden Ring.

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The three contenders So I think we’re all pretty much agreed that Elden Ring is the best game of the year so far. Like, I don’t think it’s even close? Maybe there’ll be some Sony fans kidding themselves it’s Horizon Forbidden West, but for me at least I feel like Elden Ring is in a class of its own, and instantly in the running for game of the decade/generation.

But it is only April, so it is perfectly possible that something could come along and beat it, especially as we know so little about Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo’s line-up (actually, I guess we know quite a bit about Nintendo and they don’t seem to have any obvious contenders until Zelda next year).

Assuming neither is delayed, that means God Of War Ragnarök and Starfield are the main contenders and, really, they should be pretty good games. The God Of War reboot was amazing, so clearly Sony know what they’re doing with that, but Starfield is more difficult to predict. I think a lot of people have forgotten how janky Bethesda games tend to be at launch, which I don’t think is going to go down well in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world.

My instinct is that none will match up to the sheer majesty of Elden Ring, but I’d say that God Of War was the safer bet and Starfield the wild card that could be amazing or could be a mess.Naldo

Quieten down I can’t really understand people who have a PlayStation 5 but say they go back to their PlayStation 4 instead. One of the best things about my PlayStation 5 is how much quieter it is over the PlayStation 4.

I love playing Horizon