Games Inbox: Overwatch 2 flop fears, Bayonetta 3 game of the year, and Italian Super Mario

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The Tuesday letters page asks why The Last Of Us actors haven’t played the game, as one reader suggests Jeff Minter play Hyper Demon.

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Stemming the tide Other people may have different experiences, but I’ve also noticed that absolutely none of my friends or acquaintances are talking about Overwatch 2, despite it being free-to-play. I looked up the player numbers, which is difficult to do because it’s not on Steam, but it does seem to be doing okay, if behind things like Apex Legends and Team Fortress 2 – which I would’ve thought were relatively easy to beat in its honeymoon period.

So it hasn’t been a flop but it’s also not breaking any records. I do wonder what the future of the series will be as it seems to be one of those games that is just blundering from one mistake to another and is probably already on a downward trajectory. It’s not Battlefield 2042 but considering how much the game seems to get talked about online I still don’t know anyone that actually plays it.

I still think it was a mistake not to include a story mode, as a lot of that online talk is about the characters and lore, and I have no idea where people get that stuff from. The whole sequel concept seems poorly thought out and kind of a kneejerk reaction to the original losing players. If Overwatch 2 is meant to stop that I don’t think it’s going to work for long.Tonk

Never played it I’ve read that neither of the two stars of The Last Of Us have played the game and have in fact been told not to by the show makers. I’m struggling to understand why this might be and, to be honest, seems to once again show a snobbish attitude towards games even, and especially, when they’re the source