It's the Internet. You're busy, Let's do this. Welcome to the Game
mess Decides Podcast. This is the podcast where we decide everything about the world
of games, so you never have to think for yourself. I'm your host
Jeff Grubb. With me is Mike MINAUGHTI. In today's episode, twenty twenty
four has happened. We're gonna talk about some of those games. We've got
the best games of twenty eleven as well. I've been playing a few things
here and there. I'm gonna ask Mike the same thing. We'll get to
all of that, but first, Mike, how are you doing good?
Yeah, holidays have happened. I've been picking it pretty easily since then,
trying to really rest recouper a playing a few things. But yeah, not
bad. The Browns are playing. I think I'm gonna like really pay attention
to that and interject while you're talking about the score. Sometimes that's fun with
me. I was here Christmas, Jeff. It was pretty good. It
was good. It was busy, the kids got a ton of stuff,
and it was now it's kind of like, okay, where is all this
stuff gonna go? So it might be time to like swap out some old
things and do some spring cleaning here very soon and early spring cleaning. But
yeah, it was it was good. The the funniest part was Addie was
being really impatient, and I'm like, is she just being four years older?
Is just something going on? As she was like running ahead and like
opening up the next present, like she was looking for something, and we're
like, like, what's going She said, I'm looking for Piku Nico because
she asked every single Santa that she saw the one thing she wanted Peaku Nku,
which is from the game Peaku Nku to Volver Digital, and so we're
like, we were gonna save it for last I'm like, we kept,
we got to give it to her. Now Grandma made her Piku and Nico.
Hopefully she doesn't watch this because we said Santah brought it U. She's
asleep right now. Everybody, we're good. So but Grandma brought it and
it was it was they look great. But so we hand it to her
so she could know. But like Santa said, give this to her special
and she opens it and then she basically breaks down with happy tears, crying
because she was so relieved that she got her peak unique you my goodness,
and now it's been like the number one gift old ever since she's been playing
with the NonStop. It was like a pretty good moment. And then Emmy's
she's been kind of happy with everything. Although there was I know she wanted
an Astro also, there's no problems there. There was. There was no
problems not having it, yes, because she was very she was very focused
on the peak Uniko. Astro was kind of like a bonus. I think
she might have mentioned Astro to like a Santa Hero there, but it's it's
an important thing, of course, yes, but Astro is actually someone I
mentioned this this problem. Someone pointed out to me that fan gamer does have
a Astro plush. I've ordered that and her birthday is in January. So
there we go exactly so she'll and what do you get it done? You
get for Christmas? Jeff? I got to write your children. Yeah,
I got the thing I asked for my hiking boots. I got two pairs
of hiking boots actually, so I'm pretty excited about that. Every day after
I drop the kids off at school, I go hiking and like this is
like a two and a half mile trail. It's not anything intense, but
I was getting kind of like it's getting wintery time, winter time. I
want something that's got a better grip, just in case, and something a
little bit more comfortable and sturdy. So yeah, that's the stuff for some
hiking boots that you got me a couple pairs. Get me a pair of
Columbia boots. They're really nice. Like I'm kind of just wearing them all
the time now and I'm like, it's not what I'm meant to do,
but I can't help it. And then I got a really sharp knife.
I've been playing with that a lot. Maybe playing is the wrong word.
Yeah, I actually use that all day to like open all the presents and
stuff like there was you know, can we get this thing out of the
box right now? I'm like, okay, oh yeah, we get my
knife. And that was a lot of fun and it's very very sharp,
so that's pretty exciting. Yeah, how about you. Well, I got
new suitcase. He saw that my suitcase during our trip in Ola was on
I did witness the death of a suitcase. Yes, yeah, it did
burst open, so I had to buy tape to get it home. So
I have a new suitcase. So that's good. Agent got me this Iron
Maiden Metroid mashup. Yeah that's really good. Yes, Yes, that's fun.
That's fun. Chris got me has it coming quite yet? Nose waxing
kit? Okay, he did that and I saw it. I was so
jealous, like that looks amazing. I want to wax my nose. There's
so much hair there, it's so annoying. He like showed me like the
paper afterwards, and there's just all these really long strands of nose hair.
And yeah, it's got to be really satisfying. Oh. I was like,
I was like, Lord, I want that for me. He knew,
so I'm very excited to get that. But yeah, I got's got
a lot of other nice stuff. Got a Ductail's art book, which pleased
me. Also from father, so yeah, yeah it was nice. I
also got a I don't have you watched Thank You for Leaving or whatever it
is that show on Netflix. It gets quoted all the time. Yeah yeah,
yeah, yeah, you know we're all looking for the guy who did
this show. Yes, exactly, so mistakes, Yes, step got me.
I think is the name. I think you should leave thank you,
I think you for leaving this or whatever that that other game or something you
for smoking. Thank you, Yes it is uh, I think you should
leave. Yes, Dan Flashes, you got me a Dan Flash's shirt,
So I'm gonna be wearing that on my first episode of Game Mess Mornings back
because the patterns are so complicated and I'm very excited to just like wear that
and not say anything about it and see what the see whatever it says.
So yeah, a lot of cool stuff, a lot of just like you
know, typical dad gifts of oh yeah, here's another multi tool and another
like things like that. Yes, oh you need those things right yeah,
I het they always get used for me for sure, right right. Uh,
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We did put the early Columbros out on Christmas Day this time though,
so you can yes your name Columbros right now. You have done four or
five episodes of Columbros. I think it was the fifth episode. Yeah,
I think it was the fifth point yeah yeah fee so yeah if you A
lot of those episodes are free online. So if you like the touchdown Browns,
let's go okay for the Browns. I really am. I want him
to do well. Joe Flacco still playing a good yeah hell yeah man,
yeah right, Joe Flacco being back you're really excited about Joe Flacco going to
the Super Bowl. Yes, that'd be incredible for him to, uh take
the Browns after winning a super Bowl with the Ravens. Yeah, that kind
of deserves that from the Ravens to be oh yeah, they owe you.
That absolutely cons that they used to be the Browns, right for people that
don't know, the Browns moved to Baltimore, became the Ravens, and then
you just didn't have football in Cleveland for a couple of years. Yeah,
the Browns became an expansion team. It was really weird. That was real
weird. Uh, but they're back in now, one of the best teams
in the league. It's gonna be scary actually if the Lions up against them.
So yeah, that's fun though. We would do something. Yeah,
and then there's like the thing is a fandoms got like a bug up there.
But about the super Bowl, like they said, like the super Bowl
that's really important for us, Mike, it is, but sometimes like Lucy
got sent to like super Bowl related stuff last year, and if there's any
chance, I'm like, I'll do that this year. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, you yes, exactly, We'll see. We will sit I mean
because it's like off the like interview celebrities and that's just now. I don't
I couldn't care less about that stuff. So but I'll do it, could
do it, I could do it exactly. I'll do it if I have
to. So yeah, uh, Mike, not a lot happened in terms
of news this week. So uh, why don't we just take a look
at what's happening next year instead? That seems like a better use of our
time? What do you say? Absolutely? Yeah, I've been thinking about
next year a lot. I know. That's really unique of me to do
that at the end of the year, to like think forward a little bit.
That is what sets you apart. It's one of the reasons I wanted
to work with you so bad for you. Wait, wait, what did
you say about me today? I hate that Mike's right so often, but
he is something basically something like that. Yeah, it's you said about being
your top ten list, Like, I hate to admit he could be right.
Hey, So why were you thinking about it next year? Like?
Is there something like that sticks out or is there a dearth of games?
I'm sared, yeah, worried. I don't know what it is, like
like something about some of the layoffs, and then some of the things we
found out about how expensive games are. I'm like, what if this is
the last good here ever? Yeah, okay, it's ridiculous. I know.
I think that there is a seed change coming, but it probably isn't
like a macro level shift in how it Okay, I am thinking about making
a video for YouTube here over this break where it's like, hey, I
do think PlayStation has officially won the console war, but what now? Like
what now? Like what do you do with that? Like you won?
And it's like the growth isn't obviously any like there, like to what end?
Has this a victory set them up for the future, And it's like
I don't know, Like I don't, no one knows. So it's kind
of that aspect of it does make it feel precarious where it's like we should
be at a point where like Sony's like got all this momentum going for them,
and instead we have more questions and answers on a lot of like what
is next? And so that makes me worried as well. Now they'll come
up with answers, and overall, I think games, great games are going
to keep coming out from the woodworks all over the place. We're going to
be just fine. But if you got accustomed to playing games a certain way
over the years, I do think it's going to keep shifting away from like
what we're used to, and you might have to like seek games out from
different places going forward, and that's that's fine. I don't necessarily think it's
going to start wholesale in twenty twenty four, but twenty twenty four might be
a little bit of a preview of that in terms of maybe we won't get
a lot of big games from the established, you know, first parties.
At the very least, you know, there are always chants for them,
there's always a chance for them to surprise us. But we just don't know
right now. I don't know what are you thinking. Yeah, I think
you're right, and I'm probably overreacting. And of course it's not going to
be as good as twenty twenty three. There's just no way. Twenty twenty
three was ridiculous. In some ways, that'll be nice. I could use
more time spent playing more retro games, or even just playing the games back
like for longer, Like I wish I could have spent more time with like
Street Fighters six really, so you know, techn eight comes out and that's
the only thing I'm playing for, But that'd be great, although at the
beginning of the year is actually looks a little stacked because you have things like
Infinite Wealth and yes, and that looks really good. Yeah, So what
is like your number one was the game you're looking the most forward to.
What was it last year? If you can remember going, oh my god,
I don't remember what did we know about back then? Because there was
we knew Starfield was, you know, obviously it was Tears of the Kingdom
was definitely up there. Yes, it was probably Startfield two. Starfield we
didn't know that much about until it had that amazing That's true, right,
Yeah, that was like my biggest question mark and where I'm like, I'm
definitely the most curious about Starfield, but I don't know if I'm excited about
it yet. And then that changed the summer game fest. Hang on,
I'm going to get the list of a game spot had it good? I
mean last year I think I said my Toys rathing game I was looking most
four two was Final Fantasy sixteen, which you know I like. But yeah,
obviously for the fact that I haven't beaten it. Yes, it's not
yet exactly blew my mind or anything, right right, Yeah, I mean,
listen, it's I think it'll be one that gets a bit of a
a second chance later on when people are like reconsidering things, but not like,
oh, something's gonna be everyone's favorite Final Fantasy. That's just not gonna
happen with that game. Now. I said that, I sure looking forward
to Fall Fantasy seven Reaper. I mean so am I that's up there for
me. Final Fantasy seven Rebirth is. I had a lot of fun with
Final Fantasy seven remake. I've said before, I never finished it. I'm
okay with that. The combat is just so good that I'm like very excited
to see how they up that system next time. Because they it's a continuation,
like they kind of can't reset you all that much. It's got to
be a little bit like Jedi Survivor, where it's gonna carry forward a lot
of that stuff and get even bigger. I think that's gonna be good for
the game. I think, Yeah, agreed, the fop facy games have
gone a little bit too weird with the whole Every game has to be a
big reinvention because it was not like that like Foul FACI one, two and
three were very similar. Then four changed the bow system a little bit with
the ATB stuff. Then they basically use that through nine, right like four
to nine with slight differences here and there, and those are a lot of
people's favorite ones ever still for five, six, seven, eight, and
nine. So maybe we should pick a bow system and elaborate on that,
or even like an engine and elaborate on that for a while instead of just
reinventing that will over time. You know, maybe maybe a Final Fantasy sixteen
or a Final Fantasy number game that is just built off of Final Fantasy seven
remake stuff but with original characters what not would be uh really cool. Or
head even build it off of sixteen. That's fine too, but build it
off of something instead of really starting over from scratch. Yeah. I get
that these games take longer, so it's like maybe part of them is like,
well, we got to be resetting more of the expectations with different stuff
each time. It's like, no, people understand that they take longer now
and they actually want to have that investment that they put into learning a battle
system carry forward a little bit, I think, son, do you really
have a problem with what I said? It's really just a weird thing to
say, Like Final Fancy has always been about change, Like they change it
every like five years pretty consistently since maybe you've been an adult you child,
no give out the time between games, Mike, it's like roughly five years.
Yeah, I mean, yeah, but I said from like four to
nine that they didn't do that and those are still mostly everyone's favorites in a
large way. Like ten, sure that that was probably about about like a
five to what that was that was extended period, Yes, but that was
more like yeah, but I think the point is, yeah, the point
it's constantly changing. The point is like they probably should not look at like
the amount of years and instead look at a maybe closer to the number of
entries and be like, we could do more of this over the the next
couple of entries, even if that is a ten to fifteen year period,
because the thing is that they have going for them right now is they have
so many different tiers and tracks of Final Fantasy. They can mess around with
stuff in Final Fantasy fourteen constantly, they can do stuff in remake, and
then they could do stuff with whatever seventeen is going to be, and then
they can change things up that way. But if it's like a clearly final
Fantasy seven, Rebirth is going to build on Remake and that's a good thing.
One of the reasons I'm excited about it is to get back to that
battle system that we played several years ago now. So yeah, I'm I
don't know, I'm excited for it. I think it's probably going to be
like even better in terms of because people really like to remake. I think
this one's really going to build on that and be better in a lot of
ways for a lot of people. I Oh, so there is a part
of me that thinks maybe Remake was really well positioned to be amazing because it
can be a bit more contained. The beginning of Foul fifty seven is I
think the best part in a lot of ways. But yeah, you know
they are. They do get the build up on something here. There still
are a lot of great moments in re Birthday and maybe they do kind of
make the openness of it work in a way. Again, I'm not expecting
open world or anything. They probably open zone. Everyone's copying Sonic. Everyone's
open zone. God, that was so annoying. I'll never forget when I
caught Open World and like the Sonic guy corrected me, I wanted to go.
I was polite. Uh. Yeah, My my early like most anticipated
game is Prince of Persia the Lost Crown, which I am hoping to get
very quickly at the beginning of the next year so I could just start working
on that game. Hey, Prince of Persia. But it's like more of
a metroidvanea uh, and it still has awesome sort of wall running and gameplay
and and and you know, cool platforming stuff. Yeah, I want that
real bad. I played this game. We both have really liked what I
played of it. I'm really looking forward to getting more of it. So
yeah, this is my early favorite coming out of the gate. I mean
I haven't really been able to talk about yet, but I played four hours
of this game. Yeah that's right. Yeah, review it's fantastic. It's
great. I like, you know, four hours, Like that's the long
run. I'm just about to say, Yeah, this game's gonna be good.
I'm really excited for it. I mean, I just like Detroit Vania's
I was readjusting my top one hundred games list because the year's coming to an
end. There's probably like seven metroy venyas in my top one hundred. Right.
That genre is just like it's kind of cheating with me. It just
really works with me. Yep, I agreed, And I think it's a
really good place for Prince of Persia to go. If they're not going to
do a big three D one, a big three D Prince of Persia that's
also a metroid Vanya, great idea, they should do that, But in
the meantime, not even in the meantime, the Lost Ground is a completely
valid and valuable thing to get on its own terms, and I'm very excited
about it. I don't know how about what's next, anything else that stands
out like January for you, Yeah, if we infinite wealth, Yeah,
but that one's more like okay, I'll I'll get into this and see what
I think of it. I've I've never really gotten big and Ya because they
are like a dragon. I liked like a dragon, but kind of got
distracted and pulled off it. But I do want to give IFFI it will
all go. But I'm really excited for tech in eight. Yeah, that's
ANIR game. I had a preview event before. I never really played that
much Techan, but I'm really looking fighting games a lot at the moments,
and I'm kind of just ready to dive all the way into this one and
have myself a good time. Wait, Christia, why are you sad about
Techan? I'm getting distracted by arms comments in the chat? What are you
said about tecan elaborate? Because it's not gonna have a rollbox, so I'm
fucked. Oh because the neck code, right, Well, let's just go
as to developers if they'll put it in there. Don't even don't. I
don't want to talk about that. I think they're very receptive to criticism.
And to be back about that, I don't know what you're talking about.
I mean, listen, I'll play some Tech in eight. I played a
lot of Tech and seven when it first came out and really enjoyed it.
So and I've always loved Teching and I'm glad that it's still chugging along and
has a chance to kind of get a little bit of of the fighting game
spotlight early next year and didn't get overwhelmed like Overrun this year, which it
definitely probably would have happened. There was another thing in January. I want
to call out Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy. That one's for you. Are
you going to play that? Well? I mean, I mean those are
all kind of long visual novels I've already played, right, Like, maybe
I played through the original three again because I mean those ones were it was
so long, and I really liked them. I do like these three a
lot. You know, if you played the original three and you haven't played
these three yet, this is absolutely must get for you. But it's not
something I'm going to spend time going back to, necessarily, not right away.
Wh it comes to Nintendo stuff, the Switch, Mario versus Donkey Kong.
I'm interested. I am my, I know that, Like I don't
think you are, but I am. No. I mean, I don't
know it should be. I know it's so weird how we love Donkey Kong
ninety four and this is the direct sequel, and and you like you're a
little bit nicer about me right now, you're like ready to give it a
try. Yeah, I'm kind of like, yeah, it's gross, though,
I'm hoping that, like I can get over the grossness of the GBA
game, which I do think is like something that is so off putting about
the way it moves and looks. But hey, they're redoing those visuals for
this game, so maybe there's a chance that it will work. But I
don't know, there's still some of that aesthetic holding over there. All right,
I gotta call Christian back in now now chat saying it this game does
have net code, Christian, what do you have to say? Now?
That's right? Roll back? It doesn't have roll I mean had said he
had rollback, but he also said this taking a seven hot rollback in that
game doesn't have any type of rollback whatsoever. So like, okay, I
can do what is what is it g GGPO or whatever? All right,
hang on, hey, let me let me diffuse the situation a little bit
here. Confuse this is the this is the craziest situation has happened. Fine
games. Katsuhiro Herada does not know what rollback neck code is, and he
keeps insisting that his game has it, even though everyone's like, we were
looking at it, We've like dug into it, we've done all these things
like it's the rollback maybe in the game in some form in terms of like
animation and everything, but you are not using what we refer to as rollback
neck code, as in predictive rollback neck code. So it's it's the wildest
thing. They keep saying, no it does a rollback when it just it
does? All right, situation properly defuse and explained. Thank you, go
back in your holes now, all right? Yeah? What's that Unicorn Overlord
the Vanilla Ware game? Fuck? Are you talking? You know Unicorn Overload?
Don't Actually I think I said it, say Unicorn overload or over it's
from Vanilla Ware, It's from what do you m call it? Oh shit?
All right? Yeah those fuckers, those fuckers, you know, I
do like their shit sweaing so much. Yeah, pieces, those motherfuckers,
like that scum on the bottom of my shoe, those fucking cleavage weaves.
Yeah, those guys. Yeah, the vagina bone inventors. Unicorn Overlord looks
cool because like all of their games look really cool. Good, And it's
March eighth, actually, so it's coming out early next year, March eighth.
I got a couple of February games I want to talk about. Oh
hit. First off, you know what I played that Grand Blue Fantasy versus
Uprising Relate three hundred and fifty eight over two days. Whatever it's called thing,
that's it. Yeah, that game was fun, man that you talk
about why foos? That game could just be called way foos. Right,
there's a there's another Grand Blue thing coming out February first, Grand Blue Fantasy
Relink. I think this is must be the fantasy RPG game now, So
I don't know, Maybe that'll be fun. Could you believe Suicide Squad killing
that's gonna be a real video game in a couple of months. It's like
twenty twenty four is gonna be a little bit slower and you're just gonna go
full hog on anime games. Is this what's happening? Yeah? I think
I'm gonna be a Yeah, I'm gonna become a real anime perverts in twenty
Okay that's fair. Yeah, Suicide Squad uh, same day as Persona three
reload. I guess I guess I'll probably play Suicide Squad first, but like,
yeah, I don't know. I just have no thoughts in my head
for Suicide Squad anymore. Yeah, it'll be I'll be very interested to see
reviews for that one. Huh. I I don't know what I I don't
know what I want to happen for sure. I guess I don't need to
have once to there. I don't know what even is a good scenario,
I guess. I guess the best scenario is the game comes out and it's
actually really good and we're all happy. But yeah, I just have a
hard time seeing that possibility. Who knows, though, Like you keep saying,
rock Steady makes fun games, how can the game not be fun?
Actually, probably will be, Yeah, it'll probably. But I am pretty
excited for Persona three reload Sona three. It's such a good game, such
an important RPG. This remake looks really nice. Even the things that bother
people about it not having some of that other content either is content that I
particularly care about. I don't need the fez kind of postgame epilogue thing.
I don't really need the female main character. It's always gonna play as the
male main character in this game anyway, so that doesn't bother me in any
significant way. I'm excited to play this. I'm excited to see some new
people try this game out. I might give it a shot. We'll see.
I know it's probably not for me, but I always like giving games
a shot anyhow. Hell Divers too a few days later. I hope that's
we had a lot of fun. We played that first one exactly, and
I think maybe, you know, getting in on the ground floor for Hell
Divers two, there's a chance we could really get into it. I would
like to give that a couple of couple of chances, a couple of like
maybe streams on Giant Bomb. That could be a lot of fun. Do
you care about tomb Raider one through three remastered? Maybe I tried to play
Tom Rader one like on the on like duckstation right, not too lion Go.
And you know, I'm usually pretty good about quote unquote aged games,
but even that one, I was like, all right, that's enough of
that for now. But hey, I mean maybe there's some proves to be
made. I still think it's a good thing that this is happening. I
will maybe I'll check it out, like go straight to two or three or
something which people you know say is better anyways, and then this game is
going to completely eat Final Fantasy seven Rebirths a lunch a day before it comes
out. Star Wars Dark Force is remastered. That's neat that this is happening.
Already really happy about this. I already really liked it when I played
through, you know, the kind of fan tool that already updated the game.
But I'm excited to see what this more official version from Night Dive is
going to look like. I mean, Dark Forces is just a fantastic game.
Thinking about the series a lot during the break for some reason, thinking
about Dark Forces and Dark Forces to Jedi Knight and Dark Forces three, Jedi
Night two, Jedi Outcasts and Dark Forces for Jedi Night three, Jedi Outcast
two, Jedi Academy, and He's like, man, they had a really
good thing going on there just now they never would because of the legacy stuff.
But man, if there was a new Dark Forces, that'd be so
neat. Uh yeah, I mean god, that'd be I would like it
just a sequel to the like original. I wanted to be a shooter first
you're in a Stormtrooper outfit that sort of thing. But whatever, I would
take anything in this series. I like Kyle Katar and as a character,
I got a couple of those books that Kyle Katar was in. I love
Kyle Qatar. I mean, come on, just freak like you know how
we we have freaking Chi Survivor, Like make a new Big Star Wars Shooter
and have a just star freaking Kyle Gatar And why not you bring back thrown
Thron's back Thron got brought in. We don't get caltarn. Come on,
come on, they'll bring him back and they'll ruin them. Uh uh oh,
yeah, maybe I don't want it to come backcause I don't want I
don't want it to hear your thoughts about him in the next ten years.
No, I'll be very disappointed. Although hey, I'll take I'll take dash
Rendar back to whatever ruin him, find whatever you can't ruin dash render That's
exactly uh Dragon's Dogma two. That's I'm really hopeful for this. Man.
I've not played a second of the first one, and I don't think I
ever will. You don't need to don't go back. Don't don't go back
there. That first game is for you and your brain is perfect, don't
you don't have to check it? Fair enough, Princess Peach showtime also on
March twenty second. I'm not excited, but I will be interested to play
it if that mays. Yeah, I'm excited, like in hope that in
the hopes that like my kids will can be into it and we could play
together, so we'll see. Man, So that Alone in the Dark reboot
iss suposed to happen in March twentieth, and I feel like we still don't
know very much about that. Uh really, but man, you know,
I've been playing the Dead Space remake now Reside Forrest so good. We had
so many good survival horror games last year. I wonder if Alone in the
Dark's going to continue that or basically just do what it's been doing for a
long time, or it just reappears every once in a while and people generally
don't pay any mine. Yeah, I mean, I'm not sure we'll see
I just keep seeing skull and Bones. It's distracting me. I mean,
don't even have to pretend. I mean, I guess it's it has to
actually come out this time, right, I mean, come on, just
release it, no matter what shape it's in at this point, yeah,
I mean shaped them Redfall was when they just released that game. But you're
allowed to release it. Yeah, just release it and let it be bad.
Who cares? At this point, I'm like kind of like would rather
that happen than have it keep haunting these release lists forever. Just get out
of here, although I think there are like people playing it and like some
basic thing and they don't seem impressed weird or reboots everything else, like could
you couldn't find something? You couldn't find the fun somehow? How was it
not just actually of Assassin four like with the different like without the Assassin's Creed
lor like so it needed to be yep, I mean, I guest they
wanted to make a multiplayer first, but I don't know Assassin's Creed four but
kind of see a Thieves but still more Assassin's Creed than that. I mean,
yeah, yes they did. David Harbor is like a big part of
that that alone in the Dark game, and I'm like, I don't know,
I do want to see it for that stuff, because like what are
all these celebrities doing in this game? But we'll see you guys. You
guys didn't really know much about Loan the Dark on the BombCast, and I
just was fantasizing about the history lest and I would have given you all,
did you know the first the first alone the Dark pre pre dates Resident Evil.
Yes, everyone knows that. Well, you didn't seem to know it
on your shot giving me a Lott of course load the darkness, like,
yeah, the first I don't even know what this is, sat. I
didn't say that. I definitely did not say I don't know what alone in
the dark way? Why did you? Why did you yell at your friend
Jan? I can explain to well, because it's on the I was with
Bagular as well, and I knew it didn't register on the important scale,
So it's a part to me. It's like, yeah, it came out
before is evil and it didn't matter either. Why did you? Why didn't
you? In my seat my stead assure Jan that Fantasia metso whatever is going
to be more like persona than Shimagami tense. He's going to be fine.
Oh because that one. I'm like, it looks more like persona, but
I don't know, have no idea. It's like it's straight up persona.
It's the persona people. It's just it is just fantasy person It's fantasy persona.
Right, That's what I would have said, but I still wasn't like
that was my guest or remember hearing that, maybe I'm gonna I got a
text Jana time it will be okay with no other context. That's a good
idea anything, uh that that Rise of Ronan game. I'm also pretty into
the way this game looks. I don't know, though, It's like,
guy, this is the one. Yeah, this was the one that I
was a little surprised. This was the one where all of you were excited
about John Bullman. I was like, why, I didn't quite get it.
I just think it looks. It's got a good look. It's got
a strong vibe to it. So I don't know, not getting the vibe.
I'm like, this is where we fight. I think it's gonna be
okay, Yeah, that's that's fair. I mean, okay, listen.
And maybe it's just that I was comparing this to that Stellar Blade game that
that just got delayed, and that Stellar Blade game is like the most Moisturizer
game ever, and it's and it's like so generic looking to me, and
I'm like, this looks better than that. I think that's what happened to
him. I'm going to become Team Moisturizer. I think here right are on?
Look, I'm sure it's gonna be a lot of fun. It's this
is basically Neo three almost right, yeah, yes, basically. So I
don't know sure, I don't. I just like the style. Uh,
okay, what do you mean? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but it's
just like realistic samurais right like Samurai. Yeah, I think that's what it
is. That's all it is. He's got, he's got, he's got
the big pant legs. Okay, yeah, Samurai in the Samurai Showdown.
Yeah, it's fine. Yeah, Like I like the way it looks because
the Samurai. Hey have you have you watched that Rebel Moon? I saw
that you did? Why what I say? It's trash? But he sucks
as he's so good. It sucks so bad. No I had to it's
uh it's seventh Samurai, but suck. It's just it's like the worst version
of seven Samurai you've ever seen. And they made a version of seven Samurai
with fucking Chris Pratt, so like it's real bad. So anyway, whenever
there's like something like tangently Samurai related, I get pretty grateful. I want
to show you only the episode of Star Trek the Space nine that's called the
seven for Rain and see what you think of that one. Oh, let's
go. I'm down a famous musician? Is it pop? Is it it?
What really is he a. No, he's he's uh weird choice.
He's a different Aliat. It's been a while, but yeah, he make
a good ram no more obscure. He's from the Gamma quadrants. Sure,
yes, Uh okay, what else you got from the list you want to
pick out? Uh? He in Chronicle hundred Heroes is the uh spiritual successor
to sweek it In. I am excited for this game. I have some
reservations just because that sort of early Action RP spin off they made was not
good, right, I mean I was like excited about this iud in Chronicle
in terms of like I thought it looked really cool, and then I saw
that other io did and came out and no one cared. Right now,
that was always like I don't know if it was exactly a kickstarter like stretch
Goal or whatever, but it was always supposed to just be some extra side
thing. But it was bad, Like I couldn't stand it, to be
clear. So you know, that wasn't necessarily made by these people or whatever.
But it does give me a slight bit of pause here. I mean,
you know, with these spiritual successor things, right, they can go
a couple of ways. Always, sometimes you get a blood Stained Curse of
the Moon. Sometimes you get a mighty number nine. You never really know.
And then in terms of games, they have dates Blackmith Wukong on August
twentieth, and then Warhammer forty K Space Marine two on September ninth. Space
Marine one is one of those games that was like I was always going to
get to someday, saying I played a little bit of it. I played
like an hour of it when there's a bunch of other games I was playing,
then never went back and like this is this seems cool? Yeah,
so uh yeah, it's it is weird. I guess that's the weird thing
is just how little in the back half of the year. I guess that's
not that weird. But even yet it's well, I mean, we have
like to be determined games like the ones i mean avowed baby steps. These
are the ones that I'm just like jumping out to meet delayed games exactly.
Yeah, I mean that's true for the like the later ones that we were
just talking about as well, those could easily all get delayed. Let's see,
I mean the Nesty to Expansion, the Final Shapes coming out on TU
and fourth. You think the pressure's on with that one. Oh differently,
definitely, yes, and yes they got them. They have to hit with
that one or else things are going to be bad at Bungee Exhibition is a
mud runner game. That's actually my most anticipation. I'll play this one this
time. Hell yeah, let's go that. I think this will be a
good one to like play together. The last one was pretty okay, but
it's the online was like a little bit under baked. I thought, I
think they'll probably figure out this time because it seems to be, Hey,
a mud runner game that you're supposed to play together basically. So I'm looking
forward to this. What else down trail? I suppose you're probably looking forward
to that. Oh right, that'll probably come on the holidays. The next
one, Fantasy fourteen expansion. Sure now yeah, Final Fantasy fourteen launches on
Xbox next year. Oh right, Yeah, that'd be cool. Another resurgence
of players. Yeah, Haitis two of course. God, that'll be early
access, but give it to me. Yeah. So Outlaws is Star Wars.
Outlaws is supposed to come out some point next year. I'm still pretty
hopeful for that game. I thought that pre GOVID we got at Ubisoft Subbar
game FA thing looked great. There's a lot there that I am really excited
about. I'm hoping that hits. Yep, me too. I like a
big budget Star Wars game really just like a big budget space game as well,
So I'm hoping that'll hit. I think it looks pretty good and it
seemed I mean it's from Massive, and Massive did a really solid Avatar game,
and now that looks like they're putting even more effort into Outlaws. I'm
like, that's a studio with a pedigree of like, none of the games
have been ever like bad, the Division games I like a lot. Actually
yeah, right, So I'm like, man, that's I'm getting really hopeful
for Outlaws. I mean, obviously, after the the you know, the
trailers and the gameplay previews that they showed, those looked really good, so
of course I'm geting my hopes up. But I'm just like thinking about it
more. I'm like, this could be like one of the best games of
the year, maybe even so you're not risking anything when you get your hopes
up, right, right, Yeah, you get disappointed that Does that really
hurt you all that much? Now? Exactly exact, especially with Star Wars.
I'm sorry yeah, yeah, so I don't know, between Expeditions and
Prince of Persia and Star Wars Outlaws, there's definitely stuff I'm looking forward to.
And then we were going to kind of, you know, veer into
this as well. But yeah, there's a lot of stuff we don't know
about. And he guesses about like, hey, but what's gonna come out
of Microsoft? I mean, obviously a vowed could launch. Help Bay two
seems like it's probably going to launch next year. Any surprises from Xbox,
PlayStation, Nintendo, there's well, there's gotta be some kind of surprise for
PlayStation. This's gout I think twenty twenty four games side from my Last of
Us Part one remake, and if you're just like thinking of it critically,
and if it can't be something from Naughty Dog, it's not gonna be something
from Gorilla. I mean, I don't know. There's a million Horizon things
I forgot about. Let's not count those. And if it's not gonna be
from Insomniac because we see their slate, I mean, it's it seems like
it's Sucker Punch is probably gonna be there with Ghost Maybe we're gonna get that
revealed and like an early part of the year and then it comes out on
holiday. That just seems to make the most sense unless it's something really kind
of out of left field, which I can't predict, that would be where
I put my money on. I mean, Blue points up to something,
right and yeah, I knew Ip, Yeah, yeah, it's it's It's
tough to say, but I think early part of the year we probably get
updates from all three of the companies one way or the other, and I
think we, like, this is my personal guess, that we from Nintendo
we hear about Metro Prime four in like that first erect of next year.
I hope we do, anyhow. And then from Microsoft they lay out the
dates for these games that are like hovering around. Maybe they have another high
Fi rush kind of Shadow Drop that would be cool. Probably don't have one
of those every year, though, And then yeah, Sony, I think
they set up probably two to three games that are relatively big, maybe the
Marquee game being Ghost of Sushima two that would be that would be really cool.
If they have that, I think they're gonna be set for the year
again. So yeah, yeah, all right, Mike, should we get
on with it? Is that is that good? Any other final thoughts I
guess about games that are coming out, No, just you know, and
I was being kind of pessimistic about this year, But when I do look
at the schedule, Yeah, there's a lot of games I still care about.
A Yeah, look like when I talked when I was talking about twenty
twenty three before you know, here's the Kingdom. The games I thought I
was really excited about were like those three that were coming out all in that
same moth, like fo Off, Bhusy sixteen, Diablo four, Street Fighter
six. Yeah, Straight Far six was great. Those other games were very
good or good. But you know, there always are weird surprises, like
I never would have thought I liked boulders Gate three all that much last year.
I didn't think allen Way two was gonna be some big deal for everybody.
So it's gonna be interesting to see, like what if we have any
of those again this year? Right? Maybe, Like imagine if Loan the
Dark came out and everybody actually loses their mind over it something like that.
All right, we're gonna take a quick break. When we get back,
we're gonna discuss the best games of twenty eleven, and also went through your
super chats. We'll do all that right after this and we're back, Mike.
We got a bunch of super chats. We should get to those.
Man. Well, Jesu, we did thank everybody. Uh all right,
ol grug says, hi is Mike watching a sports team or is he being
a professional podcaster? And like some people also, how about them Browns and
Alliance? It is it's funny. What's the other doing? Now? You
know what? I'm like, kind of cold of want to watch them,
but I know, well there was an interception touchdown for the Jets, but
it looks like the Browns have scored since then. It's only halftime at thirty
four. You know, this actually counts towards my super Bowl for a fantasy
football in the league that you invited me into. This season, I invited
Jeff into my like family and friends fantasy football league as we needed an extra
person and he's in the finals. I'm in the finals, and it really
it turned around for me mid season when I played you, and I remember
like, because I lost a bunch in a row, and you were like,
you lose all these ones and now you know, of course you have
to beat me and I'm like, I think this is I'm gonna go on
a run. I think this is for me. Yes, and I won
a bunch after that and made the playoffs and now here we are. My
poor brother Chris just dominated all regular season. Just he was like so many,
so far ahead twelve and two or something like that when we watched twice
huge points later. And then of course he loses his first playoff game,
first first round. Yeap, that was a bummer. Nick says, what's
a canceled game concept you wish would come back around? I think about Retro
Studios sheet Zeta game or the Diaty slash Donkey Kong racing concept. Huh that's
interesting. Uh, I'm sure there's gotta be Yeah, that's what I'll just
say, Like a canceled sequel like like, you know, sure would have
been cool if they made uh Megan Legions three, Like of course I would
have liked that. But yeah, yeah, and uh I had one in
my head and I lost it. But I don't know. I think really
in general, I just want Factor five back. I want to keep doing
stuff. I wish they were still around making games. I wish that they're
I would because they pitched for a uh kidder risk game at some point,
and it would have been cool if that happened. Yeah, there you go,
that would be really cool. Yeah, for them to just to be
able to like uh lack of a better term, spread their wings and try
other stuff even or just keep making Star Wars things, making Flight Arcadie games.
I would have liked all of that. I think Retro also to make
a Metro Tactics for the Wei at one point, like that would have been
fun. I think ye. Also, Retro may literally also Metro one to
do a Zelda Texas game. Yep, they had a Yeah that's did you
know gaming has a bunch of stuff on all of those Since very might just
say no to Retro, you let Retro do what they want. Yeah,
And it's like they were like, you get like these three people have very
different taste all to say yes to get a game made. I'm like,
well, that sounds like that should not be the case for Retro. They
should get a kind of a maybe a little bit more rope than that.
Of course, Baileaf Moon in chat says Titan Fall three, all that stuff
that they were going to do with Titan Fall three basically titan Fall three being
Tightenedfall but inspired by Hades. Fuck yeah, God, actually I get mad
every time I think about that. Not to say the curse word, but
hey, a Platinum Games game where you right out of Dragon would have been
cool. You can't you can't say. Ryan Allen says Against the Storm,
late Game of the Year contender, Against the Storm? What's that? Why
is look it up? Jeff? Let's you know, I don't know.
I'm looking at it right now, Against the Storm. It sounds familiar.
Thirty five percent on the Steam cells. Did you get a thing in the
steam cells? Uh? No, overwhelming positive research. It's a city builder.
It looks it looks heady filter. Yeah, you know what kind of
looks like a I don't know the way Heartstone looks like. It's a you
know, is a spinoff of World Warcraft. Something about this has a very
World of Warcraft fantasy vibes about it. Sure Ti on my birthday? Okay,
yeah, this game Against the Storm? Okay, maybe I will.
I will check this out. I just I'll talk about later. But I
just finished my first campaign of Steam World Build, and I really like that.
I don't know if I'm going to play another campaign, but I might
be down for like a different game in the same genre. The Trayment says,
twenty twenty three is crazy. Do you think it might be rational for
depths deliberately delayed games for release in years that look more like twenty twenty four
with less competition. I think it's just too complicated to really factor that in
too much. Can't time. Maybe you can maybe make some like last minute
like slight delays if you if you think that's good, kind of like what
Alan Wake did it. It just it's delate ever so slightly at the end
there. But I don't know if you can really think about years and months
or things like that, just in terms of crowded schedules. Yeah, and
if you I mean, and Alan Wake had the benefit of not having a
physical version, right, so that gives them a little bit more more leeway.
Are they doing good? What's it? I can see your face or
something happening with the Browns? No, I'm just reading super chats. What
are you talking about? But do you think you could read my mind?
Like? What are you talking? Just like this like apprehensive, like you
said, happening look on your face? No, just reading that looks like
wow. Weird. Okay, I forgot what I was talking about, so
you can read the next super chat. He says, Hey, Jeff,
does the leaked Insomniac buills that PC gamers have made a playable affect how Sony
feels about releasing PC ports where likely seeing Horizon in February and PC? What
about Last of Us two in PC after? Nah? No, they're kind
of unrelated. I don't like if you're implying that makes it feel more positive
about it because like people are playing it on PC and that the crowd is
excited about it, probably not. And if you're imply that it makes them
more apprehensive because the PC crowd's already playing it. No, they're still thinking
about the money. That's the thing that matters most of them. And putting
these games out on PC a year later, two to three years later,
that's still going to get them that little bit of extra money. It makes
it just a little bit more worth it. So no, no, I
don't think it affects anything. Baileaf Booth says, I'm excited for a quieter
twenty twenty four. The backlog is so big, I'd be happy to just
work through. That also gives focus to play all the great indies. Yeah,
you know, it is kind of hard. I'm not exactly sure what
indies are coming out next year. Hey, okay, Jeff, let me
ask you this right now. Is Silk Song coming out next year? Spoon
Heaven? Is that next year twenty twenty four will be the year of spoon
Heaven? Everybody. I have no idea, but why let's got everyone's hopes
up? Why not? I don't give a shit, I mean we should.
Is Hades two going to be only in early access in twenty four?
I think we'll even get the you think we'll even get the full release next
year? I expect that after the very successful development cycle last time, where
that was in early access for at least a year. I think it was
a longer, but at least a year, they'll do at least a year
of early access and that gives them a chance to get all the feedback again
and then get a maybe switch to at that point a launch ready and do
it exactly like they did last time. And then Nintendo will be right there
ready to promote the game in a big way because they had a really good
relationship with Hades one, because it sold so well on the switch, so
I think that they're primed and ready to do it pretty similar to what happened
last time. The ten Derek says, hype to start twenty twenty four right
away with a new Ace Attorney collection. I've played any of those games since
their release, so I'm excited to visit them. Sounds like the opposite of
me where I played those ones on the release, so I'm kind of good
there. What I I do hope that next we get the mouse Edgeworth games,
because one of those we never got localized, so they localize that one
and it would be a new game. They're probably gonna announce a new Ace
Attorney at some point here, I imagine. Also, yeah, I think
so. I mean, I know it's not the same publisher, but Professor
Layton's back, so I would assume like if I can come back, Ace
Attorney should definitely be back and bigger than ever. You know what. They
should also just poort Professor Layton versus Ace Attorney on there. Yeah, they
should. I never played that. I would like that I bought it and
never played it. I don't know why, I just got distracted. They
should put a Detective Pikachu in there. As well, just a mix thing.
Must say that game came out this year. Huh, I guess it
didn't. What's it like between that and Bayonet Origins? Which one would you
play first? Oh? Bayonet Origins? Same? I thank you? Yeah,
god weird yeah man' that's just two like the ten on me switch games
that you kind of forget about the yep, definitely, mister pad Rego eight
says High Up the Irons, Ben Haughty and Jeff Metal Health grub A shocked
no one mentioned Burnout Paradise in the two thousand and eight list, and felt
in my duty to mention this game before the franchise got shelved forever. Yeah
yeah, I like I like Burnout Paradise. Burnout Paradise. I like that
game a whole lot. I think I'm at a point where I can admit
to myself I think I like Burnout three better. Yeah, yeah, same.
But I do love Paradise, and it's one that whenever I go back
to play, I end up playing for way longer than I expected. I'm
like, oh, i'll dive in, I'll play this for fifteen minutes,
and then I always end up playing for like three hours. It's just it's
just fun to drive through those billboards and things like that. Paradise is a
good game. That was also Pad's first super chest, So thank you so
much, appreciate it. ETO coolest is what game from your guys backlogs are
you most ashamed? You haven't played yet? You know what? You know?
A game I've never played? Jeff? What's that? The Dark Souls?
Sure, yeah, I've just ever. I started it at like three
or four times, and I couldn't get into it, like from the very
beginning. It's just like, I mean, I get that it's already confusing,
but it's not already fun. So what do I do here? It's
just like, well, I didn't beat Dark are Demon Souls, so I
should beat that first, right that I just never did. I've bet a
lot of Demon Souls for the remake on PS five and that one. I
also kind of like, ah, I just I'm okay, I'm good.
I don't know. I maybe that's one of the ones I could like stream
so I can get the recommendations from the chat to like, oh, here's
how you like get into it quicker. I always appreciate that, but I
don't know right now, Like the No go ahead. No, you guys,
sorry, I was gonna say. The game that's like eating at me
the most right now is still Star Wars Shdow Survivor. I've like played it
in fits and starts here and there since things started wrapping up for Game of
the Year, but then, like Christmas got super busy, and honestly,
it's still kind of busy around here, so I haven't had much time to
play it, and it's kind of getting to me. I have put up
IGN's top bundred gives of all time. I'm gonna work backwards till I find
a game I haven't played. You could tell me too when it's one you
haven't played, okay. Number one was Breadth of Aloud to Super Mario World.
Three, is Portal two, four Lenk to the Past five, Super
Metroid six, mess Off two seven, Super Mario sixty four. Eight It's
oh, it's too good. Eight is Red Dead Redemption two. I have
played that. I just nineus half like two. Okay, here we go
my number ten and actually this is a good one. I've played a lot
of Half Life to. I haven't beaten that either. Yeah, you said
something mean about Halfway two early year, and I have not forgotten. Oh,
I was gonna like we talked about hell Divers. I remember the time
I got you crushing hell Divers and you said you're gonna get me back.
Is that sort of damn? It leaves still hanging above my head. Oh
yeah, I just want to make sure. I wanted to make sure,
all right. So number ten here it is Disco Elesia, and that is
a game I should play. I have. I played a lot of that.
I should just go back, and especially now that it's got the voice
acting, I should go back. And I wonder if I could take my
save out of that or not I lose this game. Let's see how far
we get to. It's one un play because eleven Super Marbos three, I
know you played that, twelve Grand Theft, Thought of five, thirteen Hades
fourteen fifty Night, twelve, Halo two sixteen's which your three. I know
you play a ton of that time. I haven't played a ton of that.
I mean I've done a few missions in it. Yeah, seventeen Last
of Us eighteen, BioShock nineteen. I've never really played the Last of Us
not right, really? Yeah? Really? Yeah? I mean, god,
I don't think i've actually ever even started the Last of Us now I
think about it, so yeah, play the last I played about eight hours
of Last was part two. Though, how about the Undertail? It's twenty
Do you ever try Undertail? I beat Undertail? Yeah, okay, I
like Undertail. That's a good game. I don't love it like some people
do. But also I don't have the point of reference that so many people
have of like what they carry in from other RPGs into it and stuff like
that. Yeah. I think. I also thought, if you like do
like get that bad ending also where you get to fight sands. I think
that's a big moment for it. Yeah, okay, answer anyways for me
is Dark Souls and Discosium. At the moment, I feel pretty bad about
I think, man, I should I should go back and play more just
disco Elysium. That'd be cool. Mikeel Leary says, welcome back, Boyos.
I think one reason in twenty twenty four feels soft because we annually and
collectly forget stuff like Nintendo doing six month announcements for a while now, so
back halves always seem empty. Yeah, I mean, and it is exciting.
We don't know what Nintendo's up to in a year where they like very
well could release a new console. Well, I mean, let's uh and
if someone wants keep track of this and like bring it up later in the
year, let's just do like a few predictions throughout this episode. Uh,
I think Metro Prime four comes out next year, do you? I'm not.
I am more confident in a three D Mario coming out than Rereed Prime
four. Okay, Okay, let me go. There's a there's our there's
our prediction. So and I'm more confident about Ghost of Shushima two than Metroid
Prime four. So all right. Uh Tyler James Bay says FedEx driver here
just wanted to say thank you, thank you for keeping me company and entertain
Oh your work, Happy New Year, and go pack go. Thank you
so much, Tyler. It takes your hard work man, thank you,
thank you, thank you. Ali Miracle says roll Pack Roll Pack D's seriously
epic up and Roll said game mess. Folks played, maybe played the closed
Alpha sussay squad may or may not have had a good time. May not
be as bad as the Internet wants it to be. Okay, I bet
it's going to be very fun. I do think the leaked audio of like
the story like where like they actually do kill Batman or whatever and kill all
the superheroes that stuff. I know they actually killed the Justice League. And
the worst part is easy as hell. The worst part is superhero media,
especially when people die they stay dead. Yeah, that's the thing you could
really don't have em Well, I mean it's it's weird because it's like when
when you kill these characters often like a comic book, it's got usually as
like years of building up storyline. Uh and and it affects other characters.
Here, it's just gonna be like the suicide Squad fuckos. Just I don't
know what I mean. I don't think are they gonna have any pathos gonna
are they gonna bash his head and with a golf club? Yeah, because
like that'd be pretty good. Every scene is just a shot for shot remake
of that, but with superheroes that'd be great. Nick says, Hello,
Mike, it's okay if I eat the cake toes, they are mine.
The Nadi and Jeff Tinkle's balloon fight is mainline grub. What is your desert
game? I mean, if I'm the most, if most count I'll just
take over fourteen and be pretty good. Yeah, I said desert bus for
hope. I was being real funny. That's just word association. Well,
you said desert game, and that's like desert deserted Island game. So if
it was rolling Western, I don't know. We're a dead redption two.
Probably it's fair. No, you'll never shut up about it, got it.
I wonder if it's like it should be like a speeder end game or
not, where I could just try to perfect that over time. Punch Out
would be pretty good, but I actually probably would get tired of that.
So I don't know. If I could play an online game, might admit
it might be ECO. That'd be fun. I could run some ECO games.
Connor Wood says, whereas by dank Pickman four DC, Nintendo did Pickman
three like have single player DLC? Is that a thing? I don't remember.
There was Pickman three Deluxe though, so sure what they do with that?
What was deluxe about Picking three? Here's what I remember is that they
fine tuned the controls, and it's like, that's not a lot, but
that was a huge thing for me, so that it was very It played
really well on the switch, and that went a long way. Towards making
it a better game. But there's definitely some other stuff in there. I
just can't remember what it was. Hitch says we needed indie ses Sex with
play station to style graphics. I mean, we just need so many arcade
style games indie. Yeah, there can't be. They're obviously been good indie
ones, you know, I kind of I kind of want them to be
triple a a little but sometimes too. We used to have it that way
and it was kind of neat that, like some of the most, you
know, biggest games in the world were just arcadi snowboarding games and things like
that. But no, indies are going to do a good job stepping up
and delivering on that front. And that is good too, yep. And
I hope that they live up to my expectations because these things always kind of
just usually not always usually they miss and I'm always like, it doesn't feel
like I wanted it to, but I want them to keep trying. Like
I'm still eternally hopeful about these kinds of things. So we'll see. That
is it for super tests right now, folks. If you want to send
in more super chats, we will read them before the end of the show.
Thank you so much. All right, another quick break while we get
set up for game of the Game of the Year twenty eleven. We'll be
right back after this. We're back, and Mike, I want to do
the best five games of twenty eleven. All right, I should probably start
by looking up what games came out in twenty eleven. Let me do that
real quick while you tell people what we do here. Yeah. Well,
we've been working through years. I think we start with nineteen ninety five actually,
and then been working our way forward each year looking at games that came
out in the US in that calendar year. The kind of thinking collect all
those and put them out in a book and call it like video Game of
the Year or something. Ah, yeah, that'd be a great idea.
Nobody would have thought of that. That'd be actually really funny. But yeah,
this has been actually a lot of fun. Good way to kind of
go back through things. It's been interesting. We are now in the period
of time where Jeff and I started our games journalist careers as a young wistful
interns listful or wistful, those different words. Whistful, definitely wistful, like
listful would be the opposite of listless. I don't know if there is a
listful Okay, wistful, then storry eyed. I'll just say starry eyed,
definitely. Starry eyed, yes, Jef so starry eyed. It's kind of
out of control fucking poop in our pants with starry eyes, absolutely and just
starry poop everywhere. Chat. Do you want to say a game? Rest?
Should? I? Uh? Yeah, I mean listen. I could
say a game and that game would be The Elder Scrolls five Skyrim. Yeah,
probably could say that. It came to that's that's a game. I
still really love Skyrim. I went into this having really gotten into Oblivion,
and I was looking forward to this and I think I started up and go
and I at first I was like, I'm not sure. I love that
it's all like this winter space and not like, oh I can go down
to the capital city like you could in Oblivion. Quickly though that that those
concerns went away and I was just like, there's just so much I can
do in this game, and the main thing is what I want to do
is fuck around. I want to go in the game, walk in a
direction, see what I run into, and it's usually going to be a
fun story and a lot of times you'll find a cave and you'll go in
there and you'll go through the loop, and then the exit's going to be
on the other side, so you don't have to go back through the cave,
and that's always so convenient. And then eventually you'll find the person who
be like, hey, can you go to that cave and get that thing?
And you're like, oh, I already did that, because I'm just
an asshole place who plays this game backwards and then honestly just installing mods and
messing around with the console commands and making you know, a five hundred foot
tall version of myself that can like stomp on the giants and things like that
and then run it super speed so it crashes your computer. I don't know,
I just love everything about messing around in this game, and to this
day it's one I'm like, maybe I could play some more Skyrim, Maybe
I should do that, and I seriously still happen sometimes. Yeah, it
just feels like the ideal in a lot of ways of that kind of game.
But as I was trying to make and I know, like, maybe
you have to sacrifice some of the more hardcore PG elements, right that you
may have had in tomorrow in, but there was something here that was just
so accessible and so kind of breezy to play. It was almost like a
comfortable sort of game, right, just you really did just kind of wander
around and get into little adventures. It just was incredibly good at that.
Yeah, yep, definitely. Portal two was a ton of fun. This
was I was really excited for this because Portal one was this big surprise.
It was like the small piece of the Orange Box. It was a little
tiny game but had this really cool concept in this really clever writing. And
then they really did just devote all these devote all these resources to it to
make it a full blown giant game that still kept up that momentum of the
original in real clever ways. It kind of had that three x structure,
you know, you had that moment in the sort of dungeon where you're doing
the Cave Johnson stuff with the different goo things. Just really delightful game,
really fun puzzles. I think some people now are like, oh, this
kind of humor has aged a little bit, or it feels a little like
cliche. Well, this is like kind of what was starting the cliches in
a lot of way A lot of games tried to be Portal in Portal two
because it was so good. It also has a fantastic whole co op mode.
By the way, this was sort of like it almost takes sund away
because this was the end of that era of Valve, from like Half Life
one to in some ways Portal two, because after this is when they basically
just stopped making games and we're supporting Doda too, and you know, making
Steam machines, making making auto chess games and stuff like that. Yeah.
Yeah, Hey, I like Portal two a lot. It's one I actually
played much later. At the time, I was like all in on Skyrim
and I'm like, I'll get around to Portal two eventually, and for some
reason, I'm just like a Portal one is like this, like perfect little
gym. I don't need more Portal And then years later, my god,
everyone still talks about this game in a way it makes it sound much better
than I gave it credit for at the time, And it turns out they
were right. Portal two is very It's still very solid. And again I
played it just a couple of years ago for the first time ever, so
that kind of like Eureka moment they give you right at the very end is
fantastic. It's a great build up and then they do it away. You
can't miss it, but it makes you feel like you figured out some kind
of puzzle and then when you actually execute on it, it's fantastic. I
love it. Yep. It's just a real solid, well designed game through
and through. I would probably put, well, let's see, I don't
want to do that one. Probably not actually, so I'm gonna go with
Super Mario three D Land, which I actually am a big fan of.
I like Super Mario three D Land a lot. It's not it's not Super
Mario three D World, which is better, but it's actually a really good
three D platformer for the three DS, and I think it's got a lot
of cool it's got a cool look. It's a little bit barren if you
try to go back to it now, because it's like trying to be really
reduced down to run well on the three DS. But when you're playing and
like natively on the three DS, you don't notice that so much. It's
like, oh no, it's it's sparse in a way that like when something
is there and it pops up out of the screen. It goes a long
way towards like making that world feel fleshed out, and then it's just it's
got a solid three D platforming idea behind it. Of you know, it's
mostly gonna be fixed camera and you're gonna explore these spaces, but it's not
gonna be this vast open space. It's kind of all right there in front
of you. But we're gonna make it a little bit challenging and a lot
of fun and a lot of cool ideas. So I like three D Land
a lot. It's one I think I kind of wish they would remaster and
re release as like an HD game, because I bet they could do a
lot of cool stuff with that. Yeah, I do like it a lot.
It might be my least favorite of the three D Mario games, just
just because the aesthetic of it is so basic Mario stuff, right, Yeah,
you know, I understood why they did it like that, but I'm
always gonna prefer something like Odyssey or Galaxy, even Sunshine that has a bit
more of a unique thing going on with it. But yeah, I mean,
it's three D Mario and also the gimmick of it is little on because
now just all Mario games are portable Mario games. Yeah, true, but
getting a three D Mario platformer was really cool at that time. Yep,
uh okay, Batman Arkham City. We gave a lot of love Arkham City.
You know, it is really cool and I know some people, maybe
even me in certain days, prefer Arkham City sort of more Metrovnia building base
design Asylum. Excuse me, uh, but Man Arkham City is a really
cool open world, and they did make gliding around as Batman with that grappling
hook work really well. It was always a ton of fun. There are
some really good moments in this game. That Doctor Freeze boss fight still stands
out to me a lot. You still did get those moments where you were
in these kind of complexes or these buildings where it felt a little bit more
like that Arkham Asylum style. Again, even just going around getting all the
Joker trophies. This really felt like a smart sequel in a lot of ways.
Yeah, It's one where I'm like, I loved Arkham Asylum so much
because it was like, as I'm playing Asylum, like, oh my god,
this game's really all made and I'm like, oh my god, it's
a Metroid Vane, and as someone who worshiped Metroid Prime throughout this entire period,
having the realization that, oh my god, we're getting giant, big
budget, Triple A games from great developers that are taking the ideas of like,
hey, a metro VENI can be three D, and they're seeing that
through to its obvious conclusion of and yet here we are another game of the
year. So I was always a little bit resentful of City changing things up
on that front. But what it is, I mean, it's it's it's
better in a lot of different ways, and it's it's still a very good
game, and it's one I'm like, I do think about going back and
playing all the time. I'm like, I should just like go in there
with Like the retrospective of Asylum is one thing, City is a different thing,
and I bet I would feel much different about City going back today.
Let's see here, now, that came out on the Xbox sixty the year
before. So the one I'm gonna go with is ray Man Origins. I
think this came out on the Wii in twenty eleven, and that's where it
debuted. I like it. I like these ray Man platforming games A lot.
I think I like the one after this a little bit more. What
was that ray Man Legends Legends. Yes, yeah, that one's like even
a little bit better. But Raymond Origins was great. This is the one
two D platforming game that I think really figured out multiplayer cooperative multiplayer locally where
it's like everyone's on the same screen and it doesn't try to like the camera
doesn't try to follow any one person. It's just like the action's pulled out
enough and you're kind of small, but everyone's just sharing the screen at the
same time, and it kind of just works out really well. And it's
there's no physics interactions between the characters, so you can all share the same
space. And it's got that floaty jump of RAYMN. So it's like the
platforming is forgiving enough that people of differing differing skill levels can all play together.
If you try to, like go from Raymn Origins over to something like
a New Super Mario Brothers. We had like the four player mode, it's
like, okay, yeah, New Super Mario Brothers. We's got a lot
of cool stuff going on for it, but it is kind of miserable to
play with other people. Ray Man Origins meanwhile, is a complete delight,
and it's got several really cool sequences of just like really frenetic platforming, and
it just makes you feel really cool, even when it is like, oh
the camera still pulled out. It's kind of got a slow, deliberate pace
that never hurt it. It was just all around a really fun game.
Yeah. I mean, look, these games kind of about Mario and Mario
in some ways. These were the best two D platformers, right, and
it was a big sprice, and they look a lot better too, their
gorgeous games. I really like, Yeah, I like them a lot.
It's a good pick, all right. I kind of promised the Pokemon Pervert's
this Jeff put them on black and white came out. It is you give
them an inch, they're gonna take a mile, Mike. I mean maybe
the last definitely the last great Pokemon games, at least for me. Last
time I was super involved with it, it felt like the one time the
series was willing to kind of mature ever so slightly. It's not like this
is some thoughts about yeah, well, it's actually a kind of a little
bit about like the villain. If somebody's like, hey, I don't think
we should just capture Pokemon and like force it to do what we want.
Now, of course it's Pokemon. So the story, it turns out he's
wrong in the games, but at least somebody is asking these questions. This
was also the last one with the sprites, and they kind of had the
animated sprites, so it's still in a lot of ways the best looking Pokemon
game that we have. I think there's a lot of the good starters,
good legendaries. It just just one just felt really good. You know,
Heartgo and Soil Silver were also fantastic. Those were remakes. This is neat
because it's basically a lot of those mechanics, but in a new game that
was a ton of fun and just more memorable than even Diamond and Pearl,
which was also on the DS. Yeah, I played a little bit of
Black and White. I remember really enjoying it. Now, I don't think
I got deep enough into it to be like, oh, well, the
story is going places, but it was just well made in general, and
I definitely played a lot of it. Black Black and White two, is
is that your favorite? Is that what you always say, no, no,
no, Black and White too? Is it's fine? Instead of making
a Pokemon gray. They did Black and White two, right, It's like
I should like that more because technical leaders, it's more new stuff. But
I kind of wish I just had a poky On gray, to be honest.
Sure, okay, I probably could try to pull something else out,
but I don't know if there's anything I think. I think I have one
that you will like a lot. Oh yeah, hit me with it.
I was like, I'm looking at the list right now. Yeah. Uh
Saints Row the Third. Oh yeah, that's fantastic, Thank you, Mike.
I love Satan Get Oh the Third. There's a sequence in Sants Row
the Third where two of the characters are just driving someplace, like it's an
oak WORL game where you drive places, and then they just start having a
conversation about the good old days, and Santa Ria by Sublime comes on the
radio out and then they're like, oh, I remember this was my whole
high school. And then they just start singing together while you're driving someplace,
and it was such an amazing like character building moment that like can attach me
because I lived that same thing in my life where it's like, yeah,
that man got that song took over our whole world, and so to have
them express that in a game and make it feel very human. That's like
the magic of Santsor of the Third and even the fourth one, where it's
like, it's really nice, cool characters getting along and having relationships with one
another, and then there's all this wild stuff that happens on top of it.
And Satsori the Third was definitely the best of that. So yeah,
really adore Saintsor of the Third. Yeah, it was funny, you know.
It was when they realized that it was better to kind of lean into
the sillier aspects and the leaning of things that made it different from Grand Theft
Auto than just being a grid Theft Auto. Definitely, yeah, and it
worked out really well. It's good stuff. Uh So, Marvsus Capcon three
and Ultimate Marvelus CapCo On three came out in twenty eleven, which I'll be
honest, actually, I don't think I like these quite as much as some
people. I always thought that these games were kind of ugly, but they
are very fun. They have really neat rosters, especially an Ultimate, where
you do have people like Phoenix right even showing up, but you have Almacharatzu
from Okami. Yeah, I remember you had a rocket Raccoon well before the
GUARDNSI Gaxy movie. I came out back when he was a deep pick right,
b shots, that's barls cackle. Three's ugly. Might be the craziest
bike tape ever. I have a little I'm not saying. I get people
don't agree with that. I mean, I'm surprised when people think that's a
shocking thing when looking at that game. It's kind of ugly. But that's
fine. It definitely was a lot of fun and I'm happy to consider it
for the list. Yeah, I put it up there. Sure I can
get to the eve unless you have like one more while I get set up.
Think it's good to look at what the community is thinking. I think
in a second, I think that's all the big ones. Here's one more,
here's one more. Okay, I guess saw Bastion. Yeah, I
did see that. That came out that year. I played a little bashing.
I was never never liked Fastion quite a bit simple kind of top down
action RPG thing. This is a super Giant game's first real big release,
maybe the first release in general, and it stood out. You know,
the things that they're good with today, just the really good art, the
kind of fun characters. This is the game where you had that narrator narrating
almost everything you did. Yes, I like that a lot of course.
Yeah. Yeah, this was kind of the digital game of the year for
me in a lot of ways, more so than Limbo, which is also
this year. Or no, Limbo was twenty ten. Just got Placation three
this year. Never mind? All right, well, I got the podcast
producers here with their input. Let's over, gonna hit the highlights here,
joy Z says super Brother Sword and Sorcery EP. I remember being so excited
for this because I thought the look was so cool. This is an iPod
I call it an iPad game. I bet, I bet it was on
phones as well. But yeah, I played it, and I'm like,
ah, it's kind of a slow paced point and click adventure that doesn't have
a lot going on. So I never actually ended enjoyed playing it, but
it looked cool. I I never understood what this game is. I think
I even played it. I didn't quite get it, but everybody was so
gaga over it. I just look, Yeah, I just never quite understood,
like, what what do you do in this game? You go to
places, you point and then you walk to that place and then maybe inter
interact with something. I honestly, I don't remember much. I just remember
it being kind of boring for me. Tommy Pencils says, Dark Souls?
Is that right? Did we missed this? Let's see us? Oh?
Yeah, there it is? I mean, yeah again, I've I played
it. I just never got into it, so and I just admitted I
So I'll just never really play Dark Souls. Going to be the year I
played through Dark Souls? There you got everybody? Yeah, another prediction fun
we played it together or something? Yeah? Sure? Currently yeah, Hey,
we kave depsils a lot of leve. I mean, look, how
boring would it be? I'm sorry? Maybe we should put it on the
list anyways. Some people to do that, but I don't know. Gay,
Actually, I'll do it right now so that we just don't forget Dark
Souls. You guys are gonna be seeing a big empty thing there. Yeah
you know, yeah, maybe an important game, as it turns out over
my face to fix that too. I like it. It's an improvement for
you blocks your mug. All right, there we go. H Jamie h
Christmas Eve says, yeah, ku'sa four was my first introduction to Kazuma Kureu
uh and the mean streets of Camarocho. The density and variety of things to
do in Camaroacho, a couple of each playable character have any unique fighting style
and memorable side stories made me a fan for life. Man, I don't
hear many people talk about like, yahkhu'sa four, like four and five and
six. I don't. Yeah, you're right, I guess I'm usually when
I hear people talk about the games, it's you know, I hear about
zero, I'll hear about right. I think those ones definitely like had I
mean, they improved clearly over time, but I know people did still really
like these Yakuza games. Uh, Mommy's Times, New Year's Blowout, Mommy
Times, New Year's blow Out. There we go, says I'm cheating this
week. I'm sure Mortal Kombat nine was already mentioned. World of Tanks a
big dog in the free to play a world still, and then the Biding
of Isaac cemented the rogue light like like slash Light as a big genre all
its own. Man, Binding of Isaac really came out that long ago.
That's wild. I think if Isaac rebirth is on our game mess game club
pool right now, actually because I have somehow never played it in Yeah,
I bet as soon as I started playing Rebirth, I'm going to get into
it in a big way. So you'll see, yeah, is it uh,
well is it best friends that goes on about Benny Isaac constantly like they
love it, Oh bestis yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, they rest
they talk about a lot. Yeah. I think Russ has got like several
hundred hours in the game or something like that, maybe even maybe even more
than a thousand hours in it. Nobody did bring up Mortal Kombat nine.
Yeah, I like Mortal Combat nine a whole bunch that was especially at the
time. Even that was really good. It wasn't the first game to have
that kind of story mode. I think even Mortal Kombat Versus DC had at
first, But this is the I don't know, this is the first one
I really think about. It was a big roster. I think the whole
kind of redoing the stories of one, two, and three was slight changes
was a lot of fun because those were, you know, old arcade games
where the stories back then were always so kind of nebulous or like said in
splash screens, right, I think Mortal Kombat nine is worth considering. Jackie
G mentions this game that I don't think I've remember this one. Skyward Sword,
the story of the characters, the music is without a doubt, one
of my favorite games of all time. I like Skyward Sword. I don't
know if I could put it in a top five for twenty eleven. It's
I think in twenty eleven because I was doing a podcast with aj then explaining
Barrel, I think I did say this was my game of the year at
that time. I bet I did was my game of year at the time
too. Gone back to it when it came out of Switch was a little
for me, even with some of the improvements in the speeding up after in
the post breath of the Loud world, it is a slow It's a monotonous
start, even in his monotonous beginnings in a lot of way. But I
do like the Skyward Sword. I think the motion plus stuff was pretty neat.
I would be okay, concerned, but you know, you're right,
we probably are going to quite get it on there. That's okay. Yeah,
I this is definitely right, like early game coverage career, because Nintendo
sent me this with the gold controller and stuff to review the game, and
I played all of it and reviewed it. For god, it must have
been a bit mob, I guess. I don't know. Really, I
really liked it though, but I don't know if I'm gonna get in the
top five. Always be clothing Slash Corgy, says Dayo Sex Human Revolution.
This is when I was hoping someone to bring up I like this game a
lot too, and I would like to go back to the DIO sex games
Real Bad, a game where a throwaway plot about a broken mirror had had
me questioning player agency versus a character's history and personality. Are you a big
day of sex guy? Not really? But I actually played through Human Shoos
one I did beat and I also liked it a good bit. I did
think that this game was a lot of fun. I liked its specific kind
of sci fi Detroit scum take on the future. Yeah. I thought that,
like different you know past, you could take what's fun. I think
I did a stealth build and that worked out pretty well for me. Yeah.
I mean the most memorable one of these, and I definitely understand people
who wish it was a bit more of an immersive similar the original game was
right, you're reading people's emails, you're not doing much with it. Usually
it's like, yeah, some of that stuff was there, but yeah,
it kind of strayed a little bit far afield, But I enjoyed what I
played a bit at the time, mister Bowler, a lot of good options
to choose from for twenty eleven, but for me, the bestest portal two
Flobotron says the Witcher two Assassin of Kings. Did you ever played Witcher one
or two? I played a bit of one at the time. It's funny
because people did like Witcher two, and then Whatcher three came out and it
seemed to erase that game. It really felt that way. Yeah, like
it usually it happens. There's some people like, well, here's why I
like the previous one a bit more, Here's why the previous one should still
be played, and Witcher three is the most like. Some people will talk
about Witcher one still because it's so different. No one talks about Witcher two
again, a game that at the time people seemed to like. Yeah,
Phlobatrin does mention a couple of reasons people like it. It's got a completely
different act to based on your story decisions, something Triple A wouldn't be able
to afford any more today, including CDPR Yeah, they can't make content you
can't get to unless your bouler skate three, in which case, hey,
a thlump in a French made outfit, which is from my diary. I'm
sure I mentions Super Mario three, d Land and a Standout one for sure,
and that Nteto selex Box are to sol ugly. Yeah, God,
all there are bad. This is one of the worst, though. I
really don't like this at all, especially with like the warning here at the
bottom Terioki bluesas nothing beats the world design of Dark Souls. Also shout out
to Dead Rising two off the record game where you play is Frank West and
a retelling of deada Rising two. It added new bosses, weapons areas,
brought back the photography, and added a no time limit sandbox mode that people
were wanting. Yeah, I remember this like the Frank the Frank West mode
for Dead Rising two. Clink says Bashing is the real game of the year
for twenty eleven, so I'm sure you too will have an intense discussion about
whether Duke Nukem Forever should beat second or third on the list. Okaylin I
love Dan Record's story about having to play Duke Nukem forever well freaking Randy Pitt
over shoulder like in Silenced the entire time. That would drive me crazy.
I'd be like, you know what, never mind, I don't give a
shit about this game. We'll write about something else for the magazine. Uh
two times. Champef Hammer says Jeff and Mike are going to punish Dark Souls
simply because they were not get good pilled a bunch of philistines. So here,
don't forget. Minecraft's official release was twenty eleven. Okay, yeah,
that's nice. The Crisis Well five says we have reached my favorite year of
Portal two, Arkham City, Dark Souls, a little big planet too,
and my two favorite games of all time Uncharted three and Skyrim. You don't
got to put on Charted three on the list. Just say, wow,
that's a respectable game to have as your favorite game of all time, dude,
Respect to you, my man. All right, ready, Mike,
Wow, that's a respectable game to have as your favorite game of all time.
Dude, Respect to you, my man. Yeah, as much as
I love like, you know, a chart a lot. I like Charity
three. I've it's weird how much more I lick and Charted two than three,
even though they are very similar games in a lot of ways. I
don also have to play again to really explain why I do. There was
something about Uncharted three. He's pacing those little weird or storytelling like there was
like that moment where he's like lost in the desert for a day and he's
like dying of thirst, and then as soon as he gets to a gunfight
he just runs around completely normal and just weird things like that. I remember
this was the game too where they're like, well, people thought that our
villains have been under bag, so this villain is going to be amazing what
you're saying, Yeah, the US is another bad villain, but it was
worse because they built it up. So it was like, Okay, you
think the game that gave us a ludo narrative dissidance, Yeah, I think
that was BioShock. Was the game that gave us that. Okay that this
it definitely happened with this game as well. But you're right, yet I
think it came back. I think you're right back in full force. What's
this? What is it? One where like the guy came out, like
the director or something said like, actually you're not getting the red things on
the screen where you're getting shot is like his luck running out? Is it?
Yeah? Whatever? Okay, I guess so hey, that's a respectful
game. Has has one of your hair games all the time. Respect to
you, My man Zoomer says, we drink to our youth for the days,
for the days come and gone, for when the age of Todd had
only just begun. Uh and then foreshadowing also when my pick Last Time came
out twenty eleven, twenty ten, my bad, I was on a long
gaming hiatus between game Cuban three Dyes also upset I missed my chance to nominate
the Best BioShock game last week because of my Zelda comment. So Yes mentioned
the Elder Scrolls five, Skyrim O, Creative Time three D for the three
DS, and Super Mario three D Land. Yeah. I guess this was
the year that the three DS came out. That's messed up. Yeah,
that's really weird. That's messed up. The three DS came out twelve years
ago. Yeah, God, that's weird. Back in the day, we
would be like, well, three DS games are retro now absolutely not.
No, No, I had no. Skyrim is actually the game that made
me stop doing that. Skyrim became ten years old. I'm like, nope,
no, no, fuck that. I'm not calling Skyrim a retro game.
I'm not doing that. So it's not right. The kids aren't really
that different from then. There's no retro about that. Really, it's changed,
the definition has changed. Slant mcloss mcclossum, I should say, says
my pick is the Witcher two Assassin of Kings is again yep, a huge
step up from the first Witcher game. Gameplay improved by a lot, and
your choice is actually matter. See bench. JC says Skyrim game. I've
never rolled credits on bench. I don't think I have either, but played
hundreds and hundreds of hours. Maybe never did. Like the next best supported
storyline, the one was like the two Kings. I was just like,
ah, you both sucked then hung out with dragons. I was like doing
that. Yeah. Usually when I play, I don't even like pick one
of the sides, Like they're like, oh, you want to pick you
know, one of them, and it's like I'll just keep going and not
actually do that. Yeah. Now nowdays, I like to plays the mod
where you just start as a random character in the world. Uh screaming mad
It says Madden NFL twelve took the truck stick to a whole new level.
It is the new collusion system. I think probably collision system use momentum to
give the series collusion system, Like what is this gaming games journalism? I
don't think so. It used momentum to give the series more realistic tackling,
including over one hundred new tackling animations. But I'll also offer Batman Arkham City.
Yeah, definitely. Sarahs Kain says. One that I think is going
to be underrepresented, underrepresented, but absolutely deserves to be mentioned is Terria.
Man Arria came out the same year as like the official release of Minecraft.
That's pretty wild. That's pretty weird. Huh Yeah, but I guess they
also just feel like it's been around for forever. Let's see. Matt Rare
Monkey says. Outland a fantastic action platformer that uses color changing system like Ikaruga.
That's from house Mark. I don't I don't know if I've ever even
seen what Outland is. Oh, I know this, I reviewed this.
Yeah, they no one ever talked about this one. I actually like this
one. It is just like to the action game. You're a guy with
a gun and there's like color changing stuff. Yeah, yeah, I remember
the time, thinking is where nobody noticed this one? Okay, okay,
that sound that sounds familiar. Yeah. I liked Outland. I wonder if
I could find my review now, ou smark. Yeah, oh yeah,
okay, yeah, Coward's score of an eight. Right, this is the
I definitely played this man that was twenty eleven. That makes me feel very
old because this feels like just a couple of years ago. All right,
well it's on Steam. See. Matt also mentions Bastion SAMs for of the
Third Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom three, and Skyrim. Let's see. Doctor Ryan
says Saints for the Third was robbed. I think that's a reference to Giant
Bomb santsro of the Third Forever. There's a whole secret room in that mansion
full of Dildo's Game of the Year. I do love Saints for the Third.
Hosp has literally finished a survival play through yesterday. Utterly timeless and in
my top three games ever. And that's for Skyrim. Michael Riley says Portal
two Crouching boomer By an open Fire says Ultimate versus Capcom three a divisive title.
Upon its announcement mere months after the release of Vanilla Marvel Marvel three.
Despite the initial pushback, the update was welcome as it changed as it's changes
helped the game move past the game's initial stagnation of the meta. Alex says,
most of my answers I would have said, are already already here.
So I'll shout out kill Zone three. Mike, you have any love for
kill Zone three? I think I like that more than two. I remember
I think I did was one the jetpack, right, and it was more
more snow. I liked the snow, that's right. Chrishure, are you
like you're a kill Zone weirdo, aren't you? Yes? So, yeah,
it only kills on two and all kills fist off. Just stop the
paintings play, he said, Yes, I am much anxiety. Lenny cool
Dick Diver says, I've replayed the three S version now, but Radiant Historia
has the best time traveling m gimmick in a game ever. Yeah, this
is supposed to be like of all the games that people say are like Crono
trigger. This one gets brought up a lot, and it's supposed to be
fantastic. This is an interesting, big one on my backlog. Crangeous basketball,
says Batman Arkham City, Isaac Clark says Super Mario three D land Boppy.
New Year says I just wanted to point out that since the Game of
the Year episode with jin Too, Mike has said don't worry, Pokemon will
get its time to shine with black and white as justification. When Poke mine
doesn't make that list and something tells me it will not be getting it's shine
today, It's still my vote. Though. We'll see, we'll see.
We're not there yet. Adam question Mark says Game of the Year twenty eleven
was one of either Skywards Sword or Ghost Trick. Oh shit, ghost Trick.
Okay, I'll ghost Trick absolutely, God, Ghost Trick is good.
That's you know, in a world where I can make Jeff play games like
this is one of them, I should play Ghost Trick. I bet I
would that it had that switchery message year that I think definitely went under the
radar. Yeah, oh yeah, I mean this year. Yes, people
are like, I can't take time for that that came out in twenty eleven.
Chaos Buckeru says, Jimmy Johnson's anything with an engine, guy, I
know, fucking Jimmy Johnson villain Maxis Skyrim is my answer. But I wanted
to point out how disappointed I was with Call of Duty Modern Warfare three.
Yeah, I wasn't as good as moder wlar Far two. For sure.
This was already at this point people were kind of like, all right,
like, obviously we like these games are the best sing game every year,
but yeah, it's interesting. Jeff, I had a friend over yesterday like
kind of understands why I do. There's a little bit about video games.
But he's like, it's really weird to me that you, like, you
know, you do video games journalism or whatever, and but you don't like
player talk about Call of Duty and Madden, which are the best selling games
every year. Right. I was like, yeah, I could see how
that seems weird to you, but you have to trust me. It's just
it's very normal, actually, yep, because there's just not much else to
say about those games. Imagine maybe even talked about Madden every year, and
obviously there's people who do do that, but they only talk about Madden because
what else can you say? Uh Eman, Goldie says, no, I'm
not screaming Maden, but I want to honor the last good Madden. Right
on point. It's Madden twelve. This is the last game with all the
features that current Madden players are asking for. They gutted all future Maddens for
Ultimate Team. It's the last Mannen to let you set hot dog prices?
Is it really? That's just something I assume is in every Madden, and
I like, that's weird. I didn't know that this is the last one
that lets you say hot dog prices. Jeff, I think that was he
intended me to say it that way. Also, it covers athlete is its
cover athlete is in Ohio hero and that's Peyton Hillis. Yeah. I remember
there was like a tournament voting thing and he won and it was very surprising
to me that to see a Brownie on the cover here. But yeah,
yeah, Peyton Hills was a star for sure. Yeah. Man, you
think about it, it's like, obviously Ultimate Team was a big factor,
but also this is man in twelve, So was this the last one?
Now? Okay, I guess Matten thirteen would have been in twenty twelve before
the PS or when did that come outte twenty twelve? Was we you okay?
Yeah? So it's like they probably were like getting ready for that next
One's like they always would start pulling features out of the man in games so
they could put him slowly back in over the course of a generation, and
then I think Ultimate Team just distracted and they never did that again. That's
real shame. Justice for hot Dog Prices. Sasquatching says fun single play missions
and the multiplayer was great. The controls felt weighty, and hits were impactful.
Can't wait for two and this is a reference to Warhammer forty K Space
Marine. You're just talking about this, yep. Adam GC says Fight Night
Champion. I only played a few of the Fight Night games and not very
much, but people really like Fight Night. Yeah, not really my thing.
Adam Asleep says, I think I appreciate Mario Kart seven all the more
in hindsight, as it feels much more like Mario Kart eight than Double Dash.
Yes, and we adding underwater and flying sections and customizable parts. It
was an excellent game on its own and set up a foundation that followed for
another decade. Plus, Yep, mariok Kurt seven is really really good,
and I mean Mario Kart eight really is just like this game. Plus,
so yep, more of this a lot to Mario Kart seven. Yep.
Buggadillo says Dead Space two is an incredible horror action game. Show g Cotostal
too. Not only was the campaign stellar, but the co op was legitimately
one of the best co op camp games I can recall playing. Taniel says
Bikini Karate Babes too. I'll hell, yeah, I don't know this.
This year has a lot of sleeper hits, So to avoid being the Skyrim
Slash Dark Souls guy, I'll shout out Nino Cooney and Dungeon Siege three.
Also shout out to Jetpack joy Ride, a game I played for hours on
my brother's iPod Touch when I was grounded for a month. Being seventeen was
weird. Yeah, shout out to you, Taniel, But oh yeah,
go ahead, sorry, but Nino Nina Kune, I'm making sure. Actually
this game actually came out. Yeah, it doesn't come out in the West
until a couple of years. Actually, twenty e one was Japanese so we'll
talk about Nina kuon Ah twenty thirteen. Believe it or not, Wow Bikes
and Bruce says, I'll throw in for dead Space. Stue is still my
favorite dead Space. Also, thanks for the great year of content. Looking
forward to see what's coming in twenty twenty four. Yet it was really good.
I like to even back then, I think I was a minority of
looking Death Space of one more, but I didn't play through all of two.
But I hope, I hope they do a remake of two because just
from when I play at the de Space of wondermake, they've done a great
job. Yeah, curious what is that studio Let's do is working on one
of the Marvel games now right for you? Yeah, thank you? Motive
Motive, It's Motive right. And I think that they're doing either Black Panther
or one of the other ones. And I can't remember which one. There's
somebody Yeah, wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, I think is that new whatever?
Yeah, doctor Lydge says as Taniel said, this year has a lot
of sleeperheads, but also a ton of great Superman motors making the iron Man
game iron Man Okay, no, thank you. I was trying to place
it. For me, I want to shout out Dave Sex Human Revolution,
which has some truly brilliant storytelling. Having replayed it again at the start of
twenty twenty three, it's just as good as ever, but also a shout
out to Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions. While the show slowed down
in the game is unfortunate, the additions and improvements improved script make it a
wonderful update. Betray Even says Skyrim is a worse version of Oblivion. Dark
Souls is a better version of Demon Souls, easy choice for twenty eleven Game
of the Year. Big Tony says Catherine Maine is a fun game. Oh
no, sure think I don't know if I think enough of it to top
five it, but I like Catherine there yeah. JD Camp says I like
Wizorb. I think I've heard of this, but I've never played Wizorb.
I like pie Vision forty nine says Dark Souls in Portal two are both probably
top ten all timers for me, So do your civic duty and put them
on the list. Maw dmc slash or in excuse me, dmc ddd's macabre
consygen Dudes, I don't know what that word is. Constant Kirby Returned to
Dreamland was Kirby's first home console game in ten years, and I amo where
the games took a big step up in quality. A greater amount of thought
was put into the level design, using specific abilities to navigate challenges and selt
puzzles, and the multiple moves per copyability finally submitted their place in the series.
This is the game that got me into the Kirby series. Is this
the way they came up with? Like, oh yeah, basically the copyabilities
are going to work like smash attacks, where you're gonna press up to do
something like to press something else. I mean, so Superstar and Superintendo did
that first, and then they went back from it, like sixty four and
Dreamland three didn't do that. This was the one that brought that back.
This is the This was the engine that all the two D Kirby games used
since then. Yep. And this is the one that got re released through
Switch this year, right one we had the remake of this year. So
yeah, this is one of the games I beat this year, and I
thought it was pretty good. My kids liked it a lot. Uh tea
money oh G says Ghost Trick is my choice. I played it for the
first time this year and it was incredible. Not Scott Walker S's Pokemon Black
and White. It's your time to shine. Dios X Human Revolution from Hammond
of Texas he Got Days forty two says Skyrim arkham City, Dark Souls and
Portal two rt bicksys. Twenty eleven was the year I built my first gaming
PC Battlefield three witch or two and Skyrim will always have a place in my
heart. Also, I didn't play it until a couple of years later,
but Dark Souls is an absolute masterpiece. Ali Miracle says did you all did
you all do? Competitive? Catherine my sicho ass did? It was what
also brought the robust dish multiplayer mode in the remake. Recently, one of
the few plats that may have taken may have taken a few years off my
life lifespan Okay, yes, and totally also way way way too much Marvel
versus Capcom three, Edgar marinosys. Portal two is my game of the year.
He also mentioned Dragon Quest six Realms of Revelation, but I barely remember
that game now. Portal two still holds up. That's interesting because Dragon Quest
six is one that what I was like in my Dragon Quest phase I think
last year or the year before, like that's when people are seemed really mellow
on. This is the remake of it that came out for DS. I
still want to play it at some point, but it does not get as
much love as like Dragon Quest five or four, eight or some of the
other. Yeah. Like I was cause I thought eight came out before this,
and okay, so this is a remake, all right? Cool?
Uh yeah, if I remember at the time people being like nine is great
and six is like m spooky Christian, I remember this iteration of FIFA being
very cool. But don't ask me why because I already forgot what's different from
FIFA eleven. He's talk about FIFA twelve and then Turbo Sean says, jesus
h tap dancing christ Guys, please, I'm begging you. Pokemon black and
white. There it is there, It is all right. I'll get this,
uh reformatted over here so we can see everything. Yeah, so what
do we want to add that people talking about? I think definitely I added
most of them. Ghost. I added ghost trick. Yes, that's important.
Second one, I am pleased. I like Ghost Trick a lot.
Okay, this is gonna this is going to be interesting. Maybe this is
maybe going to be a interesting. Okay. So for audio listeners, here's
what we have. Skyrim Portal two, Super Mario three, d Land,
Batman, Arkham City, ray Man, Origins, Pokemon, Black and White
Saints, Throw of the Third, Ultimate, Marvel Versus Capcom three, Bashion,
Dark Souls, Ghost Trick. Do we want to add which er two?
I never played it. I never played it. Uh No, It's
fine, okay, like I said, And it seems like I think it's
neat that there were two people brought it up. But I that's like the
first time I heard people brought it up since what your three came out.
I think ye. Anything else you want to add that we've left out,
No, and not things that I think me or you are going to like
really give best strong chance here. In terms of top five, I think
we're good. Yep, I think I think we're pretty good. I am
interested in what you think should go up for sure, I mean clear clearly
Skyrim is going to make the top five. Skyrim is a for sure yeah,
and that I think Batman's probably going to go up. Portal two probably
goes up. Which one did you say lastly? Sorry? Portal two,
portal Yeah, those three seem pretty likely to me. I really would like
to get Centro the third up there. Oh no, here's what you're doing
to me. Here's my here's my issue. Now, I understand if we
have to, like it's the end of the year, we gotta be nice
to these listeners every once in a while. Here's the thing. Yeah,
oh no, that because I really do want to pokemon Black White up there.
But holy shit, do I like ghost Trick? Okay? What if?
What what if? What if? What if we got Arkham City for
Coast Trick? Yeah, I'm okay with that. I like during Your City
a lot. He's like number six. Yeah, that's number six. Everybody.
It's good. There you go, okay, all right, okay,
so let's just let's just start. But look, I'm a man by word
all these people do thinks we're gonna do it? No fuck up, Black
at White is happening. Well, let's go st trick there for a second.
All right, So I no, no, I'm just gonna movie it's
a Christmas miracle. Everybody uh, ghost trick and then hey, it's my
birthday month. Put ghost tric at two. Yeah, yeah, listen,
this is just temporary. Okay, yes, do you want to go strict
up there? I'm fine with sugar number fucking two. Let's go as long
as I can get seen through the third to three. Then hey three at
third? I like it? Okay, cool, all right, so let's
do this. Do you want to put Pokemon black and White above portal two
or not? He's really good at number five in my opinion, really good
showing for Pokemon black and White. I don't know why. I think this
is very You make the list, everybody, but we did. We did
it. I told you Pooky Monkey making one of these lists. Oh yeah,
you guys got to shut up about Pokemon now. Sorry, No,
it's fine, I will. I will make fun of you if you suggest
Pokemon X and Y, but you're allowed to. Uh. We're cutting Super
Mario three, d land Arkham City, ray Man Origins, Ultimate, Marvel
Versus Capcom three, Bashing, and Dark Souls. Sorry me and my can't
play Dark Souls. Elder Scrolls five, Skyrim at number one. That does,
that's probably right, right, Yeah, it's Skyrim. It's a little
boring, but it's right. Yep. Then Ghost Tricks Saints for the third
Portal two and Pokemon Black and White rounded and out at number five. I
think last last time we did this, we actually did not have anybody yell
at us favoritbody seemed mostly happy. I suspect this time we might get yelled
at Mike. We might get yelled at find out right now as I post
it to Twitter. Yeah, I think I think we're going to see very
excited, still fun show we do here. All right, there we go,
Game of the Year twenty eleven. Thanks for hanging out with us for
that, everybody, You know what, Let's do one last quick break and
then when we get back, we'll talk about what we've been playing. And
we're back. Mike, what have you been playing? What have I been
playing? Oh, I've been playing that God of War Ragnarok val Hala thing.
Yeah, I play. I played a couple hours of that and I
might go back to play some more. I was enjoying that. That's pretty
good. It's very good. I mean, it's just a really smart way
of implementing that kind of in that game, and in a way that is
still like continuing the narrative in some fun ways, and does have some fun
callbacks to the Greek Adventures, which I enjoy. I think I made a
mistake though, because I first played through, I played like three hours.
I was completing all my runs first try. I was like, Okay,
this is maybe a little too easy. I'll bump the difficulty up one notch.
And I don't know if the game just also naturally got harder because I
completed a few runs or what. But as soon as I did that and
it was not supposed to be a big increase, the game's been kicking my
butt then, Like I went from three runs like three or four runs in
a row without really dying, to just try to complete one more run and
maybe it's the last run for all I know. I don't know, and
that's why it's so hard now. In some ways, I'm happier this way
that it has been harder, because that kind of was by complaint. They're
like, oh, this is funned. It feels like too easy. It
doesn't feel like it feels like I can win no matter what build I get.
Now I'm just struggling to even find a build, or maybe I'm just
not good enough yet, who knows, But yeah, I think this is
really impressive, especially for free DLC. That's nuts. Yep, it's my
favorite trended gaming right now. It's uh, you know, hit Man three,
Freelancer, this, you know, the mode and the Last of Us
which I haven't tried yet, but I'll give it a shot. I just
love this idea of taking all this content and building to mode that you could
effectively. I know, God of War Valhalla has a sort of an ending
you get to and then you're done, but ideally you could go back and
play this game best. Who knows what the next build you're going to get
it is going to be, like, it could be completely different again.
So yeah, I'm a big fan of this idea, and I think they
implemented it really really well. And honestly, the storytelling stuff being very hadous,
like of every time you get back most of the times when you get
back you get a little bit more story and the things get developed. I
think that's really well done as well. So it's just through and through.
Very impressive. Yeah, that's exactly where ford. I'm very impressed that this
thing exists, you know. Credible job by Santa Monica, that the whole
city of Santa Monica. Yes, I mean it takes a city absolutely to
make a good video game. I've been playing and I wrote them. You
know, I beat that campaign of a Steam World build, and you know,
at a certain point, it's like you're kind of going through the motions
with a city builder, especially one where it's like, hey, the goal
here is to get these parts for the spaceship and launch the spaceship, and
the sort of tier progression of Okay, you got to satisfy the needs of
this these residents, so then you can then upgrade them to the next thing.
So they go from just being residents to engineers, and then engineers to
aristocrats, and aristocrats to scientists, and it's like, oh, the scientists
are top tiers where you're going to go, well, no, you have
to make all them happy. So then they could build the rocket fuel to
launch the ship. And it's like, okay, so it's pretty similar,
and all the buildings you're building are they are funneling into those those needs.
But I found that it's not like something like SIV, and I think a
lot of other city building games sounds like to me, it's really tickles my
fancy. Yes, I did like look into it after you mentioned that last
time, and it's like, I think that's probably right. Does Anno have
a thing where like when you put a building down, it feels like it's
doing its own thing because that here, it's like at a certain point,
the city just follows like a big blob of stuff that sounds like okay,
okay, okay, And it's like, you know, I didn't feel that
way until the very end, So it's like, up to that point,
it's like, you know, this is fine, that's very satisfying, but
by the end, I'm like, okay, yeah, this just kind of
a big log glob and I don't have any attachments really to any specific building
or anything like that. And you know the underground stuff that I mentioned last
time, where it has some of the tower defense elements, that stuff never
got annoying. It was just very straightforward. At a certain point, you
are always getting attacked, but if you have your defenses set up properly,
it kind of just takes care of itself. And that's kind of nice to
be, like I don't even have to go check in on that level because
I know my infantry men are going to go out and they're going to attack,
and then if they break through those lines, the big laser beams will
take them out, the big electrical gun will take them out, and then
the infantrymen will respawn and be able to fight back. And then once once
the fighting dies down, the mechanics will fix everything and fix up all the
people, and that floor be completely set so you don't have to actually get
distracted from what you're doing if you have your defenses set up properly, properly,
and I like that, but yeah, I you know, the last
underground level of opening up these spaces and building bridges, I really liked that
element of it. Of Okay, this one feels much more like I'm exploring
the dungeon to a certain extent, and that was pretty good. But I
definitely was ready to wrap it up when I got through that first campaign,
And like I said, I don't know if I'm gonna do another run with
the game. Maybe maybe I'll get their urge to do it, but right
now I'm like, ah, I'm gonna consider that game beaten. I won
one run of it. That's a beaten game. I also started Ads Guards
Wrath two for the Medaquest three mic out a ten game from IGN. Yeah,
people seem really high on this, and I get why because it's basically
it's like God of War but in VR very much. For like, you
get an ax that looks like a hammer and you can throw it and then
you press a button and you whip your hand back and it flies right back
in your hand, and that feels as good as it sounds. It is
such a cool feeling. And there's like wall running in VR, which I
think some people are like, that's going to make me sick. It actually
works just fine. It's just a pretty cool action game with some like light
puzzle solving stuff here and there, but going into a new room having to
explore it and be like, all right, there's some pots over there I
want to break and just throwing my axe at it and then whipping it back.
That's like really satisfying. That is like a ten out of ten game
mechanic on its own. So building a whole game around that and making a
bunch of fun stuff to do with that, that that's what they did,
and that's a very satisfying game. The boss flights are actually pretty cool too.
I'm fighting a giant griffin and this is like the first five minutes of
the game this part, so no spoilers, I guess if people care about
ascards or a two spoilers. But it's like a giant griffin and it's like
hanging over you and they get fires fireballs that use you swing at those,
those fly back at the griffin. It gets stunned, and then you can
approach it, like by dashing towards it, and then you just stab it
with the sword and it feels like I'm stabbing it with the sword and that's
very cool as well. So it's like a big real game. I don't
know how it really stacks up to Alex. I think Alex is probably still
more impressive generally, but this is a really fun, solid real VR game
and I'm pretty impressed by it. Do you how do you feel about all
the Norse stuff? Like I definitely have some Norse fatigue. Oh definitely fatigua
right yeah. So oh it's like looky this and O and that and there's
a Thor and it's another version of Thor and say, oh my god,
really we're doing this. How many do we need? I don't need this
many Thors, I really don't. But it's also not like it doesn't ruin
anything on its own. It's a fine take on all those things, but
I am definitely tired of it. I will say, if you are trying
to make a game on the cheap, though, and yet you want to
like have stuff that feels like, well, I know what this is and
I have a connection to these things, Norse mythology goes a long way toward
accomplishing that, so I don't blame them for going the It does do the
thing also where what people are asking God of War to do, it goes
to Egypt, like you, so you're like doing shit in Egypt with like
Egyptian gods and stuff. So that's a pretty cool take. I guess that
means it's gonna be more difficult for God a word to do it, or
maybe that won't matter. But yeah, it's it's impressive and I'm gonna keep
playing it. I still don't know how much I need real VR games,
though, even if it is like a really solid someone I'm like I would
I think I'd rather just be playing a video game on my couch or on
my bean bag with the Steam deck. This is great and all, but
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna get done with Asgard's Raft two and being like,
all right, what's next, I'm like, No, that was a
fun use of this mediquest three thing that I got from from Facebook that they
sent to me, and cool, that's that was that. Now that had
set made sense to actually try and mess around with. And I don't need
another one of those necessarily, but maybe I'll feel different after I play more
of it. And then I've been playing a more case of the Golden Idol.
My save got corrupted. People might remember this my mistake got corypticcause I
was playing in the early days on the Steam deck and something got messed up
with the Steam save and so I lost all my progress and I kind of
didn't want to go back and redo everything. I'm at a point now where
I'm like, I don't remember all these things. So it's fun once again
to solve that stuff. And now I'm further into the game than I ever
was and basically near the original ending ending of that and it's still really good.
And now I have two sets of DLC to get through, which are
like whole new campaigns on their own, and that they that studio said they
have a new game coming to that. They announced that the Summer game are
at the Game Awards, So I'm just fully back on board with these games
and it's definitely Chance of Sinar. This game and a Return of the over
Den are just this genre of figuring things out in your head that I'm just
I am super into right now. So yeah, a big fan of Case
of the Golden Idol. I really like its style. Still of the hand
drawn art and these static scenes of just grew some murders, but it's kind
of cartoony in a fun way. I know, big fan of Case of
the Golden Idol, but that's it for me, Mike, I don't know.
Yeah. I also have been playing the Dead Space or remake, which
is a weird thing to play at the end of this year. Since it
came out the beginning, it feels like a really long time ago. This
is actually a game club game. God, I wish I put this one
to come out though. It is very good, big surprise. I even
liked the original Dead Space. I did play through it even back when it
was my coward age, But god, this game does just look gorgeous now
everything that was fun about that original, just like giving you that gun that
shoots like in lines and having those very obvious thin limbs this shoot off.
I love that that could be the only weapon the game, honestly, and
I almost maybe would even like it better. Yeah for real. But you
know all the added stuff that they did add like there is a lot more
of those dead zero G stuff, and it feels really neat in here.
I love the zero G. It's not disorienting. Actually if somehow controls really
fluidly and it's it's just a neat It is a very good spaceship game,
right, You want a game just like set on a spaceship so space station
that kind of have those like an eighties or seventies dirty sci fi a sect
to it. I don't know there's anything better than this, so I'm I'm
quite enjoying it. What a great year for that kind of third person survival
horror style game, right, ye stuff. Yeah, I think the industry
is realizing that as a well, they can keep going back to over and
over because the audience it's in those into those kind of games, They don't
they don't get sick of them. They just want more and more and more.
And it's an audience that's getting bigger all the time and resume problems,
so the biggest proof of that. But yeah, it's it's not a genre
like some giant RPG thing where that's the game you're gonna then play for one
hundred hours or yeah, you beat these games in like ten, twelve,
fifteen hours and maybe you'll play go and play in a few more times,
but even that most is going to be a forty hour thing and then yeah,
you want a new one? All right, Mike, I think that's
time to wrap it up. What do you say? Yeah, Hey,
you know what, Jeff, what a year. We got a few more
super chats. Let's hit them this first, but first, but Ben,
Yeah, a lot of stuff was going on this year. It was so
much fun to do that with you and with the community. Definitely, we're
definitely on a lot of stuff now. It's shocking how much stuff we're on.
This was the og game Messed Asides formerly Games Beat the Sides, laid
back when, and it's still always a highlight of my week doing this show
with you and game to hang out with it. Yeah, likewise, I
always look forward to it. It's I'm glad that it's still so much fun
to do, and you're right, the community has been great. Everyone's been
very cool as we are on more stuff. So it just means a lot
that we get to keep doing this and we'll do more of it next year,
including you know, I think next week we should get you over here.
We'll do our Game of the Year episode. I've been yeah, man,
I've been writing down some categories that I'll share with you. But okay,
we also I think we also had a thread going on. Yeah,
we had a thread going on for the podcast producer where they send in their
recommendations for a Game of the year, like the category's okay, perfect,
And so we'll check in with y'all if you have any recommendations getting that getting
there if your Patreon member and recommend some categories for us. But this is
a we're gonna have a Fantasy Critic recap pretty soon here too. Yeah,
yeah we should. Yeah, Wols working on that for January for us.
I believe I know this works. Got second place is time I'll take it.
So I Fantasy Critic, Yes, that thing that I totally didn't forget
about Fantasy Critic and they don't want to hear any more ship from it.
About it from you ever? Again, that's what I want? Yeah,
how's Rebirth going? Mike? You haven't fun with that game that came out
this year. I dropped it. I dropped it and picked up new things,
actually know how to play Fantasy critic. Hold the fucking Jeff. Do
you remember when, well, not even like six months ago, this guy
was like, I don't know how to do any of this American So what
are we gonna do about this? But he did bob burrow them all down
down both the leagues we don't need. Yeah, we also will get a
recap from Wolf about our Metacritic predictions for the quarter. What do you mean?
I got third? I got third? What are you talking about?
Never mind, I'm not gonna talk. I'm not going to defend a loser.
Man. I had a very solid second place. That's a yeah,
what lait? I'm a fourth? What happened? Actually? I can't be
associated with you anymore, Mike. I didn't know you were that bad at
it? Oh my god, I thought it was what the what happened?
The char Wolf? All? So? Oh? I surely got Iscard's Reft
two. That was really that's a hell of a pickup. Yeah, no
wonder, that's what I got, like a ninety two one Metacritic or something
like that. Okay, well, there you go. Then that'll do it
all right. Well, anyways, there was a lot of fun, and
I'm coming for everybody next year for sure. Let's get to the rest of
these super chets. Please about that band says, Have either of you heard
about the new good Field game Mameta no Bakeru it's japan only in a spiritual
successor goiman. It's been making splashes on the Nintendo Twitter today. I think
I've heard a little bit. What is this? What is this called?
Now, Mama, it's Japanese, but Meda no bakarru? Okay, I
see that. Yeah, it's a uh so, yeah, this is the
going mon spiritual successor. And this game does actually look pretty fun. I'm
not kind of that. That does look cool. That does look pretty cool,
so it might look into it. Uh Giovanni d Giorgio Man By the
way, I saw Ferrari, which is just was so Italian, just the
Italians of it was the most Italian movie ever made. It was a pretty
Italian movie, also surprisingly gruesome movie. But it just adds up if you
want to go see that. Yeah, but Giovanni says, Yo, let's
say that Grubway TM Sandwiches will open at an end of this week. What
is your signature sandwich and what kind of sandwich would you make an honor of
Mike, Sean and Christian? All right, Jeff, what's your signature?
Yeah, my signature sandwich would be it would be a tune grub style and
that would be me just stealing the recipe from Jimmy John's, which is they
put soy sauce in the dune a fish and it's actually really really good.
But you put that on toasted wheat bread with some holopenos and that would be
my sandwich. God, that sounds fantastic. I can eat that right now.
Okay, Well my sandwich Bee, I would just just steal the Italian
BMT. You would just be that from from with a lot of yellow mustard.
I don't think you like yellow mustard. That sea for tomato. I
don't want to slice the tomato. Okay, no tomato, no tomato.
You know, I'm just a meat, cheese, sauce kind of guy.
Yeah, what like could I put onion on? There? Is there something?
Okay? What is like the closest thing to onion tomato that we could
put on there? Could we put like a pepper on there, like a
sauce on there? Okay, salt and pepper, oil and vinegar. There
we go. That's all we'd put on there. Sean, what Sean would
be, what's the sandwich for a pervert? Yeah, it's a sandwich for
a perver, like Italian hot and beef. That's a that's a really had
pervert sandwich. A French dip or something like that, definite, because it's
disgusting and driping. Okay. And then let's see. Christian would be,
I don't know, something spicy because a Latin food. Yeah, yeah,
sure, I'll take it. We'll sandwich something spicy. It's just something spicy,
peer red pepper. You eat it? Yeah, just a big pepper
on bread, that's it, and used to bite into it. Charter Woolf
says, I fully understand liking a Charter two more than three. I have
a lot of nostalgia for three, so that's why it's my favorite. Both
are incredible to me. I would like to play three again as my favorite
memory three is going to the E three when they're showing it off in that
theater that looked like that cargo plane. That was really cool. She geared
me. Meto says, I hope you criminals had a good crisp excuse me,
Christmas. Thank you, Shaggy, Sorry, shaky. The spear is
making me a little gassy. I've been spending the week trying to get ahold
of Zack Snyder to direct the Kirby movie. Cool. Chris d d D
is unlike anything you've ever seen. I'd be four, okay, you you
would be fine if Chris Pratt was King d D. Though, right,
Oh yeah, of course, because like now at this point in my life,
King d D just sounds like a wild Uh you not to usebody,
Sam, what's the chickens name the rooster's name from? Oh yeah yeah,
loghorn leghorn, Yeah yeah horn like foghorn leghorn, Yeah yeah, I said,
I said, Boss said yeah, And that's basically that something I don't
think actually is, but it sounded that way. I don't like saying the
word boy. Okay, yes, never there it is. That's the problem.
Uh. Hey, probs are going to the playoffs. How about that?
Congratulations that that is really incredible. Both the Lions and the Browns in
the playoffs at the same time. Yeah, what a what a world.
We look at us, not me, And then no grug says what happens
to twenty twenty four? First Nintendo dropping a switch to trailer with people playing
in a roof or a game Miss Hall Fame segment. Loved the show.
We thought about doing one for here. Then we kind of didn't have time
for game. Been a busy week, give me busy a couple of weeks.
We'll get back to. Yeah, the All Fame is a special tree.
There's other segments. One all I want to do like shit Hot and
King Hot. Whatever we do, we'll definitely do like a We'll do a
mount rushmore before we do in the next Game of the Year thing. Also,
yeah, well we'll spreak on on some of those other ones. I
want to do the Gaming Dude of the Year, but that could be a
Game of the Year category, so well we'll have that all right. I
think that's it. We are caught up. Okay, last thing in phill
Theobolds Game of the Year list on Giant Bomb, he mentions this sd shin
Common Rider rumble for Nintendo Switch and Steam and I was gonna get it for
Steam, but I think it's only in the Japanese Steam Store. Is that
like relatively easy to get games from? Does anyone know? If you do,
let me know, But otherwise I guess I'll just buy this for the
Japanese switchtore because I have a Japanese switch account. When I have to buy
games, I've done it before. Jeff, we can we working if you
want. Okay, this sounds good because it's got Shin Godzilla in it.
You could play a sham Godzilla, so do that. I need to see
Shin Godzilla because I somehow missed that and some people like that even more than
minus minus one. And I really liked MIAs one, so I got that
good. Yeah, all right, I'm gonna hit this button. Mike.
It's gonna go fast. So tell people where they could find you on the
internet. Well, tolkodo you know where to find me. But my top
ten lists on Giant Bomb is going to be up tomorrow at two pm mesters,
so check out. Thanks for working on that, Mike, appreciate it.
Thank you for how about you, Sean? When's yours go up?
First of all, I think Mike is wrong. I'm pretty sure his up
at noon Eastern, and I think I'm gonna sneak mine in and hour ahead.
I'm looking at it right now. It's just two pm Eastern on the
site, so I'm just saying it's all times time zones. Yeah, I
was gonna say times out. I hate the CMS so much. Yeah,
huh. We found out that if you use just one of the images on
our library, it deletes them. It just deletes it from the servers.
That's been pretty cool. Christian's Top ten is out you can bring down on
the site right now, Give that to anybody these days. Yeah, yeah,
the music is really that excellents everybody. Bye, Yeah, we're coming.
They are going to come for Zelda. All right, we're out.
What was the name of that of that cap co. Yeah, I'm trying.
I'm trying to remember, uh no, no, no, no,
no, no no no, Princess of the Trail Path, the Goddess.
Yes, there's some other there's a preamble to that as well, but I
can't remember what it is. That's goning to game pass day one. Remember
trying to ask go Gomi, Right, Yeah, that one looks I don't
I think that looks really cool. Yes, it looks awesome. It kind
of looks Annie Musha inspired, right, yes, a little bit better.
Yeah, it thinks for all the super chats, everybody, we're gonna get
to those first thing after this break, so look out for that. Thank
you everybody for tuning in. We got we had one. We had more
than four hundred people watching before he went to the break. Uh, but
thank you for tuning in. They're just like, I ain't got time exactly.
What was that, Christian do hit the like button? Oh yeah,
hit the like button. Thank you, everybody appreciate it. Whenever you say
hit the light button, I think YouTube is using like like a or something
the thumbs up lights up, like it's weird. Is it just people pressing
the like button when you no, no, no, you should like when
I when you're watching a video, now just check. Whenever the guy says
hit the light button, the light button was like, well like shine.
I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm still of the opinion that like
Blizzard listens to voice chat or they have bots that listen to voice chat,
and they like try to put people together that have like interest based on what
they're talking about. And I think they did that with Overwatch a lot to
be like, I always get like paired with other people that like knew my
references. I like, I had been watching a lot of drag Race or
whatever, and so I'd be like make a reference to that, and every
time it was playing, no matter what, some would be like, yeah,
I was watching that too. Now, maybe it's just a very popular
yeah, very very rarely about. No listen, but I still believe it
my ten foil. It's a weird now. The day after a super Bowl
everyone was talking about football. Day after it was like a several seasons.
Listen, I know what I know, and I know what I saw,
all right, Okay, okay, it just wouldn't surprise me. Blizzard does
stuff. Also, I think it's like I would get in a bunch of
matches with other people named Grub and like this is like some sort of a
yeah right. I think that's just them. I think it all is if
they're like trying to make it a pleasant experience and get people to work together.
I guess that movie is so incredible, so bad, how do you
it is baffling the space when they open up the space, of course,
well listen, of course, he's gonna do space space vagina whatever. The
very first shot is space unfurling like a flower, and then and then a
penis shaped ship flying through that opening of space, so to speak. Whatever
whatever about that? Like every single scene is like, hey, what if
another like threat of sexual assault happened? It's come on, can we chill
out? And even that's like not the worst thing about the movie, although
that is like exhausting, uh, but the worst thing about the movie is
I don't care about anybody. It's just another introduction another like a scene where
they're like I'm gonna do a sad soliloquy about my feelings. I don't fucking
know you. Why are you talking? It's so poorly. It's like I
cannot believe how bad that's you said, what's up with this mola with this
guy in this lowm Zack snyer. Yeah, it's so bad. It's really
bad. And yeah, I mean I feel bad for a lot of the
actors because clearly Zack Snyder didn't care and made them look bad. They that's
the worst spot. Like they're very talented, like very good actors. And
then she's like, oh, this story is just bad. Yeah, she's
bad and yeah he has that thing where like, you know, we're like,
you shouldn't do your movie, shouldn't be righted, like and then this
happened, and then this other happened. Yes, it's definitely that. Yes,
just that it's an eight year old recounting a story they heard at school,
and then this and then this, and then this and then this,
and it's none of it is you know, but this happened or because that
happened, this happens. It's just one. It's like right to hell retribution.
It really is. It's like, uh, here, this scene's happening.
Now that it's done, here's the next thing. Oh my god,
how can you have spent this much money making this ship? I guess the
worst thing about it is like back in the day, we used to get
a lot of movies like this. I think about that. What's that video
game that Mark Hamill was in Wolf Space fucking oh oh oh Star Star Wolf
God damn it. Uh they made a movie based on that, Ween Commander,
thank you, Adam. Yes, yes, they made me Might Always
Go Past in my Origin library, Yes, exactly. Yes, And like
Wing Commander got a movie and it's like but it was made by just you
know, some schmuck. It was made by like someone that never was going
to be able to make another big budget movie. Its like yeah, wing
Commander. Nowadays we get Zack Snyder like taking all the money to make some
shitty movie instead of having like some like up and comer get a chance to
do that and a fucking suck. Well it's another there's another two movies coming
out on the rebel moon. Ye can't wait. Okay, let's get back
into it with the super chants. You ready for those times? Sorry for
already break worries. This is a break this. Michail Larry posted what the
de luxe version of pigment tree? Okay, on chat, let me give
you the let me get you the thread. Oh I'm in the wrong discord.
I was like, where is the thread? I'm an idiot. Apologize
well, idiots, I will do not forgive you. There there you go.
Why are you? Why are you being like this? Don't offer an
apology unless you're prepared for it to be rejected. Oh ship profound? All
right, all right, we are good? Are you guys? Good?
Yeah? Good? No? Born good? Okay? Are not? Skywalker
said, because I put black and plate unless he'll be will be promptly purchasing
Ghost Yeah, all right, deals with the devil? All right, smell
this list. I don't know what that. What did you say? Christianstri
is on Steam by the way. Oh yeah, it's everywhere now baby,
Yeah yeah, no, excuse it's not long either. I think the entire
thing might be like, it's a dumb game for dumb child. So wow,
I don't know. I don't know what you just hated, because anytime
you've watched a Capcom Pro Tour stream, you've had to watch that's constantly this
year mikes like that flew under the radar. Trust me, if you watch
Fire this year, you know about Ghost Trick remaster. Yeah we did,
Bob, We fucking did it. Congratulations After over a decade of gamely year
less, do you know that if you double click on the name of the
thread up on the like on top of like the name, it will open
full screen. I've definitely done that before, but I forgot the reminder.
I didn't know that, thank you, because he keeps like swimming in and
doing a bunch of cuts. I keep zooming in. Yeah, how do
you get to undo that? Open split view? Okay? It's in the
it's in three bunths. It looks fine on stream, right, It's like,
what is he doing that when he could? Yeah, because it's just
yeah, we try it right now. Why is he be dumb? That's
that's the really well you know why, Hey, look at that. That's
that's much more convenient. Okay, go back to this. Some people can
see the list for a little bit. Hey, what do you guys?
What have you guys been playing? Oh? This Tar White cappin playing.
Yeah, I've been playing a little cup and the finals. I've been checking
out some fine games. D n F Duel was free on the Upper Games
earlier today. That's expensive for that game. It's fun, it's aiding.
It's like Marvel it's fun. No, never said that about that game.
Yeah, shut the fuck up. I'm playing. I'm playing a rom hack
of the Pokemon TCG on game Boy that replaces the cards with slightly newer cards.
Oh what's that like? It it's fun because it like completely mixes up,
you know, like like you go through that, Jeff, you still
haven't played it, right, you haven't? No, Okay, So it
is like an RPG like the traditional Pokemon games, and so I played through
that RPG a million times, mixing up the cards that it replaces all of
them with. Is this Gen two? It's not super righter, but just
even that is like, Wow, I don't know what this person's gonna have.
I don't know, you know, like it completely changes the way I
build my decksenter. I think it's it's awesome. I love it. That's
yeah, that's really cool. I should spend more time with like randomizers and
stuff, because yeah, I already play games so much. I should start
doing that. Yeah, if it's a game you really love, randomizer is
a good way to go back to it. Yeah, definitely. Okay,
myself a celebration beer. Okay, okay, now Mike's back. I got
a question. What game do you get? Oh? He did the thing,
very satisfied. What game do you think people are going to bring up
the most of? Oh you put this on the list? Oh nonnd the
list to be Ghost Trick but Saints Row but row At. Some people will
be upset about Pokemon. Nobody will be upset about Skyrimore Portal. No,
the real ones know with Pokemon, they're like, okay, they finally put
the Pokemon game real row Like Saints Row was very popular with Giant Bomb,
so like that's gonna play well there the realist ones will know about Ghost Trick,
and that's why I think it would be Saints Row. Yeah, because
like Ghost Trick is like a cult classic is going to get a lot of
heat from the my wider audience on Twitter are gonna be upset that that's in
a not u and not freaking, but but that that's like so that's like
the early game of the year. Lore from the Giant Bomb is like sant
Ro should have beat Skyrim, like that's the censor, the throat should have
sat throw the third should have been better than Skyrim on that list, and
everyone was really mad that it didn't even like Skyrim. I don't know about
that one. Strow the Third is fantastastic. It's so good. Yeah it
was. It was all right, Oh my god, you know what,
Go back to your hole, all right, go back to thinking Mars's Kachman
three looks good. All right, here we go, you guys, ready, Yes,