Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet were you impressed? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)The Monday letters page thinks Elden Ring: Nightreign is just repurposed DLC, as a reader worries about the release date for The Witcher 4.To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.ukPLEASE NOTE: We are currently preparing our content for over the Christmas period and will need a number of Readers Features, so if youve been meaning to write one but never quite got round to it we could do with as many as possible before Monday, December 23.First impressionsAm I the only one that wasnt that impressed by Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet? And Im not just talking about that cringey subtitle. It looked fine, the graphics are good, obviously, but it has an overwhelming air of smugness to it that I can well imagine comes as standard for Naughty Dog developers but Im not sure is warranted here.The main character didnt do or say anything to make me like her and despite the trailer being quite long I didnt really get a feel for what the story was or what the gameplay is going to be. I guess a third person fighter? But considering how simplistic the combat is in other Naughty Dog games Im not sure I have much faith in them taking on Devil May Cry or whatever.I didnt really like the design of the protagonist, the robot you saw for a minute, or the buster sword she seems to be using. It all felt like one of those games that are patched together with ideas from other peoples titles and I expected more from Naughty Dog. Im not writing it off but Im not super excited either. I hope its a good game, but I wouldnt bet on it at this point.FocusMain eventVery excited to hear about more Elden Ring, although I get the feeling that Nightreign was probably originally DLC and they decided to expand it. FromSoftware often add in new multiplayer options after launch and turning your game into a roguelike has been very common with other developers lately, when it comes to making DLC.Thats not a criticism but I think its pretty obvious this is a side project and not their main game at the moment. Id bet good money Hidetaka Miyazaki is not the director too.Finding out what he is working on next will be the most important information for me in the coming year and Im not sure if the possible Sony buyout of Froms parent company makes that more or less likely. Heres hoping the beans get spilled soon.GrackleQuick jobCrazy to think that The Witcher 4 is going to be out 2028 at the earliest and quite possibly two or more years later than that. Its getting to the point where its going to become common for developers to not stay on a game for the whole of its development. Five years is longer than Ive stayed at any one job, and I wouldnt say thats particularly unusual. In fact, Id say six or seven is relatively unusual.The job layoffs all around probably make people more keen than usual not to move away, and stick at a studio, but the whole thing seems so difficult to organise. Whats the longest it ever takes to make a movie? Three years, maybe? And the average has got to be a year or less.Never mind people leaving, people are going to die of old age waiting to finish a game soon. Well, I hope it works out anyway, as I am fine with Ciri being the main character and double fine with the idea of more Witcher of any kind.PinkyEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukWish grantedFirstly, merry Christmas GC and Happy New Year, keep up the good work.Writing in for a small bit of Inbox magic this Christmas.While everyone has been heaping praise on the new Call Of Duty and Indiana Jones games, as a Switch only owner I have been playing Yakuza on the Switch, which quietly dropped onto the Switch for the sensible sum of 18, for those that dont know.This was my first Yakuza game (exciting) and I really enjoyed it, but with a fight on almost every street it left me yarning to play the slower-paced Shenmue series, so how about a small Xmas Inbox miracle and a Shenmue collection on Switch please guys?ChrisGC: Since the publishing rights now belong to ININ, who were behind the recent Taito Milestones 3, thats probably quite likely.No more MonopolyIve been going back through the Dark Souls games, and Im currently being destroyed in the Pained World of Ariandel by some creatures that look like the baddie in Through The Dragons Eye (Im old) in Dark Souls 3.You get someone in to occasionally review and recommend board games. Im wondering if the Dark Souls board game is any good? Ive got a nice bit of time off over Christmas this year so Im thinking of trying to get into something a bit different but not sure if its any goodAny help would be appreciated.SimonGC: Its rather old now, compared to other video game board game adaptions, but the consensus seems to be that its pretty good. Heres Lucy Orrs rundown of the best new tabletop games for Christmas, which includes Mass Effect and Halo.Rainbow Islands: The MovieFor any Amiga Fans out there, there is a Blu-ray documentary available to pre-order, with videos on the making of games such as Frontier, Kick Off, Sensible World Of Soccer, RoboCop 3, and Rainbow Islands, as well as other Amiga games. Its made by the people who made the From Bedrooms to Billions documentaries that have covered various home computers and consoles, including PlayStation, Spectrum, and Amiga 500.The Blu-ray is region free, signed and numbered for 35 plus postage. It is a lot of money but it is a niche product and needs to be that cost to happen. Its available for pre-order until Thursday, 19th December 2024 with delivery estimated at February 2025.Also this week, the ZX Spectrum The Rubber Keyed-Wonder documentary Blu-ray is finished as well and is being posted out to backers (like me) of the Kickstarter campaign too, as that is finally finished after three years. it is also available to buy on digital format from here if you missed the campaign.Andrew J.Currently trying to platinum Astro Bot (PS5) before the new year!Welcome backGreat news about the return of Fumito Ueda. Ill be honest and say Id completely forgotten about his games over the last decade or so, but the trailer of the new one brings it all back. Sony were silly to let him slip out of their fingers, but then their handling of all their Japanese teams seems poor, going back since before The Last Guardian I guess considering when he left.Overall, a really good The Game Awards, Id say. I didnt stay up for it but reading about everything in the morning it was clearly a good one and theres at least four or five games Im definitely interested in without even knowing more. The trailers seemed longer and better too, before they were basically just a logo and nothing else.CranstonThe wrong side of bedSo I already know therell be a few letters dedicated to the thoughts over Friday nights Game Awards and Id like to take this time to share mine. Im vehemently regretful of spending my time wallowing in the disappointment and underwhelming events of the show. So, Ill say that the announcements, for a start, werent as groundbreaking as Id hoped. Kudos for beginning with the announcement of The Witcher 4. Im stoked for the title, but we all know its precisely three to four years away. Lets not kid ourselves. This will release the exact same time frame as the PlayStation 6 and I quite frankly can say it was too early to announce this.Why showcase a trailer, thats four years away? It was a fantastic opener, but its head-scratching for lack of a better word. Im excited to see Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and The Last Of Us Part 2, release on PC. Those were two great surprises. But Ill resort back to being sceptical, by saying that Im kind of puzzled over Laura Baileys new project. I dont see the need for something that seems so forgettable, to include a voice actress of her calibre. Is anyone remotely even interested in this? Why is Aaron Paul working on this, when he truthfully hasnt made anything close to the calibre of Breaking Bad, since it ended?I see this flopping hard and being forgotten, in less than a week. Im puzzled to see Black Myth: Wukong win Best Action Game. Its essentially another Souls clone and, if Im being honest, I would have liked to see Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 win instead. Congratulations to Metaphor: ReFantazio on the multiple awards, very well deserved. Im still kind of astounded to see Silent Hill 2 remake completely snubbed. Luke Roberts was absolutely robbed of Best Performance and Silent Hill 2 was robbed of Best Audio Design. It deserved that accolade at the very least.I dont see the yearning for a mobile game set in Westeros and the world of Game Of Thrones. Its of course another cash grab and my expectations are zero. I was, however, disappointed with the so-called massive announcement rumours. kami 2 was announced and we also saw the first glimpse of what Naughty Dog have been working on. A space odyssey named Intergalactic. Am I the only one who actually expected more? Im not stating this will be a dreadful experience, but after onslaught of anime titles and Fortnite advertisements that I couldnt care less.Finally, Id like to conclude this on a note of surprise and confusion. Astro Bot won the Game Of The Year prize. Astro essentially swept the show and if Im being fruitfully honest, I expected Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to win. I hoped for it to win. But a platformer with quaint level design and enjoyable gameplay granted, but minimal story, wins over Metaphor and Rebirth. Im kind of upset over that. But it is what it is.Elden Ring is also back, with a co-op title, and Id like to hope this can be single-player unlike It Takes Two, but Ill cross my fingers. Overall, I found the show was less than what people hoped for. Considering I stayed up for the entire duration, until 4am it felt as if it was ultimately time wasted. I could have read about it all the next morning. You get what you pay for.Shahzaib SadiqInbox also-ransVampire Survivors on the Switch. Looks rubbish but if ever there was ever a case of dont judge a book by its cover in games and its only four quid.Chevy MalibuGC: We agree entirely, the disconnect between how it looks, and even how it plays at first, and the actual level of enjoyment it offers is vast.I just thought that GCs offices must be called GCHQ. Thats it. Thats the email.Ali KMore TrendingEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukThe small printNew Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. 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