The Friday Inbox is impressed with this week’s State of Play from Sony, as one reader falls in love with Radiant Silvergun.
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Unfortunate timing It’s been interesting to see the discussion of Horizon Forbidden West recently and I have to agree that it’s really a shame that it came out at the same time as Elden Ring, just as the original came out at the same time as Zelda: Breath Of The Wild. I doubt it’ll affect sales much, but it does highlight the difference between a game that is good and one that is great. Not even great but destined to be regard as an all-time classic.
I think we can all agree that Horizon Forbidden West is not that, but I think it’s nonsense to pretend it’s bad or even average. It is a good game and I’ve kept playing it rather than start on Elden Ring. That’s in large part because Elden Ring is really long and I don’t want to have to go back to a half completed Forbidden West and try to remember what I was doing. But it’s not a chore, it’s a really entertaining game.
The most valid complaint against Forbidden West is that the story and characters are a bit dull, and this I will agree to. But they are only a ‘bit’ dull. They don’t add much to the game but I’ve put up with far worse, that actively takes away from it.
In short, we’re back to the usual internet problem that if something can’t claim to be the best thing ever it must be the worst. That’s stupid and so is the idea that Forbidden West is a bad game. Sony might want to try picking its release dates a bit more carefully though, because, really, that’s my biggest complaint with the series.Danse
Superficial concerns It confounds me when people moan about console aesthetics. Surely
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