Games Inbox: Overwatch 1 vs. Overwatch 2, Resident Evil 4 seriousness, and Splatoon 3 new ideas

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The Friday letters page discusses Hideo Kojima’s unique approach to casting, as one reader talks of his love for XCOM: War Of The Chosen.

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Un-awaited sequel I honestly had no idea that Overwatch 2 was out so soon, even if it is just the beta or whatever. Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I’ve seen absolutely no hype about the new game and I don’t know anyone in real life that’s talking about it. Does the game have such a radically different audience to the rest of gaming that it exists in its own little realm? Maybe, but I never thought of it as that unique.

I did enjoy the original but stopped playing about two or three years ago, so in theory the sequel is of interest to me as it’s an obvious place to get back in. It’s free, as I understand, so that’s definitely not a problem, but then why doesn’t there seem to be any excitement around it?

I think one mistake is the lack of any kind of story mode. The series has all this complex backstory and yet none of it is actually in the game. People have been asking for years for a story campaign and yet when the perfect moment comes there’s nothing. I don’t know how new players get into the game now, with so many different characters even I don’t know who half of them are.

It just seems like Blizzard aren’t really making the effort they should, and I suspect they’ll end up paying for it in the long running.Boushh

Kojima stars I’m always fascinated to see who Hideo Kojima considers to be a major movie star because I have to say I’ve never heard of most of them. I sort of recognised that one guy from The Walking Dead, who he seemed to think was some megastar on par with Tom Cruise or something, and I think the