Games Inbox: Gran Turismo 7 re-review, favourite Amiga 500 games, and Lego Star Wars gameplay footage

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The Tuesday letters page wishes the Mario Kart 8 DLC had been something different, as a reader hopes for more space combat simulators.

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Under review Since your review of Gran Turismo 7 came out you’ve published a few articles criticising the cost of microtransactions, cars becoming harder to get, and the online requirement of the game. The last having the headline Gran Turismo 7 has Sony’s lowest ever Metacritic user score and it deserves it.

So I wondered do you still rate the game 9/10 or has it dropped in your opinion?

Traditionally I don’t think price has been much of an influence in a games score. Partially because they all used to cost about the same. But in a world where prices can now range from £15-70 and then have microtransactions on top it seems justified that while a game shouldn’t review well just because it’s cheap, a good game should be penalised if it represents bad value for money.Tim

GC: We’ll have to see how the situation progresses. Previously, we’ve marked games down for microtransactions and then re-reviewed them after they’ve been removed – Star Wars: Battlefront 2 being the classic example. It’d be disappointing to have to lower a score after launch, but we hope and suspect that a Sony U-turn is imminent.

Sensible request RE: the Amiga mini-console. Speedball 2 is one of my favourite games ever. A definite top 5 contender. The replayability was endless. They did try a reboot for the PS1 (Speedball 2100) but it had lost the magic. A new update could be fantastic.

It would have to focus heavily on the player purchasing, as this was one of the best parts. Like a Premier League Manager level management system, stadium, sponsor, etc. with