WEBVTT 1 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:41.119 Hello everybody, Welcome to twenty twenty four. I hope you all had a 2 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:47.840 lovely holiday break and now you're celebrating. You're kicking in the new year by 3 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.280 listening to a podcast that's been described as a podcast. Oh that's my own 4 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:58.119 voice there, Oh it's the sound. Sorry. The person who just did 5 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:03.000 that was Jacob Decker. Hello, I'm monitoring chat, so talk to your 6 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.040 shit. I'll see it. I'm Johny Scypeky, your host this week for 7 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.840 episode two hundred and twenty three Games Spot after Dark. Yeah, I know, 8 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.159 it feels like we just did two hundred. We're already like almost there 9 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.560 at like halfway to two fifty. It does feel like we just did two 10 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.760 hundred, but it feels like we've done like sixty episodes since two hundred. 11 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.640 To be fair, I don't know why. Because we had that Kelly was 12 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.719 on and Mike we have people switching out. It felt like that was a 13 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:34.599 good episode. It was. It was a fun episode. It was a 14 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.000 good episode. Yeah, a lot's happened. I hope everyone enjoyed the trivia 15 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.319 episode because that was so much fun. That was a ton of fun. 16 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:46.599 Shout out to Jacob McCourt our excellent one of our excellent Discord moderators for the 17 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:52.040 game spot Discord and just follow all around awesome guy who yeah, hosted a 18 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:53.560 little video game trivia we did. That was our last episode. If you 19 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.480 haven't checked that out, please do. It's a fun time. Yeah, 20 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:04.439 it's so it's just me this week because guess what. Everyone didn't want to 21 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.120 come back. Everyone. Yeah, they said, nah, I'm good, 22 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.439 I don't want to do that anymore. No. Yeah, everyone's just still 23 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:14.639 out for the week, uh, traveling, taking time off. So it's 24 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.360 just me and Jake. Yeah, we're gonna keep it light and casual. 25 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:20.360 I think we're gonna kind of just chat about, uh what we did over 26 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.159 break, what games we played, and then maybe just kind of look at 27 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.479 what's coming up with twenty twenty four because it's it's gonna be a weird year 28 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:32.120 because last year so crazy. Last year was insane, This year was NonStop. 29 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:36.039 This this still seems like a big year. It just doesn't seem like, 30 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.159 well in a more normal way. Yeah, I guess so, you 31 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:44.319 know, I wonder if people I'm I'm bracing for the inevitable, like takes 32 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.319 Everyone's like, daw just your sucks compared to last year, because I'm like, 33 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:53.000 dude, last year was stupid. I don't think that, you know, 34 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.000 yeah, I think it's gonna be a while before that happens again. 35 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.560 So uh, hopefully everyone's got their expectations in check. We get to that, 36 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.199 Jake, you and me were playing More Lethal Company last night, and 37 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.039 oh god, it's so funny, dude. That is like I've heard multiple 38 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.000 people say this to me and I have also said it, where like, 39 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:13.919 I think that is like the hardest game has ever made me laugh, and 40 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.319 like a very long multiple times too, Like the first time when we played, 41 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.719 I think it was you me Matt, and we laughed pretty hard. 42 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.520 But I was like, Okay, this could be a fluke once I get 43 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:24.960 used to this. But I feel like every time I play there is at 44 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.080 least one or two things that happened that just absolutely kill me. It doesn't 45 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.240 get old. And I think why it doesn't get old is the game is 46 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:38.479 is got enough layers to it where you just you're throwing like one new person 47 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.479 into the mix and the dynamic completely changes. Like that was the first time 48 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:47.599 it was like you, me, Matt Paget and my buddy's stud and like 49 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:53.479 that combo was excellent because you know, like the amount of times Matt would 50 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:59.240 just run off on his own and not tell anyone. Yeah, I think 51 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:03.719 my favorite was, like was very early in the match or in the uh 52 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:08.080 you and me were going ahead, Matt's just gone. All of a sudden, 53 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:09.919 we like just landed. We're like, well, Man's gone, what 54 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.599 the heck? Stu goes back to check for him, comes back like five 55 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.199 minutes later, and it's like, I can't find Matt. Pretty sure he's 56 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:18.839 dead. Well he's dead. So we're just assuming Matt died because that's pretty 57 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:24.879 common. And then and then like I end up getting killed by like this 58 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:29.600 weird face hugger thing, which is horrifying, by the way, because when 59 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:31.480 it gets funny grabs you, you're muffled too, and you're talking. You're 60 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.319 like help, help, but it's all muff you can't hear they can't hear 61 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:39.079 you, really, and so you're just like screaming into like the void like 62 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.439 desperately, like God, I hope they noticed. And like Jake shows up 63 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.839 and he's like, oh Jesus, something's on jumping. We got nothing to 64 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:49.120 we have no way to save you, so we just watched you die and 65 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:54.040 then the bug fell off and I thought it would die after run away, 66 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.160 but it just looked at me and I was like, oh, it's gonna 67 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.680 jump on me. And then it jumped on me. And as I'm suffocating, 68 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:00.800 I just to your Matt say like, hey, what are you guys 69 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:04.519 doing? And I'm like, there he is. He's a lot up like 70 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:06.920 when I died. I was like, oh cool, I'll be able to 71 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.360 talk to Matt now. And then it's like you're spectating, Matt Paget. 72 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:13.720 I was like, you, son of a bitch, You're not even dead. 73 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:20.560 That game, yeah, is just incredible. There some great moments I 74 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:27.439 still I think, like Overbreak. I was playing with Matt and I was 75 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.360 telling him. I was like, it was like, are there any weapons 76 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:30.519 that I'm like, Oh, yes, if you pick up like signs or 77 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:35.680 shovels, you can swing those, you can attack people who're playing with Kelly 78 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:39.759 and Matt and I separate for a little bit and I see one of those 79 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.319 signs and I'm like, hey, Matt, pick up that sign you can 80 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.079 swing, and then he swings it at me and kills me instantly, and 81 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.920 then Kelly turns the corner and it's just Matt standing over my body, blood 82 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:58.040 everywhere with just a sign. It's like, oh my god. Yeah, 83 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.319 yeah, that's a game where I want to I want to go around and 84 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.720 play with everyone we know. I want to play with Kurt sometime, Kurt 85 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:11.160 Rob. Oh yeah. Rob Rob posted a clip the other day that was 86 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.839 it was like Peter and Kurt playing together. I was like, damn. 87 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:20.079 I played with Dan and he of course found a whoopie cushion and then just 88 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:26.040 kept stomping on the whoopie cushion the entire time. Yeah, you found it. 89 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:28.439 You found a little like blowhorn. I found an air horn, so 90 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:32.800 I just walk it. For some reason, to my ears, it sounded 91 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:38.120 like Matt Paget screaming. So I heard it like in the distance, and 92 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:43.279 I thought it was Matt screaming. And then you just come over like fucking 93 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.839 Christ. It's got a good mix of like just really stupid ship too, 94 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.279 Like you can get a toilet for your spaceship and all it does is flush, 95 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:53.720 But it's funny. It's very funny. Uh. For some reason, 96 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:59.759 the game kept uh uh telling Stuart he was the laziest employee every round, 97 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.040 even though most of the time. He was the one who would like find 98 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:08.160 the motion bodies back. You'd be like carrying bodies back and they're like this 99 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:12.680 fucking lazy piece of ship, which I can only assume either it's a bug 100 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.600 and it's really funny, or that's the game like just kind of fucking with 101 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.800 you. I like to think it's just picking on someone, right, It's 102 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.759 like, oh, I'm just going to keep doing it to this person, 103 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:26.120 so they Yeah, that would seem appropriate for that game. The air horn 104 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.720 explodes, Bob Jones. Is the air horn explodes? Oh? I wish 105 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:32.800 we'd that happen. Is it just if you if you use it too much? 106 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.360 Does it explode? Uh? We're using the airhorn to try and like 107 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:41.839 get the the clerk to show up. Yeah, because we were like ringing 108 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:46.879 that bell. Like, Yeah, game's very good. I want to play 109 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.439 more. I'm excited to see what they add to it, what they do. 110 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:54.639 I feel like it's really access. There's still some jank to it, 111 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.319 but some of it's good though. Some of it's Yeah, some of that 112 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.879 kind of helps. Asmophobia was weird because I was gonna say, yeah, 113 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.680 the jank is good in that, but it almost looks it looks wrong based 114 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:07.199 on the art style, but with this the jank I feel like kind of 115 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.000 adds to this Janos a little more deliberate, where Fasmophobia it feels a little 116 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.720 more wrong. But I also am of the opinion that any attempts to correct 117 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:20.560 Fastmophobia's junk has been for the worst. Yeah, Like, I'm just like, 118 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:22.600 no, no, no, keep that game as janky as possible, 119 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:26.160 Like I love that about it. So I kind of feel the same way 120 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.399 about uh Lethal Company, although they might want to add some accessibility stuff for 121 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:35.360 motion sickness because apparently, Yeah, it made like Lucy really sick. Lucy's 122 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:41.159 sick. It gave Jeff Backolar from Giant Bomb. It gave him the first 123 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.440 ever like motion sickness he's ever had. Really bad. I was like, 124 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.639 christ, Okay, So maybe they could add a couple of like an FOV 125 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.679 slider and a crossair or something to fix that. But I think that'd be 126 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.559 nice. That'd be nice. Yeah. Man, that wasn't the only game 127 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:58.159 that came out in December, which was kind of wild. Usually December is 128 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:03.919 pretty dead, but we had that. We had The finals also also very 129 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:09.159 good. I feel like my opinions on it are the same as everyone's opinions, 130 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.320 which is, Wow, this is a good game. Shame about the 131 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:16.639 AI narrators because I'm not into that, and also I don't think they're very 132 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:20.480 good. They're just not interesting. Well, very bizarre, I thought. 133 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.720 I think in a previous episode, I was like, well, I could 134 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:28.960 see why you'd want to use AI narrators if you're trying to read out players' 135 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:31.200 names in the game. But we didn't hear you that at all. Oh, 136 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:37.080 it's just I assumed it all sounds canned like they I've heard the same 137 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.960 thing so many times, and I'm like, I feel like you could have 138 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:45.039 just hired people. Yeah, they're not justifying the use of AI in the 139 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.679 way that I think we were like assuming they were going to do, which 140 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.879 just makes the whole thing, like, why are you even doing this? 141 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.679 Is so bizarre. Yeah, but we already kind of talked about in the 142 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.679 previous episode. But I mean, yeah, the actual game itself is like 143 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.879 so much fun. Yeah, it's very good. It's well designed, it's 144 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.360 very clever. Uh, like their thing. I think I was playing with 145 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:09.639 you when we kind of figured this out, but we were getting really annoyed 146 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:16.440 because people would just lay the the the the objective with smoke smoke bombs or 147 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.480 gas bombs, and those would stay forever. They would do so much damage. 148 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.879 Yeah, how do we get through this? And then I figured out, 149 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.440 as as a healer, I can just heal you as you walk in. 150 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.759 Yeah, and so I can take Okay, that makes sense. That's 151 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.759 kind of cool. But yeah, that's where that game really starts the shans 152 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.639 when you figure that out, Like we found out, We're like, oh, 153 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:39.600 well, you could just if they're above in at the top of a 154 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.039 building with the the vaults whatever you call it, any thing you're trying to 155 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.960 put in the to cash out. I'm like, we could just I could 156 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.039 put see four underneath it and just blow the floor. Yeah. And so 157 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.519 there was like one where we just blew the floor like three or four times. 158 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.080 It just went down, down, down, down down, and then 159 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:01.639 I think like the final on the whole building eventually just collapsed. We're like 160 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.200 underneath the rubble like trying to like get the thing, and right before the 161 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.679 last second, like that kind of stuff. So cool. A destruction in 162 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.559 multiplayer games just never gets sold. Watching a building collapse is so cool. 163 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.759 It probably doesn't get old because I feel like Battlefield did it for a while 164 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:20.240 and now they don't even really do it anymore. And I think this is 165 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:30.080 this feels like a true evolution of level we'll never forget. But in the 166 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:37.039 same way that like the evolution of Battlefield, like that was one thing, 167 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:41.759 but then also like Siege the way you could like systematically destroy things to kind 168 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.799 of poke advantages. Like it feels like this is the evolution of those two 169 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.519 ideas taken further, and it has almost a like this is gonna be kind 170 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:52.559 of a weird comparison, but like Breath of the Wild Tears of the Kingdom 171 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.799 almost like sure freedom to it where it's like, oh, you can really 172 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:03.559 come up with some like weird strategies that feels like very satisfying when you figure 173 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.000 out like oh, yeah, like we can like try and like straight up 174 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:11.440 move the checkpoint, you know, using like explosives or doing this or that, 175 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:15.840 or yeah, avoiding the gas grenades. I also, I forguy who 176 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:20.399 pointed out I think it was maybe Matt or you, but how the game 177 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:24.120 actually solves one of the biggest problems with Bad Company two, because that was 178 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.879 the last Battlefield that had like true like everything could be destroyed building. And 179 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.960 the problem with it, as cool as it was at the time, was 180 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.679 every like halfway through the match, every building would be completely destroyed. Oh 181 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.360 yeah, and then the second half of the match is just there's no cover 182 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:43.080 and it's it kind of sucks. It wasn't great. This game avoids that 183 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:48.799 really well. By the map is very large, but you're centralized to like 184 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:52.360 one building, and then it never goes back to the same spot, so 185 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.480 it kind of rotates around the map in a really clever way. So by 186 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:01.519 the time maybe that one cash out is done, the entire area is destroyed, 187 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:03.200 but then you move on to the other area and you really rarely, 188 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.360 if ever go back to that previous area, so it kind of avoids that 189 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.840 problem. I think it's smart because when we first started playing it was like, 190 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.720 man, these maps are huge for just three teams of three, But 191 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.519 then when you realize what they're doing, it's like, okay, this makes 192 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.240 sense. And I think too, the movement in that game feels really good 193 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.519 and there's a lot of cool movement tools you can use that I feel like 194 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.720 really really add to it, and you kind of need those bigger maps do 195 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.360 it. Like for instance, the zipline, being able to zipline your team 196 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.360 around jump ad and stuff, and like how you know, like I would 197 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.720 angle jump pads on the slopes of buildings so I'd launch more forward instead of 198 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.159 or you put it in a window so that when they try and like get 199 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:48.960 in, they just immediately fly out, which is super funny. So there's 200 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.679 just so many like really clever interactions that can happen in that game, but 201 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.799 I think make it really good. There's some there's some apart from the AI, 202 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.960 there's some, like there's a lot of small things that kind of bug 203 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.799 me about it, Like I don't know, like the character designs on it 204 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:05.080 now. Character designs are pretty bland and lack personality. I don't like the 205 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.360 menus, But after going through Call of Duty, I mean, it's so 206 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:11.360 much better than that, so I guess I can't complain kind of bog standard. 207 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.519 Yeah, free to play style. I think it's like just how contestants 208 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:20.000 and store in terms not like in game store, but store where you purchase, 209 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:24.120 uh like equipment for your classes. The fact that that's separate confused me 210 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.240 for a very long time. Yeah, no, when you because the big 211 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.759 thing you want to unlock is like the alternate weapons for the classes because they're 212 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:35.480 pretty. It changes the way it plays pretty. You'll unlock it, but 213 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.039 then you have to then go back out and then go into the characters like 214 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:43.080 menus and then change it. So yes, I one hundred percent agree that 215 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.600 could be cleaned out because that is like kind of annoying. U. There 216 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.039 should just be a thing that's like, would you like to immediately apply this 217 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.759 to your character? And like, yes I would, because the weapons are 218 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:56.320 are all feel great and do change up pretty significantly. Yeah, Like I 219 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:00.600 really didn't like the heavy at first, same with you because that they still 220 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.000 don't. But you told me to try that other gun. You get the 221 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.679 other gun. You get the trench gun, which is so weird because he's 222 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:09.759 just like a World War two gun. They have a they have a special 223 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.519 skin for it where it's like a Roulett wheel. Yeah, it's just like 224 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.120 cruly dumb, but I'm not paying but it's cool. But that gun feels 225 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.519 great. So I was like, oh, I actually really like this class 226 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.000 now and was kind of getting more into them. So yeah, it's it's 227 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.679 a game that the more you put into it, the more it gives back 228 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:31.360 in terms of that stuff but yeah, I mean, I think my issues 229 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.440 with it, like you said, kind of, it's almost less an issue 230 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.159 with the game and more just like my general issues with like free to play 231 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:43.759 style game. It's all the skins are so surrounding intensive in a way that 232 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.960 every game is now. Like it was like, yeah, it's like sixteen 233 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.000 dollars like this one gun skin. I was like, I'm not paying that. 234 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.159 Yeah, that's ridiculous, Like what are you talking about? But I'm 235 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:56.440 just an old I'm an old person now who's just yelling at Clouds. It's 236 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.759 free to play games, so you know, consider that it is free to 237 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:02.879 play, and you do get a lot out of it from free to play, 238 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.000 and to be fair, it doesn't shove that stuff down to your throat 239 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:07.759 and that some other games do, so I do give them credit for that. 240 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.159 Yeah, I feel like I have all the duties, way worse about 241 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.240 it, and you have to pay sixty dollars for that game. And Fortnite 242 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.519 too is pretty bad. Like people are dancing. They spend like a minute 243 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:21.039 before everyone's dancing skins and stuff, and it's like, oh man, I'm 244 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:25.039 just the lame Fortnite guy. Speaking of menus, I don't like the Fortnite 245 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:29.120 menu. I hate it. It's it's it's up there with the Call of 246 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:34.799 Duty menu for just being like this like wah of like icons and menus they're 247 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.919 trying to do. They're trying to do the Roblox thing where they're appealing to 248 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:44.360 all the different modes, but all the custom creator modes look like like really 249 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:48.000 like shitty YouTube thumbnails. So I'm looking at it and I'm like, am 250 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.279 I on YouTube? Like? What is happening? Is going through? There 251 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:53.679 was like mister Beast like doing a Mister BEA's face and a mister B's thumb, 252 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.240 and I'm like, what is going on? I thought I was on 253 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.120 Fortnite and I clicked on it and then it showed a video and I was 254 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:02.960 like, all right, I don't follow. That's bizarre. It was super 255 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:07.920 strange. Yeah, for Fortnite's weird. But we played some of the Lego 256 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.480 play some of the Lego Survival, which just kind of cool. Yeah, 257 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:15.759 it's cool. I forget if we talked about it on the podcast before, 258 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.200 So sorry you did Pete myself? Yeah, I think maybe if I did. 259 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:23.599 So. My initial feelings were, this is cool. The Lego stuff's 260 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:30.039 fun, the like crafting survival mechanics feel a little basic. Still feel that 261 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:34.079 way, but uh, I think it's one of those things where it's like, 262 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.759 if you play with the right people, you can have a good time. 263 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:44.400 We were playing with the other stew and uh that that boy is just 264 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.359 a ball of enthusiasm and he's just like, oh my god, there's a 265 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.319 rainbow over there. We got to go. Then let's go check out the 266 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.319 skate and let's do that. And you're just like, I'm having a great 267 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.480 time playing with you, and it's wonderful. We built a little watchtower above 268 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.599 our village and it was it was wonderful. It was lovely time. So 269 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.880 I do like that game, and I would like to see them continue to 270 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.839 support and evolve it, and I'll probably want to play more when they do, 271 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.359 yeah, because I think it's got a good foundation. Yeah, I 272 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.440 do too. I feel the same because I didn't play as much as you 273 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:18.240 guys did, but what I did play was charming. I think my problem 274 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:22.359 with a lot of those games is if there's not something thrusting me forward, 275 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:26.519 Like if it's just if I'm in a situation where it's like, okay, 276 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.559 why am I building to build? Then it's like, Okay, I need 277 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.799 I need something more to latch onto a story or a goal. Yeah, 278 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:38.039 and and Lego kind of had that with the leveling up your settlement village, 279 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:41.079 which I thought was a cool idea, But it's also one of those things 280 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.960 when I'm playing with three or four people, I'm not really focused on that 281 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.279 because I assume someone else is more focused on it, so I'm not really 282 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.480 paying attention to how that works or anything. So new things just pop up 283 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.440 and I'm like, cool, but I'm not really paying attention to it. 284 00:18:55.480 --> 00:19:00.720 I I really love the Forest and the four two Sons of the Forest because 285 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.720 I feel like those games, at least for me, were very good at 286 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:07.720 giving me an objective. It's like, Okay, I'm building because I want 287 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.680 to save my son. I am building because I want to see what's down 288 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.880 here. I'm crafting these things because I want answers to these questions they have. 289 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:19.799 Even a like Valheim Valheim much looser, is still like defeat the four 290 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:25.440 ancient gods of whatever, and you like have an immediate goal. So that's 291 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.440 that's like, yeah, it's epic. I'm I'm sure if they continue to 292 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.640 support it, there will be more of that down the road. Yeah, 293 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.640 And and the Lego part of it I think is a compelling aspect, like 294 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.599 the way it like took me a minute to realize it, but like, 295 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.440 oh, when you when you build one of the pre built like things they 296 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.759 have, you do it in like little stages like a Lego set, And 297 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:45.359 I was like, oh, that's actually pretty cool. Yeah, like I 298 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:51.200 and watching all the pieces like little sound it makes, and like, ah, 299 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:55.440 that's pretty good. So I do think they got something there. Yeah. 300 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.839 Anything else you checked out over holiday? Oh? I put Pokemon Pokemon. 301 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.240 I caught some. I caught some shiniese. I've been wanted for a 302 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:08.519 long time. A shiny evolved into an archaladn, which is a new uh 303 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.839 a new steel dragon type Pokemon. Okay, pretty cool. Uh. I 304 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.640 finally caught a shiny fee bass, which evolves into a shiny melodic uh Gen 305 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:22.680 three classic. It's it's a shiny I've been hunting for on and off for 306 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.119 a very long time, so I finally got that. Uh. And then 307 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.799 a shiny hydrapple, which is the new grass dragon uh oh. And it's 308 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.920 normally I think in a red apple or a green apple, but when you 309 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:38.160 catch the shiny it's in like a gold apple. That's kind of cool. 310 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.319 Yeah. I played some Pokemon, did some battling. Other than that, 311 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:45.599 I saw a lot of movies. Oh yeah, yeah, any good ones. 312 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:49.039 I saw The Holdovers, which was very good. I saw Poor Things, 313 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:55.680 which was also very very good. I saw, Uh, what else 314 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.559 did I see? Oh? I saw Iron Claw. Know nothing about wrestling, 315 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:02.279 don't really care about wrestle in general, but that was very good. 316 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.039 I don't know, isn't what's his name in it? Zach Efron, which 317 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.480 I didn't know until halfway through movie. Looks like a slab of meat in 318 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:12.480 that movie. Yeah, incredible. I don't know. I imagine he bulked 319 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:15.400 up a lot for that role, but I think he also had like a 320 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.119 prosthetic chin to make him look sure. I mean, he looks so different. 321 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:21.680 Yeah. I didn't realize it was him until halfway through, and then 322 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:25.039 I was I saw there was like a certain shot of him, and I'm 323 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.799 like, I feel like I've seen him before. And then I think it 324 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:32.160 was like a GQ thumbnail whereas it kind of looks like Zach Effron from that 325 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:34.240 GQ thumbnail. And then the credits throwing them was zach Efron. Yeah, 326 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:37.960 oh that's funny. But Jeremy Allen White is in that, which is why 327 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:42.519 I was pretty interested. But it's very good. Uh. And then I 328 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:47.359 saw Ferrari as well, which I was Okay, I don't know. I 329 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:51.079 don't want to talk too much about movies on a video game podcast podcast or 330 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.440 talk about video games. I did play two other video games over the holiday 331 00:21:53.440 --> 00:22:00.000 break, can I guess? Sure? Star Wars Jedi Survivor. I did 332 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.680 it because is it because he looked at the head? Yeah? Wow? 333 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:07.559 Yeah, I played Stars Jedi Survivor. I picked that up on sale because 334 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.720 that was one of the games that I didn't play when it came out because 335 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:15.119 of the bugs. And I think it was also just like way too busy. 336 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.759 But I like the first one, so I was like, oh, 337 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:22.440 I'll probably like this, and I'm not sure how I feel about it actually 338 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.799 right now, I got I was pretty bored by it. Yeah, I'm 339 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.599 told I didn't get far enough, which is fair, but I am not 340 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.559 compelled to keep playing. I think that game has a really bad opening. 341 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:37.799 I think the the opening heist on Corussant like in theory, sounds cool. 342 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:42.359 I think it's it's kind of dull. There's not really much of like where 343 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:47.319 is this going? What's the drive in the story? Like you do the 344 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.559 heist, it goes wrong, and he's like, I gotta settle down on 345 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:52.079 this planet here for a second, the ship repaired and they're like oh okay, 346 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.359 like and then it's like I'm meeting this person. You're like okay, 347 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.759 and they're like, here's this location, and then I'm like okay. Like 348 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:03.359 I assume I'm putting in my head what I think the story will be, 349 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.759 but like it only just now. Did like the like villain really like kick 350 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:11.119 in? Is that is that the moment where people say it gets good? 351 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:14.359 I don't know. I don't know what the moment people say it get good 352 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.079 is. But I did like the first that Dungeony kind of like area the 353 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:22.319 It was the forest Array and I met the I met who is the villain, 354 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:27.519 and I was like, okay, this is the plot is now happening. 355 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:33.200 But it took a real long time to get there, and I wasn't 356 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.279 super I think they're really expecting you to be very compelled by Calcastus's as a 357 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:45.720 character, which I like cal fine, but you can't really carrying by himself 358 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:51.680 can't carry things by himself as much. They're they're kind of starting to do 359 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.440 the thing where you're like getting the old crew from the first game back together, 360 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:56.720 and I do think like that is where a lot of the dynamics worked 361 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:59.119 better. It's like those characters bouncing off of each other. So I'm like, 362 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.920 Okay, maybe like now it's going to start getting you know, a 363 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:06.400 little bit stronger there. I heard, I've heard there's a point in that 364 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:11.279 story where things get really good, Okay, and that's why I'm curious about 365 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:14.920 that. Yeah, that's why I want to push through. But I started 366 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:17.079 to play a little bit over the break, I think because I saw you 367 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.119 online playing it and I was like, oh, I should go back to 368 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.880 it because I got it when it came out, but it was too bugging 369 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.359 for me to play more. And I started it up and I was like, 370 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.000 eh, I can't do this right now. And then yeah, I 371 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.559 mean like so I'm not ready to give it up quite yet, but I 372 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.599 am kind of like, man, I really do need this to like pick 373 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:36.599 up a little bit more because the story is not super compelling, and then 374 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:40.960 the gameplay is just sort of fine. It's one of those things where I 375 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:44.920 don't think this is a bad game, and I think everything is like technically 376 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:51.519 well polished and well made, but for whatever reason, I feel bored playing 377 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:55.599 with it. And the only the other game I thought of that I felt 378 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:59.960 this way was that last Tomb Raider Shadow the Raider. Yeah, I remember 379 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.359 playing that and being like, Wow, this game looks great, checks all 380 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.000 the box, it checks all the boxes. But I'm so bored and I 381 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:11.519 just gave up with that game halfway through. And these games are also very 382 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:15.519 similar in structure, like they're both you know, platform puzzle combat kind of 383 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:22.359 encounters. Like this game is very uh like Last Gen in its presentation, 384 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:27.319 I feel like that was such a I don't know, it's like it still 385 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:33.079 comes from that like uncharted school of like game design that was so popular back 386 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:37.079 in the days, but feels like it has been kind of waning in popularity 387 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:41.599 over the years, and I don't know if they're doing enough to add anything 388 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.720 new to it, because it's like I'm just sitting there being like I've played 389 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:48.720 games like this before and this isn't doing anything particular to excite me. There's 390 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:52.519 like that hub area in this one that it seems like pretty open. There's 391 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:56.680 a lot of side quests like you can go anywhere and explore, and I 392 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.799 remember just looking that and feeling exhausted in like a bad way, and I 393 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.240 was like, I kind of don't want to do that. And also at 394 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.359 that point, the story still wasn't like grab me something like do I really 395 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:11.440 want to do this? Not really? So I I don't know. I 396 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.400 don't know. They'll keep playing it. It's gotta hook me pretty quick because 397 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:27.160 I guess what The games are coming out real soon. That was that was 398 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.000 the big new one. I try to play the other thing I played Sham 399 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.240 Kurt's not here because I'd love to talk about this with him. But I 400 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:40.319 finally played Resident Evil Code Veronica. It's the only Actually that's not true. 401 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:45.480 Uh. It is one of two mainline Resident Evils that I haven't played. 402 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.319 What's the one? The other one is Zero? I haven't played Zeroach is 403 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:53.680 the other not good one. Yeah, so I played it. Set it 404 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.680 up. I played the original Dreamcast version, so I didn't play the Director's 405 00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:02.559 cut cod Veronica X, which I know adds some new stuff. It's like 406 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:06.960 more Wesker scenes. And you didn't you didn't get locked? No, I 407 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.640 had a guide up to like make sure, make sure. Playing with my 408 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.960 brother and I had him on guide duty, and it was sort of like, 409 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:15.839 don't tell me anything, just like make just make sure. I'm we're 410 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:21.119 not at the point where we're gonna score something. He had never played either, 411 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.799 so we're just following your guide. So we were able to get We 412 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:29.319 never got screwed out of anything, thankfully by doing that. Although that game 413 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.480 was design, it sure does if you don't have a guide. Oh boy, 414 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.960 that I'm like, damn, that would definitely have fucked us over multiple 415 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:42.440 times. I apologies to anyone who really likes Code Veronica. I did not 416 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:48.720 like that game at all. How long did it take you? Too long? 417 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:52.599 It was like three play threes. I think it took like nine hours. 418 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.960 You did three playthroughs? Well, we did like three hour chunks. 419 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:59.759 Oh oh, I see, I thought you? Sorry? Sorry ye no, 420 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:02.359 no no, we played over three sessions. And you know, I 421 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:06.920 should do one play through because in one game you'll switch between Claire and Chris. 422 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.279 It's not like he'll do one and then you'll do a whole other one. 423 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:11.799 And we need a remake of it. I would like to see a 424 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.960 remake, although It's like it's kind of the same problem with five I have, 425 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:21.279 or like the bones of it in some ways are so fundamentally broken that 426 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:25.000 I'm like, you gotta throw some of that shit out. Yeah. Steve 427 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:33.880 is like a hilariously awful, awful character. He's he's got the worst voice 428 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:38.519 acting. He sounds like a ten year old child, and he's also got 429 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:42.440 this like weird, creepy obsession with Claire, like he's like super in love 430 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:48.480 with her, and the every the game frames it as like romantic, like 431 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.799 it plays the romantic music, but she's like sleeping and he like tries to 432 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.279 kiss her and you're like no, no, no, no, no, 433 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:56.680 no, no no, that's creepy. No, Like what do you the 434 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.319 game's like, isn't this romantic? Like oh, he loves her? And 435 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:06.319 you're like, no, this is terrible, stop it, Steve, So 436 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:12.799 you gotta completely reduce Steve and then like the villain. This is where my 437 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.119 brother described it this way, and I think it's so app This is like 438 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:21.599 the original Sin where all of resid evils like bullshit comes from, like just 439 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:25.640 like their obsession with like when when did it came out? In between two 440 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.799 and three? Yeah, it was like two thousand is when it came back, 441 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:33.640 because that makes sense because yeah, I haven't played it, but like 442 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:36.759 I've just played the main line ones and then like okay, it was originally 443 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:41.279 going to be three and then they decided to make the and three was gonna 444 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:45.319 be the spinoff, and then they kind of like flipped them, flipped them 445 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:49.559 around, which is weird and interesting. But but I also calling a Ronica 446 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:56.680 spinoff isn't correct because it is like mainline it's important, which is weird because 447 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.039 like, yeah, it's like this is where like they're weird obsession with monsters 448 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.440 that are more just like goop than like interesting. That of allah, like 449 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:08.480 five and six kind of of devolved into this is where like Wesker's like returns 450 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.799 and he's like, oh, isn't Wester so badass and cool? And You're 451 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.880 like, I mean he's like cheesy and the like you guys think he's cooler 452 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:18.519 than I think he actually is cool, and and I think that's the problem 453 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:25.519 is that like you can tell they're taking it very seriously and I'm just like, 454 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.720 guys, this is really dumb. Yeah, it was really dumb. 455 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:33.079 Like there's a there's a plot twist that happens that I will not spoil for 456 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.920 anyone who hasn't played it and wants to. But there's a plot twists involve 457 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:45.599 in the main characters that is so just awfully just outdated in every way and 458 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:48.680 bad, and you're just like, yikes, yikes, yikes, wow, 459 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.519 like like one of those things that you're like, yeah, I mean that 460 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:53.640 seems like something someone would have done in the two thousands, but also like, 461 00:30:53.799 --> 00:31:00.000 good lord, oh you can't do that anymore interesting. You'd have to 462 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:04.480 we changed that. And then on top of that, I think the actual 463 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:07.279 design of the game just isn't as good as the other Resident Evils. I 464 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:12.519 think it it it runs a different team. I don't know, I'm not 465 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:17.039 I assume part of the two team worked on it, but I think the 466 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:22.240 two team maybe was going to four. I'm not entirely sure, but I 467 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:26.640 think it starts off promising because it it it. I actually like the opening 468 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.960 area in the prison, and I was like, oh, this is like 469 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.920 pretty well designed, and you're going back and forth. It hits a point 470 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:37.920 though, where suddenly it starts like expecting you to like okay. So I 471 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:45.119 think a good Resident Evil perfectly balances that ability to where it feels like you 472 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:51.519 are exploring an area and naturally coming across where to go next, even though 473 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.200 the game is probably actually guiding your hand, but it does it in such 474 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:57.640 an invisible way you don't realize it. So like Resionable to Remake per example 475 00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.880 of that, where I think that game is like wawless and like it it 476 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:05.440 never feels like it's holding your hand, but you always feel like you don't 477 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.480 get stuck. You always know where to go, you know how to navigate, 478 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:09.720 you know how to navigate it. There's always a new thing. It's 479 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:15.079 I think it's so expertly crafted. This game has multiple moments where it just 480 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:17.680 kind of is like you're supposed to go all the way back over there, 481 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:23.440 but doesn't really guide that in a way that is like so you just find 482 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:25.960 yourself getting stuck where you're like were supposed to go, and then you're like, 483 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:30.599 ah, like that happened Tony multiple times in a way that it hasn't 484 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:35.279 happened in other residu eval games recent and pass like that never happened to me 485 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:39.240 when I played O G one and two on the PlayStation. So uh yeah, 486 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:45.119 I just think like that stuff is kind of weaker kind of drags out 487 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:49.640 a little long. So yeah, I'm glad I played it so that I 488 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.880 can finally Are you going to try to do zero? Now? And try 489 00:32:52.880 --> 00:33:00.480 to do zero? Although it's GameCube, they also have a remaster on PC. 490 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:04.640 Yeah, I am going to eventually play that one. I'm not going 491 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.000 to play it right now because I'm I kind of want to a break after 492 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.960 playing Coronica. But I am glad I did finally play it, so I 493 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:15.400 can now say I played Code Veronica and it sucked, and it sucked again. 494 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.759 Apologies to all of you who like Code Veronica. I know there's a 495 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:22.559 lot of Code Ronica defenders. I'm happy for you all. I've heard a 496 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.680 lot of people say very positive things about it, and I have no concept 497 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.799 of what that game is other than that it's a Resident Evil game, because 498 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:35.400 I was into Resident Evil when that came out, and now I don't want 499 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.960 to go through the trouble to play it, and now I definitely don't want 500 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.200 to go through the Yeah, I think you're probably good. I would like 501 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:43.440 to see them do a remake because I think that'd be cool, like it'd 502 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:46.720 be an interesting challenge. But I, at least for me where I kind 503 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.240 of look at it and I'm just like, I don't, at least for 504 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.799 me, the things you would have, you'd have to change so much of 505 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.000 it that like, would you be more interested in seeing a remake of that 506 00:33:55.079 --> 00:34:00.200 than five? Ooh, because I feel like we are kind of bad that 507 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.440 point in Resident Evil remakes where it's like, I know a lot of people 508 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:06.480 really want to remake Code Ronica, and that's probably what I'm leaning more towards, 509 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.880 just because I never played it. But like, after hearing you talk 510 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:10.719 about it, I'm like, yeah, but after like four, how am 511 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:15.599 I supposed to get excited for a five remake or a Code Ronic career? 512 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.760 Yeah? They got three choices, right, They either do Code Veronica, 513 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:22.280 they do five, or they just remake one again. Actually they might do 514 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.800 I don't know if I want that. That would probably be the one I'd 515 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.840 be most interested in. I'd be most curious. I would say, think 516 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:34.719 I'd be less excited just because the original one remake is so it's so good, 517 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:39.360 But like I get it, people don't like the the tank controls still. 518 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:44.599 I think I've said it before, but I would actually if you were 519 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:47.360 to redo one doing VR, I think that'd be pretty cool. I think 520 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:51.840 that'd be incredible. I don't think they'll do that though, because boy, 521 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:53.920 did people really not care about VR right now. They put out that for 522 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:58.400 remake and VR and they just kind of dumped it. I was on the 523 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.599 bus today as I U when I head into the office, someone was playing 524 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:04.400 VR. No, someone wasn't playing VR. But I was like reading and 525 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:08.519 I looked over and they had just purchased a PlayStation VR like they were in 526 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:13.199 and they just confirmed it and then they would checked the seed on their on 527 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:16.519 their email and VR to order confirmation. Well, I hope that person plays 528 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:20.719 Resident Evil. Honestly, if I looked over it and like caught them sooner, 529 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:22.599 I would have been like, just you know, there's not that many 530 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:25.679 games, there's there's not going to be much to do, ye think about 531 00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:29.039 it. But I caught I caught him after he had he had liked. 532 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:34.679 And it's unsure how much Sony's gonna support that thing. It's a shame that 533 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.239 none of those all that stuff is the Resident Evil VR experiences are locked to 534 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:43.480 PlayStation consoles. Yeah, it sucks. They're locked to separate consoles and they're 535 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:47.800 just in general locked on PlayStation because apparently like Metaquest three is pretty good and 536 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:53.000 and I didn't know this, but I was watching skill ups like best of 537 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:57.679 your video and he was talking about how, uh Valve added like a native 538 00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:01.800 Steamlink app where you can wireless play games on the meta Quest three. So 539 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:05.360 he was playing Half Life Alex on it. I was like, that actually 540 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:09.800 sounds really awesome, and I'm kind of amazed that that's a meta Like did 541 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:13.800 let them do that? Because I feel like they're usually very like locked down 542 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:17.639 on it. But Dan Reker started playing Half Life Alex the same way and 543 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:22.079 said it's great, like makes me, it makes me really one of that 544 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.360 that's awesome. So because I have the meta Quest too, I kind of 545 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:28.079 hate that thing. Yeah, I kind of regret getting it. I prefer 546 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:30.840 the first one. The first one was more comfortable. It was a lot 547 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:36.119 down. Yeah, but but my my family was really into it. So 548 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.320 I gave it to them and bought the two and I used the two and 549 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:39.960 I was like, this gives me a headache within minutes. Oh No, 550 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:45.440 I like my two, but I do kind of feel like, ah, 551 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.079 I should just waited for the three. No, because it seems like you 552 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:52.519 can do more yeah. But yeah, well, uh, you've also been 553 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:55.280 playing Balder's Gay More. Let's true, I have it here. I don't 554 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.599 know if you want to talk about it much because we've talked so much about 555 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.599 it. Yeah, to be fair, I much new just other than that, 556 00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:05.880 I'm currently in act three and uh, that game gets It's like it 557 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:12.199 culminates into some thing. It culminates, but also like just also it gets 558 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.800 like even bigger in a way that like most games like this is like the 559 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.079 games have like a there's like a very classic video game like style. It's 560 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:22.559 the diamond the diamond structure. Yeah, where it's like you start out at 561 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:25.920 the beginning and it gets bigger in the middle, and then it kind of 562 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:30.719 like shapes everything back into the end and this game like kind does it, 563 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:34.800 but it gets even bigger at the end. Yeah, because like I feel 564 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.119 like the first act there's a lot to do. The second act it like 565 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:40.639 narrows in a little bit and then it Yeah, it's almost like a hour 566 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:45.480 glass game design. I don't even know if that makes sense, but our 567 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:50.000 class game design they go Larryan, But yeah, that third act is like 568 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:55.719 overwhelming. Yeah, like I think we spent like thirty minutes, just like 569 00:37:55.760 --> 00:38:00.800 talking to everyone in like a tavern. And because Georgia has played ahead of 570 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.199 me, she like knows stuff, so I'd be like, all right, 571 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:05.159 we're done with this tavern. She's like, no, we miss like five 572 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:07.559 things. I'm gonna go and show you all of them. And I was 573 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:10.920 like, what this game? How you? Definitely I think, well, 574 00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:14.079 at least for me, I think if I played it that way where I 575 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.880 had to see everything, I'd have a very tough time in enjoying that game. 576 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:19.480 But I very much was like, Okay, this is what my character 577 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:21.760 is, is what my character's doing, and this is what I'm interested in 578 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:25.480 doing, and like followed a set path. Yeah yeah, I'm not trying 579 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:29.159 to like grind everything. It's more just like okay, I want to like 580 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:32.840 make sure I go to every area to see what's up, especially Baldersgate proper, 581 00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:37.800 Like that city's kind of small, but it's not because there is so 582 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.559 much, Like there's so many people to talk through, so many quests to 583 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:44.480 do, so many shops to check out, so many threads to follow, 584 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:46.480 like quest. It's it's it's wild. Actually, it's so good though, 585 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:51.280 it's very it's very impressive I'm enjoying it quite a bit. But yeah, 586 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:54.119 I think we've talked plenty about boulders Gate for now. I think we have 587 00:38:54.400 --> 00:39:00.800 so yeah, twenty twenty four has begun, has begun, and there are, 588 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:05.079 like we said, not as many games, but still a lot. 589 00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.639 So I think we put up a list of kind of the big games, 590 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:12.920 and I don't necessarily want to like go through all of them, But were 591 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:15.599 there any kind of on this list that you sort of wanted to maybe just 592 00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:20.360 talk about excite excited for? Because there's two I'm really excited for. Okay, 593 00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:24.519 I'm excited for Persona three reload. I am so excited. Never played 594 00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:30.000 the original, but I've played four, Golden five, five Royal, I've 595 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:34.800 done the five spin offs. Well, I haven't finished. I'm very curious 596 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:42.440 how they modernize some of that stuff because the original Persona three, I love 597 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.559 that game, but it is definitely very dated because it was like the first 598 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:50.840 time they made that game Persona games like that, So I think a lot 599 00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:53.320 of things I got wrong or just like hadn't figured out yet that like you 600 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:58.440 get to five and it's like so much, so much better mechanically. I 601 00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.400 think what I want to do is I want to do three reload and then 602 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:07.480 I think I want to play through Persona three as with the female route, 603 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:15.320 oh because portable, because I'm super curious about that, And like it's weird 604 00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:20.159 to say that I'm bummed that that route's not in the reloads since I never 605 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:22.679 played the original, I don't even know I'm missing. What's that I'm bummed. 606 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:25.639 Yeah, but like, I mean, I get why people are bummed, 607 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:28.400 but like, I'm bummed too. But I'm like, I don't even 608 00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:30.239 really know what I'm missing because I haven't played it at all. But I'm 609 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:34.800 super excited to play Persona three. I mean hearing you and Michael talk about 610 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:39.079 it over the years, my love for five and four. Yeah, so 611 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:42.639 I'm super excited for that. The other game I'm really excited for when I 612 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.840 have a released it for is Stalker two. Yeah, suppose that kind of 613 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:49.800 it for me, though, I want to play Yakuza, but I need 614 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:53.039 to finish like a Dragon the original first. You were replaying that, Are 615 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:59.440 you close? I'm I'm at the point where I have a bunch of money 616 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:02.320 that I need to get to. Okay, I'm like right about to get 617 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:05.679 to that point. Three fourths I think, yeah, I think I'm almost 618 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:07.519 done, so I want to make sure I finished that before I do. 619 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:10.199 But part of me also, a friend of mine gifted me all of the 620 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:14.199 Yakuza games on steams. I'm like, maybe I might play through all of 621 00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:20.599 them first. I might do zero at least. I guess it just depends. 622 00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:22.079 I'm going to wait to see what other people say about Infinite Wealth, 623 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:28.840 like how important that other stuff is. So that's why I like, I'm 624 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:30.840 not super excited for it. I mean, I'm excited to play it eventually, 625 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:34.039 but I'm not like I need to play it now. But yeah, 626 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.320 that reload I'm super excited for. And Stalker too, Like I cannot wait 627 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:40.360 for Stock. I think that game is going to be a knockout. Yeah. 628 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:45.400 I think that's a game that, uh, a lot of people have 629 00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:49.519 just sort of not like forgotten about, but like it's just kind of been 630 00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:52.079 under the radar for a little bit. It's like a Balder's Gate three where 631 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:53.400 it's like we know it's going to be good, but like they've been cooking 632 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:57.280 on it. You know, a lot of stuff has happened with the war 633 00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:01.119 obviously, but I think hopefully it will come out here and good. Yeah, 634 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:07.440 i'd really like to because that first Stalker is very special and also very 635 00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:12.320 bad. So I would like to see like what a what a like more 636 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:20.159 polished? This sequel to that game could be Yeah, as far as let 637 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:22.719 me let me put slide that list my way here, let me let me 638 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:27.800 let me see here what else we got? Uh Okay, I mean, 639 00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.840 yeah, there's other games coming out this year I'm excited for, but like, 640 00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:35.440 yeah, I'm looking at the really I'm very excited for Final Fantasy seven 641 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:42.079 Rebirth. That will be great and then but I also have much to say 642 00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:44.159 about it right now the other girl, Yeah, it's probably gonna be pretty 643 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:47.280 good. That'll be good. I'm excited to play that one. I'm kind 644 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.199 of with you, though, I mean, I think the big thing for 645 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:54.679 me is like Destiny to the Final Shape, and that's just sort of like, 646 00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:59.960 okay, here it is the ending of the other thing and then you're 647 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:04.599 give enough destiny. Honestly, it might joke, but like that might be 648 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:08.320 my point where I hop off. We'll see, we'll see how it goes. 649 00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:14.519 But yeah, I think the last year of Destiny has kind of soured 650 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.440 my enjoyment of playing that game quite a bit. I like it's done the 651 00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:21.920 same for a lot of people. It's a real shame, some of it 652 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.760 the game itself, some of that external stuff, like all the layoffs and 653 00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:30.159 the way that's been handled. It was just like, I don't feel like 654 00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:34.360 playing this game, but I do want to see that that expansion through, 655 00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:39.760 and I hope it's a good one because I think that team deserves to get 656 00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:44.000 their recognition because like, damn man, like they stuck with that shit for 657 00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:47.079 like ten years, Like that is impressive and like that, No, Destiny 658 00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:51.760 is kind of a punching bag in games. But I do think that game, 659 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:54.639 the fact that it's was one of the first live services, it is 660 00:43:54.639 --> 00:44:00.400 stuck around this long and there have been for as many faults in that game. 661 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:02.079 They also put out some incredible stuff in that game, and I do 662 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:06.800 think so i'd like to see them end on a strong note. Yeah, 663 00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:08.519 yeah, I would too, even though I won't play it because I'm way 664 00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:13.719 too far behind. But it's fine. Uh, it's your last chance to 665 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:17.480 do a Day one raid experience. See, it's your final chance. Potentially 666 00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:22.840 maybe maybe I'll try it, depending on what else is coming out around that 667 00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.800 time. I think that's the thing I've except for. It's the raid. 668 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:27.599 Like me and my raid buddies are all like, dude, this is it. 669 00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:30.280 It's gonna be like the thing one, the big older jacket. Maybe 670 00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:34.400 I've I've never bought a jacket. What is it? You have to complete 671 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:37.079 the raid within twenty four hours and then you get like a key to buy 672 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:39.679 a jacket that's like two hundred dollars or something. Yes, I think the 673 00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:43.920 jacket. I think the jacket. You don't have to beat it within the 674 00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:45.000 first twenty four I think you just have to be in like the first month. 675 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:50.440 Okay. The emblem is what you get for beating in the first twenty 676 00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:55.519 four. I see. But I got close with the last jacket. But 677 00:44:55.559 --> 00:45:00.599 I've just I've never found the designs. It's never been because they're expen They're 678 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:04.199 like yeah, and I'm just like, ah no, it's got to check 679 00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:07.840 all the boxes. Yeah, it's gotta look good. It's gotta white good 680 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:09.639 enough for me to get it for me personally. So maybe the last one 681 00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:14.480 will be cool and I'll get it. Who knows. They also saw rings 682 00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:16.199 raid rings. I've never bought those. That's that's like, that's like a 683 00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:19.960 it's like a class ring. Yeah, it's like a class ring. It's 684 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:22.480 like I'm not the worst somehow. I didn't think there was much worse than 685 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:27.599 that, but uh is oh man, I want to know how many people 686 00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:30.920 actually buy those? So is there like a Destiny Con, a Bungee Con. 687 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:36.800 There used to be there was a Guardian Con, but I think they 688 00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:38.079 only did it a couple of times. I bet you'd find people with those 689 00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:43.039 doings. Oh, probably. Yeah. I'm surprised David and Maudi never bought 690 00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.239 one. Oh, I could see him doing it. That man's got Destiny 691 00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:51.159 bed sheets. I've seen them. You bought them, and I've seen them 692 00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:53.039 when I went to his apartment and I was like, wow, you really 693 00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:59.639 bought them. Good for you. Damn. He didn't even play Destiny anymore, 694 00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:01.920 right, kinda slowed down a lot. He's kind of in the same 695 00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:06.280 boat as me right now where he plays Waiting early. But I think he's 696 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:09.800 he's sort of kind of like on a down down swing with that game at 697 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:14.079 the moment. Yeah. So yeah, that's kind of it for games at 698 00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:15.400 the moment. I mean, there's definitely a lot of games that look exciting 699 00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:20.199 and cool. I'm curious about Dragon's Dogma because I never played the first I 700 00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:25.920 want to play Dragons Dogma. I'm curious about Grand Blue Fantasy Relink for some 701 00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:31.920 god forsaken reason. Michael Michael brain Rot, I want to play. I 702 00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:35.519 mean, I think we can say that we have the last of those part 703 00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:42.360 two remastered. That's all I can say, though, you know, let's 704 00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:49.639 see what else? Yeah, I mean, yeah, just like stuff. 705 00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.079 I'm like, oh, you know, yeah, I can't wait to check 706 00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:55.559 out. I'll check out that new Prince of Persia. I am more than 707 00:46:55.679 --> 00:47:00.400 squad kill. I'm morbidly curious about it. I don't think, I onlyk 708 00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:04.079 I'm gonna like it. It's gonna be good. But if if there's a 709 00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:09.000 like, if like there's a code sure floating around, floating around Mike Ben, 710 00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:12.239 spend money on it, I don't know. I don't know. Let 711 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:16.280 me do that. Uh yeah, that's kind of it. And then I 712 00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:19.639 thought a holiday silk song on this list, But we all know that it's 713 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:22.039 never coming out. Yeah that's happening. We talked about it at lunch. 714 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:25.840 But I think the thing I'm most excited to see next year is the Switch 715 00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:30.159 Too or whatever. It's got to be this year, right, I feel 716 00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:32.920 like all the leaks are coming to a head, and like it sounds like 717 00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:37.920 they're going to make an announcement this year. Yeah, the very I think. 718 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:39.440 I think the leak that went around the other day was that the switch 719 00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:43.679 to is supposed to be an iteration on the switch. It's not going to 720 00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:45.760 be like some new which is good. I like the switch a ton. 721 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:51.320 I think that's okay. Yeah, I think I think the switch is too 722 00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:54.679 good of a concept to not try and build off. Yeah, especially because 723 00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:59.760 I feel like with with the Steam Deck and with all this tech, I 724 00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:02.199 feel you could make the next switch not be a powerhouse because it's a Nintendo, 725 00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:07.440 but I think it can kind of maybe solve a lot of those issues 726 00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:10.559 that the hardware has now. You know, like Pokemon, for example, 727 00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:14.719 does not run well. I mean that's probably for more reasons just the hardware, 728 00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:16.280 but there's I feel like, you know, when you get a switch 729 00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:20.920 part of a game, it's held back a lot, and I imagine that'll 730 00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:23.400 continue to be the case no matter what they do, because obviously you can't 731 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:27.480 put all that power in a small machine. But that being said, I 732 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:32.039 think just getting some better running switch games would be great. Yeah, you 733 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:37.400 know, that's a good point about the portable PCs because that kind of exploded 734 00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:39.440 last year. Yeah, like I feel like there was a new portable PC 735 00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:43.599 coming out like every time. It's kind of crazy like that market. But 736 00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:45.840 I still play my Switch more than anything. Yeah, switching Steam Deck. 737 00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:50.320 I think I still haven't really been beaten. But that is kind of interesting, 738 00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:53.360 is like that market is very different now, So it's both a good 739 00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:57.880 and a bad thing where I think because it's more open, I think there's 740 00:48:58.119 --> 00:49:02.320 almost like more opportunities for Nintendo to like add better hardware, but also like 741 00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:09.079 the that allure of like the initial allure when this Witch came out was not 742 00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:13.480 just Nintendo games, but also like when's this game get? Important to the 743 00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:16.599 when's this game get is coming to the swim? Are these games that you 744 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:20.480 got excited about? And like, I feel like that also carried a lot 745 00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:22.800 of momentum for the first couple of years in the switches. Why that's not 746 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:28.159 going to really quite be there the same because uh, you're like, well, 747 00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:30.159 therese all these portable PCs now that do that, and so like that 748 00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:36.280 doesn't quite feel as special anymore. So I think I'm curious what other tricks 749 00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:38.280 they will have, Yeah, and make it interesting. And I said, 750 00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:40.280 like, I'm excited for the Switch too, but to be honest, it's 751 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:43.880 not really even the switch to hardware, and so that I'm excited for. 752 00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:47.519 I'm curious see what game software it launches with, because I feel like, 753 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:52.920 man, the Switch had such an incredible launch here with Zelda and Mario Odyssey, 754 00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:55.119 just we can just name those. I mean there was other stuff, 755 00:49:55.119 --> 00:49:59.760 but those alone were amazing. And I think like we're getting to a point 756 00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:05.000 where where the last three D Mario game was twenty seventeen, not counting Bowser's 757 00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:08.920 Fury or whatever. Uh, So I think like we're due for a new 758 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:12.760 Mario. I wouldn't be surprised if something like that would be a launch title. 759 00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:17.360 I mean historically Mario sells consoles. Uh, Metroid Prime, like that 760 00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:22.239 got announced in what twenty sixteen? That feels gonna be like that it's gonna 761 00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:25.800 come out. That seems one. That seems like the perfect launch title too 762 00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:30.400 for the Switch, because like, obviously Metroid is not as big, but 763 00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:34.119 Metroid has such a die hard fan base they will go out and buy those 764 00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:37.400 consolets so they can play the new I mean that's why I'd get it. 765 00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:40.320 You know. I also think like that thing is almost like it's become like 766 00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:44.719 myth, like the Metrod Prime four, Like everyone knows about it just because 767 00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:49.159 of its like legendary status is game it's been like missing forever, So I 768 00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.199 think a lot of people are gonna like be curious about it for that reason 769 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:59.239 alone. Yeah, I mean, do the Switch has I mean maybe the 770 00:50:59.280 --> 00:51:06.079 best THENT library of like consistency, like the the amount of games that consistently 771 00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:09.280 come out on our Switch every year that are good, that are like Nintendo 772 00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:15.920 Switch exclusives is kind of insane. Yeah. I did the Best Switch Games 773 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:19.320 of the Year. I did that video, and like you know, with 774 00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.039 Xbox, it's like, oh, these games are also on PC with PlayStations, 775 00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:24.199 Like some of these games are on PC. Some of them, like 776 00:51:24.360 --> 00:51:28.079 just Balder's Gate, you know, it's kind of on everything but not really. 777 00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:31.800 But with the Switch, it's like we like had more games than could 778 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:35.119 fit on the list. So I had to make an honorable mention section so 779 00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:37.039 I could talk about Fire Emblem Engage, which didn't make the list, and 780 00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:39.639 that game is you know, not my favorite Fire and Bloom, but that 781 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:45.800 game is still good. And then Zeno Blade Chronicles the fucking DLC it was 782 00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:50.000 also really good, and like Pigmin four did make the list, but Pigman 783 00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:52.280 four was so good. It's just like every year it's just banger after banger, 784 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:55.360 and I think what we've seen for next year, like what we've got 785 00:51:55.400 --> 00:52:00.639 Princess Peaches something or another. We've Showtime, Princess Showtime. We've got Mario 786 00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:06.519 Vers, Donkey Kong, Yeah, and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door. Like 787 00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:09.199 all those games I think seem pretty good. I'm excited to play all of 788 00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:14.400 them, but they also feel like I don't want to say low effort games, 789 00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:19.280 but they feel like games that probably take less resources so they can like 790 00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:22.800 pivot a lot of those studios too. This is this is all speculation. 791 00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:24.599 I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about, but that's how I see 792 00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:27.800 it in my head. Yeah, I think, no matter what it's like, 793 00:52:27.800 --> 00:52:30.280 I'm gonna buy whatever the successor with switches, just I can't. It's 794 00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:35.360 the only way I can play those Nintendo games. And Nintendo I think has 795 00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:39.760 really proven that they are just able to like consistently put out like quality games 796 00:52:39.760 --> 00:52:44.639 on a regular basis. It's like, even if I just play Nintendo games 797 00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:46.800 on my switch, I still feel like that justifies the purchase of the thing 798 00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:50.559 with what I get out of it. So I think too, like the 799 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:55.519 fact that you know, for as long as I've been playing Nintendo games, 800 00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:59.480 their first party stuff has been split between two consoles, right, there's the 801 00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:02.519 home cons there's a handheld, and with the Switch, everything is coming to 802 00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:06.960 that one platform. So I think like you're just getting a much more rapid 803 00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:10.760 cadence of Like that's true, like banger after banger. Yeah, yeah, 804 00:53:12.119 --> 00:53:15.119 but i'd yeah, I'll be curious to see what little Nintendo frail as they 805 00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:22.599 add to it. Yeah, hopefully the joy cons are better. Maybe let 806 00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:25.480 me customize the home screen a little. Yeah, I could use some fun 807 00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:30.639 back in my Nintendo console. You know, give me some fun, give 808 00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:34.840 me a fun you, I give me some music, have some music over 809 00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:37.599 the shot. For God's sakes, that's all I need. I see some 810 00:53:37.639 --> 00:53:40.719 fun. Yeah, because that is the one thing about the Switch I'm just 811 00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:44.440 like. Eh. Also, the store is really slow these days on the 812 00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:51.960 store. Yeah, I mean, I I struggle to think of any digital 813 00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:57.920 storefront on any console that is not awful to be honest, I think the 814 00:53:57.960 --> 00:54:00.559 Switch is maybe the worst because it is the slowest, But like, I 815 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:05.679 think they're all kind of really bad. Sure, thank god the Xbox One. 816 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:08.119 You try and search a game and it like it's just like movie movie 817 00:54:08.239 --> 00:54:13.920 movie. Yeah, icmpact your coon. I was trying to find cocoon and 818 00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:16.119 I just couldn't. I just kept searching it and wasn't getting anything. You 819 00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:21.880 just don't care. Well, all right, that has been what we've been 820 00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:24.199 playing. That has been what we're looking forward to in twenty twenty four, 821 00:54:24.199 --> 00:54:28.199 and I think it's going to be this episode of Games spot after Dark. 822 00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:30.599 Hell yeah, keeping a short and brief, but yeah, it's just been 823 00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:35.840 me and Jake this week. Is everyone still recovering? People should be back 824 00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:39.199 next week though I won't, but Jake won't be actually taking that's my vacation 825 00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:45.840 time, yep. So we'll have other people back next week for the podcast. 826 00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:49.880 Also, I think some of our regular stuff should start picking back up. 827 00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:53.960 I believe spot On we'll be baack starting next week as well, because 828 00:54:54.039 --> 00:55:00.239 Lucy and Tam will be back. We're gonna the game's already coming, as 829 00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:01.880 we've said, so, like I think we don't stop coming, they'll stop 830 00:55:01.880 --> 00:55:06.239 coming. So, like I mean, we're gonna be getting out previews and 831 00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:13.000 reviews soon for a lot of that stuff where we're cooking up plans for for 832 00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:16.480 the for the year. Hopefully some cool stuff happens. So yeah, thank 833 00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:22.039 you everyone for for sticking with us for all these years and for continuing to 834 00:55:22.079 --> 00:55:25.559 stick around for twenty twenty four. And I've been John Luke, This is 835 00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:31.079 Jake, and we'll see you all next time. And Kurt's got a video 836 00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:36.360 going up soon then oh, everyone should watch Shoot sometime this week. Damn, 837 00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:37.719 you're right. Ah, sorry, Kurt, I forgot about that. 838 00:55:37.960 --> 00:56:06.239 That's good. We're good. Go we'll go watch it all right. Bye on da