Hello, and welcome to geek Verse side Quest. Here we are doing our
twenty twenty four video game preview. It's gonna be a good time. I'm
your host, Jill must Night with me clown Princes of podcast, Travis Snow,
how's it going? Hey, yo, good, I'm excited to talk
about some video games. Excited New Year, got some snow going on.
It's a good day, New Year, New Year. You got the hair
like garylt of review right now? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, if he
wishes he was a handsome you know, so he wishes. We also have
the preview himself, Taylor Field. How's it going? Oh, it's going
good. I mean Travis alluded to it's snowy and it's it's beautiful outside and
I was happy to be here. I love that. And then we have
the gamer Patzer, how's it going? Very good? I guess I'll talk
about the snow too. I we strauded up the mountain today and it was
fan nice, sick. The snow was the best it's been by far.
So yeah, it wasn't. It was a like wet snow that turns into
ice. It was like it was I was floating on the mountains. I'm
I'm so impressed with my progress. I'm just getting good. I'm gonna be
like just a professional. I don't know what snowboarders or professionals these days,
I feel like I'm gonna be professional White. He's so old. I feel
like that's such an old hen anymore, guarantee he is. Let's see next
cast. Let's circle back to that. Yeah, here we are. This
is our video game preview for twenty twenty four. Next week, of course,
we're gonna be doing our draft. We're all gonna pick a few games
that we think are going to get the best ratings of the year. So
this is this is a good way thing to do with the week before so
we can really get in all the information, look at what's coming out,
and then make those, you know, nice intellectual decisions now going into this
And I don't know if you guys have really looked much at this list,
but I feel like right now, out of any other year I can think
of the last past few years, I feel like we have very few actual
release dates going into this year, so we have like, really things charted
out pretty well until March, but that's only like the third month of the
year, and then really there's a couple things dotted, and then there's a
lot of things that just have that number of twenty twenty four without an actual
date or any Yeah, just that classic tentative date. So, uh,
we're gonna go through the things that of course have actual release dates, and
then we'll do kind of discussion on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and then
some some of the other non Big three sort of thing. So we'll get
through it all. But yeah, it's a little bit more up in the
air. I would say this year. Can you remind me when we get
to the end when we have no dates to bring up beyond good and evil?
It's not what you think, but just just someone remind me to bring
that up because I got all write something on the schedule. I see you
just give me a nice chuckle, So I love the sounds of that's of
tease. Any anyone have any thoughts before we get into it or you guys
want to just hop right in. No. I think we talked about like
the l like whatever sidequest says on last of you. I thought were like,
oh, what games out next year, and we just did a quick
scope and it's like, oh, like it I it's not a bad thing
because there's definitely still gonna be games that come out, especially in the fall.
There's always stuff in the summer that comes out that gets a date.
But like, I'm not honestly mad if there is like a little bit like
a little break of massive games, because there's so much from last year that
people said over game of the year and I gotta catch up on and twenty
twenty five is looking like like it feels like video games and movies are both
doing that where it's like, oh, there's stuff coming out, but like
the big big stuff is like we're getting ready for twenty twenty five, but
I'm sure there's still gonna be stuff that And know what's fun about that is
this gets to be the build of the year. Then that's when you get
all the trailers and the other news. But I'm sure fall will get stacked
as usual. Won't look like that right now, but I'm sure when we
get to Jim Biglebag, there's a lot of stuff coming out and so unburr
you know, like every year, Yeah, I feel like there's a few
things that lead into it, like one twenty twenty three with such a huge
year for releases across the board, like big indie games, big Triple A
games, like all the all the developers, all the publishers showing up to
release their big stuff, So it seems like, Okay, maybe this is
a bit of a down year. But then I also look at something like
Xbox and I think they've got burned by putting release dates out there too soon.
So I feel like maybe that's part of their thing right now, is
like, yeah, we're just gonna throw twenty twenty four on stuff, but
not actually put a date on it, because like Red Fall and Starfield Booth
got delayed a bunch of times, and then something like Nintendo, like there's
so many rumors of the Switch to finally coming out, So I feel like
there's a big reason why they wouldn't have too many more release dates because until
we really know what their hardware is, we're kind of waiting on that.
So we'll talk about that stuff when we get closer to it. But yeah,
let's go to the very start of the year here, January. The
first big release of the year is I would say Prince of Persia the Lost
Crown on the eighteenth, which you know, I think there's been some interest
from the crew here anyone thinking of maybe picking this one up or more just
looks like something a cool release, but maybe not necessarily when you're gonna be
getting definitely a cool release. I feel like a lot of the games that
will be on my interest level, but not like day one purchase for me,
I'm just gonna be hoping that they eventually make it onto like the PlayStation
equivalent game Pass, the PlayStation plus, whatever it is. So that one
is definitely one that I would love to get my hands on someday, but
not necessarily a day one I I have like a soft spot in my heart
for Prince of Persia, but I don't even necessarily know why, because I
feel like I've played so little of the of the games I've only ever I
don't think i've ever owned actually a Prince of Persia. I've only ever played
two of them, and they were both at or one at my cousin's house,
one at my friend's house. But I don't know, it's just maybe
it's like I grabbed onto that like that IP at a young age, so
it just kind of like stuck with me in my my growth as a as
a gamer. So yeah, I'm interested in that one. At least nice.
Okay, moving on? Uh oh, no, I don't go ahead,
I guess No, No, I'm not gonna be good. No,
thanks, Let's make sure we get that on it before we move along.
I have to say, let's circle back. No, I'm not good.
No, I just like I think it's good for this game though that it
could be. I think it has a potential to be a sleep right,
I'll also forget. I think it has a chance to be forgot and everything.
But uh no, I've never played a Prince of Persia game, like
from start to finish here and there, But I don't think this would be
the one I jump into, even though there's things I like about it,
but it's just there's a backlog in my life. But no, I'm more
interested to see how this does and if this like kick starts the franchise again,
because I feel like there's all the time when we were doing the E
three cast, like, oh, when's the new Prince of Persia come.
It's like, well, it's finally here are those people still around? And
I'm also surprised here you have nothing to say because I feel like it's in
your Assassin's creed sort of Bandwagon, you know, like, uh yeah,
for me, Assassin's Creed is a spiritual kind of successor of what Prince of
Persia was, And my friends were always into Prince of Persia, but I
never really got into it that much. Not gonna lie, I totally thought
this game came out already, and when I kept seeing this like the Lost
Crown, I was like, Oh, is this like a DLC for it.
I don't know why I thought it dropped in like late twenty twenty three,
but it's cool. I think it visually, it looks beautiful and it's
something I would definitely try at some point. Not a Day one, though,
yeah, I think I'm just like when it comes to two D platformers
or metro venas, which this looks like, or two D like specifically action
combat games like this, I feel like I really need to be sold on
it in a big way, and this one looks cool and all. But
yeah, definitely not one. I'm picking up Day one and then PlayStation's releasing
the Last of US Part two remaster on the nineteenth, which is something I
was very negative of when they first announced. I'm like, what is Naughty
Dog doing over here? Is wasting all their time, and like one of
the most talented studios to make all these remasters and remakes of games that are
still pretty modern. But the more we've got info on this, it seems
like there actually is quite a bit more there. Of course, it's gonna
look great and probably have a better frame rate and all that stuff, but
it's adding a roguelike mode as well somewhere that that God of War DLC that
just came out. It's like a big thing these days. They are big
Triple A games having like Rogue like DLCs, So it seems like there's a
lot more to it. And you know, if you already own the game,
you can get a one of those class ten dollars upgrade sort of things.
So it's all right. It's not the most exciting thing, of course,
but I think there's at least something there to chew on. I might
go in, because I'll say I don't have Ragan Rock. I might do
the ten bucks and try the Rogue like mo like. I don't think i'd
replay the game. I'm not in that mindset where I need to go through
all of the last of Us, and if I do, that'll be I
want to start from the very beginning, but especially because we just got the
show, I still don't feel like I'm far enough away from where it's like,
oh I really want to venture back in there. But maybe I've not
done much Rogan in my life, so you know, maybe maybe if I'm
getting itched, I think that actually would be a good way to get into
the genre for you through through a game that you're already familiar with through like
that triple A lens could be a nice way to do it. It's ten
bucks, that's where it's like that you can't really go wrong, So I
like that Austin is probably fifteen twenty for us, but still it's like that's
a nice little update. So yeah, I'm again that one's interesting as far
as sales because I do wonder we've talked her before of like, oh,
I feel like it's a very successful game where the people that missed it,
but it does have a new audience with the show, right, so maybe
there are people that go, well, I've never played through because that's what
I do at the first one. I didn't get on three, I had
on four, So maybe it's the same way people with part two that they
didn't get on four. But they'll get on five. So mm hmm,
yeah, Kirkland has a PS five owner. Is this interest you at all?
And especially after you really loved the show last year? Not so much.
I feel like it's, I don't know, for season two of the
show exactly what you're hyped for. I think it is kind of what Travis
was saying, where it's not like it hasn't been enough time between maybe the
show and this release that it's like, oh, this really just wants to
get me back into the vibe. But like, I also still have the
what is it the PS four version or PS three version whatever one? Like
the original one was sous one. Yeah, so you didn't get Last of
Us Too? Right? Yeah? No, just what you said, I
still got that copy. Yeah, still the copy of too? Mike?
Why do you have the copy of Too? But I guess I was thinking
in parts, But yes, I've I've part one and two of the original
version collection. Now is the party it doesn't want to play it too to
be spoiled you like? Or do you want to specifically just get them in
the show now? So you're like, all the game's dead to me until
the show's over. Uh, not necessarily like I think it's just for what
it's releasing, and like, I don't know, it's not in the budget.
That's not budget. Maybe that's the main thing. So yeah, uh,
next up is like a drag in Infinite Wealth, which this happened last
year, so for anyone who forgets, Yakuza is rebranded to Like a Dragon.
As of the game that was called Yakuza Like a Dragon, they just
switched over, which I think is fun. Man. I have these games,
especially the last few years have really been capturing my attention. I really
want to check them out. Still not played one, and this new one
looks so great. That initial trailer for it was so funny. I love
the vibe, I love the setting of it. It's just tricky. It's
like, ah, do I want to try it out for ninety bucks when
there's like eight other Yakuza games all on game Pass right now, Like that
seems like such a better way for me to go see if I actually like
the series before jumping into the new one. So I don't think I'll be
picking it up, but man, it's like every trailer I see for it,
I'm like, I just want to play it more and more. So
I'm I'm there's a chance I just last minute by it. Oh, I
was gonna say that. I think that's a good, solid end of the
year fifty percent off purchase, you know, for you, right, And
if all of them have been coming to game Pass, like, yeah,
maybe this one will later on or maybe even later this year, who knows.
Yeah, Dane's gonna do it. He's got that itch and it's slow.
There's nothing well, I mean, if they're on it, if there
doesn't, if there aren't too many huge releases in like the second half of
the year, I'm sure there will be, but if there isn't for some
reason, that might be one that, Yeah, I really need something to
fill out that game of the Year list, go back to that one.
I just feel like with January and February, I'm sure you'll shout something out,
but I feel like if you don't have a big new game that take
up your time, something's something's knocking at your door and you're like, oh,
I'm gonna I'm gonna make the purchase, you know, mm hm,
maybe that Suicide Squad. I'm gonna leave that one for you. Is anyone
else, I'm guessing no one else here is really interested in like a dragon.
That's definitely spot for us as a as a Yeah, yeah, unfortunate,
it's gonna be I'm gonna continue to be dareduvil on that one, so
mm hmm. And then Techan eight is coming out the same day on the
twenty sixth. Here, Yeah, Techan was a as people who have listened
for a while now that I'm not like a huge two D fighting game guy,
And if there was one I was gonna pick up recently, it would
have been Mortal Kombat or maybe Street Fighter six. Tecan's never really been my
bag. I played a little bit of as a as a as a Wei
lad, but uh, not the one for me. I'm guessing you guys
are still busy their Mortal Kombats over there are not really interested in the Techan
But any any thoughts on this new one. Apparently like everything there's been like
beta's and open whatever's weekends, people have played the game and everything I'm hearing
about it makes it sound great, but still just not my genre necessarily.
Yeah, my littleties with the Mortal Kombats of the world definitely, like I
feel like for these these fighters it's like the Big Three or Street Fighter Mortal
Kombat and Techan. But for some reason, I just don't really know a
lot of people that are like really into techan, Like I know the Mortal
Kombat fan and I know some Street Fighter fans, but then Techan just kind
of slipped through the cracks. But the only time I've ever played it actually
was that stream. They're underground, that's yeah, exactly, they're the legal
tech tournament Hydra situation. He just hugs the there like decon eight. You
know, I'm excited to play this on the cherry stream one day when we
download and we're like, look at this pan, I look at this thing,
like I feel like that that's always the game that we can't download,
the street Fighter and if we don't have Mortal Kombat, oh look, there's
always a tech in. And we had a great time with that. Remember
for Gauntlet, we did for a random match and it was a fun time
and nothing wrong with it. But I think it's just like the hierarchy of
games, Like even then, it's like there's other fighting games. I'd wait
for another Injustice. I'd even still kind of wait for like a Marvel Capcolm,
Like it's just the most I played tech and is that used to have
an arcade version of it where we have our cabin in the States, there's
like if you go up, there's like a i don't know, like this
weird resort area where there's a pool, there's a barbecue, and then inside
there's like an arcade section and there's always tech in there. And that's the
most of ever played was on the Sticks and Nice. Yeah, so no,
I'll I'll play that one in a couple of years. It's definitely got
like the craziest assortment of characters I think out of all of the fighters that
at least I've played, just the fact that they do have those like bear
creatures and pandash respect respect. Yeah. I should say also that when we're
going through this list, I'm not talking about every single game that has released
right now. I'm just trying to pick the ones. I'm just trying to
pick the ones that I think will be of interest or or even if they're
out of interest, like like a techan or like a Dragon, there's still
big relevant releases. So yeah, that's how it's going to be. That
was all the ones I had picked for January. Do you guys have any
other ones that you see on the list that seem noteworthy of you. No,
I'm looking through right now. Turn Up Boy Robs the Banks seems kind
of fun. Well, I don't know, I just like the title for
that. That's like the third game. Yeah, those those games, they
have their niche audience. I mean they're they're crushing them for a couple of
years or so they release new one. Looks like a game Pass game for
sure. Cool. I think that one of them is on games Okay,
that's funny. Moving on to February. February second, we have Persona three
Reload, which you know, I'm not an encyclopedic knowledge on Persona, but
I'm pretty sure this is a ps or Vita or PSP game, one of
the two. And this is kind of like the remake whatever for home consoles
and that sort of thing. And this one's also coming to Xbox, even
though it's traditionally been a PlayStation thing. I think it's a game past Day
one sort of thing. So this is a big release for the fans of
Persona. But once again, the first bit of the year here, big
blind spot for us. I feel like the four of us, there's just
not huge games for the geek Verst in particular. Yeah, Like I don't
have anything to say Persona, but I think that's really cool because you always
have those hardcore fan bases, Like for me, at the Batman games,
the Arkham fans are always just begging for origins and it's never gonna announce,
it's never gonna remastered, but it's like one day, if it happens,
I'll be huge. It's like, that's cool. That's like some sort of
Vita, like this very very smaller game that I'm sure that the fans are
really hyped about. So I think that's cool for them that you get one
of those releases that you might have thought, eh, are we ever gonna
see anything like that? It wasn't a console game, so that's cool.
But no, I one day Persona is like a retirement game for me,
like when I'm fifty five. Yeah that I will one day jump into it.
But I've just heard the time sunk it is, so it's like,
no, I just I just googled how long to beat Persona? Three eighty
one hours, I get no thing. Yeah, I'm instantly I don't want
to sign up. I gotta beat real life first before I can go live
in Persona five, But one day before I die, I will try them
out. Yeah. Uh, it's on game Pass, Taylor. You can
be checking it out. Oh, I've heard good things about it, but
I know you put three hundred hours in Call Dude. You got eighty hours
to Sparic. Come on, put that into Persona. Yeah. Oh,
that's eighty hours of call Diddy time, though, Dyla. Maybe maybe one
day when I'm in the retirement home with Travis and we'll pop it on on
that. Do you guys think that'll actually happen eighty sixty years from now,
all four of us are in the same retirement home. You think we'll be
sitting there playing Persona. I've mapped it up so I can retire at fifty
five, so I can. I'm gonna be not that you're in the retirement
home though at that age, you know I'm just gonna be done my job.
I've mapped it out with that's that. This is the setting that we're
all in the retirement home. No, we're probably playing we're jumping into a
balders Gate campaign. That's where we're finally jumping in. We have our right
so we can't use the controllers. We're gonna be playing Avalon and we're all
gonna have dementias, so we're always good. You're a lying, You're like,
no one's gonna killer problem. It's a sad end of the podcast.
We're just Mario party. But yeah, Strikers are there? You good break
some hips. I'm not playing like, Hey, they're still deadcing like he
is. Hey, if you're gonna go out, go out, and warriorare
That's true. Speaking of going out, Suicide Squad killed the Justice League.
So, Travis, technical, you've technically played this game technically you're not allowed
to talk about it technically technical, But I don't know what do you think
about this? All I can say is I wasn't planning on picking it up
before and my opinion hasn't changed. That's all I'll say. And I think
that that gives you enough that I'm not speaking on anything in my playing experience,
you know, I will say that it is the only thing I'll say
about this. It's shitty that they had a situation where they had a bunch
of stuff leak out from the main story in that one everywhere. So for
the people that do want to play it right away, that does suck because
a lot of the characters' fates got revealed. Some of it did end up
being not true, so that's good. The hacker line about some stuff,
but there's other stuff that's just full on screenshots or clips that were out there,
so that sucks. So maybe again, but yeah, this is again
the same thing. I'm interested. I will play this game one day,
it's just that I will wait because it me and Taylor we got Gotham Nights.
I had a good enough time. I still go and play it.
But the fact that now it's like ten fifteen bucks, like, oh,
I could have waited. It's the same thing with so I feel like this
maybe would have the same fate. So I when it's that type of level,
I'll definitely jump in. But this is not. There's so much backlog
stuff, So yeah, I'm this one. I'm just curious to see.
But I think I already had the Crystal Ball We've talked about many times.
I do not think this is thing is gonna do well. I guess the
only thing is that helps that there's not too much stuff out in January February,
So yeah, I don't think I said, but this is coming on
the second as well of February, so yeah, early on in the year.
But yeah, no, not not for me. It's like the first
combo game I'm not buying. I don't know when. Yeah, I've bought
them all and I feel like obligated too, but especially from rock Steady,
so it's yeah, oh yeah, that's how far they fall on you.
Yeah, I literally couldn't name you. It'd be the one of the Injustice
games. That's one of the games I haven't bought. But the last decade
I've bought everything. So yeah, it sucks, but yeah, not for
me. Taylor as a fan of Gotham Knights and a fan of twenty sixteen
Suicide Squad ten out of ten. I mean this feels this feels like right
for the picking for you, I mean you picking this up. No,
I'm not gonna pick it up. If it goes on games fast, then
I definitely would be interested in trying it out. But we're just gonna play
more Nights because Knights was legitimately fun in multiplayer. That was a lot of
fun. I'm totally down players online. No, it was three right,
three? Oh, I don't know, or is it just too it's on
the PlayStation games, Yeah, it was. I think it was the complaint
that it was just too but it's a it was a super fun time that
dropping was easy, like you can draw up and really at any point it
was just and like just tactical like it was a it was a good time.
It was a fun time. So hmm, yeah, playing different characters
is a lot of fun. So that being said, I I feel like
I'm on the more positive event to want to play this game. I'm not
going to get a day one. I do want to try it, but
I feel like I've just been a lot more receptive to everyone's negativity surrounding it,
and they're like displeasure and loathing of this title that it's kind of put
me in like okay, yeah, no day one, but it's on games
Pass. I will absolutely give it a whirl because I do. I love
those Arkham game. It was a fantastic This is rock Steady coming back to
just tackle that same universe. So I'm very interested. Who are you playing
or does it cycle like story wise? Oh? I mean I like all
the characters that they got on there, like Harley Quinn, Boomerang, and
King Sharks. This is pretty awesome. I think Boomerang or dead Shot might
be your guy. I think Boomerang could be one if I were to guess,
definitely, King Shark. That seems like the Taylor pick you think so,
I think. So it's like crypted, like you know, yeah,
that's true. There's just a couple of moves that he had the like,
oh, this feels like a Taylor type of character. Boom yeah, Boomerang.
Just there's certain types, you know, So we'll find out in twenty
twenty five when Taylor gets it. Yeah. Another multiplayer game, Hell Divers
two is coming on. I think this is one of the kind of big
ones that PlayStation's trying to push, So I think it's an exclusive, and
I think this is one of those like four player okay PC as well,
four player co op kind of season pasty kind of games. It seems like
that from the trailers I've seen. It actually does look very solid. I
just I don't think I have a room for that in my gaming time right
now. So not a pick up for me, but I definitely worth the
shout out because I feel like PlayStation doesn't have a really much announced right now,
and this is one of the ones that they've been pushing in the last
few months, So yeah, yep. And then there is Mario Versus Donkey
Kong. This is the I guess switch remake remaster, if you want to
call it that, of the game Boy Advance game. I love that game
so much, it's one of my favorites. It's hard to justify the fifty
sixty bucks they are asking for this version, especially when I think the original
game still looks really good. I love that pixel art of that era,
of course, but this is a really solid puzzle game, and I hope
a lot of people pick this up because I feel like it's kind of always
been under the radar as far as Mario games go, and we haven't seen
a new Donkeykong game in a while either, So you don't play don Kong
in this, but it's still He's in there, of course, as like
kind of the Bowser equivalent. So yeah, any of you guys interested in
this, I don't know. I think I've heard any of you guys play
this original game back in the day. I've definitely played it, but I
don't have an itch to spend a huge amount for this, especially when there's
probably a game in March that'll be dipping my toes in in the Nintendo Realm,
so I think this one will. Uh, there's a good chance I
never ever play it in my life. It depends if there's a great sale.
But just there's so many other Nintendo games. But no, it was
fun enough, so big say to play it one day. I honestly,
I just kind of wish they put the original game on game Boy Advance like
Switch Online. I think that would have been fine. I don't think this
game needed to get this treatment necessarily, but still cool to see. I
guess I will move along to no other Mario don Key Monk in House.
I will move along because I gotta find out, Taylor, what are the
odds that Skull and Bones actually releases on February sixteenth of the year twenty twenty
four. How can I word this? The odds of me play that doesn't
make any sense. That's somebody asked you, But that's okay. I was
trying to give him an example of making his own question. I ask you
the odds of it releasing on this day? I probably go I probably go
like seventy five percent. I think I'm like a clean ninety now, I
think I'm at a clean ninety I think it's I think it's finally coming at
this point in time. Yeah, And I like, if I only have
the money to buy one game this month, I think it would be that.
And I say that like optimistically because what I've seen, But do you
have the money to buy a game that month? That's you phrase it where
you can get yourself out of it, allows him he'll buy. I'm I'm
really really interested in this game and how things have kind of turned around from
it what initially what they showed it being like a four v four ships battle,
pirate ships battle in a small contained area, has turned into an open
world, free roam map that's bigger than assassins creed Valu, which is saying
something huge there. It's free rome, you can leave your ship, explore
islands to quests. You can just sail your ship round, take down pirate
fleets, loot and plunder. It's expended immensely from what they initially had in
that first concept and what they showed. And I understand why it's been back
to the drawing boards so many times are delayed because they've just been adding so
much more to it. And I feel like that's based off of a lot
of feedback of what people want and don't want because to sell like a four
v four Pirate game, it's not I mean, we we ranted on it.
It's not making money. Whoever pitched that should go the next day.
But they made the games. So what it's turned into now has really really
piqued my interest. And I really like every time I see like them doing
like at any three trailer or something like that gameplay, I get really excited,
and so I really do want to try this game out. I'm putting
it on the calendar, which means you have to pick it up and you
have to go. You have to have the money that Christmas Day review?
Are you playing? Yeah? Next year if you buy it, you're gonna
be buying it physical. Oh you want to try it too? You got
that? You got that. I'm surprised to hear that. Actually, well,
because I had no interest in that first game. I will only try
this because I still think this is gonna come out and be like a solid
fifty five sixty on metacritics. Take it sure, Yeah, but like if
it's good, I fucking love Pirates. I always want to be a cowboy.
I always want to be a Pirate you know the Cowboys lower but like
more like the but Pirates up there. I want to be sailing the seventh
season like you can be. No one stopped, Yeah, but no ship.
So you didn't let me go? I said, I've been waiting for
like a great pirate game, and I never got on Assassin's Creed Blacks,
Like I missed that and I've always been like, I got to go back
to that. But I was like, oh, this could be good.
Maybe this is a shot like and I feel even school, what was the
one we played see thes like. I enjoyed it. It scratched the itch,
but it wasn't like there's still some stuff missing there. But I would
just love to get fully immersed in a in a pirate game. You know
so, but I don't I'll play it because I don't think it's gonna be
good so perfectly Taylor there, I'm gonna wait and see what happens. I
think if this one reviews really well and just it is really positive and I
don't know, like I would definitely be interested. I had a lot of
fun with the limited a time that I actually played and see if thieves,
so like to actually get Skull and Bones. I don't know, just expanding
upon the idea of like an open world pirate game that is just I don't
know, like like if it meets everything, that's kind of promising. I'm
definitely interested, So don't I'm not gonna write it off by any means,
but definitely don't sign me up on that calendar day one. Who knows though,
Maybe it's just like looking at this calendar they list the stadia in their
game. Four is gonna have to update that because I don't think yeah anymore,
you can't do. That's what I got it pre ordered on no refund,
Sorry, but yeah, that'll be that'll be interesting to see if it
finally comes out and uh if it sticks around or if it just sinks it's
delayed again. Man, now insane. Now it's got to be four or
five? I think yeah, four, I would say at least four,
which is a crazy thing to say. Okay, you're four? What are
you? Travis? What'd you say? I'll say five, just to be
different you. Kirkland, I guess I'll take the six number. It's been
delayed six times on of my default Kirkland. Once again, Wow, trophy,
Well moving when taking that trophy year moving from sailing the Seven Seas to
driving on the Open Highway. There's two driving games coming out on February twenty
second, which is interesting. One is called Open Roads. This is like
a narrative walking sim sort of game, road trip sort of situation. This
is coming to game Pass. It looks really interesting. I really like the
art style, and I like walking sim type games like Gone Home or What
Remains to Me to Finch and whatnot. So interested in that one. I'll
definitely be checking it out. But then the same day as Pacific Drive,
which is like a PlayStation driving roguelike, which I've never seen that done before,
and I love it and every trailer I've seen. I cannot wait for
this game. It is one of my top pype games, and I'm pretty
sure it's coming to PS four. It better because I really want to play
it. This will be as well. Okay, yeah, I don't know.
I wonder what the specs on it would be, but I haven't dusted
off my PS four in a while, so this would be. That's how
excited I am for this game that'll actually be doing that. So I'm pretty
hype for this week. These two games I'm very much looking forward to both
of them. Specific drive does that come from anybody particular that you know?
That's the thing. It's a bit of an unknown variable. I don't think
that it might be the studio's first game. I just feel like I remember
us talking about this at some conference, some showing you have like a mini
thing. Yeah, pulling up that thumbnail all right away, like, oh,
I remember this art and really liking it. So it's it's one that
I don't know if I begin day one, But this is one that if
you get and speak highly of, it'll be on the Okay, I get
a watch out for when it's PlayStation Plus or something like that. But quick
aside, what what was that game when we were younger called when it was
on the PC and you were in a car and you were driving across Canada
and stuff? Oh my gosh, yes, what was It's like a truck
driving one right, yeah, across Canada or something. Yeah, did you
get you guys all had it on your PCs school school yard kind of games
that, Oh yeah, it was that school Yeah, but I don't think
I played that one. Actually, we would rock that, We would rock
the ship out of that. Oh, yeah, but specific drive maybe yeah,
yeah, that's exactly specifically to man, you brought memories. I might
be playing that that week. We should do a retro that. We don't
know why that was like installed in the school computers, Like I don't know
what you're learning from that, maybe geography of the I don't know, But
do you recognize this game? I feel like because I feel like in the
States they had they always had, like the Organ Trail game was like a
thing you played in school, and so I feel like maybe Canada just wanted
their equivalent. So there you go, churn this game out back to Pacific
Drive. You can sign me up for this one. I'm getting this one
day one. Oh yeah, yeah. I just I remember when we talked
about it, whatever conference it was. It's just it's so unique of an
idea, and everything that I've seen so far about it just looks really good
too. So you know, it might disappoint, but I think it's just
interesting enough that I definitely want to get my hands on it and play it
firsthand, because it's it's not even just like a driving sim Like there's so
many crazy survival aspects to it, like the world is trying to get you
even though you're just driving a vehicle. So I am so I'm so interested
on this and this is definitely on my my hyped, my hyped list for
sure. Amazing. I'm very excited to check out do that review with you.
That'll be a lot of fun. Yeah. That same day, on
the twenty second is Sons of the Forest, so the sequel to The Forest,
which is a big survival horror game from back in the day. I
think this might just be one of those PC only kind of games, or
at least at launch, it could even be early access for all I know.
But yeah, that first game was one that was kind of critically acclaimed,
or at least I feel like it really kicked off that genre, which
is huge now for those kind of Steam survival horror, first person ey sort
of games. So I don't know, Taylor Kirkhan, I feel like this
is kind of up your alley a little bit. I had a lot of
fun playing The Forest. I had a handful of buddies that we'd play that
with in like the early early access days of it too, where it was
super buggy and just like experiencing all that, but just still had a lot
of fun with it, and this one I think is just like a full
release because I think it has been out on early access. I've seen a
couple of people on my discord playing it, but I haven't really looked into
it at all. I just assumed it was, like, I don't know
how much of a sequel I guess it is to the Forest, maybe just
like new new things. I don't really know how the story exactly went with
the Forest, because, like I said, I played pretty early on.
But I don't think I'll really be getting this, but I could see possibly
in the future sometimes, just because I had a lot of fun with that
first Forest game, and I know for that first title it did come to
consoles eventually, so I'm curious if this one does the same thing, because
it's it's a fun game to play with friends, for sure, just survival
aspecting of these creepy cannibals run around the island into caves and yeah, oh
yeah, no, it's crazy. Yeah, I definitely want to try it,
but I want to try it with other people. I don't know if
I would dive into this by myself. I never played that first one,
that beta. When you're talking about Kirkland, although again it's something I've heard
great things about. Then there's Brothers, A Tale of two Sons is getting
a remake on the twenty eighth. So we talked about this recently because this
is announced at the Game Awards. But of course you know that it takes
two one Game of the Year at the Game Awards, So this studio is
kind of climbed up that ladder, that echelon, if you will. And
this is the remake of their kind of three sixty era game that I really
enjoyed, but it's not one that I feel like I need to revisit,
at least for the full asking price. Maybe if it hits game pass in
the future. But yeah, really interesting game, really interesting game mechanics of
like each control stick controls the different characters, so you're kind of playing is
too. It's a co op game that you're playing as by yourself, Whereas
and then I feel like what it takes too. They took that idea and
actually made it a multiplayer co op game, just like you know, A
Way Out. I guess did that first for them. So I like what
the studio is doing and the focus on co op, and this is a
kind of proto actual co op one for them, so an interesting game to
go back to. I think people will really enjoy it when it gets a
remake. I doubt any of you are going to pick it up at launch,
but maybe down the road, so that's cool. And then I think
maybe the first huge, the hugest launch of the year is probably this one,
which is Final Fantasy vin Rebirth, So this is I guess we're at
part two of this, even though they've had like a bunch of dealc for
the first one, so it's very confusing the way they roll this whole thing
out. Man, every trailer see for this thing, it looks great.
I really want to check it out. This one is PS five exclusive though,
so I can't really access it. Shout outs to you know, we
have our our survey going on and we can give us feedback on the shows
and stuff. And someone did mention that they want to see some coverage for
this game. So of course, if none of the four of us are
interested, I'll find someone. Maybe Dante will be picking it up or something
to bring someone to talk about it. But yeah, I really want to
check it out, but once again, don't have the access to it right
now, so it'll be sitting on the shelf for me right now? And
is this part two? Is this supposed to be like it right? Like
part two? They're not doing a part three? This is going to cover
the rest of the game. No, I think there's more after this?
Yeah, bullshit, I'm thinking. I'm guessing it's a trilogy. Okay,
that's what I think. In the way that we have for the first one,
who is like it goes till the end of the Midguard sequence. I
don't think we really know where Rebirth is going to at the moment, so
maybe it is. But I from what I've heard, like that first game
was such a small percentage of what Final Fantasy seven actually is, so it
would make sense if they really blow it up into maybe a trilogy here.
Yeah, that's what I'm waiting for. I've always said that since day one.
I didn't love the split thing. I was a fan of Final Fantasy
seven back in the day, like most people that had a PlayStation and stuff.
But it's been so long and I've I don't know why. I think
it's just because that was the poplar game. I played that and dibbled in
the other ones, but I haven't felt the need to get into other ones.
But I've always think I'm gonna play this one day, but I'm gonna
wait till it's it's done done and just kind of binge it all and stuff.
So mm hmmm hmm. Yeah, I'm guessing that's a no go for
Kirkland or Taylor as well, go for me. No. Uh, do
you guys think that's like the front runner for Game of the Year winner this
year so far? Looking at the calendar and the way that started the year,
we could be like, yeah, Tears of the Kingdom is probably gonna
be a Game of the Year and then being Baldersgate. But I think so,
I think this could also be a year if it's later that a Indy
could really run away with it and take just when it's a lighter feel.
But I agree with you as what I've seen coming out so far. Yeah,
f seven Reworth would probably be it. So it's in the conversation for
sure. In the conversation, I guarantee you'll be one of the noombs for
the game. Easy prediction. There anything else in February Yeah, Dark Forces
Man sar As Dark Forces, I cannot fucking wait tell me about what this
is It's a first person shooter that I've spent many hours on the PlayStation one
playing as a child, who knows if it's gonna be good, who knows
if it's gonna be worth it. This is a remake or like a re
remaster, but this is much like Mario RPG, where it's not a remake.
But I just remember lots of time as a child, So I will
be picking this up. Granted, as long as it's like fifty bucks or
plus, I think this is a solid Even forty I'm kind of fine with,
but that's like the cat for me, and even then I might wait.
But if it's if it's around forty under, I think this is day
one. I bet I could be it really quick. And yeah, I
loved that game so much, and it's just like, I don't know,
it's just you're some sort of bounty hunter that gets caught up. But it's
just it's pretty much just shooting. But I liked about it. It was
there's lots of it's not really a scary game, but there's just lots of
things like you'd be put into this dark area and then you're running around and
then it's like a rank or pops up and you're gonna shoot that, Like,
I just remember having a different It was like a grungy Star Wars.
That's what I liked about it. So I will be I'll begin Dark Forces.
I loved that game back in the day. Nice, I love to
hear that Taylor was that one you were fan of. I never played it
back in the day. So I mean Travis Wing, he'll take my scull
and bones, I'll take his dark beautiful trade. Yeah, I love that.
Okay, moving into March, then, who's picking up out Last Trials
that's on the fifth? Got a bunch of out Last heads in the Taylor?
Yeah, as long you know, I wasn't gonna go there. It
came as big a fan. If not as big, you know, I'm
just gonna throw that out there. Who is the biggest fan that will be
the decider here. I will be by this as long as that metacriticscre is
not red. If it is red, that might get me to do the
whole. Even yellow you're in if it's like right above, like if it's
like a six, like if it's that scene, A true fan would buy
it if it was yellow. Yeah, but like waste of time and money.
You know, I don't know, but I I would hope that these
boys are good because I would love We've talked about this for years. I
don't think it's gonna be that much like I would be down do a stream
of it, Like I loved that first one boy the second one, so
I'm I'm but again the second one apparently was not good. So that's why
I'm not like, oh, this is a for sure purchase, because this
could come out and be like, oh, yeah, this is really disappointing.
It's not there. So but I think this could be a day one.
It's looking likely so well. For the second one, I think it
was. It was not bad. It just wasn't as good as the first
one was. It was still still a little spooky. It had some like
boat mechanics that are really annoying to deal with that weren't super fun to to
deal with. But this one, I don't even believe it's a full price
game because this is another one that actually is already out on early access on
Steam. Yeah thirty bucks on Steam right now, there you go. Yeah,
So I am interested if we get the boys in there for sure,
because I because this is definitely going back to like that first asylum that the
first game was, and that's setting is just so terrifying and that before all,
so look at that. Hell yeah, so oh definitely definitely eyeball that.
Yeah. Yeah, I'm a big horror head now, I'm into horror
games a big time, So this is a good time for me to jumping
out last, I think, and Taylor is just like a guaranteed pick up
for you at this point. Interesting. I mean, if it wasn't before,
it absolutely is now because everyone else is going to be getting in it.
And just the fact that it's multiplayer and we can play together. I
feel like there's gonna be so many outrageous moments. This is too good to
be true. Yeah. Nice. Is it still in first person too the
game? I believe that's good. That adds to it. I just like
that that's gonna be fun because I'm just I'm curious to see what you do
to like together that experience together about four play like four players in the Asylum.
Yeah, I think it's still in our twitch, maybe just on our
YouTube, but definitely on our twitch. But if you haven't seen it,
you should go to it. Our geek first wanted to check out when Kirkland
thought he was calling out like being scared, and he goes, oh,
this all away. It was a good day. I powered through that whole
first game and one and it was a good time. And yeah, I
got major jump scared. And I'm curious what type of like that word come
up again of what type of mechanics are in this one too, because a
big emphasis on like the cam quarder on the first two games, with the
night vision and a lot of peaking mechanics you know, in in use there,
so people you know, yeah, no, for sure, I'm curious.
Nice, Well, that sounds like a big, big hyper release for
for the four of us. That'll be fun moving along here. On March
twenty second is Dragon's Dogma two. Do you guys know much about Dragon's Dogma?
Heard the name? Yeah, I've heard the name of the tales.
So this is a capcom kind of dark fantasy action adventure game, and it's
always one that's been on my radar and because of that, I picked it
up on sale for like I think the Black Friday sales on the switch.
I got for like three dollars or something the first one, and I've been
playing it the last few days here, a really weird and interesting game that
I'll talk about in depth on a future side quest. But I'm gonna be
playing through that for the next you know, a month or two here,
and depending on how the rest of that experience it goes. Man, when
I see trailers for this, just have like a next gen or you know,
at this point, current gen version of what that game is, because
that's like a very three sixty era sort of game. It looks really great
and I really really want to check it out. I just love fantasy games
like this, so I think this one's definitely there's definitely a good chance I
pick it up, because other than that out Last, which is like,
you know, three weeks prior, there isn't really much in March or April
as of right now for me personally, so this might be a good pick
up in that period for me. So yeah, definitely definitely on my list.
And I don't know, when i've played more. If I think any
of you would particularly like it, I'll pitch it to at that point,
but I don't think I'm deep enough yet to sell you one any of it
yet. But really interesting game. Nonetheless, cool to get a sequel after
all these years. And then on that same day is Prince Princess Peach Showtime,
which is a game that I was originally pretty hot on, thought I
was gonna pick up, and the more I've seen it just seems a bit
too simple for me. And also Mudds isn't interested in it. So how
about you guys, anyone anyone here picking it up? I think Travis and
Kirkland, if I guess, might be picking it up. Yeah, I'm
there. I think I was. I was enough on the hype level to
want it, and then Shay was like, yeah, we're getting it,
So okay, there you go. Decision made nice. Mine was the same,
but with kids, So yeah, well we'll begin that. That seems
perfect for the For the kids. Yeah, I'm interested to see what it's
like because then at first they'll start with me and Emily playing and then maybe
transition into them. But I will be curious to see with their ages if
it's you know, because wonder works. But how simple is it that?
That's what I'm wondering, you know, And how annoying could it be?
But even then it could be fun for them, just for one of us
to play in them to watch and stuff. They're the simple player, right,
so I guess yeah. But I'm glad Peach is gonna do you know,
finally something out there for us in a while since a full Peach game.
It's the d S, right, you know, she was a big
fan of that DS version. That's why I think she's really nostalgic for this
one. Nice Taylor, Is this a pickup for you? You know when
she when she gets a little bit older, she's into the games, you
know, call Duty or Princess Pete more engaging for the kids. We have
south Park Snow Day on the twenty sixth. I don't know if you guys
played any of the south Park games of the past. It's been like an
ever fleeting thing for me where a lot of people have told me about them,
and I feel like it'll really I'll really like it because just I like
that South Park humor and apparently they're actually really fun to play. But and
then this one's like three D with with co ops, so I don't know,
it's it's almost seem as RPG focused like those other games were, which
is the reason why people like those games, So it might be a very
different reception than those ones. For sure. I'm definitely I'm gonna keep a
keen eye on it, and I don't know, depending on in my circles
who acquires this, perhaps I'll be picking it up. But I don't know.
Mm hmmm, Taylor, I think you might be a beut of a
South Park guy, right. I mean, I've always wanted to play them.
The only one I ever played, I think maybe it was like a
Stick of Truth mobile version. I know when that Superhero one came out following
a Stick of Truth. I really want to get around to doing it.
I never got around. I feel like it was one of those titles that
didn't fracture but all that Yeah, fracture, butthole they don't. They didn't
go on sale that often. I feel like they held their full retail price
Nintendo. Yeah, but it's definitely something i'll play with before before I die,
whenever retire. Okay, I'll get around of playing these games. If
you're ever in the mood for just like a snowy Winter game, that might
be when you pick it up. That's true, because I mean it's it's
snow Day, right. It just fits. It's all there, it's all
the title. Any other March ones I skipped over. When I first glanced
over at the list, I'm like, man, we're getting two Outlast games.
That's insane. Yeah, took that long for Trials. Our last three
is already beginning. Ship. Yeah, there's this game called Outcast a New
Beginning, which I have not heard of. It looks kind of alien and
cool. Looks a bit Avatar, Yes, if I might be so bold,
it does. None of us bought Avatar, so I don't think we'll
be being this one up. One in the dark is what is that?
Because that I think it's a remake or a remaster. That looks like Jody
Comer and David Harbor. Yeah. Really, okay, that's interesting. I
wonder what's going on there. It definitely a cinematic for it. That's them,
right, that's them for sure. Someone google this and look into this.
I've heard about this. I thought it was just maybe like a remaster
remake of one of those earlier games. But this is a new thing.
It could be interesting. It's got that big cast in. There is an
upcoming survival horror game. The game is a reimagining of the nineteen ninety two
game. This is called The Installment. Yeah, the story falls Emily hart
Would I guess that was like a game Boy game, so this is probably
gonna be completely different than that, and Private Investigator Edward Carnabie David Harbor as
they travel to a manor a home of a mentally fatigued or sorry decretto manor
the home of mentally fatigued to investigate the disappearance of Jeremy Hartwood, his uncle.
It's an over the soldier third person perspective, doing away from fixed camera
angles of the original. This is a similar Resident Evil series. Well I'm
loving a Resident Evil. Okay, this is this is going on my list
now, I'm gonna keep an eye on, do some research, look up
some trailers. I remember playing the Wee Game, which is a really weird
just like Blockbuster rental, and I was like, what the hell's going on
here? And it was a very janky, weird game. But I think
that game is critically not a very good one, whereas maybe the original one
was pretty interesting. So to get kind of a full remake of it with
current gen hardware is kind of an interesting thing. Remake a Game Boy game
is like a big kind of PS five game. Yeah, some good talent
there, so yeah, I'll be interested to hear your thoughts before I investigate
them. I'm not right, I'm not you know, I'm not signing a
contract here. I'm just I'm saying it does happen. Yeah, yeah,
Okay, uh let's let's take our first break and then we'll be right back
to get into the next section. Okay, we are back. We're getting
to the point where we're getting out of games that really have a lot of
release dates. I didn't have anything from April anything on that list looking intriguing
to you guys from April. No, I pulled the curriculum where I thought
the first game was Euphoria. I was like, Fuck, who's making the
game that's gonna be great? Who's that Telltale that they should have made your
four game? They would have been perfect, all the decisions. But uh
no, this this looks primed for a catchup month or just lots of drops
happening. Yeah. The one thing that's not on this list that I just
learned about recently is that apparently there's a very substantial mod for Fallout four coming
out in April, and it's just called Fallout London, and it's just a
huge, like it's bigger than the map of Fallout four. It's got like
hundreds of quests, full voice acting, full like it's just essentially seems like
a new follow game. Of course, it's a mood, so you never
really know what you're gonna get. But if it's actually good, even if
it's as good as even if it's half as good as Follow four, that's
really really interesting. So I'm gonna definitely check that out when it uh when
it releases. So I've always wanted follow Out to go outside of America,
so I think London will be a really cool setting. So I'm I'm looking
forward to that one. I'll report back on if that's any good in April.
I'm jealous. I'm really jealous. Yeah, I guess for mister PlayStation
over there? Well, no good, Yeah, I guess like I got
an Xbox too, and I got them all. I just don't have to
play a PC. Right, Yeah, so's the official company laptop GV laptop.
No I don't. I'm not going I'm gonna play Dylan's game on that,
but I'm not gonna use it for any other gaming and stuff like that.
So yeah, yeah, moving on June, this is really just a
quick show out here. But the final DLC for Destiny two is coming out.
I assume it's the final because it's called the Final Shape, but I
don't know that for sure. So there you go. This is the end
of that, which I think is time. You know, that game has
been crushing it for a while. But is there gone for that? Maybe?
I don't think right now. I think we know that Bungee is making
a Marathon remake remaster whatever that is, which I'm really interested in because that's
like their original series before they even did Halo that I've always wanted to go
back to. And then after that, we don't really know, so it
could be another Destiny, but I kind of hope they do something new and
different for their next title, if I had to put my hopes and dreams
out there. It's interesting, like from their perspective because there is like a
big audience for those Destiny games, and like obviously they're just pomping out DLCs
for it, so I'm curious of if they're trying to like keep I don't
know, those fans happy with a new like a new Destiny game or something
similar to it, or if they do just want to go into more single
player type direction, like what Haylo kind of was, which kind of what
I was hoping Desty was initially, like when it did come out, That's
just not exactly the type of game for me. But I am very interested
in just seeing the next Bungee release. Yeah, it's it's kind of a
weird situation where you might want them to go in like maybe even as a
studio they would want to go to that single player route after all this,
but like they got acquired by PlayStation, and PlayStation probably acquired them as part
of that big push for multiplayer games and online live service games because they were
kind of a master of that. But then they've also just canceled a bunch
of those games recently, so it's like are they pivoting and with Jim Ryan
stepping down, like maybe PlayStation will look a lot different in the next couple
of years. So honestly, the future of Bungee is really up in the
air, and I think they've even maybe had some layoffs and a lot of
big creative people leave the studios. I think it's gonna be a weird time
of change, but hopefully they come out of it stronger and making something kind
of new and interesting. At the very least, I am excited for a
marathon that's always yeah, Like I said, always years, I wanted to
go back and check out. This comes from someone that's not like a Bungee
fan, not a Halo fan in the back of the day, but I
would just like us do on the Summer games Fest game Awards, whatever they
may be, and we get a Bungee logo and we just know that it's
not gonna be Destiny right after, because I feel like anytime I get Bungee,
it's like an automatic checkout for me, and I feel like it's been
that way for a lot of people for many years. Like Kirkan said,
there's tons of people that love it. So I'm not saying for everybody,
but I think there's a big group of people, and I feel like I
feel like Bungee needs to get They need like Destiny has its audience and I
feel like it's pretty much capped, like you know who who's going to get
it, who's gonna be there. I feel like they need something that's gonna
be either a bit more broad or just something completely new to get hitting on
other people. I just feel like when we talk about big developers, Bungee's
just never in that conversation anymore because it's just like, well, they've been
doing Destiny since the PS four, you know, Like I don't know,
I just feel like they need they need something like these are the guys that
did Like I know, it's a bunch of different people, but still just
the brand. It's like, that's what did Halo, that was such a
huge thing in the early two thousands, right that name Bungee. Now I
just feel like it's it's has lost all that kind of hood spot. So
as a fan of just like developers and games and just the hype levels,
I want to see a Bungee logo and then right after like something really cool
happen, we're like, okay, whatever it is. They're on the map
for the game exactly. Yeah, you're players named Jacobs and that would be
insane if Bungee made you for a game. Yeah. No, I mean,
I do think we will see them kind of elevated back on the spot
like more just being under the Sony brand and being you know, a big
part of the state of plays and the showcases from this point forward. When
we see stuff in the way that I don't know. We're just so used
that big Naughty Dog logo or Sony Santa Monica when we're watching those showcases,
so I think we will get to that point with them again. But yeah,
I might take some time of kind of restructuring and rebuilding and finding what
the future of them could be. Or they could just do Destiny three.
I don't know. I don't know, like why we just continued Destiny too
with but I don't play that game, so I don't know what would be
the pros or cons of I mean, starting from scratch, the call the
pro would be someone like me, you could jump in finally, whereas right
now I just feel so overwhelmed if there's no way I'd actually jump into that
game all these years later. Yeah, skipping along all the way into August,
this is kind of the last big release of the year that has a
release date of any sort, and that's Black Myth Wukong, which is one
of those games that just any trailer you see, your mind is blown.
The game looks insane, the bosses, the graphical fidelity. Travis, I
know you've reacted that in that way to a trailer. At some point you
probably just forget what it is off the top of your head, but look
it up. You will remember this game and you're like, oh my god,
I forgot this game. It looks insane. Just it's one of those
games that doesn't look real. And that's where I'm holding back some of my
hype because I just ow the Monkey one. Yeah, yeah, something could
be off about it, like is it actually that good? It doesn't look
like it could be made by humans. It just looks insane. So a
game that I think definitely keeping my eye on, but until it actually comes
out, it's hard for me to get too hyped on it because I just
something about it doesn't quite smell right yet. Oh yeah, you're watching trailer
there, and yeah, I'm good. I saw the Monkey and that remind
me. But yeah, there's I think there's like another trailer something I had
not even seen the official release date trailer. So okay, yeah, no,
that's uh yeah, it's impressive. I remember being like Monkey album ring
but yes, yeah, I'll wait to hear back from you. That's that's
August twentieth on that one, so stay tuned. From that point, we're
really getting to just things that have a release window and don't actually have a
date. So we were just talking about PlayStations. Let's let's keep going on
that train of thought. So here's what we know. We really know about,
like the Last of US remaster, we know about that Hell Divers thing
that's coming out. I think maybe Stellar Blade is supposed to come out this
year, which is I don't even think that's the first party things. I
think that's just uh has that exclusivity and that's pretty much it. I think
maybe the Metal Gear Solid what was it, it's three that's getting the remake,
right, Snake Heater, Yeah, yeah, so I think that's also
at least a console exclusive. So like that's kind of all we really know
for the moment. And then so Travis, we talked about this over we
kind of did a bonus episode over the holidays there when all that Insomniac leak
happened. Yeah, and we got kind of an idea that there might be
Spider Man multiplayer coming out this year, Spider Man two multiplayer thing. But
then it seemed I think Insomniac deconfirmed that maybe they were just saying that,
but it seems like that maybe was actually canceled and isn't actually happening. Did
you say anything about that or do you have any thoughts that still happened.
I think it's like s Bubbs said, where there was two online games.
There's the GTA one and then there was the Spider Man Online like Spider Man
two online, and I think that's just in flux if. I don't think
people know the status of that. The GTA Spider Man one that got canceled.
Sorry, what do you mean by GT spider Man? Remember there was
that one where just co op sort of thing. It was like a GT
online one like that where you could go you make your own spider Yeah that
one. Yeah, yeah, So there was that, and then there was
the Spider Man multiplayer, the GTA one that's gone. I think the multiplayer
one is uh in flox and stuff. I could be wrong that it's been
canceled cause they haven't been following too much since then. But if it's ready
to go, that that could be something that that could be fun. But
uh mm hmm yeah, at the very least too like since you guys played
Spider Man two, like Spider Man one was very obviously just trailing out.
DLC that did come out within like months of the game releasing. Does it
feel like that with Spider Man two? Is there any like obvious DLCs that
you think we're gonna probably come out in the next because I think even with
Spider Man one, I'm pretty sure that stuff was announced even pre launched,
like heyt a couple months after release, you're gonna get these things. But
we haven't got that for two yet. But what do you guys think since
you've played it? Nothing really like as telling I think as the first title,
like yeah, like you don't get like introduced to a character and it's
like, oh, see you later. There is one or like black Cat
issues using in Spider Man one, where was like, obviously they're going to
do more with this. Did you ever play the flame? So you played
the flame sign? Okay? Yeah? Yeah right? And actually, now
that I think about it too, there actually is some directions maybe they could
go with DLC's like did you finish all the spider Bots? They no,
I did not, but I heard about just there's something yeah, a person
identity of person or like talking in riddles to avoid spoilers, but so like
there's something like that that if they did a DLC in that realm, that
would be extremely hype, but so yeah, and then I guess you reminded
me about the Flame characters. So it's tough because like the Flame storyline,
because there's a rumor of them doing like the Venom game like Miles, right,
So I feel like that stuff would all be for the Venom one.
So it's like, Okay, that wouldn't be just like the Black Cat DLC,
but I would find I'd kind of find it all because they still did
the DLC and the Miles game. I'd be very surprised because we won't be
getting a Spider Man game to at least twenty twenty seven if that road maps
correct, right, because Wolverine's on Soli Speedle twenty twenty six. So it's
like the fact that, and I guess Miles did get his game. But
I just feel like I'm gonna be surprised if there's just no straight DLC for
it like they did last time. Maybe it's not the exact same, but
just a couple missions, couple characters. Even if it's not like a Black
Cat, you can pull up anybody and do some sort of mission with them,
right, some sort of mini stories. So I would be surprised if
there's nothing, but I maybe they are just saving it all for that that
Venom release. And again that's two thousand, that's next year now, so
that's not even this year, so right, yeah, I mean, and
also in between Spider Man one and two, of course they did get acquired
by Sony that so that could also just change the release pattern of things.
And I mean, even if I think about recently with PlayStation, like I
feel like they aren't really doing a lot of DLCs for their games. If
they are, it's like a free update. Yeah that maybe adds like new
game plus or like a new game mode, or it's just like one of
those half Step games, or it's like a remake like with Last of Us
where you're getting new mode or something. So that just might be a Sony
decision too of like, yeah, just make Spider To it's own standalone thing
and then do like more spinoff games or this multiplayer if that, if that
truly does exist at this point, and then other like that's all we know
for PlayStation at the moment, but there's other like Sucker Punch with Ghost's Shima
that came out in twenty twenty, Sony Ben's Last Game Days Gone was twenty
nineteen at this point, Blue Point that Dark Soul's remake was twenty twenty,
I believe because I was with the launch of the PlayStation. So those are
the three big ones for me. Of like, it could be time for
one of those studios. What do you guys think on those three? I
think Ghost of Ssushima has a shot. I really do have, like coming
out in the fulltbh. Yeah. Yeah, just because like Blue Point,
that hasn't been said what they're working on. We don't know what they're working
on, so it could be a new game, it could be another remake.
We really have no idea. So I'm just gonna take the naive route
and say that both Blue Point and we definitely know Sony Spent's not working.
Day's gone too, I would imagine. So that's right. Yeah, I
don't think it's been like a fish confirmed, but every whole signs point to
know. Once again, another studio we had no idea what they're doing right
now. Yeah, so that's where i'd assume those two are probably working on
new games. Where you got Ghost of Ssushima, where, of course I
imagine they'll go a different area, different map, but I'm sure there's some
stuff, lots of assets they can hold over. You said twenty twenty,
that's four that's four years now, Like it's gonna get to that point where
I felt like and I think even Sorry to kick off the DLC Legends came
out in that same year, right like it. It's not like they waited
year or two before they released out like that came out pretty quick afterwards.
That's where I was going where it's like, oh, if they were working
on that, you'd say, oh, that's where their development went. But
it was kind of mostly done when we got it right, So yeah,
I feel like that could be a really good I don't know, but that
doesn't feel like Sony to do that though. Sony's not a company that usually
announced his game of Summer that's on the fall. So I just feel like
we would have even gotten a teaser this year for Ghosts because what's the last
time they've done that, Like usually their games are far out. Maybe they
feels different because Ghostushushima is already in the bag, like it's a success and
they can just pump that out there. We're Spidermen. They want to build
up the hike, get the best selling. But I just feel like we're
for sure seeing something this year. But if we're gonna get something, I
mash's pretty it'd be pretty quick, like a preview or something here soon,
So maybe we're not. They don't walk that back. They might just want
to honestly wait until Final Fantasy is out, and then after that's out and
the right that's done eating up all or sucking up all the oxygen in the
room, then they can start announcing their next slate of like big first party
things. Of course, Final Fantasy is not first party, but it's it's
consoles exclusive at least, so give us a banger state of play after a
Final Fantasy, you know. I feel like the fact that they haven't,
like we haven't heard too much about it, that would make it even much
more exciting, whether it's any of those three that you're already listening. What
do you think, Kirkland, any expectations you have for big Sony releases this
year? Uh? I think my only expectation is something I don't really know
what. It would be nice, nice easy answer there, but Ghost Ghost
would be really hype really like yeah, I I I really not too sure.
Like the Blue Point title, do you think he didn't say yes or
no. I like, I would expect it. That's the weird thing,
is like, But like, I also would have expected it to be already
spoken about by now, because as you're as you guys already mentioning like the
DLC for Spider Man, I feel like that was very quick after that or
I don't know, a couple of months after that first game, so I
would have expected at least something about it now, So I I, yeah,
I guess I would expect that at some point in here. Not too
sure like what it would be, whether it is that like one point five
game kind of like what Miles was, or just a straight up DLC,
because I don't know the fact that they haven't mentioned something maybe they are waiting
for a bigger, something bigger than just a DLC. But yeah, definitely
something Spider Man related I would expect, And yeah for for Ghosts, like,
I don't know, because we like we also have that Rise of Ronan
game coming out, which is a very similar type of title. Maybe I
think that's a kind of distance from it. I think that's a march one
which we didn't mention. But they'll do the opposite. They'll drop the trailer
like the week before. Yeah, that one's March twenty second, So yeah,
maybe maybe not Ghosts. Maybe maybe I wouldn't put my chips on that
just because we are getting that resurun but like also when Ghosts came out,
like I feel like Sekroo was around that time too, Like I don't think
studios necessarily care if there is only one Samurai game on the blocks like a
lot of them. Yeah, yeah, no exactly, but I think for
my want it would be Spider Man for sure, and then I think something
Blue Point. Just I don't know, it's been a while since because Demon
Soul, although it is like a ground up remake, like it is a
beautiful game, I don't know. I I like their titles even though I
haven't played all of them. Mm hmm. Yeah. The other you know,
things to note here is last year they and they released PlayStation VR two.
Do you guys, do you guys expect any big PSBR game this year?
Like if if not, what the hell was the point of making that?
I like they had Horizon, but I don't know, has their plan
just been like Okay, no, no one in the house is going to
make any of these games, and we're going to rely on you know,
third party games to get people to buy this thing. I think it's too
risky to put too much funds and make Field make that game. I think
you'll just you'll get something like that where maybe there's something Final Fantasy seven related,
but it's not the exact same. Yeah, and that's it's a bad
examn, because I don't think it'd be that. But there'll be some sort
of like that IRONMN Flight game like something come out, but nothing that I
think is going to sell any of those consoles. That's that's a dead system
mm hmm. Dead arrival, Like I think, whoa didn' it sound like
fifty five less than the first one. Like it's just like I don't know,
I don't I don't know why they did it. I really don't.
There's it makes sense too why those numbers are like that, because like I
feel like if you're trying to get into VR, you would get the first
one. The VR two comes out, well I just spent fucking six hundred
dollars or yeah it is for that. I mean, it seems like all
the competitors have way more selection or better features and whatnot, whereas PlayStation like
just kind of had Horizon was like, it's a really big exclusive title,
but even that's you know, that's a short little experience. If you love
Horizon, you probably really enjoy that. But if you don't care for Horizon,
you don't care at all about that. Betner Man two VR, Yeah,
honestly it could be something like that, Like God, that would experience
sickening to play. That could just be puke in your It's not like out
of the the realm possibility. Yeah, But like I just feel like whoever
had the initial idea for Skull and Bones got fired when the PlayStation then had
this idea for VR two and they're like, Okay, it's just one guy.
Yeah, we can throw him constantly l after Yeah, you know where
he came from. He was the guy that created the the Xbox one press
conference. He that was his baby. He wrecked that whole show and obviously
bad conference for Xbox. He did the design for the Halo guy whatever.
Yeah, the whole thing to know why fi all those ideas, all this
guy. You know, he's just killing the industry one by one. Any
other PlayStation thoughts or should we move on to uh the next one? I'm
curious. I'm interested when they have these, if they don't, if they
have a lesser year, just even when they do a PlayStation plus I know
will be other games, but just because I feel like, like, just
in general, I think they want to try to keep that going big and
something, and I feel like other than I guess some games this year,
usually they feel a couple other ones. So we'll see. But again,
maybe they'll just have a banger year of trailers announced its promises. They drop
a Venom trailer, you know, but they gotta they gotta have some stuff
cooking. They're they're ye, sound great, so they can't stop. So
something I'm I'm a little interested in just because I saw it on the list
here. I'm not even sure if it's a PlayStation only, but that Silent
Hill too title that is in the ether somewhere a right, just like I'm
just curious essentially, or I don't even know it's just Silent Hill two twenty
twenty four, probably gonna be twenty twenty five, twenty twenty, I don't
know. I have so little faith in Konami right now, that's who knows
what that's gonna look like. Yeah, I'm curious, nonetheless, just because
really like the like the franchise of Silent Hill, and you did bring it
up. They actually could make the middle Gear game a big deal, like
they get like it is not Kajima, but it is still big franchise.
I feel like there's a generation of people that want to are always I never
played Milk Gear. I never played Milk Gear. Like, I feel like
there's generation people that are waiting to jump in that. I think they also
have the chance to fall in their face with Snake Eater. I will probably
be there day one, if as long as it's not the off reviews because
I have not played those games in ages and I've not been bought any of
those remasters, so I think they could. They could put a lot of
footsbull behind that to be something. But I think it's just a timed exclusive,
right or is it just exclusively exclusive. It's at least timed. I
don't know. Beyond that it's I mean then I to preserve the right to
walk that back, but yeah, I mean I don't know where the funding,
Like if PlayStation funded it in some way, maybe it stays there.
But the master collection whatever that has all those all those games that they just
released, like that came to everything, so I don't know. At least
from Konami's point of view, it doesn't look like they're trying to make those
things stay exclusive, So we'll see what happens there. Moving on to Xbox,
because I know you're following Snoop over the tailor, I got to bring
you back in here, really back in with some Xbox stuff. There's a
few things that really kind of should come out this year. I would say
we still obviously don't know have a ton of dates, and I think,
as I mentioned earlier, like they probably got pretty scared after Red Fall and
Starfield getting delayed and not being happy with their release dates sticking, so they
I imagine they're just trying to be a bit more liquid with their release dates
there and try not to renounce things until they feel a bit more confident in
them. But help b a two or send you a saga. Hel Bay
two I'd say is probably gonna come out this year. Stalker two I think
is probably almost guaranteed, because I think that was like supposed to come out
in December and just like barely got kicked out of last year. And then
I would say maybe a Vowed would be the other one. That I would
really bet on being this year. Those maybe be the big three are okay,
okay, yeah, get me my my Elder Scrolls fixed, because that's
coming out in like twenty five years from now, five years game. I
always see that fucking purple hand, right. I feel like Stalker could be
something you would want to play first person shooter Stalker. Oh right, all
right, I forgot about that one. Stalker two Hardyl Yeah, the next
one I would try. I don't really have that much interest in trying hell
Blade. Yeah. Yeah, it's just out of those three that would be
at the bottom. I have other other titles, one in particular, I've
just been waiting to hear something on since they announced it and nothing. So
what's that stated to K three? Yeah, dude, that has been quiet
for so freaking long. Do you think that makes sense for twenty twenty four?
Obviously you're just it's a shot in the dark. But what do you
think I'd be really surprised if we get in twenty twenty four. I it's
just upsetting. I feel like that was State of the K one. I'm
pretty sure it's one of the earlier titles to drop with like the Xbox one
and then the second one came out. I sunk so many hours, my
friends, so many hours, not our hours, many friends, so many
hours. It took a lot of hours to sun. They haven't released a
game since Stage K two and that was twenty eighteen. That's got to come
out this year. It's got it right. It's such a good franchise.
It really really is so hopefully hopefully hopefully this year. But I do spoot
strips. Hey, we we do out here. I know people even are
were anticipating, like, oh this is this is would have been the year
twenty twenty three when I say that we get Gears six. No nothing there.
I think people are just on edge anticipating, like we're gonna get something,
and I I don't know, is it too bold to say that a
Gear six could drop in twenty twenty four? Well you know better than us.
Is that stuff that in the in the past, like we were talking
about the PlayStation where they don't usually do that. They have like a long
preview cycle. Would you see it where they would drop like a trailer in
summer and then it come on the fall. I don't feel like they would
do that with years. Gears is like their their flagship. They like to
really pump it up, get Dave Batista, but I think it'd be their
second flagship behind Halo. I think Halo is still despite its issues. I
still think like if they're if you put a gun to Phil, Actually,
if you case Phil Spins or some Cement boots and said you have to pick
Halo or Gears, I think they're gonna pick Halo every time if they had
to keep one. That could even be different. Now when you factor in
Bethesda and Activision Blizzard, Like, I don't know, they're they're a big
thing. Might be like Elder Scrolls now true, But I'm saying between the
two, don't you feel like Halo is still more value? So even if
Infinite well, I think Infinite has been having a comeback. Actually yeah,
but he's taking way too long to answer this because he's a Gear fans,
because sunk and Phil. I feel like Gears, well, Gears definitely had
that momentum when it dropped like one to three five What no, when the
that like over Halo when it had that momentum, Bungee had left and Halo
four wasn't well received, Halo five is really not well received and hears comes
into the picture, right, people like this is looking pretty good. But
I thought you're trying to pitch. Gears four and five had the momentum Like
no, that's what. No, just like just like how I would say
Halo one one to Reach or maybe like one to three, Gears one to
three that it's like, oh yeahs Gears one to three. That was those
were the high times, you know. That was that was that was a
good that was whenever this has to be a movie when they're doing this like
that was that at that point, I would give you they were bigger than
Halo. But yeah, so yeah, Gears five came twenty nineteen. Then
they also made Gears Tactics, which came out in twenty twenty. So it's
been a while at this point. Do you think their next game is for
sure the next Gears title from COYL I would say so, yeah, Like
what o their non Gears titles have they worked on? I mean they were.
It says here that they worked on Halo Infinite and The Matrix Awakens,
but I think they're more like support studio doing who knows what the hell they
did on those games, but they were involved to some excent Patix awakens.
What the hell is that? My god? Yeah, Taylor, it did
five for years and in a way that the six has to pick up on
that story. I don't remember, it's been a long time. I just
feel like that is perfect for Gears of War subtitle. I feel like no
more numbers get people back on board. I think even though everyone loves Marcus
Phoenix everything, and maybe it's a time to like go a different route,
Like I feel like that is just needs to kick in the pants to get
people really like feel like myself, Like you told, Taylor, I remember
my friends, we'd be staying up to four am to get through that campaign.
Like that was a good time, and I feel like they've lost that.
I feel like they should I'm not saying reboot, but something maybe a
new fresh, shiny painted coat, not just oh, here's another Gears because
it got that after three, because there was it was judgment right, Judgment
four and five, right, those are the one judgment was the prequel bait,
so like baar, Yeah, So I don't know. I just feel
like they need to come back in big style. And if they were doing
what I said they it probably wouldn't be out this year, because then they'd
probably want to build it up marketing wise, So yeah, I think that
makes sense. And then you know there's the Indiana Jones, the game,
there's Perfect Dark. I don't think those are coming out this year. If
I had to guess, I think Replaced, which you know, it's not
a first party game by any means, but that was like a big cool
game looks or a cool indie cool like an indie game that I would imagine
is gonna come out this year? Is it doing? There's supposed to be
a last year and they never even gave a fucking update on the anything.
Yeah, I like, last year is twenty three, Last Layers twenty twenty
three, and they never put an update or a new teeth saying hey next
year. It's just like it's still just out there in the ether. It's
like that other what was the other game? Always for it? There's Replaced
in the other it's like one Night and something or oh last Night maybe,
Yeah, And that's a game that's supposed to be all years go, Like,
is Replace just gonna be another one of these games that I got crauds
rarely gets type for indie games. I'm like, oh, this is coming
out. There's really time of like oh this is top the list, and
the games that does happen, they're just non existent. Poof, they get
sunk in by Taylor in the fucking Colonna Ocean. And now I don't have
replaced. I don't have the Last Night like like, hey, it's happened
many times, Like what's going on over there? Like where are these fucking
games? Like I'm sick and tired of this replacement I come out. I
mean, I I don't want to throw on the bus, but I'm pretty
sure this is a game that got delayed because of the war ongoing, Like
I think they're a developer in that part of the world. I didn't have.
I did not have. I take it all that. So that's replaced
though, right, yes, so what's the surf for last Night? Then
I have I don't know anything about Last Night. I will not I will
not make any case for that game. I don't know anything about it,
and that's completely fine. Then that that gets the full Travis pass. Then
that's okay. I mean, I think that's happened. I think that happened
to Stalker too, but I think they are like yes, yeah, back
on track and whatnot. So hopefully it's the same thing for Replaced, Oh
and India. Just I'm not needing the game, but just please give us
just fucking anything. On Anyana Jones, I wish they never even announced this
game, like we've gone a hat pick up and that's it. Like details,
what do they do? Is it? Like? What era? Is
it? Like? What type of game play? Like I'm just with mechanics,
Yeah, with mechanics, horse mechanics, boat mechanics, you know always
I mean looking at like Wolfenstein, Like the last big Wolfenstein game was twenty
nineteen, so it's been a while. But then I'm also seeing here that
they, like machine Games, worked on Quake and Quake too, like those
remakes, remasters whatever, to some extent. I don't know if they're a
primary or just to support too, so I guess those that could make sense
why it's getting kicked down. Yeah, another one of those games. So
yeah, hopefully once again, I think we'll finally get maybe info this year,
but I would be I might even take that back. But what do
they have? What it's just Bethesda have coming out overall Bethesda, I would
say probably very little this year. I think this should be a year where
the conference just has a lat in full cool trailers, cool well detail.
But I think what can throw a wrench in that is that now that the
acquisition of Activision Blizar has gone through, that it gives Xbox content for like
two or three years of like, here's a big drop on game Pass,
We're dropping twenty new Activision Blazers games. Two months later another twenty games.
Like they can just they have so much potential there to just have like be
in the conversation this year just re releasing games or whatever. Activision Blizzard stuff
is like exclusive to their stuff, So like, I don't I don't think
they need to talk about some of those things now if they're not ready,
And I honestly I hope Xbox takes that approach of like just wait until you
have things ready. And maybe that's why they've been so silent on State of
Decay and Indie and Perfect Dark, or maybe it's because those games are just
not doing well in development. Like I didn't even bring up Fable because I
don't think that's coming until at least twenty twenty six or something like that's way
down the road. That's a game. Yeah, but Taylor, like,
what do you what do you like? I mentioned about Help Blade Stocker,
Help Blay two in stock Er two. I feel like those to me seem
like almost guaranteed this year. What do you What do you think are you
expecting from Xbox this year? From like the first party studios? You can
include Activision Blizzard if you want, But that's kind of a can of worms.
Oh is it? Is it too bold to say, like I just
want that Guitar Hero drop. I'd say it's pretty bold. Yeah, I
feel like it's not not a difficult game to just I can't see them spending
like three years working on a game like Guitar Hero. I feel like,
ah, no, doing three years. We're going a game that's already been
made before, just to get these fucking songs there. That's controllers. That's
the hardest part. Yeah, that's the supply chain. Feels like the hard
and d time there. Yeah. I like, I feel like Xbox might
want that, They might want Guitar Hero now that they have that IP,
but I think that's far too soon for I think it's far too soon for
anything new from like the Xbox part of it to come in own these studios
now and say, hey, make a game Like none of that stuff's gonna
come out for a long time. It's more just like that game pass is
gonna have a ton of new drops from that back catalog of things. Yeah,
that makes sense. Like even like the new Call of Duty this year,
I could very well see that being a Day one game pass drop at
this point. I mean, I feel like it's got to be right,
and that's like that's huge. That's a big deal for them. In the
fall, it might not be super new or exciting in the way that like
Indiana Jones is a new exciting thing, but that's like that's a huge business
perspective from Xbox. So maybe because of this acquisition they can kind of sit
on their laurels a bit and just let these games cook and not release buggy
games like Red Fall and release like big finish games. So I'm very excited
for a VOW that's top of my pile. I love what Obsidian's doing.
I'm very excited for them to get into Fantasy. I think that'll be a
really fun pairing. I'm very excited for hell Blade and Soccer two looks raight
as well, So I'm excited for what they have coming out this year,
and I hope they. I hope Game Passes is still big and exciting this
year. Even though they spent a lot of money to get that Division Blizzard
acquisition through hope they can still shell out money on the side together other big
third party and indie stuff on the on the platform this year. There's also
like nothing on the Last Night game. And then there was some controversy about
the themes being like right wing or something, but okay, well I don't
know. That sucks. Another another fake game, another fake game. There
was rumor this just was just happening this week, rumors of Sea If Thieves
coming to Switch and PlayStation. Do you guys think that's gonna happen? This
is coming from reputable sources. It's coming from the the str scoopers to use
the Travis terminology there, So yeah, why not. They've gone all like,
I think they've squeezed as much water as that stone that they could on
Xbox. I think like, I think that's an expression. That's an expression.
Look it up. Yeah, why not get a whole base in there
there. I got me and kirkland book go for a glass of water after
that? Yeah, yeah, we have to squeeze water my rock. Yeah,
I can. I can believe that my butter script over too much bread
funny, I mean, Kirklan, Now you're not big in the ecosystem,
but any expectations for Xbox this year? Uh? Not really? My uh
yeah, not really. I don't know. I kind of distanced myself from
it. My dad's a big Gears fan, so for his sake, you
know, hopefully some Gears announcements. Let's do it. Uh. Moving on
then to Nintendo. Uh So. The big thing here is that it feels
like this is the year of the Switch to Right, the Switch pro,
the super Switch, the Switch success or whatever you want to call it.
It seems like this is finally going to be the year. And if I
had to guess, I'd say they are going to just release a few things
in the first half of the year and then maybe drop that in the in
the fall. Perhaps maybe that makes a lot of sense. When you guys
think about that, I think you're bang on right with that one. What
do you think? September, October, November, August, August, okay,
a little bit even this summer drop. Have we ever had a console
released in August before? I thought we did, but I could be wrong.
When do the Wii? You drop the we you? Oh? God?
Who knows? The switch came out in March, right, maybe maybe
that's the reason. November. Yeah, I'll just be bold. I'll say
stick with August right before, right during the summer break. Some kids get
it while they're off in summer. Yeah, there you go. Why not
if I pick falls this boring picks in August on my birthday? Twenty seven?
Nice? I love it? Berkland, Taylor, do you guys think
this is coming out this year? Finally, at long last? I think
yes, I'm I'm gonna be boring, just say that November November, okay,
yeah, Taylor, you have to say something different. I'm going to
say September. I'm I really am just kind of surprised that it's already been
this long since the first switch came out. I remember getting my switch,
but yeah, twenty seventeen seems like it was it was yesterday. It kind
of blows my mind. So it never shitting on the switch and look at
me now? I love it? Yeah? Same too? Trailers Yeah,
hell rooftop Yeah, yeah, you went back to that. The switch reveal
very negative Geek for his cast there. But yeah, like I know you
said finally and it's like twenty seventeen, so that's a fair amount of time.
But I still question them doing like I just think they don't even need
to. They could have just sat for another five years and just kept rolling
what they're doing. And I'm I'm interested to see what the updates are.
But from the rumors that I've heard that are more sourced and me hearing stuff
online, don't have any sources, so just don't worry. Doesn't sound like
anything like I need to buy until my switch breaks, Like, it just
sounds like it's an HD more powerful version and I'm happy with what my switch
does right now, so until they give me the whole hey you can't get
the new Smash Bros. On this console, then it's like okay, sure,
but uh, if it's just more powerful, I'm I'm good to wait.
Yeah, everything we've heard seems that it will be a very iterative sequel
console and like all your games are going to carry over onto it, and
it'll be a bit more powerful, and then it'll probably be things exclusive to
it from that the first switch can't run. But it also just hopefully crack
open the gates so that a lot more third parties stuff can be there.
But even from what we've heard, it's like running at the power of like
a PS four pro. So it's already gonna be outdated in that way for
a lot of first party or for a lot of third party developers. But
still then there's like a million other games they can port if they have that
different tech to go on there. And then like they had the cloud streaming
thing for like a handful of games for like the bigger games that couldn't run
of course, and that doesn't seem like it really took off in a huge
way. So I think this it makes sense. But I'm excited for it
to just be running slightly better with better I just want like better frame rate
and a little bit better graphics on like my switch first party games, and
I want all my games to carry over, which is the good thing.
And I think that makes sense. Like Nintendo was, you know, had
different direction at the time when it was doing crazy new, weird ideas with
every console release, and they've like different people who are controlling those things now,
and I think it'll be just more of a business y sort of company
where it's like, no, we don't need every console. It'll be some
crazy twist and the thing you expect or want from us, where it's not
gonna do some crazy one ady pivot and some weirdo console Like they're not going
to do that anymore, I don't think, or you know, maybe they'll
do it in a smaller way, but I think that what they have with
the switches the winning formula, and it's hard to move away from the hybrid
console at this point. So yeah, I think it'll be a very simple
upgrade, but one that I'm personally very very excited for. As thirty frames
is feeling rough over here, is that like a Day one then for you?
I think, so yeah, wow, yeah, And yeah, I
don't know what the games are. So maybe if there isn't like a Day
one game that I care about, maybe I wait a bit. But it's
like, if I'm gonna wait a few months, I might as well just
get a Day one because it's not like the price is going to drop in
that amount of time or anything. So to talk more about those games,
so we talked about, was that Marverus don Kung remake. There's Princess Peach,
Uh, there's was there another one? I think that was it.
There was only two that we mentioned so far, and there was Luigis mentioned.
Two HD we know is coming at some point in the summer for some
reason they've announced that's so early. And then Paper Mario thousand Year Door that
GameCube remaster is also coming out. I don't know, we don't have a
release say far yet, but probably I would say first half of the year.
I would guess those are all things that want to come out before the
switch to and then switch To can be like, you know, big new
game at launch. So what do you guys, what do you guys think
that big Day one launch title would be? When was Odyssey twenty seventeen,
it was the it was a launch launch window game. At least that's your
one right there, especially with the hype Mario Osyssey sequel or just Mario blank
like whatever that new type of follow up, the Odyssey three D World or
whatever, just a three D Mario of some extent. Yes, exactly,
I think that's the one. I think you can They might maybe even do
some sort of like Tears of the Kingdom really good, like all the special
nice edition. What I really want them to do because Dylan said they've never
done. This is why maybe I'll have Maybe I would have to wait.
I would love it if they did like a Smash game the year thing where
that's where you bring out every DLC character. Maybe it costs a little bit
more than your average game, but that's completely fine. But I think Mario,
that's that's the go to. Mario's got the hot hand right now.
That movie's huge, like Meg got huge with kids, like Mario has always
been big, but this is like I think since the nineties, I could
comfortably say this is the biggest Mario has been again because that movie just like,
yeah, introduce them to a whole other generation. So yeah, Mario,
Mario honesty or whatever it is. I think that's the play met Troid.
It's about time. That'd be bold, that would be hype if you
had that with it. But I don't think so. Yeah, I think
they'd I don't know if they'd want that as like the sole big Day One
game. I don't know, I don't know why something about it. I
think they'd want something. I think they would just want like a Mario Roselda
to be that Day One thing for sure. But if they had Mario plus
Metroid. That would be insane. That would be a really really huge launch
lineup. Yeah, I mean I definitely agree with the Mario release just because
it's a family game, but also like a single player game as well.
It's not like you need to like you need other people to play it with
you, because there is going to be a lot of people are just purchasing
it for that single player experience. But like it's also been a long time,
you know, since we've had the last Mario Kart game. I feel
like that could be really hype, But it's also like we've just been getting
these DLCs, so it's like we have been getting Mario Kart releases, so
that like maybe that makes me think not so much near the launch window,
but definitely in the life cycle of the Switch to and like fairly early on,
I would imagine we get some murmur about the next Mario Kart game just
because it had been so along, But definitely, yeah, some sort of
Mario title if it's not Mario Kart. I could definitely see like another sports
type thing for Mario, because Mario we haven't had. Was it Mario Tennis
that came out with Switch as well? Like there was another that was the
early that was the first one for sure. Yeah, and well that or
like Mario Party, Super Mario Party. I forget which one of those two
came up first. Those are like the two early ones. And the last
one of those games that we got was Mario Strikers I think, which was
not even last year. That was twenty twenty two, right, so it's
been a while since we had a new Mario Party or Slugger's sports game.
It's time. I would love that Golf coming. Heard rumor is about that,
I thought, so Mario Golf is also twenty twenty two, I believe,
oh it was it or even twenty twenty one maybe, Yeah, okay,
so yeah, some sort of sports Mario title. The easy answer is
just a Mario game. I definitely think Metroid would be extremely hyped though,
if they were able to get that and just show off like a beautiful you
know, not thirty frames per second trailer for game. Yeah. Maybe that's
the reason that that game has been pushed back even more than one would expect.
Maybe the technology of their time, Yeah, exactly, that would be
cool. If it was like, yeah, Metroid needed that next gen hardware,
that would be a cool thing to see because I feel like for Mario
Roseulta, like that's never gonna be the thing that holds it back. Uh
even see that with Tears of the Kingdom of course, just living its twenty
frames per second glory over there. I'm chuckling myself because it's like like we're
listening to these great ideas that they could release, but it's also Nintendo and
they could have some new like cardboard game, Like well, yeah it could
be, but man, like I said, I don't know. I just
feel like the new CEOs and Nintendo are less playful in that way and they're
more just like what's profitable. It's like, I don't know, but I
could be I could be wrong. What do I know? Just give me
the fire the guy that you saw fire to the Travis. Yeah, that
guy jump over. He also had the lab idea. That was his idea
as well too. He he just fucking sucks way around and I don't know
resume, but you know what, if he gets me a star fucks game,
I'd hire. And that's that's a hope for this crazy you know,
I know the Wii one, I know the bad showing it all, but
like it's time for my boy to get a I think Metroid's gonna get the
treatment first of the revitalized. But it's time for Fox McLeod to get back
in the limelight. You know, maybe maybe maybe I don't have to wait
till a movie happens or something or smash. I'm ready for Fox to be
back and people like I'm ready for my kids to know who Star Fox is.
You know, I don't think people care enough. I'm sorry to say,
man, I just I think he might be right. I think there
was I think the genre of like those whatever, like flying space on rails
games, I don't think that's a genre that people really care about anymore.
I don't think, Okay, then give me Starfalks Adventure. Let's get that
going. You know, that would be cool. But it's the best game.
I think that they I think that we you like, that last game
was their last shot to win people back, like they had to make a
great game and they didn't. So I think I think you're right, But
like, so, what is he just gonna I'd love to be proven wrong.
That's just that's just me taking the temperature of the world, the city.
You think now for like the let's say a decade. Well we in
we're two thousand and twenty four, so you think now until two thousand and
thirty four, he's just a smash character. Yeah, I mean he's got
to come back sooner, sooner or later. Like they're making all these other
like I guess they're all successful. I just feel like you're not wrong.
I mean that's the thing, like every any series, like Metro Dread was
the biggest Metro game, Pickman four is the biggest Pickman game, Like all
these kind of smaller Nintendo franchises that have had like a few releases over the
years, but I have never been the Zelda or the Mario. You know,
their switch release isn't on that tier, but it's still like that's where
you're getting the biggest games for all of these series, And I feel like
that would be the case for Star Fox unless the game was absolutely horrible.
So yeah, I think it is a time to do it. But I
don't know, maybe with the release of the Switch to maybe they just want
to go back to the tried and true stuff for a bit, and maybe
Star Fox happens in a while. So I just think maybe you're right where
Okay, that type of game's not the same. Then they take the Starfawks
brand and they do something different, like do a game in space but completely
bust it open like the way Breath of Wild was, and it's different.
Gauzelda always successful, lots of version, but the way that was, like,
oh Zelda's open world, and we're doing something like do that with Start,
Like do like Starfucks Adventures mix with those old games where you have the
arrow stuff but he's on the ground like but at the same time we've seen,
we talked about we've been talking about this since the beginning of the podcast.
He could just become capin Falcon where Cavin Falcon's never gonna get Like,
there's never gonna be an F zero. He's just in Smash he appears,
but like that's never gonna be a thing again, and I just don't want.
Yeah, they released like F zero ninety nine, but that's like the
best you're gonna get. And then like maybe a remake of a of a
game cube game or something. At least my hope is that there's some writer
out there is like, let's make a start like Top Gun Butt Nintendo and
that's Star Fawks, and I still feel like there's should have capitalized on a
top gun hype, but it would have been a good time. There's still
time. There's still time, you know, so it's still still crushing at
the box office. Let's yeah, still in the theater. Let's revisits in
two thousand and thirty four. It's your stars, you know, I'll put
put on the GV calendar. The one that I would love to see is
finally any release released for Donkey Kong. Of course, I'm a don kyk
sixty four uh stance. I'd love to see it, like finally get a
three D open world dy sort of game in the Odyssey style with Donkey Kong
characters, but even just a two D like a you know, Tropical Freeze
sequel, just the next two D game, Like I don't think we got
any new Donkey Kong game on Switch any at all whatsoever, which is kind
of crazy, So I I would love to see that. I think that
would be a good launch line up thing if they don't quite have a Mario
where azeld already, I think a big Donkey Kong game along with a Metroid
or something could be could make for a really solid launch lineup. So that's
something i'd like, say, I'd love that three D one, but I'll
take a two D one as well. It's kind of where I'm at.
You're definitely getting a Donkey Kong because I feel like that movie's gonna be coming.
Whatever it is you're getting, Yeah, that one makes sense for sure.
Donkey Kong could even be we're talking about Mario, that could even be
that switch to launch game, you know, because I feel like he's he's
climbing up the ranks again as far as popularity. And to update us on
that last conversation, Uh, Starfuck zero sold less than half a million copies,
So great, right, it wasn't you though, It wasn't the WIU
so you know, yeah it was. But yeah, that's still those are
not good numbers. But you're you're getting something for don Kong. I promised
in the next two years. You're getting a Donkey Kong game. Yeah,
I and I feel like pretty solid about that. I think it's I think
it's about time. Uh Taylor, what do you think? What do you
expect for a launch lineup? Uh? Launch launch window sort of thing for
for a switch Well, I was just I was just trying to like do
a little like perusing around here and see and I think you guys are spotting
with the Mario. I thought that I don't know, but in terms of
like a launch title, but it would be interesting to see if they were
to do like a Polar's Gate three release in line with how them my god,
because they did Skyrim on on the Switch, so Bowler's Gate would make
sense to kind of go along with that. That game is crashed one hundred
times on my Xbox. I can't imagine what that would look like on a
switch. Holy. I also think a big heavy hitter for them dropping the
switch too would be like, hey, you have all these online games you
can play, or at least like Switch online you can PlayN sixty four and
game Boy, but with the switch to you can get game Cube games with
Switch online. I think that would be a huge incentive. Yeah, yeah,
that would be a good one. Yeah. I'm gonna share this screen
here because I was looking at all the different launch titles for all the previous
Nintendo consoles. Oh that was kind of interesting because definitely Mario was in there,
but I forgot about like one two Switch that's one that was on there.
Maybe well that had a new release. I'm guessing you forgot about that
that had a new game come out, like in September, a new one
to Switch. I forget what it was called, but yeah, I like
just came out and was apparently horrible. Is it even called I'm gonna look
up the metacritic on it. That, by the way, that Batman Everybody
went to really underrated game Vengeance. I rebought that on Amazon. It's fucking
reach which Batman Vengeance in the game cuber Era real good Batman game. It
has Vengeance on titles, So I feel like that gives you some bonus points.
Everybody Want to Switch scored a fifty six on Meta Critic. Oh,
it's called Everybody Wanted to Switch? Yeah, there's not. And we've talked
about this before too. At the other consoles, when you usually look at
the launch lineups, they're never really like that impressive. There's like the one
game if that, and sometimes many of them are like, oh, it's
one game that kind of sucks. I think Nintendo's better than some of them,
but nack rip knack. But yeah, no, I I think it's
just Mario. If you look at this, that's probably the safe route to
go. Yeah, I think, especially with you know, Switch getting off
to such a strong start because of Breath of Wild being the launch title,
Yeah, and then honestly following it up in like the fall of that year,
that it would make sense if they want to have a huge new launch
for this uh, for the sequel console Taylor. Any Pokemon thoughts, any
like what would be a Pokemon thing that would release this year? Oh,
that's a good question. Like a remake maybe of a game. Yeah,
they've been doing a lot of those. What were the last ones, Diamond
and Pearl, and those were those were very very different remakes to to a
certain like degree or caliber, I would say, compared to what the other
ones were, because those are more like three D than they were like just
two dimensional, like yeah, left right kind of style. I just I'm
optimistic, But at the same time, after how disappointing Scarlett was and Viola,
It's those graphics were ship they were super They are still super shitty.
I've never I've it's wasn't twenty four and it just looks disgusting. I I
heard that guy that made the lab about was working on this game. Yeah.
I don't regret going behind the game to just keep on poorting all my
my dudes over because I'm big advocate and that I got my Pokemon bank.
I'm just going hard with that. But just to look and see that game,
it's just it's absolutely horrible. It's so fucking shit. I was just
I was so curious about the the Pokemon discord in a hard discord, and
I saw someone's moved it to the old chats that's how. And last time
someone's in there was July, so I was like, oh, it's been
popping off on there, but uh yeah, nothing really. Have you seen
the graphics Travis and Kirkland? No, I I every phone, every look
at this. I did you see have you did you see that Black mir
episode where the parents put those parental things in the eyes. They can't see
certain things. That's why I'm with Pokemon. So right now, I just
see blurs. I don't see anything. Well, h Taylor, I don't
want to cut you off, but like twenty twenty four, what do you
think we got Pokemon? He just wanted to complain about that stadium too,
or no, what was that? What was your fighting? We've had stadium
to poke, poke and poke, and I love it. The pocon man,
the fact that they did that on the the Switch, that was one
of the big sellers for me. I need to get all my games on
the switch, and pokem was one of them. But I don't think we're
gonna get another sequel follow up to Poken, as nice as that would be.
I think we are probably going to get a probably a remake Pokemon title.
I don't think we're gonna get a new one. They just dropped some
DLC for Scarlet and Violets did Yeah, I was like in the fall,
right, Yeah. So I think if they did like a remake of like
Emerald or something like one of those big ones, that would be like a
hype release like that would be huge for me. Do you think they would
do like a because I feel like they do like Sapphire Ruby, and then
they've done what generation is Saphire Ruby was that a DS game that was game
Boy So I think, yeah, like Emerald because that was a GBA game
that would make sense timeline wise if they do it that way, it would,
But I don't know if they would do that like that. It's like
that triangle like hat trick game, like your your Platinum Pokemon, Platinum Pokemon
or Pokemon Yeah, Emerald as much as I would love that, because Emerald
was fantastic, Platinum was fantastic, and I could see them doing like Pokemon
White, Pokemon Black, or Pokemon White too, Pokemon Black two. I
feel like those ones could be the next that they tackle, maybe even combined
like Black one, Black two, vice versa. So I don't I feel
like there's just got to be a Pokemon release every year. I just don't
know what the one is for this year, Like that would make the most
sense to me. But even then, like the Last Roommate came out like
what, I guess it wasn't last year, it was twenty twenty to at
this point, Pokemon Company kind of just poops those games out, like even
if they're not finished. So like I don't know, they could just release
one at launchedle even if it's not very good. I guess it could be
something more in line too with like uh, Archaeus Legends of Archias. That's
a good point, actually, yeah, and I think an Archaeus sequel that
would be a really good one. Yeah, m hm. Or I guess
even we have like let's go Ebie, Let's go Pikachuice Haven. Yeah,
that one of those a long time. Yeah, they dip their toes around
there. So uh, any other Nintendo Thoughts twenty four only once going twice
sold. Okay, so we're gonna take our last break here. We'll be
right back to talk about just some trip or some you know, third party
things. Uh, just to close it out here, so we'll be right
back. Okay, So just a few more games here that once again don't
have release dates, but are kind of slated to come out this year.
One big one is the Elden Ring DLC should be coming out, I'd say
pretty soon here, probably within I'm gonna say with I'm gonna say with before
April or before May, you know, within within the first four months of
the year. I think that will come out, and that will probably be
a pretty big deal. I imagine it'll be pretty big at this point because
that game came out at the start of last year or start of two years
ago. At this point, all my years are getting mixed up now,
it's been a long time, so I feel like that could be pretty substantial.
And I don't know, that could be one that's like a game of
the year for people, even if it's a DLC, like I could see
it being that big and interesting and an evolution of Elderring, which was such
a huge game. So that's that's definitely a big one, Travis. Do
you think you'll pick that up? Yeah, I'm just I guess you can't
finish the base game at right, Yeah, No, I'm I think I'm
close to. But I'm just mentally preparing to get back nice because that's like
it's it is fun, but it's also like it's a challenging video game play.
It's not like, uh, that's not gonna be my first thing after
I'm dead to editing of this movie. I want like a nice Kirkling on
the hard level. How hard is bawlers Gate? I mean, Dylan's played
it too, so you can ask him. But forgot, No, I'm
not allowed. Sorry, sorry, I forgot. There's difficulty selectors, so
there's like adventure mode, which like would definitely don't talk down. I think
balance is whatever mode you not tactical on my my solo run, which is
very challenging, and then Shane and I are doing balanced campaign, Dylan,
what are you? And there's also a custom difficulty Oh my god, you're
savage right now? Balanced? Uh there's been some moments that have been pretty
hard on that difficulty, and I have to factor in that, I think
this will be a bit harder because you have never played D and D and
some of the mechanics will make no sense to you. Uh So I would
say it's the easiest game, but I I think it can also be low
key and just a nice place to hang out, a nice world to be
in in that way. So my I think it's it's got its highs and
lows in terms of intensity. Hopefully they have some sort of easy mode or
something like that. You know, it's just a kindergarten. But but I
was gonna say it's probably nowhere compares to the elden Ring. Right as far
as that difficulty, well, I mean this is like turn based comment,
so it feels different in than elden Ring, where it's like you actually have
to have reflexes to be good at eldener Ring. But this game, no,
that's it's it's about having a big brain. So do you have a
big brain? I guess is the question. It depends a day and depends
how much sleep I've had lack thereof, But no, I'm my I got
the Kotar jeans don so I'm all ready for the turn based See that's why
I already you've sold me because Elder Ring there's no turn base. That's I
will say locked in the way the turnbase kind of works in this game.
It's like, ever so slightly like Midnight Suns a little bit. I don't
want, I don't want. You don't don't think it's like that. There's
yeah, because it's like kind of tactical, but there's no grid and there's
a lot of like movement elements, like terms of what it's import where you're
standing, you can like push and shove people, So it actually it does
have some Midnight Suns ness to it. So I think in that way it
actually might work for you pretty straightforwardly. Yeah, we'll see. I think
it's out of that our Alan wag than because I don't like April for el
Ring just sounds too soon to me. But I think that DLC will be
played this year by me. Just April sounds like I'm not ready in my
place of life to do that drum for review there. That's the tough thing
because I know that's the calendar. If I put on the calendar you're playing,
Sarah's getting a DLC. I'll talk to him man and be like,
yeah, let him get play this, you know, so we'll see.
It's just like, I don't know if I'll be in the head space for
it. Yeah, but it'll be played in twenty twenty four for sure by
me. Okay. Earth Blade is another big one. This is the follow
up from the developer of Celeste. It's their next game. It's more of
a Metroidvania. This game is gonna be amazing. This I mean, Celeste
was like, I forget if it was an I think it might have been
non for Game of the Year of the Game wards like that. It was
one of those indies that really breaks through in that huge way. And I
have to imagine the earth Blade is gonna be that. And it's been developed
that so let's come on twenty eighteen. So that's a long time for an
indie developer. So I think that's coming out this year and that game is
probably gonna be huge, very much looking forward to that one. There's a
remake of Gothic coming out, which is a series I've never played, but
it's once again it's like it's that dark fantasy which has been like my pocket
right now for games, and I'm you know, reading through the Witcher still,
I'm on the fourth book right now, so I just love dark fantasy
right now, and Gothic looks right up my alley. So I'm I'm intrigued
by that remake that should probably be coming out this year, Little Nightmares three
for that for the horror fans out there. That's probably gonna be pretty good.
Lost Records Bloom and Rage is the follow up for the Life is Strange
developers, That game looks cool. What do you guys think about this one?
Multi Versus is probably gonna relaunch this year, So for anyone who doesn't
remember, like they launched the game, but technically it was like I guess
early access or beta whatever, and it was out for a few months and
like they had their season passes and they were i'm doing new characters and stuff,
and then they just took the game down and they're like, we're gonna
come back when we have more content. Very weird to me, and I
don't know, hopefully, like they've built up the sustainabilities that when it actually
launches again, it's like good to go for good. But do you guys
think this game is gonna make any sort of splash when it comes out again,
presumably this year, which is why I'm bringing it up here. I
think it's very roster dependent, at least for myself. Like I don't know,
I did enjoy that they've getted off in there this game Game of the
Year exactly exactly I'm jumping in there. Yeah, it was in those early
shots that they had, so I'm I'm gonna be keeping an eye on it
for sure. I'm not just gonna write it off, but very perplexing the
way that they just removed it. Yeah, I think they just couldn't keep
up at the pace that you need for a seasons past game. So hopefully
they hopefully it's not just like them taking it down for a few months to
make a bunch of content and then hope that like sustains them. Hopefully they
just like have established a better balance in the way that these games require,
like Fortnites or Marble Snaps and all those things. Definitely, do you guys
think you'll be jumping into that again, though, like I guess, once
again, it's kind of depend on the roster for you. Honestly, for
me, if there's no Lord of the Rings. They're like Harry Potter characters.
I don't think i'll download it again. I agree, I think I
will download it because we never got to play. Do we play on the
stream? Was it around what we do when over extra stream? Man?
It was get slipped in. I remember playing it with you guys. I
thought it was in the stream context. But yeah, maybe Ross. I
mean now we had a good enough time with it, so maybe maybe.
But yeah, there's so much stuff, so yeah, get some more of
the Rings in there. Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars Eclipse. Are these
games coming out this year? Click clips for No Outlaws. I think it's
rumored late twenty twenty four. I would put it probably early twenty I would
make I feel like likes to have that big November drop, right yeah,
because I feel like what they do that this year and the next year's hopefully
the Assassin's Creed Japan game, right like that would make sense for the next
Well that leads into like I was gonna ask Taylor, do you think there's
any Assassin's Screed game coming out this year? Considering that was like a bit
of a smaller and I think a different developer than like the Valhalla developer or
whatever. I say, no, but I'm not holding my breath on it.
I could see them like they've done that in the past, where they
drop a trailer and the like maybe a deal or something is what you get
this year? Maybe they could do that. They're they're not They're not once
to turn away from dropping a trailer like spring Summer and then hey, the
game's dropping in November late October. So Taylor work, could you would you
rather take a new Assassin's screen of Star Wars? You're picking Star Wars,
right? I picked Star Wars. I'm if I want to play assassins screen,
I can go back and play screen titles. I need more Star Wars.
Right. Did you ever beat Mirage? No, I'm still working through
it. I thought, so did beat? Have you beat Cyberpunk yet?
Cyberpunk Xbox Raps? He only played a lot of hours there in Texas,
Chainsaw a lot of that as well. Uh, Kirkling, any thoughts on
those two Star Wars titles excited for? Are you excited for either of those?
Are you? Uh? I kind of low priority honestly on my like
even Falling Order and Jed a Survivor like those titles. I dabbled in a
little bit, but like, I don't know, it just didn't really didn't
really do it for me. I got a little bit excited on that Code
Tour trailer release, which was hot. Yeah, Outlaws. I think I'm
gonna keep an eye on Outlaws, like if it, if it, if
it reviews well and maybe I just hear word of mouth it's really positive.
I could see myself possibly jumping in there, but I don't know. I
just need to know a little bit more about it. And yeah Clips,
No, no, thank you. I don't think it's coming up this year.
What about Star Wars Hunters twenty four? Yeah? Sure? Is it
the mobile game that switch one? Could be in a draft again that game
still not out, No, it's not. Yeah, I mean there's that
twenty one. But what was the one that you mentioned Travis earlier in that
Star Wars game? Oh, the Clips Dark Forces or Dark Forces, Yeah,
that's gonna come up before figure for Star Wars games potentially, Well,
it sounds like a Clips. You guys aren't confident on that one, but
Outlaws maybe that's quest. If I had my choice of what would come out,
it would be a well, it be a Coasequretard, but that game's
dead, so it would be a clipse, but I don't Yeah, that's
been so quiet. I at least can look at you be soft and they
announced the game. At least, no, you know what it's gonna come
out, other than Beyond Good and Evil, which I was gonna say,
I'll bring that now. I saw on the list that apparently this year a
twentieth year edition is coming out, So that's gonna come to the original game.
Yeah, so I guess that's I want to check that out. Actually,
I've been always been very curious what what the hell that game actually is.
I'm just curious. I think I think that first one's like critically acclaimed
and whatnot. Oh yeah, there's a big fanil I remember when got announced
when we were really three. Lots of people are hyped. But that game
is still cooking. Those fans are still sending them signs that Elijah or just
for loving right, So it's gonna be the twenty first anniversary when they eventually
get to it, maybe twenty second anniversary the script launch game. Why not
wait till the twenty fifth. It's a nice better number. Yeah, Yeah,
there's a couple of quick hits. These are things from the game boards,
so we kind of talked about these recently. But the Casting of Frank
Stone is the next game from the Until Dawn and Pory developer. I always
forget that name of that studio, but that's their next game. So that
game looks cool. Visions of man O. You know. Another great JPG
coming out this year, Pony Island two. I'm very excited for. That's
the next game from the Inscription developer. I'll announce this I'm gonna do.
I'm definitely gonna do a retro for Pony Island one this year. It'll probably
be me by myself. If anyone else wants to check it out, you're
welcome to come for the journey. But I gotta go check that first game
out before this this one comes out, because Inscription is one of the coolest
games ever. So yeah, very excited for that indie game. I think
Plucky Squire is gonna be huge. That game looks amazing. I don't know
if you guys. Starts out with like that storybook, kind of a two
D sort of game. Then at some point you jump out of the storybook
and you're like in this kind of childhood bedroom. You can walk around the
space into three D world. You can like turn the pages and go to
different points in the two D world. Like, really really cool game.
Some of the best art I've ever seen. It's actually like I think one
of the main guys who did like Pokemon art for like fifteen years, like
went off and made his own studios making this game. So looks really really
really great. Baby Steps. Also from the Game Awards or I think we
saw at the Game Awards, we've seen a few times that game looks hilarious.
I think that's coming out this year, so shout us to that one
Hades two, which of course was a huge like Game of the Year game
when that came out. This is technical only, I think hitting early access
this year, so it's still a big notable launch, but probably maybe a
bit bigger when it hits one point. Oh perhaps a couple ip ones.
I had to mention that John Carpenter talk as a Commando game looked freaking fun
to me, and I'm it's on my radar, and then I know this
one was exciting for you. Travis Killer Clowns from Outer Space. I think
that's probably coming out this year. Yeah, I was exciting, but I
don't think I'll be buying it. No, No, like the idea of
its existence, I think, yeah, I think you oversold my excitement.
I think I was intrigued. We were pretty hyped on it. But okay,
maybe that was Taylor. That was definitely me because I love I love
the movie, and when I saw that that was like in the works.
It's like, oh my god, this is crazy, just because I don't
know if I've ever been excited for anything clowns from out of his face wise,
but uh, if it's free, like test just hitting INSI I'd be
down and jump in there and see what's going on, you know, because
I believe Illphonic took over work on that, and i'll Phonic has a good
track record. There's just getting every fucking franchise and horror, like, let's
do a horror game and make it similar but a little different, you know,
so nice. This has gotta be the year of Hollow Night Silk Song.
But I've been saying that for years. I got screwed over in the
draft because I had that and it didn't come out last year. Again,
I honestly might. I honestly might, because yeah, once again, that
first game came on twenty eighteen, and that's some BLC went off. It's
still like for an indie developer, that is a long time. I mean,
I guess when your game is that successful and your multimillionaire after one game,
you can afford to take that time. But yeah, I hope that
comes out this year finally. Uh, I think the Wonder Woman game is
supposed to come out this year? No, anyone, you don't think?
So? Why not? Where were the Shadow of War came out with like
one hundred years ago? Like what has that developer been doing? I've been
working on? Legitimately? You came were probably what like six years ago?
Seven years ago at this point? Yeah, I just what's the timeline?
Man? What are you thinking? Like in terms of this year? Yeah,
like a month for a quarter. I feel like there's not been enough
hootspa behind it for it to come out a fall. What about fall?
So it has like a maybe an announcement soon here and then like a big
summer game fest, big pop off there, and then drops in November.
October is like the latest I would give you. I just felt like if
it was coming out this year, we would have got something at the Game
Awards and we didn't, so I just I feel like it's a game.
The same way with Spider Man. It's like we got that tease and it
still was quite a while. And what we got the teas of Wonder Woman
last year? Right, it was I think last year, or it might
have been two or three years ago. It was probably two years ago out
at least too, I'll have to pull up when that date was. If
it was two then I can get on board with the whole Okay, this
year, but if it was last year, well, but yeah, I
would love it too. That that would that would be floating my boat big
time because I loved both those Lord of the Rings games. The fucking Nemesism
with one Woman be tons of fun. Like I that's that's not potential?
Yeah, And I like that they a couple of months ago were confirmed,
Hey it's not Games for Service because there's that rumor going around, remember,
but that they said, no, that's not a thing. So it's like
hat perfect. So I think that has tons of potential. But yeah,
okay, oh Jesus never mind. Announced December twenty twenty one. Wow,
it's gonna be time, right, I would say so, now I would,
so yeah, I'll take fall. I'll take a summer games fest,
reveal some build up, and then or if it's not, it's an early
twenty twenty five Shadow of Wars twenty seventeen. That's the year The Switch came
out. Starfuck zero was twenty sixteen, and we're not talking about knowing your
game for starfucks, you know, but no, I think it could be.
And you know, it would be a good time because DC also just
has one movie. They don't got much going on next year, so all
hype game, right, they're gonna want to and you know what they should
do, Suicide Squad. It's gonna come out bomb March. Younounce that right
away. February you lick your wounds, and then March you come out.
Guess what, you guys don't like this fucking game, Well, we got
a one room game coming single player maybe by these groups. I'm not joking.
They say that's going yeah it was dog shit. Hey, well we
got one room. So you know what, I'll say, Yes, you're
right on that one this year, and I think that's gonna be tons of
fun. I'm really excited for that. Is that is that a Dylan pick
up. I know it's Kirkland pick up, but oh yeah, I I
gotta see more, honestly because I as I've talked about, Yeah, I
didn't really like the more Door games, and I love Lord of the Rings,
so I mean, honestly, I should probably give them another another shot.
But yeah, I mean honestly, with this year, I think there's
a lot of potential for me to pick up games I wouldn't normally, just
because of how empty the calendar is looking right now. Now once again,
like indie games usually don't put their release states until it's very close, so
if there's a ton of more indeed, there's a ton like a million indie
games I'm looking out for, and I just don't really know when they're coming
out yet, so they're on there. Honestly, is a chance I picked
that one up, but it's I don't care at all about Suicide Squad,
But yeah, wonder woman, it looks well. I guess we haven't really
seen much, but I I just feel like all the pieces are there for
it to be great. Yeah, yeah, Kirkland, is that like a
lock in game Day one for you? Or do you probably still want to
see a trailer at least I guess. But yeah, like if it's if
the trailer comes out, it's a completely different game than what they mentioned three
yeah exactly. But if it is what they're promising, that's absolutely a day
one. I love those Shadow of Mortar games. I love the combats.
Is some Wonder Woman time on top of that, that's that's super exciting.
They just do that. But Wonder Woman's skinned have the Last Truth good to
go? You know, Urikai Mortar Yeah, huge, Yeah. And the
good thing is with the Wonder Them things, I think they can tell a
much better story because the stories and those games were always very to me,
just kind of mid and five. Yeah, like it was taken on sourn
with a quick time event like funk off of that. It was cool to
see the iconography, but to be like, none of this stuff happened with
this guy's soul length to the ring, It's like it was never believable.
It was like, Okay, I get you want to do this, and
you bought it because the game was so enjoyable. But I think with this
it's gonna be its own thing, so they can really just they don't got
to worry like, oh we can't move this forward because we don't want to
meet frog bagans. Know, like you can do whatever you want, Like
what about you, Taylor, you said much on Warm one. I just
want to see more about it, what it has like in this trailer,
because I loved I never played Shadow of War, but I played Shadow at
More Door and I really really enjoyed it. So I feel like that should
apply to a few more different like ips and franchises, because it's just it's
it's great. It's just the idea too, Like characters you killed can come
back. I feel like that would really work well in like a superhero setting,
because like a super villain could come back and be like, oh you
thought you had me last time. I'm here to get my revenge. You
have to actually like kill them, kill them to keep them down. But
it's super dark. They fucking patented that text, so other studios can't do
cool things with it. But that was smarter them though. You gotta commit
though, like it sucks for us, but for them as a company,
very smart. Imagine if that's like in a Spider Man game, you actually
have to like break the villain's neck, make them not come back later,
No one dies in Spider Man. If you fling them off the roof,
they're like, Oh no, he's he's he's fine. Tell me you're lying
to me that I definitely died. H Taylor, What do you think college
you can release this year? What kind of what are we gonna do?
We did one? War for three was the last thing? Is it another
remaking sort of thing? Do they do Advanced Warfare seven? Like? What
what are they at? What do they do? What's been? What was
the rumor? I think it's been like other Black Ops has been the rumor
it is like that equal to Black Ops. Yeah, like a like a
Black Ops one re released sort of thing. Or is it like a new
new one. No, I think it's just a new one. That's just
either it's kind of picking one of the out older Black Ops titles to succeed
from, or it's just a direct sequel to like Black Ops four or something
like that. Okay, they have to Black Ops four. We have to
Black Ops four, And that's where Bottle first dropped was actually in Black Ops
four with Blackouts. So yeah, I think I think it's just a sequel
from the rumors I've heard, just like it's its fault to Black Ops.
Yeah, and then war Zone of course is gonna have its releases this year
as well. Cold New Maps. I'm sure Resurgence a rebirth island that's coming
back and wait, go start that download. I do you guys think construction
no construction? Do you think they have the ogi Oji one or is it
gonna be Oh maybe it'll be built now because it's no lot of construction site.
I could see it be O g I like construction zone more than that
that like three level building they have yet I guess you did never play The
Fall. They do build it. The construction it does get built to like
a tower room, and it was just never the same, you know.
It's like, yeah, just let's start with the base and then they build
it and then they knock it down like Dyn't just Yeah, Captain America's skin
you told me about five years ago. Oh maybe maybe for it, Yeah,
for Indiana, join the Captain America. I'm like, there's no fucking
way they're putting Captain America in this game. And it fit the setting because
they dropped Vanguard at the time. It was World World War two and all
that. So yeah, but it's not to be like Punisher would fit better
than Captain America. Fah Man, I'll play ten Battle Passes again, Frank
Cass they get careful fun of sure. Fuck yeah, anything else. Any
other games that you guys expect this year that we haven't talked about yet.
No, you mentioned Fable already. That's just like a fleeting Yeah, zero
chance twenty twenty six at the earliest, in my opinion, sci fi numbers.
I don't like that, I know, I hate to say it.
No, I think we hit it all. I think we hit all the
stuff that's realistically Yeah, could come out. Yeah, we can speculate all
day about other things, but I'm excited, excited to see what what a
wait, you know you got me to say what that wonder Woe picked though,
because I completely had functioned that out of my mind for this year.
So I'm I'm hoping that's true. Yeah, man, I mean that's they
have to release the game at some point or else the studio just closes because
they out of money. I don't know, especially with being in a Warner
Bros. Situation. So yeah, yeah, thank you everyone for listening once
again. We will be back next week for the Video Game Draft. We're
all gonna pick some games and yeah, that should be a good time as
it usually is. But yeah, thank you everyone so much for listening.
Let us know what your most anticipated games of the year are, and yeah,
we will catch you next time. Bye bye bye