Black Ops 6 is out very soon (Activision)
The Tuesday letters page asks for recommendations for police-themed video games, as one reader looks forward to Slitterhead.
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Weird or cheap
I was kind of shocked when I realised Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 is out this week. I haven’t seen any advertising for it and I’m pretty sure there’s been no previews. I thought this one was meant to be good, unlike last year’s? I thought that Microsoft would’ve gone all out if it had turned out well, since their entire bottom line now depends on selling Call Of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games on PlayStation 5.
Maybe they’re just being weird or cheap, but this does not send a good message to me. It makes me assume the game’s got something to hide and not the good sort of surprise. Didn’t they decide not to do early access for the campaign as well this year? That’s another red flag right there.
I used to be a big Call Of Duty fan but they lost me in recent years and I was hoping this would pull me back in. Maybe it will but there’s no way I’m going to even try it without some good reviews and word or mouth. Here’s hoping!
Cranston
Mainstream lore
I always find it wild when people take Sonic the Hedgehog lore seriously and call characters like Shadow ‘cool’. I mean… it’s a cartoon hedgehog, how cool can it be? Clearly, it’s me that doesn’t get it though and you can’t argue that the games were hugely popular during the Mega Drive era.
I also find it interesting that Sonic’s general popularity doesn’t seem to have been affected by the movies at all. They were pretty big, but the games are just trundling along as usual. Astro Bot sold much more than any Sonic game and even that wasn’t a mega hit or anything.
I’m not having a go at Sonic or its fans, it’s just weird that a character and series we think of as being iconic isn’t actually that big. The movies are already bigger than the games ever were, in terms of the number of people that have seen them, and it’s strange to me that none of those people seem interested in Sonic’s origins.
Westron
Hot fuzz
I’ve completed Sleeping Dogs, L.A. Noire, and Battlefield: Hardline and have been re-watching The FBI Files and Forensic Files for the 100th time (on YouTube).
I’m looking to play similar games. I have already played both True Crime games to death.
Are there any other games like this that I’ve missed out on?
I only have Switch, Xbox One, and 3DS, if that helps.
LeighDappa
GC: There’s the flawed but interesting This Is the Police 2 or the excellent Return Of The Obra Dinn, which doesn’t involve police exactly but is the best detective game ever. It depends how unrealistic you’re willing to go though. How about Resident Evil 2 …read more
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