Speaker 1: Ready, I don't have the music ready.
Speaker 2: No music today.
Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to side Quest. My name is Dylan
and I'm joined by the pseudo king Kirkland. How are
you doing tonight, my friend.
Speaker 2: I'm doing very well. Yeah, No, I'm doing I'm doing good.
I'm feeling it's like exams finished, so I'm I'm just
like the aftermath of like I don't really know how
I should be feeling right now. I feel like I
should be feeling relieve. But yeah, it's it's an interesting
little limbo feeling here. But it's gonna be excited to
talk about some stay to play with you, and yeah,
it's gonna be good.
Speaker 1: Do you have your marks and results in things yet?
Or do you have to wait on that?
Speaker 2: No? I have to wait like up to a month,
which is kind of stressful. Yeah. We wrote it Thursday Friday.
I was like, I feel like end of day Thursday.
I was just like shook. I was like, I don't
even know what happened in the in that exam room.
I didn't really need like much at all on the
final to pass the course. But still it's just like
an uneasy feelings, which now that I have to wait
so long Friday Saturday even I was feeling like, oh man,
I'm nervous now I have to wait all this time.
But I don't know, I'm feeling pretty good now. I
feel like I'm just been keeping busy keep my mind
off of off of it on other things, which it
has been helping. But no, I'm sure, I'm sure it
all went fine.
Speaker 1: Nice. Yeah, Well, as you mentioned today, we are talking
about the Sony State of Play, and I think it's
gonna be one topic episode here. I don't think we
have any games we've been playing, no other news things,
so we're gonna be focused in on this. I will
shout this out as well, that you and Travis did
a live watch along reaction to the state of Play
all one hundred and what was it. It was our
twenty or something that was like a big juicy one.
So if anyone wants to see live reactions to any
certain games, you can go check out that that episode.
That's good, that's up on the feeds right now. And yeah,
we'll just get right into it. And I didn't see
your guys' reaction actually, so I don't know what you
thought about this, but it was the biggest state of
play we've ever had, in my opinion, maybe the best
state of play of all time. I'll go I'll be
as bold as to say that. But where are you
on this one, Kirklan? What's the What was the hype
level for this?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, no, I I I feel like going into
I didn't really have much hype. This was on that
day that I wrote my exam, so it was like
right after the back. So it was a good little
distraction piece, I think to do that with Travis. It
was a fun little uh yeah, just just a lighter
little podcast experience, and I, I mean, overall, I thought
it was really awesome. It started really hot for me,
of course, with like the first thing of the show
was was the new Canada game. This one's called this Scars,
but that's not it, okay, scars cause Scars have caused mora. Yeah,
so I I was really hyped on that because I
wasn't really thinking about that game. I really loved the
first one, so started really hot, and then ending with
like the God of War stuff was really really awesome too,
so I thought it like was pacing really well. I
was somewhat interested in pretty much everything that they showed.
I don't think like any of like the Developer dialogue
sequences went on too long. Like I thought it was
pretty pretty good show, and for it to be like yeah,
like you said, like an hour and a half, it
didn't really feel like it was dragging on or anything. Yeah,
it was a fun time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's exciting. I feel like State of Play
has been a little off recently. It's been like a
little bit dull. You know, you'll always get like one
or two really juicy trailers, but it's rare to have
one this long and one this long that has like
consistently really good stuff in it. Now, it was one
of those ones that definitely has a lot of like
residual requims coming out again, you know, don't forget about
that in like two weeks, and you know, double seven
first lines coming out, Sarah's is coming out, don't forget.
So it's like, you know, in that way, a lot
of just reminders. But it's good to have some of those.
I suppose obviously you got to have that in the
marketing cycle for all these things. But there was also
a lot of new things. There was kind of some
long rumored things that finally got confirmed and a lot
of surprises along the way. As for usual, we're not
gonna talk about every single thing that was announced, just
the things that personally excite us. And yeah, I want
to hear more about Caana Scars have caused more from
you because you did really enjoy that first game. I
still have not gone back and played it. The main
thing that's done to me here is that like we've
aged up the character from like a I don't know,
she was what twelve and now she's like seventeen or
something like that. That's random, guess. And then there's like
seems to be like a the Companion seems to be
like a new thing, or at least a revamped thing.
But yeah, as someone who actually played the first game,
what were the things that really stood out to you
about this one?
Speaker 2: I feel like, because I loved that first game so much,
what they were showing here it didn't seem like too
far out of the scope of what the first game was,
and I'm aokay with that. Like the combat in it
was so much fun, the exploring was so fun, the
world designed and just a little i don't know, just different,
like the lighting that especially that would go along with
the combat, Like it just felt really good to play.
All the pery timers like it just it looked really good.
And that's pretty much everything that was shown in the gameplay,
so it seems like more of the same, maybe just
going for like compared to like Spider Man one to
Spider Man two, like it's pretty much the same game.
They approved some quality of life things, but like that's
totally fine. I don't think I don't they do not
need to reinvent the wheel. I think this one looks
even better than what the first game was. It looks
a little bit more detailed, especially with our protagonist Kenna,
Like she just looks a little bit more detailed with
her outfit. And yeah, no, I'm expecting to have some
new combat variety systems, maybe some tweaking to like her
bow and how you kind of use that, and yeah,
just all that stuff. But looks really really awesome. And
I guess the one thing I will shout out that
it did look really cool and interesting and a little
bit different for the first one is just some of
the enemy types that you're like combating and some of
like the little mini bosses that they're showcasing, they just
look really really intense then that first game had some
challenging boss fights, so I imagined this one will be
even more tricky. But yeah, no, it looks really cool.
And because it was just a surprise like the first one,
kind of left it open. But like, I don't know,
I wouldn't really like counting on going we're gonna get
another kind of game right away here. But it totally
makes sense for us being this Equel game, and especially
that they're not like full price ninety dollar games. You know,
it's a little bit, a little bit smaller scale. They're
not super long games either. That first one's only I
think only a couple hours to beat it, but maybe
a couple more if you do like all the collectible
searching around and exploring stuff. But yeah, was that first.
Speaker 1: Game a day one into the catalog or has that
been added like later on? I believe it is in
the catalog these days.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it came a little bit after because
I believe we bought it like right away, and I've
I've been I think I've been subscribed to the catalog
like as long as it's kind of been out. Yeah,
So yeah, but you are right, it is on there now.
I think I remember seeing it on there like a
couple of months after, but who knows.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the other thing that's not to me was I
feel like my perception of the first game is that
it's a pretty solitary experience, like you kind of lost
in the woods, traveling through doing stuff. But I feel
like there's a lot of a lot of characters, a
lot of dialogue, a lot of like even town sequences.
Is there a lot of that stuff in the first
game or is it seem like they're just adding a
lot more characters this time around.
Speaker 2: Definitely a big jump from that first game, because there
is like a couple of characters. But for the most part,
anytime that you're like interacting like a cut scene, like
like dialogue sequence, it's usually like through like a spirit
memory thing, so you like you like interact with this
like memory and then you're like reliving kind of like
something else. But like for the most part, it just
feels like a ghost town. Like everywhere that you are
going through, there's just a lot of I guess history
in those in those areas that you're kind of like
re exploring. But in this one, yeah, it just seems
like there is a lot more NPCs and that's cool
because I do like the character designs, and I think
we didn't really like we were just kind of scratched
the surface in the first game or just some of
the different types of characters, because the character design is
just so unique and cool, but you don't really like
get a lot of moments to kind of experience what
makes these other characters unique. So I'm hoping definitely for
more of that in the sequel.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, and I really liked the design of the
I mean just in general, the art style of this
game is great. I think this right, going back to
the history of this studio is that they were like
an animation house making you know, just super high quality
CG animation stuff, and then went into game development. So
like the first game had really great art style, like
unbelievable animations, and particularly like the grass Wolf Companion is
what I'm calling it. I forget I'm sure they said
the name of this companion and the trailer, but love
that design. I think that'll be like a fun wrinkle
to the gameplay and all that. So yeah, the game
looks really fun. I definitely I feel like it's due
time for me to jump back to that first one
and check it out now, because this game's coming out
this year, so you know, I think a big question
mark for this year has been like what Sony do
in this year because Xbox if so many things announced.
I mean they cancel half the things they announced anyway,
but they at least have so many things on the
calendar that you can like always kind of picture what
this year is going to be, what next year is
going to be. Nintendo holds a little more close to
the vest, but I feel like with Sony usually we
have a pretty like a year year and a half out,
but I feel like we haven't had that recently, and
so this was obviously filling that out. And yeah, I
guess this could come out. Maybe this could be like
a good summer game. I don't really remember what time
of year first one came out, but I don't know
if the game is necessarily always stick to what the
first one was, but.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it was around the summertime.
Speaker 1: Okay, it seems like a good summer game. But yeah,
it is supposed to be coming out this year. Also
coming out this year and just less than a month,
I guess is goes to Biotai The Legends DLC, which
we of course knew about they announced it with the
with the game or at some point. Yeah, so we
finally got a showcase of that's coming out March tenth.
I feel like the big change for me is more
more mythological, more fantastical, and like that's what Legends was
in the first game, but it was still pretty grounded
and grounded in terms of like the enemy types you
were fighting. There was just more like trippy stuff in
the environment and things like that. But this time we're
actually seeing like mythological creatures and whatnot, which I love
because I feel like that was a route I wanted
the sequel to go. In general, it didn't seem like
it did that, but at least with like the Legends, yel,
they're going that way. So yeah, I mean, I would
love if they had an option for this to like
buy Legends outright without needing the base game. I don't
think they're doing that, so I'll probably just need to
bite the bullet at some point or wait for a
sale or something. But honestly, this, other than the mythological stuff,
I don't This trailer didn't blow me or away necessarily,
And as someone who loved Legends in the first game.
So I don't know what it was that. I just
felt like the trailer could have been could have popped
a bit more, at least at least for me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fair. I think the most exciting thing about
this was just seeing that's like, oh yeah, it's Legends,
you know, and then just remembering how much fun we
had from that first game. So yeah, I do agree
with you. I did like the little bit more lean
into the into the mythological, paranormal type realm, and even
like the characters that I assume those are the characters
that you're playing, like, even they looked a little bit
freakier than like like like the stocks vanilla standard that
you got from the first game. But no, I'm sure
it's really lots of fun and yeah, just just a
good little half step up from what that first game is.
And yeah, Travis ne were both saying that it's like, oh, okay,
well there you go. This year's already jam packed with
amazing games that were already kind of committing to buy,
and now we get this. It's like, oh man, here
we go. But yeah, I'm sure it'll be fun.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I was maybe a bit surprised that, Like,
it seems like they're committed to the same or at
least similar archetypes of like the classes from the first game,
like the four available classes, and they aren't really like
switching that up a whole lot, and I thought there
maybe be like a bit more variety there. Perhaps. I'm
sure there's other like even just what the amount of
weapons they added to the base game. I'm sure that'll
keep things fresh, and those classes have just like more
to them and all that. But yeah, it seems like they,
you know, really, the only change here is that more
mythology fantasy stuff. I feel like otherwise it's pretty much
it is what the first game's legends was, which makes
sense because the first the you know, Yo Tai was
very close to what that first game was as well.
So yeah, that one again. March tenth, Resident Evil Requiem
new trailer here. I've skipped a couple of these you
sent trailers for this game because I know I'm getting
in at this point and I just don't need to
be spoiled on too much. But the big reveal here
at the end of the trailer is and obviously we've
seen a lot of Raccoon City shots, but we did
see Leon bust open the door to the police station
iconically used, Well, it's in Residonaval two and three and three.
I think you just go on the around the outside
of it briefly, but in two, you know, you spend
like half the game pretty much in this one police station.
We're going back there. So very exciting, especially as I've
played Resonueval too, like a couple of years ago, pretty recently.
So yeah, I mean, I feel like a lot of
this game obviously with Leon in there and now this
sort of stuff, like we are definitely going back to
some of the nostalgic stuff. But it's been so many
years that appears in the game world, so I'm really
curious to see what it's looking like in there and
what we're gonna be doing, and like how much of
the game is also set around that same location. Are
we going to be bumping, are we gonna go down
like the same sewers and then the same like secret
science labs that we've seen in the previous games, or
we just kind of dip into the police station for
a quick moment. But that was that was a nice
hype excitement moment for me. So I don't know, any
any thoughts on Requiem.
Speaker 2: Uh No, it looks I mean, it looks amazing. Is
someone that's like so disconnected from this series, like I
just have no idea really what's going on. I know
Leon's back, I know it's a big deal. Uh. But yeah,
for me being like so distant from the actual story,
I still think this looks amazing and I'm sure it's
gonna be a fantastic time for Travis super Hyph for this. Obviously,
he's really looking forward to that. He's getting ready to
go here for as and Eel.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Brigantine Abyss is another game coming out this year. This
is a very like five I guess I would compare
most two Tactics Ogre, perhaps because you know, it is
that kind of grid turn based tactics thing. I feel
like Tactics Ogre is known for having just like all
sorts of crazy characters and classes and whatnot. In this
game seems to be going down that same path where
they said there's like one hundred unique character types and
they're you know, traditional things that you'd expect, and also
like the weird creatures and whatnot. In terms of the
actual gameplay, I don't know if I noticed a whole
lot of difference there, and I didn't really necessarily love
like the art seller or general vibe of this, but
I do love me a tactics game, So I don't know,
consider this one on the list. But there's already so
many and it's so hard to play all these tactics games,
and I haven't even played Tactics Ogre, and I feel
like that would maybe be the next one I would
go to. But yeah, as a fire emblem head, what
did you what did you think of this one? Any
thoughts on this one?
Speaker 2: I mean, it looked really familiar from things I've seen
in the past. And the biggest thing that I was
mentioned to Travis when weird watching this for the first time,
is like, this just looks like a big time sink
game and I don't really have room for that. There's
other ones, there's other games that are like this, other
tactics titles that i've higher priority on my list. The
jumping into a new one that I haven't heard. I'm
sure it's amazing. I'm sure you know. Again, it doesn't
look at anything too dissimilar to two Tactics I've seen
in the past, But yeah, it just looks like a
big time sink.
Speaker 1: Yeah. What did you think of Control Resonant?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I initially I thought this was like Infamous. It
just looked very familiar. I don't know, I don't know
if you ever played that Infamous PlayStation series back in
the day, but it's just really familiar to that. And
I had seen a little bit of gameplay of that
first Control game and it looked maybe I just didn't
see a lot of it, but it looked really different
than this. Like this, this seems like a very different
setting or whatever, just just very different type of experience
in what the first game is. Maybe I'm completely wrong
with that. Again, like I said, I only saw it
like a little bit of gameplay.
Speaker 1: From the first Yeah, I think you're right. I mean
I feel like the first game is like a psychological thriller,
whereas this seems more like action game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, big time. And again, that's where it's making me
think of that Infamous title that I definitely had a
lot of fun with back in the day. Once I
saw it was that that Control sequel. It is a
direct sequel, right, It's not like just like a.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're playing as the protagonists for the first games,
in this I believe.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, there you go. I feel like it
mostly just brings more attention to that first title. I know.
I have it on the PlayStation catalog. I haven't gotten
around to it yet, but whenever I see that, it's like, oh, yeah,
this this game that I heard is really amazing, and
I'm sure it is really fun. Maybe mostly just brings
my attention to that first one more than anything. I
don't really think this necessarily like sold me on just
jumping right into the sequel because of what was shown here.
But I don't know, it looks pretty cool, trippy inception,
like right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I was gonna mention, just like the
kind of twisted city, the city kind of falling in
and on itself. And yeah, very gravity rush in terms
of like those mechanics too, where you can just like
zip to any surface and like the gravity that starts
falling that way. At least for you, I can't tell, Like,
I don't think it changes it for like enemy types.
It seems like they're like set in a certain spot
and you have to go take them out where they
where they stand. But I feel like this probably will
get even more and more trippy. One of the things
they said in here was that it's like a different Creed.
I believe it's a different creative director then that original
game was, which yeah, seems interesting to me, Like, I
there was something about this, like obviously it still has
a lot of that style and the similarities in terms
of like just all sorts of things in the environment
constantly going off and activating, and there's you know, some
of those powers teleconesis switching gravity that's very simple to
the first game. But this, this definitely seemed like a
point five. This almost seems like a DLC or something
to me, which is, you know, not a too much
of an insult on a game that's already like really great.
But I don't know, I found myself not super hyped
on this, especially as like you know, this studio's most
recent game is not Control. It was Allen Wake two,
which is one of my favorite games of that year.
Such a crazy, creative, weird, ambitious, super strange fun game
that also is in the controlled universe. And I don't
think I could be less interested in this game. I
just like, you know, I like the idea of gravity
ripping around on these on these things. But I'd rather,
honestly just go play Gravity Rush too, which I have
on the catalog too. So I don't know. It really
didn't sell me, And maybe part of it is, well, Kirkland,
do you get this where whenever media, whenever there's like
a show or movie or game or whatever that has
like the character protagonist's name is your name that you're like,
I don't like this. I don't like that my name
is being said all the time, Like I feel Kirkland's
kind of rare. But has that happened?
Speaker 2: It doesn't happen often. I feel like it's the opposite
for me because it is so rare, you know, back
in the day, like the Captain kirk thing. I always
thought that was a cool, right cool name, But again
it is very few and far between.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so maybe that's maybe I'm just grated a bit
because hearing them say dealing all the time in here.
I will say one thing that stood out to me
in terms of the style here is like the very
end of the trailer is like it like zooms into
this kind of big beacon of light in the background.
There's like all these seemingly like bodies like floating in
like a like a circle around this point, and I
was like, oh, this is very death stranding energy over
here with these bodies floating in the sky. So I
don't know, there's definitely it does does still have a
lot of control style. You know, a lot of the
first game was all set inside it a building, and
this is now outside. Maybe it's still in a building
in terms of like how weird this world is and
how nonsensical and uh, you know, define the laws of
gravity it is. But yeah, I don't know something about this.
One's not not calling to me too much, so I
might be skipping the next remedy game. Unfortunately. Maybe I'll
come back for Allen Wake three. I don't know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1: That's also coming out this year. One thing we still
don't know the release date of is Mean to the Hollower.
I got a new trailer here. I was really surprised
for this game to show up again but not have
its release date decided upon. Uh don't I guess. Really
the purpose of this trailer here was to announce, like
the demo, I think there's a now demo on PlayStation.
So before there was a demo available on I think
Switch which I played, and now they have this one
on PlayStation, so I don't to me, I hope this
isn't like them getting the demo there to like get
feedback so they can make more changes and like, you know,
the game further down the road. I feel like played
pretty well when I played the demo, like let's get
the sucker out the door, guys, like come on, let's
get let's get this game going. It supposed come out
last ye, so I don't know. I'm I'm very much
looking forward to this, but I just don't know when
I'm gonna play it. So I think really the purpose
of this being here was just to just to announce
that demo.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's fair. I was heard it didn't come
out last year because yes, you were for the drafts.
Speaker 1: Who does someone have it this year? I must have
anybody picked it up.
Speaker 2: I don't think anybody did. I don't know. I didn't
grab it, but.
Speaker 1: Let me check. Yeah, i'll see if I don't know,
I feel like I would have, Like I do expect
it to get really good scores, but yeah, maybe the
fear of it getting kicked again, which would be kind
of shocking. So I'll take a look at this while
you tell me what you thought of Yacko Shanobi. Ops.
This is like that isometric down looking game. Yeah, I'm
really curious to hear what you think of this one.
Speaker 2: No, I thought it looked really cool. I actually thought
this was the next Shadow Tactics game because it looked
pretty much the exact same for sure, especially seen like
the ninjas and everything. I don't know, it looked really
really cool. I am just a sucker for this type
of camera angle goes back to my Commandos I think
that's what it was called Commando's Game. I think I've
told you about this game, yes, on side Quest, but
uh yeah, just just my deep seated nostalgia for for
that type of title. But it looked really really cool.
I don't think I'll be jumping on it because, like I,
I have Shadow Tactics and I've only put in probably
like an hour into that game. So but yeah, it
looked really looked really really cool, and I like I
like what was shown. I'm sure like the different archetypes
and classes that you can kind of use. I'm sure
they're all really unique and fun. Yeah. Probably probably won't
be chumping on.
Speaker 1: This one fair enough, by the way. Yeah, No, one
has mean to the hollower. I'm kind of surprised about that,
but uh, it's not on the draft there you go,
so and then it'll probably I assume it'll come up
before the summer and then no one will draft it then,
and then it we'll just have been never drafted to
get points. I guess drafted once by you and then kicked.
Yeah jacko shnoby ops. This is funny, Like it looks weird,
like it's a it's a strange art style. It's kind
of like low res, like not low Polly in like
an intentional way, but it just looks like a Vita
game or a PSP game or something like that. And
I mean that in like the most like loving way possible.
I love how strange this game looks. And yeah, it
honestly just kind of looks a lot like when you're
doing like a stealth takedown in Ghost of Sushima or something,
and when you're going to a camp and you're kind
of dismantling it guy by guy, kind of going around
the edges, take out the people in the watch tower,
sneak it through a building, take out a couple of
guys in there, but just from like a different camera perspective,
So this is like one hundred percent my shit. I
feel like, you know, with being on the fence of
picking up legends just because of like the cost of it.
I imagine this is like a lower price game. I
could see myself really vibing with this. Like there are
a lot of games in this space that I don't
end up picking up, but I don't know something about
this one. I think the stealth mixed with the isometric
it seems really fun. I like the weird art style
of it. So I don't know. This one's definitely on
the list. I'm quite intrigued by this one here, one
of the weirdly one of the standouts for me in
this showcase. Like it just because it looks like so me,
So that's good.
Speaker 2: Nice.
Speaker 1: We finally got some gameplay of Star Wars Galactic Racer.
I think the first trailer just had cinematics, so I
think this is our first time seeing gameplay also coming
out this year, would you what'd you think of that one?
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is not a game I am going to
be picking up, but I was excited to try it. Nonetheless,
I did play the old Pod Racers that I believe
was what was called back in the day. Yeah, but
I don't know, just not really my type of game nowadays.
I like I said, I am excited to try because
I know Taylor's gonna be getting in. We'll be jumping
on in the Extra Life charity stream and all that stuff.
But man, when I saw the gameplay, I was like, shit,
this is actually really cool. I do like like the
different arenas I guess we can call them like different
planets and stuff that you go to. It looked like
they even had like the OG track, like the og
racers and stuff like that, So so that was really
cool to see. And yeah, I don't know, I think
for a game that I was pretty uninterested in, this
was a really cool trailer and it looks really really
fun And it's kind of stacey to be able to
say that about a Star Wars title. It's just like
a racing game. But I don't know, it looks cool.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think I was surprised a little bit
by the tone of this. Like I feel like we've
seen so many different vibes with Star Wars, and that
is just like each trilogy has its own little vibe.
There's the new movies in between the shows all that
kind of stuff, and this one kind of being it
seems like a bit a bit darker, bit gritty. It's
not quite as like cheerful, silly Star Wars stuff, which
I feel like, you know, pod racing definitely has that
vibe to it, but this has a very like distinct.
It's adjacent in terms of like the content of it,
but it feels like it has a very different energy
to it, which I kind of liked. And even like
the Planets we were on one is like, man, I
don't think I've ever seen this in a Star Wars movie.
Like this seemed kind of unique and fun, so I
like that they're not just like doing the hits over again.
I'm sure you'll get like tattooing or whatever as like
a playable map or something, but because you got it,
it's just great for racing, of course, But yeah, I
don't know, it seems like they're trying to take a
little bit of a different approach with it. So we'll
see what happens with that one. But it looked better
than I guess. I expected it to be pretty decent,
and it looks like it's kind of meeting those expectations,
So good job to that one. Something that I'm pretty
excited for is the Metal Gear Solid a Master Collection
Volume two coming out in August, which is nice. The
Delta remake came out last August, so it seems like
they liked that release date. Yeah, so this is a
We knew about this for a while because there was
a Volume one collection which had mgs one to two
and three, and then it also had you know, some
of the old Metal Gear games, like the nes games
and stuff. This Collection two has peace Walker, Melgear Sold
four and I think that's it. I think this only
has just the two games. Am I wrong about that?
Speaker 2: Uh? No?
Speaker 1: I believe there's like some other bonuses in there, but
I think it's mostly just those two games, which is
good because you know, Metal Gear Solid four is one
of those games that was unfortunately like kind of stuck
on the PS three. Obviously, there's always chatter about this
how it's kind of really hard to emulate those games
on other consoles, so a lot of things are kind
of just lost to time if they're in that PS
three era.
Speaker 2: It says, uh, midl your Solid four Guns, the Patriots,
Middle your Solid peace Walker, and the series' first portable title.
Metal Gear Ghost Babble is a bonus title along.
Speaker 1: With Ghost Out. Okay, I think I miss that one
in there, so that's cool. I like, you know, having
a little weird freak show game in the mix there.
But yeah, and peace Walker was Vita a PSP I
forget which one one of those?
Speaker 2: I can't remember.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I feel like that maybe has been ported
and playable off that that handheld. But MGS four is
like the big Head Honcho here. It's great because I,
you know, that's the next game I want to play
in the series, so I probably will pick up this
collection and continue, even though I don't honestly, I haven't
loved my Metal Gear Solid Journey so far. I just
something about it. I just still want to complete the series,
even though I haven't loved the game play necessarily. And
I know you're a big fan of four, so I
definitely want to cross that off the list for that
reason too. So yeah, I I this is good. This
is for the preservation sake because this will probably be
on Switch as well. Like, this is just good to
get these games that have kind of been a bit
lost in the series just because of the consoles they
came out on to have them more accessible is obviously
a good thing.
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, no, completely agree. This is one I'm
gonna be raised into. But I definitely want to specifically
four like that that was my baby. That was like
the first Metal gearsela that I really really just got
fallen in love. It was the first one of like
the third person. It's like felt like a more modern title. Uh,
It's funny like looking at the gameplay that they're showing
off in like the release trailer for it, it's like, man,
this game is so gross looking. It's like so like
it's like followed three where it's just like green and
gray and like like that's just like like the whole
color palette is just that. But I still have such
a soft spot in my heart for that game. Yeah,
just just really nostalgic for me. So that's that's sweet
that it's finally coming out, because, like you said, it's
it's a hard one to acquire. It's not on like
the PlayStation catalog or anything like that.
Speaker 1: Muh yeah. And then never was there a subtitle in
the new Never game?
Speaker 2: It must be think it's just never prologue. I think
that's all it was.
Speaker 1: Okay, tell me about this one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I never really knew about this series,
Like I feel like I recognize the name never and
then I believe it's the same people that made I
don't even know how to say. It's like Greed or
Grease or something. It's like Gris And I had always
seen it on again all my places catalog like just
like the cover and I'm like, oh, what is that game?
But this was the first time I had actually seen
gameplay for these types of games, and man, it just
looks so sweet. It looks like a little bit of
like that Limbo title for the people that made like
Limbo and inside just like that two D. It's super
dark and like the monster and stuff just like really
really sweet. But the combat though showcasing here with just
the monster designs look really really sweet. So not necessarily
selling me on like this specific title, just like, man,
I'm I'm interested in these types of games. They are
really really sweet, and I definitely want to try out
that Grease game great Grace, whatever you want to call it. Yeah,
So yeah, I mostly just like bringing my attention to it,
and like the big creature thing, it was just making
me think of no face from a Spirited Away. It's
just that same design. So yeah, yeah, cool little showcase
here for this one.
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okay we are, back AND i probably should have done
this right after THE mgs, sequence but my notes were.
Weird Darwin's, paradox which is a game where you play
as an, octopus and it's pretty much like a TWO
d Metal Gear solid game with a muddle Gear solid,
CONNECTION i guess because It's konomy doing, This so there's
some like some costume or something you can get in.
There very. STRANGE i feel like the gameplay of this,
though was very like, limbo Very inside. Esque AND i
know you're a big fan Of, inside So i'm wondering
what this does for you as AN mgs fan and
as An inside.
Speaker 2: Fan, yeah, uh this was a big surprise for. ME
i don't. Know, yeah like because like you, said it
was totally that type of vibe of just some weird
government something going, on a, big large scale under the,
radar whatever you want to call. It but you're an,
octopus and, YEAH i love the vibe with this was
reminding me of the uh the octopus From Finding DORY i,
BELIEVE i can't remember what his name, was but just
that type of ninja. Octopus and, yeah artstyle looked really
cool and just just the design of. EVERYTHING i don't,
know it looked like a really fun game to. Play,
also it was When Travis knight were kind of like
just so so shocked at what this was because it
like started with the middle of your solid stuff and
then it worked its way into this trailer And i'm,
LIKE i don't even know what this is and we're
like joking on, it and then the more gameplay they're,
Showing i'm, like, oh this actually looks really. Good so,
yeah big hidden no pee pick? Here, yeah, yeah what
do you think about?
Speaker 1: It? YEAH i mean It's you're, right like it kind
of does start as like a joke of a. Thing you're,
like what is this some WEIRD dlc thing that's like
in This Metal gear's old collection or. Something it's, like oh,
no this is just a real, game and it's like
just tangentially connected To Metal, gear not any sort of meaningful,
way just like a fun marketing sort of, WAY i,
guess which does make. SENSE i, MEAN i feel like
that does make this game more memorable you think of
it more. So that's, SMART i guess to use THEIR
ip in that partyular. Way. YEAH i think it looks
it looks. OKAY I i Think i'm not really a
big fan of these kinds of, games like these specific
TWO d not even really platform LIKE i guess puzzle
Platformers this one's obviously got the more stealth, focus But
inside also has a lot of that, too where you
gotta hide hide from all sorts of enemies at different
points and. TIMES i like the environments you're going. TO
i don't, know it looks like A dreams, game you,
Know LIKE i mean that in like a good, Way,
like you, know it looks like a fun, create like
fun weird fan creation type. Thing SO i don't. Know
i'm curious to see if this is actually like a
super good game OR i feel like it'll be just,
like oh, yeah that was a fun. Time it was
a good way to spend two or three hours playing
through this this strange. Game but we'll see what happens
with that, one because uh, yeah definitely a weird one
of the weird probably the weirdest announcement of the. Day
not super weird, though and Again konami just crushing it
over here Is Castlevania Belmont's. Curse so the first new
TWO D castlevania game in a long. TIME i don't
know how many, years but it's quite a few of
those team working on. THIS i didn't write the name,
down but they worked on some of THE dlc For Dead,
cells and then they also Did Rogue prince Of. PERSIA
i don't know if they were the primate developer on
that or like a support. DEVELOPER i did play quite
a lot Of Rogue prince Of persia and quite enjoyed.
It like the gameplay feels really, good you, know decent
like variety and stuff like. THAT i think the one
THING i was lacking for you was a little bit
with the level, design, actually WHICH i feel like is
kind of the main thing you want in A castlevania.
Game but also that was a, roguelike and this is
presumably not, right SO i feel like that also changes
a lot about what you'd expect for the world, design
the level of, design and all that kind of fun.
Stuff so, Yeah I'm i'm kind of A i don't.
Know i've played a Few castlevania. GAMES i don't think
i've ever rolled credits on. ONE i respect the series
more THAN i enjoy playing, IT i guess is maybe
a good way to put. It i'm happy for The
castlevania fans that are getting a cool new game from
like a pretty well proven team at this point in,
time but also like a somewhat newish team that they're
getting the chance to prove, themselves and if they crush it,
Here i'm sure that'll be a good thing for them
to keep making More castlevania. Games SO i Guess i'm
more with. This i'm just happy, this happy for the
fans that this this is.
Speaker 2: Existing, YEAH i agree with. YOU I i didn't know
about the dead sales, tie which is kind of funny
because WHEN i was watching, this that was the only
thing that was coming to my. Mind it just like the,
effects the, platform it just everything reminded me of, that
WHICH i guess that is kind of inspired by the
Older castlevania, game so it's kind of a loop. There
BUT i thought this looked really good, Too like there's
like the shadows and the lighting and when you kind
of go into a darker area and you like lit
up by like some of like the purple, flames like
some of the. Power, LIKE i don't, know it just
looks really. Good and, uh but, YEAH i Think i'm
more with you Or i'm just happy with the fan
for the fans more so than myself on this. One
mm hmmmm.
Speaker 1: Uh and Then Silent Hill Town, fall a New Silent
hell game coming out this, year even though we just
had anyone last. Year, Yeah Silent hill has had a
really interesting AND i guess kind of impressive return to
form that one last. Year people really loved there WAS
i think the year before is when we Had Silent
hill to. Remake so this is now going on like
three years in a row of like. SOMETHING i guess
the remake's not like fresh and, new but it's like
it seemed like it was a pretty well made. Remake for,
one is you, know what is people's like favorite game
in the. Series i've seem really. Good now we got
this one which is like. DIFFERENT i like that. Too it's,
like obviously it wouldn't be the same developer as the
one that came out last. Year that would be too
quick of a turn around. Time but this one is
going first, person which maybe is the first time it
happened in the. Series that was one of the VIBE
i was getting from the trailers that sounded accurate to
you first time in the.
Speaker 2: Series, YEAH i drivis AND i think WE'RE i THINK
i googled it to, confirm but, yeah definitely new new
aspects of. IT i was very surprised by, THIS i,
think especially just The Silent hill to remake is that
the one that just came. Out, yeah it feels like
it is still hot off the bress for that. One
so surprised. HERE i thought it looked really. Cool, also
just LIKE i feel like it's been so long since
we've gotten like a New Silent hill game that isn't
just like a remake or. SOMETHING i do want to
try out Sound hill to remake because it looks really
fantastic and well, Received But i'm mostly just, happy like
this is still living that The Souland hill, franchise we
were getting to Do Resien Evil, requiem and then now
we're getting a new Sound hill. Game like it's it's
crazy just the era that we are, where you, know
back in the nineties is when these these two games
were kind of coming out at the same.
Speaker 1: Time so it's kind of funny how that how that is. Now,
yeah it is a, funny like kind of parallel situation going.
On but, YEAH i, LOOK i feel like the setting
of this game in, PARTICULAR i, mean the visuals in
general look really. Great, AGAIN i like that it's a
very different vibe than f which had a very cool
vibe in of, itself but like we're doing different, stuff
not just rehashing over and over, again AND i, LIKE
i feel like this game you have like weird little
handheld devices that are like very staticky and, weird AND
i just like weird little hand held devices in. Games
that's like one of my favorite you. KNOW i think
of like the hack of A jig and Like Death
lou things like. That LIKE i love having a, yanky
little goofy. DEVICE i don't, know this game looks really.
FUN i still want to pick up f but it.
Can games are so expensive these. DAYS i just got
to be picky and choosey, unfortunately but this one's Definitely
i'll play this at some point in my, life AND
i feel LIKE i will enjoy it quite a, lot, Because,
yeah As i've been going Hammering Resident evil the last few,
years Sound hill is definitely a big blind spot for.
Me so excited to finally kind of cross that off
the list some, someday hopefully someday. Soon let me pass
it over to you for a Untitled John wick game
in which we got mostly cinematic, trailer but then we
got like maybe twenty thirty seconds of what gameplay is
gonna look. Like, possibly who. Knows it's always posentially deceptive
with these, trailers but, yeah what did you think of
this trailer?
Speaker 2: Here, YEAH i thought this was really. Cool not really
any gameplay shown, here BUT i think what was shown
gives me a good idea of what the gameplay would look,
like and it seems like it would be my. Alley
i'm thinking of games like The shadow Of More door
is like The Batman arkham, series where you just have
like mobs of enemies coming at you and you're just you,
know you're you're hitting your one, Button. Perry not very
like demanding snow like souls like game, gameplay you, know
fighting bosses or. Whatnot But i'm sure it'll be satisfying,
Nonetheless and if it's anywhere near What i'm, DESCRIBING i
Think i'll BE i Think i'll be picking this one.
Up it just seems like everything they're showing, there like
like the the bulletproof jackets and everything from the from the,
movies it all the cheesy stuff that's in. There it's, like,
yeah this is totally uh for. Me and, Yeah i'm
surprised it took so long for us to get like
Another John wick. GAME i know you did your your
review or retro of that other john John wick. Title but,
yeah yeah John Wick. Hex so, YEAH i don't, know
this looks really. Cool i'm excited to see more for. It.
Speaker 1: YEAH i like the, funny like a really fun thing
to do in John Wick hex's when you run an
amat is throw your gun at someone's, face AND i
like that they had that in this trailer because that's
a very very John wickian. Thing but, yeah LIKE i
think the highlight for me from the game place you
onces and they were you, know quick little. Cuts is
just a seeming a big commitment to like environmental interaction.
Stuff and so we'll have to see how scripted that stuff,
is BECAUSE i feel like if it feels very free
form and that you can just like use so much
the environment for to combot attacks together taking a different,
enemies that seems like really really. FUN i like those.
Animations they were very true to the, series AND i
feel like the even just THE cg trailer was like
very true to the. Movies so they definitely got the tone,
down nailed the vibe that just just like if you
just watch that, trailer you're just watching like a YouTube
clip of like you, know your favorite John wick fight
or something like. That like they just did such a
good job, there SO i hope they can pull it.
Together i'm skeptical, though just because of like developer and.
PUBLISHER i don't think we know the, developer but the
publisher Is, saber who you know misses like every, time
SO i DON'T i don't really know what's gonna happen
with this. One I'm i'm not gonna Say i'm even.
Optimistic to be, HONEST i feel like this could be
we have the well being pulled up our eyes right.
Now i'm very excited for this. Game come when this
game comes out and we actually see, it and hopefully
it does live up to the. Hype if they take
some cues from Like, SEAFOO i think that would, be you,
know a good place to. Aim but we'll have to
kind of wait and see what happens. Here BUT i
hope it.
Speaker 2: Is.
Speaker 1: UH i hope it. DELIVERS i feel like it doesn't
seem like it's this, year maybe next year for this,
one SO i feel like we probably have some time
to cook as, well so maybe it'll come around and
be just a. Banger who, knows we won't have to
wait and see You yeah hopefully. Yeah Uh and then
we jump Into, marathon which you know has been a
very rocky. Development to put it, Lightly this is of
Course bungee who Made halo back in the. Day they're making,
well they Made halo back in the, day and then
they've Made destiny, recently and now they're Doing. MARATHON i
gotta SAY i really liked the art style and vibe of.
This just really. Strange the trailer really well, edited like
just weird, cuts strange, imagery weird color palette, even like
just a very weird looking game in, general WHICH i.
Like it steads out it's, different you. Know, obviously there's
like so many of these first person shooters competitive. Games
so many of them come out and die, quickly some
of them come out and live for a. While this,
ONE i don't know what's gonna happen to, it to be,
honest BUT i don't. KNOW i like what was going on,
here AND i don't. Know depending on if it's free to,
Play i'll definitely jump in and check it. Out if it's,
NOT i don't know what the pricing structural will look.
Like but uh, YEAH i, mean obviously A halo fan
back in the, DAY i think the people who made
Those halo games THAT i. LOVE i don't even know
if they're working at This bunge. Anymore, it's you, know
potentially completely different. Company BUT i was pretty impressed with this.
Trailer but also this game said so many delays and
issues and you, know layoffs at the studio and. Whatnot
SO i don't really know what's gonna happen with this.
One it could be it could be a mess when
it comes.
Speaker 2: Out, YEAH i kind of forgot about this. ONE i
was right there with you on like the visuals and
the color, palettes the gun, designs like everything visually about
it was really really intriguing to. Me and Then travis
kind of reminded me of what type of game it.
Is it was, like, oh, okay, YEAH i probably won't
be probably won't be accessing this, one but looks really.
Cool not much more to say about, That.
Speaker 1: Yeah fair. Enough we go Into Marvel Tocon Fighting, souls
which finally has a release date Of august, sixth and we,
finally after like a year or so or more, potentially
we finally got like new characters, revealed OR i GUESS i.
DON'T i think the game was revealed last. Year, sometimes
so a long time though we've had a lot of,
trailers a lot of updates on this, game but never
any new, characters just the original eight that they. Had
but finally we've got THE X men, team so along
With storm who's already, announced we Have, Wolverine magic And,
Danger danger being like the robot manifestation of like The Danger,
room which IS i. WAS i was expecting them to
have some just weirdo freak show picks, because like looking
at their other games In Guilty gear and, stuff, like
they just have some crazy character, Designs SO i expected
there to be some off the wall, characters some deep.
CUTS i feel like these fighting games always have a
couple deep. Cuts If danger is the only, ONE i don't,
know that's at least a success, There like that's a wi,
YEAH i get, PLEASE i MEAN i don't forget any
MORE X, men but please get Whiz kid in. There
but even Like danger's move set of just being like you,
know planning a lot of, traps kind of being a,
zoner if it plays a lot LIKE i feel Like
snake and Like smash or something like, that like just
dropping props and explosives and things all over the, map you,
know zeroing out certain areas and things like, That so
it looks like a CHARACTER i would enjoy. Playing. Magic Love.
Magic the teleporting mechanics just seem super. Fun and Then,
wolverine you, KNOW i was one hundred percent certain he
was gonna be in this game, Anyway he's always in
these kind of, games and He's wolverine and he's Doing wolverine,
stuff and he you, know looks as good as you would.
Expect so, yeah what did you think of these new character? Reveals?
Speaker 2: Uh, YEAH i was the most hype For magic out
of all of. THEM i feel like that character. Is
the MORE i experience that character in different, MEDIUMS i
just get more and more interested with. Them so really
cool to see her, here and liked her. Powers, also
like the the just a little portals that she like
kind of use to bounce, around almost baffing around like
an incredible nightcrawler. Character But, NO i thought looked really.
COOL i love this art style, Too so the more
characters that we see with this art, style it's just
really cool to. See and, yeah never heard Of danger,
before pretty freak show pick and then and then For,
logan of, course it's pretty much everything THAT i expected
to be and it's Still i'm sure looks or, Sorry
i'm still it still looks like it would be really
fun to, play and it's just the same old. Logan but,
yeah to no surprise to, anyone he's in. Here and,
yeah hopefully we get maybe some more more reveals before
the release for, CHARACTERS i.
Speaker 1: Think, SO i, mean we at least have a lot
of room to speculate, now because what they revealed in
here is that there's the roster is twenty, characters which
was like a rumored thing from a few days, Ago
so we're getting twenty characters at. Launch and then they
revealed that like all the characters that we know about
and that will come out are like assigned to a.
Team so obviously that was kind of shown off first
WITH X men, team but then they showed that the
team captains of the other, team and you don't have
to play as team X. Men you can like mix
and match characters from different. Teams of, course because it's
a fighting, game you can pick whatever you. Want but
they it's Captain america is a you, know a leader
of another, One Spider man is a leader of, one
Ghost writer is a leader of, one And doom is
a leader of, one SO i feel like that can
really help us narrow down like which character well at
least categories a little bit more like For doom who,
knows but it's likely going to BE i think he's
gonna have like the villain, team SO i think we'll
probably get three other, villains which is EXCITING i could.
SEE i don't know if we'll Get magneto just because
of like maybe are the already ENOUGH X men, representation
BUT i could See loki being on that team for.
Sure for them ghostwriter, TEAM i have to imagine that's
like A Midnight sun's kind of, thing so Like Doctor
strange or A Scarlet witch or A. MOONNIGHT i could
definitely See moonnight making in. There now The Weird ones,
WELL i guess also Captain america's. Team we Know ironmn's
in the game as, well so that's those two would
be on the same. Team probably a Thor, hulk She
hulks something like that to round out that. Team that
one's pretty. Straightforward weird one, though was Like Team Spider,
man because Like Spider man's in the, game we don't
come all the cons in the. Game she could be
An avenger, TOO i guess and then Star lord is
the one that really throws it all For, Wrench, LIKE
i don't know what, Team, like what of those teams
do you think Star lord would be?
Speaker 2: On, uh, yeah there's no obvious they could MAKE i, Guess,
LIKE i don't, KNOW i guess, so but that's not
really WHERE i think to put them right. Away so,
YEAH i don't. Know it's a little.
Speaker 1: Unclear mm, hmm, yeah BUT i mean it is fun
to just have kind of this more information now and
we can really speculate also kind of you, know a
lot of people because we saw THE X mansion is
one of the. Levels we got, that like in a
trailer a few months, ago there was a lot of
characters in the background Like, Gambit Night, Crawler cyclopses in the,
background and a lot of people are, like, oh is
this deconfirmed these? Characters does this mean they're not? Playable
and it's, like, okay we kind of got that confirmation
with this. Trailer they're, like, yeah none of those guys
are in, here and none of you, know none of
those people were these ones that got confirmed. Today SO
i don't know what that means because, that Like daredevil's
also a character who's in the background of like The
New york, level so maybe that means he's not in
a playable roster or at least like the launch. One so,
yeah it's funny even though they only like they announced three,
characters but they gave us a lot of clues to
like piece together what the rest of the roster could look.
Like so just on the like subreddit for the, Page
i've seen so many different people with their theories of
what they think the teams will, be so just fun
to look think about that. Stuff we also got confirmation
that they're DOING dlc at least like A they confirmed
a year one OF, dlc so who knows how many
years OF dlc we will, Get and that's gonna include
four characters in the. Stage do you think they'll do
THE dlc as like for like another set, team like
here's The Fantastic. Four obviously that's the most straightforward On
but do you think we'll get that or is it just, like,
yeah we're just gonna add four random. Characters they don't
have to be on the same team because they presumably
they'd come out at different times, anyway, Right.
Speaker 2: YEAH I i could see it going either. WAY i
Think i'm leaning more on the like different characters from
different teams to kind of just spread them out so
that it's just like like putting all your eggs in
one basket and sort of situationally get a little bit
more addition to various different. Teams BUT i can kind
of see them going either.
Speaker 1: Way mm, hmm, yeah, YEAH I I i'm a little
on the fence of this game at the. MOMENT i,
mean it is we you, know we were waiting patiently for.
CHARACTERS i probably got. SOMEONE i do like the characters
they've added in twenty seems like a decent, roster but
when you're picking A foreman, team and it also does
kind of feel a little bit, low AND i don't
love The foreman team. THING i has too. MANY i
DON'T i don't want to have to learn four. CHARACTERS
i can barely learn one in a fighting game unless It's,
Smash So i'm a little overwhelmed by. That SO i don't.
Know I'm i'm a little bit on the fence with
this game. Still but it's fine THAT i, say, actually
get like some, more some more stuff to speculate. WITH
i just love speculating on A marvel video. Game. Rosters,
like that's just one of my favorite, pastimes you. Know
so we got some good stuff in. There, uh and
THEN i think what we're closing it out with here
would be Some god Of war. Stuff so, yeah we
got two. Things we got The god Of war trilogy,
remake and then we got a The god Of, war
the TWO D god Of organ that has been much
rumored for like the better part of a, YEAR i feel,
like and that was an out today. Drop that was
a shadow drop out, NOW i guess just a quick
shout out for the trilogy remake part of. It. Uh
this sequence was funny in the in the showcase just
because you had like the original voice actor and like
it seems it seems like they just want to give
him five minutes and they didn't want to like edit
it at. All they're, like just go off for five, minutes,
buddy just you, know just chew subscene ry, here and
he really did it was it was. INTERESTING i think
it went on like a little bit too. Long could
have used a little bit, editing but it. Was it
was obviously his passion was, clear so you, know shout
out to him for. That but, yeah the TWO d
game is out.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: TOO i want to, say like kind of mixed reviews
from What i've, seen but, yeah what do you think
these Two god Of war? Announcements?
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah the trilogy. REMASTER i played through all three of,
those like the original games and then the original LIKE
i guess Re redefinition one that came out in like
THE ps three, era and then now to get this.
One it's a little bit more intriguing because it is
like an actual, remaster so it'll be a little bit
more redone than what the previous One i've. Done but
Because i've already played through them, all Like i'm not
Really russian out to get. These if they eventually cross
my path on the catalog or something like, that, cool
Maybe I'll i'll pick them, up but not too much
moving the needle. There but, Yeah AND i feel LIKE
i was actually the most hype on the cheesy video
with the original, actor just BECAUSE i have a lot
of nostalgia for that voice and to have that character
there was cool to. See travis AND i were also
just kind of like going over our memories and history
with The god Of, war so we were kind of
just having a fun time talking about that with this,
event SO i feel LIKE i was more optimistic and
positive on it. Overall even THOUGH i wasn't like super
interested in the platform game, either it still looked pretty.
COOL i don't, know it's cool that it's like a
different just a different version of the war stuff that
we've already uh just grown to, love and especially because
we like we've been very distant from like the More
greek mythology side of it because of the newer, game
which is, fantastic but it's cool to kind of go
back to. That but but it's not just like the
same character that we've seen With, Krados so uh, yeah,
overall even If i'm not like itching to get on
these these new titles or anything like, THAT I i
was still PRETTY i don't, know happy about, this AND
i think more excited for the for the diehard fans
that maybe maybe you WERE i don't, know itching for
More god Of war. Stuff it doesn't feel like it's
a series that's like been gone for a long time,
either so, YEAH i don't.
Speaker 1: Know, YEAH i MEAN i guess it has been gone
a long time from like this realm of, it the,
trilogy uh like those those that style of, game and
we've never had a TWO d game as. Well so,
YEAH i guess this is like even though we have
had the series, recently it's not been this like tonally
your gameplay, wise so it's good to keep it. FRESH
i don't really want to interest in the Original god
Of war. GAME i obviously played the two most recent,
ones didn't really enjoy the first one so, much but
quite Enjoyed. RAGNAROK i don't, Know i've never cared much
for the vibe of the original ones. Gameplay nothing really
is called to. Me and even if we're Enjoying, RAGNAROK
i was not, like, OH i really need to go
back and see the origin of this character, Now SO
i don't Think i'm gonna be picking that one. Up and,
honestly some Of SPARTA i was a LITTLE i GUESS
i was disappointed that we got like this version of the.
Character you, KNOW i would have really liked to see
a TWO d with like the crazy kind of move
set that we're, getting even in like those the, trilogy
like that kind of movement and crazy weaponry and. Stuff
thought would have been more. Fun, NOW i will Say,
KIRKLAND i Love spears And. GAMES i feel like it's
a very underrated weapon. Type we don't see it often,
enough and you, know so the character doesn't appear and
so that it's like fun in the move set and all.
That BUT i, DON'T i THINK i. CAN'T i gotta
SAY i was so hyped when we got the intro
for TWO d AND i was, Like, okay we're finally
getting in confirmation of this game that's been rumored for a,
bit and the fact that it was Pixel, ART i was,
Like oh my, god that's. Unbelievable like how OFTEN o
we're getting big series like this like this, is you,
know AN a list series these, days we don't Get
pixelar for games like these, anymore you, know Like pixelar
died on THE gba from like Big TRIPLE a. Developers
AND i don't know if the team actually making this
one is A TRIPLE a. DEVELOPER i didn't catch to
the developer on it. Is, UH i don't think It's
Sony Santa, monica THOUGH i assume it's another, Studio BUT
i don't. Know if you can google google it for
me quick see what the developer was on this, one but, uh,
YEAH i don't. Know that got me really. Hyped but, then,
honestly the environments were, like not not that. Detail it
wasn't too into the general art style of it past that.
Point so my hype kind of died out pretty quick
on this. One so even THOUGH i was, INTRIGUED i
even it's out, NOW i didn't pick it up AND
i don't don't THINK i. Will, Unfortunately.
Speaker 2: OH i spelled it Like son Of. Sould, yeah it
was like a flash. Game it showed.
Speaker 1: Me And i'm trying to think, too like release date,
wise calendar, WISE i Think ragnarrock was twenty twenty, Three
so these are some nice like kind of in between her.
Games and THEN i, ASSUME i don't, know Maybe Santa
monico's next game is Not god Of. War maybe that's
why they made. These but if either, way if, NOT
i guess the next one could come out in a
couple of years or something like, that, perhaps and maybe
you would maybe this would kind of serve as a
nice little bridge between just to fill that gap Of
god Of. WAR i.
Speaker 2: Suppose, YEAH i. COULDN'T i couldn't find. IT i. APOLOGIZE
i was guggling something earlier, though because you were talking
about just loving spears in, games and it was instantly awaking,
memories you, know sometimes we talk about our nostalgia for
these flash, titles and sometimes you have played the same
ones at, me did you do you remember playing the flash?
Game it was just Called, achilles and you just played
as like a. SPARTAN i guess you Were, achilles and
it was just a side. Score you just go along
and you just take on enemies and you had like
a short sword and a, shield but then you would
also like get a, spear and it was just such
a sad ass fine mechanic where you could just like you,
know poke people from from from a, distance but then
you can also whip the spear and it was just
so satisfying getting. Headshots BUT i completely forgot about that
until you mentioned just like being a fan of spear,
Games and, MAN i played the shit out Of achilles
back in the, day so so shout out.
Speaker 1: Telling, you, man that's why Mar win's the Best Elder
S girls, game because it still had, spears you, know
and they got rid of spears and all went. Down.
Speaker 2: Kidding, oh, MAN i, know bring some poking mechanics in
the Next Elder scrolls, game, please.
Speaker 1: UH a, Man, achilles it looks like something THAT i should,
know BUT i don't THINK i, do but it just
it is, nostalgic even THOUGH i think this is the
first Time i've seen, it so shout outs to uh
just flash games and having that very specific aesthetic to.
It seems like the, developer what Is Sony Santa, monica
but Also Mega Cat, Studio SO i Think Santa monica
is just like an advisor kind of. Thing uh, so,
Yeah Mega? Cat what have what Have Mega cap been up.
To one of their most recent, games they did Backyard.
Baseball they've been doing for a, while mostly a lot
of backyard. Baseball i'm not gonna lie to. You how
do they they? Have, okay last year twenty twenty, five
they had four backyard baseball games. Release the year before
that they had two backyard baseball games. Release oh and
then they haven't done any before. THAT i don't know
what's going on with this. Developer but now they're Doing
god Of war, Apparently SO i don't know how doing
all these backyard baseball games for iOS is somehow converted
them to Being we're going to a Twoty god Of.
War but you, know good for, them that's that's quite
the step. Up so, YEAH i don't. Know i'm not
too interested in none of these games, Unfortunately but, Yeah
i'm also not a Big god Of war. GUY i
Like rag And, rock but that's kind of my one
touchstone with this. Series but either, way LIKE i, said
cool that these, exist whether or not we do have
Another Sony Santa monica like mainline game coming out soon or,
not this is like a nice way to kind of
keep the series. Alive AND i mean a lot of
people love that, trilogy so to finally have, IT i guess,
BACK i don't know what it was like. PLAY i
don't know if these games are even ON ps five back,
catalog like downloadable player or something like. That maybe they,
were and so this will be nice to get the
remakes for. Them but, YEAH i think that's everything for
the state of, play Unless i'm missing. Anything BUT I
i feel Like i'm gonna give this a five out
of five. RATING i even though there isn't a ton
here that, like OH i undercent buying. THIS i have
a lot of question, marks BUT i just feel like
a lot of you, know reviving some old, series a
couple of fresh, things a couple of surprising, things just
well done trailers in. General SO i don't Know i'm
always quite impressed with this state of, play AND i
feel like it's gonna be a while before we get
another one that's of this. Caliber SO i Guess i'm
just trying to live in the moment a little bit and,
cherish cherish WHAT i just. Got but, yeah do you
want to give this a rating out of?
Speaker 2: FIVE i Think i'll go to four out of. FIVE
i think it was really solid, overall but maybe just
a lack of games THAT i necessarily or, SORRY i
personally am gonna be jumping. On and that's no like
disservice to the show, itself just my own personal uh
my own personal ratings. There so but, yeah, overall really really,
good and AGAIN i think the pacing of the show
overall made a lot more palatable of a. Viewing yeah for.
Speaker 1: Sure all, Right, KIRKLAN i guess a kind of shortened sweet,
episode and which is kind of. RARE i feel like
when it's you and me on Side, quest we usually just,
are you, know deep in the minds Of. Maria i'm
just getting all sorts of content out of. Here but
this is a short sweet. Episode but you know that's
not a bad, thing especially on a long.
Speaker 2: Vie that means the next, one the next one will be.
Speaker 1: Long, yes we're charging so that our next one is
gonna be three and a half, hours the longest side quest.
Yet but either, way thank you for joining. Me thank
you everyone for. Listening let us know what your favorite announcements.
Were let's know if you're Playing son Of sparta right,
now it's it's out at this very, time and we'll
be back again next week as we always. Are have
a good. One, bye bye.
Speaker 2: Bye