{"id":540,"date":"2025-03-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2025-03-06T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:20:14","slug":"games-inbox-what-retro-playstation-franchise-should-be-brought-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/games-inbox-what-retro-playstation-franchise-should-be-brought-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: What retro PlayStation franchise should be brought back?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resistance: Fall Of Man – a trilogy forever (Sony Interactive Entertainment) (Credits: 5655366)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Thursday letters page is not convinced Sega<\/a> is the best publisher of 2024, as a reader thinks Dragon Age: The Veilguard needed a name change.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Too old<\/strong>
It\u2019s always interesting to think about what video game sequels could\u2019ve been made<\/a> but probably never will. EA<\/a> definitely should\u2019ve made Battlefield: Bad Company 3, but the time for that was 10 years ago. Now it\u2019s just too late. Too few people will remember the original and EA will have to spend so much time explaining what it is to new fans it\u2019s just not worth it.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of talk at the moment about what games might be on the Switch 2<\/a>, most of which will be sequels or spin-offs of some kind, but my mind always goes back to old PlayStation franchises that I once hoped would return but which I now don\u2019t think will.<\/p>\n

Parasite Eve, Colony Wars, G-Police\u2026 we all have our favourites, although one I ways always holding out for is a new Resistance game. So, I was very upset to hear that Insomniac have no plans for it and no plans for anything other than superhero games and Ratchet & Clank, for at least a decade.<\/p>\n

Resistance is an odd franchise in that the first one isn\u2019t that great and the third one is by far the best. It\u2019s a shame that just as it was getting into its stride it had to stop. Curious to know what games other readers would like to see PlayStation bring back.
Halman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shrinking down<\/strong>
EA Sports FC and Call Of Duty are down in sales<\/a> and consoles dropped by 25%? And hardly any of the best selling games from 2024 were actually released that year? Yeah, I would say gaming has got a bit of a problem at the moment.<\/p>\n

Take out GTA 6 and Nintendo Switch 2 and this year would be worryingly empty, so I don\u2019t think it was any kind of a blip or that anyone learned from what was obviously going wrong last year. We could all see it: the lack of new game, the lack of new announcements, the layoffs\u2026 gaming is not in a healthy spot right.<\/p>\n

If Rockstar and Nintendo can turn things around then great but what happens after their contributions fade away and everyone else has to pick up the slack? The games industry is beginning to feel smaller and smaller, especially in terms of the number of companies that know what they\u2019re doing in it.
Coolsbane<\/strong><\/p>\n

Endless games<\/strong>
It\u2019s been said before, but I really don\u2019t think Gears Of War and Halo have the sort of draw Xbox thinks they do anymore. Or Fable for that matter. I can easily imagine them trying to use Gears Of War: E-Day as a launch title<\/a> for the next gen Xbox but who exactly is that going to attract? A prequel to a game that was popular 15 years ago and is probably filled with fan references and confusing lore.<\/p>\n

If they\u2019re expecting PlayStation 5 owners to buy a remaster collection and suddenly go wild at this amazing game series that they\u2019ve been missing out on I think they\u2019ve got another thing coming.<\/p>\n

Not that Gears Of War is different than most long-running series. Sometimes you just want things to end or at least go away for a long time. I feel the same about Assassin\u2019s Creed.
Baldrick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The real winners<\/strong>
How on earth does Sega top the list of best publishers three times? I think that just underlines the flaws in Metacritic in general. Sega only win because of a single Atlus game that does well that year and the fact that they hardly release anything else, I\u2019d hardly call that a reason to name them the best publisher of the year.<\/p>\n

It was very interesting though, to see how few American companies made it into the list, which I would not have guessed. But then I suppose so many of them nowadays are owned by Microsoft and that means Activision Blizzard and Bethesda all have to share the same spot.<\/p>\n

I feel the real winner of the list was Sony, who had a lot more games out last year and yet still maintained a very high overall score. Although beyond Astro Bot I\u2019m not sure I could name anything else they put out, except I guess Concord? Which actually didn\u2019t review that badly (I never played it).
BOB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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