WEBVTT 1 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.759 Welcome everyone to another episode of the day. It's Good Gamescast. Amy helst 2 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.799 rod Ak is then joining me. Today we have Ryan. How are you 3 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.359 sir? What's up? How are we doing? Hopefully everyone's having night a 4 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.159 good one. Is it a Sunday night we're recording here? Yeah, it's 5 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.840 a Sunday night, and it is a Sunday night where we're recording. But 6 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.520 yeah, doing okay. I can't complain. Just getting things ready for a 7 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.799 thing I'll talk about a little bit later in the podcast, but yeah, 8 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:02.600 going all right, can't complain. Oh same here, also joined by Drew 9 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:07.879 Staffer. How are you, sir? I'm okay. Just another day, 10 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:14.480 another another day trying to play video games. True. I feel like that's 11 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.799 that's our goal every day, right, just trying to play some video games, 12 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:23.359 trying to play a game, a video game. I've played quite a 13 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:29.239 few video games. I've been I've been putting in a lot of work trying 14 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.920 to knock out these games, which is really funny. Like I was talking 15 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:38.480 to somebody earlier today actually about like backlogs and stuff, and I was like, 16 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.400 this year, I had a goal in mind for this year, like 17 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.879 I wanted to beat more games. Than I did last year, right, 18 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.640 Like that is like I think I'm trying to trend on and I sat down 19 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.519 and thought about it, and I was like, I'm doing it. And 20 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:55.879 I was very surprised by that, and I was like, I've played a 21 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:00.879 lot this year, and that's really fucking cool. Nice Now, obviously, 22 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.040 like that's time I took away from other things I could be doing, so 23 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.599 like the other areas of my life and hobbies that have been like you know, 24 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.560 de leveling on the side. But it's it's it's cool, it's cool. 25 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.439 I'm doing what I ultimately enjoy. So it was just a cool, 26 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.039 like mid year check in at me, just like looking back and I was 27 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.360 like, whoa one this year is really fucking cool for video games. In 28 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.199 two I played a lot of them. That's very cool. Yeah, I 29 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:34.080 can't beat that, can't beat that. I'm also kind of recovering from a 30 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.800 cold, so I maybe like cough here or there. I'm going to try 31 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.080 my best to mute when when that happens, but just be aware that that 32 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:46.800 might come out of nowhere and destroy people's ears. But yeah, with that 33 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:53.039 being said, let's get into video games. I want to hear from Ryan 34 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:59.159 about what you have been up to. Oh, let's see what have I 35 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:04.639 been up to? Obviously, the Nigue Grind continues. Such a near event 36 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:08.599 that's going on. Yeah, basically, I think I got all the stuff 37 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:15.560 I needed is including the you know, costume Gotcha thing for to be, 38 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.319 which was definitely a funny story in itself that we discussed. Uh yeah, 39 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:27.080 man, Nique's costume Gotcha is like one of the worst things I've seen in 40 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:30.560 a mobile game in quite some time. It's pretty odd. Don't even play 41 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:38.199 that game, and I agree, yeah, it's pretty awful. But considering 42 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:42.360 that was the only way to get this costume and that it's a collabin who 43 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.599 knows when it will ever return never come back? Yeah, well that's how 44 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:51.879 they Yeah, that's it. They know exactly what they're doing. That is 45 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.120 exactly how they get you. And I'm like, well, I really don't 46 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.639 have a choice in this matter. If I really want this costume, I'm 47 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:02.759 gonna have to do this. And sure enough, that's uh what I did. 48 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:09.879 But yeah, I've been doing that. It's weird though, because like 49 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:15.879 I've done so many polls and like I only pulled to B once and yeah 50 00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:21.600 it is was, Yeah, it was. It was heartbreaking. No, 51 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.759 it is not not my banner at all. But luckily I had enough golden 52 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.800 tickets so to where I could get uh to B and A two with the 53 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.040 gold tickets at least. And then I was just like, well, I'll 54 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:40.199 just keep pulling if need be, and uh you know, if I get 55 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.040 another one, great, If not, oh well it is what it is. 56 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.319 But like it's also good that I'm pulling these now because like they're one 57 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:51.480 year anniversary. Things going to be coming up roll soon. Yeah, And 58 00:04:53.040 --> 00:05:00.959 that's also probably when they're gonna be releasing the uh like the new version of 59 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.600 uh of a Rappie, which is going to be the Red Hood or yeah, 60 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:09.000 red Hood variant of her, so that when she has like the red 61 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.519 hair. Yeah. So like I just got to that part in the story 62 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.279 where like she did that and I was like, oh, you got some 63 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:19.240 fucking super saying as shit happening right now? Yeah yeah right, yeah, 64 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:25.279 so like that, so you learn more about that if you progress through the 65 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:31.040 very generic and boss story. You know, it surprised me at points, 66 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:36.079 like there are specific moments so far yeah yeah that I'm like, this is 67 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:42.079 really good, but also it gets diminished the moment like a character like Neon 68 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.639 comes on screen, I'm just like, girl, your entire asses out and 69 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.839 I'm just completely taken out of whatever context is happening right now. Yeah, 70 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.079 like the designs clash with like what's going on, and I'm just like this 71 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.839 takes me out of it completely. But I will say, like there's some 72 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.160 story bits in here that I'm like, oh, this is actually really good 73 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:00.399 or really touching, so that there's something there. Yeah, and it's it's 74 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.519 funny too because like even like when you see like the animated parts everything, 75 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.360 it's just like you tell, like they put budget into it, and so 76 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:11.399 like, yeah, the animation stuff is really cool. Yeah, but like 77 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.959 but yeah, you're right some of the like when you see certain like you 78 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.800 know, the live two D animations come up and how some of those things 79 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:23.879 are just kind of like wait, why but why this is a really touching 80 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:29.399 scene and then acid titties in the face just like yeah, a little clashing 81 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:33.639 here, Yeah I get it. But yeah, but yeah, so I've 82 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.120 been I've been still doing that. And they also announced like there's still be 83 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:45.319 like another banner thing comings into before before the one year anniversary thing. Yeah, 84 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.839 they're gonna have like four new characters drop. It's so which is one 85 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.800 that is very much a rob character, the blonde that was on the left. 86 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:56.079 I was let go, I need I need this character. Yeah. 87 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:02.759 So like it's funny too because like the first character that they're showing in this 88 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:09.639 that's going to be like part of like the main banner pole that was actually 89 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:15.360 like a redo of the character that was gonna be original originally. So like 90 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.279 I'm gonna I'm gonna put the tweet of the character that is gonna be in 91 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:28.279 this first banner, and then I'm gonna show the original design that uh that 92 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:32.759 the character was originally gonna be. So that's the one right there, and 93 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:41.279 then this was yep, and then this was the original design to left. 94 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:46.199 Yeah, complete overhaul, right, that is a complete difference. Yeah, 95 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:50.800 And I kind of liked the original design better, and I think it's because 96 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:57.680 it kind of gave me Wagner vibes from it's very Wagner. Yeah. But 97 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:03.560 I do also kind of go with the one on the life. Yeah. 98 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:07.240 I like the Kate. Yeah, like like like there's nothing wrong with the 99 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.079 new redesigned they did. I just prefer the I just like if you asked 100 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.800 me between two, I just preferred the other one. Yeah. Yeah, 101 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.879 but yeah, so they're going to have that before you know, I guess 102 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.439 the one year thing. So but yeah, that's still a game. I've 103 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.800 been definitely you know, logging in and doing the dailies four and stuff like 104 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.160 that while you know, you know, just passing the time and things like 105 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:37.440 that here. But there are a couple other games I have been playing, 106 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.559 well, I let me phrase that I started up. I haven't had a 107 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.840 chance to really go back to them yet though, because obviously I've been getting 108 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:50.480 things ready for other stuff, so I really haven't been able to dedicate two 109 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:52.240 us Tide to it. But there are two games that I did finally start 110 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.720 up that I've had on the back burner for a little bit, and then 111 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:00.200 I was like, oh wait a minute, I have game Pass. Let 112 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:01.879 me take a look at game Pass. Oh these games are still here. 113 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:09.159 Cool, I'm gonna start these. One of those being Signalis, Yes, 114 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.799 and boy, I know we talked about that, talked about this game before, 115 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.799 but like actually booting it up a planet and it's just like, oh, 116 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.879 yes, this is definitely the old school, like Resident Evil, like 117 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:31.360 you know, Parasites. Yeah, yeah, and like I just it just 118 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:35.399 fit hit that like retro nostalgia of like the tank controls, and it's just 119 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:41.240 like I I never was a big fan of these, but for some reason 120 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.559 I missed these. Yeah. It's you can tell the developers they're like have 121 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:54.559 a deep passion for that specific like time period of horror games because it like 122 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.960 it takes the best of like all of those games. Yeah, tank controls 123 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.360 are not me thing, Like it's very off putting for a lot of people, 124 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:07.200 but like that game feels good. It does in some way, right, 125 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:11.879 Like they took this control scheme that like most people wouldn't like and it's 126 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.120 just I don't know, they just smoothed it out and made it feel actually 127 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.240 pretty good. Yeah, and it's actually like, you know, it's cool 128 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.039 that like you can run at like the full two fortyps and everything too. 129 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.200 Like it's like you can tell, like it just looks and feels like incredibly 130 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:31.200 good. And it's just like everything about that game like was hitting like hitting 131 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.919 home for like you know those old fields that I had for like the older 132 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:41.440 Resident Evil games and things like that. Yeah, and you know it's even 133 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.799 like the look of it where it's kind of like the blocky graphics and everything, 134 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.679 like it just hits home with everything. It's like, ah, I 135 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.960 grew up with the Yeah, so I definitely been enjoying that. I kind 136 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.399 of want to go back and like soon to play more of it and everything. 137 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:05.039 Because I spent like the first two hours playing it. I just got 138 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.240 the elevator to work. So I've been doing like going to like the different 139 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.480 floors and stuff like that, and it's like I'm still trying to figure out 140 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.320 like what exactly is going on, like how all this, you know, 141 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:24.039 transpire the way it did. And so like it's been pretty fun to kind 142 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.480 of go through and play that and everything. The other game I started up 143 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:33.799 and I think it's a game that you finished recently see as Stars. Yes, 144 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.159 and I'm going to talk about that. Yeah, that game is. 145 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.440 Either of you spoil that game for me, I will kill you. Yeah, 146 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:48.919 I'm just I'm just I'm just saying that that game is as I'm only 147 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.039 a couple of hours in, but the way I've been playing it, like 148 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:54.720 the way I've been playing it and like how I've been feeling about the game, 149 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.919 anything that might be my game of the Year for this year. I 150 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:05.320 would believe it. It's it's it is just like soundtracks awesome. I love 151 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.279 the battle system that they have with it, Like I don't want my favorite 152 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:15.879 battle system period. Yea, yeah, it's it's really good. It's really 153 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.879 good. It gives you a lot of flexibility on like how you want to 154 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:24.840 how you want to play it for like a turn based RPG. Yeah, 155 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.759 I I it's it's very very charming, probably one of the most charming games 156 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:35.480 I played in a while. And like it said, I I got to 157 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.279 I went through maybe like the first two hours. I'm about ready to get 158 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:46.279 to the uh fourth part of it. I want to say, Like I 159 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:50.840 said, I'm trying to choose my words carefully because I like my life and 160 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.879 I don't want Drew killing. Yeah, that's why. That's why I'm choosing 161 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.879 my words carefully. I'm just saying, like, you need to fell finish 162 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.200 up You're You're You're trails game there so you can start playing you know, 163 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:13.879 actually actually five game you know. So, But yeah, that's been that's 164 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.039 that's been an experience. That's been a lot of fun. Yeah, I've 165 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.639 that's definitely a game I want to get back into soon after after I'm done. 166 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.039 With like all the other things I got going on and everything. I'll 167 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.879 also tell you it's it's a relatively short game too, like that I heard 168 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.159 it's got a pretty good like time hour to it and everything, which is 169 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:39.159 just like, yes, I'm a fan of that. Like if you if 170 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.679 you don't get like so caught up in like a lot of the side stuff, 171 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:48.759 you can roll credits in like twenty hours, and that is okay with 172 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:54.960 me. Yeah, so I'm definitely gonna be I'm definitely gonna be h like 173 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:01.200 I said back on that after I'm done with everything else for sure. Still 174 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.200 been hitting up the Rhythm games from time to time too, to kill some 175 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.600 time, like if I'm trying to go to sleep or something, you know, 176 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:11.840 DJ Max trying to unlock all that stuff and everything. It's like gonna 177 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:18.080 unlock its new pack with stuff and then uh, I'm also counting down the 178 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:24.879 days to the Project Diva Hot to Name Me Ku collab with Mused. Finally. 179 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:31.320 I almost sought Mused Dash earlier today. It was in my cart I 180 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.440 was actually I was gonna so the bit was gonna be that I was actually 181 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.559 going to play it. I was gonna buy it, and I was gonna 182 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.600 play it today and bring that to the table and be like yo. I 183 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:46.279 finally did it because the Queen herself called me up and was like, you 184 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.840 need to play this game because I hots and Nameku is in it, and 185 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.759 I'm like, dam I got I gotta play it. I remember the action 186 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.360 when I sent you the tweet about the collab and You're like, that's it. 187 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.440 They got me. It's it's over. It's over from for me. 188 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.200 Bro's like, it's it's done as soon as it drops. The only thing, 189 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.679 the only reason why I did not pull the trigger. Actually I paused 190 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:13.879 because apparently they're like changing the structure of the DLC. Yeah, it's a 191 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.639 bit. It's kind of weird how they're doing it because originally, like the 192 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.919 pace. It's funny because like the base game itself was like three bucks, 193 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:28.600 right, it's three dollars, and then and then they have the DLC pack 194 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:33.799 and it's titled Just as Planned and it's an extra thirty bucks because it's like 195 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:41.679 everything else that is with the game and everything. But the cool thing with 196 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:46.240 that was a lot of the collapse and a lot of the things they just 197 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.840 added on were always just free updates. If you bought the just as planned. 198 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.840 Everything was done is free, and like that was a cool thing about 199 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:02.440 it. I think they change it now to where there's going to be certain 200 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:07.000 collabs that you are going to have to pay extra. Four Like the Project 201 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:11.720 Diva pack is going to be is going to be extra. You are going 202 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:14.559 to have to pay for that. But even then, like the pack for 203 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.000 that itself is like ten bucks. It's not it's not expensive at all. 204 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.679 Like dj Max's like updates whenever they do that and everything, those things always 205 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:27.200 range from like fifteen to twenty. So yeah, like so it's not like 206 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.200 it's not like it's a like a like a big thing. And I kind 207 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:37.240 of to be honest, like I kind of expected that eventually there were going 208 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:40.480 to be some packs that were going to be released that you would have to 209 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:44.519 pay for. It makes sense, like like you knew it was I knew 210 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.559 it was going to happen. Yeah, Like you can't just keep doing free 211 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.440 content, like because they're like four years in at this point, yeah, 212 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.519 right, and at this point they've probably sold the game to everybody that is 213 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.120 interested in buying the game, right, So like every collab you're seeing diminishing 214 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.200 returns and it's like they have to start making money at some point, right, 215 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.119 you know, so like you're already getting an insane amount of content for 216 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:10.079 the Justice Land DLC, Like an absolute insane I don't think it does any 217 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:14.000 harm for them to be like, hey, we need to make some funds 218 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.359 at this stage of the game. Well, like it makes sense to me. 219 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.000 Yeah, let's just say. It's also like you know, if they 220 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:25.839 depending on like what they purchased with like who knows how much they had to 221 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:30.359 pay to get to get the miku. Yeah. Yeah, so like I 222 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.440 like, I totally get it, Like I understand why they had to make 223 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:38.640 that change absolutely, but yeah, it's a when they announced there were certain 224 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.039 things there were changing with it, of course, there was some backlash about 225 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.799 it, and so yeah, so they did revamp it a little, revamp 226 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.839 it a little bit. But I'm just like, listen, like they put 227 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.039 out so much free stuff and so many different collapse that they had to begin 228 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:56.680 with, like with Toho and DJ Max and even Narc Knights and things like 229 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:00.920 that. Like they did a lot of different labs with that too, And 230 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.880 if they want to add bigger collabs to the game and get more people to 231 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:10.119 purchase it, you know, then yeah, they're going to have to you 232 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:15.000 know, spend some money in turn, like hoping people buy more stuff from 233 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.759 them to get more collabs, because like essentially they want to expand out even 234 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:22.960 more to doing some of the other things like maybe like you know, if 235 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.839 they want to try to reach out to like do some other collabs and everything, 236 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.680 and they have to pay for it. You know, it's just in 237 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.039 a sense, it's kind of having to support it. It's it's a business 238 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.640 at the end of the day, you know, and like the developers need 239 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.960 to make money, one so they can do more collabs, but also too 240 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:45.079 so they can live. Yeah, not too Like you know, it's they've 241 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.039 already proven that they're they're willing to put in a lot of work into this 242 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.079 game, and it all seems worth it, right, So it's not like 243 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:55.000 it's it's some shady developer that's like trying to nickel and dime you So, 244 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:59.079 like I feel like the good will is already there and like spending more for 245 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:02.640 them doesn't seem like big deal to me. Yeah, I know, they're 246 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:07.240 they're going to discontinue the Justice Plan DLC in October. Yeah, but they're 247 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:11.680 replacing it with like a mused plus package instead. And I think the idea 248 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:17.759 is that anybody that purchased Justice Planned prior to that, which I'll end up 249 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:22.359 doing, you get a discount on all the future DLC. Yeah right, 250 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.640 so it's kind of like an early buy in bonus. Right. It's kind 251 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.400 of like grant, which is cool, man, And yeah, like for 252 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:30.119 like, hey, we know you bought this and everything, and we know 253 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.640 you did the Justice Plan, but you know, hey, in turn, 254 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.519 here's going to be discounted stuff for you. Yeah. It's like a thank 255 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.480 you for the support, right, which is super cool. Yeah. So 256 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:48.119 so yeah, that's That's pretty much like everything that I've really been doing as 257 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:53.839 far as like gaming stuff is concerned. I still boot up Eternal Returnament once 258 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:57.799 in a while hoping that, Yeah, I turned it on, so I 259 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:02.079 was like, maybe solo it's back now. No, it's not. It's 260 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:04.480 not back, man. I was going to ask you. I almost sent 261 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.799 you a message when I saw pop up, because it was like, really, 262 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.759 it was like two or three o'clock in the morning or something, right, 263 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:12.960 right, turn on any time return let me back. Yeah. I 264 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.920 was like, I was like, well, because there was an update that 265 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.759 was ready for it too, and I was just like, you know what, 266 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.759 I already downloaded this update. Let me just hope and wish and no, 267 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:33.720 is it only trios an option? It's trios. It's only trios only 268 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.880 trio. Really, you and I can't even do all anymore. It's only 269 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:45.119 trios day. Well, the game stay is dead for me for another you 270 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:48.079 know how long. Yeah, And it's funny because like they change that stuff 271 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.799 around a few months ago and everything, and like they still haven't activated it 272 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:55.920 back, which is just I don't know, it just feels weird to me. 273 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:02.440 It probably speaks more to the population on a yeah, because I get 274 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:04.079 I get the idea why they had to get rid of solos and duos, 275 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:10.759 right, because like there was a huge issue already with like que times, 276 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:14.839 right, and you're splitting the player base into three different cues, and their 277 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:21.200 most popular que was always trios. Yeah, so you take the hit on 278 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:23.839 like some of the solo players that aren't going to touch trios, but like 279 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:30.240 there's a good size of them that are like that would still play regardless, 280 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.720 So you just trying to funnel everybody into one que. So this way you 281 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:37.599 help out on the queue times and stuff. Yeah, I mean I believe 282 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.200 you know, yeah, I mean I get it to believe me, but 283 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.920 I mean I don't play well with others. That's why I play solos. 284 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.039 So yeah, no, I understand. I'm right there with you, like 285 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:52.039 I'm in the waiting room too, So like it's just unfortunate, you know. 286 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:57.599 I wanted to be that. Hey, I lost because I messed up. 287 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:03.279 I don't want to lose because of other team stuff. So that's just 288 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.920 me. Sounds like Pokemon Unite. Yeah, so that was the beauty of 289 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.279 the game. It was like, oh, that's finally one of these where 290 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:14.279 it's just like I can Solo Cube and just like play when I feel like, 291 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:18.119 you know, yeah, it's gone, especially like if I wanted to 292 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:22.920 like try to lab like playing like different character art types and stuff like that. 293 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:30.440 Yeah thing, but yeah, that's still profound sadness. No no solo 294 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:38.160 yet for Eternal Return, which makes you sad. Let's see. I that's 295 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.839 pretty much it. Oh. I also have been playing a Holo here stuff 296 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:47.079 still here and there too. Yeah that game. That game is like just 297 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:52.400 good fun to just like kill time with ad So yeah, I'm still trying 298 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.680 to beat that new stage that they put into that stage is freaking hard. 299 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:00.839 It's like I haven't had like I would get to like the tail end of 300 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:03.599 it, and then I just get obliterated and I'm just like what just happened? 301 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:10.079 So dang, yeah, like I not even get like the special collapse 302 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:17.319 and everything too, and it's like it's like you thought, like that's cute 303 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:21.200 and then just getting pliterated. Yeah exactly, just like all right, I 304 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:26.400 gotta level up some other things they're I guess. So, but it's like 305 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:29.240 I said, it's a fun game that just kind of, like I said, 306 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:32.319 just killed time with whenever, like I'm not quite tired yet, but 307 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:37.440 like I'm getting like it's just trying to make myself go sleep. Yeah. 308 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:40.440 Yeah, it's a it's a short commitment to, right, So it's just 309 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:42.319 like it's easy to just like turn it on and like all right, let 310 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:45.160 me just kind of like tire up the eyes real quick with like a thirty 311 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:49.480 minute game real quick. Yeah exactly. Yeah, Yeah that's that's how Vampires 312 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:52.799 five This was for me too. So it's like and that's the same game, 313 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.799 just hollow Hollow live on top of it. Yeah, I totally get 314 00:23:56.839 --> 00:24:00.200 you. Yep. So that's kind of that's kind of how I have feel 315 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:06.200 with everything as far as the games I've been playing. Like I said, 316 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:10.200 I've been spending a lot of time though getting ready for this uh Kirby Con 317 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:15.759 event that is going to be happening in thirteen days from now. It's uh, 318 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:22.519 it's gonna be It's gonna be interesting because I've been in a like group 319 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:29.279 chat with the the people that are putting on the eventor everything created a group 320 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.720 chat for like all the vendors. So I got to ask questions if I 321 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:37.039 got anything, and and like they're just you know, basically like answering as 322 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.160 many questions they can. And someone brought up asking like how many people are 323 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:45.920 expected, because like one of them is like a like a drink vendor that's 324 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.759 going to be there, and they wanted to make sure they had like enough 325 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:52.599 supplies for drinks and everything. And they they were like, oh, we're 326 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:56.079 expecting over a thousand people. And I'm like, oh, that's a lot. 327 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:04.680 Sounds like a lot. September thirtieth Saturday down in Gainesville. Oh that 328 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.440 will be den dates from from my mom's birthday day. Yeah, it's h 329 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:17.960 but it's like it's it's kind of like like a literally just like a buffet 330 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:21.480 of like all these different things that's going to be happening. Like there's gonna 331 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:25.759 be like music concerts that's gonna be going on. There's gonna be like some 332 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:30.759 different shows that are gonna be going on, and like it's also an eighteen 333 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:36.319 and over show, which means I get to sell the ludes. So like 334 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.000 it's there's a lot of different things that's gonna be going on with this thing. 335 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:44.079 So like I am curious to see how this is gonna play out. 336 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:49.440 I'm very curious too. Like I've done like eighteen plus events that are at 337 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:56.039 other conventions, right, so like anime Xto has like eighteen plus events or 338 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.920 dragon Corn or whatever, but I've never done like a solely folk's like one 339 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:03.759 day eighteen plus event. I don't know what this is. Yeah, you 340 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:07.880 know. And then on top of the fact that they're doing like concerts and 341 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.000 other shows and stuff, I'm just like, what is happening. I've never 342 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.559 even heard of Kirby Con until you brought it to my attention, But it's 343 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.359 a been a thing that it's been going on and growing apparently. Yeah, 344 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.680 I mean, because they do it. They do it in South Florida, 345 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.319 like that's where it's based out of. It was like in South Florida, 346 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:25.720 and then they're doing this one in Gainesville and then they're doing another one that's 347 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:30.960 in Atlanta. So yeah, they're explaining it out and yeah, so I'm 348 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:36.960 also very curious to see, like what is this. I've seen snippets, 349 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:45.160 I've seen photos, I've seen videos, and I'm like, okay, me 350 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.319 a lot. I am. I am trying to prepare myself as much as 351 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:53.720 I can because I have a feeling that things are going to get weird. 352 00:26:55.559 --> 00:27:00.759 This is going to be the burlesque show just extram That's okay, That's pretty 353 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:07.559 much what I'm gathering. Mmmm so but yeah, uh good times should be 354 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:11.880 interesting to say the least. So, but that's for sure. That's all 355 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.480 I've done. That's pretty much everything that I have to offer as far as 356 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:19.039 contributing to the podcast, as far as what games I played and stuff. 357 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:26.640 Cool, I love that. Uh truthfu, Yes, what have you been 358 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:34.559 up to? Well, I haven't played. I have been playing video games. 359 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:41.480 I've actually been playing NonStop video games. Like yeah, I mean, 360 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:47.640 I'm this is the fastest I've ever like gotten close to beating a Trails game. 361 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:52.240 I think it's true. It's true. I agree like it. It 362 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:56.440 hasn't even been a month. I actually went and looked to see what my 363 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:03.119 start date was, and it was a yeah, three weeks. Yeah okay, 364 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:07.599 yeah, but lover, yeah sorry in August twenty three. Now, 365 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:15.200 granted, I wasn't like fully committed right then and there because we were at 366 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:22.039 that stupid difficulty and I decided to grind the casino for twenty hours. So 367 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:29.640 I decided to follow suit with you to not do that, And looking back, 368 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.319 good decision, good decision, right, good decision. The further I 369 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:38.319 got in that game, I'm just like, though, this great decision. 370 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.279 Yeah. No, the further you get, you realize, like, man, 371 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:49.319 could you imagine doing this on a piss, Like even when you get 372 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:53.240 to the point where I'm like you can make the od builds and stuff like 373 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:56.400 that, You're just like this would not have been fun regardless, Like this 374 00:28:56.640 --> 00:29:03.880 was? No? No, is it especially? Is it just a different 375 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:10.000 Is it just the difficulties like that miserable or just like yes, so A 376 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:14.119 bit difficulty is essentially the same as nightmare difficulty, which is difficulty that wrong 377 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:18.720 and I typically play on it's a new difficulty, except HP, attack and 378 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:25.519 speed values are like multiplying my phone. So you run up to scenarios where 379 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:30.759 like you take your turn and then the enemy has like five turns before they 380 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:37.519 before you get your next one. Oh, I've had fights where like I 381 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:41.240 happen to set up like a reflect buff on me, so this way damage 382 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:45.319 gets directed back to the enemy and just like I'm sitting there for twenty turns 383 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.839 before I get to act again. That it's that sounds terrible. And then 384 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:55.920 also note like most scenarios you're dying in like two hits, so like if 385 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:59.720 you do get hit, it's over. That sounds awful. It is the 386 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.119 it's awful. Why why would you subject yourself to that? I mean, 387 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:07.440 we don't we didn't know that. I don't yet. We didn't know that 388 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.200 because like they did in the previous games. Is that what you're saying that 389 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:18.680 this is a difficulty, this is the first Yeah, and in the prologue 390 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:25.240 conversation with who decides In the prologue, most of the most of that difficulty 391 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:30.359 is doable. There's like one or two fights where you're like, oh, 392 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.759 okay, I could see where this this would be annoying. But then like 393 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.559 you get to a boss fight and like the boss fights manageable and you're like, 394 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:42.039 Okay, I think I can handle this difficulty. And then you get 395 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:49.960 like a little bit farther and you're like, oh no, that that sounds 396 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:56.480 that sounds miserable. So I was to be like from Seven Deadly Sins and 397 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:06.160 be like who decided that, Like in an RPG, specifically a turn based 398 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:11.799 RPG, normal battles are not to they really shouldn't be difficult, in my 399 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:18.960 opinion, because normal battles aren't. They're not there to be difficulty. Help 400 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:23.480 you level up at everything, yeah yeah, And then then they give the 401 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:30.759 player some sort of something to interact with that isn't like necessarily challenge because like, 402 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:37.359 because RPGs are long, you don't want to like throw everything at the 403 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.759 player to where you're getting from like story point A, the story point B 404 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:48.279 is miserable, and like that's the problem with this difficulty is that even normal 405 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:56.680 fights were just like if I don't like do this perfectly, I will die 406 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:05.720 and that's not fun. So eventually I just got a little point, I 407 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.119 know, you know, I just tone it. Now there's specifically one fight, 408 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:15.839 and it's very funny because like the difference in difficulty between the fight on 409 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:22.880 ABYSS and Nightmare is hilarious. It's so funny, like there's a moment like 410 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:27.720 so uh that fight, I turned the difficulty down, like I was the 411 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.680 first to get to that get to the fight, and this was like Windrew 412 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.440 was still kind of preparing to play and all that, and this is where 413 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:36.759 I was like, no, I'm not doing it anymore. When I shifted 414 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.640 it down to Nightmare difficulty, it I thought I accidentally shifted it to like 415 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:45.799 easy, like it is just like a cakewalk. And I was like, 416 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:50.480 what is the difference here? Like that is what? That is a disparaging 417 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:53.759 difference, insane, Like I had to double take the difficulty setting that I 418 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:57.680 said it on because I was like, this can't be it. Noh, 419 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:01.400 granted, it's really just that fight. It is, like that's what makes 420 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:06.519 it really funny because it is in particular that it feels that way, and 421 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:10.480 like fights later are like challenging enough, but that went just felt like you 422 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:20.279 are steamrolling it and it's like I can't what is this? Yeah? And 423 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.279 I mean, I'll be perfectly honest. The trails games have never really had 424 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:32.480 a super hard difficulty, Like there are far few in between, like some 425 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:37.559 some difficult boss fights that are pretty memorable. There's one in particular that I 426 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:40.559 think of in this game, Like even turning Down a Nightmare, there was 427 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:49.400 one boss fight where I was like what, But like, I don't know, 428 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.640 there becomes a point with with difficulty and turn based RPGs, and it's 429 00:33:53.720 --> 00:34:00.480 like it's such a hard balance to really meet and I don't don't know if 430 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:05.960 there's ever really been a good JRPG, like turn based JRPG that has done 431 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:10.639 that. I think like Bravely Default is one that I really consider like one 432 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:15.280 of those games that the game challenges you to break its system, and then 433 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.199 once you break its system, it just throws fights at you. They're like, 434 00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:22.800 Okay, you better broken the system, otherwise you're gonna die. I 435 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:30.280 think the key is making sure that your mechanic still works and that the player 436 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.719 can still interact with it and like exploit it to like the best degree that 437 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:39.559 you can. Right, So, like there's I think there's a slightly different 438 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:44.199 conversation for like inflating numbers. I think that just makes things tedious. But 439 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:49.280 like when you have a battle system that can accommodate higher difficulties and you can 440 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:53.079 play around it. That that's the sweet spot because like even like S and 441 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:57.159 T games for example, like playing those on hard or whatever, it's like 442 00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:59.920 you're taking more damage, so you have to think about your moves more carefully, 443 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:02.599 but you're still interacting with like the weakness system to give yourself different like 444 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:07.480 more turns or whatever, or the gay enemy turns, or make sure your 445 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:12.400 equipment is prepared for this fight specifically, Like you're interacting with the game systems 446 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:15.800 in a way to where like that difficulty is you can mitigate it, right 447 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:21.000 Octopac Traveler, if that had like a higher difficulty, that would be a 448 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.119 pretty good one too. I feel because of the break system and everything too, 449 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:27.519 like that doesn't get broken if you would were theoretically put it up, 450 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:31.400 you know what I mean. So, like with Trails, the mechanics at 451 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:37.159 play here are just broken, you know, Like there is a break mechanic 452 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.119 in this game as well, Like when you get the enemies like Stamina Gage 453 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:42.400 or whatever all the way down, they're going to a brake status. They 454 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.000 take more damage. Blah blah blah. That's supposed to be your opportunity to 455 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:49.280 like take your turn and push your like offense. And when you're on a 456 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:53.079 best difficulty because of how the speed stat works and everything like that, it's 457 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:58.360 like you break them, they immediately recover instantly, and it's like I didn't 458 00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:00.519 even get to like engage with this, you know. So that is like 459 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:07.320 one fail point of like this difficulty, you know. Yeah, And I 460 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:10.320 imagine this difficulty was designed after the fact of like, hey, let's just 461 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:15.840 throw this in, because it definitely is just an inflated numbers team. In 462 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:21.800 my opinion, it is that being said, I mean, the trails battle 463 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:28.960 system is never I'll be perfectly honest. I think prior to Cold Steel they 464 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.440 had a better battle system. I was gonna say that, actually, I 465 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:39.480 think I think Sky and Zero and al like had better, more interesting systems 466 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:45.679 than than everything happened. Yes, not just the not just like the battle 467 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:50.679 system, but like they're the ordnance system was also a lot more interesting and 468 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:55.760 fun to interact with than it is in Cold Steel, which I mean that's 469 00:36:55.800 --> 00:37:00.719 fine because after this game we're moving on to a whole new battle system. 470 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:05.360 I'm curious about it. I am too, I am to do you know 471 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:07.840 anything about it. I mean, I know you switch, you can switch 472 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:13.639 between active in turn base. Yeah, I'm very curious about that. I'm 473 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.679 not sure how that's going to feel. So I'm curious about it. Wait, 474 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:23.800 which game is that's Cora? I don't know what? Probably yeah, 475 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:30.320 yeah, well well is an old game? Yeah yeah, right right. 476 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:35.840 The next game after rever he is that has a new battle system. It 477 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:40.599 will probably be called Trails of Shadow or would make sense that would be a 478 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:46.840 direct translation? Yeah, oh would it pretty much? Yeah, Curl is 479 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:52.000 black black, But I mean, if you were to localize that shadow sounds 480 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.760 right. I don't know if you want to release your a game called Trails 481 00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:59.960 of Black like that, I would get in great enjoyment out of it, 482 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:10.280 but I don't know if we're running into it over again unreal black. So 483 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:16.039 I was planning today to talk about Reverie, but that was under the assumption 484 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:21.599 that I was going to beat the game. Unfortunately, I'm like right there, 485 00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:27.480 and like I've been playing this game like mad, like just trying to 486 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:31.719 push forward as much as I can, and I just I really wanted to 487 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:36.079 have it beat by this recording, and we just didn't make it. I'm 488 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:39.440 at the final dungeon. I'm pretty sure I don't know where you go from 489 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:46.400 this. The finale, like tapter is, it is long because they throw 490 00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:49.800 a lot of stuff at you in terms of like here are things you can 491 00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.960 you can do, Like you can't just progress through the story like not and 492 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:57.039 forget about the rest or whatever. But like if you're the type of person 493 00:38:57.119 --> 00:39:00.719 that, like I want to like check off all the box is, there's 494 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:02.960 a lot of boxes to check in the finale, there are there are, 495 00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:08.480 and that's like an additional like twelve hours. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 496 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:13.480 And I'm sure what you did is you beat the game first and then went 497 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:19.519 back and did some of that stuff. So what I did, actually I 498 00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:23.840 did all of it up to aside from a lot of the day dreams I 499 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:28.280 to unlock at that stage, like I did, I did some that caught 500 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:32.480 my eye, and then I was like, Okay, I want to close 501 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:36.880 this out. I will come back for this, because it was at that 502 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:39.800 stage of just like I'm ready to see where this goes, like I really 503 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:43.079 want to know where the story wraps up, and I just couldn't contain myself 504 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.039 anymore, and I was like I'm just back for the day dreams, so 505 00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:50.360 that that's what I did see. I want to do that, but I 506 00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:55.119 have this condition where just like I have to finish as everything before I get 507 00:39:55.159 --> 00:40:00.199 it, I get it, like I do that add in every RPG, 508 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:05.760 I have to do everything I can before I fight. That's why it annoys 509 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:10.000 me that games have like post games after the final boss now, like side 510 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:13.559 quests and stuff that you can only do after the final boss. I'm like, 511 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:20.360 no, the final boss. That's should be finally. That's why it's 512 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:25.599 called final Boss for a reason, not final Boss. And then oh hey 513 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:31.119 there's extra stuff now, right. So uh, I hope you're okay with 514 00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:35.880 this round because I was hoping to have a Reverie discussion with you on recording 515 00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:39.400 and we save that for next recording once I've done. We can't because I 516 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:44.079 do have things I want to say about Reverie. Look do it and bad 517 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:49.639 mostly good, mostly good. Yeah, I will, I will, I 518 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:52.800 have mostly good YEA. I will say this. We we are back up 519 00:40:53.039 --> 00:41:00.159 from Cold Steel. We are back up, stocks rising rising. I need 520 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:05.800 to see where the story ends, but we're back up, and actually, 521 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:09.559 I will say Reverie does take some of the points from Cold Steel In fact, 522 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:15.360 one of the day dreams I've just watched involving a character named Lecter that 523 00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:19.679 I like took some of the events of Cold Steel and kind of paated them 524 00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:22.400 in a different light that I was like, this makes me appreciate Cold Steel 525 00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:27.599 a little bit more. Yeah, to would agree. Yeah, I think 526 00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:30.519 they pull it. They pull it some threads some of the more interesting threads 527 00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:32.800 of Cold Steel, right, because we always talked about like Cold Steal has 528 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:37.599 some interesting ideas, but like we didn't like the execution of the direction that 529 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:42.119 they went, but there's like some interesting threads there, and like this game 530 00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.199 pulls from like quite a few of those interesting angles and threads. And I'm 531 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:52.960 like, Okay, I'm glad you explored this. But we'll discuss all of 532 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:57.320 that next recording, because like I really want to have this like on the 533 00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:59.800 plate of Hey, we're done, and Rob and I are on the same 534 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.559 age about like the story. I mean, if they may end up being 535 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:05.800 a spoiler cast, I was gonna say, we might, we might as 536 00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.960 well just do a separate spoiler cast for it and just go two hours or 537 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:13.159 trials. Yeah, that's fair. Well, we'll figure it out. We'll 538 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:20.440 see what other than Reverie. I have been on the side. I recently 539 00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:27.719 obtained the analog pocket. That's a good device. Whatnot the analog pocket. 540 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:32.199 So what it is is, it's basically are you familiar with what a mystery 541 00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:37.280 is, Ryan, I mean you talked about that on the podcast before. 542 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:45.760 Yeah, So a Mister is an FGPA or FPGA emulator where basically it's a 543 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:51.920 device is able to emulate hardware. So you those think it's like a game 544 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:57.519 Boy just about Yeah. So basically what it is is the analog pockets portable 545 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:02.840 Mystery. It's not as powerful as the Mister. Uh, it does not 546 00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:07.760 play things like PlayStation And actually it was really cool as I found out they 547 00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:14.119 got in sixty four running on Mister recently. Yeah, that's really really cool. 548 00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:20.920 Uh. FPGA like tech is crazy to me, especially like how fast 549 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:24.519 they're developing it, because every time somebody talks about, well can we develop 550 00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:28.039 this for Mister, and somebody's like, nah, noah, it's impossible, 551 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:31.000 it's just not within the capabilities of Mister, and then like two months later 552 00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:35.880 it's on there like it's it's just a it's a time thing, like it's 553 00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:38.760 gonna happen. Yeah, Like everybody's like, no, you'll never get PlayStation 554 00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:43.280 on the Mister and Boom PlayStations on the Mystery. So for like nine games, 555 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:46.400 I'll never get in sixty four and the Mister Bowman sixty four is on 556 00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:53.039 the mis game So I had the Analog of Pocket pre ordered it like back 557 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:58.239 sometime last year. I think, and I gotta say, this is a 558 00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:05.960 really cool device. Not only like is it just an f FPGA device, 559 00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:09.880 but it also is just an actual game Boy. It will play my actual 560 00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:15.119 game Boy, game Boy Color and game Boy Advanced cartridges. I think that's 561 00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:30.800 really fucking cool because like I hate every other like handheld system for whatever reason, 562 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:35.480 Like the game Boy Advance is like the perfect ergonomic factor for me, 563 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:38.360 but it's not backlet, and I tried making my own backlet game Boy and 564 00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:43.800 it doesn't feel right because like it just doesn't fit well. And like the 565 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:52.400 game Boy Advanced sp is like way too small for my hands. Like the 566 00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:57.079 Analog Pocket, despite being a little weird at first, it just it fits 567 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:01.400 my hand as like a portable to ice perfect. And not not only that, 568 00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:06.559 like it's it gives me access to like playing my game Boy games like 569 00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:09.639 in a comfortable way, I now have access to like a NES and Super 570 00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:14.679 Nintendo and Second Genesis and like, let me just look at my cores, 571 00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:22.880 real quick, Negos in there, Yeah, neogos in there, Turbographics, 572 00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:30.800 Tribographic CD. I currently have game Boy Game War Color, game Boy Advance, 573 00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:37.840 a NES, s NES Genesis, and Turbographic CD, and like these 574 00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:43.360 games play flawlessly. Twenty five years I've been asking for like a fully functional 575 00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:46.519 portable version of Super Mario RPG, and I finally have it on the years 576 00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:52.760 being remade on Switch, but whatever, it's here, and like I've been 577 00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:57.119 playing through games like and it's literally like I'm playing on the console, like 578 00:45:57.440 --> 00:46:00.880 I played through all I'm megam an X. It feels great. I've been 579 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:06.480 really trying to test the special chip games from S and es, like the 580 00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:10.400 games that had special chips on the cartridge, in order to like actually play 581 00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:14.920 like I've been playing Yoshi's Island a lot on and you know, I've just 582 00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:16.719 been playing occasionally, like before I go to bed or something like that, 583 00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:21.960 just un till I go through a level or two, and like it runs 584 00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:28.280 flawlessly. This device is such an amazing like little package, and the battery 585 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:30.920 life is insane. I haven't charged it yet since I got it. Yeah 586 00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:37.119 here it's here. Yeah now Brant, and I'm at five percent, so 587 00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:40.519 like we're finally there. But I've had it for at least like three weeks. 588 00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:45.840 When was that hurricane supposed to hit? That was about three weeks ago 589 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:50.480 too, Yeah, so I've had it since then, and like it. 590 00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:54.960 I haven't charged it since. And this thing like runs amazing. Hell yeah, 591 00:46:57.000 --> 00:47:00.320 it's been like I've been flirting with this thing for I feel like ever 592 00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:06.800 and like personally for me, like the use case isn't quite there. Like 593 00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:09.079 I have plenty of devices where I like I can throw emulator on and I'm 594 00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:13.320 fine with it. You know, steam deck works great for that. I 595 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:17.920 do that on there and a few other little knick knacks around here. But 596 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:23.760 there's something about like that form factor of the ndomlog plocket that it's really it's 597 00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:28.440 really it's really nice, like I always hear about it. I've been here 598 00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:32.480 about this thing forever in like I'm like, man, I like I just 599 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:36.639 don't want just to have it, you know, I get it. I 600 00:47:36.760 --> 00:47:39.280 get it, and like in the screen is super Chris. The speakers sound 601 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:44.440 really good. I will say like the shoulder buttons took a little because the 602 00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.599 first game I played on this was Mega man X, because I was like, 603 00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:49.119 all right, I don't know a lot these shoulder buttons. I need 604 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:51.519 to play a game that forces me to use these shoulder buttons a lot. 605 00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:54.119 And because I used dash on my r buttons in Mega man X, I 606 00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:58.280 was like, that's going to force me to interact with these shoulder buttons a 607 00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:01.440 fuck ton. And like I didn't like it at first, and then like 608 00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:05.719 as I was getting further along in the game and like I was getting used 609 00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:08.119 to it, I'm like, Okay, this is fine. Yeah, I 610 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:12.119 just had to kind of break it in a little bit. Yeah, pretty 611 00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:15.519 much. But like it's such an amazing little device. I love it, 612 00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:22.760 And like all you need is a Micro's D card and you're pretty much good 613 00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:29.079 to go. And it's a USBC charger. It comes with its own cord. 614 00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:31.199 You gotta buy a brick, which I mean bricks are down a dozen 615 00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:37.400 these days. Yeah, and it fits in your pocket with Like That's why 616 00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:39.920 I wanted it, is because I constantly complained about how we are in the 617 00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:46.719 age of like portable consoles, but like they're handheld but they're not really portable 618 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:53.599 in my eyes, They're not pocket size. They're not like I cannot put 619 00:48:54.559 --> 00:49:00.119 try as I might my switch or my steam dick in my pocket. Like 620 00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:04.800 to me, a handheld device is something that I can get on a bus 621 00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:09.840 if I have like a fifteen minute bus ride from like in front of my 622 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:17.159 house to like the grocery store or something like that. Maybe just like I'm 623 00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:22.199 saying, I'm I am the king, I am the King of cargo pants, 624 00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:30.880 and it's still like too fucking big for me. It came to your 625 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:36.400 growing up, didn't you. I mean, yeah, yeah, I need 626 00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:42.320 to get like so whatever that have a huge Yeah, I remember the get 627 00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:46.480 goes. I remember did you guys ever see the super Boy? Yes? 628 00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:51.760 Yes, okay, because I remember wanting those, Like when I first heard 629 00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:54.239 around it was a portable Superintendent. I was like, bro, this is 630 00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:57.920 it. This is what I want. And then I fucking saw it, 631 00:49:58.280 --> 00:50:02.239 and like I first saw it in an ad where like some it's the super 632 00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:07.199 Boy in like a gene pocket and it just looks so fucking stupid, and 633 00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:15.400 I'm like, oh no, that doesn't favorite pocket at all. So I'm 634 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:17.840 glad if I have this, because this fits in my pocket, my pocket. 635 00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:24.880 It's perfect. Nice. But and you know, I've been playing some 636 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:30.119 tight, you know games on it. May man X. I could go 637 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:34.039 on about that game, how much I love that game. Probably one of 638 00:50:34.079 --> 00:50:38.400 the best two D platformers ever made. Actually, that reminds me of another 639 00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:43.360 game I can talk about that I recently played. I'll get to that. 640 00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:47.480 But mayman X is mag man X is probably, in my opinion, the 641 00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:52.639 best two D platform The game is incredible, excellent level design, excellent boss 642 00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:57.119 designs. I never get tired of that game. I know that game by 643 00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:00.920 heart, back to front, Like, I love that game so much. 644 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:06.920 Really glad that I can have it and play it anywhere in the world. 645 00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:10.159 Now. Yoshi's Island is another game that you know, I grew up a 646 00:51:10.280 --> 00:51:17.960 plane is excellent two D platformer. What I like about Yoshi's Island, I 647 00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:22.719 will say this, Yoshi's Island is a game that since we're of the conversation 648 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:27.760 with difficulty, Yoshi's Island is a game that lets you choose your own difficulty 649 00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:30.519 as you play the game. And I really appreciate it because the game itself 650 00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:37.639 isn't necessarily that hard, right, It's it's definitely a platformer made for lower 651 00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:45.119 skill levels, but like the level scoring system is there to like give you 652 00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:51.079 a greater challenge should you want it, which I think is really cool. 653 00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:55.360 So like it's it's it's kind of like Kirby in that sense, where Kirby 654 00:51:55.400 --> 00:52:02.639 games also have like this sort of choose your own difficulty way of going about 655 00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:05.840 it, where you can go into the game and like you can just play 656 00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:07.679 the game of the game itself is pretty easy, but like once you start 657 00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:12.800 wanting to like get everything there is in the game, the game gets harder 658 00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:15.800 because now you have to go off a beaten path, or a game challenges 659 00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:23.159 you with more like with trickier platforming challenges. To get like a collectible, 660 00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:27.320 you need to get the perfect score on said level or something like that. 661 00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:34.800 And I really appreciate my performers that do that because then like everybody can play 662 00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:39.400 that game and then everybody can talk about that game, you know, And 663 00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:45.000 so I wish I wish four games did that. In today's day and age, 664 00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:52.480 I feel like there isn't like a sort of either games are like designed 665 00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:57.440 with difficulty in mind of like we want to make this hard, like in 666 00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:00.119 in Your Soul's Dain or something like that, where games are just like, 667 00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:02.840 well, we just want you to enjoy the story, so here you go. 668 00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:07.880 There's that middle ground's kind of gone, you know, it's it's there. 669 00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:14.400 But yeah, I know what you mean. I I like seeing that 670 00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:20.599 stuff in games, right, Yeah, and it's we're not where we should 671 00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:29.400 be in that regard. I agree with you on that, but that's seeing 672 00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:32.280 a lot of pocket and playing. Are talking about maga an ex REMADMI. 673 00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:38.880 Are you saying played thirty xx? What's up thirty xx? Yeah, thirty 674 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:49.760 xx. The MegaMan X roguelike, Yes, I have. It's interesting. 675 00:53:51.880 --> 00:53:55.360 I don't dislike it, but like, the first thing that I noticed when 676 00:53:55.400 --> 00:54:00.639 I played it is that it looks like Mega man X, but it doesn't 677 00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:05.559 feel like Mega MANX, And like that immediately just forced me to have like 678 00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:12.199 a recoil sort of like reaction to it where I'm like, this looks like 679 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:15.280 something I really like, but it doesn't feel like getting Therefore, I don't 680 00:54:15.400 --> 00:54:17.760 like that. Yeah, your brain is switching to like, oh, this 681 00:54:19.039 --> 00:54:22.039 this should be this should be Mega man X, but it's not. Yes, 682 00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:27.840 yes, And it's little things like the way you wall jump in the 683 00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:30.599 game, like when you wall jump in Mega man X, there's like a 684 00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:32.800 bit of resistance. Like this is why MegaMan X like the best game ever 685 00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:37.039 and like why it's perfectly designed because it's thought of sucking everything. But like 686 00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:39.559 when you jump off of a wall in Mega man X, there's like a 687 00:54:39.639 --> 00:54:45.360 little bit of like resistance on like your jump, and like it feels like 688 00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:49.159 you're kicking off of a wall and doing we're like in thirty x X, 689 00:54:49.400 --> 00:54:52.960 Like it almost feels like a flash game so to speak, Like yeah, 690 00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:55.360 you're doing a wall jump, but like there's no like physics or anything behind 691 00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:59.199 it. You're kind of just like going up a wall and it just doesn't 692 00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:05.239 feel as good. So and it's it's like things like I like hit stops 693 00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:07.000 and feel as good in the game. And I mean like it's a rogue 694 00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:13.840 light, so like yeah, I get it, but like you look like 695 00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:19.079 something I love, but you're just a cheap imitation. Oh no, man, 696 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:23.239 not the cheap imitation. I don't know. And like it being a 697 00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:28.960 rogue light also like kind of means like the like MegaMan, the Mega man 698 00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:30.840 X games that I enjoy, I love because like their level design is really 699 00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:36.320 cool. Drew said he's playing great value of Mega Man's exactly. I mean, 700 00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:38.440 it's it's it's Mega man X at home, bro, That's what it 701 00:55:38.599 --> 00:55:45.760 is. It's not it's not Doctor Pepper, it's Doctor Thunder, Jesus Christ 702 00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:52.679 and so like, because it's a rogue light game. Like the level design 703 00:55:52.800 --> 00:55:57.800 is not as complex because it's not design of becaus designed for you to like 704 00:55:58.320 --> 00:56:02.639 run through as you're doing on and doing all at him? Is it randomly 705 00:56:02.719 --> 00:56:08.679 generated? I think? So? Okay, gotcha. Yeah, so in 706 00:56:08.840 --> 00:56:12.880 that case too, like you start kind of seeing the seams to the levels 707 00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:15.519 as well, right, like he's this this block is clearly used here. 708 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:20.719 I know this room blah blah blah. Yeah, yeah, it stitched together. 709 00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:29.280 So I mean that's all right, but I'm really feeling it. Also, 710 00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:35.400 the zero character looks really lame in my opinion, The Zero character like 711 00:56:36.039 --> 00:56:42.920 almost look like Zero, like straight up. Okay, it's been it's been 712 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.360 a while since since I looked at it, but I was like, I 713 00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:47.239 remember looking at that game, and I was like, these are clearly not 714 00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:52.719 Mega men and not Zero. I mean, I'm like, okay, he 715 00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:59.119 he looks like Proto Man e XC in my opinion. Okay, or like 716 00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:02.280 if you zero and got rid of his hair, and I think that's why 717 00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:12.480 it looks bad. Okay, okay, but anyway, I digrass. I'm 718 00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:15.880 sure there are people that like that game and find that game fun, and 719 00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:20.840 I don't want to ran their parade. But the game's an imposter who said 720 00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:22.760 I give us crash. It's great value, great value, make a man, 721 00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:30.159 great value, make a man. You can't beat rains Man. Ray 722 00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:35.920 Man X is good game. Anyway, ixt your favorite in the X series, 723 00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:44.239 it's weird. I have this weird love for Mega Man X three because 724 00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:50.239 growing up it was the first game that had zero playable and I've always loved 725 00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:53.039 zero. So you would think like X three or X four would be my 726 00:57:53.199 --> 00:58:00.880 favorite, but like X three does have like some issues in terms of like 727 00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:05.840 I don't think the boss designs are is cool. I don't think the songs 728 00:58:05.840 --> 00:58:07.559 are this. But I guess I would say, yeah, Mega Man X 729 00:58:07.760 --> 00:58:12.519 is my favorite X game, despite like me really liking all of them. 730 00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:15.639 I will always go back to Mega Man X and being like, yeah, 731 00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:17.840 I know everything about this game, and like I will always have like the 732 00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:23.519 dumbest grin on my face. Plane that game nice, that's cool? Oh 733 00:58:23.599 --> 00:58:25.920 yeah, I think it'll be X four for me. But yeah, X 734 00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:31.039 is good. Yeah, X four is really like, don't get me wrong, 735 00:58:31.320 --> 00:58:37.079 X four is really fucking good. There was several, like several nights 736 00:58:37.159 --> 00:58:38.760 where me and my friend, like I would spend the night over at my 737 00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:42.360 friend's place because he had a PlayStation. We would rent X four and we 738 00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:45.599 would trying to we would try to beat it. So like, I get 739 00:58:45.679 --> 00:58:50.039 it. I'll have several hours longed away an X four. That game is 740 00:58:50.199 --> 00:58:58.079 also incredible. Yeah, but I don't know. Just everything about X is 741 00:58:58.199 --> 00:59:01.360 like the perfect package. I I think making me an next damn near a 742 00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:07.079 perfect game. It's not a perfect game. Oh yeah, all right, 743 00:59:07.320 --> 00:59:15.320 that's a good answer. I like that. I'm that's all he gots. 744 00:59:15.400 --> 00:59:17.119 That was good, that's good. Touched on a lot of things. Then 745 00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:24.239 it's all he's got. He had a lot. Uh what is on my 746 00:59:24.400 --> 00:59:32.440 plate? So I uh to touch back earlier. I did finish the f 747 00:59:32.519 --> 00:59:37.400 Stars Drew, You're not gonna kill me. I'm not gonna spoil the game 748 00:59:37.480 --> 00:59:43.480 for you. I would at some point like to talk openly about that game, 749 00:59:44.599 --> 00:59:50.880 so I highly I hope you get to it soon. I would like 750 00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:54.519 to talk about it while it's like freshest in my mind because my memory is 751 00:59:54.519 --> 01:00:00.920 awful no longer it takes to talk about things. It escapes me. But 752 01:00:00.079 --> 01:00:05.880 I will say, like, at a high level, right, that game 753 01:00:06.119 --> 01:00:13.119 is my favorite RPG that I've played this year. Now saying that, I 754 01:00:13.440 --> 01:00:16.039 will say because like my other favorite RPG is Octopat Traveler too, right, 755 01:00:16.239 --> 01:00:22.079 Like coming off of that high is really fucking good, I will say, 756 01:00:22.239 --> 01:00:25.400 like I like the story of Octopat Traveler two more right, I think I 757 01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:31.800 think that's a better written game overall, but I like but the rest of 758 01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:37.559 the game, I like, see if Stars more I think it is it 759 01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:43.519 is insanely charming. Like uh, like Ryan said earlier, in the way 760 01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:47.159 like that a lot of other games haven't like captured or at least like big 761 01:00:47.280 --> 01:00:54.159 budget like release titles have captured. Like the sprites are so expressive in a 762 01:00:54.239 --> 01:00:59.400 way that like I can only describe as like when I think back to like 763 01:00:59.480 --> 01:01:01.000 the first time I played like Chroma Trigger and you go into like the Centennial 764 01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:04.920 Fair or whatever, and just like seeing like the characters like dancing or like 765 01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:08.679 emoting really really well, right like in this like a dumb smile on my 766 01:01:08.719 --> 01:01:13.440 face as I see the characters doing these things, like it evokes that like 767 01:01:13.880 --> 01:01:19.480 perfect if I'm mad, if I'm yeah. So I've only played the demo, 768 01:01:19.880 --> 01:01:23.960 the demo that was released time earlier this year, like March or April 769 01:01:24.039 --> 01:01:30.440 or whatever, and like that was my experience based on like the two hours 770 01:01:30.519 --> 01:01:35.000 that you get to play there, because the game evokes like, in my 771 01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:38.960 opinion, three of my favorite RPG series or RPGs of Chroma Trigger, Super 772 01:01:39.000 --> 01:01:44.000 Mario RPG, and Golden Sun, all of which have like this the special 773 01:01:44.119 --> 01:01:50.400 unique charm that I haven't really seen a JRPG capture. And I think the 774 01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:57.159 best way I can say that the kind of like sort of expresses that idea 775 01:01:57.440 --> 01:02:04.159 is when I play rpg these nowadays, I realized that the games are just 776 01:02:04.400 --> 01:02:07.159 hallways with monsters in there, and you travel from point A to point B. 777 01:02:08.039 --> 01:02:12.760 Now that isn't to say that Chrono Trigger and Golden Sun and Super MARIOPG 778 01:02:13.000 --> 01:02:17.719 are not bad, but those games felt far less like that when you're actively 779 01:02:17.920 --> 01:02:24.320 playing it. There's something about those games and see If Stars as well that 780 01:02:24.440 --> 01:02:31.079 you're kind of just like in it and like that game like really enraptures you. 781 01:02:32.800 --> 01:02:38.519 Well because it's so charming. I don't know if that made any sense, 782 01:02:38.719 --> 01:02:42.719 No, it makes sense. I don't know if I agree necessarily of 783 01:02:42.840 --> 01:02:47.960 like the game stopped feeling like their hallways and that that maybe it's just me 784 01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:52.239 because like the way that I play games, and I'm just break them down 785 01:02:52.280 --> 01:02:55.400 to my head, like I can just see the scenes and that's just always 786 01:02:55.440 --> 01:03:02.800 going to be there for me. But it's definitely like what plays into it 787 01:03:02.920 --> 01:03:07.960 more for me is like the color palettes that are used. It is a 788 01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:12.000 very bright and colorful game, right it is. Again, it is like 789 01:03:12.199 --> 01:03:15.840 the way that the characters are emoting and expressing themselves is just like it's not 790 01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:21.760 afraid to be goofy, right in a lot of ways that like games and 791 01:03:21.920 --> 01:03:27.480 RPGs these days just like are kind of scared to do it. It is 792 01:03:27.639 --> 01:03:30.679 weird at times, Like you think about the party members you get in like 793 01:03:30.760 --> 01:03:34.440 chrona trigger, right, you get a frog with a sword, right, 794 01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:38.079 Like that is excuse me that that is like weird, right, But it's 795 01:03:38.119 --> 01:03:42.480 so cool looking, you know what I mean? And you get like that 796 01:03:42.639 --> 01:03:45.039 same feeling out of party members you get in like Sea of Stars and stuff 797 01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:52.559 like that, and every character has like a unique flare about them, like 798 01:03:52.760 --> 01:03:54.440 from the way that they're running or the way that they're doing attacks, Like 799 01:03:54.599 --> 01:04:00.320 every character is truly unique, and like there's a whimsical nature to it that's 800 01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:04.800 just like it's something that can only be described out of the games that you 801 01:04:04.920 --> 01:04:11.440 mentioned, right that, like other games don't really give you. I do 802 01:04:11.639 --> 01:04:15.480 find myself getting caught up in the world and just like loving everything about it. 803 01:04:15.639 --> 01:04:24.079 Like the music hits a very specific era as well. That does it's 804 01:04:24.440 --> 01:04:30.599 really fucking cool. Like you could tell me this game came out in nineteen 805 01:04:30.719 --> 01:04:32.679 ninety six and I would be like, yes, it did. Like it's 806 01:04:32.840 --> 01:04:39.320 it fits so perfectly in that very specific era that it is wild to me 807 01:04:40.079 --> 01:04:42.920 in a way that like a lot of these other games that like on the 808 01:04:43.039 --> 01:04:45.280 surface are like, yeah, this is a sprite game, this is cool, 809 01:04:45.360 --> 01:04:48.480 but it's still like a twenty twenty three game, Like this is very 810 01:04:48.599 --> 01:04:51.519 much a nineteen ninety six game, and like the best way as possible, 811 01:04:53.679 --> 01:05:00.079 and that that is such a hard thing to capture. The battle system I 812 01:05:00.239 --> 01:05:03.800 mentioned earlier, it is my favorite battle system I think period right now. 813 01:05:05.400 --> 01:05:11.000 It's really fucking cool that like it has the break system of like an Octopass 814 01:05:11.039 --> 01:05:16.960 traveler, But it's only when enemies are like casting abilities, right, So 815 01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:19.679 it's not something that like you can constantly break them, like you're going to 816 01:05:19.719 --> 01:05:24.159 be forced to like take attacks out of enemies or sometimes like multiple enemies are 817 01:05:24.280 --> 01:05:27.159 preparing attacks at once and you're like you have to come to that decision of 818 01:05:27.280 --> 01:05:30.440 like which one am I going to break? Like what's the brake order here? 819 01:05:30.599 --> 01:05:32.679 And can I even break them all? Right? Which one am I 820 01:05:32.760 --> 01:05:38.360 going to take on the chin? So like there's a priority system you have 821 01:05:38.440 --> 01:05:41.840 to kind of like think about when you look at the monsters that are popping 822 01:05:41.880 --> 01:05:46.039 up on the screen. The timed hit nature of it is really good too, 823 01:05:46.199 --> 01:05:50.559 Like every not every ability, I will I will say most abilities have 824 01:05:50.719 --> 01:05:56.239 like a timing thing to them, and they're for the most part, like 825 01:05:56.440 --> 01:06:00.599 all different and unique, and it may it's a pretty huge difference, especially 826 01:06:00.679 --> 01:06:06.039 like on defense, but it's also done in a way where it doesn't feel 827 01:06:06.159 --> 01:06:10.559 punishing if you can't get it right. Well, well let me not say 828 01:06:10.719 --> 01:06:14.360 not punishing, but like for people that have trouble timing things, you can 829 01:06:14.400 --> 01:06:17.119 still complete this game, like they're still like you can use your items to 830 01:06:17.159 --> 01:06:20.119 heal yourself and blah blah blah and all these other ways to like stay in 831 01:06:20.239 --> 01:06:24.679 the fight. But if you are good at that timing stuff, then like 832 01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:29.320 you're going to get a lot out of this. And there is also like 833 01:06:29.440 --> 01:06:31.840 a relic system in the place where like you find these items to like customize 834 01:06:31.880 --> 01:06:36.519 the difficulty to your liking, which I think is very cool. So like 835 01:06:38.280 --> 01:06:43.760 you can tighten that up and make this experience like way more like challenging, 836 01:06:44.119 --> 01:06:46.800 like these time hits have to fucking matter or I Am going to die, 837 01:06:47.280 --> 01:06:51.360 And I think that stuff is very cool as well. So we talked about 838 01:06:51.360 --> 01:06:56.039 you talked about difficulty and customizing it a little earlier, and like this game 839 01:06:56.119 --> 01:07:00.960 does that, and I think like future runs of this game, like a 840 01:07:01.039 --> 01:07:06.199 new game plus run of this game that I am thinking about doing when I 841 01:07:06.280 --> 01:07:14.719 get some time, it is going to be like really fucking cool. There's 842 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:19.599 quite a few like fun little mini games in here too. Again, like 843 01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:23.559 the game is not afraid to be goofy when when it needs to be. 844 01:07:24.559 --> 01:07:28.679 I was very I wasn't sure what to expect out of the story. And 845 01:07:28.679 --> 01:07:30.719 again I'm not going to go into spoilers or anything like that, but I 846 01:07:30.840 --> 01:07:34.920 was very surprised at like the angle that they went with, and once I 847 01:07:35.000 --> 01:07:39.880 understood like what they were doing, I was like, I'm I'm kind of 848 01:07:40.000 --> 01:07:44.480 on board for this. I don't think it hits one hundred percent everywhere, 849 01:07:45.480 --> 01:07:49.000 but I think it hits where it needs to and that really fucking and it's 850 01:07:49.079 --> 01:07:55.880 really cool. And I was emotional several times throughout this game, both like 851 01:07:56.400 --> 01:08:00.760 for like sad reasons and also for like happy reasons, and it's just like 852 01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:06.559 you took me through the whole fucking range of emotions throughout this journey. So 853 01:08:06.920 --> 01:08:11.039 yeah, that that's kind of all I can say without like digging too too 854 01:08:11.159 --> 01:08:15.239 deep. Maybe we're dying, well, yeah, right and dying. Maybe 855 01:08:15.279 --> 01:08:17.359 we'll be able to do a store the Cast one of these days for it. 856 01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:24.640 I'm very curious to see how how you like a certain character, Drew. 857 01:08:25.039 --> 01:08:27.520 I've been having to look back and forth with with a few of my 858 01:08:27.600 --> 01:08:30.880 friends, and I think there's like a there's a little contention point around a 859 01:08:30.439 --> 01:08:35.560 character here. I want to see where you fall on it. This is 860 01:08:35.760 --> 01:08:41.279 Joe of the Adrian. He was mentioning it is one that he does not 861 01:08:41.439 --> 01:08:48.560 like, and it's it's very very interesting. The conversations I have around it. 862 01:08:49.640 --> 01:08:54.800 Ah, so yeah, that that's CFTRS. I think that game is 863 01:08:54.840 --> 01:08:58.199 excellent. I highly recommend everybody go play. It is on game Pass if 864 01:08:58.239 --> 01:09:00.560 you if you have that service, you can go go play it there. 865 01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:03.319 If not, I think it's like thirty bucks or something like that. A 866 01:09:03.399 --> 01:09:06.279 physical version of the game comes out next year if you want to wait on 867 01:09:06.319 --> 01:09:14.880 a physical version of it. And and yeah there is for anybody that's played 868 01:09:14.880 --> 01:09:17.199 The Messenger. There are like nods to that game in here as well, 869 01:09:18.439 --> 01:09:24.039 which I find very interesting and also makes me want to go back. Is 870 01:09:24.079 --> 01:09:28.960 it the same developer or something? Yes, yes, same developer in the 871 01:09:29.000 --> 01:09:32.960 same world. It's the same universe. So See Stars is technically a prequel. 872 01:09:34.479 --> 01:09:38.079 Okay, Messenger, I'm still playing the game. I'm still playing the 873 01:09:38.119 --> 01:09:43.000 game right then, yeah, right, And it's it's something that's not it's 874 01:09:43.039 --> 01:09:45.560 not like you have to play The Messenger to understand See If or vice versa. 875 01:09:46.000 --> 01:09:50.640 Right that there there is a through line between these games, but it 876 01:09:50.800 --> 01:09:56.399 is not like super important. But it's very cool. It's one of those 877 01:09:56.439 --> 01:10:01.800 if you know, you're just like I see and it's it's really cool. 878 01:10:04.159 --> 01:10:09.399 How how they how they did that. There's future DLC that's coming out for 879 01:10:09.560 --> 01:10:15.079 it that goes into that link between the games a little more in more detail, 880 01:10:15.439 --> 01:10:19.319 which I'm very very curious to see how that goes. But it did 881 01:10:19.439 --> 01:10:24.960 leave me wanting to like replay through the Messenger with like some new context in 882 01:10:25.039 --> 01:10:30.640 my head and see how it plays out. H So, yeah, that 883 01:10:30.800 --> 01:10:33.800 that's sef Stars. It's two hundred percent that game. So I went out 884 01:10:33.840 --> 01:10:39.199 of my way to get all the achievements. Like I love that game that 885 01:10:39.399 --> 01:10:45.000 much. I am missing one achievement which requires me to do a new game 886 01:10:45.079 --> 01:10:47.359 plus not a full run, but I do have to, like, uh, 887 01:10:47.760 --> 01:10:53.640 I have to fight ten bosses with a specific like difficulty setting on basically, 888 01:10:54.960 --> 01:10:57.199 and it's it's it's a thing that you don't want to lock until like 889 01:10:57.359 --> 01:11:00.279 later in the game. So it's like you might as well just do on 890 01:11:00.319 --> 01:11:04.119 a postgame run. So I'm gonna do that at some point. It's probably 891 01:11:04.159 --> 01:11:08.159 gonna run me an additional like four or five hours to get the achievement to 892 01:11:08.479 --> 01:11:12.000 do all those bosses. But for the most part, if you want to 893 01:11:12.079 --> 01:11:15.720 do everything, it's I finished it in forty hours. That is me going 894 01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:19.359 at a casual pace. I was not like rushing through the game. If 895 01:11:19.399 --> 01:11:24.920 you just want to like mainline it. It is like twenty to twenty five, 896 01:11:25.920 --> 01:11:28.800 so it is not like a huge time investment for an RPG. But 897 01:11:28.960 --> 01:11:31.399 there's also a lot of content in there if you want to do it, 898 01:11:32.119 --> 01:11:34.720 which that was also a thing I was very surprised at because I know they're 899 01:11:34.800 --> 01:11:39.880 gunning for like a shorter game, but as I was playing through it, 900 01:11:39.960 --> 01:11:42.800 I'm like, there's a lot of quests in here, there's a lot of 901 01:11:42.880 --> 01:11:46.439 collectibles in here. There's a lot of stuff packed into this little video game, 902 01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:53.319 and it never felt I never felt like my time was wasted. I 903 01:11:53.399 --> 01:11:58.079 had a smile on my face the entire time. It's every fight was always 904 01:11:58.439 --> 01:12:03.960 kept me engaged. So yeah, the fantastic game. Can't can't sing enough 905 01:12:04.000 --> 01:12:17.319 praises for it. I So I'm playing Ever Crisis, the Final Fans seven 906 01:12:17.399 --> 01:12:29.560 mobile game. Oh yeah, that officially dropped earlier during recording he downloaded it. 907 01:12:29.640 --> 01:12:38.119 Now. You have approximately eleven days to get the swimsuit outfits for the 908 01:12:38.119 --> 01:12:43.359 summer outfit. I should say they have lifeguard Tifa and they have a nice 909 01:12:43.359 --> 01:12:47.359 swimsuit for Earth that I think is very cute. Right thirteen has a Hawaiian 910 01:12:47.439 --> 01:12:50.920 jacket, which I think is or yeah yeah, which is very very cute. 911 01:12:51.000 --> 01:12:56.880 That's fantastic. And Cloud looks like he's just came out of Kingdom Hearts, 912 01:12:56.960 --> 01:13:00.800 which is also very funny. They should have given them a seke quay. 913 01:13:03.000 --> 01:13:08.840 Every Crisis is a cool little package. It's a cool package that is 914 01:13:08.960 --> 01:13:15.000 like suffering from Square and X Mobile game syndrome. So like anybody that's played 915 01:13:15.039 --> 01:13:18.760 a Square and X Mobile game will know like how heavy they try to push 916 01:13:18.840 --> 01:13:25.319 my coel transactions and it is like all over this video game. There's like 917 01:13:26.039 --> 01:13:30.399 four different like battle passes that you can buy if you want to. There's 918 01:13:30.560 --> 01:13:34.960 like a weekly pass that you can buy, two different weekly passes you can 919 01:13:35.039 --> 01:13:41.359 buy every time you clear like a chapter or two. There's like a limited 920 01:13:41.439 --> 01:13:45.680 time like offer that pops up that's just like, hey, what if you 921 01:13:45.760 --> 01:13:51.720 spend ten dollars to get like these materials? And if it is so funny 922 01:13:51.840 --> 01:13:58.560 looking at it, and I'm just like, can y'all stop? But the 923 01:13:58.680 --> 01:14:03.079 game itself is cool. I do really like the visual style of it. 924 01:14:04.039 --> 01:14:10.680 It has like these Chibu chibi characters sprites that are re enacting the events of 925 01:14:10.880 --> 01:14:16.039 Final Fantasy seven Crisis Core as well as like news story from the First Soldier, 926 01:14:16.439 --> 01:14:19.560 which was the Battle Royale game that they tried to do that that got 927 01:14:19.600 --> 01:14:25.479 shut down, but was supposed to be a game that was centered around learning 928 01:14:25.520 --> 01:14:29.640 about the beginnings of Soldier and getting more into like Shinra's history, right, 929 01:14:29.720 --> 01:14:30.920 So there was some lower bits that was supposed to be really good with that 930 01:14:31.039 --> 01:14:34.760 game had that game actually taken off. But they they've given that stuff like 931 01:14:34.840 --> 01:14:39.600 a second chance at life through this game, which I think is pretty cool 932 01:14:39.640 --> 01:14:45.800 to try to salvage some of that stuff. So going through the story bits 933 01:14:45.880 --> 01:14:49.319 for like FF seven has been like kind of like a nostalgia trip. It's 934 01:14:49.399 --> 01:14:53.920 it, it looks great. I really wish they did like a full just 935 01:14:54.399 --> 01:14:58.560 FF seven remake in this style, you know, like o g F seven, 936 01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:03.239 because it looks in and mats like so well. Rewatching the Crisis Core 937 01:15:03.880 --> 01:15:11.000 content in this style as well has been a treat. And the new characters 938 01:15:11.079 --> 01:15:14.800 they added for the First Soldier the original characters, I think they SQUANNX did 939 01:15:14.840 --> 01:15:19.800 those characters dirty with the marketing, so you have I believe the characters names 940 01:15:19.840 --> 01:15:27.399 are It's Glenn, it's Matt and Lucia. I think her name is Damn. 941 01:15:27.439 --> 01:15:30.960 They getting basic ass names. They're basic ass names. And the funny 942 01:15:30.039 --> 01:15:34.840 thing is like they're they're basic as names. And then when you look at 943 01:15:34.880 --> 01:15:41.039 the official artwork for them as well, they're just like basic like shinra officer 944 01:15:41.159 --> 01:15:44.640 outfits as well, and you're just like, who the fuck are these jokerstic 945 01:15:44.960 --> 01:15:47.680 like like they look like they're just like you know how when when you play 946 01:15:47.680 --> 01:15:51.000 a mobile game, this use like the rares, the srs and the SSRs 947 01:15:51.039 --> 01:15:55.800 and the rare so are just like trash like throwaway character, Like they look 948 01:15:55.840 --> 01:16:00.239 like they're just rare throwaway trash characters. Right. But the funny it is, 949 01:16:00.279 --> 01:16:02.760 when you do the first chapter for them, one of the first things 950 01:16:02.840 --> 01:16:06.239 that happens, like they get into a plane crash because they're set out on 951 01:16:06.279 --> 01:16:13.359 a mission to try and find a new location to install make or reactors, 952 01:16:13.680 --> 01:16:15.880 right, and this is like one of their first big missions as a team. 953 01:16:17.000 --> 01:16:19.439 Glenn, who's like the leader of this group, is like the first 954 01:16:19.479 --> 01:16:24.399 time he's being put in charge as a leader. He's a very goofy character, 955 01:16:24.439 --> 01:16:27.680 like very much a Jodan protagonist style character, which he's actually he's actually 956 01:16:27.720 --> 01:16:30.640 pretty good. They get into a plane crash. They crash on this like 957 01:16:31.000 --> 01:16:33.800 island or whatever, and one of the first things they do is they change 958 01:16:33.800 --> 01:16:40.960 other their uniforms into something more like, uh, something better basically, right, 959 01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:45.079 like something that makes them look like an actual character. And I'm like, 960 01:16:45.640 --> 01:16:48.479 why doesn't the character art artwork that they promote these carts with reflect this 961 01:16:48.680 --> 01:16:53.079 look, right, it will be far more interesting, right, So, 962 01:16:53.239 --> 01:16:57.159 Like Glenn has like this big red, like poofy jacket basically like look at 963 01:16:57.199 --> 01:17:00.319 like an anime protagonist, like this giant ass metal site that he that he 964 01:17:00.399 --> 01:17:03.640 has. Lucia has like a really cool like purple top that she has on, 965 01:17:03.800 --> 01:17:08.840 and stuff like that. Matt's in like a camel military gear, Like 966 01:17:09.239 --> 01:17:13.119 it looks way more interesting than just like standards soldier uniform a you know, 967 01:17:14.039 --> 01:17:15.520 like daan, y'all did this catch is dirty? And the more that I 968 01:17:15.680 --> 01:17:18.720 play in that chapter, I really do like those characters. They're they're a 969 01:17:18.840 --> 01:17:24.800 very goofy bunch, but overall, like I'm enjoying the game for the most 970 01:17:24.840 --> 01:17:28.079 part. Again, like the micro transaction stuff is like a little, uh, 971 01:17:28.560 --> 01:17:35.239 a little annoying. I think they're their costume Gotcha is not as bad 972 01:17:35.520 --> 01:17:44.479 as Niqus, but it is quite awful in its own right. I was 973 01:17:44.479 --> 01:17:47.039 gonna say, like, you found something worse than Nique. I want to 974 01:17:47.119 --> 01:17:53.439 hear this. There's nothing worse than There is nothing worse than Niques. But 975 01:17:53.640 --> 01:17:58.800 this is like as close if a line as you could probably get. At 976 01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:00.319 least you have a chance of getting them on the first roll. If you 977 01:18:00.439 --> 01:18:04.199 want Nika, you have to get it at least five rolls in before they 978 01:18:04.239 --> 01:18:11.039 give you the opportunity to try and get Yeah. Yeah, But how it 979 01:18:11.119 --> 01:18:15.159 works here is you have the summer banner going on right now, Right, 980 01:18:16.039 --> 01:18:20.359 there's two banners, and each banner has two characters. So I'll use Tifas 981 01:18:20.399 --> 01:18:24.159 as an example because that's the first one that started. So you have Lifeguard 982 01:18:24.199 --> 01:18:31.119 Tifa and you have Hawaiian Red. Right, every banner has like a stamp 983 01:18:32.079 --> 01:18:36.039 card that goes with it. Okay, when you do a ten roll on 984 01:18:36.119 --> 01:18:41.239 the banner to try and get like the character weapons, you get a stamp. 985 01:18:42.520 --> 01:18:47.000 Collect enough stamps, you get the costume. All right, you get 986 01:18:47.039 --> 01:18:50.079 the pick which costume you get first? Right, so you can set the 987 01:18:50.239 --> 01:18:55.239 order basically, and how it works is like you get six stamps, you're 988 01:18:55.279 --> 01:18:58.359 guaranteed the weapon, and then if you get six more stamps, you get 989 01:18:58.399 --> 01:19:00.279 the costume. So you can set whether or not you red stuff first or 990 01:19:00.319 --> 01:19:05.920 you want teefa stuff first. Okay, you only get stamps for ten rolls. 991 01:19:06.119 --> 01:19:11.119 Single rolls do not count at all. That's when they get you, 992 01:19:11.840 --> 01:19:15.439 all right, So you have to do ten rolls, and then you have 993 01:19:16.960 --> 01:19:20.760 another gutche that plays out where it rolls a dice on how many stamps you 994 01:19:20.840 --> 01:19:27.880 get per ten poll. Right, so if you're lucky, you can roll 995 01:19:27.960 --> 01:19:30.319 the dice and get twelve stamps on the first roll and then get your cost 996 01:19:30.439 --> 01:19:35.479 him. Right, that is like a point five percent chance. You're probably 997 01:19:35.520 --> 01:19:44.000 not kidding that. On average you're probably getting like two, right, But 998 01:19:44.199 --> 01:19:46.439 sometimes you'll get one. You'll just get one stamp and you're like, well, 999 01:19:46.479 --> 01:19:49.000 funk I didn't go anywhere, And then next role you get two, 1000 01:19:49.159 --> 01:19:51.319 and then you're like okay, and then you're back to get them like one. 1001 01:19:51.359 --> 01:19:56.880 You're like fuck this. So yeah, you can see how that gets 1002 01:19:57.359 --> 01:20:01.439 awful pretty quickly, right, But again, you have the chance at least 1003 01:20:01.479 --> 01:20:04.880 to get it in one or two rolls if you're good, Unlike Nika where 1004 01:20:04.920 --> 01:20:10.760 you have to go at least five, So it's a it's a goofy system. 1005 01:20:11.119 --> 01:20:15.520 It's not great. They're overlapping banners very quickly, right, so like 1006 01:20:15.720 --> 01:20:20.359 you had Tifa's banner started I think like a week ago, no, two 1007 01:20:20.399 --> 01:20:24.319 weeks ago actually, and it runs until the twenty eighth, and then halfway 1008 01:20:24.399 --> 01:20:27.680 through that banner, so starting like this past week, they were like, 1009 01:20:27.800 --> 01:20:30.039 hey, now we're throwing in Earth and Cloud on the second banner and you're 1010 01:20:30.039 --> 01:20:31.960 like, I didn't even have a chance to recover the gems. I just 1011 01:20:32.039 --> 01:20:35.159 spent, you know, and they're like, ha ha, we don't care, 1012 01:20:35.239 --> 01:20:41.600 open up the wallet, son of a bitch. And then that's right 1013 01:20:41.680 --> 01:20:45.119 off the heels of them doing like Samurai Cloud like, which was a banner 1014 01:20:45.239 --> 01:20:48.640 right before that. So it's like there's no breathing room between these banner changes. 1015 01:20:48.880 --> 01:20:51.880 And if that's a sign of like what they're going to do in the 1016 01:20:51.920 --> 01:20:55.640 future, which I mean this again, this is a Square Next mobile game. 1017 01:20:55.760 --> 01:21:00.680 This is to be expected. That's pretty whack in my you know, 1018 01:21:00.920 --> 01:21:04.239 at least give players a chance to like build up some resources between the stuff, 1019 01:21:08.079 --> 01:21:14.239 not buy it buy it right now right the second but it's It's cool 1020 01:21:14.319 --> 01:21:18.960 though. If you do get the costumes, they do come with like passive 1021 01:21:19.159 --> 01:21:26.399 buffs for characters, but they're not like game breaking or anything like that, 1022 01:21:26.520 --> 01:21:30.680 so it's not like a real necessity or anything. It's more important to get 1023 01:21:30.720 --> 01:21:33.600 the weapons because weapons gives you new abilities, new active abilities to use in 1024 01:21:33.680 --> 01:21:40.720 battle. That makes sense. I mean, I have tifas and I'm halfway 1025 01:21:40.760 --> 01:21:46.640 through error, so I understand. And you can also, uh, they 1026 01:21:46.720 --> 01:21:51.399 also have the Transmarck feature, right, so like you can use one outfit 1027 01:21:51.600 --> 01:21:55.680 and then just have the visual style of another, right if you just want 1028 01:21:55.720 --> 01:21:59.520 the benefits of it, And that works for both costumes as well as your 1029 01:21:59.520 --> 01:22:01.039 weapons as well. So if you have a weapon skin that you really like 1030 01:22:01.199 --> 01:22:04.079 and you have it in your inventory, you can just skin that over whatever 1031 01:22:04.119 --> 01:22:08.000 you're actually using, which I think that is very cool. I think every 1032 01:22:08.039 --> 01:22:10.920 game should have that option of just like at least giving you an appearance of 1033 01:22:11.000 --> 01:22:15.680 what you like, you know, So that's a cool thing. I think 1034 01:22:15.720 --> 01:22:20.000 the attacks and everything, like the animation and actual battles is really good. 1035 01:22:20.600 --> 01:22:25.359 I like the way all the limit breaks and stuff work looks and animates. 1036 01:22:25.520 --> 01:22:30.880 So I'm conflicted on it ultimately, right, because I think the mobile game 1037 01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:36.159 part of it is pretty egregious at times, but you also don't have to 1038 01:22:36.279 --> 01:22:40.600 interact with that side of it that much. And if you want to just 1039 01:22:40.720 --> 01:22:43.520 like go through the story parts of it, which I think is very good, 1040 01:22:45.560 --> 01:22:47.880 then you're you're kind of just free to do. So it's not very 1041 01:22:48.000 --> 01:22:53.159 hard to do all the content or get enough levels to do the little content. 1042 01:22:55.479 --> 01:22:57.520 So yeah, I also think it's very cool that they give you all 1043 01:22:57.520 --> 01:23:00.000 the characters up front, so you're not never rolling for characters, so you 1044 01:23:00.039 --> 01:23:03.359 can just make a party of whoever you want and just run through the content. 1045 01:23:04.359 --> 01:23:10.600 So I think that's pretty cool. So that's that's Ever Crisis. I 1046 01:23:11.479 --> 01:23:14.239 look forward to more content for that game because I know it's gonna touch on 1047 01:23:15.079 --> 01:23:20.199 Before Crisis, which was the Turks game at some point, and they said 1048 01:23:20.239 --> 01:23:24.119 they want to go through like the entire compilation of Fence at seven. So 1049 01:23:24.680 --> 01:23:28.960 seeing some of the other stuff done in this way, they're probably gonna touch 1050 01:23:29.000 --> 01:23:33.560 on Advent Children, and I'm sure they're gonna do darger Servius might be very 1051 01:23:33.600 --> 01:23:41.880 cool to see. Uh Lastly, I think lastly, yeah, yeah, 1052 01:23:41.880 --> 01:23:46.439 I don't have to go into too much other stuff. I did start Starfield 1053 01:23:46.880 --> 01:23:55.560 today. I'm like an hour and a half into it. Not too much 1054 01:23:55.680 --> 01:24:00.680 to say on that front. I'm just I'm not big, but that's the 1055 01:24:00.760 --> 01:24:04.720 games person like they're there RPGs in particular, So I'm not a Fallout guy. 1056 01:24:05.159 --> 01:24:11.560 I don't really do the Elders scrolls very often, like I I historically, 1057 01:24:11.600 --> 01:24:15.560 I've never finished Skyrim. I've watched people finished that game. I've only 1058 01:24:15.640 --> 01:24:19.239 done like one storyline through it, which was like the University, I think, 1059 01:24:19.279 --> 01:24:23.680 and I was like, Okay, I'm done. That's what I've touched 1060 01:24:23.720 --> 01:24:27.680 me basically, right, Like I get my fill out of their games and 1061 01:24:27.720 --> 01:24:30.479 then I'm like, cool, I'm moving on. I never feel compelled to 1062 01:24:30.560 --> 01:24:35.560 like finish them. Like I started, like Fallout New Vegas. I played 1063 01:24:35.640 --> 01:24:39.439 like probably like ten hours of that game, and I was like, I 1064 01:24:39.520 --> 01:24:42.239 got my fill and then I watched my friend play through all of it. 1065 01:24:42.560 --> 01:24:47.159 Right. Fallout four was very similar to that. I played a bunch of 1066 01:24:47.319 --> 01:24:54.720 Moro Winds, but like never finished Moro wind and I expect Starfield to be 1067 01:24:54.920 --> 01:24:58.840 very much the same. And it's a game that largely I would have ignored 1068 01:24:58.840 --> 01:25:01.239 if there wasn't like a lot of talk about it. Like it is considered 1069 01:25:01.239 --> 01:25:04.039 to be like one of the bigger releases this year, so like my brain 1070 01:25:04.159 --> 01:25:06.279 tells me, hey, you should at least like look at this thing. 1071 01:25:09.479 --> 01:25:13.119 So that's kind of what I'm doing. I hear that there's some cool narrative 1072 01:25:13.159 --> 01:25:19.640 stuff to it that like it's really what's driving me here that like the gameplay 1073 01:25:20.039 --> 01:25:24.880 and the narrative like do a cool thing together. And I'm always a sucker 1074 01:25:25.000 --> 01:25:30.199 when like gameplay affects gameplay like directly is involved with like the narrative, right. 1075 01:25:30.279 --> 01:25:32.000 It's it's something that like only video games can do when telling a story. 1076 01:25:32.039 --> 01:25:35.520 So you think about like Yoko Taro games and stuff like that, and 1077 01:25:35.640 --> 01:25:40.680 not to say, like this game is like goes in those spaces like Yoko 1078 01:25:40.760 --> 01:25:46.520 Taro and his wild imagination and gameplay philosophy. But I hear it does cool 1079 01:25:46.600 --> 01:25:51.000 things in that vein, you know, and I want to see that. 1080 01:25:51.319 --> 01:25:57.640 So we'll see if I get that far in. If not, you know, 1081 01:25:57.720 --> 01:26:00.119 I'll probably put in like ten fifteen hours and then watch a play through 1082 01:26:00.159 --> 01:26:02.880 and see see what's up. But I'll say, like the first hour, 1083 01:26:03.079 --> 01:26:06.079 I'm pretty like all right about it. I think the gun play so far 1084 01:26:06.279 --> 01:26:11.600 is pretty good, right, So at least that part is is engaging enough. 1085 01:26:13.399 --> 01:26:18.840 It's way more men you driven in terms of like traveling between planets, 1086 01:26:19.119 --> 01:26:23.720 So it's not a what's what's the other? No, it's not a no 1087 01:26:23.800 --> 01:26:28.760 Man's sky where you're just like really taking off from one planet and like flying 1088 01:26:28.920 --> 01:26:32.560 to another. It's more like you take off on a planet, you get 1089 01:26:32.640 --> 01:26:38.279 to fly around like the area of that planet, like this part of the 1090 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:45.279 Solar System or whatever, and then you like hyper jump to another location and 1091 01:26:45.319 --> 01:26:48.079 then you can fly around another planet and then just like menu yourself like and 1092 01:26:48.279 --> 01:26:51.359 zone into that planet if you want to. So it's not like this big, 1093 01:26:51.520 --> 01:26:58.600 huge open area is just like more like smaller self contained areas, which 1094 01:26:58.640 --> 01:27:01.239 I found interesting because I felt like the game was like hyping itself to almost 1095 01:27:01.359 --> 01:27:05.159 be a No Man Sky kind of game, and it's not that at all. 1096 01:27:06.079 --> 01:27:10.840 It's not bad, and I think like the ship combat stuff is actually 1097 01:27:11.039 --> 01:27:18.359 pretty good. But it's not as open world in that way that I thought 1098 01:27:18.399 --> 01:27:24.640 it was going to be. But the planet seemed pretty large there there there. 1099 01:27:24.960 --> 01:27:27.840 It's open in that regard, so there's a lot to explore once you're 1100 01:27:27.880 --> 01:27:30.479 in the planets and stuff. It's just more of the space exploration is like 1101 01:27:30.800 --> 01:27:33.840 not what I thought it was going to be, so I'll have more impressions 1102 01:27:33.880 --> 01:27:38.279 on that. It is one of those games where I hear it takes a 1103 01:27:38.359 --> 01:27:42.560 long time to get going, right. So, like when people are like, 1104 01:27:42.800 --> 01:27:53.840 you know, develop that Starfield does really get good until the post gamely 1105 01:27:53.920 --> 01:27:59.279 stayed in saying oh really, A lot of people tell me, like a 1106 01:28:00.279 --> 01:28:04.479 lot of people tell me that narrative picks up like after ten ish hours, 1107 01:28:05.720 --> 01:28:09.680 which I mean coming off of like trails games and RPGs, I'm like, 1108 01:28:09.800 --> 01:28:15.439 okay, sure, I'll put in the hours here. Here's uh, here's 1109 01:28:15.640 --> 01:28:21.760 what the quote is from Pete Hines. Starfield doesn't really get going until you 1110 01:28:21.840 --> 01:28:28.920 finish the main quest. Nice good quote there, So I will not be 1111 01:28:29.039 --> 01:28:34.359 invested by time to the game, right, I mean with Bethesta games, 1112 01:28:34.680 --> 01:28:41.000 there is there's like a couple of things I expect with bethest game. Yes, 1113 01:28:41.520 --> 01:28:44.880 I expect them to be about game mass at the very beginning, giving 1114 01:28:44.920 --> 01:28:50.479 me great pleasure out of the Twitter clips that I will see. Did did 1115 01:28:50.520 --> 01:28:54.640 Bethesta do Dragon Age or is that no? That's that's by the way, 1116 01:28:54.840 --> 01:28:59.520 Yeah, okay, because I'm trying to think of like the spinning like in 1117 01:28:59.680 --> 01:29:03.000 large Head, and I think that's dragon age. I've ever shown you that 1118 01:29:03.039 --> 01:29:08.319 Clips in fact had some buggy stuff to it, but that's also biaware, 1119 01:29:08.479 --> 01:29:14.000 Like yeah, yeah, that's okay, okay, I'll find that club for 1120 01:29:14.039 --> 01:29:16.560 you later on. But that's the games are known for being buggy. Yes 1121 01:29:16.760 --> 01:29:21.079 they are. Yeah, I had several bugs and they're always a joy to 1122 01:29:21.159 --> 01:29:28.399 watch on Twitter clips. I am genuinely interested in Field. However, I 1123 01:29:29.079 --> 01:29:32.840 don't have time to play that game, understandable. It's a big commitment. 1124 01:29:34.000 --> 01:29:39.439 Yeah, I mean that's the thing about you know, games, they typically 1125 01:29:39.479 --> 01:29:43.119 are a big commitment. But like the big as as, I have a 1126 01:29:43.199 --> 01:29:45.920 friend who has played pretty much all of their releases and they're like, I'll 1127 01:29:45.960 --> 01:29:49.800 probably play it. I probably won't beat it, but I'll have fun with 1128 01:29:49.960 --> 01:29:55.520 what I've played. Yeah, yeah, that's I think that's like me for 1129 01:29:55.640 --> 01:29:59.479 these games right where it's like I'm gonna play it, I'm gonna have fun 1130 01:29:59.640 --> 01:30:01.319 for a you know, eight to ten hours or whatever, and then like 1131 01:30:01.399 --> 01:30:06.880 I'm good. You know. That's like I personally ever beat fall Out three. 1132 01:30:08.159 --> 01:30:11.279 It's pretty much how I did it, Like I made a run on 1133 01:30:11.359 --> 01:30:14.960 ten Penny Tour and fallow Out three and where like I literally killed everybody in 1134 01:30:15.039 --> 01:30:17.039 there because I actually shot the guy at the channel, so I fight my 1135 01:30:17.159 --> 01:30:21.039 way back down and like that will always stick with me. It's like one 1136 01:30:21.079 --> 01:30:26.319 of my most fun moments in gaming. And I was like, all right, 1137 01:30:26.359 --> 01:30:30.920 I never beat that game, but fall three does like occupy a space 1138 01:30:30.039 --> 01:30:34.000 with my brain. I think about that game. Yeah, and that's cool. 1139 01:30:34.119 --> 01:30:36.720 There's nothing wrong with that. I mean, so I did with elden 1140 01:30:36.840 --> 01:30:42.000 Ring. I never ever beat that game, but yeah, I fell out 1141 01:30:42.039 --> 01:30:45.479 of that and that was sitting or anything. Yeah, video games can exist 1142 01:30:45.560 --> 01:30:46.720 for you that way. You know, you don't have to finish everything. 1143 01:30:47.000 --> 01:30:49.199 As long as you get some some sort of entertainment out of it, then 1144 01:30:49.439 --> 01:30:57.319 I think it did its job on that Pete Hines quote. I think especially 1145 01:30:57.399 --> 01:31:00.800 for Betta games in general. Yeah, but as the games, a lot 1146 01:31:00.920 --> 01:31:06.199 of like the things people tend to latch onto isn't even like the main scenario 1147 01:31:06.279 --> 01:31:10.119 stuff. It's usually a lot of the side content and the side stories in 1148 01:31:10.239 --> 01:31:15.680 those games, just like other things you're getting into. So when he says 1149 01:31:15.760 --> 01:31:19.720 something like that, I'm like, yeah, that probably bly tracks because most 1150 01:31:19.760 --> 01:31:25.039 people are probably going to like blitz through the main campaign or whatever, or 1151 01:31:25.079 --> 01:31:28.439 if not blitz through it, it's more of like the side adventures rather than 1152 01:31:28.640 --> 01:31:32.680 the main campaign that people are getting into. Sure, so I could I 1153 01:31:32.720 --> 01:31:36.760 could see that in some way for those games. Yeah, that makes sense. 1154 01:31:39.720 --> 01:31:43.359 It is a funny quote though, it's pretty funny. It's quite funny. 1155 01:31:45.680 --> 01:31:47.680 But yeah, so well we'll see. The character creator in that game 1156 01:31:47.680 --> 01:31:51.920 is actually pretty good too. There are a couple of black people hair files 1157 01:31:51.960 --> 01:31:55.119 in there that I'm like, all right, y'all did a little bit of 1158 01:31:55.119 --> 01:31:59.680 homework. Yeah, y'all get like a be from me. They try, 1159 01:31:59.720 --> 01:32:02.079 you know, yeah, yeah, they tried more than other places. Yeah, 1160 01:32:02.920 --> 01:32:08.079 yeah, you could a solid B for me, maybe B plan. 1161 01:32:08.560 --> 01:32:14.199 No, that's a blid solid B. I like how you had to like 1162 01:32:14.760 --> 01:32:17.560 regree, like like I hadn't think about it for me because, like I 1163 01:32:17.600 --> 01:32:19.960 remember, I was cycling through the like the dread options, and they have 1164 01:32:20.119 --> 01:32:24.119 two dread options, and I was like, okay, that's more than most 1165 01:32:24.199 --> 01:32:29.319 games. That's two more than most games. Yea, And they looked pretty 1166 01:32:29.439 --> 01:32:33.119 good. It's just they weren't long enough, was like A, And I 1167 01:32:33.239 --> 01:32:36.760 was like, y'all have good short dread options, like one's a very messy 1168 01:32:36.880 --> 01:32:40.239 look, and then the other one's like tied back, and then you have 1169 01:32:40.359 --> 01:32:44.119 like the shaved sides, And I was like, this looks good. I 1170 01:32:44.199 --> 01:32:46.560 mean, y'all are y'all are scared to do long options though? I mean, 1171 01:32:46.680 --> 01:32:50.119 it could be two thousand and four Rob early, it could be, 1172 01:32:50.880 --> 01:32:59.319 it could be absolutely, it is absolutely either two thousand four Rob or two 1173 01:32:59.399 --> 01:33:03.399 thousand twelve Rob. Both of those Robs had short dreads. Yeah, uh 1174 01:33:04.279 --> 01:33:10.119 so that that's gonna be my role play. This is young Rob in space. 1175 01:33:12.840 --> 01:33:16.000 This is this is before the time skip, but before the time skip 1176 01:33:16.119 --> 01:33:23.199 exactly future before time skip arc. Yes. When you're creating you a character, 1177 01:33:23.239 --> 01:33:25.760 you get to choose like a bunch of different background options, which like 1178 01:33:26.680 --> 01:33:32.960 changes some stuff around in the game in like gameplay, Like there's there's different 1179 01:33:32.960 --> 01:33:38.840 gameplay actions as well as some narrative stuff that can change based on the background 1180 01:33:38.840 --> 01:33:45.600 you choose. So like, for example, there's one where you are I 1181 01:33:45.720 --> 01:33:49.600 think you're called a cyber runner. I think it is where you're like a 1182 01:33:49.760 --> 01:33:54.920 person that is good at like picking locks and stuff like that. You're like 1183 01:33:54.960 --> 01:34:00.600 a cyber terrorist basically, Okay, And I think that's the one that puts 1184 01:34:00.680 --> 01:34:03.479 like a bounty on your head or something like that. One of these options 1185 01:34:03.520 --> 01:34:06.800 puts like a bounty on your head, so you're more prone to be ambushed 1186 01:34:06.840 --> 01:34:12.760 by like bounty hunters, you know, So that could like change your game 1187 01:34:12.840 --> 01:34:16.680 play up a little bit more. Right. There's one that I find very 1188 01:34:16.760 --> 01:34:21.640 funny. That's like you have like a good relationship with like your parents, 1189 01:34:23.800 --> 01:34:29.279 so like for some reason, you're constantly like sending money back to your folks, 1190 01:34:29.520 --> 01:34:31.479 right, like every week that passes by or whatever, like you send 1191 01:34:31.520 --> 01:34:34.359 two percent of your money back to your your family. And there's like a 1192 01:34:34.479 --> 01:34:42.199 whole storyline around your family if you choose that option. And I think I 1193 01:34:42.319 --> 01:34:45.079 heard one person who was playing it was like, yeah, then all of 1194 01:34:45.119 --> 01:34:46.680 a sudden, my family, like my mom and dad showed up on like 1195 01:34:46.760 --> 01:34:49.199 my spaceship or whatever, and now they're just like with me at all times, 1196 01:34:49.239 --> 01:34:51.239 and it's kind of annoying. And I was like, yeah, that's 1197 01:34:51.279 --> 01:34:58.000 what parents do. That's yeah, it's all right. So I'm like, 1198 01:34:58.079 --> 01:35:01.079 Oh, these these things actually like have some effect on the overall gameplay, 1199 01:35:01.119 --> 01:35:04.960 and I think that that's kind of cool. So I wonder, like I 1200 01:35:05.039 --> 01:35:09.439 wonder how the combination of those things. You get to pick three different background 1201 01:35:09.520 --> 01:35:15.880 choices, So I wonder like how the combination of choices will play out for 1202 01:35:15.920 --> 01:35:18.279 different people. Like I'm very curious to see like different people's impressions based off 1203 01:35:18.359 --> 01:35:23.800 what they picked and how different of an experience that is for people. It's 1204 01:35:23.840 --> 01:35:27.680 interesting they got creative that way though. Yeah. Yeah, you get to 1205 01:35:27.760 --> 01:35:31.880 like really get into like the role play aspect of it, right, And 1206 01:35:31.960 --> 01:35:34.960 then they also give you like different passive abilities too, so like those one 1207 01:35:35.000 --> 01:35:42.560 that I pick that gives me better better abilities with with firearms instead of melee 1208 01:35:42.640 --> 01:35:46.760 weapons, and you know you get into that stuff too. So yeah, 1209 01:35:47.039 --> 01:35:49.479 sorry, Field, it's pretty all right so far. Well, we'll see 1210 01:35:49.520 --> 01:35:55.960 how far I get into it. But I think that's all I want to 1211 01:35:56.079 --> 01:35:59.520 talk about this week. Wait, no, one, last quick thing, 1212 01:35:59.720 --> 01:36:03.000 quick thing, quickly. The demo for the demo for Stars and two remake 1213 01:36:03.079 --> 01:36:09.920 is out on all platforms. I did, but I played on PC. 1214 01:36:12.560 --> 01:36:15.039 Yes, they're doing a Stars and two remake that comes out in a couple 1215 01:36:15.119 --> 01:36:20.960 of weeks. Now remember second November second, Okay, so we have a 1216 01:36:21.000 --> 01:36:26.960 little over a month. That's cool. That gives me time. They it's 1217 01:36:27.039 --> 01:36:31.119 more of like almost that HDTV style, but just like way more like turned 1218 01:36:31.199 --> 01:36:38.159 up to like a fifteen Uh. It's I was taken aback by how pretty 1219 01:36:38.239 --> 01:36:42.359 this game is in motion, like in in not the trailers do not do 1220 01:36:42.479 --> 01:36:49.760 that game justice, and those trailers are already very pretty. It's really good, 1221 01:36:49.880 --> 01:36:58.479 y'all. I was bln on Switch. I'm curious. I didn't even 1222 01:36:58.520 --> 01:37:00.319 think to try it on Switch, but I mean the demos out, so 1223 01:37:00.479 --> 01:37:05.239 I might as well try it and say, I imagine it's probably locked at 1224 01:37:05.279 --> 01:37:10.560 like thirty FPS or something like that. Shout out, and I'm gool. 1225 01:37:10.800 --> 01:37:20.119 Now. The options in that game is really cool. It's it's kind of 1226 01:37:20.199 --> 01:37:25.039 what you want a remaster remake to be because it does honor a lot of 1227 01:37:25.159 --> 01:37:30.479 like the original release as well. So like you can pick between three different 1228 01:37:30.760 --> 01:37:32.880 art styles in the game, right, do you want the original, do 1229 01:37:33.000 --> 01:37:38.560 you want the PSP version of the game artwork? Or do you want the 1230 01:37:38.640 --> 01:37:43.800 new artwork? Right? Same thing with and I thought this was actually insane, 1231 01:37:45.319 --> 01:37:46.239 Well not this part, but you can also do the same thing with 1232 01:37:46.279 --> 01:37:48.479 the music as well, though s t. You can pick original, you 1233 01:37:48.560 --> 01:37:51.600 can pick new, and go through whichever go is to you. Like the 1234 01:37:51.640 --> 01:37:57.239 best you can have it, but they did it with the voiceovers as well, 1235 01:37:57.840 --> 01:38:00.760 right, So you can have the PSP voice overs if you want, 1236 01:38:00.039 --> 01:38:03.800 or you can have the new rerecorded lines, right. And I know for 1237 01:38:03.880 --> 01:38:08.399 the Japanese version they went out of their way to get the original vas. 1238 01:38:08.439 --> 01:38:11.800 I don't know if the English is the same. I think it is, 1239 01:38:11.920 --> 01:38:15.840 but I'm not entirely sure. What's crazy, though, is that you can 1240 01:38:15.880 --> 01:38:23.359 do it on a character by character basis, right, So, like I'm 1241 01:38:23.399 --> 01:38:28.439 playing through it and I kind of don't like new Claude's voice. I'm playing 1242 01:38:28.479 --> 01:38:33.880 another Japanese It's it's a little more softer in the newer recording, and it 1243 01:38:34.039 --> 01:38:40.680 just like sounds weird to me. So like I switched it over to the 1244 01:38:40.760 --> 01:38:45.439 PSP version and I'm like, this sounds better to me. But I'm keeping 1245 01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:48.880 the other characters for their new recording. And that is such a wild option 1246 01:38:49.319 --> 01:38:54.000 to have in this game. I think it's very cool they didn't have to 1247 01:38:54.079 --> 01:38:57.039 do that. I appreciate it now that I'm like fiddling around with it, 1248 01:39:00.239 --> 01:39:03.039 But yeah, I wanted to highlight that. I don't know if it's feasible 1249 01:39:03.119 --> 01:39:08.000 for like every game to do that, right, that does seem like quite 1250 01:39:08.039 --> 01:39:10.479 a bit of work, and I'm pretty sure that depends on how like they 1251 01:39:10.600 --> 01:39:13.760 recorded the lines and how it's programmed and all that. But it would be 1252 01:39:13.880 --> 01:39:16.560 very cool if like people take notice of that and like start to implement stuff 1253 01:39:16.600 --> 01:39:23.359 like that into their remaster's remix, because I think the more of like the 1254 01:39:23.520 --> 01:39:26.880 original title you have, you give you should give the players a chance to 1255 01:39:26.960 --> 01:39:30.840 like at least play the original on top of what's new, you know, 1256 01:39:30.039 --> 01:39:33.239 like try to have like this complete package of a game, like this should 1257 01:39:33.239 --> 01:39:36.439 be the definitive version of a game, and the closer you can get to 1258 01:39:36.560 --> 01:39:41.600 that, the better. And I think this game, at least in like 1259 01:39:41.760 --> 01:39:45.239 the audio and like some of the artwork respects gets you there. Right, 1260 01:39:45.439 --> 01:39:49.039 You can't do anything about like the actual like end game visuals. Right, 1261 01:39:49.119 --> 01:39:58.800 it's not going to give you supposedly it runs at thirty added tests, it 1262 01:39:59.079 --> 01:40:06.199 lies Okay, okay, I'll stick to pieces. I'll get it on PlayStation. 1263 01:40:09.000 --> 01:40:13.359 But yeah, that that game is great. It feels great. I'm 1264 01:40:13.479 --> 01:40:15.880 very much looking forward to it. It is a demo like like some of 1265 01:40:15.920 --> 01:40:19.640 the other Square US releases, actually where your your save data carries over to 1266 01:40:19.680 --> 01:40:29.079 the main game. They I find it really funny because like they whenever games 1267 01:40:29.119 --> 01:40:33.000 do this right, they usually let you play the demo for like as long 1268 01:40:33.079 --> 01:40:38.279 as you want, right, this one is a time demo. They're giving 1269 01:40:38.279 --> 01:40:41.439 you three hours, and there's a whole bunch of other ways that they like 1270 01:40:41.960 --> 01:40:45.600 limit you so that you don't like power level yourself before the game is out. 1271 01:40:45.079 --> 01:40:48.239 So it's like they're like, once you hit your your level capped, 1272 01:40:48.640 --> 01:40:54.560 like your money capped. You're like you can't do certain things after like you 1273 01:40:54.680 --> 01:40:58.800 finish the main scenario for the demo. It's so funny the list of like 1274 01:40:59.680 --> 01:41:01.119 they put on you. So they do that or I was like, yeah, 1275 01:41:01.159 --> 01:41:05.039 you get three hours of play, but once you get everything you can. 1276 01:41:05.239 --> 01:41:09.479 Once you get everything, you might as well not play this anymore. 1277 01:41:09.600 --> 01:41:13.000 Like don't try to fucking grind this shit out before the game comes out, 1278 01:41:13.039 --> 01:41:16.960 because it's not gonna work. I mean, I guess that kind of makes 1279 01:41:17.000 --> 01:41:21.439 sense. Yeah, it just made me laugh seeing it. I was like, 1280 01:41:21.840 --> 01:41:25.800 dude, that's really funny. Boot up the game your level one hundred 1281 01:41:25.800 --> 01:41:28.760 and you're like, hey, listen, I played that demo. I played 1282 01:41:28.800 --> 01:41:30.439 that demo for like ninety nine hours, Like I'm reading it I got, 1283 01:41:30.760 --> 01:41:34.319 Yeah, say I go check that out. If you got time time to 1284 01:41:34.359 --> 01:41:42.000 speed run these first five levels, let's go. But yeah, that's it. 1285 01:41:42.640 --> 01:41:47.640 I'm going to try to focus on what's next on my play is. 1286 01:41:47.800 --> 01:41:53.239 I'm focusing on Live A Live like I did start that. Me and Drew 1287 01:41:53.359 --> 01:41:57.359 had this arrangement. I was like, I'm going to move Live Live up 1288 01:41:57.439 --> 01:42:00.680 on my list. In return, you have to play I Fire Rush. 1289 01:42:00.880 --> 01:42:05.279 So I await you one day playing that game. I started to Live Live. 1290 01:42:06.520 --> 01:42:11.239 I started with the Prehistoric era. My boy Pogo, he's trying to 1291 01:42:11.279 --> 01:42:15.039 get those prehistoric cheeks. I understand. I look forward to playing more of 1292 01:42:15.079 --> 01:42:19.439 that game. So some thing's never change. Listen, man, prehistoric or 1293 01:42:19.479 --> 01:42:27.439 not. That's it. I'm hopping back into Armored Corps six. I hope 1294 01:42:27.479 --> 01:42:30.680 to have that game finished by the next recording, or at least like one 1295 01:42:30.800 --> 01:42:34.159 or two of the endings by that, because I know there there's three different 1296 01:42:34.239 --> 01:42:38.760 endings, three different routes for that game. So I'm gonna try my best 1297 01:42:38.800 --> 01:42:42.279 there. And then I'm hopping back into Baldin's Gate three because I put that 1298 01:42:42.359 --> 01:42:45.640 on hold while I finish all these other RPGs and stuff. So I'm hopping 1299 01:42:45.680 --> 01:42:48.840 back in there, and I hope to have that finished in a relatively quick 1300 01:42:48.960 --> 01:42:56.119 fashion. But that is a long game, so who knows. We do 1301 01:42:56.279 --> 01:42:59.720 have no Yoda coming up as well, so hopefully I choose day out. 1302 01:43:00.199 --> 01:43:03.039 It is Tuesday, maybe I can knocks up the out before. I mean, 1303 01:43:03.079 --> 01:43:05.840 I gotta, I gotta, I gotta wait for my copy to arrive, 1304 01:43:06.079 --> 01:43:10.079 so oh great, that buys me more time because I'm gonna start Winter 1305 01:43:10.279 --> 01:43:14.359 starting so well, and then I have to look. I actually haven't looked 1306 01:43:14.399 --> 01:43:19.720 into this because it came to my mind that both Zero and Al were better 1307 01:43:19.840 --> 01:43:25.159 on Switch than they were on PlayStation. So I'm wondering if that's maybe the 1308 01:43:25.239 --> 01:43:32.000 case, or they were better on Switch than PlayStation really for Zero on AL. 1309 01:43:32.439 --> 01:43:40.359 Yeah, remember how the PlayStation versions didn't have like all the the upgrades, 1310 01:43:40.520 --> 01:43:44.119 So that's right, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right, You're 1311 01:43:44.199 --> 01:43:48.279 right, You're right. I forgot about that. M I bet now it 1312 01:43:48.479 --> 01:43:53.359 is going to be the same. It seems to be a record. Mean, 1313 01:43:53.800 --> 01:43:58.640 so I may just go to game Stop on Tuesday and buying an you 1314 01:43:58.840 --> 01:44:00.439 let me know what you do. That will inform me on what I do. 1315 01:44:01.039 --> 01:44:04.359 Well, I mean, I still got to play the Messenger before see 1316 01:44:04.479 --> 01:44:10.800 stars happens and unlock multiplayer in Armory Corps. I mean, I gotta beat 1317 01:44:10.840 --> 01:44:18.199 Reverie first. Sounds like you can do so much. You got some work. 1318 01:44:20.119 --> 01:44:24.399 It's not like I haven't been trying. You know what my playtime is 1319 01:44:24.479 --> 01:44:31.000 currently in Reverie. I was gonna guess one six day, hundred forty granted 1320 01:44:31.039 --> 01:44:36.199 twenty of those hours is from the casinos. What's really like hundred twenty tracks? 1321 01:44:36.800 --> 01:44:43.920 Tracks? That's in less than a month. Those casinos will get yeah 1322 01:44:44.520 --> 01:44:51.880 big. But anyway, let's get out of here. It is almost midnight. 1323 01:44:53.079 --> 01:44:58.880 I got I got video games to play? Uh? Right, Rob, 1324 01:45:00.000 --> 01:45:01.680 where can people find you? And all the cool things that you did? 1325 01:45:02.119 --> 01:45:06.279 Uh? Let's see how where do I want to point people? I 1326 01:45:06.439 --> 01:45:12.600 just Twitter RB draws. That's where I post all my art account stuff and 1327 01:45:12.840 --> 01:45:15.399 like all my artwork and anything. So like, it's been a while since 1328 01:45:15.399 --> 01:45:17.159 I've done anything though, because I've been kind of, like like I said, 1329 01:45:17.279 --> 01:45:21.920 focused on getting things ready for the Herby Con show that's at the end 1330 01:45:21.960 --> 01:45:26.239 of the month and anything. So I really haven't had a chance to start 1331 01:45:26.359 --> 01:45:29.800 anything new, although I am trying to start something new I'm trying to get 1332 01:45:29.840 --> 01:45:33.479 myself to get something going. But yeah, just the other things are kind 1333 01:45:33.520 --> 01:45:36.680 of take a priority right now. But yeah, that's pretty much where you 1334 01:45:36.680 --> 01:45:42.520 can find me RB draws, That's where you can follow me at. If 1335 01:45:42.600 --> 01:45:46.960 you would like being Strew stiffer, how about you find me on You can 1336 01:45:47.000 --> 01:45:53.239 find me on Twitter at JSB totally Drew. I don't know what I've been 1337 01:45:53.239 --> 01:45:59.840 tweeting lately. I hate the word causality. That was my last tweet, 1338 01:46:00.520 --> 01:46:06.039 remove causality from all anime and RPGs. Bro Anime and Jared Gess just made 1339 01:46:06.079 --> 01:46:11.279 mehave that word. I see that word and my eyes roll so far back 1340 01:46:11.319 --> 01:46:18.760 into my head. I love that. I love to hate that. Uh. 1341 01:46:19.560 --> 01:46:27.960 You can find me on on Twitter though due to uh some some issues 1342 01:46:28.239 --> 01:46:34.359 with the causality uh it is now called so you can find me on X 1343 01:46:34.600 --> 01:46:45.239 and our Heroes. It saved us from this X nightmare and return it to 1344 01:46:45.359 --> 01:46:53.079 Twitter at zenos ka z and os uk e where I have been retweeting just 1345 01:46:53.239 --> 01:46:58.880 a lot of artwork, a lot of good artwork. So yeah, I 1346 01:46:59.039 --> 01:47:02.840 did. I did tweet just recently earlier today actually that I'm trying to get 1347 01:47:02.880 --> 01:47:08.439 into more manga lately. There's been a lot of not new releases, but 1348 01:47:08.479 --> 01:47:12.680 there's been a lot of stuff that's been crossing my timeline lately that seemed very 1349 01:47:12.800 --> 01:47:16.760 interesting. And I'm very bad about like reading manga and sitting down to do 1350 01:47:16.960 --> 01:47:20.680 that, but there's been a lot of a lot of stuff I've seen that 1351 01:47:20.760 --> 01:47:25.560 are just like completed series, not ongoing, that seemed very interesting. So 1352 01:47:25.600 --> 01:47:30.560 I'm gonna try to make it a point to like read more, hopefully like 1353 01:47:30.840 --> 01:47:36.039 a volume every couple of days of something. I don't know how, I 1354 01:47:36.079 --> 01:47:40.000 don't know how well i'll do that, like if I'll stick to that as 1355 01:47:40.079 --> 01:47:42.880 hard as I can, but you know, I'm gonna try. At the 1356 01:47:42.920 --> 01:47:45.960 very least, I've been trying to watch more anime. I've been trying to 1357 01:47:45.960 --> 01:47:48.680 play more games, and now I'm trying to throw manga into the mix and 1358 01:47:49.159 --> 01:47:55.000 get more into that as well. So if I have any cool impressions, 1359 01:47:55.000 --> 01:47:59.800 I'll throw them up on there. And with that, thank you guys for 1360 01:48:00.000 --> 01:48:02.319 listening, Thank you as for being here. We will talk to you guys 1361 01:48:02.439 --> 01:48:09.000 in two week, probably three actually, because we have Bio Taku and then 1362 01:48:09.119 --> 01:48:12.399 we have Carby Khan, and it depends on how we feel after coming back 1363 01:48:12.439 --> 01:48:16.479 from that, so we'll we'll keep you posted. But the next episode is 1364 01:48:16.520 --> 01:48:19.239 gonna be very fun because I think we're gonna have both Chase and Cats on 1365 01:48:19.319 --> 01:48:23.199 the next one. So that's going to be a wild ride for sure. 1366 01:48:23.640 --> 01:48:30.640 That's gonna be that's gonna cause a causality of all kinds of Let's talk to 1367 01:48:30.680 --> 01:48:35.680 you next time by later, Ah